The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-26

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Los ANGELES, May IS. Is
telle TayIor doesn't believe III
wasting time There remain sew
eraI weeks before Estelle and
Jack, HollywOod's favorite cham
peefl, accompany Max MARGIN to
New York for rehearsals of THE
Big Fight. which. you remem-
Der, IS the title Of the Belaseo
stage play which will open in
During the interim Estelle has
determined TO make a picture.
And within the next day or 80
will sign up with either Columbia
or Gotham.
II Estelle signs with Columbia.
her picture will be Publicity. Z
an original by Alyce Harris, a
young New York newspaper
woman who asked EstelIe to read
the yarn during her recent stay
In the East. IL Gotham secures
her services. It will be for the
leading role in The River WON
an. the part which Alma Rubens
was to have played had she not
been cast for the role Of Julie
IN Show Boat Z Joseph Hama
berry will direct.
Publicity" Lis first story.
and the girl who wrote it gets n
double break insomuch as Estelle
will not only play in the picture,
but will also lend q hand in its
adaptation for the screen. That
Is. of course. IF Harry Cohn, Of
Columbia. gets her name on the
dotted line.
They have a brand new director
on the r. B. o. lot who seems
to have the confidence of all the
big shots who prophesy great
triumphs for him. The boy is
Bert Glennon. He has been in
the picture business since before
Kalem days, and has been every
thing from actor to props"
Finally he became one of the best
cameramen in Hollywood. as you
may judge from his work in
underworld" And when Para
mount released him so that he
might try his hand at directing,
Il was with the understanding
that he will not touch camera
except for Paramount. OF the
SIX r. B. o. specials" planned
this season, Glennon will direct
two. And. mind you. he has
never handled a megaphone be-
fore. The first of these. THE
Perfect Crime" created a sensa-
ton at the r. B. o. convention.
The second. now in work. is called
Gang War" and is the talk Of
the studio.
ia PaIva. the United Artists
picture. starring Lupe VeIez. has
been changed to The Love Son."
II will be produced with sound
accompaniment. and song writ
ten by Irving Berlin will be used
az a theme throughout the pic
ture. Thus far Lupe. William
Boyd and Louis Wolheim have
been selected. There is still a
major part open for another girl
The new Warner Brothers
Theater here continues to do
Runaway business. The cur
rent offering, The Lion and the
Mouse" is attracting particular
attention because several long
sequences have vitaphone dialog.
The entire cast has a chance to
talk: Lionel Barrymore. May
McAvoy, Buster Collier and Alec
Francis. As might be expected,
Barrymore. with voice trained by
years in the theater, is by far
the best. Francis. who also
knows his stage, gets his lines
over tellingiy. Without vitaphone.
the picture could never have been
made, for the story is not screen
material. But with the sound
device, it Is just as interesting
as it was when Charles Klein
penned the lines in the dim and
distant past. Incidentally, Larry
Ceballos, who stages the prologs.
is putting on a show for War
ners that compares favorably
with any in Broadwav's "cathe.
drals."
Fannie Brice Is due here any
day now. She, too. will make q
Warner vitaphone number which
is tentatively titled my Man" 1t
will be directed by Archie Mayo,
from tale written by Robert
Lord.
Dog Gets Contract
Jean, an artistocratic Scotch
collie, and known wherever movies
are made placed her paw of ap-
prevail on her biggest film con.
tract when she paved for
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