The Film Daily (1923)

THE ■c&H DAILY Monday, August 20, 1923 Coast Brevities C8fceci»l to THE FILM DAILY) ^Hollywood — Conrad Nagel and Ailyven Pringle have been cast to play the two leading roles in "Three Week; y^SC :h Von Stroheim is in Death suking locations for the desert scenes in "Creed." Victor Seastrom is now making the scenes with the mob storming the castle in "The Master of Man." " Tin Marriage Maker, " William de Mille's latest production is in the final stages of cutting. As Cecil B. DeMille proceeds with "The Ten Commandments," new players are being constantly added to the cast. The latest additions include Charles Ogle and Roscoe Karns. The cast announced by Ben Wilson for "Leave it to Gerry," Billie Rhodes' fist feature for Grand-Asher, includes Buster Collier, Claire McDowell, Kathleen Kirkham and Joseph W. Girard. "Forgive and Forget" is nearly finished at the Waldorf studio. Howard Mitchell is directing. Work has started on "The Three Orphans," the fourth of th< new series of "Fighting Blood" stories. Preparations are being made for the filming of the campaign scenes along the upper Nile which play an important part in "The Light That Failed." Under direction of Joseph Henabery, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., is busily i ngaged in the Turkish episodes of "Stephen Steps Out." Having completed "The Spanish Dancer'' I'olo Negri is contemplating "seeing America" trip. The Grand I anyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone and Del Monte are among the points she hopes to visit. Work will start soon at Universal City on William Raine's "The Texas Ranger." Roy Stewart will appear in the stellar role. Nat Ross is the director. Beatrice Van, has completed the script on "Druscilla With a Million" for F. B. O. The picture will be released early in 1923 probably with Mary Carr in the principal role. Through an arrangement with Paramount, Mary Astor will play the lead opposite John Barrymore in ui Brummel." W. K. GRFENE I am in the market for SINGLE REEL NOVELTIES ' Iris Film Exchange JOHN J. IRIS Phone 729 -7th Ave. N. Y. Bryant 3377 "Daytime Wives" at Central "Daytime Wives," one of the important F. B. O. releases for the fall goes into the Central theater for the week beginning August 26. ook New Goldwyn Block Goldwyn announced yesterday that C. E. Whitehurst has booked a block of 11 Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan's for either his New theater or Century in Baltimore. Hep worth Opens Local Offices The New York offices of the newly organized Hepworth Distributing Corp. have been opened in the Loew State B'ld. The Los Angeles offices are in the A. G. Bartlett B'ld'g. Iris to Distribute Burr's Review John J. Iris of the Iris Film Exchange has affected an arrangement whereby he will release a series of reviews produced by C. C. Burr. They consist of part scenic, slow motion in colors and a cartoon. L. R. Crook Outfit Gets Another (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Modesto, Cal. — The National Theater Syndicate, headed by L. R. Crook, have taken control of the new Richards theater, a 1,000 seat house recently erected by A. A. Richards. The deal involves an expenditure of $100,000, New Taxes in Berlin (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Berlin — The municipal authorities have decided to standardize the admission tax on a gold pfennig basis. The taxes follow: IS gold pfennigs — 20 per cent. 20 gold pfennigs — 23 per cent. 30 gold pfennigs — 25 per cent. 40 gold pfennigs — 27.5 per cent. Over 55 gold pfennigs — 33.5 per cent. Rodner Gets "Screen Snapshots" Harold Rodner will distribute "Screen Snapshots" in Greater New York and Northern New Jersey. C. B. C. has also sold the Columbia series, "Yesterday's Wife", "The Marriage Market", "Discontented Husbands" and "Traffic in Hearts" to Celebrated Players for Wisconsin. "Big" Year For Texas (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Dallas — -The coming season promises to be a big one for Texas. Outof-town exhibitors are here buying films and salesmen back from trips all report a bright outlook. Wheat in the western section is in abundance. More cotton seed is being planted than ever before with additional cotton gins going up in the Rock district above the Panhandle. Films Will be Lecture Topics The production of motion pictures will be the topic of discussion at many of the annual winter lectures, conducted in school throughout the city by the Board of Education. Dr. Ernest L. Crandall, head of the lecture department has just returned from the coast where he gathered data, from a number of studios, to be used for the lectures. Over 4,000 of these lectures are given yearly in the New York schools by the Board. "RUPERT OF HENTZAU" (APOLOGIES TO SELZNICK He was no dumbbell. He probably carried a copy of THE FILM DAILY around in his pocket. 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