Camera - April 14, 1923 to February 16, 1924 (April 1923-February 1924)

Page Six 'The Digest of the Motion Picture Industry" CAME I 4 San Francisco, Cal., June 25, 1923— The Fox company with James Flood directing, and William Russel as the featured lead, shot some scenes on Market Street last Monday, and Tuesday worked on the docks, and departed for Los Angeles by train Tuesday evening. Milton Gardner, Vice-president of Goldwyn, came to San Francisco last Thursday morning, and spent several days here looking over the work of the two Goldwyn companies now shooting in our midst. While in town Mr. Gardner visited the Victor Seastrom outfit working on location near HalfMoon Bay, and Eric Von Stroheim just starting his fourth month of work on the big made-to-order set at Hayes and Laguna Streets. And he also saw some of the lately finished film of "Greed," with which he was much pleased. James Cruze and thirty members of the cast and staff engaged in making "Ruggles of Red Gap" for the Famous Players-Lasky company, arrived in San Francisco last last Saturday morning, spent the day at the Palace Hotel, and left in the evening for Eureka on location. Among the leading members of the organization are Ernest Torrence, Fritzi Ridgeway, Anna Lehr, Lois Wilson, Edward Everett Horton, and Charles Elliott. Vernon Keys is assistant director and Karl Brown is head cameraman. Metro has also been represented in San Francisco the past week, as Harold Shaw, director, and seven others just starting the filming of "Held To Answer" from a story by Peter Clark McFarlane came to town last Thursday morning. Nate Watt is assistant director, Andre Barlabier at the camera, and House Peters is being featured. The picture will be an eight-reel special, and the leading feminine role has not yet been cast. While here they, with the help of some dozen local extra people did some two days of work on an Alameda ferry boat travelling back and forth across the Bay, also some scenes in Oakland, and at the Oakland Hotel. They returned to Los Angeles Saturday evening and will begin work at the studio on Monday morning. Speaking of ferry boats, going to sea on San Francisco harbor seems to have suddenly become very much the fashion, for Eric Von Stroheim, most of his cast, and Casts of the Week Warner Brothers Present Wesley Barry in "THE COUNTRY KID" By Julien Josephson William Beaudine, Director CAST Wesley Barry Helen Jerome Eddy Bruce Gueriu "Spec" O'Donnell KateToncray George Nichols Edward Burns Universal Presents Gladvs Walton In "THE WILD PARTY" By Marion Orth Scenarized by Hugh Hoffman Herbert Blache, Director CAST Gladys Walton Edward Burns Freeman Wood Lewis Sargent George A. Williams Esther Ralston Joseph Girard Paramount Presents • RUGGLES OF RED GAP" By Harry Leon Wilson Adapted By Thomas Geraghty James Cruze, Director CAST Edward Horton Ernest Torrence Lois Wilson Fritzi Ridgway Charles Ogle Louise Dresser Lillian Leighton William P. Austin Anna Lehr Frank Elliott Guy Oliver Thomas Holding Milt Brown some fifteen extras, also spent two days las week sailing back and forth to Alameda vi a ferry boat, and still have another day' work ahead of them on the beautiful water of the Bay. All the company rather regarde this part of the picture as a lark, and a the company from Von Stroheim himself t Frank, the property boy, lunched togethe perched up on stools in the lunch room t the boat, and enjoyed the fresh air, and th beauty of the battleship dotted harbor In tween shots. As on Friday, both .Metro an Goldwyn were working at once, only on di ferent boats of the same line, they colli wave at each other now and then as the passed by. A. H. Sebastian, of the lielasco 1'iodtn tion, and George W. Davis of the New Yor end of the organization, have been in Lo Angeles the past week completing some in portant arrangements for the company. ■ Victor Seastrom, director, and the dolt wyn company working with him in the mat iug of Hall Caine's "Master of Men.'' hav finished their location work here, and let for the South on Friday evening. The! second and last week of work here seeraeto be dogged with so many misfortunes tha Jimmie Hogan, production manager, threat! ened if much more happened to go jump i) the Bay himself. First of all the sun was w>i well behaved, and refused to shine sever* days when needed; then Charles Yon En get their head cameraman, trying to get son* shots' just at sunrise at Half-Moon Bay slipped on the rocks, and sprained his ankle the property man had an infected toot, aw last but not least. Palsy Ruth Miller retiret to bed with bronchitis, but in spite of delay they at last got finished up. and our friew Jimmie wasn't quite driven to a water; grave. Joan Standing, who has been playini "Silena" in "Greed," has finished her par in the picture and left for Los Angeles 01 Friday evening. Frank Hayes is also don(Continued on Page 22) Along Ne\v York's Rialto By Raymond McKee Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McKee are leaving New York City to settle in Hollywood. Ray has a log cabin on Cherokee Avenue all furnished with wild animal skins and rustic things from all parts of the globe. So there they will live until his tenants vacate from his bungalow. It will be Mrs. McKee's first visit to the land of flowers. She was Marguerite Courtot. Remember? Eva Tanguay, the cyclonic comedienne, is wearing mourning over the death of her dog. Miss Tanguay's "Baby" croaked in Omaha while she was playing on the Orpheum Circuit. The dog's heart has been sealed up in a jar of alcohol, and his skin is being stuffed by a taxidermist. The lady is overwhelmed with grief. The Court has given Mrs. Locklear, wife of Omer Locklear, the late daredevil aviator, permission to bring new action by serving an amended complaint within twenty days. The Fox Company filed a motion for the courts to dismiss the suit for $50,000 which Ruby Graves Locklear brought shortly after her husband met his death while performing in an aeroplane for the Fox Film Corporation in Hollywood. Bessie Barriscale has closed her season and come back to New York for a rest before leaving for the Pacific Coast. Michael J. Connelley, formerly casting director for the Cosmopolitan Studios, has opened offices of his own at 140 West 44th Street under the name of the New York Casting Office. He has already cast principals for some of the biggest productions now in the making. Tyrone Power will play an important part in "The Day of Faith" which Tod Browning is to direct for Goldwyn. Herbert Corthell and Walter Catlett have been engaged for important roles in "Second Youth," which Distinctive Pictures has put in production as a feature vehicle for Alfred Lunt and Mimi Palmeri. Sherry Hall, a real "Native Son" of Erln| is cutting his latest special for Distinct!* Pictures. Sherry is kept busy these dayt between directing pictures and listening ovei the radio he must find time to sing, at leas once each night, "Lady of the Evening." Be lieve me the "old kid's" clevah. The general approval with which the pre* and screen public have received the filn "Main Street," has won for it the distinctioi of a second week's showing at the Straw Theatre. Credit for this goes to Harry Beau mont, for his capable direction and a gow cast which includes Monte Blue, Alan Hale Harry Myers, and Florence Vidor. On July 1st the Green Room Club wil "move from its home in West 47th Street ti its new home in West 48th Street, near FifU Avenue. The Actors' Order of Friendshljl owns the present quarters which will be use< for restaurant purposes. Warner Oland won his suit for $6,000 froo (Continued on Page 20)