Exhibitors Herald (1927)

44 EXHIBITORS HERALD September 17, 1927 Paramount is to make another war picture called “The Legion of the Condemned,” which will be a sequel to “Wings.” Production starts this month with William Wellman handling the megaphone. The story is from the author of “Wings,” John Monk Saunders. Gary Cooper is to be starred in the picture. Betty Bronson has finished her first Western, “Open Range,” for Paramount, in which she is co-featured with Lane Chandler. The title of George Jessel’s picture, “The Broadway Kid,” for Warners, has been changed to “Ginsberg the Great.” Frankie Darro, the young F B O star and Tom Tyler will be seen together soon in F B O’s Western thriller, “The Desert Pirate,” on which production starts at once. United Artists has signed Fred Niblo to direct Ronald Colman and Vilrna Banky in their last co-starring film, as yet untitled. “Two Arabian Knights,” a Caddo production for United Artists, will have its world premier at Grauman’s Egyptian theatre in Hollywood on Sept. 23. The picture features Mary Astor, William Boyd and Louis Wolheim. Harold Lloyd is now busy in New York filming his next picture which is as yet untitled. He is taking a large number of New York street scenes. Luddy W ill Direct F B O’s “ Her Summer Hero ” As a result of his work in directing ‘‘Jake the Plumber,” Edward Luddy has been chosen to handle the megaphone on ‘‘Her Summer Hero.” Actual production will start on the picture in about a week. The following comes from the F B O office. What do you think of it? ‘‘In a Moment of Temptation,” ‘‘The Mojave Kid” yielding to “South Sea Love” and together with “A Legionnaire in Paris” and “The Slingshot Kid” “Shanghaied” “The Ranger of the North” and aroused the indigination of “Jake the Plumber” who promises to be a “Harvester” of dollars for exhibitors. “Shanghaied,” a Ralph Ince production, is being shown in the New York Hippodrome this week. The four features that F B O will release in September are, “ The Flying U Ranch,” Sept. 4; “ Clancy’s Kosher Wedding,” Sept. 17; “In a Moment of Temptation,” Sept. 18 and “The Mojave Kid,” Sept. 25. Four of the “Beauty Parlor” series will be released in September. Frank T. Daugherty, title writer, has just been appointed assistant to Randolph Bartlett, film and title editor at F B O, according to an announcement from William Le Baron, vice president in charge of production. Prior to his affiliation with FBO, Daugherty was associated with M-G-M. “Student Prince ” Replaces “Big Parade” for M-G-M After running ever since November, 1925, at the Astor theatre, “The Big Parade” is at last to be taken from the theatre and in its stead, Metro-GoldwynMayer will display “The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg.” The picture is from the operetta, “The Student Prince,” which was such a great stage success. The music has been acquired for the score for the picture. The picture co-stars Ramon Novarro and Norma Shearer. The huge “Big Parade” electric sign on Broadway that has become a landmark, almost, has already been taken down. The next picture for Marion Davies as star and for King Vidor as director will be “The Patsy,” which was a stage success two seasons ago. Vidor has recently completed “ The Crowd,” and the star is still working on “The Fair Co-ad.” Five pictures out of 16 now being produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have New York as a locale, thus proving, that so far as this country is concerned, New York still can lay claim to being the first storycity of the land. Jacqueline Gadsden and Cecil Holland have been added to the cast of “In Old Kentucky.” And Marc McDermott has been added to the cast of John Gilbert’s “Fires of Youth.” Dorothy Sebastian, who played opposite Tim McCoy in “California,” has again been cast with the star, this time to appear in “Wyoming.” The picture is to be directed by W. S. Van Dyke and most of it will be filmed in Wyoming. F-N Releases 14 Films in Next Three Months During the months of September, October and November, First National will release 14 pictures, which to my way of thinking is no small achievement. Those for September are “Camille,” Sept. 4; “The Red Raiders,” Sept. 4; “Smile, Brother, Smile,” Sept. 11; “The Life of Riley,” Sept. 18; and “The Drop Kick.” Pictures for October release are: “Rose of the Golden West,” “American Beauty,” “The Crystal Cup,” “ Breakfast at Sunrise” and “No Place to Go.” The Four for November are: “French Dressing,” with Ben Lyon and Claudette Colbert featured; “The Gorilla,” the mystery spellbinder, starring Murray and Kelsey; “The Private Life of Helen of Troy” and “The Valley of the Giants,” the Milton Sills picture from a Peter B. Kyne story. “Home Made,” the laugh picture of Johnny Hines, will have been completed by the time you read this. Margery Daw plays opposite the grinning comedian, and Paul Perez is writing titles for the opus. Filming has started on Colleen Moore’s latest picture, as yet untitled, and Marshall Neilan, who gave Colleen Moore her first real chance, is directing the picture. The story was written by Howard Irving Young. Production is now being started on Richard Barthelmess’ next picture, “The Noose,” “Down West McGinty,” with Charles Murray in the lead and “The Caravan Trail,” with Ken Maynard which Charles R. Rogers will produce from the original story by Marion Jackson. The lease of the Globe theatre, New York, where “The Patent Leather Kid” is playing, has been extended to January 1. Gotham Will Star Percy Marmont Gotham will star Percy Marmont in “The Fruit of Divorce,” which is scheduled to go into production about Oct. 15. Either “The Man Higher Up” or “Turn Back the Hours” will be the vehicle for the second picture in which Marmont is to be starred by Gotham. We have missed Marmont lately and are glad to hear that he will soon be seen again. He is now in England making a film, but will return soon to start work for Gotham. The tour of Mrs. Wallace Reid with her playlet, “Evidence,” used in connection with the picture, “The Satin Woman,” in which she stars, has been extended to include a larger number of cities. Her next picture for Gotham will be “Hell Ship Bronson,” and production will start in January. A complete musical score and orchestration has been prepared by Joseph Zivelli on the theme song, “The Rose of Kildare,” from which the Gotham production takes its title. This will be issued in addition to the cue sheet, on the back of which the full musical score has been printed. The orchestration includes a piano, cello, violin and cornet score, sufficient for the orchestra in any average theatre. Paramount Has Heavy Production Schedule Paramount studios are crowded for floor space due to heavy production. Four feature pictures are now being produced and 11 are slated for early production. The five pictures next to be started are “The Gay Defenders,” “The Side Show,”