Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1923 - Mar 1924)

58 EXHIBITORS HERALD March 8, 1924 THE FILM MART Metro REGINALD BARKER is finishing "Women Who Give" another production for the Metro-Louis B. Mayer forces. It was adapted by Bernard McConville and J. G. Hawks from Sarah P. McLean Green's novel, "Cape Cod Folks". The scenario was written by A. P. Younger. + + + METRO pictures to be released this month are: Laurette Taylor in J. Hartley Manners' "Happiness"; The J. E. Williamson-Ralph Ince Production, "The Uninvited Guest"; Rex Ingram's "Scaramouche"; Lilliam Gish in "The White Sister" and Fred Niblo's latest MetroLouis B. Mayer production, "Thy Name Is Woman". + + + A NOTABLE cast supports Viola Dana in her latest Metro starring picture, "Don't Doubt Your Husband," which is now in production at the Metro Hollywood studios under the direction of Harry Beaumont. It includes Allan Forrest, Winifred Bryson, John Patrick, Willard Louis, Adele Watson and Robert Dunbar, all of them known for their achievements in successful productions. Fox BLUER CLIFTON, zvho directed "The Warrens of Virginia" for Fox, believes that many scenes will be of great interest to the tnillion odd veterans of the great war. in this country. The scenes to which he alludes show warfare as it was knozmt during our own Civil War. These sequences ■were made in Texas, with the United States Army as actors. Comparative methods of warfare then and now zvill prove interesting not only to our ex-dough boys, but also to the public at large. + + + BETTY BLYTHE who relumed from Europe recently after completing "The Re■coil," made in Monte Carlo, Nice and Paris, Tvas engaged by Christy Cabanne to play the leading role in "Plaster Saints," the screen adaptatioti of Frederic .Arnold Kutnmer's story. Betty claims that she had ■but one day to select costumes for this picture and leaves it to her se.v if this ztfasn't the job of a super-woman. Vitagraph NEW YORK Newspaper critics reported most favorably on "My Man," the piclias been added as a special feature, iurization of George Randolph Chester's novel, at its showing at the Rialto theatre last week. This feature was produced by David Smith for Vitagraph with Patsy Ruth Miller and Dustin Farnum in the leading roles of an all star cast. + + + T)AVID SMITH, whose recent productions for Vitagraph, "My Man." "The Man From Brodney's," "Masters of Men," and "The Midnight Alarm," have -won favorable notices and enthusiastic comment in the trade, will direct "Captain Blood." Rafael Sabatini's novel which President Albert E. Smith purchased while in London last fall. Ur rsal IRVING CUMMINGS, who has just completed his fourth picture at Universal City, will start next week on "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," a Gerald Beaumont racing story from the Red Book Magazine. He will have a cast which includes Creighton Hale, Ethel Shannon, George Cooper, Edith Yorke, Robert Brower and Charlotte Stevens. + + + CARMELITA GERAGHTY, another of the l')24 "baby stars" picked by the Wampas for their annual ball, has taken up quarters at Uniz'ersal City, where she zvill support Herbert RazvUnson in "High Speed." This film is an adaptation of a magazine story by Fred. Jackson and zjiAll be produced by Herbert Blache. The cast includes also Bert Roach and Otto Hoffman. + + + EDW.4RD SEDGWICK has completed the cast of the latest Hoot Gibson picture, "Forty Horse Hawkins," written by himself and Raymond L. Schrock. It includes .•inne Cornwall, Helen Gibson, Richard Tucker, John Judd, George (Buck) Connors and a dog by the name of Mickey. Paramount JESSE L. LASKY, first vice-president of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, who arrived in New York this week after having spent the last two months in Los Angeles, announced yesterday that Herbert Brenon, who has just completed filming Mary Roberts Rinehart's story and play, "The Breaking Point," is on his way East to begin production in the Long Island studio on "The Mountebank," from W. J. Locke's novel. + + + FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY Corporation announces the engagement of F. B. Warren, effective immediately. Mr. Warren will have a seat on the sales board of the company, which is headed by S. R. Kent, General Manager of Distribution, and will serve in a consulting capacity in the merchandising end of the company's business. He was one of the original vice-presidents of Goldwyn at the time of its formation and later the chief operating executive of Associated Producers. + + + JACQUELINE LOGAN and Rod La Rocque will be co-featured in Victor Fleming's Paramount production, "The Code of the Sea," which soon will be started at the Laskey studio. Bertram Millhouse is now engaged in wrriting the scenario of this original screen story by Byron Morgan, which deals with the thrilling life of those engaged in the United States Lightship Service. Pathe P.'\THE will make available on February 34th an unusually large program of diversified short-subjects, aggregating sixteen reels in all. The schedule of releases includes the sixth of the "Chronicles of America series, titled "Peter Stuyvesant"; a two-reel Mack Sennett comedy, "The Half-Back of Notre Dame" ; a "Spat Family" two-reel fun film, "Political Pull"; a one-reel "Sportlight," titled "Olympic Mermaids" ; a single-reel Charles Chase comedy, "A Perfect Lady" ; "The Firing Squad," the sixth episode of "The Way of a Man" ; an Aesop Film Fable, "Captain Kidder" ; issues Nos. 8 of Pathe Review and Topics of the Day ; and the semiweekly editions of Pathe News, Nos. 16 and 17. + + + FOLLOWING closely upon last week's announcement of the start of Pathe's new serial, "The Fortieth Door," on the West Coast under the direction of George Seitz, comes the news that the young playwright, Phillip Barry, has written an original story to be adapted as a Pathe serial. The story, which bears the title of "Ten Scars Make a Man," is being put into continuity form by Robert Dillon, the prominent scenario writer. Barry is probably best known as the author of "You and I." the Harvard Prize Play, which proved a success on Broadway this last season. Grand-Asher SWICK.4RD PRODUCTIONS are planning the production of "Son Francisco," by Hanvy Gates, to be released through Grand-Asher. Charles Swickard zinll direct and Josef Szvickard is expected to hatte one of the leading roles. + + + SAMUEL V. GRAND and Edziard M. James have arrived in Hollywood from New York. Grand expects to sign up abouF a few independent producers for eighteen features and a number of special productions. He also announced that their nezv system of distribution zvill be in full zuorkinn order on or before March i. Principal Pictures "WHEN A MAN'S A MAN," by Harold Bell Wright, is soon to be released, backed by an extensive advertising and publicity campaign. Mr. Wright's books have been read by 50,000.000 people, it is estimated by the publisher. Mr. Wright himself has written Principal Pictures congratulating them on their production of his novel which will be distributed through First National. + + + BABY PEGGY'S face is now worth $250,000. Lloyd's Insurance Company, Limited, of London, has issued a policy for this amount, covering any facial disfigurement to the little star that might prevent her appearing in the movies in a starring capacity. It is granted upon very low rates due to the care with which Baby Peggy is guarded. She is always accompanied by parents or nurse and every precaution is taken to guard her from the slightest accident.