The Moving picture world (July 1924-August 1924)

438 MOVING PICTURE WORLD August 9, 1924 Scenes from "The Side Show of Life," in which Paramount presents Ernest Torrence and Anna Q. Nilsson. Herbert Brenon production. F. B. 0. Selects Ann May to Play Opposite Thomson ANN MAY, one of the most promising starlets glimmering in the movie firmament, has been chosen as Fred Thomson's leading woman, according to announcement by B. P. Fineman at the F. B. O. lot. Thus the speculation as to who was going to appear opposite the popular westerner in his forthcoming F. B. O. pictures is set at rest after several weeks of conjecture. Work on the first picture of ! the series of eight for which Thomson has { signed under his new contract, is already | under way. Miss May was leading woman with Charles Ray in "Paris Green" and "Peaceful Valley." It was while working with Ray that Director j Jerry Storm noted her as a girl of great i promise, and from that time forward she began to be besieged with parts. She has just completed a part with Jack Pickford in "The End of the World." She also has appeared in the production of other leading picture companies, notably in Metro's "The Fog." With a colorful background provided by Southern California plains and a Mexican bull ring, Fred Thomsons's first production got under way last week. It has been temporarily titled "Pall O' Mine." Al Rogell, who directed Thomson in his last six productions for F. B. O., will again handle the megaphone, while supervision of all the Thomson productions will be vested in B. P. Fineman, general manager of the studios. Burnside Starts First Richard Dix's first starring picture for Paramount, "Manhattan," was launched this week at the Famous Players Long Island studio under the direction of R. H. Burnside, famous director of Hippodrome spectacles, who makes his debut in motion picture directing after thirty years as a stage producer. Paul Sloane and Frank Tuttle adapted the picture from Jeffrey Farnol's "The Definite Object." The cast includes Jacqueline Logan, Gregory Kelly, George Siegmann, "Gunboat Smith," Oscar Figman, Edna May Oliver and Alice Chapin. A By-Word All of the Producers Distributing Corporation branches are now using the title of the Belasco Production, "Welcome Stranger," in a campaign for the promotion of closer and even more friendly relations with their exhibitors. Each office has a big banner stretched across the walls reading "Welcome Stranger" and "Welcome Stranger" is the cheery greeting extended by every employe to every visitor. John C. Flinn, who started the by-word, says that there is something in the phrase that immediately engenders the psychologic emotion of friendliness. "There is a whole-hearted note of hospitality in those two words," he says, "and from now on it will be used and meant by the men of our organization." "House of Youth" Done "The House of Youth," the first starring vehicle for Jacqueline Logan, was received this week by the Producers Distributing Corporation, which indicates that Regal Productions are away ahead of schedule on their P. D. C. releases. The release date of this subject is set for September 28. "The House of Youth" is a story of ultrafashionable life and the present reckless era. The picturization was made by C. Gardner Sullivan from the story by Maude Radford Warren, and produced under the direction of Ralph Ince. The cast includes Lucilla Mendez, Malcolm MacGregor, Vernon Steele, Richard Travers, Edwin Booth Tilden, Aileen Manning, Gloria Grey, Barbara Tennant and Hugh Metcalf. Edith Roberts Signed Hunt Stromberg has signed Edith Roberts for the leading role opposite Harry Carey in "Roaring Rails," the fourth production in the Carey series being released by the Producers Distributing Corporation.