Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24

T HE movies play some odt
tricks. That is, all of tn
strange things that go OF
\ around Hollywood are no
confined strictly to the studio
and the bright lights; they havt
to do with players who make de-
cided hits in certain pictures
sometimes only one picture-anr
then drop from the film world
This is more noticeable with the
motion pictures than with The
stage. 1t has always been rule
or an idea, that when a player
jumped suddenly into the lime.
light on the stage he or she wa!
made" Contracts were offered
salaries leaped skyward. Who does
not remember the stage story oil
the understudy called to fill the
shoes of the star-then, the hit
of the season, and a new star ir
the armament? OF course, f1ctiol7
has helped the idea along-but
stage stars have been made in
Just that manner.
In looking back over ScrapbookS
of pictures that have gone before
one is confronted with players who
made decided hits in certain pic
lures, and then they have dropped
entirely out of the running. When
she made her appearance in
"Peter Pam" Betty Bronson was
hailed by the critics as a coming
star. Since that time we have
heard very little about her. Harry
Myers came to the front rank of
movie comedians with his work in
"a Connecticut Yankee in King
Arthur's Court" Since that time
he has been playing minor parts.
Certain critics predicted that he
would reach the top rung of the
movie ladder. Mary Carr made a
hit in "Over the HILL" Margaret
Mann in -Four Sons" and Vera
Gordon in "Humoresque." And
who has forgotten the work of
Belle Bennett in stella Dallas?
This latter player, always good
actress, has been given minor
parts in recent pictureS-never a
part that would compare with her
role in Stella Dallas"
Others who made hits in single
pictures were Gareth Hughes i'll
Sentimental Tommy" Priscilla
Dean in THE Virgin of STEAMBOAT"
Ruth Taylor in Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes" Georgia Hale in 1.-THE
Gold Rush" and Doris May in
'"Twenty-three and Half Hours
Leave" We do not hear much of
these players today, and this
seems to be a way of the motion
picture game. Perhaps the talk
ing pictures will bring a few of
them back, as these same talking
pictures brought back Betty
Compson and Bessie Love. Surely.
the movies play some very odd
tricks.
THE Metro Goldwyn-Mayer Co.
announces that it has ar
ranged to reach foreign audiences
by turning all talking pictures into
other languages. The arrange
ment goes into effect at once, and
the first picture to be translated
will be Sun Kissed" starring
Wilma Banky. This picture will
be made in German as well as
English, with Victor SeaStrom di-
recting both versions. Among the
Metro : Goldwyp- Mayer players
who are able to use other Ian
guageS than English are Greta
Carlo, Nils Asther, Ramon Novar-
70, Jacques Feyder, Fred Niblo,
Basil Rathbone, Lawrence Tibbett,
Lewis Stone and Renee Adoree.
'&~#
ALONG Picture, Row: Wardman
= Park Tf1eater has been wired
for the talkies, and the first pic
ture will probably be exhibited on
Thanksgiving day !. +. Monte Blue
has completed work In ''The Isle OF
Escape" and he is spending sever
al weeks in New York =. Mary
Garden is to appear in the talkies
and her picture is being written
by Hamilton Forrest :. i. In Ottawa
children were admitted to the stage
production of "Disraeli," but all
under 16 were barred from the
motion picture version Nancy
Carroll heads the company now
shooting scenes for "Flesh of Eve
>. Olive Borden, Joseph Cav
thorne, Margaret Seldom ana
Ralph Eemerson have parts in
dance Hail." taken from one oil
the Vina Delmar stories &. Polly
Moran has an important part in
new Fox pictures, "Hot for Paris
.. Richard Dix has just about
completed Seven Keys to Bald
pate" the first starring vehicle
for RKO Ramon Novarro ha.
the leading role in "The House
of Trow," and Dorothy Jordan
plays opposite German army
equipment costing SGT 900 has beer
purchased for the Universal pro
duction of "All Quiet on the West
ern Front" Among those wht
do speciality numbers in the Fo1
"New Orleans Frolic" are Ell Bren.
de1 Ton, patricnIa Victor Mel ,ap.