Evening star., 1928-10-14
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! 0OOAN
tional Board of Review of Motion
Pictures has made public a list OF
80 pictures released during the
past year which are adapted from
published sources. Among the
book-fllmS on the selected list are
The Lion and the Mouse" "The
Little Shepherd of Kingdom
Come" Wild Geese" "Sorrell and
Son." "Hangman's House." "The
Garden of Allah" and Wind
Several short subjects are listed
among them being Cruising |
the Arctic" The World We Live
In" and Sun Babies" The board
considers Book Week as a special
opportunity to stress good books
and good films, both important in
the social life of, every commu-
nifty"
"OUR Dancing Daughters" is re-
ported to have broken all
house records at the Columbia.
The records, up to the present
week, were held by What Price
Glory" and THE Circus" but the
new f1apper picture has shattered
them into SmithereenS.
There is little doubt that
Daughters" will find place
among the 10 best pictures at the
end of the year. This will partly
come from the great box Office
value of the picture, the popularity
being determined in this manner
However, it is first-class enter
tainment-an intensely interest
ing story told in an interesting
way. The director has been equip
ped with splendid material in
both script and players, and his
own work stands out. Joan Craw-
ford is the best possible selection
for the part of Diana; she is the
modern flapper as we know her.
THERE is something missing in
the sound vaudeville acts
They afford employment for artists
who once graced the two-a- day,
but the performers do not "go
over" with the audiences. Even
the highest paid of the artists,
putting their best efforts into the
sound movies, have failed to draw
much enthusiasm from the cash
customers. The acts which are a
step below the bill-toppers are fiat
and fail to arouse applause.
Perhaps, in the days to come.
and with the rapid development of
sound appliances, the defects will
be found and remedied. If this is
not done, the song and dance fea-
lures of the sound pictures will
always be claSsed among minor
attractions Of the movie palaces.
X X y X
WILLIAM FOX presents his COM
plimentS and announces that
his big Movietone studio at Fox
Hills, Los Angeles, will be dedi-
Gated with grand ceremonies on
the afternoon of Sunday, October
%. The studio is called "a walled
city in the new world" 1t COM
priSeS 40 acres of land, upon
which have been erected 27 build
ings of reinforced concrete and
steel. The construction includes
four Sound-proof stages, each
measuring 212 feet long by 165
feet wide. The entire proposition
represents an investment of S.
100000, in land value, buildings,
sound recording, photography
equipment and electrical devices.
And the entire outfit is surrounded
by a wall 16 feet high.
X X x
Short Flashes.
RETTY BRONSON, we'll known
to movie fans, has been Of
fered the name part in a stage
production of peter Pan" Miss
Bronson was starred in the "Peter
Pan" photoplay some years ago.
The stage production goes on in
Los Angeles around Christmas.
King Vidor is seeking an all
colored cast for the Metro Gold
wyn-Mayer production "Hallelu-
jah." Efforts are being made to
recruit the cast in Chicago. Ex-
! teriorS Of the picture will be made
in the South.
Cecil De Miles first picture for
Metro GoldWyn-Mayer will be
Dynamite" a story of ultra
modern society of large city.
Reginald Denny, returning from
a motor trip through northern
California, is starting work at
Hollywood on his first sound pic
ture, "Clear the Deck" Joseph
Henabery will direct.
May McAvoy is said to scream
perfectly" in the Warner Brothers
picture "The Terror" Of course,
the picture is NOISY" Louise
Fazenda has a part.
Marie Provost and Ben Lyon
have been making THE Exodus"
in the vicinity of Salt Lake City
and the Snake River, near Twin
Falls, Idaho.
Irving Cummings latest produc-
tion for Fox is "A Romance of the
Underworld"
The scene of Clara Bows new
picture, "The Saturday Kid" is
laid in an advertising agency.
Clara works in the shop.
Albert Valentino, a brother of
the late Rudolph, has a part in
the Leatrice Joy picture "Tropic
Madness" but the role is not an
important one.
THE Singing Fool" Jolson's pic
ture, has been breaking all house
records at the Winter Garden,
New York.
Irving Berlin'S music will be
featured in Say 1t With Music" 4"
to be produced by United Artists.
Harry Richman, now with George
Whites Scandals" will be in
trusted with the leading role.
Several Broadway stage players
were given voice tests last week
for parts in the new Mary Pick
| ford picture, "Coquette." The tests
were made under the supervision
| of Monta Bell. formerly of Wash