The Film Mercury (1928-1929)

Record Details:

Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

Hollywood, Calif. THE FILM MERCURY, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1928 Page Forty-One Writ Forbidding Service To Erie (Pa.) Firm Erie, Pa. — Injunction granted H. E. Hammond of the Lyric against M-G-M and other distributors restraining cutting off of film service, has been continued pending final hearing of the case on a date to be announced. The Court of Common Pitas continued the case when defendants waived testimony at the preliminary hearing. The dispute arose when the exhibitor refused to abide by a decision of the arbitration board. * * * Tim McCoy, just back from Glacier National Park, Montana, where two of his pictures, “Humming Wires” and “Sioux Blood” were filmed, is now at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, working with Nick Grinde, his director, on preparations for his next play, as yet untitled. * * * Ray Enright is directing the dialogue sequences on “Stolen Kisses” for Warner Brothers. Norman Kerry Returns Norman Kerry has returned from a three months’ vacation in Europe. His contract with Universal has expired and he has signed with Myron Selznick, Felix Young and Frank Joyce. Selznick , Young and Joyce also have Constance Talmadge under contract and it is likely that Kerry and “Connie” will be signed soon for a series of co-starring pictures for one of the larger production companies, the series to start when Constance returns from Europe. * * * Fawcett’s Second Talkie George Fawcett has completed his second talking picture, “Fancy Baggage,” which John Adolfi directed for Warners. * * * James in Hospital Gardner James is confined to a Hollywood hospital, as a result of an operation. He is well on the road to recovery. 1 ADELINE M. ALVORD >: % >: >; >; I >; >; it: >; Authors’ Representative Established 1920 Screen material adapted to Talking Pictures THE WRITERS W.A.S.P. AND >: % i i s it: iti $ I >; >: i PEARL RALL Editor-Public Relations’ Counsellor Dignified Campaigns that Build W.A.C. WA.S.P. 434 Markham Building 6372 Hollywod Boulevard HEmpstead 0078 rt m 1 f { i »:! 1 I COMEDY SPECIALIST PIERRE COUDERC Comedies Exclusively Adaptations, Continuities, Scripts Now Freelancing fl fl fl fl a a a fl fl i j >; I y. I y. >; >; I >] j >] !>: m I! I I Latest Assignment “It Can Be Done” Glenn Try on Directed by Fred Newmeyer Universal I >; \