Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1925, Page 63

EILEEN PERCY Q@H o | : News and Comment By W. H. Landvoigt. | UCH has been written of the possibilities of the motion p.nun.“ No more striking illustration of the theme, however, has ap- | peared thus far than “The Lost World,” an advertised attrac- | tion of the current week. Here science and mechanical in-| genuity have combined with romance to produce one of the most startling creations of the day, for in this picture-story, laid, for the most part, in an overlooked plateau of the Amazon, all sorts of prehistoric monsters bob up, amble and fly to give the nccessary shudder demanded of the modern thriller. It is hokum, of course, but ingenious hokum devised with the aid of the scientist, who has made possible the reproduc for the benefit of the eyes of today the monsters of an age so remote that a description of what they looked like rests probably less on fact than on fable. These monsters, long thought to be extinct, reappear | threatening the human creatures of the story, and, in the ax, one of | them is caused to break loose and terrify people in the streets of London. | So real do they appear that the beholders wonder at the marvelous skill | of their creation. Soon we may expect the audacious movie to picture | the delights of Heaven and the indescribable horrors of Hades, just to} show what it can do. Indeed, D. W. Griffith is just about to make a picture entitled “Sorrows of Satan.’ * ok ok THEY may know more of dramatic art abroad than in America, where the iconoclast is picturing all sorts of decadence, but there are some facts being developed by the rican photoplay which seem to chal- lenge thought. For instance, Herman Bing, who, with F. W. Murnau, created “The Last Laugh,” a striking character sketch for the German movies, which also won wide praise from the critics in this country, is reported to have arrived at Hollywood “as the advance guard to the Murnau contingent” that is coming to see how they do things over here. c | | | There is an aggressiveness about the American photoplay industry, evi- | | himself deprived of the usual channels dently, that has made our foreign whether we do or not. cousins think we know something It is said that all the big English novelists have been drawn here cxcept George Bernard Shaw alone—but Shaw is Irish. And, further, a story from the Carl Laemmle offices tells how diplomati- cally that astute gentleman has overcome foreign prejudice and cffected an agreement whereby the British to_produce English pictures, but U will look aifter their distribution. photoplay producers will be allowed niversal, Mr. Laemmie's corporation, Much of our home product of the “in- dependent type” is yearning sadly merely for distribution, and Mr. Laemmle has been rated as an “independent.” * % * % HARLIE CHAPLIN still continues to draw them into the theaters where -his_pictures are shown. remain on exhibition in the same weeks. But Washington ha It is rather unusual for a picture to house in Washington beyond two s not yet seen all it wants of Charlie and his new Alaskan gold rush picture, and so it is held for a third week, re- ardless of the fact that even so eminent a comedian as the “irozen face,” uster Keaton, will enter the lists as a friendly rival. in “Go West,” described as a comedy cows are cows.” This in the very the handsome new production of called one of the great pictures of the H % HOSE who have rea will find it more or less submes David Graham Phillips’ story. Buster is coming of the wide, open spaces “where ace of an importunate demand for The Merry Widow,” which is being ear. ; * ok rged in “Souls for Sables,” fn which_the star exploits 26 incomparable gowns and furs too numerous to mention— here is an indication of what the with in the effort to find w freat majority of picture patrons 5 wels will interest all women when nothing else hrows appily, all women are not alike. noi * % RITICS .are ever the baue of the theater, silent and legitimate. ith a more or less dramatic story, of course. at the public wants. in for flavor, because all wi And right picture producer’s mind is engaged He figures that the women and that gowns, furs and ill. The romance is omen are romantic, or so he thinks. r are all picture producers * ok recorded that down in the “cow country” of Oklahoma a new type o: critic has developed. &nd he shoots it full of holes. there