Film Follies (Jun 1922 - Jan 1924)

How Christie Comedies are Advertised on Billboards in Los Angeles Laughmakers in New Christie Series “H o 1 d Everything,” the comedy following “Navy Blues” in the new line-up of fun films portrays Bobby Vernon in a “rube” role of the type in which he is especially well known. The third picture will be a comedy of speed and thrills starring Jimmie Adams, and the background of the comedy is the great oil drilling district at Signal Hill, near Long Beach, where 483 oil derricks comprise one of the most remarkable and most publicized oil fields in the world. Charlottte Merriam and Babe London will be in the picture with Adams. For variety again, Neal Burns will star in the fourth picture, which is now being planned. It will be a cabaret farce, with Burns supported by Vera Steadman, Lincoln Plumer and others. Stories for the entire series are being mapped out carefully in advance so that in presenting the series, no two pictures will be similar in theme or type. This feature of Christie Comedies was one thing which made last year’s series so popular, and the fact that no two comedies were alike redounded much to the credit of the comedy organization. Exhibit at Exposition Christie Comedies were advertised to over half a million people, many of whom were from all parts of the United States and Canada, at the motion picture exposition held in Los Angeles last month. The Christie studio had a bungalow exhibit, located prominently on the main esplanade, and was commended highly because of the fact that the well-known Christie stars were there in person every day. Several hundred thousand post cards of the individual players were sent “back East” by the Exposition visitors. Critics Outside Film Trade Boost Christie’s “Roll Along’’ A1 Christie’s two-reel farce, “Roll Along,” has invited generous praise from the leading American critics. Robert Sherwood, of ‘Life,’ in his latest article advocating the shelving of long tiresome features during the tepid summer season and substituting short subjects of spice and snap, suggested that exhibitors would favor their audiences by showing “Roll Along.” In his concise appraisal of Christie’s latest effort, he writes : “ ‘RollAlong’ is a hilarious black-face comedy, produced by the industrious Christies. It is by far the best thing they have done..” Another critic of national repute, Mae Tinee, whose severity has caused a stir in movie circles, recently tossed a bouquet into Christie’s lap when her following article appeared in the Chicago Tribune: • “My only recompense for yesterday’s visit to McVicker’s was a negro comedy called ‘Roll Along.’ If you live through the feature you'll laugh through the ‘funThis Octavius-Cohenian-HarrisDicksonian tale of two colored boys working on rival Mississippi boats, who were both in love with the same dusky belle, is really funny.” New players signed Teddy Sampson and Patrica Palmer, both wellknown actresses in feature and comedy casts, have been engaged by A1 Christie to support Bobby Vernon in the next picture which will go into production at the Christie studios. Miss Sampson has just finished a role in the production of “The Bad Man” starring Holbrook Blinn, a First National picture, and Patricia Palmer has just finished in “The Hellion,” a Pathe picture. Christie Comedies in Electrics, California Theatre San Francisco FINAL WCEK WARING S PENNSYLVANIANS Jm ADAMS ROLL ALONG “Roll Along on the Billboards of the California Theatre, San Francisco