The Washington times., 1928-12-14
GUS EDWARDS
REVUE TO BE
FIJI MED
BY REGINA CREWE
1s2sS by Kins Features
syndicate, Inc.)


ever the New Yorkers-in- Holly
wood Club gets together it seems
to put in plug for Broadway
one way or another. In any
event, following Broadway
Melody" the New York crowd at
Metro is planning to film a Gus
Edwards revue titled From
Broadway to Heaven" Some OF
the boys objected saying that
the two places are the same, But
the combination was termed ur1-
beatable for attractiveness at the
box office. So the title stands.
Charles King, comedy star with
the wonderful voice, has the lead
ing role. There are to be LOT
of brand-new songs, q nunpSr
of speciality dances. q baileE ana
all the trimmings OF a reguiac
revue. The picture Is called
"color and tune" revue, which
means that beside sound and
dialogue it is to be photographed
in natural colors. Among the
snecialty numbers are included
the only pair of Chinese girl
twins to appear in pictures, Bo
ling and Bo Chingif you want
theiI. names. The revue goes into
production next week.
When Sam Goldwyn bought
Bulldog Drummond" for Ronald
Colman, instead of letting Para
mount have the screen rights for
a Richard Dix picture, our Rich
was left high and dry In New
York with no film to make. Not
that he objected to a Broadway
vacation, of course. Now they
have decided to star Dix in q
talker version of William Col
lier's stage farce, Nothing But
the Truth" Buster" Golfers
pa has been engaged to supervise
the production, and so Dix Will
have the advantage of tips from
the great comedian who created
his role. The filming of the pic.
ture in New York provided Ned
Sparkes a chance to get a breath
Of Broadway after long stay in
Hollywood. Ned is one of the
funniest dead pan" players in
existence, beside being q ringer
for Mayor Jimmy Walker--in case
Hizzoner ever wants a double.
Ned has a big part in Nothing
But the Truth. =
Eva Won Berne who was
shipped back to the old country
for no apparent reason, got Z
lucky break Immediately upon her
arrival home. Eva has been
signed to star in a German-made
picture at a. salary and 10
per cent royalty arrangement.
Hope her luck has changed.
A rumor which seems depend
able states that D. w. Griffith
has been selected to do ''The
Darling of the Gods" If this is
so, the Maestro will have to
shoot his picture over the pros
trate form of Director Henry
King. 1t has been Kings life
long ambition to make the Belasco
play into a photodrama More
over Joseph M. Schenck promised
King the honor Of welding the
n1egaphone. However, ID. W." is
scheduled to make another in be.
tween times, and before that one
is completed many things may
happen. King is at present shoot.
ing his United Artists special,
She Goes To War"
When Count Ilya ToIstoy Wis
tied here to help film his famous
fathers famous story, 'Resurrec-
tion,'' the smart city slickers said
that Hollywood had taken the.
count" Be that as 1t may, Toy
stoy is back to stay and has lots
of ideas for the movies. The
count is advising the stars to eat
more raw vegetables If they wish
to keep that kid complexion and
the girlish figure.
A ship without an ocean, or
man without a country doesn't
seem half so forlorn as house
without a lot. And that is
Hollywood's latest boast. Some
one began to move his house
from one lot to another. Both
lots became involved in litigation
during the moving process, and
the house found itself without a
place to lay its weary founda.
tions. And meantime traffic COPS
are pinning tickets on it for OBJ
structing traffic. Speaking of
odd sights in the cinema city,
beauty parlor sign proclaims
face exchange" But you really
come out with the same old face
bolstered up here and there and
tilted a few degrees.
AS much as Nils Asther wanted
to run across the pond to that
dear Sweden for the holidays, his
plans are thwarted by an attack
of dat ole davil" influenza. So
Nils will have his turkey in
Hollywood. If any.