Motion Picture News (Apr - Jun 1927)

^fLy tllicun /lanics T r nil IILC ov THE SMART ALECK in th.s.nc w.i 1 liam Haines is his typical screen self, wise-cracking and smt)oth-working. He's a pugilist— or rather a "pug" and he gets into a peck of trouble only to battle his way out with two strong fists. There's always a heap of fun for the fans when a good fight picture comes along, and when William Haines is the one who does the fighting you know the public knows that it's breezy, topical and of the minute without any angle that you could object to. This one will be a woman's picture all the way as a strong love story has been built by the authors, K. Hugh Herbert and Florence Ryerson. The subsecjuent Haines vehicles ■\vill be SPRING FEVER and IVESr POINT. 3 WILLIAM HAINES PICTURES HKRK has been decided exhibitor approval of the Tim .McCoy scries, as exhibitors have appreciated the extra production effort that has gone into this unusual type of outd<K)r picture. In KyiyiviH added pnnluction values will be included, and thcfirstTim McCoy will be THK BOXKR RKBKLLION directed by Reginald Barker, one of the greatest of them all. In the supporting cast are Claire Windsor, Russell Simpson, Dorothy Sebastian and Tom O'Brien. The authors are Ross Willis and Madelme Ruthven. The next productions will be 'The Gallant Gringo," "Kl .Americano" and three others, the titles of which will be annf)unced shortly. 6 TIM McCOy PICTURES ^^V£X? ^^Ksy^ ^/ackie V c oo0an ere is a stirring THE BUGLE CALL-h itory of .American prairie life and one that has been tailored and measired for The Kid. It is the most ambitious picture that Jackie has ever ippcared in and he has been surrounded with a strong supporting cast. The tale centers around the Indian ravages in the post-war days of jcncral Grant and Jackie and his bugle manage to scare off a massacre nd to bring his father and mother together by a heroic stunt in a great risis. Those who have watched the picture in production are thoroughly old on its aptness and exhibitors may well expect a most exceptional icture. Claire Windsor, Herbert Rawlinson, Tom O'Brien and others re in the cast. The picture is directed by Edward Sedgwick, creator of Slide, Kelly, Slide" and the story is by C. Gardner Sullivan. J VJ 1 1 \J iN O — Showmen will be delighted with I-G-M's choice of story for Jackie Coogan, for "Buttons" truly covers le range of human emotions and gives sturdy young Jackie glorious iportunity for moments of stirring courage, self-sacrifice, boyhood votion . . . intermingled with hearty laughs and pathos that no one ay resist. Jackie plays the part of a trim little page-boy aboard an lantic liner. His devotion to the Captain leads him to accept disarge and disgrace rather than tell how his unselfish acts have really en done to help the Captain's romance. "Buttons" later gets back ioard ship, proves himself once more a little hero and survives a specirular wreck at sea to return proudly to his sick mother at home. <orge Hill, director of "Tell It to the Marines", wrote this story and ' s one of the greatest pieces of showman writing the M-G-M studio fi ever handled. 2 JACKIE COOGAN PICTURES 5X3V^ MADAMOISELLE FROM ARMENTIERES-Look who'shtre. Mada moiselle from .Armentieres . . . parlez-vous! Millions of our soldier boys know the verses of that most famous of all the comedy war songs. .And they brought back the fame of the song to .America so that practically everybody knows it now. .And when M-G-M learned that this title had been used by England to make "The Big Parade of the British" a fast cable was sent to obtain "Madamoiselle from Armentieres" for our customers. Maurice EIvy is director. Victor Saville wrote it. Beautiful Estelle Brody and John Stuart, England's handsome idol, are the leads. These are the topnotch names of all Britain. .And they've made a great picture, packed with big dramatic moments, plus a love story that's tender and powerful, and in addition to all these elements there's humor and plenty of it. That sounds like a good bet for any theatre. .And you bet it is! .And remember, next Fall thousands of .American Legion boys come home from their visit to France, the papers will be full of it. They'll be whistling that famous tune and you'll agree that "Madamoiselle from .Armentieres" will be the most up-to-the-minute subject you could put into your theatre. ;-x3y^' ::Ka,i -^ ane unci >Jeori}f i/lrllnir r\. 11/ L/ 1 /\ iN 1 ^ — The sensational new comedy team that so delighted the world in" Rookies" will be seen in a series of sparkling slapstick stories destined for a lot of laughs in these serious days. The first of their 1 927-1 928 output will be a post-war comedy that finds the two boys on the Paris boulevards, Dane as uncouth as he was in "The Big Parade" and "Slide, Kelly, Slide" and .Arthur his slightly lisping self, swaying a bit at the hips. The two make a wonderful combination for the gags which the authors Edward Sedgwick and Lew Lipton have concocted. Sedgwick is the director and Richard Shayer, author of "Tell It to the Marines " made the adaptation. Two additional to be announced 3 DANE AND ARTHUR PICTURES