Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02

~ schedules of the big hlm cor
! "A porations assures us that Broad
4 \ ways domination of Hollywood
is not Immediately to be re-
| lieved, as so many disgruntled natives
of Hollywood have been hoping and
prophesying 1t would be.
OF course, many of the actors, authors
and directors who were tranSplanted
from the East to the West Coast have
been shipped home, but many more
have remained to flourish beneath the
California sun, and others are being
persuaded to join them.
/ The one producing company that was
hardest in recognizing the talking pic
lures and that held out most firmly
against the Broadway invasion was
United Artists. There was an excellent
reason for this-United Artists was
controlled by and composed Of 1mpor-
tant cinema stars who had achieved
fame and fortune in silent Aims and
were liable to lose both in the outburst
Of sound.
Nevertheless, more than half the
names on the United Artists schedule
for 1880 are names that suggest Broad
way rather than Hollywood. Here are
some OF the principal productions in
prospect:
, Eddie Cantor in the celluloid version
of "Whoopee," prepared under the per-
sonal supervision" Of Florenz ziegfeld
himself.
Al Jolson, in a mammyless story to
be written and directed by George M.
Cohan.
Harry Richman, in putin on the
Ritz" Fannie Brice, in BE Yourself"
and Evelyn Laye, in one or more musi-
cal comedies.
An Irving Berlin production of the
farce Upstairs and Down" and an
Arthur HammerStein production of one
called Bride &c." which will be
equipped with musical score by Ru-
dolph Friml.
Lillian Gish's first venture into audi
bility will be as the star of Molnar's
comedy THE Swan" Norma Talmadge
will play in BelaSco'S "Du Barry"
adapted by Sidney Howard.
Walter Huston Is to have the star
role in d. w. Grif1ith's abraham Lin
coin" and Chester Morris will be SINH
larry prominent In Herbert Brenon's
THE Case Of Sergt. Grischa."
Gloria Swanson's next will be q musi-
cal comedy. Queen Kelly" and Dolores
Del Rios will be something called THE
Bad One" Both Of these stories, pre-
sumably, were written directly for the
screen.
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pick
ford have not as yet announced their
plans for the future, but it Is rllmored
that Doug VIII do another spectacle
along the lines of 1.-THE Thief of Bag
dad" and that Mary will again 20 In
for some serious drama.
Two interesting reminders of the past
are on the United Artists schedule.
One OF them is 'Hell's Angels" which
was started some three years ago, in
the dimly remembered days Of silence.
Dialogue has been added, and "Hells
Angels" may possibly emerge from the
cutting room this year.
The other prospect Is "City Lights, :"
which has music and sound effects, but
no dialogue. Its star Is Charlie
Chaplin.
Being q silent picture, "City Lights"
may well succeed tremendously on its
novelty value alone, Just as 1.-THE Jazz
Singer" succeeded two years ago.
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WE fnd much the same state Of af-
fairs on the Metro Goldwyn- Mayer
schedule. Like United Artists, Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer depended largely on
the established value of its stars and
was, consequently, slow to respond to
the call Of the movietone.
OF course, the most prominent offer
ing from this source Is anna Christie"
starring Greta Carlo, supported by q
cast largely composed Of recruits from
Broadway. Clarence Brown directed
this, and he Is said to have followed
Eugene O'Neills play very closely.
Miss Carlos next appearance after
Anna Christie" will be In Edward
Sheldon's Romance" also an all
talker.
Lawrence Tibbett Of the Metropoli-
tan Opera House will make his bow In
The Rogue Song" with Catherine
Dale owen as leading lady.
Lionel Barrymore and Ruth Chatter
ton win be seen and heard in "Oliver
Twist"
Both Marion Davies and Norma
Shearer win be in adaptations Of stage
plays, mot So Dumb" formerly known
as 'Dulcy'o and The High Road"
William Haines viii continue true to
form in Fresh From College" Ramon
Novarro Is to do one called 1.-THE House
OF Troy; Buster Keaton's first all-dia-
logue picture Is ION the Set" and
John Gilbert Is said to be slated for
"A Farewell to Arms"
Trader Horn" made in Africa, soon
will be ready, and so will Just Kids"
revue involving such veterans as
Weber and Fields, Trixie Friganza, De
Wolfe Hopper and Louis Mann. Cecil
B. De Mile Is about to start work on
Madame Satan." which tells Of the
weird adventures Of o young millionaire
who goes for . wild party on Q Zeppe-
lin and ends UP among the flames Of
the Inferno.
Prominent in the casts Of most Of
these Metro Goldwyn productions are
Bash Rathbone, Kay johnson. Van and
Schenck, Ethelind Terry Roland