Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1923 - Mar 1924)

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March 1, 1924 EXHIBITORS HERALD 53 Goldwyn Cosmopolitan FROM MOTION picture fans, players and theatre owners all over the country there continues a flow of congratulations to Marion Davies, Cosmopolitan star, on the honor awarded her recently when she was chosen Queen of the Screen in the popularity contest staged in conjunction with the Theatre Owners Chamber of Commerce Ball, New York. + + + CLYDE SLATER has been added to the executive staff of the Goldwyn studios. He will be sales-manager of the newly created rental department. The studio has enlarged its technical equipment and is making an active campaign to induce independents to produce their pictures there. This is the first time that the big Culver City plant has been open to outside producers. + + + ANNOUNCEMENT has been made that Goldwsm Cosmopolitan has leased the Park Theatre in Boston until September 1st in order to assure itself of a big first run theatre in the New England territory. The Park is one of the best known of the legitimate theatres in Boston and has proved its value as a first run house through the showing there of a number of big films. Vitagraph LESLIE AUSTEN, who plays the hero lead in "Let Not Man Put Asunder," the J. Stuart Blackton production in which Pauline Frederick and Lou Tetlegen are featured, was summoned for a leading role in "The Masked Woman," the day after the picture opened at the Riallo Theatre. ]V . O. Hurst, the producer, saw Mr. Austen's work and engaged him at once. Burton King is the director. + + + FLORENCE VIDOR. ivho plays the leading role in "The Marriage Circle," the new Ernest Lubitsch picture, which played at the Strand Theatre, New York, last week, has the principal part in "Borrowea Husbands," which David Smith is producing for Vitagraph at Hollywood. Earle Williams, Rockcliffe FcUowes, and Robert Gordon have the leading male parts. Warner WARNER BROTHERS have entered intc an arrangement witli Roy Neill, whereby Marie Prevost is to play the title role in Mr. Neill's production of the famous play "Rose of the Ghetto." The supporting cast contains the names of many prominent players, including Carl Miller, "Anders Randolf, \Vm. V. Mong. Claire McDowell. George K. .Arthur. Sidney Braccy, Raymond McKee and Dan Collins. + + + DOROTHY FARNUM has completed the scenario for "Lover's Lane" from the play by Clyde Fitch. The picture is soon to go into production at the Warner Brothers Studio under the direction of William Beaudine. "Lover's Lane" calls for several difficult characterizations in the film version, as it did in the stase plav— and an all star cast is to be assembled. United Artists McELLIOTT. motion picture critic for the New York Daily News, has awarded to "No More Women" an Associated Authors production being released through AUied Producers and Distributors Corporation, and featuring Matt Moore and Madge Bellamy, the place of honor as the best comedy romance of the last month's releases. "No More Women" is an Elmer Harris feature, from Mr. Harris' own story for the screen, and was directed by Lloyd Ingraham. + + + NELLIE ELY BAKER who jumped into fame in the part of the masseuse in Chaplin's dramatic production, "A Woman of Paris," will again be seen in his first comedy for United Artists in which CharUe himself will be the comedian of old. This will be a comedy of Alaska during the days of the rush for gold and will give Miss Baker an opportunity to portray a comedy role in the character of a dance-hall girl of the mining camps. Preferred B. P. SCHULBERG, President of Preferred Pictures Corporation, denied today the story that Catherine Curtis is to produce "The First Year." "We own the motion picture rights to 'The First Year,' which we bought from John Golden for $100,000," said Mr. Schulberg, "and we have not sold them to Catherine Curtis, nor to any one else. The report has absolutely no foundation." + + + PREFERRED PICTURES' production "The Virginian." starring Kenneth Harlan, will play the West End Lyric and Capitol theatres in St. Louis day and date, beginning the first -week in March. These same houses in addition to the New Grand Central will later shozi "Maytimc" day and date. Paramount ACTORS AND directors who have watched the work of Victor Varconi, Cecil B. DeMille's new Hungarian findi are comparing his type of technique with that of Sessue Hayakawa. Varconi, whose first American appearance is in a featiu-ed role of Cecil B. DeMille's new production, "Triumph," has much the same slow, natural technique which accounted for the popularity and success of the Japanese star. Mr. Varconi gains his effect with very little physical motion. He acts, as he himself explains, largely with his eyes and the comers of his mouth. The striking contrast between Mr. Varconi and the melodramatic over-acting type of players is, say the critics, a factor which will undoubtedly win him quick popularity. + + + IRVIN WILLAT, who is directing Zane Grey's "Wanderer of the Wasteland" for Paramount, has finished the Death Valley sequence of the story and has moved his production headquarters to the famous Painted Valley, midway between Palm Springs and Mecca, California. Selznick "WOMAN TO WOM.AN," starring Betty Compson, was given an elaborate special showing at the Ritz-Carlton hotel, Xew York, recently. It is said that more than five thousand people were present. The showing was held in the Grand Ballroom and the room below, the Crystal Room, was reserved for dancing. Hodkinson H. S. LORCH has resigned his post as Detroit branch manager for Goldwyn to become manager of the Chicago branch of the Hodkinson Corporation. Mr. Lorch will fill the place left vacant by the promotion of CecU Maberry who is now Central Division Manager of the Hodkinson branches. + + + ACCORDING to reports from G. R. Ainsworth, branch manager for Hodkinson in Pittsburgh, supported by a statement from Mr. Bair of the Bair & Bush theatres, "The Drivin' Fool" the Hodkinson comedy feattire starring Wally Van and Patsy Ruth Miller has scored a double-headed victory at Altoona, Pennsylvania by breaking the house records at both the Lyric and the Colonial theatres. Hepworth Film for Broadway R. T. Cranfield. president of Hepworth Productions. Alma Taylor, featured in "Comin* Thro* tfie Rye." Cecil M. Hepworth, one of England's foremost producers, sometime in March will invade the American market with a Broadway showing of "Comin' Thro' the Rye," said by the "London Express" to be the greatest English production of 1923. This announcement was made by R. T. Cranfield, president of Hepworth Productions, Incorporated, who, with Joseph di Lorenzo, is at the helm of the company handling American distribution of this production. "Comin' Thro' the Rye" was listed first in the ten greatest English made productions of 1923, by the "London Express" while "Woman to Woman," featuring Betty Compson, which is also English made, was placed sixth on the list. The unusually good notices that greeted the latter production at its preview, augur well for "Comin Thro' the Rye." Coincident with the Broadway showing, Hepworth will have present the entire cast, including Alma Taylor and Shayle Gardiner, who will give a prologue at each performance of the picture. Cecil M. Heyworth, producer. "Comin* Thro' the Rye." Joseph di Lorenzo, Vicepresident and g«n. nigr.