Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
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BY (. f. NELSON.

public service companies, accord
/, ing to the picture manufacturers
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CECIL B. DE MILE has sold his
studio to Pathe for million
dollars and has signed a contract
with Metro Goldwyn-Mayer He
takes his entire personal staff
with him, and says he intends to
! specialize on production of the
size and Importance of The Ten
Commandments" The Volga
Boatman," 1.-THE King of Kings"
and The Goddess Girl" De Mile
is one of the best known and most
popular of the pioneer motion pic
ture directors.
NOTES OF THE "TALKIES" :
The Perfect Crime" an F. B.
/ Q. picture, will have a dialogue,
and the same company plans to
synchronize Hit of the Show, ="
Gang War" Blockade" The
Circus Kid" and Taxi 49," It
will use either the photophone or
movietone systems.
The De Mile special picture,
The Goddess Girl" will have
talking accompaniment.
Al JolSon has signed a long
term contract with Warner Bros,
which provides for his remaining
in picture work permanently. Ac-
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ever, JolSon does not plan on CIV
ing up the stage. He will make
trips to the Hollywood studio at
specified intervals. in order to in
sure the consistent output Of his
productions.
Alice Day has been selected for
an important role in Red Hot
Speed" which will be the first
talking picture made by Reginald
Denny for the Universal company.
Others in the cast are Thomas
Ricketts,. Charles Dyer, Fritzie
Ridgway and Burr Macintosh.
The Universal organization
plans to spend something like a
million and a quarter dollars on
building and equipping special
studios for sound pictures.
Walter Byron has been selected
to play opposite Gloria Swanson
in the latter'S sound picture. The
Swamp" The picture will be re-
leased through United Artists.
Work has started on Monte
Blues new sound picture. The
Conquest" H B Warner and
Lois Wilson have the chief sup
porting roles.
Frances Lee has the leading fe-
male role in the Douglas Mac
Lean picture, THE Carnation
Kid" which will be synchronized.
John BOLES, well known as
leading man in musical COM
edy, has signed a five-year con-
tract with Universal. He goes into
the ranks of the actors who are
trying their voices in the ''talkies,"
and his first picture is the Paul
Leni production, THE Last Warn
ing" Laura La Plante is the star.
Casting for Show Boat" has
not been completed. even though
the production has been under
way for several weeks. The new
est players to join the Mississippi
boat are Grace Cunard. Scotty
Mattraw, Joe Mills and Richard
Coleman. The Sacramento River
is being used instead of the MisSiS-
Sippi. but it will not make much
difference when the picture goes
to the screen.
Pagan" an original screen
story. will be Ramon Novarro's
Metro Goldwyn- Mayer starring
vehicle after Gold Braid" is COM
pleted. It is said to be a roman
tic story Of the tropics and it was
written by John Russell. the au-
thor of Where the Pavement
Ends"
John Gilbert and Greta Carlo
are to make "a Woman of At
fairs" written by Michael Arlen.
An "all-star" cast is planned by
the producers. and Clarence
Brown will do the directing.
The press agent for the Metro
COlQWyLl- mayer UTBdLlILdbIOH all
nounces that his company pro-
vides stockings for the female
members of the company, that
each actress wears an average of
eight pairs of stockings in each
picture, that the company pro-
vides an extra pair In case of
emergency, SO that each actress
gets Is pairs of stockings with
each picture. And the bill for
stockings alone runs away up into
the thousands of dollars,