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

Record Details:

Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

Page Ten Weekly Wake-'Em-Up— CAMERA'S News Section CAMERA ! Resorts to Paper Work to Save Prestige Patience and perseverance always will be rewarded, even if the outlook sometimes grows dark and dreary. This is the opinion of Jack Prendergast, who several months ago gave up a promising career on the legitimate stage in San Francisco, to enter motion picture work in Hollywood. Jack could have done almost unlimited work as an extra, or bit player. He felt, though, that his years of experience on the stage and his success as a juvenile, in legitimate, entitled him to something better than apprenticeship works, and didn't accept it. Several days ago Jack's friends along the boulevard and in the studios began to wonder where he had gone; for some time they didn't see his smiling face. His father came to Hollywood from the Bay City— Dad is Thomas F. Prendergast, a prominent judge of the northern city — and finally succeeded in locating the son, who had been working on a newspaper, for a small salary, rather than lower his prestige by accepting cheap work in pictures. Now Jack and his dad are chumming around together, and the boy feels sure that within a very short time arrangements will he made, perhaps through the organization of an independent producing company, if necessary, whereby he will get the chance to do screen work commensurate with the thespic experience he has had, as well as his acting ability. COMEDY STAR TO FILM AT FAIR IN HOME TOWN Al St. John has beecn presented with the keys of the city of S;tnta Ana, his own home town, for the week when the Orange County fair is in session there this fall. His fellow townsmen want their cinema prodigy to come there and make a comedy built around the annual fall festival, and Al has already taken the matter up with General Manager Sol Wurtzel of the Fox studios, and it looks as if the entire St. John company would be camping out at the Orange County metropolis during the run of the exposition. Fox is gradually acquiring quite a menagerie and Al is planning to take a number of fourfooted stars with him to his home town for the "County Fair" film. Extremes of Fashion. While Ralph Lewis is wearing some very dilapidated and shopworn clothes in his featured role in "Born of a Cyclone?* Vera Lewis, who in private life is Mrs. Ralph Lewis, is appearing in stunning creations valued at thousands of dollars in her role of the fashionable society woman in "The Marriage Market." TRYING TO SPARE THE n ELUDED ASPIRANTS Each year thousands of young people leave their homes and journey to Hollywood, California, in the hope that they will find opportunities in the motion picture industry. Some are successful, but the majority are not suited to the work and spend their money in vain. It remained for an advertising man, Frederick F. Paul, of 521 H oiling s worth Building, Los Angeles, to see that screen aspirants could be put in touch with motion picture directors, before coming to the film colony, and to bring this about, the Motion Picture Intelligencer was established. In this publication, which is circulated among the motion picture directors, are reproduced the photographs and qualifications of screen aspirants from all over the country. If any of these seem to afford likely material for casting in any forthcoming productions, they are notified that there may Ik an opportunity for them ; but, as only a small number can possibly interest the directors, those that seem to have little in their favor are notified that it would be useless for them to come to Hollywood, and thus are saved the expense and disappointment t hat would otherwise be theirs. YOUNG "SLAVED ON HIS VACATION TRIP Richard P. Young, whose main purpose in life is to write comedies and titles, recently took several days off to make a short trip into the Big Bear country with Hob Dillon, now writtng a forthcoming serial. Their purpose vvas to secure some location stills. "I looked on the photographic work as a man-sized job," said Young, back in Hollywood, "but when Hob's Ford balked on a mountain grade, we did more than labor — we slaved. "And the worst of it: My friends >x\\\ ask me if I enjoyed ;w.V 'Meal ion." Barrymore Coming Soon. To portray the leading feminine role in the John Barrymore picture, "Beau Brummel," the Warner Brothers, through an arrangement with Paramount, secured the services of Mary Astor. Mr. Barrymore is expected to arrive from New V'ork about September 1st. at which time everything will be in readiness to film the Clyde Fitch play. Harry Beaumont, who recently completed the picturization of Belasco's play, "The Gold Diggers," will direct the Barrymore film. Dorothy Farnum is preparing the screen story. Archie Mayo at Fox. Archie Mayo is a new addition to the comedy directorial staff of the William Fox West Coast studios. Hollywood. Mr. Mayo's first work will be to complete a Sunshine comedy commenced a week