Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1930)

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Through the Studios with Pen and Camera l CONTINUED FROM PAGE 84 ] lure, and with a completely new, modern sequence. It "ill not be remade, of course, until he has completed "Abraham Lincoln." Stephen Benet, the author of the brilliant "John Brown's Body," is now working on the dialogue and story of the Emancipator. "Intolerance" was not regarded as Griffith's masterpiece, but it was a film that meant much to him. He made it as a whole-hearted answer to the waves of sectional feeling that engulfed "The Birth of a Nation." At least, Griffith has returned to the sphere in which he is greatest. T~\0 you remember Belle Bennett in the income-sparable "Stella Dallas"? It was the role that made her famous, and perhaps the greatest tear ■■MttliHHMH Underwood and Underwood Even the buildings go Hollywood under the sun of Southern California! This is one of the film colony's trick eating houses, where the tourists come to munch, and to stare at the movie lions Our Gang's present quartet of little blackberries. At the left is the famous Farina, who began when he was knee-high to a small duck. The others are newcomers to The Gang, and are being trained in talkie ways by veteran Farina. At the right is a tiny period not yet two teasing film of the year. It brought Lois Moran to the top, and added fresh laurels to the crown of Ronald Colman. Belle Bennett is returning to the stage, and h r first play under her contract with Henry Duffy, the Coast producer, is to be "Stella Dallas." It is a lucky choice, for it may bring Belle again to the attention of the producers. After her first auspicious beginning she was ruined by inferior, shoddy pictures, and, they say, just a tiny bit of temperament. HTIIF, mysterious "Sisters G" are knocking ■*■ Hollywood for a row of E flats. They were brought over here from Germany by Universal to appear in "The King of Jazz." They have sleek, black hair, look exactly alike and dance like fiends. They call themselves simply the Sisters G. Two of their ardent admirers are Charlie Chaplin and another star who speaks German 86 fluently. But imagine the boys' embarrassment if they forget which twin is which. JUST about the whole Bohny family works in pictures. Of course, Billie Dove is the stellar light, but "Pop" Bohny works extra, and placed a bit in Billie's picture, "The Other Tomorrow." "Pop" is pretty proud of Billie, and brought all of his friends among the extras up on the set to meet a real star. Billie's younger brother, Charles, after working extra during the Summer, is now an assistant cameraman at Fox. A NOTHER famous silent film ■* Ms going talkie. Years ago Tommy Meighan, then a glittering and beloved star, [ PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 110 I You must be slender to wear this frock. That band of red and beige jersey around the middle is dangerous for those inclined to hippiness. The dress itself is navy blue