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7/27/2019 Hollywood Vagabond 1927 (14) http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/hollywood-vagabond-1927-14 1/8 ©CI! 1 L^-l^ MAY 18 '27 Vagabond Flintpaper % !E»J££*» 1, Number 14 Thursday, May 12th, 1927 ' Copyright. 1927, by / Vagabond Pub. Oo. hiatus I M- G-M, First Nat' Meet; " Miracle" Tiff A COMPENDIUM OF CLIPPINGS BLACK IS WHITE New Hoyle on polo, as in editorial me- from offices of Mr. Hines, comedian, Johnny Hines is not a polo ... he takes to the game a duck ... he is by no means and may even join a p ol o c lu b to develop his game. Hint to polo players: the movies. See Roach, Holt . . . Hines. Attempt to dignify the drama, as reported the press agent of Mr. Kane, film pro- New York City : President Machada of Cuba will in Robert Kane's new pic- "Dance Magic," it became today. While filming a sequence show- the featured players boarding Fifth Avenue bus the President Cuba passed before the cameras they were grinding. UNLIKE ANYTHING Subtle surprise in store cinema seekers, as dis- by Mr. Don Eddy, First National Burbank, Calif. . . . Langdon's new story . . . the is unlike a ny th in g e ve r at- by a screen cmedy star. . . Chiefs of Two Studios to Meet JOAN CRAWFORD She is the "Little Girl in a Big City. See Page Five Los Angeles will be the scene of two big film con- ventions next week when studio executives, sales of- ficials and other heads of the Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Corporation and First National Pictures congregate in two distinct meets to discuss films for the next year. At the time these two or- ganizations gather in con- clave here the preliminary battle between First Na- tional and Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer over t he s cr ee n rights to Max Reinhardt's "The Miracle" will be well under way. The former is plaintiff and the latter defendant. Among the delegates to the M-G-M meet will be Nicholas Schenck, J. Robert Rubin, Felix Feist and others from the New York offices as well as Louis B. Mayer, local studio head, and his aides. John J. McGuirk, Robert Leiber, Richard Rowland and other First National powers will be present at the conven- tion at the Burbank studios of that company. Return of Griffith \- -TURN TO PAGE FOUR

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©CI! 1 L^-l^

MAY 18 '27

VagabondFlintpaper % !E»J££*»

1, Number 14 Thursday, May 12th, 1927' Copyright. 1927, by /

Vagabond Pub. Oo.

hiatus I M-G-M, First Nat'

Meet; "Miracle" Tiff

A COMPENDIUMOF CLIPPINGS

BLACK IS WHITE

New Hoyle on polo, as

in editorial me-

from offices of Mr.

Hines, comedian,

Johnny Hines is not a polo

... he takes to the game

a duck ... he is by no means

and may even join a polo club

to develop his game.

Hint to polo players:

the movies. See

Roach, Holt. . .

Hines.

Attempt to dignify the

drama, as reported

the press agent of Mr.

Kane, film pro-

New York City

:

President Machada of Cuba will

in Robert Kane's new pic-

"Dance Magic," it became

today.

While filming a sequence show-

the featured players boarding

Fifth Avenue bus the President

Cuba passed before the camerasthey were grinding.

UNLIKE ANYTHING

Subtle surprise in store

cinema seekers, as dis-

by Mr. Don Eddy,

First National

Burbank, Calif.

. . . Langdon's new story . . . the

is unlike anything ever at-

by a screen cmedy star. . .

Chiefs of Two

Studios to Meet

JOAN CRAWFORD

She is the "Little Girl in a Big City.

See Page Five

Los Angeles will be the

scene of two big film con-

ventions next week whenstudio executives, sales of-

ficials and other heads

of the Metro - Goldwyn -

Mayer Corporation and

First National Pictures

congregate in two distinct

meets to discuss films for

the next year.

At the time these two or-

ganizations gather in con-

clave here the preliminary

battle between First Na-

tional and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over the screen rights

to Max Reinhardt's "TheMiracle" will be well under

way. The former is plaintiff

and the latter defendant.

Among the delegates to

the M-G-M meet will be

Nicholas Schenck, J. Robert

Rubin, Felix Feist and others

from the New York offices

as well as Louis B. Mayer,

local studio head, and his

aides.

