Evening star., 1928-02-05
FILMOGRAMS
Bits From the Studios and Theaters.

MONTA BELLS picture of his
former home town, Man, Woman
and Sin" very promptly and enlphati-
cally won the reputation of Washing
ton as an offense to decency. 1t is a
Metro ro-Goldwyn-Mayer film.
Max Reinhardt, the famous German
producer at the National Board of Re-
declared Charles Chaplin AS a poet, a
comedian and a producer the greatest
genius developed By the screen.
Former Gov. Milliken Of Maine. now
secretary of the Hays organization, re-
Gently declared for art with ar IDEAL,
or art with a capital "A as al iueal
for the motion picture industry He
added that the screen is now and will
continue to be operated in the inter-
cs:s of the wholeSome-minded. decent
people Of the world. who want whole
someneSs in their entertainment and an
ideal in their art"
Joseph NJ. Schenck of United ..rtists
Is said to carry life insurance policies
totaling S525o,00o. and Adolph Zukor
and willism Fox policies totaling So
oo0. 600 Film Daily is the authority.
Cecil B. De Mile has purchased
George Kelly'S play, "Crais's Wife. for
the screen. with Lcatrice Joy probably
as its star.
II. as is claimed. the photop.ay scene
and story is now being made whole
some. the purifiers have evidently over
looked the suggestiveneSs Of some OF the
titles. according 10 Washington critic.
Irving D. RosSheim, formerly treas
,,-er Of the corporation has been ele-
waited TO the presidency OF the Stanie!
Co. Of America. which operates the
crardau chain Of theaters in Washing
ton ana the Earle.
Ioew has signed Priscilla Dean and
Franklin Farnunl. screen players. lor
snoearsnces in vaudeville. A downward
trend IN salaries is given as the reason
for the change.
Virginia Lee Corbin has left First
National TO star in four pictures for
Harry Miliarde Productions. her first
picture being based on an Adele Far
rington story not announced.
Ben LYONS contract with First Ma
fional has been taken over by Caooo
Productions. which will star him IN one
picture and then discuss new con-
tract with him.
George Waters. author Of Bur
lesuue." one of the outstanding hits OF
the present Broadway season. Is dong
o new. original story for Paramount
Pois Negr;. Emil Jannings and Ernst
Iub;tsch celebrated a i6-year anniver-
sary the other day at the Paramount
studio n Hollywood. 1t was exactly 10
wears after the day the three went TO
work for the FIRST time together IN max
ing the picture. Passion" in Germany,
which vas to bring fame TO them an
This year was the frs anniversary on
which they were all al work again IN
the same studio.
Norman Burnstein. graduate of Co
Mmnsa University and winner OF the
Van Rensselaer, prize for literary work
rs a student has Joined the scenario
staff OF the Paramount studio IN Holly
wood
Ruth Taylor Psramounts Lorelei
Lee. who Is due at the studio February
IS. is 70 plunge into another picture,
"Fourteen-Karat Gold" in which she
with be cofeatured With the brunette
Louise Brooks
A crnss-country horse race is TO be
the high light Of 'Palomino. Ken May
nards latest Western feature now being
mace py Charles r. Rogers for FIRST
National Pictures. The story OF "Pslo-
mino." written especially for Ken May
rsrd and TsrZan. by Marion Jackson.
deals with the COW pony of the West and
the effort Of q group of Eastern men TO
substitute The thoroughbred horse iof
the familiar breed
First National Pictures announces the
purchase Of the film rights 10 The
6ouaE." the play BY Jean Bart, which
recently closed years run on Broad
way To 90 or tour Blanche Yurka vas
the star Of The stage play.
Completing her s.5oo-mile Journey
from the Antspodes TO California, Dale
Austen. Miss New Zealand" OF 1927.
arrived al the Metro-Golowyn-Mayer
studios where IL is said 70 be likely she
VIII Be given number Of featured roles
tn forthcoming productions. Miss Aus
ten won q beauty contest staged last
wear in New Zealand by the Fuller Hay
ward Tneaters first prize being con-
tract at the NON Studios.
About six months viii be required for
the Glnainz OF Southern Skies" ac-
eordtns 70 q time estimate supplied By
Robert FlAherty. who b directing this
Metro -Goldvyn- Mayer picture and Is on
location on the island Of Tahiti IN the
South Pacific There are five camera
men with TIE company.
Prom Soup TO Nuts" Is the new title
gwen the recently completed Hal
Roach M-C-M comedy co-Starrins the
new team OF f1nEters. Laurel and
Hardy. I'd Kennedy directed the film.
formerly known as Let George DO II.
under tfae supervision OF Leo McCzrey.
FRS National Pictures has announced
that Cclleen Moores picture following
Lilac Time" viii be al Originals story
by Edmund Goulding, entitled To-
n7orrow which was written expressly
FIR the star and gives contrasting pic