were but 18 gun holes in the vou have about 25 holes.” parted even to a crit would wear Tuxedos it might help. Ii he doesn’t like a picture, out comes his gun " h The district manager was appealed to for . information as to when a new screen might be expected. Learning that One of them answered “O. with e, but be prepared to pay funeral expenses the day after we t % 3k UDOLPH VALENTINO is comin Xk g East to be present at the metropoli- tan premier of his new picture, “The Eagle,” and. the report states, he may go to Europe. Eagle” flxsc~. Valentino, Jike Mary Pickford and Doug. to Mary did with their pictures * % All, probably, will depend upon how high “The t will be remembered, is now a “United 2 a It is possible he hopes to go to rrange for the distribution of “The Eagle” rtist,” g Zurope there, just like Doug and E HE studios are still rushing them out in the hope that folks will read about them and keep the interest alive until the crop of pictures, “for the new season,” is ready for showing. There have been many fine pic- e provement upon its predecessors. &eems-a waste of time and space to es in the current season's program, which has been a distinct im- But unless details arc furnished it merely mention titles that change in @ twinkling and never mean much, cven at their best. * K ' ROOK stories for the movies s Film Daily, the trade Bradstre to offer, why not pirate stories? T sides, most fol bt few, very fe wiil do. v, can call the turn een the two the preference likely ‘he is painted in pictures of the Spanish Main he is so picturesque. * % eem to be in demand, according to And if you have no crook stories too, are having a vogue. As be- iill lean to the pirate, because as Be- s are familiar with the methods of modern crooks, while on what a real, live, romantic pirate Smiles and Tears in Comedy. 'HARLIE CHAPLIN'S new Alaska comedy, “The Gold Rush,” and uster Keaton's new mirth-maker, "Go_West!” both current attractions in_ Washington this week, reveal a tendency in screen comedy writers to seek laughter with the ald of pathos. It has not been very long since the ntroduction of pathos into out-and- but screen comedy was regarded as fatal. “Mgke 'em laugh: not cry!” w. the dictum of the comedy makers, and result, comedy was forced into urely farcial channels and soon ‘orced out again simply for lack of wuitable contrast. Chaplin, In particular, has long been mware of the telling effect of con- tyasting the ludicrous with the pa- t};edo and has not failed in his pro- ductiens to take advantage of it. At o time, however, has he made more ‘bll\ use of pathetic touches to heighten his laugh-devices than in “The Gold Rush.” where the spec- tacle of one lonely little tenderfoot, fighting the blasts of an Alaskan | Winter, touches the heart and arouses genuine pity in the audience. Buster Keaton now seems deter- mined nbt to permit Mr. Chaplin to monopolize this fleld of technique, for in “Go West!” he has attempted to arouse the natural sense of pity by the sale of his favorite cow, “Brown Eyes,” to the Kansas City stockyards to heighten the comedy values of the climactic episode of his picture. Bus- ter Keaton also plucks at the near- pathetic chord with his solemn, un- | smiling visage and its woe-begone ex- pression to intensify by contrast the { comic effects he strives to attain. In other words, the makers of screen comedy, once a haphazard business, are now giving attention to things long known to and employed with consummate art by writers gen- erally. especially those who write for the stage. Garland & Co.,” | a picture | Tt is| | tribution | throughout the country. 1 | Corporation, old one, he calmly answered “when | He also advised that refinement might be im- by suggestion, and that if the house managers | and so on. | other producing companies—Universal, W SHINGTON, D. ( NOVEMBER 8, 1925—PART 3. 