John J. McGuirk, Robert

Leiber, Richard Rowland andother First National powers

will be present at the conven-

tion at the Burbank studios

of that company.

Return of Griffith \--TURN TO PAGE FOUR

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Two Hollywood Vagabond May 12, 1927

agabond to Publish Cecil B. DeMiue

King ofKings" Edition Next WeekHits And

Novels Are 50-50

The stage play and the

novel will share

nors on a "fifty-fifty" basis

forthcoming productions

the screen, according to

based on produc-

schedules at the Metro-

studios.

Out of twelve plays on

season's schedule, six are

hits and six novels.

The stage plays range

Margaret Mayo's "Babysoon to go into pro-

to Sir James Barrie's

Street," in which

Adams starred on the

and Marion Davies is

in the film version.

"Old Heidelberg," Rich-

Mansfield's stage vehicle,

in the schedule, being di-

by Ernst Lubitsch.

Other stage plays that thewill see in Metro-

productions

coming season are "Mr.

Walker Whiteside's

vehicle, with Lon Cha-

in Whiteside's role

Miles Out," with

Gilbert, and "AnnaNazimova's stage

being filmed with

Garbo and Ricardo

under the title,

Famous novels beinginclude Dorothy Scar-

"The Wind," in

Victor Seastrom is di-

Lillian Gish ; Kath-

Norris' "The Callahans

the Murphys," Freder-

William Wallace's "Cap-

Salvation" ; Robert W."Trail of '98,"

Clarence Brown in

filming, and, of course,

Karenina," which wasirst a novel by Count Leo

olstoy, then adapted to the

tage.

Besides these a number of

originals, written directly

or the screen, are in produc-tion, such as "His Brother

Brazil," with Lew Codyand Aileen Pringle; "Lib-

erty Bonds," in which MontaBell will direct NormaShearer from his own origi-

nal ; "The Frontiersman,"

Colonel Tim McCoy's new

Next week will mark the appearance of the

HOLLYWOOD VAGABOND Cecil B. DeMille "King

of Kings" Memento Edition upon the occasion of the

west coast showing of this remarkable photoplay.

Although dated Thursday, May 19th, in keeping

with the regular weekly date of the HOLLYWOODVAGABOND, the Memento Edition will make its ap-

pearance upon the newsstands in Hollywood on Tues-

day evening, the night before the debut of the "King

of Kings."

Considerable time and painstaking effort has beenextended by the HOLLYWOOD VAGABOND to

make this Memento Edition one of the finest of its

kind ever issued.

Stories of the filming of the "King of Kings," the

motives that prompted its making, the hopes held out

for its spiritual message to the world, the reaction its

making had upon those employed in its production,

mighty scenes from the picture itself . . . profusely

illustrated, deftly described . . . compiled with sym-

pathy for the high ideals of the picture and its pro-

ducers . . . will distinguish the Memento Edition

from all other similar editions.

It will sell for the usual price of Twenty Cents perCopy and subscribers will receive the Memento Edition

without added cost.

Remember the HOLLYWOOD VAGABONDCecil B. DeMille "King of Kings" Memento Edition

. . . next week!

McCoy Pictures Monty Banks Now At

Boxer Rebellion Metropolitan Studio

As a result of the Pathe-

PDC merger, Monty Banks

has moved from the Hal

Roach studio in Culver City

to the Metropolitan studios

in Hollywood. Preparations

are going ahead on "An Acein the Hole," his next Pathe

feature comedy. This will

be the fourth in a series of

twelve.

The Boxer uprising is the

background of Tim McCoy'snewest Metro - Goldwyn -

Mayer story, as yet untitled.

Fritz Tidden Is

Faro-Dealer Now

Life as a press agent

seemed too monotonous for

Fritz Tidden, press agent.

So he became a faro-dealer

and joined the Klondike

gambling coterie.

But it was only for the

movies. Fritz, who is Clar-

ence Brown's press agent,

was used by that director in

a scene for "The Trail of '98"

and acquitted himself with

aplomb.

historical drama, and a newmystery story on which TodBrowning, author and direc-

tor of "The Road to Manda-lay," is working.

Western Actress

In Kerry Picture

Betty Caldwell, who has

beenplaying

leadsin

west-erns at Universal, has been

given a part with NormanKerry in "The Irresistible

Lover" at the same studio.

