Exhibitors Herald (Mar-Jun 1924)

46 EXHIBITORS HERALD April 5, 1924 Goldwyn OFFICERS AND enlisted men of the 26th Infantry, now quartered at Plattsburg barracks. New York, have doffed the khaki for the buff and blue uniforms of Washington’s army in the battle scenes of Cosmopolitan production “Janice Meredith’’. The 26th will be reinforced by four hundred soldiers from Fort Ethan Allen and they will be outfitted and equipped with uniforms and arms of the period of 1776. + + + THE SECOND picture to be directed for Goldwyn by Victor Seastrom, whose “Name the Man’’ is creating comment, will be “The Tree in the Garden”, from the novel by Edward C. Booth, an English author. It is primarily a love romance, developed against a background of English village life. + + + THE LEADING role in King Vidor’s third Goldwyn picture will be portrayed by Eleanor Boardman. The title will be changed in order to avoid having people think it a costume play. Truart THE THIRD of the series of Richard Talmadge dramas “In. Fast Company” being produced by Carlos Productions for Truart Films has been completed and is on its way East, It is said to be one of the most elaborate efforts of the young star. He is already at work on “Stepping Lively” the fourth of the series, and is in San Diego shooting scenes in and around the marine barracks. Preferred CLARA BOW has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the feminine lead in Gasnier’s next production for Preferred , “The Breath of Scandal”. Miss Bow scored a success in “Maytime” and “Black Oxen.” + + + FOLLOWING the completion of “The Breach of Scandal’, Gasnier will direct. “When a Woman Reaches Forty”, B. P. Schulberg has announced. Royal A. Baker, motion picture censor for the city of Detroit, is the author. Clancy’s Appeal to Youth Wins J. F. Clancy, manager of Poll’s Capitol theatre, Hartford, Conn., pays especial attention to his juvenile patronage during vacation periods, going so far as to carry the appeal to youth to his a d V e r tisements. During spring vacation this year, Manager Clancy booked “T h e Barefoot Boy,” C. B. C. Film Sales Corporation’s attraction based on the poem by Whittier. The success of Mr. Clancy’s appeal to the chil J. F. Clancy dren of Hartford is told in this excerpt from his letter to the distributing organization: “The Capitol in Hartford seats 3,500 persons. At the opening matinee the theatre was crowded to capacity one hour after the doors opened and at 2:30 we began to park them in the lobby waiting for the next show two hours later. Capacity ruled the next day and the next, the latter being Saturday which turned out to be the biggest attendance in point of attendance in the history of the house.” Educational THE CHRISTIE comedians, under the direction of Archie Mayo, have been working on one of the first “lion” comedies this company has produced. While none of the players have been hurt, they all, according to Neal Burns, report cases of “troublesome tremulo of the knees.” + + + “THE ANT” and “The Bees”, two of Educational’s “Secrets of Life” series, have been booked by the American Museum of Natural History for a special showing. Word also comes that the EducationalClyde Cook comedy, previously titled “Under Orders”, has been renamed “The Misfit.” PAL, the almost human canine comedian, is starred in “That Oriental Game,” a Centtiry comedy for Universal. Harry Sweet has the leading “human” role. Vitagraph THE SECOND Charles E. Blainey production to be released through Vitagraph, “One Law for the Woman,” is now being edited and prints will soon go to branch offices for release. It is an adaptation from Blaney’s own play “The Adventures of Polly” and was made under the personal supervision of Blaney. + + + VITAGRAPH announces the purchase of picture rights to “The Road That Leads Home,” by Will K. Ingersoll, “In the Garden of Charity,” by Basil King, and “The Range Boss,” by Charles Alden Seltzer. Vitagraph now has in preparation for production, “Captain Blood,” by Rafael Sabatini, and “The Clean Heart” by A. S. M. Hutchinson. United Artists CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S “A Woman of Paris,” according to all reports, is being very favorably received in Chicago. The critics have been practically unanimous in their praise of the feature. In every case, great recognition has been accorded Chaplin for his directorial ability as evidenced in the production. + + + THE LATEST announcement from the Chaplin studio is that the entire staff and cast employed in the new feature length comedy the artist is producing, which will mark his return to the pictures in the capacity of an actor, are shortly to embark for the frozen north. The picture is a burlesque of the goldrush days of Alaska and the purpose of the trip is to obtain realistic backgrounds. + + •!■ WORD COMES from New York that Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks provided a treat for their followers when they broadcasted a personal message from station WJZ the evening of March 12. This marked their first formal use of the radio. Fox FREDERICK and Fanny Hatton, playwrights and William Fox scenarists, have written a new screen story for Tom Mix, who has started work on it. “The Trouble Shooter” is the name of the picture and it is being directed by Jack Conway. + + + “SLIPPERY DECKS”, a new Fox Educational entertainment is now being cut and edited at the New York studios of William Fox. The methods employed by professional gamblers on the cross Atlantic liners to cheat the amateur card players are exposed in this short subject. Century ABE STERN, vice-president of Century comedies, accompanied by his wife, has returned to his studios in Hollywood, where he will assist his brother and associate, Julius Stem, in planning the production of remaining pictures for the season. Stem has been in New York for over six months working out details on “The Darling of New York” and “The Law Forbids,” the two Baby Peggy features. He plans to return to New York in time to lay out campaigns for her third for Universal. + -!• + HARRY McCOY’S third starring veliicle for Century, at this printing bearing the title of “Traffic Jams,” is _ in the course of production under the direction of Noel Smith, Stern Brothers’ megaphone wielder. Hilliard Karr, Bessie Welsh, Joe Bonner and Ernie Adams appear in support. The story is Smith’s own composition. Lament, also a director, is working in close tmison on this subject.