Fox Folks (1922)

Fox f FOLKS' n — themselves well satisfied with an opportunity to be present. An emergency squad was quickly recruited among studio employes and the guests were “parked” in places of vantage for a radius of a cjuarter of a mile from the grandstand. After all these places were filled the escort squad took thousands of others about the 150-acre lot and explained to them the details of motion picture making and showed them where scenes were filmed for “What Price Glory,” “The Return of Peter Grimm,” “3 Bad Men,” “The Country Beyond,” “Siberia,” “The Lily,” “Fig Leaves,” “On the Wings of the Storm,” “My Wife’s Honor,” “Going Crooked,’ “Gaby,” “M other Machree,” “Whispering Wires,” “The Great K. & A Train Robbery,” “The Blue Eagle,” “Upstream,” “The Pelican,” “The Midnight Kiss,” “Married Alive,” “The Family Upstairs,” “Sandy,” “More Pay — Less Work,” “Black Paradise,” “No Man’s Gold,” “The Devil’s Master,” “Womanpower,” and the latest lot of Fox Films comedies. The program proved unusually popular with the throng. A band began the gate opening ceremonies with “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” and a company of United States Marines who had appeared in “What Price Glory,” marched before the stand. The commander received from Margaret Livingston, who acted as hostess for Fox Films, a company fiag. The commander in turn delivered the flag to his colors detail of three sergeants who mounted the stairway to the top of the wall and hoisted it to the staff above the tower that surmounts the gateway. The Hon. Isadore B. Dockweiler, one of the most famous orators of the Pacific coast, delivered a short address in which he traced the development of Fox Films. He told how a few years ago the first Hollywood studio for Fox Films was a residence structure and garage on a four-acre lot among alfalfa fields and orange groves at Western Avenue and Sunset boulevard and traced the progress of Fox Films until today it is a pro ducing and distributing concern that reaches every country on the globe. Mr. Dockweiler’s address was received with appreciative applause and Tom Mix brought his broncho busters on to the field. These wild west horsemen gave the crowd a novelty in rodeos that included every form of trick riding and fancy shooting. The program closed with a Charleston contest which was won by Lucille Lyons of the casting department and Claude “Buck” Smith, one of Tom Mix’ troupe, who holds the honors of being the champion cowboy dancer of the Pacific coast. Others who appeared in this contest were Barbara Luddy, of the East Side-West Side comedies, Mlargaret Sanneborn, Nick Plata, Danny Dowling, Baby Bassette and “Jerry the Giant” Madden, the child star, who is featured in the new series of animal comedies. Earle Foxe, star of the Van Bibber comedies, was master of ceremonies. Luis Usabal, the Spanish artist, and William Darling, technical director at the West Coast studios, designed the new $300,000 wall. Erie Hampton, assistant to Robert M. Yost, West Coast publicity director, had charge of all arrangements for the day. Miss Livingston, hostess of the afternoori, was attended by the following celebrated screen stars: Belle Bennett, Virginia Brown Faire, Anita Stewart, Virginia Valli, Dorothy Dwan, Dolores Del Rio, Betty Miller, Janet Gaynor, Florence Gilbert Byrnese Beutler, Kathryn Perry, Gladys McConnell, Reata Hoyt, J. Farrell MacDonald, Frank Beal, Victor McLaglen, Lou Tellegen, George O’Brien, Buck Jones, Leslie Fenton, Mack Swain, Arthur Housman, “Heinie” Conklin, Alec B. Francis, John St. Polis, William Walling, Ralph Sipperly. Gene Cameron, Lawford Davidson, Edward Peil, Carl Miller, Georgie Harris, Ted MacNamara, Fred Kohler, Harry Gripp, Ben Bard, Gordon Elliott, and others. Jacques Rollens is the latest addition to the cast of “Mother Machree” which John Ford is directing. Page Eight