Screen Stars and Films

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 114, 15 May 1926, Page 28

Screen Stars and Films

A second son was born to the wife of Charlie Chaplin, in Hollywood, at the s< end of March. tl Li "Tumbleweeds, ,, a W. S. Hart picture 51 to be shown in Auckland shortly, was I tied with Chaplin's "The Gold Rush,' , a* t< the biggest moneymaker in the month of b January in America. A woman who made a romance of v business, and a man who made a Husi- r> ness of romance, sums up the story of <i "Eve's Lover." a forthcoming picture iFtarring Bert Lytell, Clara Bow. Wil- I lard Louis and Irene Rich. 11 ' a '•Romola.'' a literary classic by George p Eliot, deals with the Italian Renaissance L in Flore ice, when that city was in her ci golden age —the days of the lie Medicis B and of the martyred reformer, Savonarola. The story deal? with the years between 1402 and 1408. In the screen li version, Lillian Gish is ''Romola," and L Ttonald Colman, Carlo Burellini. This i? film was made entirely in Italy by a Henry King, the director of ''Stella Dal- . b las."' - si ; "h "The Man on the Box," featuring Syd. t. Chaplin, is founded on the well-known ?! play and novel, both of which recall •' happy memories to New Zealanders. The d hero gets mixed up in a hornet's nest of intrigue concerning a set of plans which have an international interest. In his G efforts to safeguard the plans, Syd. s. finds himself in all sorts of absurdly A fascinating adventures. Picturegoers sj •will see him first in the role of cabby, le later as a lady's maid. pi X Attached to the films shown in the ai Government Publicity Court Theatre at V the Dunedin Exhibition, was a filmed 0 notification to the effect that the a Minister in charge of publicity had ar- h< ranged with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ti Corporation for a short New Zealand c? suhjeet to be released on all Metro- w Goldwyn programmes, exhibited on that hi firm's larg circut throughout Australia e< and New Zealand. This should assist G materially in placing the Dominion still Z more prominently on the map. j"

"The Fool' , has a unique record. It ran for over a year in Xew York, and v then seven touring companies -went on tl the road with, it for two years. Hundreds o: of clergymen have preached on "The Fool," and now it has been made into a film of considerable interest. Henry s1 Ainley played the title role in London * Iα the stage presentation. ~ All who saw Viola Dana's fine*, work in "Revelation" recently, will enjoy * "Along Came Ruth," in which she appears in a totally different role. She a plays the part of Ruth Ambrose, the girl ■who put the sleepiest village imaginable , on tile map, and proves herself to be a comedienne of merit. Tully Marshall, w Raymond McKee and Walter Hiers are in V the supporting caste. " Exciting moments in "The White . Desert," to be screened in Auckland shortly, include a mighty avalanche which crashes on a railway construction camp perched on a mountain ledge, and tj the fight against a howling blizzard by a party of engineers trying to reconnect B [ a broken wire, their only communication . with civilisation Claire Windsor, Pat . O*Malley and Robert Frazer head the " caste. , c . Who will be the future stars of the •creen, when every film will be photographed in colour? According to the director of Douglas Fairbanks' new •=' film, "The Black Pirate," a new type of , personality is required for colour photo- ~ graphy. Players who register well in . 'black and white, do not always show up to advantage in colour. In fact, in Si some cases, it is not possible to use R J them at all, despite the fact that they £ are unusually talented. One of the big problems experienced in casting "The Black Pirate" wa ß the matter of find- : R ing film artists with colour personalities, £ Out of three hundred young women, „ including novices as well "as experienced P l screen actresses, only twelve were tn found who were suitable. Billie Dove Q ■was finally chosen. Xot only did she ar possess a colour personality, but she a had to her credit the experience of w ' previous colour work in "Wanderers of U i the Wasteland," with Jack Holt. r i

