Exhibitor's Trade Review (Mar-May 1924)

May 10, 1924 Page 5 The "Famous" Forty Dates of Release Aug. 4 — Manhandled Aug. 11 — Wanderer of the Wasteland Aug. 1 1 — Changing Husbands Aug. 18 — Monsieur Beaucaire Aug. 18 — Unguarded Women Aug. 25 — The Enemy Sex Aug. 25 — Compromised Sept. 1 — The Mountebank Sept. 8 — The Covered Wagon Sept. 15 — The Man Who Fights Alone Sept. 15 — Sinners in Heaven Sept. 22 — The Alaskan Sept. 22 — Feet of Clay Sept. 29— Open All Night Oct. 6 — A Woman of Fire Oct. 13 — Empty Hands Oct. 13 — The Female Oct. 20 — Spring Cleaning Oct. 20— Wild Moments Oct. 27 — Forbidden Paradise Oct. 27 — The Story Without a Name Nov. 3 — Merton of the Movies Nov. 10 — Whispering Men Nov. 17 — Worldly Goods Nov. 17 — A Sainted Devil Nov. 2A — Headlines Nov. 24 — Argentine Love Dec. 1 — The Cave of Fallen Angels Dec. 8 — The Beautiful Adventuress Dec. 15— The Coast of Folly Dec. 22— Peter Pan Dec. 29 — The Crimson Alibi Dec. 29— North of 36 Jan. 5 — The Honor of His House Jan. 12 — Little Miss Bluebeard Jan. 12 — Manhattan Jan. 19— The Golden Bed Jan. 19 — Playings of Fire Jan. 26 — A Woman Scorned Jan. 26 — A Broadway Butterfly three pictures in which she will appear in this group. Dimitri Buchowetzki, who directed her in several of her European successes, will direct her in "Compromised," a Suderman story, and in "A Woman Scorned," based on the play by Owen Davis and the story by Perley Poore Sheehan, "Those Who Walk in Darkness." Ernest Lubitsch, who made Miss Negri's greatest European success, "Passion," will direct her in "Forbidden Paradise," based on a story by Paul Bern. Incidental to the release of these forty pictures will be the formal introduction of three new Paramount stars — Leatrice Joy, Richard Dix and William Farnum. Miss Joy and Mr. Dix are elevated to stardom as a reward for their splendid success in featured roles and in answer to popular demand, while Mr. Farnum, long a star in his own right, returns to Paramount after an absence of several years during which he has built up a tremendous following among motion picture fans. Big Productions The complete list follows : Gloria Swanson in an Alan Dwan production, "Manhandled" ; Zane Grey's "Wanderer of the Wasteland," with Jack Holt, Kathlyn Williams, Noah Beery and Billie Dove; an Irvin Willat production ; Leatrice Joy in "Changing Husbands," directed by Frank Urson and Paul Iribe; Rudolph Valentino in "Monsieur Beaucaire,'' a Sidney Olcott production, with Bebe Daniels, Lois Wilson, Doris Kenyon and Lowell Sherman ; an Alan Crosland production, "Unguarded Women," with Bebe Daniels and Richard Dix, supported by Mary Astor ; a James Cruze production, "The Enemy Sex," with Betty Compson; Pola Negri in "Compromised," based on a story by Suderman, a Dimitri Buchowetzki production; "The Montebank," a Herbert Brenon production, with Ernest Tor rence and Anna Q. Nilsson; "The Covered Wagon"; William Farnum in a Wallace Worseley production, "The Man Who Fights Alone" ; "Sinners in Heaven," an Alan Crosland production, with Agnes Ayres and Richard Dix; Thomas Meighan in James Oliver Curwood's "The Alaskan," a Herbert Brenon production; Cecil B. De Mille's production, "Feet of Clay," with Rod La Rocque, Estelle Taylor and Victor Varconi; "Open All Night," by Willis Goldbeck, suggested by the stories of Paul Morand, directed by Paul Bern; Gloria Swanson in an Alan Dwan production, 'A Woman of Fire," based on "The Queen's Love Story," by Mary Roberts Rinehart; a George Melford production, "Empty Hands," with Jack Holt and Jacqueline Logan; Betty Compson in "The Female," from the Cynthia Stockley story, "Dalla, the Lion Cub," a Dimitri Buchowetzki production ; William De Mille's production, "Spring Cleaning," with Betty Compson, Adolphe