Exhibitors Herald (1927)

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March 19, 1927 EXHIBITORS HERALD 41 NEW PICTURES “Iz Zat So” Ought to Prove a Knockout There isn’t a quite complete lineup of material on the Fox production of “Iz Zat So,” as this is written, but there’s enough to show that the production is in good hands and almost everybody knows enough about the stageplay from which it’s taken to guess that it’ll prove a knockout. It had everything “on the boards” and it ought to have much more (as “What Price Glory” did) on the screen. The story, of course, is from the stage play by James Gleason and Richard Faber, for which Phillip Klein wrote a scenario. Alfred Green is directing, assisted by Jack Boland, with George Schneihermann as cameraman. Production started February 10. CAST : George O'Brien, Edmund Lo’W'e, Kathryn Perry, Cyril Chadwick, Doris Lloyd, Dione Ellis, Richard Maitland, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Phillipe DeLacy. HIGHLIGHTS: Not catalogued but (without a doubt) innumerable. Bill Cody Stars in ^\4rizona Whirlwind” Bill Cody is starred in Pathe’s “The Arizona Whirlwind” and it’s described as “a truly virile Western picture with spectacular riding and moments of heart interest and suspense.” William J. Craft directed the picture from a story by Carl Krusada with Art Reeves photographing. The finished print is 4,134 feet long. CAST : Bill Cody, Margaret Hampton, Dave Dunbar, Hughie Mack. HIGHLIGHTS: Burning of stagecoach. Horseback riding. . . . Battle for ownership of mine. . . . Fire. . . . Fights. Night Life Revealed in “Princess of Broadway” “Broadway at its best” (which isn’t the way it’s usually seen) is promised in the advance on Pathe’s • “The Princess of Broadway,” further promises made for which include “typical night life scenes that intrigue both men and women.” Which promises take on ever more glamour when the cast of characters (appended) is scrutinized. “The Princess of Broadway” is directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald from Ethel Donaher’s story, adapted by Doris Schroeder. K. C. Barnstyn produced it, with Jack R. Young grinding the camera, and the final footage is 5,705 feet. CAST: Pauline Garon, Dorothy Dwan, Johnny Walker, Harold Miller, Ethel Clayton, Neely Edwards, Ernest Wood. HIGHLIGHTS : Breaking into the chorus. . . . Starring stunt. . . . Visit to night court. . . . Rescue of sister. , . . Happy ending. “One Chance in a Million” Has to Do with Jewels One of those necklaces which, in pictures, are here, there and nowhere, is the center about which actionful incidents in Rayart’s “One Chance in a Million” revolve, according to the information at hand. The picture is a starring vehicle for William Fairbanks, written by L. V. Jefferson and directed by Mason Noel Smith. CAST : William Fairbanks, Veora Daniels, Charles K. French, Henry Herbert, Eddie Borden, Duke Martin. HIGHLIGHTS: Rescue of heroine from runaway horse. . . . Disappearance of necklace. . . . Escape of hero. . . . Reappearance of hero. . . . Abduction. . . . Plotting of theft. . . . Discovery of real crooks. . . . Explanation by hero. Y oungsters Dominate “Whirlwind of Youth” Lots of young folks in Paramount’s “The Whirlwind of Youth,” which looks (in transcript) like a bright young yarn of the type currently giving lots of folks screen satisfaction. Here’s about it : Rowland V. Lee is director, A. Hamilton Gibbs wrote it, continuity being provided by Julien Josephson, and it was made (or is being made) at the West Coast plant. The locale is an English village, Paris and the French war area. CAST : Lois Moran, Donald Keith, Vera Veronia, Alyce Mills, Larry Kent, Gareth Hughes, Charles Lane. HIGHLIGHTS: Impetuous lovemaking of hero. Sophisticated party. . . • Temptations on mountain trip. . . . War sequence. . • Wedding, Dix Himself in “Knockout Riley” The sort of kick that an audience gets out of seeing a good upstanding young favorite like Richard Dix sock an equally upstanding if not so good opponent where socks do most damage ought to be among the items present in “Knockout Riley,” Paramount’s new vehicle for the fellow who was “The Quarterback.” There’s lots of other things in it too, plots, prisons, etc., but the fight