Exhibitors Herald (Apr-Jun 1922)

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58 KXHIBITORS HERALD May 27, 1922 Stock Players The Paramount stock company may well be termed the backbone of Paramount pictures. Here is a permanent organization of the best known players appearing on the screen. The list of these artists is as follows :Lila Lee, Lots Wilson. David Powell, Conrad Nagel, Theodore Roberts, Sylvia Ashton, Walter Long, Charles Ogle, Clarence Burton. K a t h 1 y n Williams, Ethel Wales, Helen Dunbar, Anna Q. Nilsson, Milton Sills Theodore Kosloff. Walter Hiers. T. Roy Barnes, Julia Faye, Guy Oliver, L u c i e n Littlefield, Lillian L e i g h t o n, Robert Cain, Mitchell Lewis, Casson Ferguson, George Fawcett. Harrison Ford, Tom Moore, Edwin Stevens, John Bowers, Alan Hale, Herbert Standing, Betty Francisco, Winter Hall. Edward M a r t i n d e 1, Frank Campeau. Adele Farrington James Kirkwood, Mabel Van Buren, Nita Naldi, Maude Wayne, Fred Huntley. M a y m Kelso. Claire McDowell. Will R. Walling, Adolphe Menjou. WilI i a m Boyd, Tully Marshall, Edythe Chapman, James Neill and Clarence Gildart. Here are leading men, heavies, leading women, ingenues, comedians, juveniles, character artists — each a leader in his particular line. Happy indeed and wellfortified, would any producing organization be if it could boast any half dozen of these sterling players as its stars. production, the studio staff started systematically to map out its program in detail. The stories, as they were acquired, were turned over to the large corps of scenario and continuity experts. The stars were assigned to those pictures best suited for their particular abilities, the directors chosen and the full casts Selected. Then a complete production schedule was laid out in charts showing exact dates when new productions w e r <■ to be started and every minor detail. Art, technical a n d costuming d epartments were similarly co-ordinated. Todav, fully half of these forty-one productions are entirely completed or in actual work of filming, while the balance of the prog r a m is so accurately mapped out that the studio executives can tell at a glance just what each individual in the organi z a t i o n will be doing at any specified date during the next few months. Here is the complete list of the forty one pro d u c t i o n s comprising the schedule for the first six months of the Paramount year: Wallace Reid in "The Dictator,'.' supported by L i 1 a Lee. From the play ■by Richard Harding Davis. Directed by James Cruz e. Scenario by Walter Woods. Marion Davies in "The Young Diana," a Cosmopolitan production. From the novel by Marie Corelli. Directed by Albert Capellani. Scenario by Luther Heed. Thomas Meighan in "If You It's So," by Perlcy I'oore reeled by Tom Forman demar Young. Hetty Compson in "The Bonded Woman," ba8ed upon "The Salvaging of John Sumner," by John Fleming Wilson. Directed by I'hiiip K. Rosen. Scenario by A. S. Le Vino. May McAvoy in "The lop of New York," by Sonya l.evien. Directed by the late William D. Taylor. ••The I.oves of l'haraoh," an F.rncst LuUtSCh production, with Bmil Jannings, Dngny Servaes and Harry l.iedtke. Gloria Swanson in "Her Gilded Cage," a Sum Wood production. By Elmer Harris, suggested by Ann Nichols* play. Scenario 1 1) I'ercj Heath. "Nice I'eople," a William de Mille production with Wallace Itcid, Bcbc Daniels Believe It, Sheeban. DiScenario bv Wal and Conrad Nagel. From the play by Rachel Crotbers. Scenario by Clara Beranger. Rodolph Valentino in "Blood and Sand," a Fred Niblo production. From the novel by Vincente Blasco Ibanez, author of "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse." Adapted by June Mathis. "The Valley of Silent Men," with Alma Rubens. A Cosmopolitan production from the story by James Oliver Curwood. Directed by Frank Borzage. "The Siren Call," an Irvin Willat production, with Dorothy Dalton, David Powell and Mitchell Lewis. From a storv bv J. E. Nash. Jack Holt in a Peter B. Kyne special, "While Satan Sleeps." By the author of "Cappy Ricks." Directed by Joseph Henabery. Scenario by A. S. Le Vino. Cecil B. De Mille's production, "Manslaughter," with Thomas Meighan, Leatrice Joy and Lois Wilson. From the novel by Alice Duer Miller. Scenario by Jeanie Macpherson. "The Mysteries of India," a UFA production, presented by Hamilton Theatrical Corporation. "Pink Gods," a Penrhvn Stanlaws production, with Bebe Daniels, James Kirkwood, Anna Q. Nilsson and Adolphe Menjou. Adapted by J. E. Nash and Soma Levien from the novel by Cynthia Stoekley. "The Old Homestead," with Theodore Hoberts, T. Roy Barnes, George Fawcett and Fritzi Ridgeway. Directed by James Cruze. Adapted