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HOLLYWOOD, Aug. Is. Direc.
tor Henry King has the reputa.
tion of twaddling along for several
weeks prior to the start o1 hts
picture. and then suddenly anap.
ping into II with 4 sharp precision
that II amazing. Here it Ii, III.
most time for him to begin she
Goes 10 War;" and 80 far the
only persons assigned II parts are
Gertrude Astor and Ivan Isebedeff.
Meantime King III dreaming along
at his seashore home In Mnllbou
without an apparent care IN the
world.
However. ii judge correctly
he has everything all set in his
mind, and within the next few DAYS
will ANNOUNCE that Marian Nixon
will portray the leading feminine
role In the film. while Clifford
Holland will be his choice for the
principal male part. III my prOph.
ecy regarding these two people
proves correct, they are very
much to be congratulated.
The story with which King VIII
work has strength and color The
director IA greatly erlthuaed over
Ii. and the smart folk lii thu. iii.
dlIstry are whispering that King
n just about due for another
really great picture. And com
bInation De such fortuitotts cir.
cumstances generally results In
fame for the stars.
Iii telling of The Goddess Girl
premiere. there was no mention
of the fact that the film has been
aynchronized for sound. A stupid
oversight. indeed. III these days Ct
sound hyAteria In the latest DE
Mile photodrama. The sound ef-
fects include the wailInG of police
sirens, the shTilI tooting of
whistle which notifies the country.
side of An escape from the reform
school. the rIneilag 0f gOngs and
bells, the Kissing III i stream ri
water from hose. and the crack.
ling Of fire.
The sound did not march with
the picture of the steam whistles
o. the gongs 81 the bells. IN
one place the sounds were audible
III the distance, while bloodhounds
iii the foreground obviously bayed
In silence. In the sequence de-
plotting the destruction BY fire Of
the reform school. the cracking
nolae st the flames heightened
the iIEusion But this ID sles.
perately long sequence. and before
ii ends the tElcessant racket rasIss
on the nerves. Thus far
haven't seen pl1otDpIay beTe-
fitted bv sound effects. except I'm
spots that were few and far be-
tween.
An interesting story comes
about 4. S. Van Dine. the writer.
Just why there should be any
mystery regarding the identity OF
the gentleman using this pen
name III beyond me. But at any
rate lets dispe1l Il BY saying he
Is willard Huntington Wright.
The story Is that the author has
determined to write six Of his
celebrated murder yarns. and
when this Ii accomplished he will
commit sort OF murder himself
by staying s. 8. Van Dine. The
titles of three OF his mystery
stories are "The Benson Murder.
THE Green Murder" and ''The
Bishop Murder
Director George F'itzmaurfce
agrees with Herbert Brenon that
studio sets just cant compare
with original locations. Which
makes it very nice indeed,
especially when the story deals
with action In some agreeable
country reached In an agreeable
manner. All Of which is merely
preface to the news that Fitz-
maurice and the .ChanSeling
Company will sail this month for
the well-known South Seas Mil.
ton Sills Ia this time a cop who
gets his woman. Dorothy Mac.
kaiil is the girl.