The Washington times., 1928-10-29
ANITA PAGE IS
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BY REGINA CREWE
Copyright. 1928. By king Features

HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 29.-Little
Anita Page, credited by some with
stealing ''Our Dancing Daughters"
from all the other players in the
cast, il rewarded for her fine
performance by being chosen as.
william Haines' leading lady in
''The Duke Steps Out" Bill's next
starring vehicle.
The story is about a pugilist,
and the chief character Is said to
have been nodded more or less
in the image Of Polly LADDERS
husband. James Cruze is going
to direct Haines again. So it
seems sure that wen get snappy
photoplay.
Russell Gleason, son OF Jimmy
and Lucille. is the first man to
be picked for Pathe.s all.audible
pllotodrana, The Missing Man,
which, by the way, is Pathe's first
all-talking picture. Russell was
discovered by Director r. Fl.
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OF Bob Armstrong. Griffith was
looking for q kid reporter type
for his film. Shady Lady, in
which Armstrong and Phyllis
Haver costar. Armstrong sug-
gested the son Of his old pal,
Jimmy Gleason, and Russell de-
livered the goods.
aThe Elevator Girl win be
jeanette Loft. That Is to say,
when the film Of that name IS
shot Jeanette will play the lead.
ing role. Tay Garnett Will di-
rect.
Fox's quest for cowboy star
seems to have ended with the
news that in all probability Fred
Thomson viii sign on the dotted
line upon his return from
Europe. Thomson has enormous
popularity throughout the cOun.
try, although, oddly enough, very
few OF his pictures have ever
appeared on Broadway. How.
ever, the same may be said Of
Tom Mix, the greatest OF them
all when 1t comes to making
westerns Thomson III Iogi.
cal successor to Tom on the Fox
lot. BY the way, do you know
that Fred studied 1t Princeton
to be q minister Also that he
IS great pal Of Gene Tunney's7
Margaret Mann, who won fame
for herself as the mother in
-Four Sons, will be free from
her Fox contract next month.
She Is planning q trip back to
Scotland, where she will visit a
sister whom she has not seen In
almost 40 years. After her
little vacation she says that she
will return to America for d
vaudeville engagement.
Alice Whites new photoplay.
bad Baby" was shown at q
very secret preview the other eve
ming. Alice is not so buxom as
she was when she quit being
script girl to play in The Sea
Tiger. She now possesses one OF
the most gorgeous" fighting fig.
ures in Hollywood. See the pic
ture, and youll agree. Its first
title, you know. was tRitzy
Rosie. The story is about how
a little hat-check girl gets her
millionaire. The he in 1t is Jack
Mnlhall.
chinatown Charlie" In Para
mounts picture tong War;" will
be portrayed by Warner GLAND,
the accomplished actor who seems
at home in any role. GLAND is
one OF the few players who can
carry conviction IL the part OF an
Oriental.
Ethel Doherty and Louise Long
used to be school teachers in Los
Angeles. Then they decided to
write for the movies, and con.
tributed to the nations gaiety
with stories for numerous come
dies, notably those costarring
Wallace Berry and Raymond Hat.
ton. The girls nave just been re-
signed to q new long-term con-
tract.
Hal Roach is bringing from
New York thirty girls from
musical comedy stages with
whom he will form nucleus for
musical stock company for the
screen. Roach has also arranged
with the Victor Talking Company
to borrow for his Metro pictures
any OF the personalities record
ing on their records.
Some sequences of Henry
Kings big production. "She Goes
to War" are to be filmed in
New York. The task of shooting
them has been entrusted to
Director Joseph Boyle, who will
assist King in this regard. He
has been especially successful in
securing governmental co.opera-
ton on war films, having enlisted
the assistance Of the Navy De-
partment when he made Con
voy" for First National.
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