Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

| the believing OF crocod1leS, the
laughing of the hyenas and the
roaring of lions. The company
went by steamer to Mombasa and
by rail to Nairobi, where all the
big game hunters fit out their ex-
petitions. Thirty-two cars were
required to move the party to
MurchiSon Falls. between Lakes
Victoria and Albert, and the
] safari cost 1900 a day.
THE NEW PICTURES: Nal ST.
Clair will direct Joan Craw-
| ford in Montana" for the Metro
Goodwin Mayer. The story is a
musical comedy of the West, with
songs and other incidental num-
berS woven into the story. Miss
Crawford recently signed new
contract with M-G-M.
Production on an untitled Aim
starring Victor McLaglen was
started this week at the Holly
wood Fox studio. Fiji Dorsey has
the feminine lead, and others in
the cast are Ell Brendel, Charles
Judels, Eddie Dillon, Lennox Pawle
and August Tollaire. 1t is sea
story.
1t is reported that the new
John Barrymore vehicle, "The
Man, is to represent an entirely
new idea, but the producers fail
to reveal just what the idea is.
We will be watchfully waiting.
Since the coming of the sound
pictures we have heard very lit
tie concerning that outstanding
star, Rin-Tin-Tin. Now we hear
that he is being starred in a pic
ture carrying the title, "On the
Border" Lesser roles are played
by Armida, the newly discovered
Mexican Senorita, and John Litel.
Mrs. Wallace Reid and Richard
Thorpe are directing Lima BaS-
quette and George Duryea in "The
Duke Wrangler"
Ruth Chatterton is a work in
THE Laughing Lady,"
Louise FaZenda is starred in a
traveSty on the old Western pic
lures, Faro Nell, or in Old Cali
forny."
Metro Goldwyn- Mayer has start
ed casting for Tabloid" an orig
inal story of newspaper life writ
ten by a New York reporter. The
same organization reports the &C
QUESTION of sound picture rights
to Serena BlandiSh," which was
staged at the Morosco. Theater in
New York last season.
Van and Schenck, stage come
dianS, are featured in base ball
story, Take It Big" A former
Washington newspaper man,
Bugs" Baer, wrote the dialogue
and Sam Wood is directing.
Lawrence Tibbett, Metropolitan
opera star, is the star of 1.-The
Rogue's Song" being directed by
Lionel Barrymore.
Greta Carlo, after a vacation in
Northern California, is rehearSing
for her next picture, Anna Chris
tie" Clarence Brown is directing
the film version of the Eugene
ONeill play.
THE screen kiss has caused di-
rector and producers more
trouble than any other single fea-
ture of the successful movie. To-
day the average movie kiss is only
three seconds in length, as against
the kiss of the Theda Bara days
and on down to the Valentino era,
when the average length was
about five minutes or so. Censor
ship on length of kisses varies
with States and countries. In
some States the maximum length
is 10 seconds; in some 1t is as
high as Is seconds. Kisses on the
screen were once banned in Japan.
And, following this same line, 1t
might be- worth mentioning that
May Irwin, who was a star in the
early American films, gave the
first kiss before movie camera.
The time limit on the OSCILLATION
was 80 seconds, and the names OF
the split reel and the man in the
case have been lost in the records
of moviedom.
NINE. ALBERTINA RAsCH has
A'A charge of the ballet in sally"
the new Marilyn Miller starring
picture. Richard BarthelmeSs is
a licensed sailing master and nav
| igator. =. Dorothy Mackaill was a
featured chorus girl at the Lon
don Hippodrome and the Folies
Bergere before she entered mo-
ton picture work Bernice
Claire and Alexander Gray are
the stars Of the stage success, "No,
No, Nanette," which has gone
movie Corinne Griffith has
completed her work in Lilies OF
the Field" Others in the cast are
Ralph Forbes, John Loder and Eve
Southern. {. Chester Morris has
-been assigned an important role
in the new Alice White picture
Playing Around" >. Victor Sea-
strom will direct Wilma Banky in
a picture for Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer. The star recently return
ed from a vacation in her native
land, Sweden. i. . Roland Young
known as a stage star, has char
acter role in 1.-The Bugle Sounds,
a story of the French Foreign Lee
gion. Sally Starr, said to be one
of the photoplay discoveries" Of
the year, will have the feminine
lead in $50 This Is College"
Conrad Nagel and Claire Windsor
have the leading roles in muSica
version of Tin Hats" >. The au-
thor of THE Big Parade" Lau'
renee Stallings, collaborated with
Gladys Unger in producing tn,
Marion Davies vehicle, Marianne
49,. Tom Moore and Blanch'
Sweet have parts in a new talkit
; of New York night life. j.. Their
is a chorus of SO feminine voice
, in the Laurence Tibbett picture
| "Rogue's Song"