Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1919)

EXHIBITORS HERALD PAULINE FREDERICK'S NEW GOLDWYN FEATURE Three scenes from "The Paliser Case," the screen version of Edgar Saltus' story, directed by William Parke. Myron Selznick will buy them if he makes the price high enough. First National released a number of feature pictures and an English film, during the last year. J. D. Williams and Harry Schwalbe are standing on the Bagdad rug at the Alexandria. What their journey west was for, no one knows. Nor does any one know why Walter Greene, Arthur Kane, Benny Schulberg and other ambitious beings took the long Santa Fe Trail for — but that the new directors organization was the attraction for some of them seems a certainty. However, when Tom Ince, Marshall Neilan, George Tucker, Allan Dwan and Maurice Tourneur get through with the wise men of the East — there will be small pickings left. flP v flP By the bv — Arthur Kane is out of Realart. Why? He who put the art in Realart — has taken himself hence. Well, you sure did get it over Arthur — you are a bear — and a wise spender — and gentleman — and I can imagine how a man feels when completely surrounded by a board of directors. i)h, Locninvar Quinn With the loose leaf chin Sold his joint And hutted in. To New York life i With its movie strife. And sharpened up His pruning knife. The films are junk. The stars are hunk. The rentals they charged Sure made me drunk. I bought the best Films in the West. A little dirty And filthy I -guess. "The Bandit's Boy." "The Pirate's Joy " "The Anarchist's Wife." "The Policeman's Toy." I played them all. But had to stall When dirty films Had no more call. So I sold the place, This year of grace. I'll clean this industry — Clean its face. I'll make the name Movie clean as honey And on the side (Write your own last line.) pfi 9fr 3p Mary Pickford and Doug Fairbanks sent for an auditor to figure out how much they had spent with the trade papers during the past year. The auditor quit on the job — saying he was no expert in fractions. •V 4* «x* Fannie Ward is in London, having another tuck taken in her map. Sfi Eva Tanguay is at Los Angeles having had several hems made in her's. She is ready to consider offers — are you ready to make one? * * * Al St. John just made another comedy and Jack Warner bought a new car. His first one was the funniest thing in the film. It was a 1918 Collapsible, with all the latest pianola attachments, etc. ffi !f. Sf. Some one asked a prominent movie star how long her next feature was to be — "two reels, five electric signs and a page in the Saturday Evening Post," she spake. s& sfi sp Now that the war is over, some press agents are having a hard time. One well known purveyor of the bunk, during the nineteen months we were at war, had one star adopt twenty-seven army corps, five tank regiments, two machine gun companies— sell twelve million dollars worth of liberty bonds — and never miss a day at the studio. "Vamps" are done. Sandals are coming into their own. When any of the Follies girls are absent from rehearsal — Flo Ziegfeld calls 86 up the Selznick studio — and seldom misses. Sid Grauman keeps a hair's breadth ahead of Sam Rothapfel. Joe Engle's chickens are thriving — the kind you eat — not the kind you keep. Joe has a poultry farm at Los Angeles. L. A. Woman to marry N. Y. Man — meaning Gloria Swanson is engaged to Herbert Somborn. No finer match can be imagined. The writer hopes to be present at the golden wedding anniversary. Every time P. A. Powers passes the Eastman plant, he makes a strange noise and rubs his thumb against his forefinger, like a French actor pantomming money. P. A. has two hobbies. Success and the two wonderful children he has adopted. * * * Jules Brulatour is exploiting Hope Hampton on Eastman stock. The way that fellow throws stars around is something terrible. Anyhow, Hope Hampton makes good. * •¥ * The Pa tents company crowd say they think multiple reel pictures are going to be popular. Historical Films Needed Says Board The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures in a general statement addressed to the industry urges the filming of features dealing with the early history of the United States. The coming of the Pilgrims, the settling of Virginia, the early Indian wars, adventures of frontiersmen, missionaries and trappers along the Great Lakes, the Revolutionary War are suggested as excellent material for screen dramas.