Did You Know That?

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 212, 26 November 1927, Page 25 (Supplement)

Did You Know That?

Mar - I '-'ten o’s prize novel, “Wild ( by Tiimny Productions, with Bello Bennett, Russell SimpaoD. Evt- Sothern, Donald Keith, Wesley Barry. Greta Garbo lias yone to work as a full-fledged star in “The Divine Won 1 adapted from Gladys Unger’s pl “SI ir light,” and directed by Victor Sea>trom. Lars Hanson, Swedish actor, appears opposite. Neil Hamilton, Thelma Todd, Dorothy Gulliver, and Claire McDowell are featured in “Arm of the Law,’’ which is being directed by Emory Johnson. Marion Davies’ niece, Pepi Lederer, hardly out of the schoolroom, is making her screen debut in “The Fair Co-ed,” Marion’s latest comedy.

Jaime Del Rio, husband of Dolores, is home from a vacation trip to Hawaii with his arm in a sling. They spent a month in the islands, and everything went beautifully until the ship was a few yards from the dock on the return voyage. Then Jaime, coming up a companionway, slipped and fractured his wrist. Ann Nil hois has returned to Bos Angeles, where her play, “Abie’s Irish Rose,” received its stage start, to supervise the screening of the JewishIrish comedy for Poramount. Players in “The Ghost Ship,” first of several Jack Bondon stories to be filmed by Tiffany Productions, include Dorothy Sebastian, Montagu Love, Tom Santschi, Pat Harmon, Ray Hallor and Bud Duncan. Lewis Stone and Norman Kerry will be co-starred in “The Foreign Region,” to be directed by Edward Sloman from I. A. R. Wyli ’s story, “The Rod Mirage.” Rod la Rocque and Leatrice Joy will co-star for the first time since “The Ten Commandments” and “Triumph” in “The Blue Danube.” Helene Costello has been loaned by Warner Brothers to Metro-Goldwyn-M . • lead in “In Old Kentucky.” She had the principal support - with Syd Chaplin in “The Fortune Hunter,” soon to be released. Glenn Tryon is starring in “Meet the Prince,” with Marian Nixon as his leading w oman. * * * There is a movement to cultivate the hobby of amateur motion picture Production in Auckland. Last week 60 amateur photographers and actors met to discuss the new club. The intention is to produce a film based on a scenario selected in competition between members of the club.

With Johnnv Harron, Alice Day, Eddie Gribbon, Walter Hiers and a numoer of others in the cast, has b- duction on Night Life.” “Les Miserables,” the Universal Film d« Prance, made in France by lending French artist.", from Victor Hugo s linmortul boo c. had its official premiere in New York. Edith Roberts will celebrate her birthday and her return to States on the same day. bhe been in Australia for several months, Playing with Edmund Burns in a. aeries of pictures for the Australasian Film Company, Ltd. “Drums of Love ’ is" the picture Lav id \Yark Griffith will make tor Vnited Artists. It was first called “A Romance of Old Spain, and Mary Philbin and Don Alvarado have been selected for the leads. Irene Rich* has commenced work on on ror Warner BroSilver S ave. Audrw . fciimA lc “; with Carroll X: Holmes Hu " U John Miljun completing the cast.