Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26

great authors of the world will
soon be turning their attention
to writing for the screen; in fact,
they are doing so now. The great
mass of the movie public is quick
to learn and to appreciate style
in writing, as they have already
learned to appreciate good music.
My experience in the studios has
taught me many things that have
been useful to me in the theater.
First and foremost, it has brought
home to me the value Of SINGER
ity; I found that every flicker
of an eyelaSh, every shade OF
thought, was registered on the
screen, and so I reason that what
is seen by the camera may be felt
by an audience. The art OF re-
Straint and suggestion may be
studied by watching Charlie
Chaplin on the screen. He is, in
my opinion, the ideal motion pic
You are neuer safe from the
movieS. Comes 1Dord from the
Warner Brothers studio that it
is noD employing scouts" tOho
attend all sorts OF amateur
performance in their search
for screen talent. So, If you
hare a part in the church teS-
ttpdI, or are playing the lead
ing role in your high school
play, match out! The scouts
nlay oct you! While this idea
Is new to the moDieS, it has
been utilized for many gears
by the big league base ball
teams. All Summer long base
ball scouts are con1birg the
bush leagues for talent. War
ner Brothers announce that
they haze tho "ScoutS" In the
East, tDto use Ne10 York C.ty
as their headquarters. They
denote especial attention to
high school plays and collegiate
dr1mGtics, and already four
youngsters hare been sent to
the Hollywood studio to be q.
trained. Naturally, it is pointed
out, no promises of StGrd0m
are held out to the recruits.
"The future that G1dttS them
on the screen lies in their otDn
hands"
Short Flashes.
HELEN MORGAN, sometimes
called "the gal who made the
piano famous" has been signed
to do picture in the Brooklyn
studio for Warner
Special songs have
been written for the star. Others
who have signed to do short sub
jects are Earl Sande, the singing
jockey; Jack Pearl, Primo Car
nera and Ruth Fitting.
As far as we can hear, AL
Capone has not been approached
with a contract to take leading
gangster roles in the movies, ru-
mors to the contrary. It is evil
dent that the producers are afraid
to approach him, or something.
Lloyd Bacon has been loaned
to First National to direct the
Bebe Daniels picture, "Tne Honor
Of the Family" Roy Del Ruth
takes Bacon'S place In directing
Lightner, Charles Butter
worth and Donald Cook in "Side
Show"
Lila Lee Is back in her home in
Hollywood after a long illness in
a Prescott, Ariz., Sanitarium. She
to resume screen work
within a few weeks.
Lew AyreS is starred In Heaven
on Earth" Slim Summerville and
Harry Beresford have important
roles in the picture.
Eddie Cantor's new picture will
be 'Palmy Days." and Charlotte
Greenwood will have a role.
Z George Bancroft plays an ag-
gressive figure in the financial
world in "Rich Mans Folly"
Paramount is also starring Nancy
Carroll in Personal Maid" Maui
rice Chevalier in THE Smiling
Lieutenant" Marlene Dietrich in
'Indiscretion," Ruth Chatterton
In "Stepdaughters of War;" Phil
lips Holmes in "An American
Tragedy" Clara Bow in MAN
handled" Tallulah Bankhead in
China" Jack Oakie in Mister
the Four Marx Brothers
In Monkey Business" Give Brook
and Lilyan TaShman in Twenty
four Hours" Carole Lombard in
mo One Man." Paul Lukas and
Kay Francis in Girls About
Town." Claudette Colbert in "Se-
crets Of a Secretary" Eleanor
and Gary Cooper in
"A Farewell to Arms" Junior
Durkin and Jackie Coogan In
'Huckleberry Fin" Give Brook
and Mary Brian in "Silence, !"
Gary Cooper in Graft" and little
Coogan in "Sookie."
And another underworld film,
with Lou Tellegen and Mary
Nolan taking the leading roles, in
Enemies of the Law"
Notes from the press agents:
Douglas Fairbanks, jr., has a book
Of poems coming out in a month
or two. i. Loretta Young studied
tap dancing with Ernest Belcher
and Grecian dancing with Ruth
st. Denis. .Marilyn Miller was
first billed as Miss Sugarplum, !"
and because Of her youth the
Gerry Society would not permit
her to appear on the stage in big
cities. ). Dorothy MackailI made
her first stage hit in America in
the "Follies," when she sang a
funny song with an amazing York
shire dialect. . Richard Barthel-
mess was educated at Trinity Col
lege, where he was president Of
the Testers, the dramatic club,
and often leading man and stage
director Of the amateur events
-. Although a success in must
cal comedy, Irene Delroy prefers
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