Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Flashes From the Screen
BY C. E. Nelson.

services to Vitaphone and singing
pictures. Romberg is one of the
most successful composers. of light
opera, his work including 1.-THE
Student Prince" 1.-The Desert
Song" MY Maryland" May
Time" The New Moon" and
Resale" Hammerstein has been
connected with opera in New York
for many seasons.
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7 ON CLANCY is to have good
support in his next picture,
"Bugle Sounds" as Wallace Berry
and Earnest Terrence are to play
with him. According to present
plans, the picture will be a silent
one, although CLANCY may change
his mind and put in some noise.
George Hill will direct for Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer.
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CATALOGUE WRITER" is the
new Hollywood title, and Eu-
gene Walter, who does dialogue
writing, has returned to Holly
wood from New York for the
premiere of his new play, Zeal
ouSy." Fay BANTER and Robert
Halliday have the leading roles.
SEVERAL years ago the Univer-
sal organization made a pic
ture called Storm" the leading
parts being played by House Pet
ers, Virginia Valli and Matt Moore
The picture broke all box Office
records for Universal until the
production of THE Hunchback Of
Notre Dame" Now storm" is to
be remade with sound, the dia-
logue and Synchronization rights
having been purchased from
Langdon Mccormick, the play
wright. Helen MacKellar played
the leading role in Storm" when
1t was a stage success.
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RAQUEL TORRES has been
added to the cast of Under
Texas Noon" She will appear
in the role Raquella, Mexican
girl. The picture is being pro-
duced by Warner Brothers, who
borrowed" Senorita Torres from
the Metro oldwyn-Mayer Co.
HAROLD LLOYD, the comedian,
= says: 81 have always consid-
cred that the biggest step forward
for the photoplay would be stero-
scopic pictures, and cannot get
that thought from my mind.
Sound and dialogue have opened
up new bags of tricks for the mo-
ton picture producers, but more
especially the comedians. From
the public point of view, one of
our greatest triumphS will be
recording, when we can give real
life to our characters on the
screen through SteroScopic pic
lures. Another great advance
rnent will be television-when we
can turn on the radio at home
and see any Of our favorite stars
on our own home screen. A few
years ago we would have laughed
at any one who predicted that
talking picture would soon be the
vogue. No one can see the
progress to be made in the years
to come. Such strange things are
happening in this day and age
that no one can foretell what will
happen next"
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A MONG the stars of the silent
pictures who seem to be hold
ing their own in the talkies arc
Conrad Nagel, william Powell,
Clara Bow, Jean Arthur, Give
Brook, George Bancroft, Nancy
Carroll, Richard Arlen, Richard
Dix, Charles Rogers, Lewis Stone.
Gary Cooper and Esther Ralston.
Jesse L. Lasky of Paramount
states that a surprising number of
the old favoriteS have passed all
the tests of the talkies and are
able to meet the competition Of
the stage stars.
GARY COOPER and Walter Hus-
ton are to be co-featured in
"The Virginian," which Para
mount will make as a talkie.
Richard Arlen and Mary Brian
will be in the supporting cast. The
Owen Wister story was made into
silent picture several years ago.
GIFTS A PLEASURE" is the new
title selected for the next
Fannie Brice singing-talking pic
ture. The old title, Sex Appeal"
did not appeal to the United Ar
lists offlcialS.
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EDMUND LOWE, Lily Damita
and Victor McLaglen are fea-
tured in 1.-THE Cock-Eyed World"
recently completed by Director
Raoul Walsh at the Fox West
Coast studio. 1t is the first film
Of the 1929-30 schedule.
A FTER a week or more to think
the matter over, the writer is
convinced that the outstanding
bit of screen acting Of the season
is exhibited in the work Of Paul
NUM-, the star of "The Valiant"
This chap has established himself
with a single picture; his work in
the future will be watched with a
great deal of interest. THE
Valiant" could have been a maud
lin, sordid story, but NUM- turned
it into one of the best pictures of
the year. The star Is scheduled,
according to Fox announcements,
to appear again in 1.-THE Mad
Musician" with Lois Moran, a
story of Samoa; in 1.-THE Holy
Devil" a story of Rasputin, and in
Lover Come Back" in which the
! star will be called upon to imper-
senate six widely contrasting in
dividuals.