Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1926, Page 59

4, PREVOST ~ Strand THOMAS' MLIGHAN Tivol News and Comment By W. H. Landvoigt. Jothed by the mellowing cheer of holiday time, the M E was, wher ring sinner started his new year with a more or less perfunc- tory program of good resolutions for the future, and the force of his example prompted even the more pious to follow suit. Now | ¢ old civilization has been jazzed into the realm of rhythm and o on th al which to reform as the old blowing of horns and whistles. 5 s a sort of immortality that gives it potency—"While ¢ holds out to burn, the vilest sinner may return.” And with this | ear won't let the feet behave, there may have been less in- passed out and the new year came in, There is an old saying, 1 mind, even the photoplay fan may confidently face the future cheerful hope. The film industry has announced January as| ugh month.” Just how much of local preparation has been made to | e current division of the calendar is not clear at this time, 1g progressiv . laughter is good for the soul, and therefore it ought to be a | ition to superinduce more we e in the ter is contagious and alway Washington photoplay exhibitors, bu: a crowd, it is fair to as- who rank with the most not been caught napping. draw: ss, hav ighty business. .- O\'L of the best resolutions for the new year, so far as the picture fan is concerned, is the resolve to patronize good pictures and to recom- es picture that is not so good. cours gions 1 of nced critic. " They yval upon things that are really bad. B n i nseli, very often, in the spotlight along with that w t is why ticizes e to d. 1d their patronage to others. ronage is a power that moves It should always be remembered that | cven the wicked box office. If good pic- | well patronized, good pictures will be forthcoming. More prog- | <s toward perfection is to be attained by this method than by damning | Orne may not always expéct, as a matter every picture advertised for exhibition to be ?i the | ve type that the energetic press agent loves to make all pxqurc« But ii pictures afford pleasant entertainment, without givi ing or complaint, they should be accepted as such by the oi people a picture th Tk who find their e of patronage accorded better shows ighter hours in picture entertainment. | the character and the n the sagest and sauciest lines written by the most a few Critics are not such wicked fellows as On the whole they are rather a good sort of v always be depended upon to set the stamp of crit they have been human to have disap- ic likes hich he ics—a very few—become_ facetious at But being human, the cri nd when they get facetious, it should be borne in mind, they are g or to give a doubtful public an hone of their trenchant pens—or type * ¥ object attention to themselves rather than seeking to guide public opin- st idea of the real worth of the writers, if they use typewriters. * x ANY folks in this dubious old world have strong opinions of persons and ipon prin wledge of the facts 1 b _th at starts their judicial function into activity. ethin things. (ciple gt ong been askihg the public to e one's hasty judgment has p. . is always just and fair. ular time is for the public to take the s d then make up its mind w Y10 impro ¥’ for from made in every line of thought, in every the general public to cultivate th 1l prompt it to investigat elp to remove many of the pests t ethods by which it is being governed g but mistaken persons who want to make the world better. | e VEN as a despairing cry out of the darkness the idea is again advanced | vant, i by well mea: 1 about ve. curiosity the “ha; \What th ethe are true or false. the degree of patronage it receives, tl Curiosity is not a bad trait. E ; have proceeded all the great discoveries the world has e for itse Their likes or dislikes are always asserted or founded Many jump at conclusions very quickly, often without full | ‘cts and quite as often because they have been told The Movie has ve a heart and judge me as I am, not inted me.” The public, in the long 1e Movie seems to want