Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-22
Flashes From the Screen
BY c. E. Nelson.

| the cash already having been set
aside for the purchase of a site.
There Is no official announcement
of the plans for the theater, but
they may come along little later
in the Summer.
IDISREGARDING the fact that
the musical revues have not
been hits at the box Offices dur
ing the past few months, the pro-
ducers are going ahead making
them. Looking over the list on
the various production schedules,
one finds so pictures of this char
acter listed for manufacture dur
ing the coming year. The Fox
organization heads the list with
IA planned, and 10 of them are
to have color.
Jack Norworth and wife, we'll
known to the vaudeville stage of
q few years ago, are making
series of Vitaphone comedies, and
the producer claims they will fill
place once held by Mr.. and
MrS, Sidney Drew. The new Nor
worth comedies will be known as
The NaggerS," and they will be
short pictures.
~
r ALPH INCE, one of the pioneers
of the movie industry, is
turning actor again in the screen
version of Numbered Men"
Ralph, q brother of the late
Thomas H. Ince, was born in
poctO,, IL, 1907 ooJ 10 horo,, 6;.
stage career in support Of Richard
Mansfield. He made his screen
debut as Abraham Lincoln in the
old Vitagraph Co.'S series on the
lives of great Americans. After
number of years as a player, he
went into the ranks of the direc-
tors, and now he comes back to
the screen as a hard-boiled con-
Wet in Numbered Men"
Short Flashes.
A T least all the songs and Incl
= dental music of the screen
version Of Victor Herbert's Mile.
Modiste" are to be the composers
own. OF course, the producers
have changed the name of the
stage hit, and the newest title is
The Toast of the Legion" Ber-
nice Claire and Walter Pidgeon
have the leading roles.
Loretta Young and David Man
nerS have been added to the cast
Of the Otis Skinner picture, "Kis-
met" John Francis Dillon will di-
rect.
Marilyn Miller's new screen
play, sunny" based upon one of
her stage successes, is being
started at the First National
studio. Jerome Kern has written
new numbers for the celluloid pro-
duction.
Walter Huston is to be starred
in stage favorite, THE Honor of
the Family" Other new pictures:
Bright Lights" with Dorothy
Mackaill and Noah Berry; 1.-The
Girl of the Golden West" with
Ann Harding and James Rennie;
The Bad Man." with Waiter Hus-
ton, Dorothy Revier and James
Rennie, and "Adios," with Rich
ard Barthelmess.
The new census shows what the
motion picture has done for Holly
wood. In 1910 the population of
the West Coast city was 1896,
and the latest count Of noses
shows 1924 persons in the
Movie City.
French residents of Ottawa are
complaining over the historical in
accuracy Of Captain of the
Guard" which had a showing in
Washington many months ago.
The picture was once known as
La MarSeillaiSe."
noise in the 15-year- old Birth of
a Nation" It Is announced that
the new version will have a talk
ing prelude and a musical score
interpreted by an orchestra of so
pieces.
Warner Baxter has been named
as the leading man of This
Modern World" which will be d.
rected by Alexander Korda. The
director Is now in Biarritz COL
Letting facts for his production.
Bret Harte's stories have not
made very good movies, but Buck
Jones is trying again with Ten
nessee's Partner"
George Jessel has signed a con-
tract to sing in Paramount two
reel comedies.
Ginger Rogers, Paramount fea-
tured player. has been loaned to
the United Artists for the Irving
Berlin picture in which Bebe
Daniels is to be starred. Miss
Rogers also plays opposite Jack
Oakie in THE Sap From SYRIA
cuSe."
The Ufa Co. of Germany an
nounceS that it is making 10 talk
ing pictures. Some of these will
be exhibited in America.
Spencer Tracy and Louise Hunt
ington head the cast of the Fox
picture, up the River" Miss
Huntington was once we'll known
to the Broadway stage, and the
Fox company plans to star her In
number Of new screen attrac-
tions.
Wilma Banky has decided to do
one more picture before she re-
tires to domesticity. She has ac-
copied q role In Renegade" in
which Warner PaYtpr ie storrad