Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Oct-Dec 1928)

46 EXHIBITORS HERALD and MOVING PICTURE WORLD October 6, 1928 'NOUGH I SAID: INSTEIN'S theorj' as applied to the film ' business ; "Everything is relatives." My dear Polly Moran : Ten thousand people have written you and asked for your photograph. It is not my intention to annoy you along the same lines. Wish, however, you would send me a frame to fit the picture I have of Billy Haines. I knew a girl who worked so hard in the talkies that she got klieg tonsils. — AL BOASBERG. 'Tis said the first talking picture sent to England, when shown, spoke broken English. The Atlantic crossing was very rough. —RAY HOADLEY. "It will be a great picture if we don't help it too much." —MALCOLM STUART BOYLAN. Anyhow the moving picture industry is now on a sound basis. Torn Engler has changed his telephone number. He now has a confidential number that's hard to find. You might jot it down. It's HE 3702. HAM IS GOOD AT PICNICS "Ham Beall has been appointed Chief Generalissimo in charge of Iowa's next picnic at Long Beach." — Press item. Directors are new and numerous these days at Fox. Sol IVurtzel stepped up to a prominent trade paper rep. the other day and cautioned him to be sure and come to his office that afternoon for "a conference on your next picture." "Sure !" Mr. Wurtzel had left his glasses in the lunchroom. OUR BEST SHOW THIS WEEK: "The Terror" at Warner Brothers. Roy Del Ruth has made a real thriller. May McAvoy screams perfectly. Louise Fazenda, 100 per cent. Hortcm makes the picture live. The presentation would grace any Broadway musical comedy. For electrical effects, thank Frank Murphy. Lou Meehan, who has a part in Columbia's "Driftwood," spent a week on the Isthmus at Catalina and says : "Wrigley would give you an apple any time for a box of oranges." The lamp shade gathers all the dust ; but the phone gets all the dirt. —HARRY ENOUGH NICHOLS. DeMille Makes '^Dynamite" As First Film for M G M (Special to the HeraldWorld) HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 2.— Cecil B. DeMille's first picture for Metro-GoldwynMayer will be "Dynamite," an interestingstory of ultra-modern society. Peggy Prior in Scenario Ranks HOLLYWOOD-Peggy Prior has been promoted to Pathe's scenario department. She was a script clerk. Fox Starts on Three of * Twelve New Pictures; Colleen's Next Is Begun (Continued from page 43) role, supported by Don Alvarado and Philo McCullough; and "The Lone Wolf's Daughter," starring Bert Lytell. Phil Rosen is directing the former and Al Rogell is handling the megaphone on the "Lone Wolf" picture. Gertrude Olmstead plays the leading feminine role. Excellent Pictures is starting a picture today called, "One Splendid Hour." Helene Costello, Donald Keith, Mary Carr and Jimmy Larkin are in the cast. Clifif Wheeler is directing. Universal started a serial called, "The Diamond Master," -^vith Jack Nelson directing. Hayden Stevenson and Louise Lorraine are featured. Of the six pictures to be completed during the week, two were at Columbia. "Nothing to Wear," which featured Jacqueline Logan, Jane Winton and Bryant Washburn, was directed by Erie C. Kenton. The other was "The Power of the Press," co-featuring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Jobyna Ralston. Frank Capra directed. John Waters Finishes McCoys John Waters finished the two Tim McCoy pictures which he has been filming in Glacier National Park for Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. Dorothy Janis is cast opposite McCoy in "Sioux Blood," and in "Humming Wires," Marion Douglas has the leading feminine role. Tiffany-Stahl completed, "The Devil's Apple Tree," with Dorothy Sebastian and Larry Kent co-featured under direction of Elmer Clifton. A Pathe serial was finished on the Metropolitan lot. It is "The Tiger's Shadow," co-featuring Hugh Allen and Gladys McConnell. Spencer Bennett directed. Vidor Seeks Chicagoans For All-Colored-Cast Film King Vidor is in Chicago en route to a Southern plantation to film exterior scenes for "Hallelujah," his forthcoming production for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The story, an original by Vidor, will have an all-colored cast. Tests of prospective principal players will be made in Chicago. If they are unsatisfactory he will continue his hunt for talent in New York. Montagne Returns West (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 2.