at this pa hort run, come to see it as it i f the things that have If left to public criticism, manifested the Movie is going to prosper and Rather it is a very good one, r or not many o The Movie now e virtue of curosity to a_ degree 1f, confident that the verdict will hat now hamper it and to improve d throughout the land line of action. that one of the best resolutions for the new year on the part of photoplay qui ckl, vould like to patro ible to do so without having to prepare for While it might be an unwise business m novie th cats at m e ¢ poses upon them the obligation - by whom their business thrives. to make everybody enter into a mad scramble, ev e reservation of sea who are weak, or might be able to get into with some degree of comfort. | have already been bestowed in this But noblesse oblige, as our mpled, xhibitors. theater owners and exhibitors is to find_some way—and (halfl by which the very large number oi people who really | e photoplay entertainment, now and then, might be 1y ery exhibition of a pictur - exhibitions during the day, ble with “spoken d ra ¥ or a ioot ball rush to get into the ove to reserve all because the money is made by hav- a thing possible with a photoplay ma,” it is certainly not impossible to ts at some of the performances, so that | or who do not care to have their good the theater and to enjoy a The benignant smile and the screed upon our local rench brethren would of alwa doing their best for the And it certainly is not doing their or to endure a long, <ome and uncomfortable wait in a cold, or even a hot, lobby, in order get n hing that portion of it which really needs it, hout endangering life, health and H wants to honestly onage you are scek opp e prob! ed of the Movie in inclu dev ntly nto T ton agnificent In other AVING suggested New stoplay exhibitor, it Public, the s a \ the humane purpose in view of giving it to you. analyze you to see if you really arec worth the X is up to you to give it the widest and| All of which brings »oth. ortunity of lem of both b: clopment able cha and ng, and analysis that you can think of. the theater whenever one of those “supreme and super- screen spectacles” nages nd 1 bricfer words. Mr. Exhibitor, “Give the public, manages to find its way to the chance to see your pictures the lovable boon of comfort.” * Year resolutions to both the public and the may not be ami. Movie is analyzing you to find out what you to tell a secret which has Movie, the to the suggestion that seat reservation is a cry- g th nce to m 05 ke their analysi; Washington, that people of all degrees of ath- who are glad simply to be alive, may and to record the much- as to what the public really wants. * ok & HUS we have endcavored to point the way to a betterment of condi- tions for the photoplay and its exhibitor, ipport they know is indispensable. E; according to ters | e bl vay to first, provide a “organize” or the screer days of highly cff for the exhibitor to great s increased public patronage) by an audience, it would seem to a m. advertise and exploit good pictures, and, secondly, to cafe and comfortable way for all of the general public to honestly 2 certain, to see them. n Iy t as well as for the public, Unsell, one of the lady m Da penefit his theater and himself (which ‘organizing’ his audience?” The best an up a tree, would Chautard to Act. Ehe CHAUTARD, one of een’s foremost directors, has | STeatest o8 I Royal Theater the engaged to portray Papa Gorio 2 Ma- is rlon’s new picture. Chautard’s fame in this country has 1cen confined to directing, but former- at w Metro Midnight,” vlitan picture, based wupon the Balzac classic, “Pere Goriot. This is the big character part of the “rances Rejane for 20 years and achieved par- ticular fame for his portraval of Na- poleon in *“Mme. Sans Gene,” the greatest of Rejane triumphs. Later t | in Brussels, and still later he created - the title role in “Alias Jimmy Valen- tine” in Paris. Thirteen years ago in Paris Chau- tard directed a screen version of “The Merry Widow.” in which Maurice Tourneur portrayed a leading role. fy he was one