Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-07

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HOLLYWOOD, March z (NAN.A) -
Greta Carlo will have a new leading
man. Gavin Gordon, young gentle
who did nothing of much consequence
about here, has been given the role.
This is what is termed a break" in
the colony. If leading man for Carlo
acquitS himself at all well. he is made
In cinema circles. The role of the young
minister in Romance" isn't the most
desirable in the world. The character
is hung somewhere between a prig and
q entimentalist-and both seem to have
passed out of fashion.
The play was written by Sheldon 18
years ago. A glance at the script re-
veals the difficulties Clarence Brown
and his associates will have in making
it into vehicle acceptable to modern
audiences. The big difficulty will be to
keep spectators from laughing at the
love scenes.
Cavallini is physically a far different
type from Carlo. The big question is
viii the Swedish lady allow her lean
Nerdic figure to be Italianized for the
story?
And now, little children, Clara Bow
will sing and dance IN the forthcoming
revue. And this isn't bedtime story,
either.
Since the rest of the cinema group
are tripping the light fantastic and
emitting hoarse gutterals into the
microphone in the name of song, there
is no reason La Bow cannot contribute
her share OF the horrors.
The following qualifications for an
art director were recently tabulated by
one who should know:
The motion picture technician," says
he, should have very great ingenuity.
He must be q cartoonist, a costumer, a
marine painter. a designer of ships, an
interior decorator, q landscape painter,
dramatist, an inventor, a historian,
an aeoustical expert and Photographic
expert"
He must also be an expert bootlicker,
but the gentle forgot to mention that.
Matt Moore, one of the fascinating
trio Of celluloiders who are to the screen
what the Barrymores are to the stage,
has turned director.
This longing to get behind the cam
eFas instead of before them manifests
itself sooner or later in every cinema
actors career 1t is born of being in
cessantly thwarted in their concept of
the transformations they are making.
Some director, supervisor, producer or
assistant director always has ideas
about things. They seldom fit in with
the actors idea.
The Moores take life easy. They
have not brought the same terrible will
to progress into their professional lives
as other members of the professional
group have been known to do. In fact.
Tom Moore was once offered $4,000 If
he would forfeit a vacation he had
planned with Owen and Matt and begin
work on a picture. But the trip meant
more to Tom Moore than $4,000.
Lionel Barrymore is still on the direc-
tors side of the cinema, and liking it
very much, If you please. That seems
to go for two-the studio is satisfied
also.
Barrymore has years of stage expert
ence Of the best, long gelatin record,
and he has also thorough knowledge
Of music, which means much in a
directors work.
She was a little song-and- dance
girl, doing four a day, and liking it.
She got a bit in picture, and found
herself with a contract, a house and
servants. town car, a purse full OF
money and a new wardrobe. She
Bought some amber beads. A friend
told her they were limitations. She
hustled back to the shop.
"You sold me limitations, as II ia
wear anything that wasn't real. You
must take these back. You sold them
to me as the real thing"
Wen take them back" said the
saleswoman, but it was plainly printed
on the tag they were limitations"
The little blond produced the tag
with o flourish.
ut was not!" she cried. 1T says
'Hand-carved, simulated Chinese am
ber.' Not word about their being
imitation
Jack Gilbert is another Of Nine.
Gyms hnds. He has found himself
under the spell Of the old silent regime,
although he has passed into the din
culties Of the talkie medium. He Is an
idol Of the fan system. And, prepos-
ferrous as 1t may seem, 1t is quite true
that he had the audaeity to fall in love
with and marry Ina Claire.
And speaking of fans, this Ronald
Colman fellow has the most intelligent
fan following of any person in the
col Jny. He Is liked by people Of all
ages and sexes. His enthusiasts follow
his work avidly, and are content to at
tend his pictures without knowing the
Intimate details Of his life. This Is be-