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Cl, Thomas Meighan reads a zvirc from George Ade to Tom Geraghty, Paramount production editor. Ade is the author of Mcighan's latest pict u r e, Woman-Proof.
CE, Harold Lloyd tries road work to keep in trim for his strenuous comedies.
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he opening of The White Sister at the 44th Street Theatre in New York brought out, of course, the usual number of film celebrities. Perhaps the most interested spectator was D. W. Griffith who watched Lillian Gish in the first picture she has attempted without his guidance. And he was quite willing to admit that he liked her performance.
The White Sister Premiere
G overnor and Mrs. Smith sat in a box and exGovernor Cox of Ohio, who may be remembered as a presidential candidate, was also in the audience. The big moment of the evening came when Charles Duell, president of the Inspiration Company, took the stage and read a telegram from Calvin Coolidge and also another -one from Senator and Mrs. Hiram Johnson, who are friends of Miss Gish.
Miss Gish made a curtain speech but the interest centred not so much upon what she said as upon the yellow brocade gown she wore.
Romeo and Juliet Rivalry
WANTED— One first class Romeo. Must be camera broke and as good a lover as Rudy Valentino. Apply in person Stage 6, United Studios or Pickford Studio.
T hey haven't done that just yet, but if they thought it would do any good, the want ad pages would be full. of such ads. "They" being Mary Pickford and Norma Talmadge, both of whom, according to published announcements are to film Bill Shakespeare's little skit, Romeo and Juliet. But, as indicated in the foregoing, not only are there not enough Romeos to go around, but a careful canvass of the situation shows that there isn't even a single available candidate. Of course both the Juliets would like to have Rudy but the nothing doing sign has been hung up by the well known and justly famous sheik. So if you happen' to know of any Romeos lying around loose there's a job or two waiting in Hollywood for them.
It was announced some time ago that Miss Talmadge would play Juliet and at about the same time ; it was heralded that Ernst Lubitsch would direct another production of the same play with Mary as ; Juliet after she had completed Dorothy Vernon,
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