The Moving picture world (November 1926-December 1926)

432 MOVIXG PICTURE WORLD December 11, 1926 Mastbaum — A Name That Will Eedere N the fullness of time, when the history of the business can be written with the valuation of proper perspective, many of the now prominent figures will be found to have faded from the screen. But the names of Stanley and Jules Mastbauni will still be written into the history of the promotion and development of a great industry a;id in that distant day their accomplishments will be given credit. At the moment there has been talk of trusts and monopolies. Small interests, blocking the broad road of progress, have to some degree, at least, befogged the greater issue of advancement. Thej' have put their petty personal problems before the good of the business as a whole. Ten or twenty years from now those who write of the present day will see with clearer vision of accomplishment the vast good that has been accomplished by unification and standardization. The Mastbaums completelj' revolutionized picture exhibition in Philadelphia. They spread their ambitions and their policies over complementary circuits. They carried forward the development of the exhibition business until it passed from the purely commercial to the ambitiously artistic. In their own section they have carried on the work performed in other sectors by similar pioneers, but it is worth recording that they took this trend well in advance of the others. Today the entire industry mourns the passing of Jules Mastbaum, cut down in his prime and before the full fruition of his ideals, but the organization he has formed will live on, perpetuating his memory. The Mastbaums have made Motion Picture history, and they will find their most enduring monument in history's pages rather than in those stately monoliths with which futile man vainly seeks to express sorrow and ensure perpetuation. They have been leaders of thought ; in the vanguard of better methods. They have passed on, but building well, their work will endure. 3 "Yankee Clipper" Is Nearly Ready "The Yankee Clipper," Rupert Julian's latest production for Cecil B. De ^lille, which is woven around the historic tea trade races between American and British clipper ships durnig the fifties, will be previewed soon, according to word from the De Mille studio. Brenon FUm Is Postponed So that all the bafkKroiin<ls may be authentic, Assoeiate I'rodueer WUliain Leilaron of the Paramount I.one l^lnnd Stuflio iLas iannouiie«Hl the posfpiinenient of Herbert Urenon'.s next picture, "Sorrel! and Son." It win be made next June and Brenon will take a company of players to Elnsrland and film the exteriors in the localilief* described by Warwick neeping', the author, Brenon was to have started prcnluction next week nllh the intention of doing: the exteriors in Bermuda, Two Weeks' Runs On M-G-M Films For the first time in the history of the city, according to available records, Richmond, Virginia, will see the local run of a picture extended two consecutive weeks. The tradition of a "one-week city" will be broken three times with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer releases. The Capitol Theatre, Richmond, has contracted for three M-G-M specials, "The Scarlet Letter," "Tell It to the Marines" and "The Fire Brigade," each to play two consecutive weeks. **Michael Strogoff" Opens in New York to Notable Crowd EtUyne Clair, of "The Newlyweds and Their Baby,' for Universal, can keep a dumbbell at arm's leneth. or let him down easy. (Continued from page 418) Jack Dcmpsey, Rajah Raboyd, and many others. Persons prominent in the stage and filin world included Jules Brulatour and Miss Hope Hampton, S. L. Rothapfel, Marilyn Miller, Gertrude Lawrence, Ben Lyon, Betty Blythe, D. J. Chatkin, H. M. Warner, Louis K. Sidney, Walter Reade, M. Hirshfcld, Sidney Wilmer, Alfred Gottesman, J. S. Hebrew, Leon Errol, William A. Johnston, J. S. Dickerson, Oscar Cooper, Arthur James, Fred McConnell, Merritt Crawford, Erwin L. Hall, Maurice Kann, John S. Spargo, Herbert Cruickshank, scores of others. The audience included many persons who remember Jules Verne's great romance as a play under the title, "The Courier of the Czar." They were amazed at the ability of the screen to heighten the chmaxes of the dramatic narrative and at the scope of the Cineroman production methods. For instance, in the battle scenes, 5,000 troops of the regular Latvian army were used. Other sequences were produced in similar magnitude. Ivan Moskine, the star, who now is on the water on his way to America, made a splendid impression as the heroic figure in the Russian tale of excitement and adventure. Most of those in the audience saw him for the first time, although his name ranks second only to Emil Jannings on the Continent. In his work in "Michael StrogoflF" astute film men present at the opening saw the promise of excellent photoplay portrayals in the pictures of Carl Laemmle is to give him at Universal City. Following its opening, "Michael Strogoff" started in Monday with excellent houses which have been rapidly building throughout the week. It is proving to be a "people's picture," one of those fortunate oflferings that grow in prestige by the mouth to mouth method and that end in being sensational successes and long run hits. Cruze Now Directing For Raymond Griffith James Cruze has started filming "The Waiter from the Ritz," starring Raymond Griffith. Trixio Friganza, George Fawcett and .\lice Day are among those in support of the actor. The scenario was adapted Who*s Got the Button? Colleen Moore has 3,951 buttons on her costume in "Twinkletoes" for First National.