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

(AMERA! Weekly Wake-'Em-Up— CAMERA'S News Section Page Thirteen COLLEGIANS VANQUISHING BRAINLESS FLAPPER " 1ICKF0RD CAST IS NEARLY ALL COMPLETE Three more players were i Jed this week to the cast of ' alley of the Wolf," Jack Pickfd's forthcoming production, lning of which will be begun i thin a few days. The players cast were Frank ligh, Ralph Yearsley, and ' ammy" Peters. Miss Peters 1 1] portray the role of a colored ' ammy" in this story of the ] ntucky hills. Leigh has been (it as the heavy and Yearsley \ II enact the role of a stupid ( intry boy. >ucille Ricken, one of the ; iingest leading women of the f een, has been engaged to play 1; romantic feminine lead op] site Jack. The Pickford Company will 1 ve this week for Boulder ( eek Canyon, where the ex1 ior scenes for the picture will 1 taken. The picture will be i ide almost entirely out of < ors as there are only a few i erior scenes. Harry Oliver, art designer, ■ 10 built the sets for "Behind i i Door" and "Below the Sur1 :e," and other screen suc( sses, is designing the sets for . ck's new picture. George Hill, ' 10 made Jack Boyle's "The ] ughter of Mother McGinn" for i i screen, will direct Jack. In dition to the cast and produc n staff, Jack will be aceom; nied on location by his wife, irilyn Miller. RECTOR USES PLANE TO TRANSPORT ACTORS The first use of airplanes to Try actors to and from work, ' ts inaugurated Monday by Ed n Carewe, who is now direct: ? "The Bad Man," from First '. itional. Because Holbrook Blinn and tarles A. Sellon, who are aparing in the stage version of e play at a local theater, had be back in Los Angeles each ening, Carewe is utilizing two •planes daily to take them to d from location south of ikersfield. Every morning at 7:30 o'clock irewe, Blinn and Sellon in two anes "hop off" from the Jgers Airport and land just uth of the mountains near ikersfield. They return each ening about 5:30. Next week flights will blade to the Mojave desert. infusion in Names Camera! was in error in a rent issue when it stated that ed LeBerthon had been aplinted press agent for Rain>w Valley, a new sub-division )w enjoying a realty boom. It as not Ted at all, but instead is J. L. LeBerthon, who is Jry efficiently handling the lblicity relative to this attracve land deal. The day of the brainless flapper in the movies is past. With brains plus good looks at a premium, college girls are now gaining a foothold in the world of photoplays. One of the newest college recruits to distinguish herself is Adelaide Heilbron, whose success offers strong encouragement for scores of college girls who aspire to be future scenario and continuity writers for the screen. Adelaide Heilbron is a Seattle girl and lived in that city practically all of her life. Her father is a well known newspaper editor. Following preparation at private schools, Miss Heilbron went to Smith College, where she edited the college paper and won honors in English subjects. Her first experience in motion pictures was when she went to New York as a member of the titling staff of Famous Players. MISS VALLI FINISHES IN "LADY OF QUALITY" After twelve strenuous weeks of work, Virginia Valli has completed her starring role in "A Lady of Quality," the UniversalJewel Special which Hobart Henley directed, and she is now preparing to leave for Chicago, her home city, for a brief rest. During the taking of the picture Miss Valli lost some pounds of weight, owing, she says, to the "stays" and other sartorial implements of torture which milady of olden days affected for the purpose of having her gowns fit in practically silhouette style. With some twenty of these close fitting "moulds," the majority made of velvet and similar materials, comprising her wardrobe, Miss Valli had everything but a cool time working under glaring suns on location. The star will leave for Chicago accompanied by the parents of her husband, Demarest Lamsou, within a few days, and upon returning is promised a choice of several plays for her next production. The visit marks her first trip East in two years. Director Laurence Trimble has completed the final scenes for Stiongheart's next starring vehicle, temporarily titled "The Phantom Pack," and will begin cutting it at once. The greater part of this picture was taken in Canada, at Banff and Lake Louise, and those who have seen the rushes declare Trimble has the greatest dog race scenes ever photographed as a punch in this new picture. It is an original story by Trimble and Jane Murfin. Trimble plans to take a few days vacation and then start work on the interiors for Jack London's "White Fang," which will be Strongheart's