ago by Director Tom Buckingham, who was suddenly called to New York to finish a picture started by Bernard Durning, suddenly incapacitated by illness. MULHALL AND PAL LINE LEAD IN COHNS NEXT With Jack Mulhall and Pauline Garon in the leading roles. Harry Cohn. general manager of the Waldorf studios, has completed the cast for "The Marriage Market," an Evelyn B. Campbell novelette which will be made into a six reel feature for C. B. C. release. Among the notables chosen are Shannon Day, Vera Lewis, Marc Robbins, Kate Lester, Maymc Kelso and Jean de Briac. "The Marriage Market" will be produced on a lavish scale under the direction of Fdward J. Lc Saint. "Forgive and Forget" has just beecn completed at the Waldorf studios under the direction of Howard Mitchell, with Wyndham Standing. Pauline Garon, Philo McCullough, Josef Swickard, Vernon Steel. Lionel Belmore, Estelle Taylor and William Scott. Harry Cohn is conducting a nation wide scenario contest to get scripts which can be released under the titles "Innocence" and "Pal o' Mine." The production of these two will follow "The Marriage Market." FORMER OPERATIC STAR IN GRAF PRODUCTION William T. Carleton, who was noted for years as a leading operatic baritone, both in this country and abroad before he gave up his career to become a motion picture player, has been engaged for an important role in "Half-a-Dollar Bill," which is to be made by Graf Productions of San Francisco. Camera work will start at the San Mateo studios on Monday. Other members of the cast already engaged by Supervising Director Max Graf, are Anna Q. Nilsson, Mitchell Lewis. Raymond Hatton, George McQuarrie, and five-yearold Frankie Darrow. Andre Barlatier, who photographed "Earthbound," and other important productions, has been engaged as chief cinematographer, and R. L. Selander will handle the second camera. Richard E. Sibley will be technical director for the production. Director W. S. Van Dyke and Assistant Director Leigh Smith, have already arrived here from Hollywood and the members of the cast are expected momentarily. LA MOTTE BECOMES AN EXECUTIVE OF IIEPNER Ira J. La Motte, manager of the Shubert-Belasco Theater in Washington. D. C, for the past two seasons, and one of the best known men in the United States, has severed his connection and moved to Los Angeles, where he has accepted a very attractive offer from Wm. Hepner, Inc. He will have direct charge of the company's business in California with the Motion Picture and Theatrical Producers. Mr. La Motte will be the secretary and treasurer of William Hepner, Inc., of California, which as a result of studio work in Hollywood and other California points, has rapidly outgrown the original New York offices. This Newcomer Learns Auto Laws Another motion picture player comes from the East to find that autoists can't speed over the California highway and get away with it. Bebe Daniels discovered that fact and went to jail for ten days. Then Maurice Canon, the French actor who went to the coast to play in "Trilby.'' ran afoul the same judge who put Bebe in durance vile. The latest film celebrity to get nailed by John Law is Ben Lyon, well known stage and screen portrayer of juvenile roles. who came west last week to play aifl important role in First National's "Flaming Youth." On his first Sunday in Calif or-J nia, Lyon motored to Riverside. Driving past a hotel there he was held up by a L'nited States Army officer, a member of the reception staff of the French general, Henri Joseph Gouraud. who requested the actor to drive the fa-* mous general to the railroad sta* tion. The general's chauffeur was missing, the officer explained, and it was necessary for the visitor tea make a train leaving in a few minutes. Lyon was told to fori get all speeed laws, and he did. Leaving the general at the train, Lyon continued toward Los Angeles. Having got the spirit of the thing, he kept his foot way down on the accelerator and then ran smack into a motorcycle cop. Explanation and excuses were useless. Lyon was handed before a magistrate and ponied up to the tune of $25. NEW COMPANY TAKES OVER JACCARD STUDld Jack Glavey and his associates] in the newly formed Hollywood Enterprises have taken over the studio on Lankershim Boulevard, directly opposite Universal City, which has formerly been used T>y Jacques Jaccard. The studio will henceforth be known as the McNamara studio, after J. J. McNamara. well known cx-dctective of Los Angeles, who is vice-president of the concern, and it will house the units which are now in the shaping. Already plans are under way tcii' broaden the scope of activity as recently announced by the con-, cern. In addition to the comedy unit which will star Eddie Gribbon in 2-reelers, a feature company is now projected. Negotiations are under way. looking toward signing Mary Anderson as leading woman for the first production. Charles O. Cecil has been engaged as art direcor. George D. Gould, former trade paper editor, will direct the advertising and publicity for the new concern.