Exhibitors Herald (1927)

46 EXHIBITORS HERALD August 13, 1927 ture is to be a First National special for fall release. Charlie Alurray plays the part of iMulligan, and Fred Kelsey has been picked to play Garrity, the pal of Mulligan. Ken iMaynard is scheduled to start work on his next picture, “Gun Gospel,” this week, in which he has the role of a <wofisted, two-gun minister. He has just finished “The Red Raiders,” in which he is pictured as a cavalry officer. Universal Begins on ‘^The Flying Nut” Cameras have started grinding on the Universal farce comedy, “The Flying Nut,” a screen ^■ersion of Harry O. Hoyt’s story of a mail-order aviator. Glenn Tryon has the starring role and Patsy Ruth Miller is cast as the feminine lead. \Villiam James Craft, who directed the same pair in “Painting the Town,” will again handle the megaphone while the supporting cast includes Lloyd Whitlock, Burr McIntosh and Joe Girard, With the signing of Thelma Todd for a featured role, the cast for the “UniversalJewel” production, “Arm of the Law,’’ which is being filmed under the direction of Emorj’ Johnson, has been completed. Mel Brown, who recently completed “Buck Privates,” starring Lya Di Putti, will direct “13 Washington Square,” with an allstar cast as his next assignment for Universal. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Leroy Scott and was produced as a stage play several years ago. Conrad Veidt’s first American made starring picture, “A Man’s Past,” was completed last week and is now in the cutting rooms. George Mel ford “directed the picture. The story deals with the attempts of an escaped convict to rehabilitate himself. As a result of his work in producing “Now I’ll Tell One,” for Universal, Fred Newmeyer has been signed to another Universal contract. .As his next picture he will either direct Reginald Denny in a prize fight picture, or one dealing with college life. If the decision was left to us, we would take the Denny picture. After seeing him in “F'ast and Furious,” we are ready to see another Denny picture anytime. They are clean, fun provoking and usually have us sitting on the edge of our seat before the end. Miller of Pathe Abandons Kliegs Arthur Miller, chief cameraman for Pathe’s “Angel of Broadway,” starring Beatrice Joy, declares that the day of “Klieg eyes” is past. He is using 100 watt bulbs instead of arc for close-ups. Miller photographed the famous Pathe serial, “The Perils of Pauline.” Actual filming has ceased on Vera Reynold’s latest stellar feature, “Beautiful But Dumb,” and the picture is now in the cutting rooms, Jacqueline Logan has been added to the cast of “The Wise Wife,” the Pathe picture in which Phyllis Haver and Tom Moore are featured under the direction of E. Mason Hopper. Tom is renewing old acquaintances at the DeMille studios after having been free lancing for the last year. His last picture for DeMille was with Leatrice Joy in “The Clinging Vine.” An original story by Margaretta Tuttle, entitled “What Holds Men?” has been purchased by the De Mille studio and will go into production this summer, Mrs, Tuttle, who writes fiction and articles for The ■Saturday Evening Post, was the author of “Feet of Clay,” which De Mille producC'.l three years ago. For the fifth time Harrison Ford will be Alarie Prevost’s leading man. This time he will play opposite that \ivacious young ladyin “The Girl in the Pullman.” I have always liked each of these players individually, and I like them all the more when they are cast together. Erie C. Kenton will handle the megaphone, and F. McGrew Willis, who will supervise production, is also credited with the screen version. Buddy Roosevelt makes his latest Pathe M'estern starring appearance when “The Phantom Buster” will be released on Aug. 14. The picture is a tale of mistaken identity presented by Lester F. Scott, Jr. It was first published under the title of “The Man on the Dun,” in Western Stories magazine. Alma Rayford is Buddy’s leading lady in the picture. Joseph Schildkraut, who has the part of Judas Iscariot in “The King of Kings,” has been assigned to an important part in “The Forbidden Woman,” Jetta Goudal’s next starring picture for Cecil De Mille, F B O’s “Moon of Israel” Will Open Texas House “The Moon of Israel,” F B O’s special, based on the famous novel by Sir Rider Haggard and directed by Michael Curtiz, has been booked by the Palace theatre, Gainsville, Tex., for the opening of the house, the largest in the city. Now and then an old timer comes back to the studios after a long absence. One of the latest to come back to the old love is Carol Holloway, after an absence of six years. She has joined the