The Washington times., 1928-12-03
NEW GRIFFITH
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~ REGINA lSREWE

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 3.-The II.
lenf version OF y. w. Grififth's
latest pnotoplay was previeWed
last night In q town some miles
distant from Hollywood, 1t II
called Masquerade" but the title
NAV be changed to The Heart
SONG, before you see 1t. As q
n,attar of fact. is it the Pa Paiva"
story which ID. W., planned 70
produce about two years ago with
Estelle Taylor playing one Of tne
two biz femme roles.
When the "Movietone Syn
chronization il completed. The film
will be about 80 per cent sound,
and will include three songs Dy
Iupe Velez. who has the sympas
thetic role. Two Of these viii be
rendered in Spanish The dialoE
should prove interesting If for no
other reason than that both Lupe
and Jetta Goudal speak with pro.
nounced accents
This, you remember. is the Pic
ture In which ID. w had to act
as peace.maker as well as director,
for Jetta and L0pe aren't the best
Of pals. Not exactly! For fine act
ing. Jetta wins first prize, but
you,ll aet q million laughs from
Lupe's robust rough-house. a
character actor. Henry Armetfa,
came close to stampeding the
audience although his role -
scarcely more than bit. Bill Boyd
is the handsome hero. Put this
down In the book as d good bet
when Won are seeking motion pic
ture entertainment
Jetta Goudal, by the way, may
soon appear in the title role OF 2
movie version OF Flaubert's IA
rnoua novel, Madame Bovary.
One of the big producers plans
to film the story, and negotiations
are now under Way for Jettas
services. Despite her alleged
stennperamerlt, HollyWoOdss mys-
terry woman is admittedly one Of
the finest actresses on the screen.
For once the stars who gather
IN s'Henry's'' for d midnight snack
were the observers rather than
the observed, when Charlie Chap
Inns rendezvous was invaded by
some forty fIappers from one Of
the studio cIubs'' which house
the lesser lights of movieland. The
girls mostly extras-mtst have
dropped Id after 4 party. and each
Of them WAS made up TO re-
aemble some celeb. There was
Chaplin and Tom Mix and Har.
old Lloyd and Gloria. Nary, Norma
and all the rest---even Fatty" Ar.
Isl ~ae.s
brought along perhaps to repre-.
sent Lon Clancy. Tony, or Rim
Tin-Tin. Anyway. he looked as
though he wished he had stayed
home. The girls took possession
Of the place. and dozen stars
looked on from different hooks
and corners. thoroughly enjoying
the good time
Heard for the first time how
Zasu Pitts happens to be 30
called. Seems that Zasu had two
fond auntfes, Susan and Eliza,
each Of whom thought the girl
baby should be named for her.
So papa and mama Pitts did the
diplomatic thing and called the
kid after both OF them. So III
happens that the actress name is
formed from the last part Of
Aunt EIizass name and The first
part Of Aunt Susafl's.
Christmas gifts OF perfume will
be regarded askance In Hollywood
this year because OF the discovery
that glib-tOngue young man
who has been selling cut-price
scent to the stars In large Quanti-
ties has turned out TO be
slicker. And his perfume moth
ing but bay rum, or some similar
mixture. The bottles looked
grand, and the salesman had a
good story--one OF those lust.
off-the-boat'' tllings--to account
for the cheap prices on expensive
colognes. Among the stars who
are rllYnored to be trying to laugh
off their victimization are Marie
Provost, Jean Hersholt. Reginald
Denny. Richard Barthelmess and
q dozen or 50 others.