Evening star., 1928-08-26
FILMOGRAMS

Nancy Carrolls voice will be heard
in two songs written especially for her
by Victor Schertzinger as part Of
new sound picture Of New York stage
life. in which she is being co-featured
with Richard Arlen. The songs are
called Gotta Be Good" and Another
Kiss" SchertZinger recently composed
a song, Pose of Erin" which. it is
said, John Mccormick. Irish tenor, will
use on his Fall concert program.
"Changclngs, which will be the first
talking picture from First National, is
from an original story by Dom Byrne.
It opens in a courtroom where a beau
tiful woman is on trial for murder,
and It. is here that the drama of the
story will be accented by the talking
| sequences Dorothy MaCkaill will be
featured and George Fitzmaurice will
direct.
A Movietone plant. costing 81 900. 900
and covering 40 acres of ground. at the
| Fox Hills Studios, at WeStwoOd. Calf.
is announced as Fox Film Corpora
ing pictures. The construction Of a
stage and ADJACENT buildings is being
rushed to completion.
| Emil Jannings has signed new
| contract with Paramount. The Ger
| man star at one time so apprehcnsive
| concerning HOLLYWOOD and its ways. is
| said 20 have declared himself COM
! pletely satisfied with the treatment ac-
| corded him. and recently signified his
| intention TO remain permanently in this
! county when he purchased a large es-
| tate in the film capital
| Loretta Young. who is one of First
National Pictures finds" of the past
year, will play opposite Richard Bar
thickness in his next picture. Scarlet
Seas" Miss Young is Colleen Moore
| protege, having been given her first
| chance in Naughty but Nice" and
| later leaped into the lirSelight as Lon
Chaney's leading lady in Laugh
| Clown, Laugh"
Corinne Grifith's next picture will
| be a screen version Of the stage play
"Outcast." by Hubert Henry Davies. in
which Elsie Ferguson starred. William
A. Setter will direct the film.
Thalma Todd, who Is just completing
The feminine lead opposite Milton Sills
in sc Hard Rock" will step Immediately
into a leading role in the First Ma
tional Pictures mystery story, The
Haunted House." which Benjamin
which will mix comedy with mystery
already has in its cast Larry Kent
Chester Conklin and Flora Finch.
Those who saw "Siegfried" at the
| Little Theater some weeks ago will re-
| member that Hanna Ralph. one of Ger
n1any's greatest character actresses
| scored personal triumph in the role of
| Brunhilde. Miss Ralph. member OF
an old Bavarian theatrical family, ap-
| pears again. locally. in "Decameron
| Nights" the adaptation Of one OF Boo
| cacio's tales. In which she enacts the
| part of the Countess Violante.
| Albert Steinrueke, German character
| actor appears once more on a local
/ screen this week in "Decameron Nights
| in which he plays the role of the King
| Of Algarve Steinrueke's last appear
| ance in the Capital was as the old bell
/ maker in The Treasure" and he is due
| to be seen shortly in the title role OF
Frederick the Great" new UFA pro-
| duction.
| Gustav Won Seyfertitz. grim and sim
| istor screen villain. is said to display
| hitherto unsuspected talents as a come
/ dian in the romping comedy, "Vamping
/ Venus
| An entire theater was constructed for
| Pola Negris new picture, Loves Of An
| Actress" Much of the action of the
| story takes place in the Comedie Fran
caise. Paris. the period being the middle
| Of the last century.
Owing to the fact that there are no
/ modern playhouses that even resemble
| the theaterS of that time. 1t was found
| necessary to build replica of the ole
/ Coincide Francaise.
Officers and enlisted men Of the Ma
| rine Corps TO the strength of 1870 were
/ guests of the Metropolitan Theatel
! management Monday and Tuesday
nights at showings of the Marine pic
| ture United States Smith" Among
/ others attending were Maj. Gen. Le-
| ieune and his staff.
The Samovar Is as important TO the
equipment of an Office IN Russia as the
( desk and telephone in this country. No
Russian bSSinPSS man could Get along