Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

picture was never screened in this
country.
I'm M0vieland.
DAVID WARK GRIFFITH has
- completed The Battle of the
Sexes" and is at work on The
Love Song" with William Boyd.
Jetta Goudal and Lupe Valez,
This film will be Of the sound va
riety, having a new song by Irving
Berlin, a movie-toned score by
Hugo Reisenfeld, a song sung by
Lupe Velez, dialogue, a chorus Of
1000 male voices singing La
MarseillaiSe," and other sound eff
fectS.
Herbert Brenou is directing
"Lummox. from the Fannie Hurst
novel. Rex Ingram is completing
Three Passions IN England and
Roland West is making Night
stick" with dialogue Allan Dwan
is directing the Douglas Fairbanks
picture, The Iron Mask"
Ernst LubitSch, director of John
Barrymore. Mary Pickford, Emil
Jannings and Pola Negri in vari-
Gus films. has selected an "un-
known" Mona Rico. 10 play the
second female lead opposite John
Barrymore in his next United Art
lists picture. Camilla Horn is the
| leading lady Senorita Rico is 10
years old. Mexican. and has been
playing extra parts around Holly
wood She has signed a 1ive-year
contract with United Artists.
Michael CurtiZ is directing the
new Dolores Costello picture. Ma
donna Of Avenue A." This will be
special Vitaphone production
put out by Warner Bros.
"A Mans Man. the stage play
by Patrick Kearney. has been Sc
lected by Metro Goldwyn Mayer
officials as the William HaineS
starring vehicle to follow Excess
Baggage" James Kruze will dl-
rect the young star.
Lewis Stone has signed a new
long-term contract with Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer and he is now
playing with Greta Carlo and
John Gilbert in Michael Arlen's
"A Woman Of Affairs" directed by
Clarence Brown.
Gwen Lee has again been cast
with Norma Shearer. this time in
The Little Angel" story adapt
ed from work by Leroy Scott.
Jacqueline Logan has been sign
ed for the leading role in Drift
wood" a story by Richard Harding
Davis which will be produced by
Columbia Pictures.
The new Norma Talmadge pic
ture has been completed and sent
TO New York for Synchronization
The picture has the title The
Woman Disputed"
The Newest Pictures.
MILTON sILLs has completed
Hard Rock" Lima Bas-
quette is the star of The Goddess
Girl which was given a premiere
performance in New York last
week Conrad Nagel is again
co-starred with Dolores Costello
in The Redeeming Sin" :.
Olive Borden has signed to star in
Love in the Desert" Edmund
Lowe and Sylvia Fields are the
featured players of Behind That
Curtain" Pauline Starke.
Bet Lytell, Lois Wilson and
Holmes Herbert will appear in the
Warner Brothers Vitaphone pro-
duction. "On Trial" which will be
a screen version of the stage sue
cess. The Caddo company
will incorporate the newest sound
ideas in the projected ocean
spectacle, Titanic" based upon
an original story by Wilson Miner
and Carl Harbaugh The
Trial of Mary Dugan" will be the
first sound picture Of the Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer Co. Dorothy
Mackaill is featured in the First
National picture, "Changeling, /"
which is taken from the original
story by Dom Byrne Wings"
is to be released i'll September,
and il will be closely followed by
The Patriot" and THE Wedding
March" Sound and color are
employed in the new picture,
1lCA d ALlBEics anu ttlt IttoJ III
cludes Ben Lyon. Greta Nissen.
James Hall, Thelma Todd and
John barrow One of the new
United Artists pictures will be dl-
rected by S. NJ. Eisenstein, who
came into movie prominence by
his direction of "Potemkin," the
Russian film Douglas Fair
banks has started work In THE
Iron Mask" and the star once
more plays the part Of d'Artagnan
John Barrymore say.
Tempest" is his best picture, but
the public may have something to
say along that line Mary
Philbin ia starred In Port Of
Dreams" an original story of the
San Francisco water front.