Camera (May 1922-April 1923)

Page Four 'The Digest of the Motion Ficture Industry" CAMERA 1 Film Capital Prodviction Notes PERFECTION OF STEREOSCOPIC EXHIBITION The Perfect Picture Company have finished their ail-star feature production, "The Power of Love," a story of the early days of romantic California. Such well known players as Barbara Bedford, Elliott Sparling and Noah Beery will be shown in conjunction with their method of stereoscopic exhibition which they have perfected and are now ready to show in a commercial way. Their new idea of exhibition has been shown to several leading film factors who have been amazed at the wonderful realistic effects that the screen shows with the perfect stereoscopic method. An exhibition and preview will be given for the public in Los Angeles within the next few weeks and will then be road showed throughout the country, in the bigger theaters. LASKY TO FILM FRENCH PLAY The announcement has come from the Famous-Players Lasky studio that it will produce a film version of Andre Pascal's medical play, "The Caducee," a play that caused a great sensation in London and Paris. Gus Inglis returned from New York bringing with him a contract for Florence Vidor, who i.s to appear in a series of four special pictures to be released through Associated Exhibitors, Inc. Included in the stories which Miss Vidor will make is an adaptation of a well known stage play. Production of the new series will start about September 1st at the Vidor studios. Penrhyn Stanlaws plans to begin his new Paramount production, "Singed Wings," August 7th, and is now engaged in active preparations for the photoplay, which is an adaptation by E. A. Bingham of the story by Kathryn Newlin Burt. R. A. Walsh's first Goldwyn production will be "Passions of the Sea." It will be produced on a large scale in the South Sea Islands. Congressman M. W. Howard will rest a bit before undertaking to start production on his second big Southern drama, "Peggy Ware." This will require several weeks of location shooting in the mountains of Alabama, in Chattanooga, and other southern points. Elsie Ferguson arrived in New York last week from Europe. Her next picture for Famous Players will be "Outcast," which will be made in the East. "The Lonely Road" will be the next Preferred Pictures' production for Associated First National, w'ith Katherine MacDonald in the star role. Max Linder, the famous French comedian, plunged right into the big tank of producing a nine-reel super-production, which will occupy his undivided attention for a whole year at his new studios at Nice. Jack London's whirlwind action romance of the sea, "Tales of the Fish Patrol," will be filmed at Universal City as a series of eight two-reel he-man dramas. The star has not yet been announced by Irving G. Thalberg, director-general of Universal City. Lee Moran and Betty May will probably make a comedy for Century while in New York. Mios May will meet Moran in New York, after the cross-country trip. IVc are not anhamed of our tears ichen Irene Rich plays tag with our heart striiujs. f)he mat/ be numbered with the great emotional axtresses of the screen. Laurette Taylor, with her husband, J. Hartley Manners, author of the famous stage success, arrived from New York to make her screen debut in the same role which brought her Intel-national fame on the stage. Metro is to produce "Peg o' My Heart" and the noted actress is to start work next week at the Metro studios. Miss Taylor will remain in Los Angeles for at least eight weeks, and possibly longer, in case she decides to do another picture. Upon her return to New York in the fall Miss Taylor will appear in a stage version of "Humoresque." Jack Conway is preparing to make another Herbert Rawlinson success at Universal City. A short time ago he directed Rawlinson in "Don't Shoot," a smashing underworld story. The new vehicle for the Conway-Rawlinson combination is Victor Bridges' novel, "Another Man's Shoes," which Arthur Statter has adapted. Hampton Del Ruth is now a producer in his own right and has plans for giving his niece, Audrey Chapman, famous as a screen beauty and artists' model, her first opportunity to touch the goal of cinema stardom. Neither Mr. Del Ruth or Miss Chapman has confirmed this rumor yet. PALMER TO PRODUCE The Palmer Photoplay Corporation has announced its intention of entering production and distribution on a large scale. The company plans to film meritorious works of unknown authors and share with them whatever royalties may accrue from the ultimate distribution of their product. The statement issued gave no details regarding the new plan other than to merely state that it was in contemplation. Part of it discussed an alleged monopoly which throttled the efforts of those imaginative persons who had turned toward writing for the screen, saying that: "notwithstanding that prominent figures in the industry have publicly proclaimed the need for fresh story imagination, the contributor who accepted the implied invitation faced an almost impregnable wall when he offered his work to the editor of the coterie within these same studios." The old production team of McConville and Flynn from the west is to be revived at Foxville, where Bernie McConville and Emmet Flynn will again renew activities, this time writing and producing at least one story with Bill Farnuni as the star. They have not yet given out what they will do. They will be remembered for their performance of "A Connecticut Yankee." Bernie has just finished some work on the Metro ranch, among which was the continuity on "Quincy Adams Sawyer." Paul Gerson, president, and H. C. Weaver, general manager, of the Paul Gerson Pictures Corporation of San Francisco, are in Los Angeles this week on business connected with the production activities of the company. They will confer with the heads of the R-C organization upon matters concerning the production of five-reel features for release through Film Booking Ollices of America, Inc. ELINOR GLYN STORY IN PREPARATION Violet Clark, photo-playwright, has been engaged by the Goldwyn Pictures corporation to make the screen adaptation of Elmer Glyn's original story, "Six Days," recently purchased. Miss Clark has just returned to the coast from New York, where she combined vacation and business. Some of the scenes of "Six Days" will be made in Italy. The director has not been announced. Harry Rapf, producing for Warner Brothers, is in receipt of a letter from Charles G. Norrie, author of "Brass," which is to be the next Harry Rapf production for Warner Brothers. He states that the proposed treatment of the story for the screen meets with his approval and as soon as production starts he will come to Los Angeles. Albert W. Hale is going to Birmingham to make some two-reel comedies for the International Moving Picture and Film company of Memphis and Birmingham, Tenn. He announces that they are open for good cameramen. The second of the Darling comedies has just been completed by LTniversal. Lewis Sargent and Julia Brown have the stellar roles. The comedies comprise twelve onereelers.