The Moving picture world (March 1925-April 1925)

April 11, 1925 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 599' John Golden, producer of the stage play, "Lightnin'," isn't as desperate as he looks. See how Alma Rubens, Fox star is laughing. This picture was taken at the Fox West Coast Studios where the producer is supervising the filming of his stage success. Stromberg Signs Trilby Clark Hunt Stromberg has placed Trilby Clark, leading lady for Harry Carey in "Silent Sanderson," under a three-year contract, thus definitely establishing his faith in the future possibilities of this newly featured screen player whom he has hailed as the latest film "find." Miss Clark hails from Australia. She is an auburn haired, dark-eyed beauty, with unusually clear-cut features, with a suggestion of Gloria Swans on about her. De Mille Signs Stock Players The first of the embryo stars to be signed for the stock company that Cecil B. DeMille is now organizing at the Culver City studio are Majel Coleman and Sally Rand two particularly promising young players who attracted attention in productions made for Famous Players Lasky. Mr. DeMille has not announced the first story in which his newest finds will appear. Norma Talmadge In "Qraustark" Norma Talmadge last week began actual work on her next Joseph M. Schenck production for First National, "Graustark," from George Barr McCutcheon's novel. This will be released as a special next season. Supporting the star are many well known players. Eugene O'Brien will again be her leading man, as he was in "Secrets" and "The Only Woman." Other players are Marc McDermott, Roy Darcy, Albert Gran, Madame D'Aumery and Michael Vavitch. Dmitri Buchowetski is directing. He started photography on March 25th. Fox's "The Fool" to Have World Premiere on Easter Sunday Night THE announcement this week from Fox Film Corporation that the world premiere of their screen version of Channing Pollock's great miracle melodrama, "The Fool," is scheduled for Easter Sunday night at the Central Theatre on Broadway should be of particular interest and importance to the trade. With an entire year spent in filming, cutting and editing this great stage masterpiece, the Fox company rates the production along with their other big, outstanding screen successes of the past — "The Iron Horse," "If Winter Comes" and "Over the Hill." It will therefore be given an unusually pretentious presentation, with a "two performances a day" policy governing its run at the Central. Harry Millarde was selected to direct the production and Edmund Lowe was chosen to play the title role of the minister-hero, Rev. Daniel Gilchrist. The rest of the supporting cast was carefully picked and includes many screen and stage players well known and favored by the fans. Ray Bloomer plays Jerry, a part which made Lowell Sherman famous on the stage. Brenda Bond, a new and pretty face in motion pictures but well known on the stage, has the leading feminine role as Clare. Paul Panzer, veteran character actor of the screen, plays UmansVi. Others among the leading members of the supporting cast are Anne Dale, Riley Hatch, George Lessey, George Clarke, A. J. Herbert and Henry Sedley. Ministers Recommend Highly Fox's "As No Man Has Loved" THE willingness of clergy and church organizations to co-operate with picture producers in popularizing "clean" pictures is evidenced by the assistance which William Fox has received in bringing "As No Man Has Loved" to the attention of the churchgoing people of America. "As No Man Has Loved" has been praised by representatives of all the larger religious denominations. It is based on the Edward Everett Hale story, "The Man Without a Country." Hale himself was a Unitarian minister and served several terms as chaplain of the United States Senate. The new Fox epic has not only been endorsed by ministers and church organizations but the latter are actively co-operating by asking church people to see this great film. As an instance. Dr. Thomas Edward Potterton, pastor of the Church of Our Redeemer, Brooklyn, who is nationally known in church circles as a lecturer, is giving a series of lectures on the new film. The first of these was delivered by Dr. Potterton in his church Sunday night, March 26. LILA LEE IN "THE MIDNIGHT GIRL" No, indeed! Lila is not dancing on the wine glasses. She is dancing on the floor. The glasses are on the table. So we won't deceive you. This is a scene from the Wilfred Noy production for Chadwick Corporation. Gareth Hughes is in this cast