10]OP The Moving Picture { | ] | By Kobert E. Sherwood. When you pay fifty cents—more or at the box office window in front movie theater you don't know what becomes of that sum; further- | more, you don't much care. You are interested primarily in what is to be come of yourself—whether you will be | thrilled, mused, stimulated, enter- tained or just bored to death | The inner workings of the movie| political machine are not, and should | not be, a subject of any great concern | to the average citizen. He wants to| see vesults, and those results are| judged by the pictures that flash across the screen | Nevertheless, the sordid commercial aspect of the movie business has been evoking so much front page comment of late, and there have been o many startling changes in the line-up. that the subject is worthy of attentlon. Xk less. it a The situation, as briefly as possible, is this: The big producing companies, which Famous Players, First Natlonal | and Metro-Goldwyn are the blggest. are battling with each other for con- | trol of the movie theaters, and have | gained so much power in this respect that the independent producer fin of_distribution. Famous Players has been called “a | combination in restraint of trade,” | and is now being subjected to a Fed- | eral investigation. Originally movie producing com- panies were just that. They made pic- tures and sold them, on thelr Individ- | ual merits, to theater owners, who, in turn, sold them to the public. This is the economic basis on which almost all our industries are founded—the | eternal triangle of manufacturer, re- The First” Natfonal Corporation started as an association of exhibitors, | who banded together for thelr own protection to found a company which should be dedicated solely to the dis- of pictures. Varfous inde- pendent producers realized the sound- ness of this plan, and agreed to fur- nish the pictures. Adolph Zukor of Famous Players saw that First National was gaining in power, and effecting a direct lai. | son between the producer and the ex- | hibitors, and so Mr. Zukor started out | to build or purchase a chain of thea- | ters which would be under his con-| trol and- therefore committed to his | own pictures. | At the same time another tremen- | dous force appeared in the person of | Marcus Loew, who operated some | hundreds of vaudeville theaters | Together | with his vaudeville bills, Mr. Loew started to show movles and thus open ed up a vast new field for distribu- tion. Finally Mr. Loew bought the almos defunct Metro Corporation and - sub sequently the totally defunct Goldwyn consolidating them into a huge and vitally powerful producing unit. With his aiready enormous string of theaters, he had a combina- tion that was formidable in the ex- treme. Thus, Mr. Zukor, Mr. Richard A. Rowland of First National emerged as the towering financlal figures of the movle industry, and the three of them have warred with con- siderable ferocity for the top position. Whenever First National acquired a new theater in an important city, Famous Players and Metro-Goldwyn would feel compelled to do likewise— With the result that the tailer and buyer. l i | | | Loew and Tox, United Artists, Warner Bros.. F. B. O. and the rest—have met with incalculable difficulties in bringing their pictures before the public. * ok ok ¥ It seems just now that Famous Players is to emerge triumphant in the struggle for supremacy. Recently Mr. Zukor announced that he had formed a business alliance with Balaban & Katz, the most pow- erful exhibitors in the Middle West, whereby these gentlemen were to as- sume control of all the Famous Play- ers theaters. It so happens that Balaban & Katz were among the founders of First National and are now about its most influential stock- holders. Following this announcement, Mr. Rowland resigned his post at First Natfonal, and it is now freely rumor- ed that this company will be absorbed by Famous Players. Which would leave Metro-Goldwyn the only serious rival in the field, and in this connection it might be noted that Adolph Zukor's daughter is married to Marcus Loew’'s son. * Kok X Of course, all these upheavals will not cause any serious heartaches in the rank and file of the general public, unless it so happens that the quality of the pictures decreases or the price of the seats goes up. Just at present there is no indi- cation that either of these calamities will eventuate. (Covyright. 1925.) et ilors’ Wives,” Warner Fabian's story, is being' adapted for screen @roduction by kirst National, "RONALD COLMAN- Tivo 0 ( Yo N HAROLD LLOYD Lincolr. PHILLIPS Central — AILELN PRINGLE Straud At the Photoplay Houses This Week. “The Lost World.” METROPOLITAN: evening. PALACE—"Go West." Shown this afternoon and evening. Shown this RIALTO—"Souls for COLUMBIA—“The ( TIVOLI- ables.” sold Rush.” oon and evening. CENTRAL—“A Sporting Ch evening. LINCOLN evening. METROPOLITAN World.’ First National's film version of Sir Arthur Conon Doyle's “The Lost ‘The Lost Photoplays This Week Shown this afternoon and evening. | | The Limited Mail” Shown this afternoon and evening. AMBASSADOR—“Wife Who Wasn't W; nce.” (colored)—“The Freshma | | | | World,” to be seen for the first time | in_Washington this week at Cran- dall's Metropolitan Theater, haps the most startling and perhaps the most interesting vear, for in its foremost participants are tyrannosauri, dinosaurs, bron- tosauri, pterodactyls, _triceratops trachadons, diplodoci, allosauri and other animal life supposed to have existed on the in agt but rediscovered in modern times. These mammoth monsters are made to come to life upon the screen and do battle to the death, and the human actors who appear in the same is per- | picture of the | | brakemen in the ¥ prehistoric | scenes appear mere pygmies in com- | parison. The temptation to dwell exclusively upon these unique aspects of ‘a dis- tinctly novel picture is so strong as almost to bury the thought that there is a really beautiful, romantic love story threaded through the astonish- ing = developments of Sir Conan Doyle’s fanciful tale of a lost world hidden in the unexplored center of the South American continent. In the love story Lewis S. Stone, Bessle Love and Lloyd Hughes are the principals, and forcefully com- mand the interest, while the mighty beasts are roaming about them and aading thrill upon thrill. In this strange combination “The Lost World” becomes absolutely uncanny. The story concerns a scientist, who starts out to vindicate himself by producing tangible evidence of the existence of the “lost world” which he has discovered, but which nobody will believe. In a majority of the “ke: cities of the country “The Lost World"” has been presented at prices ranging up to § per seat. It will be shown at the Metropolitan at the regular scale in conformity with the fixed Crandall policy. The bill also will include the Metropolitan World Sur- vey and Paul Terry, latest Aesop Fable cartoon comedy, with a brief orchestral prelude by the Metropoli- tan Symphony, Daniel Breeskin, con- ductor, based on Dvorak's “The New World Symphony,” and an orchestral setting for the picture suggesting “Love Everlasting” and “The Lost ‘World,” by Friml. PALACE—“Go West!” Buster Keaton, the famous, smile- less comedy star of the screen, in his latest comedy production ' for Metro-Goldwyn, “Go West!” will be the attraction at Loew's Palaze this week, beginning this afternoon. The Palace announces that Buster has finally acceded to popular demand and presents a real story of the wide, open spaces, where cows are COWS and men shoot from the hip. A beautiful cow, named “Brown Eyes,” is really Buster's “leading lady” in “Go West!” though a beau- tiful damsel, named Kathleen Myers, hovers in the background and sup- plies much of the romance, The story | concerns a young man with a per- | | | Shown this afternoon and afternoon and evening. ed.” Shown this after- Shown this afternoon and Shown this afternoon and sonality that failed to reglster until| he met Brown Eves and the rough men of the plains. It is as a he-man in chaps and spurs, armed with a_pearl-handled caliber revolver, that Buster at- s ats > triumphs in the /ing been kicked ome of the best st. His attach- s, incidentally, with its big ment for turnishes punch. A new Juvenile comedy, “Baby, Be Good!”; the Pathe news reel, Topics of the Day and orchestral music will add to the pr RIALTO—* Brown Ej the story uls for Sables.” " suggested by d Graham Phillips’ story, “Garlan & Co.™ will be the feature picture at the Rialto this week. Its sta e Clafre Windsor and Eugene O'Br'en, supported by Elleen Percy, Claire Ad- ams, Anders Randvlph and George Fawcett. It concerns a girl who, used to the luxuries of life, marries a young busi- ness man, unable to furnish her with beautiful ' things, so that she sets about getting them by other means. She wants a sable coat, wins money in a c#rd game and invests it in the stock market through a rich broker who admires her. The stocks rise and enough money is made to buy the coat. The husband shows his disap- proval by leaving her, but the story has a dramatic finish. It is said that Claire Windsor wears 6 different Paris creations throughout the picture, and there is a fur fashion show in which a million dollars’ worth of sable coats are displayed. Mischa Guterson has prepared a novel ‘“presentation” to precede the showing of