next picture after "The Pack." She made a careful study of the technique of photoplay construction with a view to becoming a continuity writer, and having shown marked ability in titling and editing pictures, she was engaged to go west with Edwin Carewe to write the continuity for "Mighty Lak' a Rose." The capable manner in which she handled this story led to her being chosen to prepare the continuity for "The Girl of the Golden West," which has proven to be one of the most successful pictures of the screen. Miss Heilbron recently signed a contract to write continuities for Associated First National Pictures, Inc., and is now at the United Studios, Hollywood, preparing the screen version of "The Swamp Angel," a romantic story by Richard Connell. This picture is to be made by First National within the next few weeks. "TIGER ROSE" COMPANY WILL GO TO YOSEMITE For the filming of "Tiger Rose" which is soon to go into production for the Warner Brothers under the direction of Sidney Franklin, it will be necessary to send a fleet of motor trucks to Northern California, a trip of six or seven hundred miles. Besides the necessary provisions, camping equipment, etc., a portable generator of sufficient capacity to provide lights on "location" will make the trip. The location site selected is 150 miles north of Yosemite Valley and is accessible only by a road as rough and rugged as the country itself. Director Franklin himself selected the site after a week of exploration on horseback. It is promised that the picture will be a masterpiece for scenic plendor and natural beauty. Lenore Ulric will head a notable cast which includes Theodore Von Elrz, Claude Gillingwater, Joseph Dowiing, Forrest Stanley and Sam De Grasse. Nita Naldi Arrives Nita Naldi recently arrived at Paramount's West Coast studio from New York to begin work in one of the featured roles in Cecil B. De Mille's elaborate production of "The Ten Commandments," by Jeanie Macpherson. Miss Naldi will share honors with Theodore Roberts, Leatrice Joy, Richard Dix, Charles de Roche, Estelle Taylor, Rod LaRocque, Julia Faye, James Neill and Edythe Chapman in this Paramount Picture. Paul Iribe is the art director of this production and Bert Glennon is in charge of the photography assisted by Edward S. Curtis, J. P. Marley, Frederick Westerbert, Archie Stout and Donald Biddle Keyes. Melford Starts THE HUNTRESS" NOW BEING EDITED Production was completed this week on "The Huntress," a First National picture, starring Colleen Moore. The film is now in the hands of the editors. "The Huntress," which is a film version of Hulbert Footner's famous story of the same title, was directed by Lynn Reynolds. It is a comedy drama of the west, but unusual inasmuch as it is a "western" without a cowboy, pinto pony, or mounted policeman. Six weeks was consumed in the making of this brilliant comedy of the great outdoors. Its exterior scenes were taken in one of the most picturesque spots of the California high Sierras, in the "Switzerland of America" amid the lakes and peaks of the Mammoth Lake district. "The Huntress" promises to be one of the most sprightly screen comedy dramas ever filmed with the west as a background. It tells a simple story, yet plausible, dramatic and highly entertaining. Its story centers about a vivacious white girl, who is brought up as an Indian and then, when learning that she is white, sets out to win a husband by kidnaping a youth from the city. Colleen Moore portrayed the role of the Indian girl and Lloyd Hughes the part of the city boy. Other members of the brilliant cast are Russell Simpson, Walter Long, Wilfred Lucas, Charles E. Anderson and Wilfred North. HOLU3AR WILL GLOBE TROT FOR A YEAR "The Wandering Jew" will have nothing on Allen Holubar, well known producer, during the coming year, during which he is under contract to make four big special productions for Metro. Each one of the plays selected calls lor a trip far from Hollywood. His first feature will take him on location to Dixieland, his second to a South Sea isle, his third to Alaska and his fourth to South America. Holubar is determined to make each of the stories on the original locations described by the author, and in most instances he will save money by making the trips, because it will be less expensive than building the "sels" that would be required at the Metro studios. Mayne With Melford Eric Mayne, who is just concluding an engagement in support of Mabel Normand in "The Extra Girl," under Richard F. Jones' direction, has been engaged by George Melford to play a leading role in "The Light That Failed," which will be £lmed at the Lasky studios here. "Phantom Pack" Finished