Evening star., 1928-12-09
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During the making of this
scene in The Iron Mask, the
horses broke away from the con-
troll of their driver. Terrified by
the noisy approach of D'Artagnan
and his muSketeerS, and beWllder-
ed by the market day crowds OF
French villagers, the horses took
their ancient bits in their own
teeth. Madly they dashed around
the fountain playing in the
square, and were stopped only
| when they blindly smashed into
the stone wall Of one of the build
ingS.
1.-THE driver was thrown from
his seat onto the tongue of the
wooden carriage and miraculOuSly
escaped death. The coach was so
badly smashed that it had to be
rebuilt. The hundreds Of viii
layers who grabbed their possess
sions and rushed to places of
safety barely escaped serious in
jury"
And runaway in this day and
age is certainly good news story,
even if it does come from the
Office of the press agent.
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THE United Artists Co. an
nounced that elect
Hoover will be fittingly enter
tanned on his battleship tour of
the south. that organization hav-
ing supplied him with prints of
the following photoplayS: Norma
Talmadge in THE Woman Dis
puted," John Barrymore in "The
Tempest" Dolores del Rio in
Revenge" Phyllis Haver and
Jean HarSholt in THE Battle OF
the Sexes" Ronald Colman and
Wilma Banky in 1.-TWO Lovers" and
Buster Keaton and Ernest Tor
renee in steamboat Bill, Jr."
Real picture shows are given
every evening aboard the good
ship Maryland.
CONSTANCE TALMADGE of
- Brooklyn and Hollywood is
now in France, starring in the
manufacture of Venus" her first
United Artists picture. The new
picture will present Miss Tai
madge in the role of a princess,
and one of the really big features
will be the showing by the star
of % new Paris gowns, made
especially for this picture. Jean
Murat has the leading male role,
and he is said to have been a
soldier, aviator, farmer, journalist
and actor before he decided to try
the movies.
Short Flashes.
REX INGRAM is reported to
have completed Three Pas
sionS" in Europe. He is en- route
to America with the canned story.
'''Nightstick" is the first United
Artists all-talking picture. Syn
chronized. photography and voice
recording was begun last week at
the studio in Hollywood. Among
those who will be heard and seen
are George Cooper, Irma Harri-
son, AL Hill, Eleanor Griffith, Pat
O'Malley, Chester Morris, Mae
Busch and Pernall Pratt.
According to news from Holly
wood, Erich Won Stroheim has
seen the error of his ways, and he
plans to complete work on the
new Gloria Swanson picture,
Queen Kelly" in 10 weeks. 81
am" says Erich, getting aged in
the wood and more mellow. 1
am more philosophical in the
making Of pictures" The direc-
tor was once known for the
amount of money he could spend
and the time he could consume
in the filming of a single story.
John Barrymore has completed
his part in king of the Noun
tainS."
Bulldog Drummond" has been
purchased by Samuel Goldwyn as
a future all-talking picture for
Ronald Colman. The story, after
being a best-selling bit of fiction,
became a long-run stage play.
Alma Rubens plays the guitar
and sings several songs in the
Eleanor Boardman starring pic
ture, "She Goes to War;" written
by Rupert Hughes. Others in the
cast are Al st. John, John Hol-
land, Sonia Markov and Edmund
Burns.
George Jessel is making the
talking and singing sequences OF
the Tiffany -Stah1 production
Lucky Boy" Margaret Quimby
plays opposite. An entire musi-
cal comedy cast will be used in
filming.
''Lilac Time" the Colleen Moore
picture, has ended its New York
run, playing to 250,000 paid ad-
missions in one theater.
o. P. Heggie, Broadway star
has been signed to a Paramount
contract for a feature role in "A
Genius Is Born"
"Erick the Great" featuring
Conrad Veidt and Mary Philbin
is the first talking picture with
sequences in three languages
French, German and English. DR.
Paul FejoS directed.
Pathe has signed Ina Claire tt
star in talking pictures.
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