Others in the cast are Lois

Moran, Gertrude Astor, Myr-

tle Stedman, Arthur Lakeand Lee Moran.

Ambitious Program

Launched by Lasky

Ambitious plans have beenannounced by ParamountFamous - Lasky Corporation

for the ensuing year. This

organization will release 297films between August 1st,

1927, and August 1st, 1928.

There will be 60 starring

films and at least 20 specials,

including "Abie's IrishRose."

Paramount News will re-

lease 104 editions on the

basis of two-a-week. Christie

will offer 36 comedies on the

program and there will also

be 6 Edward Everett Hortonfunfilms; 5 Mintz novelty

films; 26 Krazy Kat car-

toons; and 26 "Out-of-the-

Inkwell" cartoons.

"The Covered Wagon,"giant James Cruze film, will

be reissued.

The specials will include a

Harold Lloyd fiim; "BeauGeste"; "Metropolis"; "Gen-tlemen Prefer Blondes""Underworld"; "Glorifying

the American Girl"; "MakeThem Love You"; "The GayDefender" ; four Emil Jan-

nings pictures; two FredThomson pictures; "Chang";and "Tillie's Punctured Ro-

mance."

The list also includes

"Wings"; "The WeddingMarch" ; and, of course, "OldIronsides" and "Rough Rid-

ers."

Richard Dix will makefour; Thomas Meighan, four;

Clara Bow, three; WallaceBeery, one starring and oth-

ers with Raymond Hatton;

Bebe Daniels, five; AdolpheMenjou, five; Pola Negri,

four; Eddie Cantor, two;

Esther Ralston, five; Flor-

ence Vidor, four; four ZaneGrey films; one W. C. Fields;

five Jack Luden westerns;

and three with George Ban-

croft and Chester Conklin.Fred Thomson will also

make two pictures in addi-

tion to his specials.

Max Kimmich will direct

Arthur Lake in a series of

two-reel comedies at Uni-

versal.

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12, 1927 Hollywood Vagabond Page Three

EfficiencyBy BURL TUTTLE

Like most everything else,

can be overdone.

The experts in this field

just discovered that

men waste a goodof time, white paper and

supplies in being

and polite in their

If it is not

a time-saver, polite-

is, at least, relatively

as a time-waster.

much time is wasted in so

other ways that it

be a waste of time to

to enumerate them,

fact that perhaps explains

experts' selection of busi-

correspondence for at-

—in addition to alleged

time, they can point

the waste of supplies.

The efficiency statisticians

figured the exact cost

mile or letter page of the

address "Dear Sir."

know to a "T" what it

the credit department

tinge its firmness with po-

iteness, and they feel that

is mere wasted ef-

ort as well as wasted ink,

aper and the like.

The trouble with theex-

erts is that they are eter-

ally experting; they feel

they are duty bound to

on uncovering the mis-

takes into which they feel

have been led by their

atures.

Their standards are based

on per unit per hour results

nd favor the direct and au-

methods of getting

They don't care a

oot about the outsides and

amenities that add pleasure,

zest and even efficiency to

game ofbusiness.

In building a bridge, the

engineer utilizes his knowl-

edge of his materials when

e figures strains, capacities

and the like, but the effici-

ency experts who desire the

elimination of politeness ap-

arently have no idea about

source of the humanqualities upon which they

to carry their recommen-

dations into effect.

Formal intercourse, polite-

ess, the conventions, all

ave contributed to the de-

of the qualitieshich enable men to carry

on the intricate operation of

industry with reason-

able efficiency. Moreover,

formal way is the short-

est, quickest and safest wayof doing almost anything.

The shortest way from asouthern point on the westside of the street to a north-

ern point on the east side is

a direct line, but if the traf-

fic is heavy and fast-moving,the safest and the surest wayacross lies in the fact that thecrossing is guarded by a traf-

fic cop.

The analogy lies in thefact that the crossing is therecognized point for crossing

the street and that wheneverybody submits to the for-

mal way things get done

sooner and better. Men usedto kill one another with ex-

treme courtesy and polite-

ness; the code duello wasvery formal but it was effi-

cient; it really represented

the shortest cut to the de-

sired end.

