The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-18
HOLLYWOOD
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cRENE
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By REGINA CREWE
Copyright. 1928. By King Features
syndicate. Incl


seldom, indeed, that Hollywood has
an opportunity to get q look at
Greta Carlo Ia person. The crowd
Iunching at fhe' Momart saw her
today, however. as she chatted vi
vaciousIy with some girl friend
who nobody seemed to know. Greta
is slender and willoWy as ever.
Just as palIid. But trifle more
animated than usual. As you
know. she'll go to work In a new
picture just as soon as a Womna
of Affairs is completed by Clar-
ence Brown, its director. The new
one has tentative title that Is
really red hot. Literally so for its
name Is Heat But, of course.
that viii be changed. 1t is written
bv John Cotton OF Rain" fame.
When Greta starts work it seems
sure that Mills Asther will be her
leading man. To strengthen the
rumors that Jack Gilbert II going
over to United Artists upon the
expiration Of his Metro contract. It
looks as though the break Is be-
ing shifted to Asther. He Il being
showered with opportunities to
prove himself as big q b0xoffice
bet as the beloved Jack.
Bebe Daniels will be back home
two weeks from now, all set for p
picture after her New York va
cation. Plans have changed since
Bebe went away. and now they
have decided to postpone her
Number Please" telephone story
and substitute a newspaper yarn
instead. 1t has no title yet. Why
wouldn't "Wuxtry" be a good
one? Neil Hamilton, who was to
be in Number Please is SEIZED
uled to be Bebe's leading man in
the new. picture.
Another. little girl has received
a great big break. Leone Lane,
who used to play in two-reelers
over on the FBO lot has signed
a. Paramount contract. They're
enthusiastic over Leone and de-
clare that she's going to be fea-
tured player right off the reel.
Jesse TIasky, of our village, Is
committing. to New York again.
Jess was going to town Saturday,
but postponed the trip for a
couple of days. He's getting so
he knows all the conductors by
their first names and can tell
just where the train Is by stick
ing his hand out the window and
feeling the air.
M q
on the affinity Of Zane Grey and
Jack Holt. Soon as Zane writes
a story, Jack prepares to play in
it's screen version. The next one
IL 'Sunset Pass" which appeared
in the American Magazine. Otto
Brewer who directed Jack in
Avalanche" will direct the pass"
picture.
No one need say that producers
are hard. hearted. Paramount Is
installing refrigeration plants on
stages and in projection rooms.
Now the players art hoping for
the ice boxes with those cute
little cubes OF ice and
what goes with them.
The Hollywood extras" can't
be accused of lacking ambition.
And at least some of them must
be credited with possessing ideas
as well. One of the latest of
these is the formation of a COM
PAW known as "Gyp YES" It is
headed by Alvin P. Meyers, who
used to be in charge of short sub.
ject sales for FBO. The thought
behind the company Is the produc-
ton of a series of two-reel dra.
matte novelties in which F'extras,"
and only extras" will appear in
the casts. Thus the downtrodden
extra" is presented with an op-
portunity to star. The cast will
he totally changed for each of the
series. So producers of "supers"
will be able to see the new talent
over which there is such a per.
petual hue and cry. The first
film is intriguingly titled, Women
Were His Weakness" Gwen
Dolan, Adrienne Marsh, Sam Ger.
Won and Justin Crayne are "Whos
you'll see them later in a real,
big picture.
Getting into the movies is be-
coming more and more similar to
procuring a stage engagement.
Last night no fewer than Is per-
sons were called by Warner
Brothers and given an addition,
no less. This is in connection
with the sound-screen version OF
''The Desert Song" AS yet there
have been no scream tests"
made, none OF the voices have
been Vitaphoned. Those who
passed last nights addition will
he given q chance to prove that
their voices register well over the
reproduction device.