of the most popular ac- 10rs in France. peared before on et. the screen £hautard in Ameri was leadi man fer He has never ap- r the stage or In France Mue. Harold Atteridge, the New York ‘Winter Garden librett is at work on a dramatization of iends of Mr. Sweeney,” by Elmer Da v, is_suggesting that “in | jent organization and specialization is it not pos- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ( The Moving Picture By Robert E. Sherwood. REAT advances have been made on the screen during the past year, and there ix reason to belleve that this | gratifying progress will continue. The movies seem to he emerging from the | shell of infancy; they are beginning to | strut about, to explore new fields and even, on occasions, to flap their in- ciplent wings. They have not, perhaps, justified all the confident pre- | dictions of those hopeful souls who | counted the chickens before the eggs | were hatched; nevertheless, the brood | has turned out surprisingly well. To terminate this lengthy metaphor, and to get down to actual cases, there have been the following productions in 19; which are well worth remember- | Peter Pan,” adapted from Barrie's play: directed by Herbert Brenon; played by Betty Bronson, Ernest Torrence and Esther Ralston, and produced by Famous Play “Greed,” adapted from orris’ novel, *“McTeague™; directed | by Erich von Stroheim; played by Gibson Garland, Zasu Pitts and Jean | Hersholt, and produced by Metro- Goldwyn. “The Last Laugh,” written by Karl | Mayer; directed by F. W. Murnau; played by Emil Jannings; produced (in Germany) by U. F. A. and distributed (in the United States) by Universal. “Grass,” a travel picture, made by Merian Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack, and_distributed by Famous Players: Lasky. “Don Q,” written by Douglas Falr- banks and his soenario staff; directed by Donald Crisp; played by Mr. Fair- Mr. Crisp, Jean Hersholt and Astor, and produced by United | sh,” written, directed 3 Charlie Chaplin, and duced by United Artists. Kiss Me Again,” written by Hans' | directed by Ernest Lubitscl |played by Monte Blue and Marie | Prevost, and produced by Warner Brothers, “The Unholy Three,” directed by Tod Browning; played by Lon Chaney, Victor McLaglen, Harry Earles, Matt Moore and Mae Busch, and produced by Metro-Goldwyn. “The Merry Widow,” adapted by | Benjamin Glaezer from the famous {libretto; directed by Erich von Stro- heim: played by John Gilbert, Mae Murray, Roy D’Arcy and Tully Mar- shall, and produced by Metro-Goldwyn. “The Wanderer,” adapted from Maurice Samuels' Biblical drama: di- rected by Raoul Walsh; played by William__ Collier, jr.: Greta Nissen, Ernest Torrence and Wallace Beer: and produced by Famous Players: | Lasky. “Stella Dallas,” adapted by Frances Marion from the novel by Olive Hi gins Prouty; directed by Henry Kinj played by Belle Bennett, Lois Moran, Ronald Colman, Alice Joyce and Jean il(ershul(, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn! “The Big Parade,” written by Laurence Stallings; directed by King Vidor; played by John Gilbert and Renee Adoree, and produced by Metro-Goldwyn. “Lady Windermere’s Fan," adapted from Oscar Wilde's play; directed by Ernst Lubitsch; played by Irene Rich, Ronald Colman, Mae McAvoy and Bert Lytell, and produced by Warner Brothers. “A Woman of the World,” adapted from a novel by Carl Van Vechten; directed by Malcolm St. Clair; played by Pola ~ Negri, Chester Conklin, Holmes Herbert and Charles Emmett Mack, and produced by Famous Players-Lasky. “A Kiss for Cinderella,” adapted from Barrie's play; directed by Herbert Brenon: played by Betty Bronson and Tom Moore, and pro- duced by Famous Players-Lasky. * %k ok Only two of the foregoing pictures have failed utterly to engage the at- tentfon of the public at large; the: are “Greed and “The Last Laugh. All the others have been emphatic financial successes—which proves, if proof be necessary, that there is an audience for good pictures whenever these good pictures are forthcoming. * K % % The immediate prospects for 1926 include the following productions, all ! of