Variety (October 1917)

' MOVING PICTURES 37 BBS F NEWS OF THE FILM WORLD Taxes Golan haa left for New Turk, after completing her lint picture. The Fust of Life." at Onto* Olty for Triangle, Walla la New York Mies Gainan will aAd atony mat to her wardroba for dm la future Triangle O. P. Hamilton has boaa added to TrI- angle's directing atafl at Culver City. B. A. Rolfe U now managing ( eat ooaat studio In California. the new Metro J. Parehen haa boon appointed manager of the Liberty, SaolbyvlUo, Moat Harry Leonhardt, Ooldwyn'a general weat- ern manager, waa In San Francisco laat week. Last Sunday too orchestra of the Rlalto was permanently augmented to fifty pieces. Eugene Forde and Maiiorle Daw have be- gun work under Fox In Hollywood In a pic- ture starring Oladya Brookwell. In the Chicago territory. Their Orpheum theatre haa now replaced their Colonial aa the leading feature film houoe. Charlee Raj's first Paramount picture, di- rected by Thomas H. Inoe, will be released Oct. 22. It Is called •The Boa of His Father." The second Ray release will be "Hla Mother's Boy." Roscos Arbuokle haa completed hla "Coney Island" comedy, the laat of hla productions to be made before hie departure for the coast Tuesday, where he will make his next new picture. It Is claimed that Norma Talmadge holda the largeet fur Insurance policy of any actreaa on the legitimate or motion picture stage. Miss Talmadgo'e aablee and ermines are m- eured against moths, fire and theft for $125,- 000. Lillian Gonoord, of musical oomedy, haa been cast for the leading adult part In tha new {ilcture that Jane and Katharine Lee are mak- ng for Fox. Another player added to the oast Is Stuart Sage. Keanean Buel la di- recting the production. Min n esota. North and South Dakota and Wisconsin rights to tha W. S. Hart picture, "The Cold Dock." have boaa bought by Bart Barnett. Tha Northern New Jersey and New York Stats rights hare been disposed of to Nathan Hlrsoh. uurt at me. Petrova la to edit a monthly de- partment of Information eoseernlag matters of dramatic Mas and expression. The etory torsion of plsys to bo produced by the PetroTS Co. are to appear la the Ladlee World almal- taneously with the release of the Petrova pio- turee on the screen. American and Canadian righto to the Russian Art Pictures have boon acquired by Pathe. Twenty elx completed fire and eU-reel feature. will bo delivered to Paths before Mr. Kaplan, ths representative of the Moscow Art theatre, returns to Moscow In October. Among them are Tolstoy's "War and Pease;" Slenkiswles's "The Deluge;" Deotoevsky's "Nicholas Btrav- rogln;" Ostrovsky's "The Busy Inn;" Push- kin's "The Queen of Spades." The first to be released Is "The Pointed Doll," Oct. 21. Ethel Clayton's now World picture will bo Jubllahed Oct, 2. Its title la 'Tha Dormant •ower," and H shows the reclamation of a oung man af real ability who has allowed Imaelf to drift until he faces a desperate I Nick Turner, who was a salesman on the Pathe staff, haa been appointed manager of the T A D theatre at San Jose, Cal. L. H. Sutton, manager of the Grand. Hamilton. Mont., haa leassd the Star and Family from C. B. Freshwater. William Olttona haa been engaged by Tri- angle aa a director and has been assigned to their Culver City studio. D. M. Leonard, of the Sumner theatre, Sumner, Wash., has purchased the Stewart theatre from J. C. Ferguson. W. P. Armour's picture theatre at Mineral, Wash., waa burned recently, lose about 95,- 000. B. N. Disney, a Butte newspaper men, haa taken a •lease of the Princess theatre, Kalispell, Mont. A novelised Torsion of Kitty Gordon's next World picture, named "Her Hour," has boon secured for early publication In the Photo- play Magaalne. Jones, Llnlck A Schsefer announce acquir- ing all righto to first runs of Griffith pictures According to reports ths Fox offices ere recalling the remaining road outfits of "The Daughtsr of the Gods" and that no further booking arrangements will be made In this respect. Harry Berg, president of Berg Productions, simwincss tha sale of the rights to "A Man's Law" for New York and Northern New Jersey to the Mammoth Film Co.. and tha righto for New England to the Globe Feature Film Co. Frederick Words In "Ths Heart of Ezra Greer." Pathe Gold Rooeter, released Oct. 7, Is supported by Leila Frost, George Froth. Carey Hastings, Taos. A, Curran, Lillian Bueller. Helen and Gerald Badgley. C. B. Shurtleff, sales manager of Select Pictures, Is In St. Louis, where he Is opening a new exchange for that distributing concern. The office will bo In charge of Edward W. Dustln, recently branch manager for Triangle In that city. Word was received In New York this week that David Wark Griffith, who sailed from New York March 17 laat, and alnoe that time hae been buey picture directing along the French battlefront, la on the bound. Eugene L. Perry, formerly manager st ths Riverside, Mew York, arrived In San Fran- cisco last weak la the Interest of Fox. Mr. Perry will remain hero as district manager for the Fox featuree. John Mooney, In charge of Fox'a featuree here, left for Dallas laat week to represent the Fox Interests there. Fred. J. Balsaofsr, president of Yorke Film Joi Coincident with the opening of tha new Newark theatre, Newark. N. J., by Max and Edward Spiegel, the Newark Evening Star- Eagle got out a special section of 12 pages of ths theatre and Its many features, carry- ing advertisements from everyone connected In the construction, fitting and decorating of the playhouse. The theatre's business staff Includes Charles H. Wuers, business manager and publicity director; John B. MoNally, resident manager; Ward© John- ston, managing director. \ Corp., haa engaged John Waters as his as- sistant director for Harold Loekwood's next Metro feature, "Love Me for Myself Alone." end for subeequent productions. Waters, for the past year, hae been associated with "Doc" Wlllat of Technicolor. The name of Alice Brady's first feature for Select has been changed from 'The Red Mouse" to "Her Silent Sacrifice." Ths scenario Is by Bve Unsell. It to now being screened at the Paragon studio, Fort Lao. In the cost are Robert Peyton Gibbs, Henry Cllve, Blsnche Craig, Edmund Pardo. Edouard Joee la directing. Universal has added three authors of note to Its scenario department on the coast dur- ing the past two weeks. They are Charlee Kenyon, author of "Kindling*'; J. Edward Hungerford. a magaslno writer; Capt. Leslie T. Peacocke, already known to Universal patrons as the author of "Neptune's Daugh- ter." In keeping with Its announced polio/ of securing scenarios from "beet authors," Vita- graph will issue within four weeks a quartet of dramas adapted for the screen from suc- cessful books. They sre "Dead Shot Baker," Oct. 15, the first of the Alfred Henry Lewie "Wolfvllle" stories; "The Bottom of the Well," a mystery play from the book af the same title by F. U. Adams; 'The Fettered Woman." an adaptation from "Anne's Bridge," a Robert W. Chambers romance; "I Will Repay," from O. Henry s etory, "A Municipal Report." T. L. Tally haa bought tha South fornia and Arizona righto to "A Maid." Turner A Dahnken have Northern California and Nevada. Call- The Ladles World, la a aeries of announce- ments In leadiag magaslaee, makes known Improvements that have boon started at Culver Olty by Triangle ooctlng $600,000 will lnereess the area of the plant to twenty-six acres. Mary Garden hae hod two dlrsotors ae- signed her for the screening of tha Oosdwya roductlon of "Thais." They are Hugo allln and Frank Crane. i ■,