Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-09
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Kelly" however, will not be ar
"all-talkie," though there will be
considerable dialogue. Voice, or
: cheStra and sound effects are tt
; be combined.
THOSE who follow the movies
= quite closely bring forth the
statement that styles in players
change with the moon. For in
stance, this is the era of big man
and small woman players. The
last decade, and especially the last
five years, has seen the departure
from the screen of the once pop
ular JunoeSque type of charmers
and a more pronounced preference
for GoliathS in size in male por-
trayalS.
It has not been so long ago that
tall and comparatively buxom
players like Theda Bara, Kitty
Gordon, Betty Blythe and Mia
Naldi were the only types that
seemed satisfactory to fill the eye
of the film spectators. There
were a few exceptions - notably
Mary Pickford and Marguerite
Clark-but the AmaZonS were pre-
dominant in numbers. The man
players were of varying sizes,
though usually not below medium
height, and the same Is true to-
day. But the majority of the male
playerS now are tall. Charles
Farrell, for instance, is 2 inches
over 8 feet tall; Victor McLaglen
towers 6 feet and 3 inches; George
Bancroft is feet and 8 inches, and
other big fellows are Ivan Linow
Don Terry, Charles Morton, Barry
Norton. GEORGE O'Brien, Edmund
Lowe and Earle Foxe. Among the
email female stars of todav are
Janet Gaynor, Madge Bellamy,
Lois Moran. Marv Pickford, Mary
Duncan, Maria Alba, Nancy Car
roll. Sallv Phipps and MANY
others. Where once $50 pounds
was no bar to cinema fame, the
woman players now must hold
their weight down to a maximum
of 12n pounds. If player goes
over the 12n pounds she begins to
look toward future in the GUS
tard-pie comedies.
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THE exhibitors of "Uncle Toms
1 Cabin" met with a laughable
situation when protest was
made against the picture in Dali
las, Tex. A delegation OF the
United Sons and Daughters OF the
Confederacy complained about
the Aim, but when Simon Legree
was turned into a Northerner, the
Cruelty footage" reduced and q
prologue inserted to explain that
some of the occurrences "were not
customary" the picture was al
lowed on the screen. And there
was one other change. The words
civil War" were changed to read:
"The War Between the States
But even with these changes At
lanta barred the picture.
THE International Federation OF
i Exhibitors, which is composed
of representatives of II European
countries, has been organized TO
combat American pictures. The
advent of the federation reflects
the decision of the exhibitors to
follow the lead of European pro-
ducers and distributors in pre-
senting a united front against
films from this country. The or
ganization was perfected at re-
cent motion picture congress Iii
Berlin, and one decision OF the
federation was to pledge the eX-
fibitorS Of the continent against
the showing of so-called hate"
films. such as Dawn" The rep
resentative of the British exhibit
tors spoke as follows: European
films must be Safeguarded. Eu-
rope has richer and more interest
ing stories and literature on which
to base films, and Europe can use
money as wen as Hollywood,
which takes 60 per cent OF the
money made by the movies IN
England"
Short Flashes.
HOLAND has inaugurated nov
L city film tax. The United
States Department of Commerce
has received word that the pic
lures will be taxed according to
their artistic, moral and educs-
tional value. There will be nve
categories into which the pictures
NAV fall, and it will be for the
censorship bureau to decide IN
which a picture is to be CLASSIFIED.
If several films are exhibited in
one show, the tax will be calcu-
lated by means Of the arithmetical
medium of their length.
Lewis Milestone has been loaned
to Paramount by Howard Hughes
to direct a feature production,
which the press agent says will be
"million-d dollar epic Of the sea-"
Dawn" the story OF Edith
Cavill, has not yet been exhibited
in Ontario. It is making its fourth
trip to the censors in an effort to
have a former decision reconsid-
cred. =,
Eva LIE Gallienne, founder and
director of the Civic Repertory
! Theater, in New York, has signed
contract with Metro GoldWyn-
Mayer to appear in talking motion
pictures. This is in line with her
recent statement that she is a Arm
believer in the future of the sound
pictures, and it will mark her first
appearance before the motion pic
ture camera. She has appeared
in the stage successes mot So
Long Ago." "Liliom,' "The Swan"
and also revivalS of Ibsen during
the past two theatrical seasons.
The next Vitaphone special to
be started at the Warner Brothers
ctudio will he "Stark Mad" with