which look good on paper: | “Ben Hur,” directed by Fred Niblo, with Ramon Novarro, Francis X. | Bushman, Carmel Myers, Mae Mc- { Avoy and Betty Bronson in the cast. “The Black Pirate,” with Douglas Fairbanks. “The Sea Beast,” and “Don Juan,” both with John Barrymore. “La Boheme,” directed by King Vidor, with Lillan Gish and John Gilbert. “‘Old Ironsides,” directed by James Cruse. An American historical drama (as yet untitled) directed by Ernst Lubitsch. “Kikl,” with Norma Talmadge, di- vected by Clarence Brown. * ok ok ok Let us trust that the film moguls »f Hollywood will enjoy a happy New Year, and that they will provide us, in 1926, with entertainment that really ~ntertains. (CopyNsht. 19 | Ford and others, \ LLAINE HAMMERSTRIN Central photoplays This Weelq JANUARY 3 e VIoLA DANA Ambascador At the Photoplay Houses This Week. PALACE—"That Royle Girl.” and evenin, COLUMBIA— RIALTO—"The Fool TIVOLI—“Irish Luc tage Struck. Shown th: AMBASSADOR—“The Unguarded and evening. CENTRAL—"The Unwritten evening. LINCOLN (colored)—“Classified.” ning. PALACE—“That Royle Girl.” D. W. Griffith, master of screen di. rectoral art, has made a thrilling ro- mance of the Chicago jazz zone, “That Royle Girl,” as his first contribution | to Paramount production, and it will | be given fts first presentation Loew’s Palace Theater this week, be- ginning this afternoon. Based on the magazine serial b Edwin Balmer and featuring a c: headed by Carol Dempster, W. Flelds, James Kirkwood and Harrison ‘That Royle Girl”| provides a pulsating plot that reveals | the gay life of a great city. | Miss Dempster has the role of 1926 | Jjazz-baby, an habitue of Chicago dance halls infatuated with an orchestra leader who falls under suspicion of| the murder of his estranged wife. Ar- ragned by a prosecutor of relentless Puritanical ideals, the orchestral leader's case seems grave until the| girl, putting her wits against the prosecutor, reveals the real criminal. | Owing to the unusual length of this production—over 10 reels—the added features have been omitted though| Director Gannon's orchestra will play a typlcal Grifflith musical setting. METROPOLITAN—“The Unguarded Hour. A fascinating romance of an Amerl- can girl with a sense of humor, & young Italian duke with none and a pathetic pair of unfortunate lovers is promised in First National’s pro- duction, “The Unguarded Hour,” at Crandall's Metropolitan Theater this week, beginning this afternoon. Mil- ton Sills and Doris Kenyon are its stars. The two-reel comedy will bring a new laugh-maker in Lupina Lane, famous English clown, late of the “Follies,” who will be pictured in “Mald in Morocco. The Metropoli- tan World Survey, other short reels and & program of excellent music by the Metropolitan Symphony under Daniel Breeskin will complete the bill. | “The Unguarded Hour” boasts a varied locale. The initial scenes are at a gay house party in America, where Virginia Gilbert is giving a thrill to her jaded assoclates in swag- ger soclety by entertaining as honored guests a large coterie of the most no- torious underworld figures. Urged to visit a lifelong" friend of her father’'s in Italy, Virginia accepts and plunges into the midst of another smart affair through the agency of a crippled air- plane that lands her in a puddle of mud. And then a duke, engrossed in the mysteries of wave lengths and other intricacies of the perfected radio, inadvertently challenges the young woman, and thrills and romance en- | ter into the picture. Doris Kenyon has the role of the American hoyden, and Milton Sills is the serious duke, who is duped into a love affair by the cleverness of the blonde Yankee. Others in the cast include Claude King, Lorna Duveen, Dolores Cassi- nelli, Jed Prouty and Charles Beyer. Lambert Hillyer directed the picture. The overture for the week will be Rossini’s “William Tell,” and the theme of the interpretative score played by the Metropolitan Symphany will be “Sympathy,” from “The Ilire Law.” | iy at | Shown this afternoon and evening. METROPOLITAN—“The Unguarded Hour. Shown this afternoon Shown this afternoon