The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-02
Copyright. 1898. king Features
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HOLLY FOOD, July LII
you've been reading this OF any
other movie colump you'll recall
that the boys and girls have been
All het up regarding THE Last Of
Mrs. Cheyney Lubitscii was to
direct. and either Connie Tai
nadge or Camilla Horn was to-
play opposite Join Barrymore.
Then there were all sorts Of
changes and monkey business, and
finally the production Was reported
abandoned. Btu new It seems
that we haven't YET heard the
last of Mrs. Cheyney, Tor Metro
plans to make The play into
picture, and. or course Norma
Shearer Is to enact the role ere
ated by Ina Claire on the stage.
As to the director, It looks like
Sidney Franklin or Bob Leonard.
III seems more Of Leonard We
l1fcle. but / hear that Bob may
make q trip abroad in connection
with sound pictures The produce
ton Is supposed to 50 iftc work
very shortly.
The prize boner Of the season
was pulled last night by the mas
ter OF ceremonies at the MCnaarI.
In introducing various cinema
ceIebs scattered ab.iut the room
the M. b. said: w also have
with us the comedian. Give Brook
II have laughed AZ many Of MS
picturest' OF course, he meant
CLYDE Cook But ii Just shows
that an actor is not without lame
except IN hollywood.
Speaking Of boners, Mrs. Jim
Tully recently spent an entire
evening III the. fond belief that
Jimmy Gleason was George Jes-
sci. She even asked Jimmy why
he hadn't played in The Jazz
Singer. The rest of the crowd
played straight. and James even
sang 4 song on two to carry the
thing Off. Gleason has also been
mistaken FOR Irving Berlin.
on location one fair chaFmer
of the screen was approached BY
one az the boys who had picked
lin an Indian arrowhead. Con.
cealing it III his hand he said:
"I'H bet you can't guess what
have here An Indian arrow
readr' And she, shrinking IN
genueishly. asked: oh, win 1t
bite?"
AT q recent gathering Of bored
beauties there was no masculinity.
and one Of the girls piped up with
Now Is the time for all good
men to come to our aid with 3
party. Yes, she was a stenog
few years back.
Bobbie Agnew. who had more
busted ronances than the famous
"Tillie. Is now reported engaged
to HGerry" Gears. and Gerry
says she's going through with it.
Which il more than May McAvoy
or Ann Rork did.
No less an authority than
Jeanne MacPherson is authority
for the statement that the intro
duction Of sound into pictures has
set back the motion pictures
some 10 years. But, she adds,
In the end the movies will be
benefited.
When Nils Asher finishes
being THE Little Angel with
Norma Shearer, he will move
over on the Greta Carlo set TO
play the coveted role of Napier
In rhe Green Hat" which Is to
be known as "A Woman OF Az
fairs" Just as Rain is Sadie
Thompson.
Both the De Miles were asso-
ciated with the theater in pre-
movie plays, and william au-
thored among many plays a
sketch called The Man Higher
Up in which Theodore Roberts
appeared in vode. Now William
is to make the act into
"squeaISie'' two-reeler with the
Grand Old Man" playing the
same role he1 enacted upon the
stage. In some circles, by the
way. the De Miles are known
as "Big D. and Little d. for,
whereas Cecil B. spells 1t De Mile.
William G. writes II de Mile.
Note that neither uses a capital
Il"