cast of “Jake the Plumber,” for F B O. During the heyday of Inceville and the old Vitagraph company, she was one of the most popular ingenues, playing leading roles in serials with Antonio Moreno and William Duncan. “Big Ben” Wise, 350-pound comedian, is also cast for the picture. Bob Steele’s injuries, received while making “The Mojave Kid,” have healed and he is now in the midst of production on “The Bandit’s Son,” with 19-year-old Ann Sheridan playing opposite him. Wallace Fox is handling the megaphone. Now that “The Boy Rider” is completed, the cast for y-oung Buzz Barton’s next picture, “The Slingshot Kid,” has been chosen and work will start soon. Jeanne Morgan, Arnold Gray and Jay Morley were picked to play the feminine, male, and heavy leads, respectively. Louis King will direct. The story was written directly for the screen play by John Twist and Jean Dupont, and Oliver Drake prepared the continuity. Buzz Barton will make a series of seven pictures. Mickey (himself) McGuire and his gang have just added another chapter to football history in completing the third of the F B O juvenile comedies based on the Fontaine Fox newspaper cartoons. The title for this picture is “Mickey’s Eleven.” Larry Darmour is producing this series. M-G-M Films Picture in Washington, D. C. For the purpose of using the nation’s Capitol in the background, John Gilbert, Director Monta Bell and the unit starring Gilbert in “Fires of Youth” have left for Washington, D. C., where work on the picture will immediately begin. Gilbert is to play in this picture the part of a cub reporter at Washington. The story was written by Bell. It is planned to get a number of important Washington officials in the picture. Harry Beaumont is to direct a coming M-G-M picture, “Olga from the Volga.” The new picture will be a starring vehicle for George K. Arthur and Karl Dane. The diminutive Arthur and the gangling Karl Dane make a delightful comedy team. Beaumont has to his credit “Beau Brummel,” and other successful films. With “Tea for Three” completed, the team of Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle have already begun work on their next picture, “Mixed Marriages.” The story deals with the efforts of a married man to prove that he is a caveman over women. Hobart Henley will handle the megaphone. Work is to start at once on “In Old Kentucky,” the M-G-M racing drama, directed by John M. Stahl. Edward Martindel has been cast to play the part of Colonel Brierly. “Yankee Pluck” has been decided upon as the title of Tim McCoy’s latest M-G-M vehicle, recently directed by Tourjansky under the working title of “The Gallant Gringo.” Lon Chaney is now ready to start work on the “Hy-pnotist.” Marceline Day will play the heroine and Conrad Nagel and Henry B. Walthall are also cast in the picture. I never miss an opportunity to see Walthall. Even though he doesn’t appear often, I have liked him ever since his superb part in “The Birth of a Nation.” Tod Browning will direct “The Hypnotist.” Ralph Forbes is to play opposite Renee Adoree in “Rose Marie,” and Lloyd Hamilton and Harry Carey have also been signed for the picture. Roy D’Arcy, that suave actor, whose villians are always gentlemanly, is to have a leading part also. Fox Will Start on Nine Pictures Fox forces have started on a production drive that will see at least nine companies at work within the next two weeks. Directors now shooting in Fox studios include John Ford, Howard Hawks, Albert Ray, John G. Blystone, David Butler, Ray Flynn, Zion Myers, Robert Ray, Alfred E. Green and others. Stars and featured players now in production under the Fox banner include Earle Foxe, James Hall, Margaret Mann, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Albert Gran, Archduke Leopold of Austria, Richard Walling, Charles Farrell, Greta Nissen, George O’Brien, Virginia Vain, Holmes Herbert, Janet Gaynor, Glenn Tryon, Ben Bard, Doris Lloyd, Olive Borden, Lawrence Gray, Lois Moran, Edmund Lowe, Arthur Housman, Nick Stuart, Sally Phipps, Gene Cameron, Madge Bellamy, Clifford Holland, Mary Duncan and others. Tyler Brooke has signed a long term contract with Fox to play in the Van Bidder comedies under supervision of George E. Marshall. Mary Duncan who was given a contract with Fox after her appearance in the stage play, “Shanghai Gesture,” has arrived in Hollywood to start production under Fox. “Two Girls Wanted,” starring Janet Gaynor, is now completed and is in the cutting rooms. This picture was formerly a John Golden stage play. Those who saw the two comedians, Ted McNamara and Sammy Gohen, in “What Price Glory,” will soon be able to see them together again. “The Gay