the picture, entitled “‘Pages From the Music Book,” which fea- tures Louls Thompson, a Washington lyric tenor singer, formerly leading man with Elsle Janis. Others partici- pating are Tereta Schaeffer and Blanche Lehmann, Charleston danc- ers; Romeo E. Gueradi, singing the prologue from ‘“Pagliacci”; Richard Lorleberg, playing “Gavotte” (Popper), cello solo, and Marle Ducon Deal, who will sing “Polonaise,” from the opera “Mignon.” The Rialto Concert Or- chestra, Mischa Guterson conducting, offers for the overture ‘Roses From the South,” by Strauss. A comedy and International News complete the program. COLUMBIA—“The Gold Rush' (Third Week.) Loew’s Columbia Theater announces that Chaplin’s comedy of the Klondike days of '87, “The Gold Rush,” which has been attracting capacity audiences for the past two weeks, has been held over for a third week, starting this afternoon. Incidentally, this gives ‘Washington its first three-week screen engagement of the current season. Written and_directed by Charlle himself, who plays the featured role, supported by Georgie Hale, Mack Swain and Tom Murray, “The Gold Rush” is the most pretentious and dramatic of all Chaplin productions. | aad is the picture that the cvmediun | | |and pathos with the hilarious antics | that eventually bring him wealth and | fortune, but leave him still unhappy t)Z/’ CHARLIE CHAPLIN-Colubia AMUSEMENTS. GISH- Awbassador Lowis STONI. Me’mopoh’tab Children's Programs Serdny. Jackie Coogan fn Charles Dickens' | masterpiece, “Oltver Twist,” will be the feature picture in the ‘“selected | men of the screen, belfev | motion picture sce! JE | whom some producers have thought | an eccentric spendthrift, to produce program for children” next Saturday morning at Crandall’s Tivoli Theater. | This is the most pretentious picture Jackie has made. He is supported by a wonderful cast, which includes Lon | Chaney as Fagin, and with the addi- | tion of selected comedies the Dill is | considered exceptional for demonstrat- ing the value of the picturization of Dbooks in the celebration of Children's Book week, November 7 to 14. Attendant ushers will be students of the Marjorie Webster School. | ‘America” wiil be led by Mrs. Miriam | B. Hilton and the “Pledge to the Flag” by Troop 49, Boy Scouts of America. himself asks to be remembered by. Requiring more than 16 months to produce and with its exteriors filmed in the high Slerras, “The Gold Rush” contrasts a Strong mnote of romance of its famous star. Chaplin plays the role of a little, lonesome sourdough who braves the perils of the Klondike during the fa- mous Alaskan gold rush, fails hope- lessly in love with a dance hall beau- passes through a serles of hair- ising, but Intensely comic episodes | and pining for the girl of his dreams, | until Fate comes to his aid and paves | the way for a real romance. | Owing to the length of this feature, there will be no added attractions. TIVOLI—“The Limited Mail." Monte Blue, Vera Reynolds, Wil- lard Louis, Eddle Gribbon and Otis Harlan are featured in Warner | Brothers' production of “The Linnited | Mail” at Crandall's Tivoli Theater | the first two days of this week, be- ginning this afternoon. “The Limited | Mail” affords a succession of thrills and plictures the Royal Gorge of Colo- rado where railroading is rich in hazards. “A Cloudy Romance,” the Pathe Review and pipe organ music by Otto F. Beck, organist, and Harold T. Pease_will complete the bill; Tues- day and Wednesday Vilma Banky and Ronald Colman in George Fitzmaur- ice's production for Samuel Goldwyn of “The Dark Angel,” “One Wild Night,” a beautiful scenic, “The Land of Living Colors,” and ‘“Toples of the day”; Thursday and Friday, the William - Fox production, ‘‘Kentucky Pride,” featuring Henry B. Walthall, Gertrude Astor and “Peaches” Jack. son, with Man O' War, Morvich, Fair Play, The Finn and other great run- ners of the turf, together with “Our Gang” in “Official Officers”; Satur- day. Douglas MacLean in ‘“Seven Keys to Baldpate”; comedy, sport- light and chapter play. AMBASSADOR — “The Wife Who Wasn’t Wanted.” Irene Rich, supported by Huntly Gordon, Johnny Harzon, Wilfred Lu- cas, Gertrude Astor and Elinor Fair, .s pictured in Warner Bros.’ produc- tion of ““The Wife Who Wasn't Want- ed,” which will be shown at Crandall's Ambassador Theater the first two days of this week, beginning this afternoon, with comedy, news and topical features and pipe organ mu- sic; Tuesday and Wednesday, Metro- Goldwyn's picturization of George Eliot's_“Romola,” featuring Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Ronald Colman, ‘Willlam H. Powell and Charles Lane; Thursday, Lon Chaney in “The Un- holy Three,” with Mae Busch and Matt Moore, and the Spat Family in “The Fox Hunt' M Bell's production of “Pretty Ladies,” a drama of the backstage with a mod- orn revue, featuring Za Su Pitts, Tom Moore and Ann Pennington; Art Stone in “Sherlock Sleuth” and a Pathe Review; Saturday, Monte Blue and Vera Reynol in the Warner Bros.’ production, 'he Limited Mail,” an “Our Gang” comedy and chapter play added. CENTRAL—“A Sporting Chance.” Lou Tellegen and Dorothy Phillips Future of the Scenario S the motfon picture scenario des tined to become a genuine form of art? Will the manuseri from which a film is dramatized ta its place alongside the great dramatic contributions that are handed down through the centuries to be read for pleasure, instruction and entertain- ment? Milton Sills, one of the college-bred such will humble interesting the no some the future of He has bect. be scenario. ideas on the si “Right now,” says Sills, * we are in the same position as predecessors of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Green and Peele, who forged blank verse and the technique of the Shake- spearlan drama. We are forging a medfum for some man of genius who will succeed us. “We who work in the silent drama have certain artistic ideals and aspira- | | tions. We have an enthusiasm for beauty and for the production of fine things that can be made on the screen. 1 belleve the time is coming when the rio will be cl |lleve ¢ Bernard the scena at declared that me such. I be. he scenario wil an be in time will form of a e are real ome ted the notes until their htful s of art. And motion plcture scenario a working outline of the director and the actors. n be made into a definite 1it- full of charm and beauty 80 with notes fo It, too, c erary form I believe that the great storfes of the world are that exist for The great art sto of the world have been the stories that have stood for themselves alone The Illiad and the Odyssey, the narra- tive poems of India and Persla, the Norse legends, Niebelungenlied, the bian Night rt storfes nd fo | “When our hese beautifully | which T hope we shall have a gen | pieture—an art we s stories o writers do d with technique 11 have, then we art of motion be proud of. Filmo SSE L. LASKY of Famous Play ers has signed Eric von Stroheim, direct and act in a serles of Para- mount - pictures. 1. C. Flelds, comedy star of Zieg: feld's Follles, has signed a five-year ontract to make Paramount picture Tom Gerachty, supervisor of Thoma: feighan features, is preparing a story by a well known humorist for Filelds. Danny of Film Daily says Will H. Hays' policy of *confidence and co- operation” is beginning to bear frult, the administration committee of the Motion Picture Theater Owners of America having reached a satisfac- tory understanding with hix looks,” he adds, “as if a new era had dawned.” It is reported that Rex Ingram is to | make three more pictures and then retire. This is said to mean one plc- ture a year for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Romain de Tiroff- designer, is said to have thrown up the sponge and to have declared he is “through with the movies forever.” “The Indians Are Coming"” is the title of Edward Sedgwick’s new Jewel | production for Universal. The title of Willlam de Mille's pic- ture story, “The Splend'd has been changed to Bebe Daniels and Neil Hamilton are its stars. Roland West is to make an adapta- tlon of “The Bat" for screep produc- tlon for United Artists. King Vidor, who s still engaged in the production of ‘‘La Boheme, ' is getting ready to start on ‘“Bardelys the Magnificent,” which is to be made in colors who recently” has completed “Lady Windermere's Fan,” has received an offer from Graham Cutts to work in London. Victor Varconi is the first player engaged by Cecil B. de Mille for his screen production, “The Volga Boat- May There are rumors that Warner Brothers are to build a first-run photo- play house in Washington; that Fox is to occupy the theater part of the new National Preés Club structure, and that Famous Players intends to enter there, too. Jessel, star of “The Jazz will star also in ‘“The Cherry a fivereeler, to be made by William Alexander. It