Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1924-Mar 1925)

January 24, 1925 EXHIBITORS HERALD 55 would be “My Lady’s Lips.” The contract came as a result of Hogan’s work on “Capital Punishment,” just completed. Paramount SIDNEY OLCO’TT, Paramount producer, arrived this week in Hollywood from New York to direct Pola Negri in “The Charmer.” Negri will play the part of a wild Spanish mountain girl who overnight becomes a famous dancer. .... Production has begun on “The Spaniard,” with Ricardo Cortez, which, it is said, will give him his big chance on the screen. . . . Jetta Goudal arrived from New York a few days ago to play the featured feminine lead. XXX TEMPORARILY ABANDONING the water for the silver sheet, Duke Kahanamoku, the national amateur swimming champion, is playing an important role in Jack London’s “Adventure.” Stars appearing in it are Wallace Beery, Tom Moore, and Pauline Starke. .... Mary Brian, who played the role of Wendy in “Peter Pan,” has been signed for a long term, it was announced this week. . . Thomas Meighan has received a wire from George Ade telling that the script of “Old Home Week” is finished. Ade is leaving for the coast at once; upon arrival work will begin on the next Meighan picture. XXX SURROUNDED BY SIXTY members of the Paramount company engaged in the making of “The Air Mail,” Irvin Willat arrived in Reno, Nev., today. Billie Love and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., accompanied Willat. . . . T. Roy Barnes has arrived at the Long Island studio to play in the next Bebe Daniels’ starring vehicle. He has been added to the list of supporting players in “The Crowded Hour.” William Steiner PERSONALITY AND MAGNETISM have been revealed in the person of Edith Thornton, recently added to the list of Steiner stars. She has completed “Virtue’s Revolt” and “On Probation,” both of which have proved gratifying to the trade. She is now under the direction of Charles Hutchison while working on her third offering. Vitagraph E. F. TARBELL has just taken charge of the Vitagraph branch office in Omaha, Neb., as manager, it is announced. The appointment marks Tarbell’s return to Vitagraph after several rnonths with another organization. In his previous connection with Vitagraph he was successively a salesman on the Pittsburgh staff, branch manager at Chicago and a special representative. XXX AFTER A GENERAL tour of many of the branch offices of Vitagraph, John B. Rock, general manager, has returned to New York. He visited Atlanta, New Orleans, Dallas, Oklahoma City and a number of the intermediate points, conferring with managers. Pathe DIRECTOR EDDIE CLINE is finishing a new comedy of the Ralph Graves series, with Alice Day and “Fat” Lobach, portraying prominent supporting characterizations for Pathe. . . . Harry Langdon begins a new offering this week under the guidance of Director Harry Edwards with Natalie Kingston playing the feminine lead and Vernon Dent the heavy part. . . . Del Lord is in the midst of a new Sennett “Star” comedy, which H. C. Weaver, president of the H. C. Weaver Productions, Inc., who will produce a series of four pictures for Associated Exhibitors at Tacoma, Wash. presents Lillian Knight, who was chosen “Miss Los Angeles” of 1924 in the leading feminine role. XXX THE HARRY LANGDON company has just completed work on “Plain Clothes,” the story of which was written by Arthur Ripley and Frank Capra. . . . The Ben Turpin unit has just finished the final shots for Wild Goose Chaser,” produced under the supervision of Lloyd Bacon, son of the star of “Lightnin’.” . . . George B. Seitz, serial director for Pathe, spent last week at Miami, Fla., seeking locations for the forthcoming Pathe serial based on Albert Payson Terhune’s book, “Black Caesar’s Clan.” XXX A COMEDY entitled “Hello Baby,” a Ben Turpin picture, and the fifth chapter of “Galloping Hoofs,” leads the Pathe program releases for the week of January 18. ... A cameraman is now on the coast for the Pathe Review in connection with the “Prettiest Girl I Know” series that starts its first installment on the Pathe program this week. First National A NEW CONTRACT signed by Frank Lloyd, independent producer and director, has been made public, which indicates that he will release four big productions through First National during 1925. His first story to be filmed this year will be Rex Beach’s book, “The Winds of Chance.” J. G. Hawks, who wrote the script for “The Sea Hawk,” has been engaged to write the continuity for this Alaskan story. XXX “SO BIG” IS A LEAP into new realms for Colleen Moore, according to remarks of reviewers throughout the country. Requests for the play are already pouring into the distributors’ office, it is said. . . . The selection of Alma Rubens by the veteran director, John M. Stahl, for the leading feminine role in his first picture for First National, “Fashions for Men,” is a promising undertaking. XXX FOLLOWING ITS RECENT showing in Toronto before an invited audience of newspaper men, club members and others. First National has sold “Abraham Lincoln” to the Regent theatre for a two weeks’ showing. Advance charges will be asked for its stay there. . . . J. W. Flett, First Lieut., Parris Island, S. C., reports that the showing of this picture before the officers and marines proved an undoubted success. Century AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE of a reported movement to Century Comedies at the present time is the arrangement made with them by the Saenger Amusement company, controlling a chain of theatres in the New Orleans territory, for the showing of all the productions of this year at ten of their houses. “Looking Down” will be first, released January 17. . . . Ed. I. Luddy, the director who made “Present Arms,” has just begun work on another subject featuring Wanda Wiley, which will be released under the title, “A Lucky Leap.” XXX “PLAIN LUCK” is the name of a new Edna Marian comedy to be released soon through Universal. . . . January brings the release of another work of the same star, “Her Daily Dozen.” The last release of this month will be “Taming the East,” a burlesque western with Buddy Messinger and his pals. Associated Exhibitors PATSY RUTH MILLER will appear shortly in the Whitman Bennett special production, “Back To Life,” which has been taken over by Associated Exhibitors for distribution. . . Six producing units will start making pic COMING : ~ PR ODUCERS DLSTILID UTING ~ CORPORATION