and evening. Shown thi s afternoon and evening. is afternoon and evening. Hour.” Shown this afternoon Shown this afternoon and Shown this aiternoon and eve- . by-Rudolf Friml, with an exit number, ‘“Remembering,” the song hit of the Duncan Sisters’ *“Topsy and Eva.” COLUMBIA—“Stage Struck.” Glorla Swanson will be presented in age Struck,” for the first time in Washington at Loew's Columbia Theater, this week, beginning this afternoon at 3 o'clock “‘Stage _Struck,” which is being called ~ Miss ~ Swanson's” supreme achievement, is the latest Paramount production by Allan Dwan, and is based on a story by Frank R. Adams that was adapted by Forrest Halsey. It enlists the serylces of a cast Includ- ing Gertrude Astor, Ford Sterling, Lawrence Gray, Miss Swanson’s new leading man, and others, and it is said to provide Miss Swanson with her richest comedy role and oppor- tunity also to appear in gorgeous and colorful costumes, as a small-town tress, with stage ambitions, who dared to challenge the dramatic su- premacy of the leading lady of a river-boat theatrical company for the love of a restaurant employe. Hila- rious comedy is sald to have been packed by Director Dwan into Gloria's portrayal of a lunchroom flapjack ar- tist, her “home work” is a correspond- ence school course in dramatic acting, and otherwise. 3 The floating theater on the Ohio River, a luxurious banquet fete and other palace scenes in Technicolor, are outstanding scene attractions. A _tuxedo comedy, “Cleaning Up!' the International newsreel, and a fine orchestral setting will be other offer- ings. RIALTO—"The Fool.” The screen version of Channing Pollock’'s play, “The Fool,” will be shown at the Rialto next week, start- ing today. It was produced by the William Fox Co. and a year was spent in_its making. The story concerns the adventures and romance of an idealistic young minister who believed that a man might live like Christ in the twentieth century, and how he tried it. The miracle episode, which made the stage presentation notable, is said to.be thrillingly vivid on the screen. Edmund Lowe plays the title role. Others in the cast are Brenda Bond, Mary Thurman, Ray Bloomer, Anne Dale, Riley Hatch and Paul Panzer. TIVOLI—“Irish Luck.” Thomas Meighan will be the pic- ture star at Crandall’s Tivoli Theater the first two days of this week, beginning Sunday afternoon, in Para. mount’s production of “Irish Luck, supported by Lois Wilson and Ernest Lawford. The story is romantic, has its inception in New York and shifts to Ireland, where a New York cop is able to save the estate of a noble- man who is his double and to win the love of a beautiful Irish colleen. Earle Foxe in a new Booth Tarking- ton “Van Bibber” laughmaker, “The Sky Jumper,” and the Pathe Review also will be shown. Tuesday and Wednesday the Tivoli will present Marie Prevost, Kenneth 1926—PART 3 KeNYON Metropolitan Y . \____,f‘ ] CORINND. GRIFPITH Lincoln T Wi Gl e ol Moore. 'OLL] MOORE seems to find no lack of suitable material for new pictures, like many of her sister stars. John McCormick, producer of Miss Moore's pictures and production head of First National's West Coast studios, announces that two stories have been definitely determined upon to follow the “Irene” production, now nearing its finish mark. These are “Shebo” and “Twinkletoes,” cach an fdeal story for Colleen. Shebo,” written by the first to be made, i:nder the editorial supervision of June Mathis. The story deals with the ad- ventures of a young girl who, after Tiffany Wells, denly finds herself facing pover its lows form. The trials and tribu- lations that follow give Miss Moore wide opportunity for her comedy talents. Alfred E. Green will direct “Shebo.” “Twinkletoes” is a Limehouse story by Thomas Burke, noted English au thor, with a role for Miss Moore of the “Pollyanna” type. The story deals with life in the Limehouse dis- trict, and is being adapted for the screen by Winifred Dunn. It also will have the editorial supervision of June Mathis. —_— Harlan, Louise Fazenda and John toche in Warner Brothers' produc- tion of “Bobbed H: a crook