The Washington times., 1928-05-11
copyright, 1928. King Features
syndicate, Incl


copyright, 1928. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
LOS ANGELES, May IL. Erich
Won stroheim and William Le
Baron, production chieftain, spent
the day practically sitting on their
well.filled grips awaiting word
from New York to catch the train
Tor the East. But It proved un.
necessary, for, apparently, Joseph
p. Kennedy, FBO president, was.
able to close the big deal without
them. Kennedy gets what he goes
after. That's why / knew that ne
would secure Won Stroheim to al.
rect Gloria Swanson in The
{ Swmap.'' And the red-headed
Harvard man is just the one to
keep tab on temperament. My
guess ID that 1t viii be the biggest
success either Gloria or Won" has
! ever known.
Yale doesn't want to be- glorified.
So 1t looks as though Buddy"
Rogers and Paramount will have
to pick another school for their
rah rah movie. It was going to be
called Bulldog Yale" Perhaps
now 1t will be Princeton Tiger"
Harvard Beans" Columbia
Canary" or international Core.
spondence School Brontosauras."
hear Annapolis isn't 50 keen on
having lts midshipmen play In
Lima Basquette's Pathe picture OF
that name. Perhaps they figure
quite correctly--that the Middes
wouldn't keep their minds on war
after glance at Lina's eyes-and
ankles. So Lima will do Celebrity"
next.
Alberta Vaughn-remember her
In the Telephone Girl series?-is
back on the old home lot at FBO
for dozen two-reelers. They are
from the pen of that funny Teller.
He. Witwer, and will be produced
by Larry Darmour. Al Cooke will
be co-featured with Alberta, and
the first of the pictures will be
tiled, "Jessie's James" Darmour
will also make twelve short sub
the comic.strip couple "Toots and
Casper"
sometimes think that the local
Judges. finding themselves too
busy to 20 to the movies. send
out the cops with instructions
to bring in mess of their favor
lite screen stars. Anyhow. Sally
O'Neil. the Marquis de la FaIaise,
Raoul Walsh and Lois Wilson
q
judge" sometime soon, and an
swer to charges OF speeding.
The traffic officers here are the
toughest in the world. They can
pick you up any time they see
fit, for it is a cinch that you are
doing one of the coolies of things
that are against regulations.
The juvenile role of ME Gang.
ster" will be played by a youth
who has never been, in a film
before. At present his name is
Donald Lopez. But this will prob.
ably be changed to something
considered more 'it" full. Donald
is a husky blonde, and a former
college pigs<in chaser. The author
Of the story. Charles Francis Coe.
who prefers to be known as
Seeker" and Director Raoul
Walsh are just back from Frisco
where they took on a load of
atmosphere" and also had a
peep at San Quentin. Both insist
it is the first time they have
seen the prison.
Hollywood IL all full Of electric
sparks which come from the
dynamic personality Of Vic Sha-
piro, OF United Artists, who is on
from New York to lend a hand in
getting the lineup for next sea-
son all set. When Vic leaves here
he goes to Chicago, where he and
Ellightman will confer with all
United Artists statesmen. Vic says
that you amt seen nothin' yet"
when he tells how far superior
the coming batch of pictures will
be to all those which have gone
before. This IL the first sales
convention ever held by United
Artists. They'll make it memor.
able.
There IL a chance that Jack
Holt won't be able to play in
''The Water Hole" for Paramount
because or contract conflict. Jack,
you know, alternates between
Paramount and Columbia. First
one lot, then the other. Now a
situation arises in which Holt
may not finish his Columbia film
in time to meet Paramount's pro-
duction schedule on 1.-THE Water
Hole" SO whether or not you'll
see Jack in this sophisticated
western depends on how rapidly
Harry COINS outfit shoots.
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A. letter from Gil Boag, now
making his own film Love Never
Dies" advises that on the way to
Germany he won the ships pool
five days out of six. His good
fortune more than paid the ex.
penses of himself and his crew,
Rochus Gliese and Edgar Ulmer.
Gil says he tarried In New York
long enough to secure an Ameri-
can release for his Berlin made