Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

And there was o uay, not SO
many years ago, when q film
comedian and his producer ar
gued that all q funny man had
to do was to throw q few soggy
custard piesl
II Is said that Mnrlene Diet
yich's netO picture, "Dtsho1t-
ored." does not measure up 60
the standard set By "The Blue
Angel" And this fact has put
q sudden halt to comparisons
bettDeeS1 this star and GTetn
Carlo. The IdtteT|S netO pic
ture, inspiration" 1DdS Just
about the poorest Uehtcle she
has eUer appeared IN, Just as
"DtshonoTed" Is already cIdSSed
far beIotD "BlGe Angel" One
tDrtter, In reUtetDtng the net0
Marle7te Dietrich picture, says
the star % dependent upon her
director, aphtte the Carlo Is a
GLORIOUS actress eUe1 IN de-
feat"
PRODUCTION activities around
the Radio Pictures studio in
Hollywood have gone into high
speed, and a thousand extra work.
ers have been employed within
the past few days. ALI this tends
toward improvement in the whole
field, and the manufacturers are
busy In all localities. Among the
new pictures being filmed by
Radio are white Shoulders"
with Jack Holt, Mary Aston,
Ricordo Cortez and others, taken
from story by Rex Beach; "Too
Many Cooks" with Bert Wheeler
and Dorothy Lee; travelling Hus-
bands" with Evelyn Brent;
Madame Julie" with Lily Dafnita,
and big Brother" with Richard
Dix.
Basil Dean Is producing q
series Of sir pictures in England
for Radio company, and a COM
panv OF camera men, cutters
and techntcidns haze been
shipped from Hollywood to
assist IN the tpork. The first OF
the series tptll be Likes o. Her."
and Others already selected as
"a Perfect Abr and Escape"
AA&
Short Flashes.
I'LL EDMOND MOORE, English |
= actress now playing In Noel |
Coward'S Private Lives" on
Broadway, has been signed to a |
long-tern movie contract. Last
season she appeared In the stage |
play, Bird In Hand"
The Virginia censors clipped"
IA pictures In less than q month, |
thereby establishing a new record, !
Il Is thought. Eeventy-seven pic |
lures were examined during the |
same period.
Metro oldwyn-Mayer announce |
the release Of TITS o Wise Chile"
strangers May Kiss" "Daybreak," |
"The Secret Six" stepping Out" /
and "A Tailor Made Man" during |
March and April.
Alan Mobray and Doris Kenyon |
will have roles In the new George |
Afliss picture, Alexander Hamil- |
ton" Studio work is scheduled |
to start April g..
Billie Doves first starring pic |
ture for United Artists will be "The |
Age for Love-" from the story by
The new Richard Barthelmess
picture, 1.-THE Finger Points" will |
open In New York some time dur
ing April.
Miriam Hopkins has been select
ed to play opposite Phillips Holmes
in 'aThe Man Killed" with Ernst |
Lubitsch directing. But neither
Of the two will be starred, for that i
role goes to Emil jennings, Ger
man actor, who is returning for |
the talking pictures. Miss Hop
kins Is now playing In 1.-THE Smil-
ing Lieutenant"
Jack Lait has written another
gang story. This time, the movie |
viii be called "Gangster Girl" the |
Leading character to be a shooting |
female member Of the gang.
ELISA Landi, who appeared be-
fore washington audiences short |
time ago, is to have the featured !
role in Red Handed" John Gar
rick has been assigned a part in J
the picture.
Myrna 10y has been added to |
the cast Of Rebound"
It Is reported that Photoplay, |
one Of the pioneer movie fan |
win soon blossom out |
as q magazine for young women.
There was q short comedy with |
chimpanzie players at the Fox last
week which just about snatehed |
the interest Of the patrons from |
the feature picture. When a |
short" is good, it is very, very |
good, but when 1t Is bad, 1t Is ter
rible.
Latest reports deny the state
Ilaent that Mayor Walker OF New
York will accept a position with |
Fox films.
Changes at the local Fox palace:
David Idzal Of Philadelphia comes
In as managing director; Edgar !
Waite will attend to advertising
and publicity; Bob Hamilton takes
the place Of Bob West as organist.
Asked to explain the difference
between drama and melodran1a, a |
theatrical writer says: "In drama,
the heroine just throws her lover
over. In melodrama, she throws
him over q precipice."
Regardless Of the fact that his
pictures have not been so good,
George Bancroft has signed q new
long-term contract with Para
mount.
F. w. Murnau, the director who
was killed recently in an altomo-
bile accident in Hollywood, was in
washington a year or two ago and
entertained newspaper men at
luncheon. At that time he was
filming q story Of circus life, the
exteriors being made In Virginia.
He first became known to Movie
dom as a director Of several Emil
Jannings pictures, and he recently