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Page Four "The Digest of the Motion Picture Industry" CAMERA! Film Capital Production Notes U. A. TO MAKE "PEG O' MY HEART" MACDONALD PICTURE TITLED That the United Artists plan to produce "Peg O' My Heart" with Laurette Taylor has been brought to light through an offer from Hiram Abrams, President of that organization, made to Marshall Neilan to handle the film adaptation of the Manners play. The picturization of this play has involved a number of court actions resulting in the injunction awarded J. Hartley Manners, the author, preventing Famous Players-Lasky from releasing the motion picture version of the story produced several years ago with Wanda Hawley in the leading role. Recent activities indicate that United Artists have secured the motion picture rights and it is said that Laurette Taylor has been engaged to play the role which was hers originally. Mr. Neilan is prevented from accepting Mr. Abrams' offer on account of his own production, which is expected to keep him busy during the next six months. "LORNA DOONE" IN PRODUCTION After months of preparation, the designing of costumes and settings, the selection of locales, etc., Maurice Tourneur has started the actual filming of R. I). Blackmore's immortal story, "Lorna Doone," from the adaptation and continuity written by Catherine Reed and Cecil Mumfoid. Mr. Tourneur is reluctant to mention the names of the various players who will appear in the production, other than the fact that it will be an all-star production which is being cast as the story progresses. BUSTER KEATON FIRST NATIONAL STAR Associated First National's newest star is Buster Keaton, who has been making a series of comedies for Metro release. Keaton is now in New York whither he was reported to have gone to make final arrangements for his marriage to Miss Natalie Talmadge. It is believed that he will continue to produce in Los Angeles. PREPARING SECOND WALSH PICTURE Final scenes of "Serenade," the R. A. Walsh production, have been taken on the Brunton lot and the film is to be titled and edited simultaneously with the preparation of the script of "Kindred of the Dust," the next Walsh production. Miriam Cooper, who played the leading female roles in "The Oath," and "Serenade," will also be the heroine in the next R. A. Walsh production. FIRST KIRKWOOD FEATURE READY The first of the Lasky productions featuring James Kirkwood has been shipped to New York and will be released shortly for a Broadway showing. "The Wise Fool," developed from Sir Gilbert Parker's "The Money Master," is the title of this Paramount picture, which was directed by George Melford. PHIL HURN SCENARIST Philip H. Hum is responsible for the continuity of the current Rockett picture, "Handle with Care." The play was reconstructed for the screen from a Charles Belmont Davis story, "All the Men Who Would Die for Her." Katherine MacDonald's last picture made for First National release by the Ambassador Pictures Corporation is to be titled "Sticks and Stones." The working title was "Man's Game." Actual shooting upon her next, "Peachie," will commence next week. BARTHELMESS FORMS INDEPENDENT COMPANY WALLACE MACDONALD Who Plays the Son in "The Sage Hen' Casts of the Week Universal "THE MASCOTTE OF THE THREE STAR' Directed bv Jack Ford CAST Hoot Gibson Byron Munson Dorothea Wolbert Clara Horton J. Farrell McDonald Francis Ford Buck Conners Wni. Robert Daly Jim Corey Charles Newton Ed Jones Universal "CONFLICT" Directed by Stuart I'aton CAST Priscilla Dean Herbert Rawlinson Edward Connelly Hector Sarno Martha Mattox L. C. Shumway Sam Allen C. E. Anderson Milt Brown Bill Gillis Universal "CHRISTINE OF THE YOUNG HEART" Directed by I..ee Kohl mar CAST Gladys Walton Hugh Saxon William Worthington Frederick Vogeding Kirke Lucas Freeman Wood Milton Markwell The DeBriac Twins Robert Dunbar Dwight Crittenden Leigh Wyant Ola Norman Jean DeBriac Border Feature Film Corporation "THE ONLY GIRL" Directed by Harry Moody Grant Merrill Peggy Parkan T. C. Jack Wesley Warner "Buck" Wallace Rex Thorpe (Continued on Page 8) Richard Barthelmess, following in the footsteps of Charles Ray, Charles Chaplin and others, is the latest screen luminary to join the ranks of independent stars. He has left the fold of D. W. Griffith to "go on his own," and under contracts just signed will release his independent productions through Associated First National. Negotiations for the organization of the new independent producing company with Barthelmess as its stellar attraction have just been concluded by Charles H. Duell, Jr. The company, which will be known as Inspiration Pictures, Inc., has been capitalized at $1,500,000. Under the terms Barthelmess will be starred by the company for two years. Work on the first production is expected to start presently. AT THE ROACH STUDIO The Ruth Roland company has resumed work on the location set called "The Indian Village," where some "shots" are now being taken for the forthcoming Ruth Roland serial. Harold Lloyd's last picture was run off in final previ<>\v recently. The releasing title is "I Do." The star will start work next week on a comedy, the working title of which will be announced later. Mildred Davis will play opposite him. Production started this week on a convict story for Harry "Snub" Pollard. Marie Mosquini will play the feminine lead. Erie Kenton, directing the fifth Gaylor Lloyd picture in the "Uncle Luke" series, expects to conclude the comedy within a few days. AT METRO Bayard Veiller is about to begin work on his second feature production in which Viola Dana will be starred. Actual filming of the picture will be started as soon as Miss Dana completes work in her f orthcoming production, "The Match Breaker." Mr. Veiller's new production is from the pen of Frank R. Adams and has been tentatively re-titled, "Under the Sour Apple Tree." Bert Lytell and members of his company are at Glendale, shooting exteriors for his Franz Molnar story, "A Trip to Paradise," which June Mat his adapted for the screen. Maxwell Karger is directing the production. AT UNIVERSAL Robert Thornby has been selected to direct Harry Carey in his first Jewel feature, which will be started within a week. The story selected for Carey is "Bransford of Rainbow Ridge," from the pen of Eugene Manlove Rhodes. Marie Prevost's first starring vehicle will be "The Butterfly," an original story by Percival Wilde. "Kissed," the Arthur Somers Roche story, will probably follow. Work will start immediately upon the star's arrival from New York. Carmel Myers is at work on "The Black Cap," an original narrative by Wadsworth Camp. Jack Conway, who has recently directed her in "The Scarlet Shawl," is again guilding her before the camera. Hoot Gibson has begun his first five-reel feature, "The Mascotte of the Three Star," by J. Allen Dunn. Jack Ford is directing. The first step toward the production of. "Conflict," Priscilla Dean's forthcoming super-feature, has been taken, for the star Continued on Page 8