Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10
Flashes From the Screen
By C. e. Nelson.

!, effort, is sitting calmly at the TOT
, of the movie ladder-because Sht
{ could sing and dance and sh'
knew how to play an emotiona
, role. Her work has made Broad
way Melody" a roaring success
with ticket spectators handling
the pasteboards.
"MOVIES in the home, with
AVA radio Accomplishments, are
entirely possible within a few
years., says William ]. Cowen, di-
rector at the r. K. O. studio
formerly F. B. o. And then he
adds: For a small sum, probably
IS a month, a machine will be
available which will bring motion
pictures into the home, Just as we
tune in on any radio program we
want today. The newspapers will
carry a list of the pictures to be
exhibited by certain stations at
certain hours, and they can be
thrown on screen by any one de-
string to see them. They will be
either silent or with sound. Either
the radio companies will make
four or five pictures per pad, or
they will be forced to buy the pic
lures from producers. Unlimited
work will be furnished to actors
when this time comes, and it will
be soon."
The director who is making this
prediction is well known among
the studios of Hollywood. He re-
Gently directed Med McCobb's
Daughter" for the Pathe organ
ization.
YES, Al Jolson has written the
new theme song for Edwin
Carewe'S production of "Evange-
line"-but it is not a NANNY
song" The following letter from
John LIE Roy johnson, director of
publicity for the Edwin Carewe
| productions, explains the matter
from the studio end:
Dear Mr.. Nelson: Since writing
you the other day, we have re-
ceived prints of our first 'Evange-
line still photographs, and I am
taking the liberty of sending you
a selection as assurance that Mr..
Cerewe is making 'Evangeline' as
much of an epic as your recent
editorial hoped for. Also, can
assure you that, despite the fact
that Al JolSon wrote the theme
song, it Is not going to be a
Nanny song and as soon as we
receive copy I will send you one
to prove that the blackface COM
edian can write something deeply
sentimental as well as other sorts
of melody. With sincere regards,
JOHN LIE ROY JOHNSON"
We are expecting big things
from this Carewe picture, and we
will be pleasantly surprised if the
Al JolSon song number turns out
to fit the Longfellow classic. We
hope for the best.
DR. LEE DeFOREST, scientist
and inventor, told members of
the National Board of Review of
Motion Pictures at their fifth an
nual conference in New York that
the synchronization of speech with
motion pictures had a far greater
destiny than merely forming a
new type Of entertainment. He
forecast diplomatic conferences,
teaching by the worlds greatest
educators personal contact of
business leaders and the adoption
of an international language,
probably English.
English as universal language
through the medium of talking
pictures may seem very vision
ary," says DR.. deForest, 'but be-
lieve it will come within the life
time of many people now living.
A person who would have ventured
to predict 10 years ago that the.
influence OF motion pictures would
have caused uneasineSS to foreign
governments would have been re-
garded as slightly touched men
tally. Yet for the past two or
three years foreign governments
have been trying to devise ways
and means of counteracting the
adoption of American customs and
habits by their people. The prob
ability that the universal language
will be English is merely because
America is the pioneer in talking
pictures and will remain the
leader in production. regard the
mission of the talking picture as
Of an importance difficult to over
estimate"
Short Flashes.
A NOTE for the younger genera
: ton: Ken Maynard will have
six new Westerns during the COM
ing year. He has signed a con-
tract with the Universal Co.
The new Colleen Moore picture
has not been named. 1t will have
a dialogue.
Oscar A. Price, once of WASH
ington, now head Of General Pic
lures Corporation, announces four
pictures starring Richard Tai
madge; mystery melodrama with
Yer Reynolds and Leonard st. Leo
and 1.-THE Heroic Lover" starring
Barbara Bedford and Stuart
Holmes. All the films will be
synchronized.
Doug Fairbanks new picture,
,, "The Iron Mask" Is reported to be
packing the Rivoli Theater in New
York.
Leatrice Joy has signed a con-
tract to make four sound pictures
for First National. She has been
appearing on the vaudeville stage.
Clark & Mccullough, the come
dams, are being starred in 1.-THE
Medicine Man," the third play Of
a series.
More Needed Now.
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