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THE THEATRICAL FIELD 553 RAVEN HA 1476 Broadway ASSURES MAXIMUM RESULTS IN PROJECTION AND CONSERVES THE OBSERVER'S EYES Literature and Samples on Request Raven Screen Corporation New York city, n. y. [33] BIGGER THAN BARIUM'S (F.B.O.) A tale of the circus containing some thrills, much hokum, and the regulation clinch at the end. Viola Dana and George O'Hara as a team of wire walkers, Ralph Lewis as a highwire artist who tumbles from his lofty perch, being pathetically crippled thereby, and Ralph Ince, who also directed, as a strong man. [34] HOLD THAT LIOIS! (Paramount) This month, I feel that I must sing the praises of Douglas MacLean, who, in his latest comedy, pursues a globe-trotting young lady all around the world, to return a handkerchief she dropped in New York. He catches up with her in South Africa, and that's where the lion comes in. Mr. MacLean's own ingratiating grin is present, and there is also the lovely smile of Constance Howard, as well as the broad beam of Walter Hiers. And you may be quite sure that the picture is, according to Mr. MacLean's invariable custom, in good taste, and filled with welldressed, good-looking people. Isn't that a lot to be thankful for? Now, I ask you! Although this isn't really the funniest ever, it is done so suavely that it just invites you to smile, and while at the end, you are not exactly spent with laughter, you do emerge from the theater in such a bland humor that you will not even be annoyed to find that it is pouring rain and you have no umbrella. J Production Notes for November OHN BARRYMORE'S first starring photoplay for United Artists will be entitled The Vagabond Lover. The story deals with the romantic life and adventures of Francois Villon, the whimsical beggar-poet of France. The supporting cast includes Marceline Day, Henry Victor, Lawson Butt, Mack Swain, Slim Summerville, Otto Mathieson, Lucy Beaumont, and Rose Dione. The death of Rudolph Valentino has disarranged the production schedule of the United Artists, making it necessary for Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks to abandon their contemplated Oriental tour. Neither knows, however, what the next production will be. I N addition to the "Twenty-Six Warner Win will concentrate on big road shows with Vitaphone accompaniment. They have signed contracts with Al Jolson, George Jessel, Reinald Werrenrath, Elsie Janis, and Eugene and Willie Howard for Vitaphone appearances. The first of the big special pictures planned is Noah's Ark, to be followed by Black Ivory. Mama Kiss Papa with George Sidney, Vera Gordon, and Louise Fazenda is finished. Monte Blue's next picture will be Wolf's Clothing, with Patsy Ruth Miller in support. An Arthur Somers Roche mystery (Continued on page 562) Please Say You Saw the Advertisement in The Educational Screen