.Beautiful, bray penniless, de::ibcs Viuia Dana at the opening of ie amusing film, "Along Came Ruth, ne morning she wakes up to find her•lf in the sleepiest towns imaginable. uth and a sleepy town do not go | >getlier, and before long tjie town .■comes almost as gay as Ruth. "With the signing of Brandon Hurst. ?trran character actor, to portray the , ile of "Doyle" in the Paramount pro- , iciion of "The Rainmaker," the cast , j complete. , Featured player* in this , 1 arenee Badger production for Para- j cunt are Ernest Torrcnce, Georgia Hale i ( nd William Collier, jr. The screen j lay is by Hopa Loving and Louis D. ( ighton, from Gerald Beaumont"s i 'irlir.ito'.l race track story, "Heaven , cut."' I " 1 'Edna Murphy, the delightful leading,] illy with Glenn Hunter in '"The j \ ittle Giant." a Universal production,', a native of New York city, where, at j , n early age. her beauty was in demand . r photographers and artists for whom ( ie posed. Her screen career had its , eginning in small parts supporting , oot Gibson. The pictures in which j ie has appeared include "Lying Wives,' , < A. ila:i Must Live," "Daughters of To- , ay." "The White Moth" and "Wildfire." The famous author. Mr. Zane rev, left ' New Zealand by the , s Tahiti on Wednesday last, pril 27. after a wonderfully successful >orting season in this country. Before aving Mr. Grey had a "good-bye" < cture taken. Mr. Grey interviewed the | i ew Zealand Paramount representatives \ 1 id Tvished them success with "The anishinjr Race,' , which is the film title : Mr. Grey's ''The Vanishing Amerim.' , Mr. Grey told the story of how : came to write this great story of the j agedy of the American Red Man, and rpressed himself immensely pleased ith its picturisation of his story, which j > j viewed just before he left America to >mc to New Zealand. Other of Zane rev's stories to be screened in New eaiand will be "The Deer Drive" and Desert Gold."

In "The Call of Courage," a Uni-1 { . jrsal attraction starring Art Acord, l c star gives several daring exhibitions : his wonderful horsemanship. £ A herd of 10,000 head of buffalo was l .impeded for one of the spectacular J denes' in "The Calgary Stampede," a * niversal Jewel starring Hoot Gibson. * irginia Brown Faire plays the feminine j - ad, while otlllrs in the cast are Philo ' [oCullough, Ena Gregory, Frank Rice, 1 lark Comstock, Jim Corey, Tex Young T id Bill Gillis. ' J "The Goose Woman," a Universal ' jwel, was based on a real murder, which * as followed closely by Rex Beach, ] ithor of the story. He turned it ito a thrilling newspaper mystery ! ;ory. Clarence the pro- ! action with a notable all Etar cast, ' ;aded by Jack Pickford, Louise Dres- ' ;r and Constance Bennett. ' , ] In the new Ben Verschleiser produc- ' on, "Wreckage," featuring May Alii- ' in, Scott Dunlap, the director, has ! irefully followed the novel "Salvage" ' ' Izola Forrester, on which the picture j based. The wreck scene is said to ( } strikingly realistic. Others in the j ist are Holmes Herbert, John Miljan, ( osemary Theby and James Morrison. One of England's moet famous imbling halls was reproduced for! ' enes in "Sporting Life." Designed i om photographs of the famous spot, I < ie set contained roulette wheels, card < bles and all the paraphernalia of the ' :elusive "club." In the picture Cyril ( ladwick is the owner of the hall, and 1 :rt Lyttel is his victim. Maurice l )urneur directed. } John Barrymore gives his usual fin- \ iied performance in "The Sea Beast." • is agony is said to be almost too ' alistie in the scene wherein the sailors uterise the bleeding stump of the leg * m off by the sea beast. Dolores r istello's beauty is a delight to behold, t d her acting is unbelievably good for I comparative newcomer. The scene in t lich she first sees the havoc wrought I >on her lover by the white whale a aches artistic heights. *