The Film Renter and Moving Picture News (Sep-Oct 1922)

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92 THE FILM RENTER & MOVING PICTURE NEWS. WYNDHAM STANDING JOINS HOLLANDIA. N new Hollandia policy of — featuring famous American stars, Wyndham Standing has joined the Haarlem organisation, having come specially from America for this engagement. He now will appear in a series of Hollandia first of which is already well under weigh. This is ** The Lion's Mouse,” from the novel by C. N. and A. M. Williamson, and it will be followed by an adaptation of a worldfamous play, the title of which — will announced. Mr. Standing, although he has become famous as an American screen star, is of British birth, and is, of course, one of the noted Standing family that has been 60 long and closely allied to stage and screen on both sides of the globe. Wyndham Standing has had ten years in motion pictures, and is best known for his performances in ‘t Earthbound"? (Goldwyn), ‘* The Eyes of the Soul’ (Famous Players), and ‘t Smilin’ Through "’ (Talmadge Film Company), the latter now showing in England. He has (Continued at foot of nert column.) pictures, — the shortly be WYNDHAM STANDING. and FRANK DANE EXCLUSIVES SYNDICATE ViviD LIMITED General Manager: J. SUNDERLAND Google PICTURES YOU MUST SEE THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST From the pen of the well-known writer of “‘SAPHO” Starring MERCEDES BRIGMORE CREATION. From the story by MAY EDGINTON An All-British Production, featuring DOROTHY FANE See Next Week’s Trade Show Announcement September 30, 1922. ROYAL KINEMA PATRONS. Command Screening at Balmoral. ‘“COMMAND "’ film performance was given at Balmoral A on Monday before the King and Queen, at which two films were exhibited. One of these was ‘* Nanook,”’ the remarkable film dealing with Eskimo life, the otuer the Hepworth historical film, ‘* Through Three Reigns.’’. This is the third ‘** command " film performance within the space of a year—the other two being an exhibition of Chaplin films. at Sandringham, and of the film of the Prince of Wales’s tour through India at Windsor. The arrangements for the entertainment were in the hands o1 Provincial Cinematograph Theatres’ Ltd., and various officials of that company travelled down to Balmoral to prepare for the Mr. Cecil Hepworth also attended to superinten:i * many scenes performance, the showing of his film, ‘* Through Three Reigns,’ of which he had photographed himeelf. played opposite Norma Talmadge, Pauline Frederick, Elsie Ferguson, Madame Petrova, and Mae Marsh, and in ‘‘ The Lion's Mouse,’’ has Marguerite Marsh, sister of Mae, as his vis a Mr. Standing made the first colour picture with Baumeester, the famous Dutch artiste, and was a -further pioneer in that he made the first picture without titles, ‘*‘ The Journey's End "’ (Ballin Productions), and also the first moving picture in which real Indians appeared by permission of the U.S. Government, ‘‘ The Bugle Call’? (New York M.P. Company.) Wyndham Standing has played in over 100 films, and deplores the present attitude of the American Censorship Board, which, he states, is curtailing output and placing impossible restrictions on the entire art. vis. 15 Gt. Ducie Street Manchester Phone 1845 City