Exhibitors Herald (Jun-Dec 1917)

22 EXHIBITORS HERALD ♦ SCENES IN THE WAKE OF "THE HONEYMOONERS" ALAN DWAN WILL DIRECT FAIRBANKS Left — Honolulu Police Force on Inspection for Director Wm. Aldrich. Right — Making Use of Native Hawaiians for a Scene for "The Honeymooners." Center — Peggy Aldrich Taking a Picture from the Punch Bowl. (Peter Pan Film Corp.) Douglas Fairbanks has engaged Allan Dwan to alternate with John Emerson in staging his Artcraft productions, The name of Alan Dwan is well known in the film industry. His Famous Players pictures followed by successful Fairbanks films, "Manhattan Madness," "The Good Bad-Man," and several other of Douglas' well known plays, placed Dwai among the most noted directors, whici was probably the reason Triangle pu him in charge of their Eastern produc tions. Dwan has tendered his resigna tion to take immediate effect and is d in California October 15, to start on new Fairbanks vehicle. Both Dwan and Emerson now havi sole charge of the Fairbanks-Artcraft productions, although each will work in dependently on their respective films P. A. BLOCH MADE N. Y. BRANCH HEAD OF GENERAL FILM During the last week several important advances in the personnel and scope of the sales organization were ■ made by General Film Company. The most conspicuous shift was the transfer of P. A. Bloch from the Philadelphia managership to the New York exchange, to succeed H. H. Buxbaum, who has resigned. To succeed Mr. Bloch at Philadelphia, Frank E. Samuels has been appointed, taking charge at once. A General Film branch office has now been opened at Portland, Ore., with W. E. Matthews in charge, transferred from the sales force of the San Francisco office. Beginning October 15, General Film will have an office at New Haven. Conn. J. M. Cummings has assumed the management of the Cleveland office. KERRIGAN STARTS WORK AGAIN AT PARALTA STUDIOS J. Warren Kerrigan has recovered from the broken leg he suffered several weeks ago at Santa Barbara and is back at the Paralta studios at Hollywood at work on a feature to be incorporated into his second Paralta play, "Turn of a Card," which was substantially finished at the time he was injured. JEWEL BUYS TWO NEW FILM PLAYS Jewel Production officials announce the purchase of two new features. The first is "The Boss of Powderville," by Thomas Addison; the second, the Lois Weber production, "The Price of a Good Time/' from "The Whim" by Marion Orth, which appeared in Breezy Stories. Up to the present date Jewel officials have bought beside these features "Come Through," "Sirens of the Sea," "Pay Me." "The Man Without a Country" and "The Co-respondent." WALTHALL WILL BE A BEAU BRUMMEL IN "ROBE OF HONOR" FILM FOR PARALTA Reproduction of One of Great Chambers of N. Y. Supreme Court Will Be Used in Drama Adapted from Dorrance Novel, Which is a Story of a Judge For the first time in his long career as a screen star Henry B. Walthall will have an opportunity to wear a great variety of clothes in his forthcoming production which will be a visualization of "His Robe of Honor," taken from the book by E. S. and J. F. Dorrance and produced by the Henry B. Walthall Pictures Corporation, under the executive direction of Paralta Plays, Inc. In this story Mr. Walthall will be seen as an unscrupulous yet wealthy lawyer, who later becomes an upright judge. Throughout the entire production he appears as a man of fashion. After the consummation of the agreement between Mr. Walthali and Cnrl Anderson, president of Paralta Plays, Inc., which placed Mr. Walthall in the position of an independent star-manage he spent several days in New Yorl visiting the most fashionable tailorin; establishments to secure the very latest most up-to-date wearing apparel pos sible. Among the big settings that will b required for the filming of "His Robe o Honor" will be an exact reproductioi of one of the great chambers of tlr New York Supreme Court. To get thi setting correct in every detail it wa necessary to secure the services of a artist who made a sketch of the origins room, which was sent to the studio i California, where the reproduction wi be built. So massive is the setting thz when completed it will occupy the entir floor space of one of the largest stage in the studio. "AMERICA'S MISSION" TO BE FIRST FILM MADE BY CABANNE AT HEAD OF NEW CC Noted Director Made Vice-President and Production Chief of Zenit Film Corporation ; Will Produce Six Big Features Yearly The formation of the Zenith Film Corporation, under the laws of the state of Delaware, brings another feature film producing concern into the field. The personnel of the new company is as follows: J. Sanford Harger, president; William Christy Cabanne, vice-president and director in chief of productions; W. John Baird, treasurer, and Robert J. Huntington, secretary. Executive offices have been opened in New York city and it is the intention of Mr. Cabanne to produce six five to eight-reel features a year. "America's Mission" is to be the title of the first production, which will be published about November 1. The title was suggested by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and the story was written t| William Atherton Dupuy, a Washing ton official who holds a high position the service of the government. The film company will have the o! operation of certain officials of til United States government in the pr duction of the picture for the reas that it will be of a propaganda natu and of great importance to the Unit<i States in the present war crisis. CORRECTION In last week's issue of the "Herald in a news story concerning Mabel Ju enne Scott, Rex Beach was credited wi the motion picture, "The Barrier." Tl production, which has been one of i notable successes of the year, was pr duced and directed by Edgar Lewis.