Evening star., 1928-11-18


nounceS that five Broadway play
ers who have never appeared be-
fore movie cameras are to have
prominent parts in the cast
selected by Director 2oland West
for his all-talking film version of
'NightStick. Eleanor Griffith,
recently star of THE Spider" will
be the Joan Manning of the
movie Pat O'Malley, screen and
stage star, will have the leading
male role. Mae Busch, also a
film and footlight performer, will
be featured player. Chester
Morris, Regis Toomey, Harry
Stubbs and Pernall Pratt, all un-
familiar with screen work, begin
work in "Nightstick' this month.
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THE dawn is coming up like
thunder out Hollywood way.
Players who might have been deaf
and dumb as far as their talent
was concerned are now being
heard as we'll as seen. If one
listens closely, he will hear the
gentle voice of Mary Pickford.
Gloria Swanson talking for all
she is worth, Wilma Banky put
ting in a word or two, and so en-
down the list of stars. They are
all making "talkieS," "part-talk-
les" and synchronized pictures.
The last few months have certain
ly seen a big change around the
production studios. Fannie Hurst
is writing the dialogue for her
own story, "Lummox," which is
Brenon studio. Dolores del Rio
will have a talking part in the
newest version of "Evangeline,"
directed by Edwin Carcwe. Ronald
Colman will talk English al
though he has the principal part
in the French story, Condemned
to Devils Island" Constance
Talmadge will be a noisy Venus
in a picture of the same name.
WILLIAM j. LOCKE, English
W novelist who is now in Holly
wood to write an original story
for Norma Talmadge, says of the
star: "Her list picture, as we'll as
'Klki, Camille and The Dove
show her in a rather gamin char
acter. 1t is time we gave her
something very different. believe
it is time we reformed this great
actress" So this may give you
some line on the character of
Norma Talmadge'S new photoplay.
written to give her an entirely
new character.
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"SEVENTH HEAVEN" the Fox
- picture starring Janet Gay
nor and Charles Farrell, has been
awarded the annual gold medal
by 'Photoplay Magazine as the
best motion picture of the year"
This award is the eighth of it's
kind, but the first to be won by
Fox. Other pictures so honored
have been "ToI'able David"
Robin Hood" The Covered
Wagon" Abraham Lincoln" and
Beau Geste."
In making the award, this state
ment was made: Seventh
Heaven lifted Janet Gaynor, who
played Diana with wistful love-
Illness, to the very top realm CT
film favoriteS. It brought high
praise to Charles Farrell, who was
excellent as Chico"
A Flash or Two.
IAN KEITH has been selected by
Universal as Laura La Plante's
leading man in THE Haunted
Lady" This is a film version of
the Adela Rogers ST. John story.
Otis Harlan, Eddie Cline, Cissie
Fitzgerald and Harvey Clark will
have parts in the new Reginald
Denny picture, His Lucky Day"
1t will be sound picture.
William C.. deMille has been
signed by Metro Goldwyn- Mayer
to direct talking pictures.
William HaineS is starred in the
full-length film with dialogue Sc
quences, alias Jimmy Valentine"
which was given it's premiere III
New York last week. Others in
the cast are Lionel Barrymore,
Karl Dane, Tully Marshall and
Leila HyamS.
Willard Mack has written an
original story, Hunted" for the
Metro Goldwyn- Mayer Co, and
the writer will direct the picture.
Joan Crawford appears opposite
William HaineS in The Duke
Steps Out" which James Cruze is
directing. Others in the cast arc
Carl Dane, Edward Nugent and
Luke Cosgrove.
Great Garbo wears trousers and
Nils Asther wears skirts in the
picturization of the John Cotton
story. The reversed order of
things is accounted for by the fact
that the scenes are laid in Java.
Oscar A. Price, once of Wash
ington and former head of United
Artists. has launched a new pic
ture making concern. the General
Films Corporation. Richard Tai
madge, in The Bachelors Club"
will be the first production.
Marie Provost has been signed
by Columbia to play the leading
role in "The Side Show" Also,
Lima BaSquette and Ricardo Cor
tez have signed Columbia con-
tracts and will appear in THE
Younger Generation"
The title of Greta Garbo'S new
picture has not been selected, but
the star is working opposite Nils
ASther and Lewis Stone.
Frank Tuttle is directing Adolphe
Meniou in "Marnuis Preferred"
The plot of the story is a deep
secret.
Alice White is to be starred in
"Ritzy Rosie" directed by Mervyn
= Leroy. Jack Mulhall has an i'm
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