Camera - April 14, 1923 to February 16, 1924 (April 1923-February 1924)

Page Fourteen Weekly Wake-'Em-Up— CAMERA'S News Section CAMERA I Who's Who and What's What in Filmland Tkis Week Belasco Productions, a well known film producing organization, formerly located in San Francisco, has transferred its production equipment to Hollywood where its future activity in the film-making field will center. Preparations are now being made to start the actual filming of a new feature story within the next two weeks, or as soon as an all-star cast for the picture is assembled. Peggy Cartwright, who played the part of Virginia Valli as a child in the star's latest Universal starring vehicle, "A Lady of Quality," was a guest of the company last week when "Universal Night" was celebrated at the Historic Revue and Motion Picture Exposition at Exposition Park. George Melford has started work on his production of Rudyard Kipling's "The Light That Failed." Jacqueline Logan, Percy Marmont, Sigrid Holmquist, David Torrence, Mabel Van Buren and Luke Cosgrove are the featured players. F. McGrew Willis adapted the story. Doris Stone just finished playing the lead with Neal Hart in "Beyond the Rio Grande" at Universal. E:lwin L. Hollywood, the director, is considering an offer to direct one of our biggest stars in all her future pictures. Details will be announced in the near future. Helen Gardner, the original Cleopatra of the screen, has been engaged to play the lead in a new production. Incidently the title is "A Modern Cleopatra." Zena Keefe is playing the lead in "Hearts of the Range," for which she was engaged immediately upon her arrival here. Tyrone Power has just completed "The Pilot," an independent production which will shortIs be released. Corinne Griffith has arrived in New York from the coast and will shortly start work on her new starring contract. Templar Saxe has just signed a contract to make a series of special productions for the independent market. Robert Edeson has been engaged by Famous Players to play one of the leading male roles in their forthcoming production "The Ten Commandments," which is being made on the coast. Edith Taliaferro is a busy little lady ihese days spending her spare time acting before the camera in "The Love Light," in New York and rehearsing daily with "Fashions of 1924." Matthew Betz has started work on his second picture under his Universal contract. Betty Gallagher, one of the most accomplished students of Ernest Belcher, ballet master, was selected to do the solo dance number in the big stage scenes of "The Gold Diggers," which AVarner Brothers are producing with Hope Hampton in the leading role. Wallace MacDonald, appearing in Tod Browning's production of "The Day of Faith" at the Goldwyn studios, has been a hero for eighteen feminine stars. He declares that only one took him seriously, and that was Doris May, who is now his wife. Melville Burke, who is at present directing at the Cox Theatre, Cincinnati, has written a play and scenario which he intends to produce within the next four weeks. He will make the picture version first, taking most of the scenes in and around Cincinnati. "Husbands Wanted" #is the title of a Sid Smith comedy for Grand-Asher which Archie Mayo is doing. Duane Thompson is the leading woman. Robert Murrell and Miss Mazie Keppler were married last week in St. Cecelia Oratory at the Mission Inn, Riverside. Clarence H. Geldert is spending his vacation in a unique way. While enjoying the natural beauties of the Giant Forest, Mr. Geldert is utilizing his time writing the denouement of the novel which he began several years ago. King Baggot is busily engaged at Universal preparing the script for a special production featuring Baby Peggy, famous starlet. Charles "Buck" Jones is finishing his latest thrill-o-drama, "Second Hand Love," on the Fox lot in Hollywood. The big fellow will enjoy a brief vacation following the completion of the picture. Another child has entered the ranks of coming screen starlets. "Boofie" Savin, eight-year-old pupil of Theodore Kosloff, will soon make her initial appearance on the screen. She hails from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and is the daughter of that town's foremost physician. James Woods Morrison upon completing his role in "Held to Answer" at Metro Studios, will depart for New York to take part in a special production to be made by Eastern capital. Eulalia Jensen has finished work in "The Magic Skin," a George D. Baker production, and will shortly begin the interpretation of a featured role in another big picture. Dorothy Phillips is considering two offers to make pictures in Europe in the near future. Should she reject both of these contracts the dainty star will resume production activity in Hollywood. Al St. John, Fox funster, is editing his most recent production, "Full Speed Ahead," in which he enacts the stellar role. He will prepare a new story upon completing his present task. Allen Holubar will leave Hollywood shortly for the Southland to film location scenes for his forthcoming big special production for Metro. He will be absent from the city about three weeks. Dale Fuller, of "Foolish Wives" fame, has just completed a complete character role in "Greed" Von Stroheim's conception of "McTeague" for Goldwyn. She expects to start work soon in another big Goldwyn film. H. C. Hutchinson, veteran camerman, is the only man who ever photographed the members of the House of Representatives while in official session. It took Hutchinson two weeks to properly place the necessary electrical equipment. He is at present photographing a series of Ashton Dearholt productions. Helene Rosson has just finished the first piece of screen work she has done in four years. Miss Rosson will be remembered as the dainty blonde star of Mutual and American film fame, when she starred in the famous series of "Mustang Girl" westerns. She is co-starring with Edmund Cobb in the Ashton Dearholt series of five-reelers. The second picture is scheduled to start this week. Ernie Hickson, well known art director, is perfecting plans in an endeavor to eliminate shadows that are cast across "sets" from objects situated on the sides of the stages. Shadows on "sets" has long been one of the most bothersome handicaps to directors, and Hickson's solution will no doubt be heartily wel comed throughout the film colony. Alice Day is playing second lead with Phyllis Haver and Mary Philbin in "The Temple of Venus" at the Fox studio, under the direction of Henry Otto. Dame rumor whispers that a prominent C. D. has his eye on Alice for an important role in a current production, so watch your step Alice. Gus Womack, who recently finished in Harold Shaw's "Held to Answer" at the Metro, has completed his role as the ranch foreman in the "Virginian," with Kenneth Harlan, directed by Tom Forman at the MayerSchulberg studio. Billy Burt, Sr., is with Tod Browning, who is directing "The Day of Faith," having just finished thirty-nine consecutive weeks in "Scaramouche," except for a short period in which he was loaned by Rex Ingram to Oscar Apfel to do a part with Viola Dana in "The Social Code." Mickey McBan has just signed for his fortieth picture. The fouryear-old actor will play one of the principal roles in "Born of the Cyclone, a Gypsy story which is being filmed at the R-C Studios under the direction of Emile Chautard. This is the fourth time Mickey has been under Chautard's direction and special arrangements have been made with the Fox studios to rush to completion Mickey's scenes in "The Temple of Venus," which Henry Otto is making. In the meantime, negotiations are under way for two more productions for Mickey after he has finished with Chautard. Marion Nixon lightly hopped up one more rung of the old, and yet ever new, ladder of fame and has been cast for the part of Ann Turley, the Love Interest of the picture, "A Man," featuring Dustin Farnum and directed by David Solomon, and has left for location at Victorville. "A Man," is a Fox Costume play of the period of 1849 ,and is the third picture in which Miss Nixon has portrayed the role of an old-fashioned girl since Christmas — in fact, all of them have been such — prominently of which might be mentioned her work in "The Girl I Love," which characterization won for her a good part with Charles Ray in "The Courtship of Miles Stand ish." Miss Nixon also scored in "Rosita" with Mary Pickford, directed by Ernest Lubitsch, and there certainly can be no guess work about it — Marion is going up, going up the ladder fast, and apparently nothing can stop her.