melo- drama, with “The White Wings Bride,” featuring Harry Langdon; { Thursday and Friday, Bar- | thelmess and Dorothy S National's production of * tiful Cit tYork’s lower East Side, together with I Billy Dooley in ““A Goofy Gob,” and “Topics of the Day”; Saturday, Johnny Hines in “®he Live Wire," a nmew First National farce, and & “Sportlight” and first instaliment of |a new chapter p ‘The Scarlet Streak." | Bach daily bill will include short reels and pipe ogan programs. AMBASSADOR—"The Unguarded H Hour.” | Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon, with |a’fine cast, are pictured in First Na- | tional's new release, “The Unguarded { Hour,” the first three days of this week, beginning Sunday, at Crandail's | Ambassador Theater, together with Lupino Lane, English comic, in “Maid in Morocco”; Wednesday and Thurs- day, Ben Lyon and Viola Dana in irst National's “The Necessary with Al St. John in ‘Fire Away”;. Friday, Conway Tearle and Aileen Pringle in “The Mystic,” an alleged revelation of the’ peculiarities |of pseudo-spiritualism, with Harry Langdon in “Plain Clothes” and the Pathe Review, and Saturday, Monte Blue in the Warner Brothers’ produc- tion” of “Red-Hot Tires,” supported by Patsy Ruth Miller and Lincoln Stedman, with the Sennett comedy, “Hodge Podge,” and chapter play. CENTRAL—“The Unwritten La “The Unwritten Law,” a new Ex- hibitors Film Exchange release will be shown the first two days of this week at Crandall's Central Theater, beginning Sunday, with Elaine Ham- merstein as its star and Forrest Stan- ley, Mary Alden, Charles Clary, Wil- liam V. Mong and Johnny Fox, jr., in the cast. The story concerns a voung Southern girl and her aristo- cratic but penniless father and the machinations of the employer of the girl and the man she loves. A Mack- Sennett comedy, “A Sweet Pickle ‘“‘Screen Snapehots” and “Topics of the Day” will be shown also. Mae Murray and John Gilbert will be featured Tuesday and Wednesday in Eric von Stroheim's film version of the Franz Lehar operetta, “The Merry Widow,” also an Aesop Fable; Thursday and Friday, Corinne Griffith, supported by Jack Mulhall, Charlie Murray and Edythe Chapman in Edna Ferber's “Want Ads,” renamed “Classifled,” also O. Henry's slent in Arcadia”; Saturday Best People,” and Neal Burns_in Christie's two-reel comedy, “My Swedie.” LINCOLN—*“Classifled.” Corinne Griffith will be the plcture star at the Lincoln Theater, U street at Twelfth northwest, this week, be- ginning this afternoon, in First Na- tional’s plcturization of Edna Ferber’s story, “Classified,” adapted from “Want Ads,” the tale of a working girl who though she craved all the luxuries wealth could provide, but sub- sequently changed her mind. Jack Mulhall leads the supporting cast, Charlie Murray, Ward Crane and Edythe Chapman. Harry Langdon in “The White Wing’s Bride” and a new issue of the Kinograms also will be_shown. Vednesday and Thursday, Adolphe (Continued on Fourth Page.) Il be produced | having all the rich things in life, sud- | Mario Carrillo, well known screen character actor, has been engaged for the part of King Alfonso of Spain in “Ibanez Torrent.” This will represent the first time the Spanish monarch has been impersonated on the screen Monta Bell is directing the produc tion at the Metro-Goldwyn- studios. Max Ree, celebrated Danish designer nd creator of costumes in many of Max Reinhardt’s notable spec has s contract with Goldwyn-May His first work is the creation of the costumes to be worn by Greta Garbo, famous Swedish star, for her American debut in “Ibanez Torre: Monta Bell is directing Tt took vears for W Fields, former “Follles” comedian, to attain stellar prominence on the stage, but he scored an instantaneous hit on the screen under D. W. Griffith’s di | rection in “Sally of the Sawdust.” | « 0l Dempster, star of ““That Royle Girl,” D. W. Griffith’s first Paramount { production, is the only remaining link |between Griffith and his old inde- | pendent producing davs. Griffith’s company found jobs elsewhere when | the old master joined Paramount, only | the spirituelle Dempster