Exhibitors Herald (1927)

April 2, 1927 EXHIBITORS HERALD 53 Three stills from “Madame Wants No Children,” with Maria Corda. The picture, an duced in Europe by Fox Film Corporation. town in the Sierras. David Selman is directing. Sierra Pictures Busy A series of comedy dramas starring Earle Douglas is being supervised by Dale Hanshaw, president of SIERRA PICTURES, while another unit making society dramas with T. Roy Barnes has VicePresident Horace B. Carpenter in charge. “Yankee Clipper” Approved PRO-DIS-CO’s “The Yankee Clipper” has won the approval of the Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays. Four Chosen for Team Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall will be cofeatured in four productions for FIRST NATIONAL. One will be “The Road to Romance,” to be produced by Charles R. Rogers. The other will be “Lady Be Good,” and will be made by A1 Rockett. “She’s My Baby” Cast Three pairs of performers will be in “She’s My Baby,” next STERLING. They are Earle Williams and Mildred Harris, Robert Agnew and Kathleen Myers, Dot Farley and Pat Harmon. Donald Keith Wins Donald Keith, who has just completed his part in “The Whirlwind of Youth,” PARAMOUNT, -will have the role of August Schilling, Jr., in Emil Jannings’ “The Way of All Flesh.” Bess Meredyth on Job No sooner had Bess Meredyth returned to the West Coast than she began writing the screen version of “The Rose of Monterey” under her new contract with FIRST NATIONAL. This will be George Fitzmaurice’s second production under his latest contract. He now is making “The Tender Hour.” Lillian Gish in “The Wind” Dorothy Scarborough’s “The Wind” will be Lillian Gish’s next starring opus for M-G-M. Victor Seastrom again will direct her. Four Units on One Film Four units were at work at the same time on locations thousands of miles apart during the filming of PARAMOUNT’S “Wings.” Two were near San Antonio, a third was in Hollywood, while the fourth was in Paris. Here’s Varied Cast Four persons, two horses and two burros. That’s the cast of “No Man’s Law,” fourth Hal Roach production for PATHE, starring Rex the horse. The four are Barbara Kent, James Finlayson, Theodore von Eltz and Oliver Hardy. Fred Jackman directed. Brenon to United Artists Herbert Brenon has signed to produce and direct independently for release through United Artists. His first will be “Sorrel and Son.” He is to sail Saturday to meet Warwick Deeping, the author, in London. “Brigade” at “Pop” Prices M-G-M’s “The Fire Brigade,” which recently closed a $2 run at the Central theatre, New York, is now playing at popular prices at the Capitol. Lya de Putti and Moskine That’s the combination for UNIVERSAL’S “He Knew Women,” from “Polish Blood,” Viennese musical comedy, written by Oscar Nebdal and Dr. Fritz Stein. Athletes in “Poor Nut” Six former college athletes holding down minor parts in Jess Smith’s “The Poor Nut” for FIRST NATIONAL, are Paul Minick and “Tubby” Griffin, Iowa Lb, Mike Machalsky of Penn State, Larry Marks of Indiana, Bullet Baker of Li. S. C., and Fred Lorenz, Iowa. Cornelius Keefe plays the cheer leader. 5 Columbias at Granada Five COLUMBAA productions have played the new Granada in Chicago. The Alexander Korda production, was pro latest was ’Wandering Girls,” which also showed at the Capitol and the Rialto in Chicago. “Shield of Honor” Next A police picture, ‘‘The Shield of Honor,” will be the next UNIVERSAL production for Emory Johnson following “The American Eagle.” Mrs Emilie Johnson wrote “The Shield of Honor.” “Too Many Crooks” Cast The complete cast for Fred Newmeyer’s “Too Many Crooks,” PARAMOUNT, includes Mildred Harris, Lloyd Hughes, George Bancroft, El Brendel, Betty Francisco, Gayne Whitman, Otto Matiesen, William V. Mong, John St. Polis and Tom Ricketts. Grot Given Contract Anton Grot, who did the art direction for “Vanity,” has been given a new contract by the DE MILLE studio. New Players for Fox Among the new players to be seen in FOX productions next year as announced by James R. Grainger, general salesmanager, are Clifford Holland, John Hilliard and Edna Conway. Then there are Richard Walling, Barry Norton, Sally Phipps, Nancy Nash and of course George O’Brien, Janet Gaynor and Olive Borden. McCoy Cast Completed Tim McLov’s third Western for METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER will have the following in the cast: Frank Currier, Marc MacDermott, Fred Warren, Lillian Leighton, Edwin Terry, Sam Appel, Charles Ramon. Director Young Signed Jack Young will make “Midnight Rose” for UNIVERSAL as his first under a new contract. It is from J. Grubb Alexander’s script of his own “Backwash.” “Big Four” Reunited Twelve years ago Essanay had a “Big Four” which consisted of Richard C. Travers, lead; E. H. Calvert, heavy; William Norton Bailey, juvenile, and John Cossar, character. Now the four are together again in “Melting Millions,” PATHESERIAL, featuring Allene Ray and Walter Miller. Krafft Doing Titling John Krafft is titling “Turkish Delight,” cofeaturing Julia Faye and Rudolph Schildkraut, for PRO-DIS-CO. “Cradle Snatchers” at Roxy FOX’S “Cradle Snatchers” will be shown at the Roxy soon. Louise Fazenda and J. Farrell Macdonald head the cast of the picture which has just been completed.