The Washington times., 1928-07-31
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tcopyrlghf 1924 81 King Features
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tcopyrighf 1928. by King Features
syndicate. Inc.
HOLLYWOOD, CAL. July 40 1T
seems as though Director Richard
wallace recent New Fork journey
WASN'T entirely Tor the purpose az
looking over Broadway Bits
whether The deal was closed here
or there, the former linderta kel.,
who has contributed some 81 the.
worlds Iondest laughs 10 movie
comedies, has been signed by
Paramount to direct Buddy
Rogers second starring vehicle.
III il tentatively titled Just
Iswenty-one and gives all hands
plenty 81 chance to do their stuff.
Wallace has the distinction 0f
having directed one of the greatest
money ma king films ever produced.
It IL Mel dden i Flats, and ai-
though ne has made many some.
what more artistic pi1otoplays,
this one cIinched his claim 10 box
office fame.
They're picking ,em BY ruler and
tape measure these days. One
stars 100 tan. anofher's too fat, or
the other way round. ANY way a
couple az Inches too great height
lost Josephine Dunn the gold
braid role with Ramon Novarro.
and gave II To the more diminutive
Anita Page. Both girls are pets
at Metro. and every opportunity Is
being given them to demonstrate
the screen ability the executives
believe they possess.
AT 4 recent birthday party one
girl brought another star a gift,
There was much ching and
"a hing'' and great cash Of thanks
until the packag &c WAS opened.
Then II we discovered that the
present had been given the first
girl BY the second last Christmas.
Thus do git chickens come home
roost. Perhaps next Christmas
the present donor viii receive the
gift back again.
Well, they did get Edmund
Love after ALL never believed
that Fox would lend him for the
bart. But he did. So now Eddie
will be seen opposite Corinne
Griffith In ..Outoast. which IS g.
have its talking sequenees.
IN 4 sequence Of Al Jolson's pic.
ture '.The Singin' Fool AL y
reduced to the status Of 4 bum
nv the faithlessness of his wife.
All was stalIing around the iot pc
tween shots, and paused TO lean
against pole in the shade. he
removed his hat and was n1oppinS
his more or less fevered brow,
when along came DARYL Zanuck,
associate executive of Warner
brothers, and dropped a half
dollar in ATS chapeau. Al Kept
The four bits to add to his second
poilIion bucks. But he called
Zanuck a big so-and-so. The
funny part Is zanuck is little
Teller.
Mrs Finis Fox, whose mar.
,iaee makes her a sister-ia,law OF
T,irector Edwin CareWe, staged
elaborate farewell shower
taaay for Dolores Del. Rio, who
leaves very RHUIAlS ~ t 49, & .tsttttssA
Enropean tour OF which l have
told yol. 1t would be far simpler
~ say who wasn't present rather
man who was. AS looked 'em
over ii seemed TO me that every
star I'd ever seen or heard OF
WAS among the host gathered to
,t,ish Dolores "bon voyag e Per-
hans Mary Pickford was the most
famous guest.
n seems there was a little more
"a the recent story of one LADY
~ - being stretched for IA
eo',nt by another lady star. All,
80 course, in picture and In the
nan,e of realism. They do say
chat IN an early sequence showing
: dispute between the two, the
;noenue administered a resound-
i.e slap to the leading lady.
parhaps this was so the sock
nonld register on the sound de-
,'ioa Anyway the leading lady
snoiled nrettily. knowing full well
TO- there was another battle TO
~ staged later In the story.
uvhan the part was finally reached
she swung a Dempsey-like WALTON
- the ingenue'a chin, which was
- effective AZ 4 sleep-pill. NY,
what sacrifices the girls do make
for art!