Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-28 | Page 15 | Filmdom's Eyes Are on Estelle

Filmdom's Eyes Are on Estelle 4 C s 1 ESTELLE TAYLOR Big Movie Merger Holds Possibilities Possibilities Possibilities By DAN THOMASN THOMAS N NEA EA Service Writer HOLLYWOOD Nov t 27 27 Est Estelle 11 Taylor may be the barometer foretelling foretelling fore fore- telling one of oC the most Important moves in the motion picture Industry Indus Indus- try try the the long talked of amalgamation tion o 4 United Artists with Metro Metro- Goldwyn- Goldwyn Mayer Goldwyn-Mayer layer Persistent reports coming from a avery avery avery very authentic source in the film colony that Estelle will play opposite opposite opposite op op- op- op Ramon Novarro in Ernest Lubitsch's next picture Old Held Held- elberg for Metro Metro 1 yn Mayer layer might indicate that a consolidation of these two corporations is very close REFUSED TO LEND Miss l Taylor recently finished playing in New York for Famous Players Players-Lasky Lasky wanted to borrow her for another picture but United Artists who have Estelle under contract refused to lend her herOn heron heron on on the tho ground that they wanted herfor her herfor for Cor one of ot their own pictures It at first was thought that this picture was Cellini Now Metro Mayer of officials of- of are dickering for Estelles Estelle's services and it is very probable the negotiations will be successful Estelle Estelle Estelle Es Es- telle has been told she will not be loaned to anyone but Metro Gold wyn Mayer Unification of the two big concerns concerns concerns con con- cerns would give Metro Goldwyn Mayer the greatest stars star in the In Industry Industry industry In- In including Douglas Fairbanks Fairbanks Fairbanks Fair Fair- banks Mary Jary Pickford Gloria Swanson Swanson Swan- Swan son Norma and Constance Talmage Buster Keaton John Barry Barrymore more Ronald Colman Vilma Banky and andI I Estelle Taylor CHAPLIN HOLDS OUT Charlie Chaplin who is now affiliated af at- with United Artists probably probably probably ably would sever his connections and produce independently United Artists would benefit by having their distribution handled bandIed by Metro Metro- Gold Goldwyn wyn Joe Schenck president of ot United Artists and Marcus Loew president president president dent of ot Metro Mayer retro retro-G have ha long wanted to combine forces I But certain members of the United Artists organization have blocked such proceedings However all o of I them except Chaplin now fa favor VOl the tho consolidation