Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-12
Flashes From the Screen
News and Comment Of the Photop1ay
By c. E. Nelson.
Bye. E. Nelson.

| this angle, 1t looks ike only
question of time before the stage
and screen are merged, at least
as far as production and the
physical ownership are concerned
And this not only to apply to the
theaterS of America, but to the
world at large. Even now the &C
tivities of each are so over-lapped
as to be practically indistinguish-
able. It's hard to tell where one
let's off and the other begins.
Artists, directors, writers and
scripts are being constantly in
terchanged. We happen to know
a deal, now before q banking fra
ternity, that Is startling in its
ramifications. It's only a ques-
ton Of time until the stage and
screen are merged"
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While educational authorities
ruled that only one-thtrd of
the feature pictures exhibited
during the past month reg
producerS) 1Uere suitable for
children, high praise is giuen
to many Of the short subjects
One and ttOo reel pictures OF
special educational and enter
tainnient Ddlue. A serious
move is being made to revtDe
the oId-tinle serials, 1Dtth
sound, and these mere dlU1yS
popular and usually suitable
for the. entertainment OF
children.
"DISRAELI" was voted the best
sound picture of the past
year, well deserving this honor,
and the pictures popularity has
resulted in many producers going
in for something new under the
sun. Holiday" and "A Lady Sur
renders" may be classed among
the innovations, while outward
Bound" Is said to have been hailed
with delight at the first sfiowings.
The latter is a story dealing with
life, death and the hereafter.
''Liliom" has theme somewhat
like outward Bound" and it was
especially popular as a stage at
traction. abraham Lincoln, +"
"All Quiet on the western Front"
and Journeys End" sound new
notes in photoplay production,
and the Universal company is
planning q production Of the
Charles @. Norris novel, Seed"
Mack Sennett, long q producer
OF custard pie comics, has arrived
at the conclusion that the public
no longer wants that type Of COM
edy. He announces that his studio
will discontinue the throwing Of
pastry, the players to devote their
time to sophisticated stories.
This Is certainly q radical move
from an organization which for
years waved a broad slapstick and
classed its best performers by
their pie Workmanship.
~ q
The UfG Co. of Berlin sends
tDord that It Is sending ouer
IS features and the same Num-
Der OF short subjects for Amer
lean thedters. Nine Of the fea-
lures haze been completed, and
VIC VI LftC OuLo6uftUtTL4 0tOV
"The Great Tenor" Emil jan
nt1gs, already trelt kstoic,t to !,
American thentefg0ers. The
picture tcds directed By Erich
PonJn1ef.
Short Flashes.
WHILE many Of the musical
pictures may be classed
among the movie Hops" this does
not mean that ali OF them have
been box Office failures. For in
stance, Eddie Cantor's Is packing
In the cash customers wherever
1t has reached the screen. Obser-
vAtion has developed that fact
that q musical picture must have
It's tunes woven skilfully into the
story. A trashy picture with good
music, or O good picture with
trashy r1lusic--and the result Is
always the same.
Maurice Chevalier is scheduled
to make a picture at the Paris
studio Of the Paramount COM
pany.
John MILAN, a screen villain
who Is really popular, has been
cast as the inspector Of detectives
In Within the Law"
Clarence Brown, who directed
oreta Carlo In Anna Christie"
and Romance" will also have
charge Of her story of Mata Hari,
the World War spy. The Carlo Is
now working In a picture titled
Inspiration"
Alleging that the Royal Air
Force is placed in q bad light in
"Hell's Angels the Ontario board
Of censorship has banned the pic
ture. BY request, the producers
eliminated certain scenes, but
they refused to cut out enough to
please the censors.
The Universal company seems
to have made a decided hit with
Its new serial, 1.-THE indians Are
Coming" The picture Is being ex-
hibited in many of the first-run
theatefs.