Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-01
Flashes From the Screen
News and Comment of the Photoplay
BY c. E. Nelson.

| lowing list OF attractions: Ora
cula," "The Last Parade" 1.-THE
Right Of Way" "Sit Tight,
"Sfolen Heaven" "The w-Plan,
a British production: "Sous Les
Toits de Paris" a French picture
with dialogue and sound, starring
Albert Prejean and Pola Illery
and 1.-TWO Worlds" The latter Il
a story Of the war on the Russian
Austrian front, produced in Eng
land. 1.-THE Right of Way" is the
old Sir Gilbert Parker story, this
time made into a ta1kie with the
assistance Of Conrad Nagel.
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While she may not take the
place of Ruth ChutteTton, 1DIto
Joined the cTO1Od In signing a
bigger and better contract,
LflvGn T1shmGn has been
placed on the IonO-teTn1 list OF
Paramount. 1T Is expected that
she 1CtH be gtUen the roles of
Kay Francis, 1Dh0 also Joined
the ne1U-cOntTdctoTS. TGSIlnt1n
Is ranked NTH the best Holly
mood SiIhouettes, ard she Is
said to carry the largest 1DGrd-
robe on the West Coast. Her
husband, by the aDGy, Is Ed
nguTd Lone.
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Short Flashes.
THE city Aim censors Of Provi-
dence, r. l., have just COM
pleted a record year. They went
through the IL months without
making a single Aim cut. Co
operation between producers and
cenSoring agencies Is given the
credit for the record.
Charlie Chaplin, speaking in
England, says he does not expect
wholesale return of silent pic
lures on account Of the great sue
cess he made with "City Lights. -
Nc, it is not probable that this
single picture will upset the in
dustry and throw millions of dol
lars worth Of equipment into the
discard. Chaplfn's picture is a
Chaplin success triumph-but
1t does not mean a silent picture
revival.
The motion picture game will
miss Roxy when he leaves his big
New York theater within a few
weeks. He has accomplished
about as much for the industry,
or art, as all the producers put
together.
Charlie Ruggles has been given
q role In 1.-THE Smiling Lieuten-
ant" being made at the Eastern
studio OF Paramount by Director
Ernst Lubitsch.
Although its central figure is a
Frenchman and many of the
characters are English, "What Fun
Frenchmen Have" is said to be a
thoroughly American story. Ron
aid Colman is to have the leading
role, and Michael Arlen, the Eng
lish author, Is preparing the
Lupino Lane, once a comedian
in Hollywood, Is now connected
with an English company. This
newest comedy is called "All of
A-Tremble."
Back Street." q new novel by
Fannie Hurst, has been bought
by Carl Laemmle, jr., for the Uni
versal company.
Lewis Stone has been added to
the cast of Always Good-by," the
second starring vehicle for ELISA
Landi.
Charles Rogers, Give Brook,
Lew Cody, Richard Arlen and
Jean Arthur have been assigned
parts In 1.-THE Lawyers Secret"
James Cruze Is shooting the
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The cast is headed by Ralph
Graves, Helen Chandler, Sally
O'Neill, Jason Robarts and Char
lotte Walker.
Laurel and Hardy, the come
dams, are making French and
Spanish versions Of "True Blue"
at the same time.
Edmund Lowe will appear In
The Spider" following the COM
pletion Of Women Of All Nations. /"
II you should care to know:
George Arliss uses his monocle for
al purposes except reading. And
his valet says he has not broken
one in Is years.
Warner Bros. announce that
Dolores Costello is returning to
the screen as the star Of "The
Passionate Sonata" taken from a
novel not yet published.
Doris Kenyon Is to play the role
OF Betsy Schuyler, who married
Alexander Hamilton, in the forth
coming picture dealing with the
life of the American statesman.
George Arliss Is to be the star.
The casting resources are being
combed to find actors to portray
George Washington, Thomas JEFF
ferson, James Monroe and John
Jay.
Bobby Jones, champion of
champions, arrives in Hollywood
today to start his first golf movie.
Jack Oakie started work in "The
Dude Ranch" Others in the cast
are June Collyer, Stuart Erwin,
Mitzie Green and Eugene Palette.
Fin Dorsay, Marjorie White and
Ruth Warren have been added to
the cast Of Women Of ALI Ma
tons"
Several stories are under consid-
Grafton as starring vehicles for
Betty Compson. She will have a
word in the final decisions,
"Dishonored," the new Para
mount production starring Mar
Iene Dietrich and Victor McLaglen.
opens in New York March IL.
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