The Washington times., 1929-02-12
MAUDE ADAMS
STUDYING
TALKIES
By DOROTHY HERzOG

copyright 1929, Premier syndicate)
HOLLYWOOD. Feb. 12.--Abra.
ham Lincoln's birthday. Lest we
forget.
Pretty cold weather lately. The
Polar bears should relish It. And
one doesn't necessarily refer to
casting directors. 'Tis nodded
about that the one and only
Maude Adams has slipped quietly
into our midst and is as ditto ac-
quainting herself with the Galkies.
Perhaps other Cimematic matters.
too. A few in the know suspect
Famous Players is rolling flirta-
tious optics at Miss Adams. But
she is an elusive soul. Then again,
money never shared this artistic.
It wasn't do-re-me that converted
her to scientific stage lighting
experiments at the General Elec-
trio Schenectady plant for some
two years.
Speaking of w. K. Personages,
1t may be interesting to note that
Henry Give, the artist, is now
Charlie Chaplin's art director. In
clude among Cinematic SMILES:
AS balny as a yes mans confer
fence. Bebe Daniels and her
mother flying to San Francisco.
Bebe has been elected to be Joan
of Arc in the Mardi Gras pageant.
. Billie Dove battles a
baby cold and hopes to send it
on its way ere beginning her
initial outloud, careers" Either
way--if percentages are half ac-
curate-the odds are against her.
The talkies may gild the pro-
ducers' exchequers, but locally
they are germ incubators. Several
days on a sound stage forewarn
weeks with a wretched cough.
Wonder If the academy of motion
picture arts is interested in this
appalling condition.
Marion Davies terribly
upset. A hit-and-run driver
struck her priced big dane and
killed It. Charming people, hit
and.runners. Do you suppose
they have mothers? Ken
Maynard going Up in the air.
Legitimately. He pilots his own
ship. May Sunday dolorously
recounting the story of the cross
eyed seamstress who sasshayed
her stitches. Ben Lyon
sub-Ieasing his apartment and
going in for bostelry life.
Reed Howes and Jack Warner
have two things in common. Both
wear spats. But not for colds.
Espied. At high noon. Perched
atop a fire hydrant in front of
a grammar school. An empty
Scotch bottle. Sure 1t was empty.
Director Alexander Kcrda work
ing 25 nights in succession. Yes,
he's married. . Z" Charlie Delaney
happily claiming to be henpecked
Bob Leonard disguised behind
a Juvenile moustache Jack
Pickford reported i'll and confined
in a local hospital > Mary Pick
ford up to her social tricks; meeting
more European titles at the Santa
Fe station The stock markets
deflation brings little cheer to sun
dry flieker-ites = Jetta Goudal
in pet because she went to thea
ter and her chauffeur chose to mis-
take that eve for New Year
Viola Brothers shore proffers a
theme song for 1.-THE Woman Who
Needed Killing" Woman Who
Needed Killing, you slay me"
A lugubrious soul asserts Emil
Jannings' pictures should have
happy endings. Jannings should
pass out in the last reel
49, Estelle Taylor Dempsey pre-
pairing to entrain for New York and
thence to Miami and Jack
Betty Bronson darkIy suspecting
a dress model yclept do-do was
named in honor of Douglas Fair
banks, .jr, Do-do is Joan Craw-
ford's soft moniker for the lad
" Mr.. and Mrs. Antonio Mo-
reno win move into duplex apart
ment house on Franklin Avenue
the end or the month. Mrs. Moreno
has given her beautiful hillside
home to a charity organization
Tito Schlpio, the w. X.
singer. visiting Charlie Farrell at
the Fox : and-that's all.