Exhibitors Herald (Mar-Apr 1924)

54 EXHIBITORS HERALD April 19, 1924 THE FILM MART F. B. O. ALBERT KENYON, brother of Charles Kenyon, stage playwright and himself an author, has written "The Country Doctor" which will serve as Ralph Lewis' first starring vehicle for his own production unit which will begin operation on or about April 1 at the P. B. O. studios. + + + WORK HAS begun on the eighth episode of F. B. O.'s new "Telephone Girl" series under the direction of Mai St. Clair, Alberta Vaughn is featured again as the switchboard queen, Gladys Murgatroyd, and the comics, Al Cooks, Kit Guard and Gertie Shore remain in the cast. There will be twelve episodes in the series which is based on the Cosmopolitan Magazine stories by H. C. Witwar, author of "Fighting Blood" and other notable screen successes. + + + THE LATEST word from F. B. O. has it that the film in which Derelys Perdue, Lloyd Hughes, Ralph Lewis, Emily Fitzroy, Joseph Swickard and other stars appear will be seen as "Untamed Youth." The attraction was first known as "Born of the Cyclone." Subsequently the title was changed to "Beware the Woman," and has now been renamed "Untamed Youth." Fox FOX FILM Corporation announces that the title of the latest starring vehicle for John Gilbert which was finished this week at the William Fox West Coast Studios has been changed from "The Mark of Cain" to "The Lone Chance." + + + WORK WILL be completed within the next few weeks on the screen version of "It Is The Law," the stage play dramatized by Elmer Rice from the novel by Hayden Talbot. J. Gordon Edwards is directing this production at the William Fox New York studios. + + + PRODUCTION has been started at the William Fox West Coast Studios on the latest Charles Jones program picture "Double Dealing." George Beranger is directing this production and the story and scenario is by Robert Lee. Beatrice Burnham has the leading feminine role in the cast which includes the following players: Pat Hardigan, Tom Lingham, J. Farrell MacDonald and Edith Kennick. Principal THE NEXT Harold Bell IVricjhl story to be picturized by the Principal Pictures Corporation will be definitely selected immediately upon the return of Sol Lesser, producer, from Tucson, Arizona, where he has gone to confer with the author. Although it is believed that "The Mine with the Iron Door" or "The Winning of Barbara Worth" will be decided tipon, there is a possibility that "The Calling of Dan Matthews" may be chosen. First National CONTRARY TO the original announcement, George Fitzmaurice will not make the Cuban scenes for "Cytherea" in Cuba. It is his opinion that Cuban atmosphere abounds in Hollywood and he has had no difficulty at all in obtaining the locations that are so important to complete the production. + + + JOHN McCORMICK, First National coast representative, announces that the cast for "For Sale" has been completed and production will commence immediately. Claire Windsor, who has just returned from abroad where she was engaged in Edwin Carewe's "Son of the Sahara," also for First National, will portray the leading feminine role. + + + "A SON of the Sahara," Edwin Carewe's production which was six months in the making in Algeria and Paris, is fast being cut to its required length for national release on April 20th. Since the return of the company early in March, Carewe, assisted by Miss Adelaide Heilbron, who wrote the scenario for the picture, has been busy inserting the final titles and eliminating the excess footage. In the cast are Bert Lytell, Claire Windsor, Rosemary Theby, Walter McGrail, Montagu Love and Paul Panzer. Pathe "THE KING of Wild Horses," Hal Roach's spectacular novelty feature,, heads the Pathe schedule of releases for April 13th. Other important units on this program include a two-reel comedy, "Brothers Under the Chin," starring Stan Laurel; "The Medicine Hat," one of the two-reel "Indian Frontier Series;" a "Dippy Doo Dad" comedy, titled "Our Little Nell;" "Paleface Law," the fourth episode of "Leatherstocking;" an Aesop Film Fable, "If Noah Lived Today;" issues Nos. 15 of Pathe Review and Topics of the Day; and Pathe News editions, Nos. 32 and 33. + + + HARRY LANGDON, the Mack Sennett star who is appearing in a series of two-reel comedies being distributed by Pathe, started work last week on a new comedy special under the direction of Harry Sweet, who has heretofore been known on the screen as a featured comedian. + + + BARNEY OLDFIELD, who has starred repeatedly on the auto racing course, is about to make his debut on the screen. Oldfields initial appearance as a motion picture player will be made in a new Hal Roach comedy for Pathe, in which Charley Chase plays the featured role. Educational THE APRIL schedule of releases of Educational Film Exchanges, Inc., will be distinguished by the appearance of the first of the Jack White Comedies made under a contract negotiated last year. A Hamilton comedy, two Christie comedies and a Mermaid comedy will contribute the balance of the two-reel subjects for the month. Six single reel releases, consisting of two Cameo comedies, one each of the Bruce Wilderness Tales, the "Sing Them Again" series and the "Secrets of Life" series, complete the program. Goldwyn Cosmopolitan NIGEL DE BRULLIER is the sixth player selected to act in Goldwyn's picturization of "Ben Hur." He will act the role of A picture with a horse for its star. "Rex" and three scenes from "The King of Wild Horses," a novelty feature issued by Pathe, with Edna Murphy and Leon Barry playing opposite the black stallion.