The Moving picture world (November 1926-December 1926)

December 18, 1926 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 509 Wally Wales In Ripping Western, a Pathe Film Fox Special in "Toyland," in Varieties A special Christmas feature will be presented in the F"ox Varieties reel released November 28 for the holiday season. This picture will show animated dolls and other toj's filmed in the vicinity of Nurenberg, Germany, by Russell Muth, who spent more than a month gathering material. Fox News will carry another feature in its Christmas issue, which Weber Hall made in the large New York department stores. He has caught many human interest bits showing children operating mechanical toys of many sorts. "The Wisecrackers" Lorraine Eason, of "We're in the Navy" and "What Price Glory" fame, Thelma Hill, Al Cooke and Kit Guard, who have the four-handed leading roles in F. B. O.'s new two-reel comedy series, "The Wisecrackers," are now shooting on the second episode under the direction of Del Andrews. An excellent supporting cast has been assembled for the current chapter of H. C. Witwer's series. "Funny Face" Production work has been completed on the next Educational-Juvenile Comedy which has been titled, "Funny Face." "Big Boy" again is featured as the "leading man'' in this laugh vehicle which has youngsters as the principal players. Audrey Ferris, one of the clever players in Educational Csuneo comedies. ^^^.ALLY WALES, star of W "Ace of Action," a thrilling Western feature production distributed by Pathe, is one of the fastest rising in public favor, of the new school of younger Western heroes. Wales was born on his father's ranch, the Rio Del Sorrento, in Southern Texas, twenty years ago. Gifted with handsome fea tures, his life in the open, and his love for athletic sports, have given him a perfect physique. Wally in his boyhood days was educated by private tutors, and, later, at the University of Wisconsin, made an enviable reputation for himself in all branches of athletics, and also won the Phi Beta Kappa for advanced scholarship. Lupino Lane Selects New Funny Story Lupino Lane, star of his own series of comedies for Educational, has selected for his next vehicle a comedy which he believes is better suited to his talents than anything else he has attempted since entering motion pictures. He will be cast as the genteel gentleman of the road who • obtains employment as utility man in a tank-town theatre. In the course of his duties, the former Ziegfeld Follies star is pressed into service as a leading man, acrobat, strong man and toe dancer. The comedy has been titled "Drama De Luxe." Kathryn McGuire will appear again as his leading lady, while Wallace Lupino, Glen Cavender and Bob Kortman take the principal supporting roles. Asher Signed Max Asher, who had one ot the principal roles in a recent feature production which had the navy as its locale, has been signed by Al Christie to appear in the forthcoming EducationalBilly Dooley Comedy now in production under the direction of William Watson. Vera Steadman, who has appeared in Christie sailor comedies in the past opposite Dooley, will appear as his leading lady. Tuna and Bass Jimmie Adams, who is starred in a series of comedies bearing his name tor Educational, has been spending a brief vacation between pictures out on the Pacific near Cataline fishing for tuna and bass. "Big Boy," the clever littlo star of Educational juvenile comedies. Making Laugh Novelty "Funnier," "Topics'" Task Charles McDonald, editor-in-chief, "Topics of the Day" (center), with his staff, selecting jokes for the January Laugh Month release of this Pathe subject. MONTH is laugh EVERY MUJNiJrl IS month for the Pathe "Topics of the Day," but as an added contribution to the approaching January, dedicated as the 1927 Laugh Month, a special meeting was called by Editor-in-Chief Charles McDonald for the purpose of making the Januarj' releases of Topics exceptionally funny. As the editorial stalf alway.< selects the cream of the world's wit and humor, a difficult task is faced — that of making Topics funnier. Few suggestions were forthcoming, but it was agreed that at least an effort be made by concerted action on the part of each reader to submit for the final selection, a greater number of jokes than is usually required. In this manner, topics chosen for the release each v</cck will be selected from about 500 jokes submitted, instead of the usual 350. It cannot be said that, in makink every month for the past eight years a laugh month. Timely Films Incorporated, producers of Topics of the Day, have had an easy task. The success of this unusual motion picture release is due largely to the experience and earnestness of the organization and to the fact that its work is systematized to no lesser an extent than any business of a more mechanical or commercial nature. That the weekly Topics of the Day releases to be shown during January, 1927, Laugh Month, will present the best jokes available is assured by the enthusiastic cooperation evinced by each individual member of the Topics of the Day staff. An additional 100 papers will be added to the mail bag that ordinarily, each day, brings the editorial oflices 600 publications from all over ihe world