Evening star., 1928-02-26
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BY G. E. NELSON.

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leading feminine role. She was
once a premiere danSeuse at New
Yorks Winter Garden. and she is
also one of the many girls in Vic
tor McLaglen's "A Girl in Every
Port"
ONE Paris theater has a new
~ rule. All dogs must he
checked at the door. Lap dogs
and wolf hounds may howl as
loudly as they please, but they are
in charge of a special uniformed
master of hounds"
AN attempt is being made to
"A harmonic the film art of
Germany and Russia. The Derufa
company. a n-RuSSian firm
recently organized in Berlin, has
taken up the idea. and the first
picture to be issued will be known
as THE Chalk Circle" The story
deals with Oriental life. and some
of the scenes were snapped in
Samarkand, Turkestan. Two
other pictures scheduled for ea.!y
release are were Mirveva" and
The Locksmith."
The Soviet government OF Rus
sia first took a hand in the pro-
duction of motion pictures. but all
attempts have been failures.
| However. the government still re-
| tains the distribution rights of all
pictures made in Russia, and 1t Is
difficult for independent agencies
to take an interest in movie al
fairs.
HAROLD LLOYD. who recently
i completed SPEEDY" Is plan
ming three pictures for the COM
ing year. One will be a college
story. another will deal with the
life of a cub reporter and the
other will have a setting in a
mythical kingdom. Work is being
started in the West Coast studios.
THE orchestra of the United
i Artists Theater, in Chicago,
was playing Zohmer's Despair
a week ago last Sunday night,
when Richard Zohm, 81, French
horn player. dropped dead. Three
of his fellow musicians carried
him from the orchestra pit. while
the remainder of the orchestra
completed the composition. Mem
bers of the audience knew moth
ing of the occurrence.
Seven special Fox Films are TO
be given box office tests before
they are finally released. The
pictures are: -Four Sons" Street
Angel" THE Red Dancer" The
-FOUR Devils" Mother Machree,
FAIL and Sunrise"
"The Circus" the Charlie Chap
lin film. has set a new attendance
record in New York. The previous
record at the same theater was
held by another Chaplin picture.
The Gold Rush"
Statistics from Hollywood show
that only one out of 5000 extra
girls averages five days of work
week. The estimate is made BY
the Central Casting Agency.
Eight of the 5000 girls average
four days a week, Il of them have
averaged three days and the $3.50
others have worked two, one or no
days. But every train into Holly
wood carries more girls to look for
motion picture work.
Sally O'Neil Is to be starred in
a Tiffany-Stahl picture, "Satur-
day Night" Ralph Graves has the
supporting role. !
Bessie Love has been selected
as star of Columbia's broadway
Daddies," which is listed as one OF
the company's outstanding pro-
ductions for the year. With Alan
Forrest. she is also featured In
the F. B. o. picture, Sally OF the
Scandals"
It is reported that Tom Mix has
signed a contract whereby ne IS
to receive $500 per week in
vaudeville. Then. upon the ter
mination of this contract Tom
plans TO go to South America 10
make pictures, taking Tony. his
famous horse, and a technical
crew. The movie stars weekly
pay envelope while in. vaudeville
is said to be 1000 a week more
than was paid Sarah Bernhardt
on the same circuit. Times and
salaries have changed-but Tom
will probably draw bigger audi
ences than did Bernhard.
Alberto Guglielmi Valentino mas
lust been discharged from Hol-
lywood hospital. where he under
went three operations TO correct
the lines OF his nose. He Is a
brother OF the late Rudolph
Valentino and he plans a screen
career and a nose with a roman
tic contour.
Estelle Taylor, wife OF Jack
Dempsey. has started work In
Honor Bound" story OF South
ern prison camp life.
Hobart Bosworth will have the
star part In Vitaphone picture.
The Man OF Peace.
Colleen Moore and large COM
pany are on location at Ell Toro,
! Calf, where they are making
Lilac Time" Gary Cooper has
/ the male lead.
Damon Runyon. the sports
writer. has been invited TO Holly
wood 10 supervise the filming of
! his story. "The GceZ:r." The Uni
yersal company is producing.
| MAY McAvoy has been sued by
the Waldorf company for alleged
! breach Of contract. The company
asks damages TO the extent OF
$4,000, and IL states that MISS
! McAvoy's salary was 10 have been
| So 900 a week.
! II is now reported that the Erich
! Won Gtroheim picture. The Wed
+, ding March" will be ready Tor a'i~
| diences around the first OF March.