The Washington times., 1928-08-30
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HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 29 a one
act play win be expanded to pro
vide material for Paramount's
first sound feature to be presented
with dialog. 1t il called The
Drums OF Dude and William De
Mile win not only scenario the
play, but also make his initial
bow as the supervisor Of Para
mount sound films. The actual
direction win be in the hands of
Roy Pomeroy.
The story. deals with adven-
turous life in British India. and
appropriately. Give Brook has
been selected to play the star
role. Brook, az you know =
quite English. Young John Loder,
another Britain. Is being c0nsid-
cred for one Of the somewhat
lesser parts. The girl will be
Ruth Chatterton, who In married
TO Ralph Forbes. the third Eng
lishman.
Four Feathers once made by
Dick BartheImess under the title
The White Black Sheep" is the
picture for which SchOedsack and
Cooper spent so many months In
the tangled jungles OF Africa
filming the lives and battles OF
native tribesmen. 1t is going TO
be an impressive photoplay if
things go according TO schedule.
Richard Arlen has been definitely
cast as the hero, and Fay Wrav
as the heroine. This team seems
too good to split. Arnold Kent
and Mole Johnson have prominent
parts, and II John Loder doesn't
appear in Guns Of Dude" you II
probably see him in -Four Feath-
ers,'
Adolphe Menjou and Kathryn
Carver start today leading "FIis
Private Life" This ii the story
that supekceded Pointed Heels
which / told you would be his
next. Now it seems that Heels"
will follow after life" Adolphe,
by the way, Is totally different In
person from what he Is In pic
lures. A most direct young man
totally lacking in subtlety, he an.
swers all Guiries straight from the
shoulder. and Is rather given to
believing instead Of the soft voice
one might expect. And whisper
this. He says that anyone who
stays in Hollywood is crazy! Mon
sieur Menjou, incidentally, has
the prize contract and the highest
salary on the Lasky lot. He has
more say-so and a bigger pay en-.
velope than JAnnings, himself.
| see New York is raving about
The Patroit." So will you when
1t reaches your city. Thus far
it leads the seasons releases, and
1t will probably be first of the
years best ten phntoplays. An.
other one you must see is "The
Terror" 1t offers the best ex.
ample so far Of the thrills that
may be induced through sound
and dialog in the movies. It also
demonstrates that new technic
will surely come. without sound
The Terror" might reasonably be
termed just $3.50. With vitaphone
- % III hiHB anu HdT-ThIa.
ing comedy as have seen in
the several thousand films l have
reviewed. 1t is probable that sound
Will weaken the actual film stories.
In the silent drama the story had
TO stand on it's own feet. even
though they were feet of CLAY.
Now they may depend on
word to clarity a bad situation,
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OF all descriptions. II THE Terror"
does nothing else it establishes
Louise Fazenda as the most
desirable player OF either sex
who has thus far made "YAllie. !"
she Is a revelation, and the
talkies must be thanked for en-.
downing her with screen speech.
This alone will make up for
many things to be blamed upon
them.
DR.. Bella Sekeley, correspondent
at the front for the New York
Sun during the world war, and
more recently supervisor OF the
story department at First Ma
tional, died of heart failure last
night. He directed that there be
no funeral for him and that his
ashes be sent to his brothers in
Budapest. DR.. Sekeley is famous
in the screen world, and has su.
persived departments in several OF
the leading film companies. He
made many friends and a host of
admirers of his ability.
Downtown apartments ran be easily
aecured By locking through the Clasai-
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