Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-05
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BY <. e. NELSON.


Jacksonville; Dallas, serving Dali
las. New orleans and San An
| tonic. Chicago, serving Chicago
Detroit, Milwaukee, Minneapolis
and Sioux Falls: Cincinnati, Serv-
ing Cincinnati, Cleveland, Column
bus and indianapolis; Kansas
City, serving Kansas City, st
Louis, Oklahoma City, Denver
DeS MoineS and Omaha; San
Francisco, serving San Francisco
Los Angeles, Salt Lake City
Seattle and Portland.
The sound centerS will be uti-
| lied in the manufacture of news
reels, and the chain Of stations
covers the greater part OF the
country.
A number of sound news reels
are made here in Washington, for
the Capital is known as the lead
ing picture city" of the entire
country. 1t is estimated that
fully half OF the news pictures
originate in this city, while some
of the cities mentioned above
rarely send out a news photo
graph, be it still" or movie,
Chicago, Philadelphia, st. Louis
and Detroit, all ranking we'll to-
ward the top in population, are
not good picture cities" and New
York ranks next TO the Capital
City.
THE Fox organization announces
that it will have IL sound sta
tons, to be used ia the making
of news reels. washington has
been selected as one of these, and
the Movietone outfit will be a
familiar sight on the streets OF
the city.
ROTH sound and color will be
employed in "Hell's Angels" be-
ing completed by United Artists
in Hollywood. Ben Lyon, Greta
NiSSen, James Hall, Thelma Todd
and John Darrow have prominent
parts in the picture, which is an
air story. The opening perform
ance will take place in New York
In November.
The Trial of Mary Dugan, "
popular stage success, has been
purchased by Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer, and it will become the
organizations first "all-talkie !"
Paul Stone is said to be the
first movie director to voluntarily
give up a position in Hollywood
in order to spend several months
in the talking picture laboratories
Of the East. The director says he
intends to learn every phase of
production This journey ito
school" will be expensive for
Stone. His salary as a director
has been 81 500 per week, and he
expects to spend II weeks in the
East, so that he will sacrifice
$4,000 in salary, in addition to
his personal expenses.
From Hollywood comes the in
formation that Clyde Cook is fast
breaking away from comedy roles.
At present he is working with
George Bancroft in THE Docks
of New York"
Jacqueline Logan has a star
ring bit in 1.-THE Lookout Girl"
Quality picture. Then she returns
TO the Pathe-DeMille studio for
part in THE Speiler."
Work has at last started on
Show Boat" which Is being di-
rected by Harry Pollard. Laura
LaPlante is the star.
George O'Brien goes from the
Warner studio to the Fox for a
star. part in Fog" He has been
making scenes for the Vitaphone
sequences of 'Noah'S Ark" play
ing the role opposite Mary Aston
Helen War a., stage star, has been
engaged to take charge Of the new
Fox Stage-training department.
all brought about through the in
PRODUCTION Of sound movies. Miss
Ware will prepare players for the
Movietone tests.
Tom Moore and Noah Berry
have signed two-picture contracts
with F. B. o. Moore will play the
lead in His Last Haul" and THE
Yellowback," while Berry will
have featured parts in THE Red
Sword and Love in the Desert" "
Dorothy Mackaill goes to Homo
lulu to star in First Nationals
Changing" George Fitzmaurice
is directing.
Colleen Moore and her husband,
John Mccormick, have sailed for
South America in a chartered
yacht. They expect to be gone
about seven weeks.
Dolores Del Rio and Edwin
Carewe have gone to Europe to
spend the remainder Of the Sum-
mer.