Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1921 - Mar 1922)

January 7. 1922 EXHIBITORS HERALD 53 Diversified Program Offered by Hodkinson in 1922 A list of early productions and a summary of probable publications for the balance of the year are included in a statement just issued announcing the approximate plans of W. \V. Hodkinson Corporation for 1922. Two important items on the Hodkinson list are the "Official Urban MovieChats of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America." which will be published one a week beginning on January 15, and the one-reel Great Authors series made by Charles Urban of Kineto Company of America. The latter are published one a month. The two-reel Triart productions based on the masterpieces of famous artists will continue to be issued one a month. Two already are in circulation. The balance of the company's program includes a number of Hugo Ballin pictures, Edwin L. Hollywood productions and several new pictures not yet ready for announcement. , r * * .* . January Schedule "French Heels" Irene Castle "The Young Painter" Triart "At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern" Special Cast "French Heels" is the first of the series of Edwin L. Hollywood productions starring Mrs. Irene Castle. It was written by Clarence Buddington Kelland, and the cast includes Ward Crane and Charles Gerard. "At the Sign of the Jack o'Lantern" is the second Renco Film Company's production for Hodkinson, the first having been "Lavender and Old Lace," by Myrtle Reid. "At the Sign of the Jack o'Lantern" is also a Myrtle Reid story. The cast includes Betty Ross Clark, Victor Potel, Earl Schenck, Wade Boteler, Clara Clark Ward and others. "The Young Painter" is the third of the Triart productions which are being made under the supervision of an advisory board of eminent art patrons, con CHARLES URBAN, whose "Movie Chats," "The Four Seasons" and other pictures will go through Hodkinson. EDWIN L. HOLLYWOOD, producing Irene Castle pictures for W. W. Hodkinson. sisting of Robert W. DeForest, president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Francis C. Jones, treasurer of the National Academy of Designs : Edwin H. Blashfield. president of the National Academy of Design; Charles Dana Gibson, president of the Society of Illustrators and editor of Life; Robert Aiken, president of the Sculptors Society of America; Louis C. Tiffany, founder of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, and Daniel Chester French, one of the world's most noted sculptors. * * * February Schedule "Heart's Haven" Benjamin B. Hampton "Hope" Triart "The Grey Dawn" Hampton "Heart's Haven" features Claire Adams, Carl Gantvoort, Claire McDowell and Robert McKim. The fourth Triart production, "Hope," is based upon the immortal masterpiece of the same name by Watts. "The Grey Dawn" will be published either in February or early in March. Another Triart Great Masterpiece production which is scheduled for early in 1922 is "Mona Lisa," based on the famous painting of the same name by Leonardo de Vinci. Extraordinary care and unusual treatment will be accorded this picture and the advisory board will supervise personally the work of production. These productions, with subsequent Edwin L. Hollywood and Hugo Baliin products, augmented by the Urban products, including a special four-reel feature entitled "The Four Seasons," an Urban Popular Classic recorded by Raymond L. Ditmars, curator of the Bronx Zoo, provide the nucleus of a 1922 program which will be greatly enlarged and expanded. Already negotiations are pend ing for the acquisition by Hodkinson of several pretentious special productions, as well as such other special feature productions and star program attractions that may be acquired from time to time. * * * Negotiations for distribution of "The Four Seasons" have just been closed with Harry J. Shepard of the Kineto company. This is an Urban Popular Classic recorded by Raymond L. Ditmars, curator of the Bronx Zoo, with the cooperation of Charles Urban, president of Kineto. Arrangements also have been made with Mr. Shepard for the distribution of a series of one-reel Great Authors productions being made by Mr. Urban. This series of twelve features the lives of such celebrated Americans as James Whitcomb Riley, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Walt Whitman, James Fenimore Cooper. James Russell Lowell. Edgar Allen Poe, Washington Irving, John Greenleaf Whittier, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Cullen Bryant, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Mark Twain. "The Four Seasons" is described as a feature novelty of rare beauty and one that is exceptionally fascinating in its visualization of nature's handiwork. The picture was planned by Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars, one of America's most prominent scientists, who has for many years been in charge of scientific research for the New7 York Zoological Society. It is a story in four episodes depicting animal and plant life in spring, summer, autumn and winter. The scenes were photographer in the Bronx Zoological Gardens. Dr. Ditmars and Mr. Urban have woven a beautiful story of the beasts of plain and forest and plant life that are peculiarly affected by the changes of the seasons. A pre-release showing of "The Four Seasons" was given in the Rialto theatre some weeks ago. Exhibitor, trade paper and newspaper comments on this picture have been highly complimentary. BENJAMIN B. HAMPTON, who is also producing for Hodkinson distribution.