Nearly every game has its

rules and formalities. Tooutsiders these rules may ap-pear silly, but nine times out

of ten they tend to save time

and unnecessary explana-

tions and bother. But the

great value of politeness andcourtesy in business

comesfrom the contributions theymake to the character build-

ing.

Like efficiency and every-

thing else, politeness can be

overdone, but the man who is

polite in business reveals the

respect for himself and the

person with whom he is deal-

ing.

This he must have if busi-

ness intercourse is to be

maintained on the high lev-

els to which modern business

leadership aspires.

Lasky's National

Blonde Quest: Why?

We are informed that Mr.

J ,'sse Lasky, astute vice presi-

dent of Paramount, is inaug-

u r a t i n g a "nation-wide

search" for a girl with a

"blonde personality" to play

Lorelei in "Gentlemen Pre-

fer Blondes."

The candidate can be

either blonde or brunette,

but she must have a "blonde

personality," whateverthat

is.

Why this "nationalsearch," Mr. Lasky?

There is Mildred Harris,

a blonde . . . and an actress.

Distinctive Furs...

Distinctive in their extraor-

dinary quality, but moredistinctive by reason of the

exceptional prices at which

we have marked them. An

assortment so extensive

that you'll have no diffi-

culty making a satisfactory

selection. We invite your

inspection of the rare

values we are offering.

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Page Four Hollywood Vagabond May 12, 1927

V

HOLLYWOODAGABOND

The QUALITY Filmpaper

Published by BILLY JOY Edited by FRED W. FOXA. J. GASCHEN, Comptroller

Published every Thursday by the VAGABOND PUBLISHINGCOMPANY, Suite 606 Taft Building, Hollywood, California.

Telephones GRanite 4690 and GRanite 5902. 20c per copy; bysubscription $10.00 per year.

The Return of GriffithAfter eight years David Wark Griffith has re-

turned to Hollywood, the scene of his first motion

picture triumphs.

Some newspaper reporter has prosaically declared

that Griffith has returned to "end his career where he

began it." But Griffith has not returned to Hollywood

to end his career. He has come back to garner the full

fruits of his many years of unselfish labor in the silent

drama.

The return of Griffith is a symbolical return as

well as a physical return.

It creates an edifying feeling within us to knowthat behind Mr. Griffith, in his new and auspicious

plans, is the confidence, the sympathy and the powerof Joseph M. Schenck.

The full sway of the Griffith genius has not been

apparent since the days of "Broken Blossoms" or

"'Way Down East." Beleagured with financial prob-

lems and beset with worries that he should never have

had to shoulder, Griffith has not been able to commandthat freedom of movement that is conducive to the

best work of an individualistic genius.

In his new affiliation with United Artists, under

the sagacious leadership of Mr. Schenck, it is assured

that within the coming months there will be a reborn

Griffith, fostering works wherein the deft touch and

the dramatic artistry of the master will be apparent

at its height.

There are many who bewail a Griffith lost in the

rapid march of time. Griffith has not been lost; he has

merely been submerged by hapless circumstances.

With the burdens of production details lifted from

him by Mr. Schenck and the production chiefs of

United Artists, the immortal Griffith will reassert

himself.

There has been a sweeping change in Hollywoodsince Griffith left it long ago.

The place itself has emerged from a stripling

town to a city. The small cluster of studios have growninto scores of giant producing communities, where pro-

duction is computed in millions of dollars and thou-sands of employees.

The motion picture has evolved into the fourth

industry since the memorable days of that first film

epic, "The Birth of a Nation."

The nickelodeon has given way to the motion

picture palace. Theater chains, with hundreds of

houses, have supplanted the one-house exhibitor. Ef-

ficiency and volume have seized the photoplay. But,

basically, it is the same. Its intrinsic worth must be

judged in terms of imagination, of artistry, of popular

appeal and of great personalities.

Of these personalities Griffith is still the greatest.

Not even the ignominy of years of hardship can

take that from him.

He is still the master.

There is no other person in the ranks of the photo-

play who has shown the glory of sentiment as has

Griffith.

It has been evident in the greatest and the least

of his pictures.

It stamped "Judith of Bethulia" as a great pro-

duction just as surely as it created "Intolerance" as

an undying epic.Some have accused Griffith of employing hokum

in his pictures. If he has employed hokum, it is be-

cause hokum is a part of life and because Griffith has

been true to life.