— Edward J. Montagne, scenario editor-in-chief of Universal, has returned to Hollywood after several weeks in New York. Stage Bids Betty Bronson (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 2.— Betty Bronson has been offered the name part in a stage production of "Peter Pan," to be staged in Los Angeles about Christmas. CHARLES LAMONT the Educational Director Is Directing "Big Boy" ON A LOT OF THE LOTS Regarding George (Sunny) Macintosh Henry B. Walthall Harrison Ford Clara Bow Clarence Badger Lucille Powers William Kaplan Neil Hamilton Reginald Denny Gladys Lehman Earl Snell Joseph Henabery Gertie Messenger Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Marceline Day Myrtle Steadman E. J. Ratcliffe Billy De Beck Charlie Diltz Clark and McCoUough Jimmie Townsend Sammy Katzman Lou Breslow Hugh Herbert HOLLYWOOD— George (Sunny) Macintosh, juvenile, who has just finished a featured role in "The Little Colonel" starring H. B. Walthall, for BintlifT Productions, has received two offers from stage producers for leads. He is up against the old proposition of returning to spoken drama, having been featured on the stage for several years, but his work in pictures shows unusual promise, therefore it is not likely that he will desert the screen. * Harrison Ford, prominent screen and stage star, will postpone his annual trip to New York until engagements let up a bit. No sooner had he closed an eight weeks engagement at a local theatre than he was signed by Paramount for a featured role with Clara Bow in "Three Week Ends," which is being directed by Clarence Badger. Lucille Powers, a comparative newcomer to the screen, was selected by William Kaplan, Badger's assistant, for the role opposite Ford. Neil Hamilton, will appear opposite Clara. Reginald Denny, Universal's comedy star, has been making a motor tour of Northern California, but is expected to return to the studio in a few days to start work on his first sound picture. "Clear the Deck," an original by Gladys Lehman and Earl Snell. Joseph Henabery will direct the opus. Gertie Messenger, sister of Buddy, has been x-agaged for the part of the flapper sister in "The Jazz Age," which Len Shores is directing for F B O. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Marceline Day have the leading roles with Henry B. Walthall, Myrtle Steadman, and E. J. Ratcliffe, in the supporting roles. Billy De Beck, creator of Barney Google, was the guest of honor of the London branch of F B O for the showing of the first of Darmour's pictures based on his comic strip. De Beck, who has taken up his residence abroad, expressed himself as highly pleased with the transference of his brain children to the screen. He was especially fond of the antics of "Rudy," the amiable ostrich, and is writing a letter of commendation to Charlie Diltz, the producer, for his clever work. Many nationally known football stars will be seen in a Movietone picture for Fox. Clark and McCoUough VfiW be starred, vvnith a football game as the background. Jimmy Townsend of the Movietone casting department, and Sammy Katzman, assistant director, with the aid of Hayden Pythian former U. S. C. instructor, have spent several days in selecting football players for the roles. Among the group are: "Lone Star" Deitz, Carlisle Military coach; Rudy Janikc, and Harry Alberts, Notre Dame; Jim (Babe) Pierce, All American; Duke Morrison, California Wonder team ; Bill Houser, nationally known pro, and many others of equal prominence. Lou Breslow and Hush Herbert created the story, and will write the talking sequences. — FRAZIER. "Exodus'* to Idaho (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 2.— Marie Prevost and Ben Lyon, who are making "The Exodus," have left Salt Lake City after several weeks of shooting to make scenes on the Snake river near Twin Falls, Idaho.