from Denman Thompson's play. Scenario by Julien Josephson. "The Face in the Fog," by Jack Boyle, creator of "Boston Blackie." A Cosmopolitan production. "Burning Sands," a George Melford production, with Wanda Hawley and Milton Sills. From the novel by Arthur Weigall. Scenario by Olga Printzlau. Wallace Heid and I.ila Lee in "The Ghost Breaker." From the play by Paul Dickey and Charles Goddard. Scenario by Jack Cunningham. Directed by Alfred E. Green. "The Cowboy and the Lady," a John S. Robertson production, with Mary Miles Minter and Tom Moore. From the play by Clyde Fitch. "To Have and to Hold," a George FitzM an rice p r oduction, with Betty Compson and Bert I.ytell. A d a p t e d b y Ouida Bergere from the novel by Mary Johnston. Thomas Meighan in "The Man Who Saw Tomorrow." By Perl c y Poore S h e e h a n and Frank Condon. Directed by Alfred E. Green. "On the High Seas," an Irvin Willat production, with Dorothy Dalton and Jack Holt. In original screen story by Edward Sheldon, author of "Salvation Nell." "Romance," etc. Rudolph Valentino Rajah," adapted by Juni novel, "Amos Judd," Mitchell. Alice Brady in "Anna Ascends." from tlu Directors The directorial force at the Lasky studio is headed by Cecil B. De Mille, directorgeneral, who stands at the very top of his profession as a producer of money-making pictures. There are eight special u. rectors, William De Mille. George Fitzmaurice, George Melford, Penrhyn Stanlaws. John S. Robertson, Irvin Willat, Sam Wood and Fred Niblo. Other directors constantly employed in producing Paramount pictures are James Cruse. Joseph Henabcry. Alfred E. Green, Philip E. Rosen and Paul Powell. 1 "The Young Mathis from the bv John Ames play by Harry Chapman Ford. Directed by Joseph Henaberv. "Clarence," a William de Mille production, with Wallace Reid, Agnes Ayres and May McAvoy. Adapted by Clara Beranger from the play by Booth Tarkington. Gloria Swanson in "The Impossible Mrs. Bellew," a Sam Wood production. Adapted by Percy Heath from the story i by David Lisle. "Enemies o f Women," a Cosmopolitan production, from the novel by Vicente Blasco Ibanez. Directed by Robert G. Vignola. "Ebb Tide," a George Melf o r d production, with Lila Lee, James Kirkwood, Ray mond Hattor and G e o r g t Fawcett Adapted L o r n a Mc from the nov by Robert LouiStevenson. "The Pride of Palomar," fron the story In Peter B. Kyne A Costnopolitar production, directed by Frank Borzage. Elsie Fergu son in "Out cast," a John S Robertson pro duction. Fron the play by Ilu bert Ilenr\ Davies. See ' nario by Jose phine Lovett. "S i n g e t Wings," a Pen rhyn Stanlaws production, with Belie Dan iels. From the storv bv Katherine Newlii Butt. Thomas Meighan in "Back Home am Broke," by George Ade. Directed by Al fred E. Green. Agnes Ayres in "A Daughter of Luxury, bv Beulah Marie Dix. Directed by Pan Powell. "Kick In," a George Fitzmaurice produc tion, with Betty Compson and Bert I.ytell From the play by Willard Mack. Wallace Reid in "Thirty Days." A com edy by A. E. Thomas and Clayton Hajnil ton. Directed by James Cruze. Marion Davies in "Little Old New York, a Cosmopolitan production. From the pla; by Rida Johnson Young. Directed b; Prank Borsage. Rodolph Valentino in "The Spanisl Cavalier." Adapted by June Mathis fron the famous play "Don Caesar de Kazan, by Adolphe d'Enery and P. S. T. Du menier. Jack Holt in "Making a Man." A Pete B. Ky ne special, directed by Joseph Henii bcry. Scenario bv A. S. Le Vino. Alice Brady in "Missing Millions," b* Jack Boyle. "Notoriety," a William de Mille pro duction, with Bebe Daniels. An originn story by Clara Beranger. There is the Paramount line-up for tn< Hrst si\ months of the season of 1923-2 The Distribution department has cleared it decks fur action. Booking of these forty one productions will start at once. Stars Among the brightest of all ' the stars in the' firmament of the films are those who shine under the Paramount banner. They are Gloria Swanson, Rodolp h Valentino, Betty Compson, Elsie Ferguson, Thomas Meighan, Wallace Reid, Dorothy Dalton, William S. Hart, who produces his own pictures, Agnes Ayres, Jack Holt, Bebe Daniels. May McAvoy, Mary Miles Minter. Alice Brady and Wanda Hawley. This list does not take into account those responsible for the splendid output of Cosmopolitan Productions, made specially for Paramount, nor the product of the Hamilton Theatrical Corporation, which distributes its European -made productions through the same channels. Marion Davies heads the list of Cosmopolitan artists, while Pola Negri and Ernest Lubitsch, respectively star and director, are prominent among the celebrities whom the Hamilton organization presents via Paramount.