STAGE AND SCREEN

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 18 July 1925, Page 10

STAGE AND SCREEN

Vita graph V ill prod ae.’ another .Tame:-, Oliver ('urwoofl -s story in arldi ] t 0.,) t.-, J : ; 11 , Sen of Kazan." As soon as Dave Smith finishes work on this! storv he. will start the production of "Ste.-le of llie Koval Mounted."' The | scenario for the latter is being pro ] pared bv day I'lilclier. News lias 1 o i’ii received of the death j of Louis F. uillade. a pioneer film pro- j dneer win I'ommenccd his career as a ; I'reiic!i loninah.t. and uhimal-’ly edited : La Rgv lie Mondiale. He joined Gnu j merit's as a scenario writer and was asrn.’iated with the lompany ! lironghonf j his ii’m career and right up to tin; j 1 1 me of liis d"ti t li. Virginia Valli is again p'.ming op peril,. Tin ni.i,.- Meighan in a I'nninonnt pinture. This tone it is in 1 In- Man Who Found Dims-If." which Alfred E. (t reen >s do eet ing. After the keenest scrutiny of over 500 long manu-ciipts sent in hv the I.oiidon Before;- readel-; from all parts. ef the world, the derision has been given by the judges. Tin- competition was for the prize offered by Welsh IVarsmi Li- ■ iniled for the h“st scenario for featuring that elumniiig screen star. Miss Bet tv j Balfour. The |>ri/.e goes to Mr .). -I. Be!!, the well known author for his story entitled "The Little Duchess.” which provides more scope for Miss Balfour in depicting high life and low life than did any other scenario atimiig all those hundreds. Willi each new engagement the east of "Sleila .Maris” takes on more ex- ‘ t raordinarv proportions. Elliott Dexter : has I,ecu select e,] for the role of John j Risen. Several years ago. before his 1 enforced retirement Dexter was admit- I tid to he the lading male star of the screen. Tlrwe are three more important ■ Vs to he tilled. Holmes Herbert lias been select ed to ••inpoar in the in;,, of the abused propled in ' ‘The iVn iiderer. The German ' m port aml i \ tiorl -I a lislies of 1924 show that. 3.830.617 meters i I films were imported into Germany. while above .12.500,000 were exported. This shows Germany exported 9,000.000 meters less than in 19:?3. Carol Dempster will play the title redo hi D. W. 'Griffith's Paramount production. a piet urisation of "That Boyle Girl." the Edwin Balmcr serial appearing ; ii the Cosmopolitan Magazine. Tt is rare indeed that an Ausfralianmade picture shows to capacity business on an initial screening, hut Beaumont Smith's new comcdv romance. “The Adventures of A'gy," has put up what looks like an Australian record on its initial MTeeniior at the Lyceum and I.vric Garden Theatres, Sydiirv. At the Monday afternoon's performance hot |, the Governor of Victoria and the Countess of Strndbrnkc. and Sir Dudley and l.ajy de Chair attended with a. parly, and expresod themselves doligliteil with the picture. .Miss Ihitliie Stu art. of Auckland, and Claude Ham pier have tin' leading roles. Head’og the list of players in "Wings of Youth." the William Fox produc tie-n are Madge Bellamy and Ethel Clayton. -

During hi? recent visit to England and Europe, cabled informat ir;n was received in Australia to the effect that Torn Mix had every intention of ((lining to Australia at no distant, dal'.'. Mr 8. S. Crick, managing director of the Fix Australian interests, now advises that lie received on the Ist June a persona! cable from Tom Mix mini! his return to Now York as follows: "Wonderful visit tn England and Europe. Planning visit Australia next year with 'Tony.' Giectings to my Australasian friends."

Robert Anderson has been added to the cast of Laura La- Plante's picture. 1 ‘The Beautiful Cheat." II already in eludes Alexander Carr. Marry Myers. Bertram Grassbv, Prince Ynucea 'lron bet/.koy. Knife Sedan, and Helen Carr. "Galloping Gallagher" stars the daring and dashing Fred Thomson, stunt man of unusual ability. The story is an interesting one. Hiil Gallagher comes to the town of Tobstone to find it terror-stricken from a brigand raid. As the raiders run from the bank, swing on tn their horses, and down the street. Bill swings Silver King (his horse) after them, straight-arms oho out of his saddle and bulldogs the other. 'The townspeople elect the newcomer sheriff. His jov is short-lived however, when a note is sent him ananymouslv: “Tombstone is unhealthv for sheriffs. Seven days is the deadline." Ilis" first official duly is that of welcoming and standing ns protector for the visiting parson. At the station. Bill is dumbfounded to find that the new parson is a woman, and a beautiful one. One beautiful woman in a town foil, of rough men and worse, and there's the devil to liav. But Bill Gal Vghev V willing to ipv for the sake of the girl, and 1 nw he does if is revealed in a climax that is thrilling to the nth decree. Bert T.vfe’l and CVire Windsor were married at Juarez Mexico on M>r<- 14. T -Vfn|| \vn' divorced i.iG October Bom Eve]vn Vaugli. while WiV- Windsor, whoso real name was Ola Kroak. was divorced from William Boles some vears H rm. Pauline W-. '• >'V!-- ties received an offer from Univt—sn! Ir ilms to nm-ie-',. ; n four pictures at a salary of £13.000