remaining as !h(s feminine star. | Paramount | is _now planning Di- jrector D. W, Griffith’s biggest picture, a sereen version of Marie Corelli's “'Sorrows of Satan,” though months are expected to elapse before it ap. pears on the screen hereabouts. Kenneth Webb, who directed Rich- ard Barthelmess in “Just Suppose,” for First National release, is a Broad- way playwright. His latest stage piece, “One of the Family,” is now playing on the ¢ White Way. Dorothy Mackaill, who plays leading feminine role in Leon Errol's picture, “The Lunatic at Large,” which Fred Newmeyer is directing for First National, made her first picture en- | titled “The Face at the Window" for {a British company | Sada Cowan, who Is now writing the |adaptation of ‘The Crystal Cup,” { which First National will produce in |the East, began to write at the age ol'_ 13 and at 14 was a regular con- tributor to several magazines. the John Fish Goodrich, continuity for Fir: ational’s forth coming super-special, “Men of Steel,” is a graduate of Cornell University, !started his career working in the who wrote the " an unusual drama of New ! stockyards of Chicago, sold land in| { Texas and engaged in the farm mort- | gage business in the Southwest before | entering the film industry. Sada Cowan, who prepared | scenario of Robert T. Kane’ Reckless Lady"” for First National |from the novel by Sir Philip Gibbs, has done scripts for many of the leading stars, but prefers working for pro- | ducers who believe in the all-star ca | theory. A story to fit a s time! t be twisted out | Mis an declares. the “The m Cow Blanche Sweet is a motion picture | star who is said to prefer her own | fireside and an interesting hook to a |round of parties. She 1 many | friends, but leads a quiet life when {away from her work at the studio. Marshall Neilan, well known moton picture producer-director, was fa. mous screen actor before taking up the megaphone. He played leads op- l\)'(l)s"ka Mary Pickford and Marguerite Having finished “The Prairle Pi- In which _the newest Wampas star, Fay Wray, supported him, Jack Hoxle has started on a Western feature entitled “Raleish of the Range.” Universal is making elaborate prep- rations for a production entitled “The Star Spangled Banner,” based on the national anthem. Many of the scenes will be taken in Baltimore. Historical and atmospheric material 1s being collected by George Cochrane, who is devising the film story. Editing of “Flaming Waters,” an oil melodrama. by E. Lloyd Sheldon, pro- duced for F. B. O. by Associated Arts Corp., has been completed under the supervision of Harmon Weight, who directed the production. Mary Carr, SWANSON Columbia Filmograms Pauline Garon and Malcolm McGregor ured. It is slated for lute Wi Jack Pickford, who has been res ng for several months, following an 0 one of his eyes, will resur work soon, having signed with Joseph M. Schenck for serfes of pictures. George Marion, of the henck organization, one of the cleverest title in Holiywood, is working on i for Ma Pickford's Scraps.” Lawrenca Gr appeared wi 5 “The Coast iuated into the posi 5 leading man tio lin also seen in * Paris” and with Betty *Are Parents People?”’ of Miss maker Fron Bronson i | yme fascinating trick photograph is disclosed in Gloria Swanson’s new starring production Stage Struck, by Geor; ‘Webber, who also photc graphed “Mme. Sans Gene” and “The | st of Folly.” It is done in natural | colors and shows Gloria arriving palace, with her gowns a_ King's changing in style.and in color as she wall It all represents a dream. With “The Danger Girl,” Priscill Dean's first picture under a new cor tract with Metropolitan, heing edited {in the cutting room, preparations are | under way for her second vehicle “Forbldden Waters,” an original stor | by Percy Heath, of the Metropolita scenario staff. Charles A. Logue wi prepare the scenario. When “Rocking Moon” was pre viewed recently at a suburban theater near Los Angeles, members the Alaska-Yukon Society of Califor nia attended in a body and, it is said expressed their approval of the filn This Metropolitan picture is