Exhibitor's Trade Review (May-Aug 1925)

August 29, 1925 Page 23 PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS Gloria Swanson's Greatest Performance, Paramount Claims, is Given in Allan Dwan's "The Cost of Folly." These Three Glimpses of Her Latest Characterization Shou Her as "Polly anna," the Girl, and the Girl's Mother. GEORGE FITZMAURICE has completed production of "The Dark Angel," for Samuel Goldwyn presentation through First National. BESS MEREDYTH, scenarist for "Ben Hur" as well as a long line of released successes, will adapt John Barrymore's "Don Juan" for Warners. * * # SCENES FOR Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "The Big Parade" were filmed at the Sawtelle Soldiers Home, near Santa Monica, Cal. This is the King Vidor war picture from Laurence Stallings' original. EDITH ROBERTS and Wallace MacDonald head the cast of the SpitzerJones released, "Heir-Looms" which Pathe will release. IRVING CUMMINGS will direct "Caesar's Wife," Corinne Griffith's next for First National. AL GREEN is to direct "Spanish Sunlight," with Barbara La Marr and Lewis Stone, for First National. EVELYN BRENT is at work on "Three Wise Crooks," for F. B. O., under Harmon Weight's direction. * ♦ ♦ FIFTEEN THOUSAND inhabitants of Dublin, Ireland, took such an enthusiastic interest in watching Tom Meighan work, or try to work, in the streets, that try to work was all he did. * * * FRED THOMSON, F. B. O. star, made his first "personal appearance" in the San Francisco Greater Movie Season parade. * * * JAMES J. JEFFRIES. Ad Wolgast and Tommy Ryan, all ring champions in their time, have been cast in Warners' "Hogan's Alley." ^ * % DOUGLAS GILMORE, actor, and a cousin to Lewis Stone, has joined the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stock. * * * BEN CARRE, technical director, and William Koenier, studio manager and former Minneapolis exhibitor, have joined the Warner production staff. FRANK CAMPEAU has begun work at the head of the cast of picturesque Bret Harte characters supporting Harry Carey in his latest Hunt Stromberg production, "The Idyll of Red Gulch." Stromberg has signed an all-character cast to portray the Colonel Starbottle, Old Man Frisbeand John Falloner that Bret Harte made famous in the story of early Sacremento and the gold fields. * * * HENRY B. WALTHALL has finished his work in "Simon the Jester,"' Frances Marion's production for Pro-Die-Co., directed by George Melford and will start with B. P. Schulberg as the idealistic father of the hero in "The Plastic Age." Ruth Stonehouse, who is playing in the J. A. Fitzgerald Production, "The Wives of the Prophet." GLADYS BROCKWELL has been signed by Frank Lloyd to play one of the featured roles in "The Splendid Road," this producer's next film for First National release. Miss Brockwell has just finished "El Pasado," a Mexican story made by Sanford Productions, at F. B. O. $ $ $ DALLAS FITZGERALD has mst completed the direction of "Tpss;p" from the story "Tessie and the Little Sap." AL ROGELL is making twin pictures for Universal in Deadwood, South Dakota. One of these is a modern story titled "Red Hot Leather," the other is a period story dated in 1876 — both starring Jack Hoxie. Rogell is author, as well as director, of both productions. JACK CUNNINGHAM, well known as the adaptor of "The Covered Wagon," and "Don Q" has just been signed by United Artists for its various producing units. Cunningham recently completed an adaptation of "The Barrier" for M-G-M and also the initial treatment of "The Black Pirate," Fairbanks' next. MAUDE FULTON, author and star of "The Huming Bird" and "The Brat," has been added to the staff of Warner Bros, and is to devote all her time and talents to the writing of screen stories. CLYDE COOK, directed by Stan Laurel, has finished his latest Hal Roach comedy under the supervision of F. Richard Jones. H. M. Walker has conferred the highly poetic title of "Moonlight and Noses" upon the pioauction. NORMAN DAWN, director and cinematographic expert, has been signed by Universal Pictures corporation. Dawn wi.l act in an advisory capacity on matters of production and photography. WILLIAM RUSSELL has completed his starring role in "The Still Alarm" which Eddie Laemmle directed for Universal. Aside from the suffering caused by several minor burns incurred during a thrilling rescue scene, Russell lost ten pounds during the filming of the picture. ♦ ♦ ■ ♦ MARSHALL NEILAN has signed Bobby Agnew for one of the starring roles in "Up and Down" which he will direct for M-G-M. ♦ ♦ ♦ VIRGINIA BROWN FAIRE has completed her leading feminine role opposite Hoot Gibson in "The Calgary Stampede" which was filmed in Canada. She has been assigned one of the stellar roles in "His People' 'which Ted Sloman is directing for Universal.