Griffith has shown more people a sentimental

understanding of life than has any other individual.

There is nobody immune to whimsy, to pathos, or to

reverence.

It is Griffith's understanding of all this that has

set him apart as an unforgettable figure wherever mo-

tion pictures are shown.

For as long as human beings shall react to humanimpulses, so long shall Griffith live as a spiritual entity.

That alone immortalizes the man.

The measure of a man may be determined by the

respect accorded him by his co-workers. For Griffith

there has always been a warm affection in all whohave known or worked with him.

It is his unconscious power of eliciting this loyalty

that has done so much to solidify him in the popular

regard.

Griffith, the man, retains the confidence and the

esteem of his subordinates just as surely as he has

carved his name in the annals of the photoplay.

This, too, neither time nor circumstance candestroy.

Griffith, himself, has declared that the studios of

the giant film corporations, with their minute schedules

and their demand for volume production, are illy

suited to his temperament.

(Continued on Pag-e 6)

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May 12, 1927 Hollywood Vagabond Page Five

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Little Girl in

a Big City.... An Embryo of Great Drama

Every time we see Joan

Crawford on the screen

we think of a little girl

lost in a big city.

It may have been her

rather dolorous role in

"Sally, Irene and Mary,"

when she first came to

prominenece in Holly-

wood, that has left this

impression on us.

But it is there nevertheless,whether Joan is in sophisti-

cated drama or an "Under-

standing Heart."

Her characterizations have

represented her as a rather

bland and apathetic figure in

the silent drama.

But underneath it all

one is aware of a worldly-

wise understanding, the

mask of the true actress.

Joan Crawford has all of

the poise of a Pauline Fred-

erick, but she is as yet an im-mature thespian. The few

brief months since she madeher bow have witnessed a

remarkable development in

her gesture and the general

manner in which she carries

a role.

If her progress during

the next year is as

consistent, she will have

attained a place of distinc-

tion and value in the pho-

toplay.

There seems to be a rathervague and experimental re-

gard for Joan Crawford on

the part of Metro-Goldwyn-

Mayer. It may be that they

are allowing her to run the

gamut from semi-farcical

drama to dyed-in-the-wool

melodrama to determine herfitness for certain vehicles.

Surely they must be morepuzzled than ever. For she

has acquitted herself with

aplomb in all of these.

This young lady can

troupe.

Where the rise of Sally

O'Neil, who also was givenher first role of eminence in

"Sally, Irene and Mary," has

been rather spectacular, the

ascendancy of Joan Craw-ford has been somewhat un-

noticed.

This may be due to the

Hollywood propensity to

pass lightly over any whohave not emerged from the

crucibles of a sensational

debut.

The utter restraint that

has stamped the new-found

career of Joan Crawford

does not smack of the Holly-wood skyrocket tendencies.

Joan Crawford is a youngactress who is stressing moreupon the need of a founda-

tion of experience and versa-

tility and its resultant aspects

of permanency.

The girl is apart from

the coteries that can only

be classed as either in-

genues, vamps or lovely

heroines.

One is conscious of a

hidden strength in her por-

trayals and the feeling

that she relies more upon

innate ability than loveli-

ness of visage or contour.

Fred W. Fox

The day has come in the

motion picture industry whennew personalities will takerein.

New blood, new technique,

new ideas . . . that is the cry

of Hollywood today.

It demands young men andyoung women of intelligence

and talent. In its thirty

years of progress, the evolu-

tion of the silent drama has

brought it to the state of anindustrial enterprise worthyof the mettle of any ambi-tious youngster.

The establishment of the

films on a sound economic

basis and the trenchant de-

mand for its recognition as

an international factor in art

has drawn to it thousands of

accomplished i n d i viduals

each year.

The American girl, tak-

ing her place in the devel-

opment of the photoplay,

is perhaps more adequate-

ly represented in the per-

son of Joan Crawford

than by any other in Hol-

lywood.

—o

As we have said before,

people are symbols.

Joan Crawford is the

symbol of the American

girl.

It will be interesting to see

just what the coming year

has in store for Joan Craw-ford.

Each of the bigger film

corporations has, at this

writing, at least one newyoung actress on whomhigh hopes are being

pinned.