claimed to be the first to be filmed in the heart of Alaska. on the actual loc tions described in the original maga- zine and book version. Fox Films recently tried the ex periment of running an eight ree program made up of three Z-ree comedies, a Fox Variety and Fox News. Palmer Smith, motion picture critic of The Evening World, New York, declared the experiment a con plete success. The doings of the Nolans and | Cohens are entertainingly chronic! in the new series of Irish-Jew comedies being presented by 1 Films under the Im Bra “East, Side, West Side, the firs of the series 1 “Failure” and “Cupid a la Carte are the two O. Henry comedies av able for National Laugh Month Kathryn McGuire and Harvey Clark are featured in the former, while Flo ence Gilbert and Carroll Nye play the leading roles in “Cupld & la Carte.” The home of Helen and Warren invaded by a vigorous young nephe: who should be in a wrecking crew i “His Own Lawyer,” a two-reel comedy sed on the story by Mabel Herber { Urner, scheduled for January 3 Kathryn Perry and Hallam Coole play the title roles. Mickey McBan i- the young house wrecker. | Bugenia Gilbert, prize beauty, -i- the heroine of “Officer of the Day a seagoing comedy in the Fox Impe ial serfes. Harold Goodwin s th: voung naval officer, and Brooks Ben: dict is the villain. Sid Smith and M up on Harlan ge in the air with amusing cons: quences in ‘‘The Flying Fool,” comedy scheduled for release New Year week. “A Flaming Affair” is Lex Neal~ first comedy for Fox Films since he arrived from the Buster Keaton lot Sid Smith and Consuela Dawn have the leading roles. With all the comedies completed for National Laugh Month, George I Marshall, Fox comedy chief, and his staff of directors are shooting ahead on the schedule of two-reel mirth pro vokers for late Winter and Spring. Kathryn Perry scored such a as the young wife in the Helen Warren comedies that she was giver the role of the bride in “The First Year.” the screen version of Johu Golden’s stage hit. HO will the first Michael screen heroine be? Robert T. Kane, First National pro- ducer, and his director, Alfred A. San- tell, have been searching for the ac- tress to fill the title role in Michael Arlen’s “The Dancer of Paris,” which will be the first Arlen story to reach the screen. The choice\has narrowed down to three—two screen actresses and one well known to the stage. Arlen, in his story, described heroine, Consuelo, with these lines “Who in this world was ever more vividly, more magnificently alive than that golden lady, she who was called the Dancer of Paris “Her bank manager stood at atten- tion when speaking to her.” “She wore clothes so that French- women looked like Englishwomen.” “‘But, say, that girl is hard! some of her countrymen said. ‘She's as hard as a diamond" " To find the actress who can char- acterize the Dancer of Paris accord} to those descriptions of her and who can catch the full spirit of this pecul- iarly_distinctive heroine is the task Arlen | American audiences. Arlen‘s First Heroine. Casting the other parts of the pic ture has been easier. Already two stars of national importance have been signed, Conway Tearle as the hero and Lowell Sherman in another impor tant role. But the heroine. Who will she be Clive Brook. LIVE BROOK is an Englishman who, before the war, was a jour nalist and short story writer, making a big name for himself in England. He served for four and a half years in France, emerging as a major in the machine gun corps. But the wear and tear of the war had left him with little desire to return to the grind o writing, and he turned to the stage “for a fiyer.” Seen playing in an English produc tion of “Fair and Warmer,” he was signed up by Jesse Lasky for a trip to Hollywood. He made his first screen appearance in “This Freedom"’ and scored an immediate hit with After “Christine that Kane and Santell have set them- selves. " As they say in advertisements, they won't be happy till they get her, of the Hungry Heart,” he was put under contract by Warner Brothers. and has appeared In “The \Woman Hater,” and “Sevel Sluucie