Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1926, Page 75

Movie Sidelights | Rr the Aesociated Press JFOUR tarrels of camphor balls which went to Calgary, Canada, with Thomas Meighan and a com- | pany of players making “The Cana- | dlan” returned to New York with the | company. These are probably the only camphor balls which ever trav- eled 7,000 miles without heing opened for use. 1t had been intended to use | them for an imitation hallstorm in the wheat fields, but the secomd day after the company arrived it snowed and hail was unnecessary. Thomas Jefferson, who plays the | part of King Haakon in “Gaby,” the Fox film tased on the life of Gaby Deslys, dancer and throne toppler, has among his properties the old gun, the raggad suit and the dilapidated keg used by the Jeffersons in legiti- mate stage productions of “Rip Van ! Winkle.” A nine months’ screen career does not sound like much, but it means a Int to Nai Carr. Brother of Alexan- der Carr, who created the Perlmutter roles of Potash and Perlmutter and | for years & favorite on the stage, Carr | hegan his screen career in Hollywood | just nine months ago. Since that time he has been in constant demand | as a character comedian for Warners. | Nationality and rank mingle and | are leveled by the magnet which | draws aspirants for fame and for- \tune to the miles of picture studios Mn_Southern California. In a cast canvass of “Hotel Tmpe- rial” a feature picture by Para- | mount, 12 countries were represented on the set—Poland, Sweden, Russia, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Spain, France, Italy, England, Australia and | the United States. The foreign invasion of filmdom distinguished European Aaccessiol MOVes apac Fi 5 t Tlya Tols- ¢, son of I Istoy, author of | to- Hollywood to ic. Then | prominent German a Cabinet of Dr. Caligari John Rarrymore 1o play X1 in Barrymore's first United Artists Ppicture. D. 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