Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

screen material Cnan any oGleE
director. Only o few years ago,
he discovered" Alice Day, Carole
Lombard and Sally Eilers. The
coming of sound pictures resulted
in a complete reorganization of
comedy mechanics. Work was
started on a new studio, and the
old monument to the movies Is
fast disappearing.
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According to PhotoplGy Mag
dStne, "the motion picture
public Is practically unanimous
for the return to the screen Of
FATTY Arbuckle." The period
teal states that it has received
thousands OF letters from
moUie-g oerS tn all parts OF the
United States in response to
question OF his return. II you
remember, Arbuckle tUdS barred
from the screen 10 years ago.
In recent years he has been
1Uorktn0 in HolIytsood studios
as director and assistant direc-
tor. Amy return OF the comedian
mould hare to be sanctioned by
viii Hays and hts organization.
REAUTY is becoming q drug in
the motion picture market,
and some Of the highest paid
players of today are not to be
claSSed among the platinum
blends and the seductive bru-
nettes. Among the character
players who have signed big con-
tracts lately are Marie Dressler,
Polly Moran, Edna May oliver
Louise Fazenda, Charlotte Green
wood and Zasu Pitts. Not a single
one Of these has ever contested
in a beauty parade.
Bebe Daniels, busy Nth her
pencil, has figured out that she
has appeared in eTactly 265
pictures. The list begins NTH
a long number of comedies in
10htch she appeared Nth Har-
old Lloyd. She became his
leading lady tUhen she 1DdS IS
years old, aud she took part in
20 ttoO-reelerS. After that she
11nS featured or starred in four
tuH-length pictures by Famous
Players. she is notp at ,oork in
"The Honor of the Family"
Short Flashes.
THERE is an epidemic of red
heads around Hollywood's
Warner Brothers Studio. Among
the most prominent are Winnie
Lightner, Mae Madison, Doris
Lloyd and Barbara Stanwyck.
William Powell and Edward G.
Robinson, both numbered among
the stars, were students Of q
dramatic school in New York at
the same time. They separated
at graduation, to meet again In
minor parts in the Richard Bar
thickness picture, THE Bright
Shawl" Now they occupy sdjoin-
ing dressing rooms in a Holly
wood studio.
If you should care to know:
Douglas Fairbanks, jr,, and Joan
Crawford have just celebrated
their second wedding anniversary
"Gutlibi," which is claimed to
be powerful play by Giovacchino
ForZano, active head of the Scala
Theater, in Milan, has been &C
quired by Warner Brothers. The
play has created q sensation on
the stages of Italy and Germany
and the writer Is supposed to rank
with Pirandello.
THE Lady From New Orleans"
starring Lillian Bond and David
Manners, has been changed to
safe in He'll" The story Is based
upon a stage play.
A few changes are to be made
in the George ArliSs picture,
Alexander Hamilton" before 1t
is released. A preview was held
in Los Angeles last week. ArlisS
has gone to England for the Sum-
mer.
Here is good one from Lii
Dagover, German actress. who ar
rives in Hollywood in the Fall:
"All European stars In American
pictures" she says, gauge their
appeal by sex. Greta Carlo and
Marlene Dietrich never go into
picture without intriguing their
public with sex. I want to do
something different. 1 want to
portray on the screen the society
woman of the Continent, who Is
aristocratic, polished, refined, and
whose appeal Is to the mind"
Doris Kenyon, Lewis Stone and
Una Merkel are players in 1.-The
Bargain" the title of which has
been changed from You and l."
Clara Kimball Young has a part
in the Tiffany production, WON
en- Go On Forever" Others in the
cast are Marian Nixon, Paul Page,
Morgan Wallace, Yola D'Avril and
Maurice Black.
Daddy Long Legs" is being
hailed as another "Gaynor tri-
umph," the various box Offices
seeming well satisfied with the
production.
Among those in the cast of the
new Tallulah Bankhead picture,
MY SIM" are Lily Cahill, Scott
Kolk, Ann Sutherland and Harry
Davenport. all well known in
Broadway theaterS.
South Africa has passed a CEN
SorShip bill, and provision Is made
for the prohibition of films de-
plotting in an offensive manner g
list of scenes which are regarded
as undesirable, such as the i'm
PRESERVATION Of the King, scenes
holding up to ridicule or contempt
of military officers, etc"
John Boles will not have the
leading role In Strictly Dishonor-
able" on account of an ASSESSED
tooth and swollen jaw. When the
tooth is pulled, Boles will start
work in Back Street"
Lucille Brown is the new serial
queen" filling the places once held
by Pearl White, Grace Cunard and
Ruth Roland. No, the serials are