will be adapt- ed from ‘‘Geerge Washington, j a vaudeville sketch Returning whalers report the death of Nanook, the Eskimo, whose fame was won in “Nanook of the North." F. B. O. is to star Mrs. Rudolph Valentino in othes Malke .the ‘Woman."” Corinne Griffith’'s next picture, originally titled “Caesar’'s Wife,” is to be called “Flirtation.” Polg Negri's next will be “A Count- ess in Iowa,” directed by Malcolm St. Clair. Theda Bara has written a book titled ‘““The Things That Women Won't Tell.” Ben Turpin 18 to start work again for Mack Sennett, after a month's vacation, following his wife's death. Blanche Sweet is to be the star in “The Far Cry,” directed by Sylvano Balbont. Conway Tearie is coming Fast to play in “Dancing Mothers” for Fa- mous Players-Lasky. “The man who needs fear the pres- ent development in motion pictures is the man who would fear any devel- opment,” says Danny of Film Daily. Earl Hurd, cartoonist, is making “The Camel’s Hump” for Brady will be pictured in “A Sporting i (Cyntinued ou Fourth Page.) ance” the- first- two days of this! i studios. Barbara la Marr is reported Te- oA grams | covering from her nervous break- down due to overwork. | _Harvey Gate: adapting “The | Mysterious Isiand,” by Jules Vern | for screen production by Metro-Gold | wyn-Mayer. | Fox has boug r screen production “The Comedian” and Army Man. from David Belasco “The Lily, “The Grand Willls Goldbeck, the scenarist of Famous Players, was elevated to the position of direc tor recently, will direct Adolphe Menjou in “The Ace of Cads,” Mi chael Arlen's story, which will be his next picture. Th Arlen's first story written exi for the screen. “Brown Eyes,” the Jersey cow who announced as Buster Keaton's “leading lady” in his new comedy. 50 West!” was insured for $100,000 ainst accident or injury during the Iming of this picture. Not that the cow was worth $100,000, but the pic ture was, and an injury to the cow would have cost Buster a prett: penny in “retakes. | is The kids of Harle New York's eir “avorits It isn't Marv Pickford Talmadge, it's little urphy, who was born and right in Harlem., and who is “Clothes Make the Pirat rrol and Dorothy Gish. raised Leon Bobby Watson, stage comedian, is Tow appearing .in two George M Cohan plays at the same ti He is drawing laughter nights in “Ameri. can Born' and is occupying his days working for Herbert Brenon, who is filming Cohan's “The Song and Dance Man. Colleen Moore recently purchased a I'ncw site for her permanent home. | The property is in Beverly Hills and | overlooks, Pickfair, home of Douglas rbanks and Mary Pickford. Corinne Griffith’s_home is on Colleen’s left George ~Fitzmaurice's palatial _resi dence is on right, and Harold Lloyd's million-doliar home is being erected within a stone's throw, so Colleen will not be lonely ead of First Na department, turned donned the robes June Mathis, tional's scenario actress recently a of a Red se during en epi- sode in * nnese Medley.” It will be remembered that before de clding on a literary career. Juns Mathis was an actres: Rear Admiral Kinzaburo Mimura of the Japanese Navy and Marquis N. Ikoda of Tokio were visitors at the Pickford - Fairbanks Studios re cently and evidenced much interest in the seventeenth century ships that Doug has bullt for “The Black Pirate,” his forthcoming photoplay. Barrymore in Sabatini Story. ‘WARNER Brothers announce a third plcture with John Barry more, to be made while that actor 1s on the coast. They have purchased “The Tavern Knight” by Rafael Sabatini, which will be given a pretentious production like “The Sea Hawk” and “Captain Blood” by the same author. “The Tavern Knight” is a perlod picture of the seventeenth century in England when Charles 1T attempted to regain the throne from the parlia mentary rule of Oliver Cromwell. Barrymore will play the tirle role Sir Crispin Ballaird, who from his strong, noble, albeit tender and chiv- alrous’ nature, is called the Tavern Knight and is the good right arm of Charles II. In the days of popular-friced mu sical comedies Ward and Vokes were the recognized peers of all tramp con: fcs. Their “Percy and Harold” chat acterizations made thenr’ famous tae country over. No similar team of tramp funsters has won the same pub lic favor until Jack Hunt and Clyde Bates, who claim to be legitimate suc cessors to the Ward and Vokes com- edy crown. They are featured with ‘Rube” Bernstein's “‘Bathing Beau ok