Exhibitors Herald (1927)

November 5, 1927 EXHIBITORS HERALD 17 Below is the copy exhibitors are placing in home town papers O Special Assignments Will Be Covered for Exhibitors (J A Double News Service In forming the Showman Upon Upon Request to Editor Publication Rights Granted Exhibitors Studio Events and Enabling “The Studio.” Exhibitors Him to Inform His Reader Herald, Los Angeles. Patrons in Turn. Hollywood, Nov. i— universal Pictures has purchased “Broadway,” the sensational stage hit, for $250,000, and has engaged A1 Cohn to write the film adaptation. Inasmuch as Universal cannot produce the picture until 1929, A1 has plenty of time to complete the job. ijj James Murray, who a few short months ago stepped from the ranks of extras to a leading role in “The Crowd,” King Vidor’s epic of modern city life, has an important role in Lon Chaney’s next picture “The Big City.” Others in the cast are Betty Compson, Mathew Betz, Walter Percival and Lew Short. * * * Ur son Making “ Chicago ” Frank Urson promises to eclipse the fight in “The Spoilers” in his Pathe picture “Chicago,” The fight is between Phyllis Haver, as “Roxie Hart,” and Julia Faye, which takes place in a jail and for realism and humor, as well as suspense, is said to be a cinematic highlight. Others in the cast of “Chicago” are Robert Edeson, May Robson, Virginia Bradford, T. Roy Barnes and Warner Richmond. * * * Patsy Ruth Miller, having completely recovered from a recent operation for appendicitis, has returned home from the Hollywood Hospital. Her last picture was “Red Riders of Canada” for FB O. * * * Sid Grauman gets Douglas Fairbanks’ new picture “The Gaucho” for his Chinese theatre and is now working on an elaborate prologue for the world premiere. He will call the spectacle “Argentine Nights” and Carl Oscar Borg has been engaged to design the settings for the stage presentation. ^ ^ James Cruze, who is to make “The Red Mark” for Pathe-DeMille, has chosen an unknown girl to play the leading role. She is Nena Quartaro, and according to Cruze she will prove a sensation. She has signed a five years contract so evidently Cruze has infinite faith in his own judgment. * * * DeMille Role for Logan Jacqueline Logan will not play the lead opposite Rod LaRocque in “Stand and Deliver” which Donald Crisp is directing. Work on “The Leopard Woman” in which she plays the stellar role, prevented. Now Miss Logan is mentioned for the lead in Cecil B. DeMille’s new picture, as yet untitled. * * * Leo Meehan, who is directing “Wall Flowers” for F B O has another story waiting for him. It is “The Little Yellow House.” So between a new son at the Meehan domicile and a new car, these are busy days for this director. * * * Boasberg Writes Vaude Sketches A1 Boasberg, having returned from an extended honeymoon, is back at MetroGoldwyn-Mayer studios, doing comedy construction. He recently dashed off a new sketch for Sophie Tucker at Pantages theatre, and has three other vaudeville sketches working for him every day. * * * Wallace Smith, who wrote a collection of short stories of vaudeville players, called “Are Your Decent?”, has just heard from his publishers that Paramount Famous Lasky has taken an option on the book. Smith wrote the adaptation for “Two Arabian Knights,” the Caddo production which made an instant hit, and designed sets, costumes and did the adaptation for Douglas Fairbanks’ picture “The Gaucho.” * * * Colleen Moore runs a lunch wagon in her next First National production and has been learning the art of preparing short orders and serving “hot dogs” to hungry patrons under Marshall Neilan’s deft direction for several days. Hi jjl Here’s Job for Disabled Man! Fred Thomson is looking for a one armed motion picture actor to play an important role in his next picture “A Pioneer Scout.” The part calls for a burly villain who uses a hook for his missing hand and appears in a number of big sequences. Thomson has canvassed the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion, both of whom maintain employment bureaus in Hollywood but so far has failed to find his man. * * * Nigh Assigned “ Texas Ranger” William Nigh, M-G-M director, has been assigned “The Texas Ranger” as his next picture. Col. Tim McCoy is starred. % Ford Prepares New One John Ford, Fox director, who has just finished cutting “Grandmother Bernle Learns Her Letters,” is preparing to film “Hangman’s House” as his next vehicle. William Farnum has been signed to play the lead. * * * The Hal Roach studio has an orchestra of 10 pices, with Hal Roach as first violin and conductor. The musical body is composed of employes of the Roach studios from the different departments. They played for the Western Association of M. P. Advertisers recently and received a rising vote of thanks. * * * George Sidney’s in the Air Geoge Sidney will know all about aviation before he gets through with pictures. In the last two pictures in which he has appeared — “The Cohens and Kellys in Paris” and “Ace High” — George learns how to fly, and the scenes furnish much of the humor of the two productions. GENE TOWNE COMEDIES, STORIES, GAGS AND TITLES UNDER CONTRACT WITH FIRST NATIONAL NOW STARTING SECOND YEAR