Did You Know That?

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 194, 5 November 1927, Page 23 (Supplement)

Did You Know That?

- Road to Romance." with Jack M „£kll and Dorothy Mackaill, is finished. , . « „ „„„ work is nearly finished on J?*Dove” based on Willard Mack's “Th® play ' Norma Talmadge is tlie star. m 0 * Hoot Gibson, having completed 4nt‘d monies” lias torsaken the coddle temporarily to read rnanus Its and make a selection for his "it starring With the assignment of George K. Arthur to one of the principal comedy in "Mixed Marriages,” the cast of Si new picture with Lew Cody and Seen Pringle is now complete. Betty Blythe who went abroad to make pictures, has found that a coniderable absence did not greatly imi l( , r popularity. She is signed to 0., y with Dolores Costello in “ The Lie of Barcelona.” and is also under contract to appear in Douglas Bronson's "Snowbound.” STAR in search OF A TITLE

May McAvoy having worked in rapid succession in four Warner Brothers features, is busy selecting a

wardrobe for a new picture, as yet untitled, in which she is starred. “ M ati nee L a die s.” “I r i s h Heart s,” “Slightly Used,” and “The Jazz Singer,” gave her recent

ner recent roles.

N'orraa Talmadge’s next release will be “The Dove,” set in a mythical South American republic.

Renee Adoree will have the lead opposite Ramon Novarro in his next Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, ‘‘The Sun King.”

Eugene Adams, less than 30 inches in height, is to appear with Karl Dane in “Baby Mine,” George K. Arthur :ind Karl Dane will be co-starred in this comedy.

Among the Warner Brothers film features shortly to be released by Master Pictures is “A Million Bid,” starring Dolores Costello, and ‘‘White Flannels,” a football story.

Warner Brothers have borrowed from Uni /ersal the services of Dorothy Gulliver to play the lead in the supporting cast of Rin-Tin-Tii\’s next picture, “The Dog of the Regiment.”

Marion Byron, a new-comer in filmdom, seems to be making rapid advances. She is now playing the leading role for Buster Keaton in “SteamBoat Bill, Jr.,” and is under contract lor five years.

Charles Ray will have the lead opposite Corinne Griffith in “The Garden of Eden,” which will be released by Vnited Artists.

David W. Griffith has engaged the following players for “Drums of Love,” his next United Artists picture: ' harles Hill Mailes, Eugenie Besserer, Sydney de Grey, Barbara Debozoky, William Austin, Rosemary Cooper and Joyce Coad. Mary Philbin, Don Alvarado and Tully Marshall.

Helene Costcdlo has been assigned the kad in “Good Time Charley,” for Warper Brothers. Warner Oland will be her leading man. Miss Costello is now finishing the leading role in “In Old Kentucky,” for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Jane Collyer, a new-comer to the has been signed by Fox to play m “Publicity Madness,” starring Lois Moran and Edmund Lowe.

Gloria Swanson’s next three pictures 'ill be: “The Woman and the Puppet,” from a French novel by Pierre Louis; “Cleopatra,” which speaks for and “The Battalion of Death,” dealing with the women who formed *heir own unit in the Russian army.

Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer announce Jhat Ramon Novarro will appear as Louis XIV., “The Grand Monarch of France,” in his next starring picture.