Screenland (Oct 1923-Mar 1924)

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As We Go to Press: Ct,Rex Ingram and his wife, Alice Terry, have sailed for Europe. The next Ingram picture will be made near Tunis and will be Edgar Selwyn's The Arab, with Ramon Novarro again playing the lead. Ct,At last the Goldwyn production of Ben-Hur is under way. Charles Brabin, who will direct the film, and June Mathis, who will supervise, are now in Italy. George Walsh will play Ben-Hur but the remainder of the cast will be Italian. Emil Jannings is coming to America for a single picture with Famous Players. Lillian Gish is to do Jeanne d'Arc, probably following her production of George Eliot's Romola. This new visualization of the life of the Maid of Orleans will be made in France. CL, Richard Barthelmess has started work on Arthur Wing Pinero's The Enchanted Cottage. John Robertson is directing. May McAvoy has been signed at one thousand, seven hundred dollars a week to play the leading feminine role. d,The Film Guild has just completed a screenplay based upon the life of Peter Stuyvesant. CL Rumors that Cecil De Mille is leaving Famous Players-Lasky officially denied. De Mille will have a separate producing unit, however. CL James Kirkwood is rapidly recovering from his injuries and is to be co-starred with his wife, Lila Lee, by Thomas Ince. CL Charles Chaplin 's new serious film, A Woman of Paris, attracts unusual interest at New York premiere. Despite announcements, Chaplin really appears in the picture, playing the man who carries the trunk in one brief scene. CL Baby Peggy has just visited New York for the first time, as the guest of her new manager, Sol Lesser. CLPola Negri to do Madame Sans-Gene with Sidney Olcott directing. CL Norma Talmadge has definitely decided to do Romeo and Juliet, with Rodolph Valentino as the rumored— but unlikely— Romeo. Litigation will probably prevent, however. CL Report that Lois Wilson and Richard Dix are soon to become engaged. CL Dorothy Mackaill, who has been playing leads for Richard Barthelmess, has been signed by Famous to play the principal feminine role in Sam Woods' production of Kate Jordon 's The Next Corner. Lon Chaney and Conway Tearle are in the same cast. CL Reports from coast indicate that Mrs. Monte Blue and Mrs. George Melford are the latest additions to the film colony filing suits for divorce. CLDeath of Gloria Swanson's father in Chicago has delayed the start of The Humming Bird, her next production. 12 '' •*? ' • ' '