Some have glorified thelady of the jazz age.

Some have symbolized the

charmers of bygone days,when costumes and courtiers

held sway.

Some have pictured a

great variety of heroines . . .

but practically all of themhave elected to portray oneparticular type of femininity.

Joan Crawford has run

the gamut from lolling

ladies in parlors to gals

out in the raw country.

Joan Crawford has given

to her screen portrayals a

touch of realism as well as

romance.

She has made her heroines

plausible and she has enduedthem with popular appeal.

That is the mark of a cap-

able actress.

By that token she is

destined for a great and

glorious adventure in the

realm of the unreeling

celluloid.

at the sign

4 of the

Spinning

Wheel

2508% W. 7th St.

Los Angeles

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Six Hollywood Vagabond May 12, 1927

(Continued from Page 4)

! horses ! ! The Return of GriffithLo, the lowly equine is no longer lowly as it gal-

through the galloping tintype!

For Rex, Pinto, Tony, Silver King, Tarzan and

four-footed favorites of the silent drama have

a good horse-laugh on all who thought the horse

never have free rein in the cinema.

As is customary of other dogmas of the film

it is now necessary for a potential gun -and

star to have a sleek, shiny nag, lest he tumble

disrepute.

So let's sing . . . horses! horses! films are crazy

horses!

British Film, "Roses of

I Equal 'BigParadefImpressed by the great hit made by "The Big

and "What Price Glory," British film pro-

are setting out to equal, if not surpass, the rec-

of these two American war films.

One of the most spectacular among these is

of Picady," which is being distributed by the

company of London. An intensive exploita-

campaign has been launched to put it over with

British exhibitors and a big bid is being made for

in the British territories and dominions.

It is understood that "Rose of Picardy" stresses

British military participation in the World Warthat the chances for bookings in this country are

slight.

It is very doubtful, therefore, owing to this Eng-

sentiment, whether the opus can even begin to

the marks made by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

William Fox films, which were adapted to the

in which they were shown.

With a great box-office title such as "Roses of

however, which is known to everybody, this

could have been an international hit.

This was accounted for, to a great extent, in his

hibernation at Mamaroneck, New York, for several

years, where some of his most distinctive works were

produced.

When Griffith returned to the sanctum of the

giants later, it was evident in his work that he was not

completely in accord with his surroundings.

While there may have been a sincere and consci-

entious desire to render him unstinted co-operation,

yet the bustle and the magnitude of the atmosphere

was not harmonious to his own methods of production.

The return of Griffith to Hollywood and United

Artists will afford him his long-sought chance to makepictures in his own style and with boundless resources.

Further than that, he will be financially compensatedin the measure due him.

We have maintained for years, in the face of re-

peated denials and endless scorn, that Griffith wouldreturn ... to Hollywood. Now our prognostication

has been fulfilled.

For years we have also maintained, in the face of

adverse criticism that is even yet rampant, that Grif-

fith would return ... to glory. This he will do.

In David Wark Griffith we repose a steadfast

faith and for him we maintain an undying admiration.

Griffith has been a dreamer . . . and a doer.

DIED: Mr. F. Elt Hatt

By Burl Tuttle

OBITUARY: Died, on May 12th, at 11:60

m., F. Elt Hatt, aged 244 days and some min-

at his home, 1111 Cranium Place. Deceased

a prominent figure in Hollywood and all

north, east, wes| and south, usually being

by a band.

Halt's surviving relatives are his brother, S.

Hatt; a sister, Mrs. Fay Shunn, and anDern E. R. Cree, all of whom are expected

maintain residences in Hollywood until Au-31st.

Appropriate requiem services will be held at

the local Chamber of Commerces, other cham-

of commerce, the many stores of the Hatt

... or some handy ash can.

The epitaph reads:

"Wear straw while the sun shines!"

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GilbertRoland

New screen sensation who plays

opposite Norma Talmadge in

"Camille," opening at Grauman's

Egyptian Theater May 21st

Mr. Roland's smart apparel is

commented on appreciatively in

film circles.

He is a patron of

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7046 Hollywood Boulevard

at Sycamore

HEmpstead 0607

"Would that the little flowers were born to live

Conscious of half the pleasure which they give."

—Wordsworth

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