Have You Heard That?

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 382, 16 June 1928, Page 25

Have You Heard That?

r , Paramount picture for W. antl Chester Conklin, is titled Fools in Luck.” * * * Robert Z. Leonard has signed a new l?' 1 ,” ‘ teria contract with. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Pirate of Panama," from one of William McLeod Raine’s novels, will be filmed by Universal Marie Prevost is to play opposite Thomas Meighan in his first Caddo picture, “The Racket.” ‘Tasmania at Work and Play,” is being made by Brandon Cremer bv arrangement with the Tasmanian Government. * * * “The Passion of Joan of Arc,” produced by the Societe Generale des P ilms, of Paris, is now ready for release.

The Perfumed Trap,” based on a story by Richard Washburn Child, will feature Clive Brook and Marv Brian.

Greta Garbo is a woman spy in her next drama, “War in the Dark.” Fred Niblo is directing for Metro-Goldwvn-Mayer.

D. W. Griffith has begun directing “The Rattle of the Sexes,” with Jean Hersholt, Sally O’Neil, Phyllis Haver, and Belle Bennett.

Thomas McDermott is in charge of the interior settings which are being erected for Rudall Hayward at Luna Park. He also plays the part of a New Zealand farmer.

Nancy Nash, one of the youngest of Fox Films’ new stars, appears in the role of Micaela in “Loves of Carmen,” which was made by Raoul Walsh, the director of “What Price Glory.”

Sylvia Beecher, one of Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer’s screen “finds,” has been cast for the feminine lead in “The Masked Stranger,” Tim McCoy's next starring vehicle for M.G.M.

Aileen Pringle has signed a new contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, wli/> will continue to co-star her with Lew Cody.

Syd. Chaplin’s Londoii-made comedy, “A Little Bit of Fluff,” has arrived at the M.G.M. studio, and has been recaptioned. It is to be called “Skirts.”

“Once There Was a Princess,” based on a magazine story, and co-starring Mary Astor and Lloyd Hughes, is being directed by William Beaudine for First National.

Alina Q. Nilsson is to be featured in two F. 8.0. productions, the first, “Blockade,” from an original by Louis Sarocky and John Twist. She appeared last in “Sorrell and Son” with H. B. Warner.

C. Kyrle Bellew has been assigned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to an important role in “The Bellamy Trial,” which Monta Bell is directing.

A four-y. I motion picture course, the first in history, is being offered by the University of Southern California.