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

October 21, 1922. THE FILM RENTER € MOVING PICTURE NEWS. 69 GLEANINGS FROM THE WEST. (By our Bristol Correspondent.) More Two-Reel Dramas Needed—Success of ‘‘ Rob Roy’’—Rain Stops Carnival—Bristol Manager Leaving—Women and the Kinema—Vitagraph’s First Show—Briefs. (6 OW is it that there is such a scarcity of good tworeel dramas?" This question was put to ime the other day by a West Country exhibiter who has beoa trying to make up seme progriums of shert features, Comedies, interest films, cartoons, travel subjects, cte., he could yet in plenty, bat he was pulled ap shert when he came to dramas. The cooly theme in this wav waieh he could get were We-tern films of the cowboy type, of which there were plenty, but he did at want these, so his proposal to put on progrinns of short Tt seems that it would pay ao producing firm to spochuice in films of this description, for there stuff remaias ino abs vance, Is certuiniv a tnaket for really good tweereel photopliys. Rain Stops Carnival. The ceornival creanive:l by the thestres. kinemias. and anuste halls of Phinouth ov October 4. in aid of the Mayor's Unemeplostient Pond. tial to be postponed owing te the rain, which Acereat deal of trouble had Necessary arrangemernts—whieh fell da turrents the whale day. the ineluded al feotball anatel: and famew dress parade—and con. been otekem ti minkine siderable dicappotutiment was felt that tle affair could not be carried out as intended, Bristol Manager Leaving. Norman Robertson, who has had control of the Whiteladies Read house since it was cpened a vear ago, is giving up that position. wn Pohear that most probably he will go inte business for bimeclfy thoueh not in) Bristol Mr. Robertson will be greatly aiissed in th city, where he is) well-known, heaving Inanaeed, previcus to his appointment to Whiteladics, the Clare Street Picture House for over seven years. NEW VITAGRAPH PRODUCTIONS. SIE Vitagraph studio at Hollywood, California, is actively engaged in’ the making of winter productions, whieh inclide a special, several interesting feutures, and a number of comedies, Work has been started on a David Smith production, ** The Ninety and Nine.’ adapted from Ramsey Morris's famous play of the same name. will be trade shown shortly. It is filled with tarills and intense dramatic situations, The task of transferring this gigantic production to the sereen could be in ne more capable hinds than those of David Smita, The David Siith preducticns, * Blwk Beauts, 7 S The Courage of Marge O*Doone,’? and‘ Flow yr of the North,’ bave stamped him as a director of nete. He is uble to ieyect a human inters-t clement into his proditetions The ca-t is being Several hundred players have alr ady heen interviewed, but Vitasraph is making haste slowly, andl when the east is finally ecompleted it is believed that it will contain a list of names 2. cond 10 none for ability, popularity, and achievement. This massive spectacle which many directors are unable to acquire, scleeted with erent care. Women and the Kinema. The kinema formed cne of the subjects at a Women's Con. Exeter last week. ustial Hines, very fow of the speakers having anything good to say ubout the pictures, The Chiet Constable said) that many films shewn were uerrible, but the police dad ne power to interfere unless they wore indeccont or likely to incite te crime, ference at The diseussion was much on the Another sserker urged the appointment of women police, whose duties sliculd include inspeetion of kinemas, Vitagraph’s First Show. On Tuesday of last week the Vitagraph Conipany held their first trade show in Bristel Phis took plice at the Queen's, the subject: screened beine tt My Wild) Trish Rese.’ Miss Lilian Philips sane the words of the song, and there was a good attendMr. J. M. satisfied with the rosalt cf tas first show, whose suecess it is aneo af extbitors. Lyons tells me that he is very hoped will be repeated with offer af the company’s films. Briefs. “Over the Till starts on a fortuivdhit’s run oat the Colston Hell ou the 28rd of thie mieenth. aid of the training ship Arethusa. The picture is being shown in There is talk of putting up oa new kinema at) Bridewater, Severs] prominent docu! men are said) to be interested in’ the scheme, Atrangomicuts are being amele te held) a Sunday concert. in Bristol in aid cf the Raloh Pringle Distress Fund. Tae Colston Hall) Comauttce proposal for reseatiog the hall, the result of numerous complaints from patrons, has under consideration a A New Larry Semon Comedy. Larry Semon is hard at work on a comedy dealing with the North-West, in which the chict set is the reproduction of a Several carloads ef lumber and stock went into the make-up of this set. The popular favourites of the Semon comedies support the star in this production, eonerar stare, warehouse of An Earle Williams Picture. Karl Williams has just completed final shots of ‘ You Never Know." a pieture which will equal anything the star lias produced, and it is predicted by those who drive seen the tikes as they were developed that it will rank among the ercatet of the Willians pictures. The ‘ Spirit of the West.’’ William Danean is taking a brief respite after finishing a pieture of the West in whieh feats of horsemanship plaved important entitled When Danger Siniles.? and the sequences dive up to the tithe. While ie is resting Donean is reading scripts in order to select a story for his next picture that will embody the spirit af the West with all of its adventure. romance, and interest, roles. This pieture is BULLDOG DRUMMOND Google