Exhibitors Herald (1925)

30 EXHIBITORS HERALD August 15, 1925 Bond Houses O. K. $1,500,000 West Coast Theatres Issue Th ree Fox Actors Hurt When Harry Woods' Horse Stumbles — Mark Fenton Dies — Bruce Mitchell Productions Filed By RAY MURRAY HOLLYWOOD, CAL., August 4. — At the hearing before the state corporation department the various bond houses of Los Angeles said they would approve the issue of $1,500,000 in bonds of West Coast Theatres, Inc. The bonds already have been printed and part of the issue has been pledged by subscribers pending the department’s approval. Earl W. Huntley, of Banks, Huntley & Co., who will underwrite the proposed issue, said that of the $495,000 issue which will be retailed, 37 per cent has been taken by banks of the city. Will H. Hays, head of the Motion Picture Producers & Distributors, was an interested spectator at the hearing. Paul Bern, directing Pola Negri at Famous Players-Lasky Studio, will not go abroad as he contemplated. Mr. Bern signed a contract with Metro-GoldwynMayer to direct three pictures, for which he is said to receive $25,000 a picture. He will assume his duties at Culver City in about two weeks. * * * Three actors working in a Fox picture, “A Man Four Square”, being directed by R. William Neill, near Chatsworth, were severely injured Wednesday when a horse ridden by Harry Woods stumbled and the other horses fell over Woods’ mount. Those injured were Emory Boggs and W. T. Sherman, the latter having a fractured arm. All were taken to Dickey & Case Emergency Hospital on Hollywood Boulevard. * * * Mary Pickford, called as a witness by the state, testified against C. Z. Stevens, Adrian Woods and Claud Holcombe charged with conspiring to kidnap the actress. Miss Pickford was on the stand about thirty minutes and testified she had not seen the defendants previous to their arrest on May 30, but had been told by her husband she was being watched. Stevens, one of the defendants, testified that while confined at the police station he had been beaten and kicked by officers and several ribs broken, in an attempt to force a confession from him. * 5i< * Mark Fenton Dead Mark Fenton, aged 55, who played character parts for many years, died at the Receiving Hospital last Wednesday as a result of an automobile accident. * * * Constance Talmadge has applied through the Federal Naturalization Bureau to have her lost citizenship restored. She was married in 1920 to John Pialoglou, a wealthy New York tobacco man and a Greek subject. She divorced him in 1922. * * * Edgar E. Paramore, of Carmel, California, who claims the distinction of being the author of a poem, “Yukon Jake”, is suing Mack Sennett for alleged infringement of copyright. Paramore charges he wrote the ballad, which was the basis of a film produced by the Sennett company last August, and in which Ben Turpin was featured as “Yukon Jake.” Paramore is asking for $25,000 and an injunction. * * * Leonard Abrahams, laboratory expert, has brought suit for $50,000 against the Consolidated Film Laboratory, Inc. * * * Papers of incorporation have been filed by Bruce Mitchell Productions, Inc., with a capitalization of $100,000. Bruce Mitchell, pioneer director, will head the new company. * * * W. L. Marshall, a partner in Whitehurst-Marshall Productions, has surrendered and is being held on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Dr. L. M. Connor, of Fairfield, Iowa, made the complaint. * * * Universal's “The Homemaker” Previewed Universal’s new production, “The Homemaker”, featuring Billy Kent, juvenile, was previewed last Thursday night at The Writers Club, Hollywood. * * * William Conselman, former assistant to Pete Smith, head of the publicity department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, has been promoted to title writer. His first editorial assignment will be Robert Z. Leonard’s “Time the Comedian”. : * * * The American Society of Cinematographers has passed a resolution congratulating Gaetano Gaudio upon his entrance into the field of directors. Gaudio is now directing Waldorf features. * * * Muriel Reynolds, actress, has filed a complaint against Fred Caldwell Pictures, Inc., asking $300 due her for work done in May. * * * Norman Kerry, Universal star, was injured when his horse threw him while on location about 30 miles from Pendleton, Ore. Director Edward Sedgwick was slightly injured. * * * Arthur Hopkins, producer of the stage success, “What Price Glory,” denies he has threatened to sue for an injunction to prevent Mrs. Rudolph Valentino using the title “What Price Beauty” for her first production. * * * Wanda Hawley and J. Stuart Wilkinson were married at Hollywood Congregational Church last Monday by the Rev. W. P. Johnstone. * * * “The Skyrocket”, Marshell Neilan’s independent production, starring Peggy Joyce, will not go through Producers Distributing Corporation. Mr. Neilan returned to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio last week, where he will make one more picture, then return to his own studio and make four productions for P. D. C. * * * The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio lot at Culver City is a maze of trenches, due to installation of a private fire protection system. Two huge reservoirs are being erected on the lot, and an elabo Is Douglas MacLean a maker of stars ? Following “Introduce Me," Associated Exhibitors release now getting a pre-showing in 1,000 theatres, Anne Cornwall has been engaged by three other producers. MacLean believes in giving them all a chance. Now be is seeking a leading woman for “Seven Keys to Baldpate.” rate sprinkling system installed. The fire department is being organized among the studio employes. The new system will cost approximately $200,000. Arthur MacArthur to Make Comedy Dramas (.Special to Exhibitors Herald) NEW YORK, Aug. 4.— Arthur McArthur, who with J. P. Chalmers founded the Motion Picture World in 1907, has dropped his publicity bureau in Hollywood and is now here to complete details of a long term contract to make a series of feature comedy dramas. Malcolm MacGregor and Olive Borden will have the leading roles. MacGregor is now playing in “The Vanishing American” and Miss Borden is in the current Tom Mix production for Fox. It is reported the McArthur pictures will be released through Pathe. Canadian Educational and F. B. O. Renew Plan ( Special to Exhibitors Herald ) OTTAWA, ONT., Aug. 4.—The co-operative arrangement between First National and F. B. O. in Canada whereby the two operated jointly in the same offices in various exchange cities of the Dominion has ceased to exist and the F. B. O. organization in Canada is once more identified with Canadian Educational Films, Limited, in jointly occupied exchange offices for cooperative releasing. P. C. Taylor continues as general manager of F. B. O. in Canada while O. R. Hanson is general manager of Canadian Educational as before. Hope Hampton on Stage ( Special to Exhibitors Herald) NEW YORK, Aug. 4. — Hope Hampton has gone to Europe to look over plays preliminary to appearing on the New York stage in the fall under the Shubert management. She has just finished “The Unfair Sex” for Associated Exhibitors.