Menjou and Huntley Gordon, a screen play by Clara Beranger from the stage success by Frederick Lonsdale. Imposing List Bebe Daniels in "Wild Moments," based on a play by Clyde Fitch, an Alan Crosland production ; Pola Negri in an Ernst Lubitsch production, "Forbidden Paradise," based on a story by Paul Bern; "The Story Without a Name," with Agnes Ayres and Ricardo Cortez, an Irvin Willat production; a James Cruze production, Glenn Hunter in "Merton of the Movies" ; Thomas Meighan in "Whispering Men," by Booth Tarkington, directed by Victor Heerman ; Agnes Ayres in "Worldly Goods," by Sophie Kerr, directed by Frank Urson and Paul Iribe; Rudolph Valentino in Rex Beach's story, "A Sainted Devil," a Joseph Henabery production; Richard Dix in "Headlines," adapted from the Saturday Evening Post story, "Contraband," by Clarence Budington Kelland, and R. H. Burnside production ; "Argentine Love," by Vicente Blasco Ibanez, an Alan Crosland production, with Bebe Daniels and Ricardo Cortez ; a James Cruze production, "The Cave of Fallen Angels," by Leroy Scott ; Betty Compson in "The Beautiful Adventuress," from "The Heart of a Thief," by Paul Armstrong; Gloria Swanson in an Alan Dwan production, "The Coast of Folly," from the story by Coningsby Dawson ; "Peter Pan," James M. Barrie's immortal story, a Herbert Brenon production, with the director assisted by Roy Pomeroy : a George Melford production, "The Crimson Alibi, " with Jacqueline Logan and Antonio Moreno, based on a story by Octavus Roy Cohen. "North of 36," an Irvin Willat production, with Ernest Torrence, Jack Holt, Jacqueline Logan, Noah Beery and Tully Marshall, by Emerson Hough ; Thomas Meighan in "The Honor of His House," by Andrew Soutar, directed by Victor Fleming ; Bebe Daniels in "Little Miss Bluebeard," from the New York stage success by Avery Hopwood and Gabriel Dregely, directed by Frank Tuttle; Richard Dix in "Manhattan," based on the novel, "This Side of Paradise," by F. Scott Fitzgerald, directed by Paul Sloane; Cecil B. De Mille's production, "The Golden Bed," with Rod La Rocque, Estelle Taylor and Victor Varconi, screen play by Jeanie Macpherson; Agnes Ayres in "Playthings of Fire," by Forrest Halsey, directed by Frank Urson and Paul Iribe ; Pola Negri in "A Woman Scorned," a Dimitri Buchowetzki production, based on the Owen Davis play, "Those Who Walk in Darkness" ; William De Mille's production, "A Broadway Butterfly," by Clara Beranger. Pathe Exchange, Inc. YJf/ITH 104 two reel comedies arranged for " during the season of 1924-25 Pathe will distribute more comedies of that length than have ever been handled by one distributor ; and the number, as well as the diversity promised, seems to indicate what amounts to dominance in the comedy field. These facts are revealed in a statement made by Elmer R. Pearson, vice-president and general manager of Pathe Exchange, Inc., to a representative of Exhibitors Trade Review. Mr. Pearson recently returned from the Coast, where he renewed the Pathe contracts with Hal Roach and Mack Sennett. Under the terms of the Roach contract fifty-two comedies will be produced for Pathe release. There will be four series of thirteen each — Our Gang, Spat Family, 'Will Rogers and a new series starring a prominent big time vaudeville star, whose name cannot be mentioned at this time. Under the terms of the Mack Sennett contract there also will be four series of tworeel comedies — Harry Langdon, Mack Sennett, Ben Turpin and Ralph Graves. "Out of the eight series of two-reel comedies arranged for," said Mr. Pearson, "two Hunt Stromberg presents Harry Carey in "The Lightning Rider," with Virginia Brown Faire, from the story by Shannon Fife, directed by Lloyd In graham and released by the Hodkinson Corporation.