Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
Flashes From the Screen
By G.. E. Nelson.

new cooling system, which will be
installed without closing up bust
ness for minute.
HAVE you seen the new Spring
- colors in movies? Well, any
way, the colorS are new, and the
producers plan on spending $780,
000, 900 on them before the year
1881 rolls around. Color is now
doing what sound did a year or
more ago. It is bringing bigger
box office receipts. The Techni-
color Co. made go colored films
last year, and this year they will
make three times that many.
It is also estimated that 420
talking pictures will be completed
by the leading companies this
year.
THE new pictures: AL Jolson goes
over to the United Artists Co.
in the Autumn, there to film
Sons o. Guns" a version of the
Broadway musical stage. e.
Ronald Colman has completed
"Raff1es" for Samuel Goldwyn,
and Kay Francis has the leading
feminine role. Eddie Can
tor is now before the camera and
microphone in a screen version
of "Whoopee." David Wark
Griffith has completed Abraham
Lincoln" and Walter Huston has
the leading role. Jeanette
Macdonald, Joe Brown, John Gar
rick and Zasu Pitts have the lead
ing parts in the new Friml must
cal affair, Bride S. &.
"Hells Angels" an aviation pic
ture, is reported to have cost $4,-
100000 in manufacture, and some
of those in the cast are Ben Lyon,
James Hall, Jean Hawlowe and
John Barre Barrow: :. . The. The Harold HI q, d
World" has a cast including Una
Merkel, Nance O'Neill and Fern
Andra. Irving Berlin is
casting his first independent pro-
duction, which will be called "The
Love Cottage" for which he has
composed the story and eight
songs. &. =. Roland West, who
directed "Alibi',' is now working
on Whispers" and Chester Nor
ris will probably be the star. .
Douglas Fairbanks, now in Eng
land, will make modern picture
as his next offering for the
amusement of movie fans. j..
Gloria Swanson has just complet-
ed what a Widow!" and the cast
of the picture includes Lew Cody,
Owen Moore, Margaret Livingston
and Buster West. Mary
Pickford is ready to start work in
Forever Yours" and Norma Tai
madge is before the cameras in
Flame of the Flesh" And,
as has been mentioned before,
there will be no dialogue in Char
lie Chaplin's "City, Lights" al
though the picture will be syn
chronized.
Short Flashes.
NEW YORK'S actor population
is gradually moving westward.
Bayard WELLER, who wrote "The
Trial Of Mary Dugan," attempted
to get cast for his new play and
found that every actor he wanted
was now living in Hollywood. Ed
gar Selwyn, who returns to stage
production in the Fall, announces
that he will recruit his talent in
Hollywood.
If you should care to know: The
wedding of Bebe Daniels and Ben
Lyon will take place at the home
of the brides mother, Mrs. Phyl-
lis Daniels, in Hollywood, on the
afternoon of Saturday, June ID
And there will be a reception fol-
lowing the ceremony.
Jack Mulhall has signed a long
term contract with RKO. And
Ben Lyon has signed with First
National to play opposite Lila Lee.
We have not heard Of Jack Pick
ford for a long time, so 1t Is news
to learn that he is assisting d.
rector Marshall Neilan with the
production Of the Mary Pickford
cinema feature, Forever Yours
And, in the picture, Kenneth Nc
Kenna plays opposite Mary.
Joan Crawford will have the
stars role in Great Day." which
will be directed by Harry Pollard
Lon CLANCY will do a talking
version of his former starring
picture, 1.-THE Penalty" The story
was written by Gouvenor Morris
Ernest Vilchez, known as "the
John Barrymore Of SPAIN" has
been signed to Paramount con-
tract.
Rudolph F'riml, who composed
Rose Marie" and numerous other
popular musical affairs, has joined
the newly-formed Melnitz- Rein
hardt organization of Berlin. HI
will handle the musical end Of
Reinhardt's first sound Aim, "Vit
PariSienne."
Emil Jannings is playing on thu
Vienna stage for several weeks.
Copenhagen movie theater.
broke all long-run records with
THE Singing Fool" AL Jolson'!
picture.