Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-12-02
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Blue, has brought forward a play
let designed to be filmed in two
reels, in Danish, German, French
and English, with cast of Holly
wood players who are now ready
to speak their lines.
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pREMIERE performances of the
all-talkie programs are being
made gala affairs in New York.
During the past week three sound
pictures were given their first
screen EMBELLISHMENTS
ence," "On Trial. and alias
Jimmy Valentine" All three of
these were successful stage plays
before they were taken up by the
photoplay producers. The locale
of "On Trial" is a courtroom, a
scene which is admirably suited
to the sound picture. Action is
developed in the witness chair,
and fiashbackS, cleverly inserted,
keep the development from be-
coming stilted and static. The
cast includes Pauline Frederick,
Bert Lytell and Lois Wilson.
Alias Jimmy Valentine" is the
new Metro Goldwyn-M Mayer pic
ture. The first part of it is silent.
and it is clever action centered
about the star, William HaineS.
In the second part, the talking
starts, and the work of Lionel
Barrymore, as a detective, is out
standing.
Interference" is the first Para
mount all-talkie, and it is re-
ported that Give Brook deserves
the highest honorS for his work.
Doris Kenyon, William Powell and
Evelyn Brent, however, are very
important members of the cast.
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ROCKCLIFFE FELLOWS, Mar
garet Livingston, Phila Nc
Cullogh, Anita Garvin and Fritzie
Fern will have important parts
in the new Universal picture,
THE Charlatan." Miss Fern, by
the way, is the latest find" of
the studio world. She plays the
part Of the ingenue. The stars
have not been selected.
June Marlowe, we'll known in
the Hollywood colony, left a few
days ago for Germany, where she
will play the leading role in "The
House of GLASS;" under the direc-
ton of Joseph Levigard. She also
plays a dual role in the Arthur
SomerS Roche story, Fallen
Angels" which is being made
abroad for Universal.
"The Singing Fool" Al Jolson'S
sound picture, is claimed by it's
producers to have set 10 box
Office records in its travels about
the country.
Evelyn Brent, Paramount star,
was married last week to Harry
Edwards at AguaScaliente. They
will live in a Beverley Hills home.
Pathechrome, new color proc
eSs, is making it's bow with the
Pathe Review.
Barbara Worth and Edna
Murphy play the blonde and
brunette in THE Bachelors Club"
a picture starring Richard Tai
madge.'
Joseph HergeSheirner, the well
known novelist, Is writing the dia-
logue for the next Ronald Colman
picture, while Arthur Richman is
writing the dialogue for Wilma
Banky'S starring vehicle. Titles
for the pictures have not been
selected. i
Joseph Schildkraut has signed
a five-year contract with the Uni
verSal Co. He plays the part of
Ravenal in SHOW Boat" The
stars first picture under the new
contract will be Bargain in
Kremlin," which Edward Sloman
will direct.
Colleen Moore's new picture,
Synthetic Sin,," has been COM
pleted by Director William Setter.
The picture which will feature
Paul Whiteman and his band has
not received title as yet. Wesley
RuggleS has been selected to di-
rect, and the picture is expected
to be one of the most costly of
the new season.
Many stage actors have gone to
Hollywood with the idea of enter
ing the sound pictures. It is
estimated that about 400 players
have been signed by the various
companies during the past week.
The salaries range from 500 to
$4,000 a week, the contracts call
ing for only part-time work.
Merna Kennedy has been Sc
lected to play the feminine lead
of the Carl Laemmle picture
Broadway" It will be remem-
bered that Miss Kennedy was once
the leading woman for Charlie
Chaplin.
Bebe Daniels has succeeded in
getting a contract release from
the Paramount Co. She intends
to accept the best offer in sound
pictures.
Fifty motion picture features
were shipped aboard the Presi-
dent-elect Hoover warship for the
trip to Central and South
America.