Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10

Bound" the Sutton Vane play,
has been completed by the War
ners, and Leslie Howard, who ap-
peared in the stage version, has
J the leading role in screen produc-
ton. 1t has been decided that
Director Herbert Brenon's next
picture will be Beau Ideal"
from a novel by Percival c. Wren.
This story will be the last Of a
trilogy by the same author, the
first having been Beau GeSte"
and the second Beau Sabreur"
Estelle Taylor has been select
ed for the role of Dixie Lee in
"Cimarron." Richard Dix will
play the stellar role Of Yancey
Cravat, but an actress for the role
of the wife, Sabra, has not been
found. +. Lowell Sherman, who di-
rected and acted in Lawful Lar
ceny," has torn up his perfectly
good two-year contract with
RKO. But there is a reason for
such an act On account OF his
recent work, Sherman was offered
a flve-year contract by the pro-
ducers, and he accepted. 1T Is
the evident intention to keep
Warner Baxter in the one type Of
roles forever. His next picture
will carry the title of Rene
gades," and Myrna 10y has the
leading feminine role. .ZaSu Pitts
plays the part of a knife-thrower
in a circus in Beyond Victory"
:. Frank McHugh has played the
part Of q drunk in his first six
talking pictures. Now he has a
chance to be sober in college
Lovers"
II uou should care for such
/ things, don't miss the tDGr fig
ureS of Doug Fairbanks, Mary
Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and
Buster Keaton on the Steel
Pier at Atlantic City. In these
days of sophisticated entertain
ment, hoiU and 1Dhy q t01T fig
ure group continues to drdt0
customers Is one of the marDels
of the age. 1t is estimated that
10000 persons UietDed the iCGT
figures In single day.
Short Flashes.
THE American producers of |
E1ALQ d1C
ing versions Of the picture for
foreign lands. An entire French
cast will be used for the French |
version, and 1t will also be made
for the Spanish theaters.
FL Brendel, the Fox comedian,
has been forced to employ a
Scandinavian secretary. Not long |
ago he was hailed as Swede |
"who made good" in this country.
He received so many letters from |
Denmark and Sweden that the |
secretary was necessary. Brendel
was born in this country, and the |
only language he speaks Is Eng
lish.
Milton Sills has the leading role
in Network" an original story:
David Rollins, one OF the
younger featured players, has ,
been assigned to role in the Fox
picture ''Up the River"
Jack Oakie has started work in |
a new picture which has not been |
titled. The story centers about a |
heavyweight champion Of the
Atlantic fleet. Others in the cast
are Lillian Roth, Jean Del Val,
Eugene Palette, Albert Cont,
Ivan Simpson and Tom Ricketts,.
Clara Bows new picture, Her |
Wedding Night" was once known |
as Little Miss Bluebeard." Ralph |
Forbes, Charles Ruggles and
Skeets Gallagher have featured
parts.
According to reports this week, |
Irene Rich has been selected for
the Amos and Andy picture,
"Check and Double Check" and
others Of the cast are being picked
out gradually. Melville Brown
will direct the first screen effort |
of the radio stars.
The RKO unit which went to
Alaska to make scenes for 1.-THE |
Silver Horde" returned to Holly
wood a few days ago, reporting
that it was entirely too hot up
there to do the work.
Henry Ford Is to be congratu-
lated on the speech he made for
the Movietone News. 1t is the
shortest on record, and it runs as
follows: "All want to say is that
there is no such thing as no
chance"
George Bancroft's new picture,
once known as Rolling Down to
Rio" has been changed to "Ty-
phoon Bill"
Fritz Hidden, a former news
paper man, makes his debut as
character actor in the new Joan
Crawford picture, "The Great
Day"
Reginald Denny has the lead
ing role in Those Three French
Girls" his first Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer picture.
"The New Moon," in which
Lawrence Tibbetts and Grace
Moore have the leading roles,
is being made in Hollywood.
The musical comedy will include
song hits of the original Broad
way production in addition to
special numbers for the two stars.
Chiquita, another Mexican
actress, will have a part with Tom
PATRICIA in a short comedy.
Marie Provost plays a comedy
part in War Nurse"