no doubt will be the thing you’ll remember longest, if it isn’t (as it will be) Dix. Albert Payson Terhune wrote it, Pierre Codings and Kenneth Raisbeck adapting if for Malcolm St. Clair to direct under the associate producership of William Le Baron. CAST: Richard Dix, Mary Brian, Harry Grlbbon, Jack Renault, Osgood Perkins, Lucia Backus Seger, Larry McGrath, Myrtland La Varre. HIGHLIGHTS : Visit to cabaret. . . . Dressing room knockout. . . . Gang's attack on hero. . . . Gun fight. . . . Conviction of hero. . . . Battle of revenge. . Confession of plot. Release Dates WEEK OF MARCH 6 “Casey At The Bat"— Paramount— —6040. WEEK OF MARCH 13 “Sonora Kid" — F. B. 0.^-4, 565. “The Sea Tiger“«^Para.— 5,606. “Getting Gertie's Garter"^— P. D. C,^— 6,859. “The Mystery Club"^—U.— 6,969. ’‘Blind Alleys”— Paramount— 5597. “Love Makes ’Em Wild”— Fox— 5,508. “High Hat”'^First National*^-6,190. “Cheaters”— Tiffany— 6,023. WEEK OF MARCH 20 “Tarzan and the Golden Lion”— F. B. O.— 5807. “Heaven On Earth”— M-G-M^— 6301. “Evening Clothes”— Paramount^— 6287. “Sensation Seekers”— U.— 7015. “The Fourth Commandment”^— U.^— 6838. McFadden's Flats Jan. 22, P. 45 “Venus of Venice”— First National— 6,324. WEEK OF MARCH 27 “Terror of the Bar X”— F. B. 0.-4,982. “Cabaret” — Par. — 7,175. “Blazing Days”— Blue Streak— Universal— 4,638. “The Arizona Whirlwind”— Pathe^— five reels. Rebels French Again in “A I'Liss in a Taxi” Bebe Daniels is French again (or was she French in that last picture?) in “A Kiss in a Taxi,” her new Paramount vehicle. She’s a cafe waitress who gets into at least as many romantic tangles as such are supposed to get into, and the cast has lots of folks noted for humorous ability to make the tangles interesting. Clarence Badger is director, the story being written by Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber, then adapted by Clifford Grey. Doris Anderson is scenarist, H. KinIcy Martin doing the shooting. CAST : Bebe Daniels, Chester Conklin, Douglas Gilmore, Henry Kolker, Richard Tucker, Agostino Borgato, Eulalie Jensen, Rose Burdick, Jocelyn Leo. HIGHLIGHTS: Kiss in taxi. . . . Taxi crash through cafe window. . . • Comedy by star and Conklin. That Bebe, Again, In “Senorita” Bebe Daniels, who’ll always be “The Campus Flirt” to most of us, has something more like that and less like “A Kiss in a Taxi” in Paramount’s “Senorita” if the advance information on the same is dependable. The yarn puts her in male garb and gives her Fairbanksian things to do, which are quite the onions in which Miss Daniels is amply versed. Del Monte, San Francisco and a ranch are the scenes involved, some of the scenes being made on the ground and others at the West Coast plant. B. P. Schulberg is associate producer, Clarence Badger directing. The story is by John McDermott, who wrote it especially for the star and had Lloyd Corrigan’s assistance in making it a screenplay. CAST : Bebe Daniels, James Hall, William Powell. Joseof Swickard and others not set at the time of the information at hand was released. HIGHLIGHTS: Athletic stunts. . . . Mas queradc. . . . One of those surprised-ln-the* poll swimming things. . . . Fiesta of Roses. . . . Attack on ranch. . . . Exposure of masquerade. Wallace Beery “It” in “The Big Sneeze” Wallace Beery, the excellent villian who is several times ' as good a doughboy or gob, is the former again in Paramount’s “The Big Sneeze,” which he headlines in what might be termed the name role. It’s an after-the-war yarn, with Beery a doughboy who hires out as an Alpine guide, and that ought to give him plenty of chance to do the sort of stuff he does as none other. B. P. Schulberg is down as associate producer, James Cruze directing (and it’s quite a while since he’s been among the available directors, isn’t it?) and the adaptation is by Tom J. Geraghty from a screenplay (whatever that is) by Jessie Burns and Bernard Vorhaus. Alfred E. Gilks is cinematographer. CAST: Wallace Beery, Ford Sterling, ZaSu Pitts, Tom Kennedy, Sally Blane, Sterling Holloway, August Tollaire, Henry Victor, Kate Bruce, Bud Duncan, Alfred Allen. HIGHLIGHTS: Celebration of Armistice. . . , Cooking bombed chicken. . . . Mayor's matrimonial edict. . . . Auction of groom. • • Ascent of Alps. , . . Narrow escapes.