The Moving picture world (November 1926-December 1926)

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November 29, 1926 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 269 PARAMOUNT has added an tinguid|^fl|R of comedians, in ^l^ll^^^nolloway, the "yaller" lad, who first gained fame in "Garrick Gaieties," recently annexed to the cast of "Casey At The Bat," in which Wallace Beery has the part of "mighty Casey." Holloway will play the part of a small town barber, according to wireless reports received by his friends sojourning at The World'* Crossroads, a part which has evidently Ijeen written into the screen production of the immortal Casey's diamond experiences, for there is no reference at all, at all to him in the verses. Perhaps he is one of those who yells "Kill im, kill the umpire," from the grandstand at the critical juncture in the game. By being put under contract with Paramount, Holloway joins a distinguished group of comedians, which now includes Ed. Wynn, Harold Lloyd, Eddie Cantor, Raymond Griffith. Douglas Maclean, W. C. Fields, Raymond Hatton and Wallace Beery, with perhaps one or two others we may have forgotten. In the interests of e.xact and perfect accuracy, perhaps, Beery and Hatton should be classified as featured character leads, rather than as comedians. Having just come from "We're In The Navy Now," however, we will let it go at that. * Hollywod bulletins that Rosamund Pinchot, daughter of Governor and Mrs. GifFord Pinchot of Pennsylvania, has entered the field as a photographer of personalities in Los Angeles, and is making a strong bid for movie trade. It's a far cry from Harrisburg to Hollywood, but her "Look pleasant, please" ought to tickle the spines of a lot of worthy motion picture folk, when they think of Papa Pinchot's playful penchant for censorship and blue laws in the Keystone state. It's a great world ! * Among the signs of (Sam) Spring, now evident at First National are tiic preparations for First National Month, which will launch the annual -nationwide sales drive of that company. Ever since the arrival of Richard A. Rowland from Europe, the First National sales cabinet, headed by Samuel Spring, have been busy lining up their forces, for membership in the K. O. Club, First National's honor sales organization is eagerly sought. Ned Marin, in the West, and A. W. Smith in tlie Eastern division, liave Ijoth been working at topspeed and this goes all down the line and is expected to continue tiirougliout the month of January, when the scores will Ije totalled and the awards made. The sunnner drive, it is said, netted substantial money and other prizes to over 600 First National employees in more than twenty exchanges. This one is expected to be even better. Clifford F. Chandler, First National's Director of .Advertising and Pulilicity, has already under way an elaborate campaign, reaching both exhibitors and public, while free accessories, including banners, heralds and trailers will be distributed to theatre managers, who observe First National Month. One of tiie reasons tiiere is such a general desire to get info tliat most exclusive K. O. Club, where only First National sales lopliners may gather, is that Vice-President Rowland has promised to give the lucky ones a dinner in Hollywood, at wiiich he will be the host and the only other guests will be favorite screen stars of the other se.x. Do you wonder they ail want to get in on it? * When John C. Flinn was doing tlieatres for the old N. Y. Herald, one of the editors of that famous newspaper, who used to help the young reporter with an occasional bit of fatlierly advice, was named Charles Kenmore Ulric. The other day tliat same Charlie Ulric celebrated his 50th anniversary as a newspaper man in the press department of Producers Distributing Corporation, where he is chiefly responsible for the snappy and seductive press sheets which have been issued by that company. Charlie Ulric has now been in picture work for several years, for some time being on the staff of Famous Players-Lasky, and is responsible for a number of original scripts and several legitimate stage pieces. Fifty years ago he broke into newspaper work in San Francisco and in 1907 was city editor of the Chicago .American. A little later he was an editor on the N. Y. Herald and there met John Flinn, then a cub reporter. Now they are back in the same shop again, bilt with conditions reversed. It may be said, however, that neither o( them seems to mind it. * H. Dayid Strauss, former film editor of the Morning Telegrapir took over his new desk in the Keith-.Albee exploitation department, early this week. Strauss is a good showman, haying spent most of Iiis life in the amusement business and the good wishes of his many friends go with liim in his new association. Ben H. Grimm will concentrate his abilities for some time to come on making "Laugh Month" a national event. The Short Features Advertisers Association have engaged him to put on a campaign, which will make every theatre in the country conversant with the attraction possibilities of tlie i)ig, little feature. He has a regular job cut out for him, for the exhibitor in this, as in many other respects, will have to be shown the box office pulling power of good comedies and sliort lengtli novelties, if ade(|uately exploited and advertised. It can be done, Ben, it has been done, and we can't think, at the moment, of a better man to do it than yourself. P. A. Parsons, Gordon White and the other able citizens of the S. F. A. A. showed they knew what they were doing when they picked you for the job. THE discussion between Gene Tunney and George Bernard Shaw as to tiie merits of "Cashel Byron's Profession" as a story and as a possible screen play goes merrily on. Gene is getting a growing reputation as one of the intelligentsia and as a literary critic, while George's stock as a prize fight expert is steadily dropping. As it seems to us, however, Mr. Shaw is not really sparring for an opening, but with his usual Shavian sang froid is more likely stalling to get a bigger cut in the purse, while Gene is merely stating the facts as he sees them. The character of Cashel Byron, surely is not the kind of a fighter that has been known in the ring for two generations at least, and if Mr. Lasky's offer for the story is accepted by Mr. Shaw, will require considerable altera'tion to make satisfactory screen material for present day audiences. Nonetheless, the prediction is ventured, if Mr. Lasky gets it, and Tunney and his late opponent, the once peerless Denipsey, consent to play in it, Mr. Shaw's trite little story will be one of the big box office hits of the year. In "Foot Notes on Headliners" in last Sunday's N. Y. Times, 1. H. R., apropos of Charlie Paddock's recognition by the Amateur Athletic Union as the "fastest human" by reason of his 100 yd. dash world's record, 9% seconds, cheerily chortles : " 'Fastest human' Charles is called. Not a soul to match him. Maybe so, but I dunno — Didn't Bebe catch him?" It serves to recall to us that floating around somewhere is a film called "Paddock in 9-3/5 Seconds." It wasn't at all a bad picture and we wonder we haven't heard more about it, especially in view of Charlie's recent performances on the track and on the screen. Lloyd B. Carleton, as we remember, directed it. Joe Fine, one of Vivian Moses best young aides-de-camp in the Fox publicity office, has just sent out a most colorful and attractive broadside on Fox's "Summer Bachelors." It is bright with pretty bathing girls and intrigues instantly. Makes you want to see that picture right away, which was probably what Jjoe^ueant for it to do.