Motion Picture News (Apr - Jun 1927)

reta ^jarbo JL/V^ V 11/ — The question as to Greta Garbo's next vehicle to follow "Flesh and the Devil" was happily answered by Tolstoi's immortal novel "Anna Karenina," to be called "Love" on the screen. It is as though this drama had been written especially for Miss Garbo's unique personality. No one in the world could better portray the languid beauty of Anna, pretty wife of the wealthy diplomat. Into her life comes the dashing young officer. Society warns them to respect its edicts, but love intoxicates them and they flee to Italy's blue skies. What drama is here, memorable, unforgettable, bathed in the glory of magnificent Russia before the revolution. Dimitri Buchowetzki will direct "Love" from the scenario of Lorna Moon. In the brilliant all-star cast are: Ricardo Cortez, ZaSu Pitts, Helene Chadwick, Lionel Barrymore, Dorothy Sebastian and Mario Carillo. Some cast! Some picture! THE DIVINE WOMAN — What a title for a star like Greta Garbo! In this extended eflPort of M-G-M the captivating Swedish star plays the role of that celebrated actress whose life story is more strangely fascinating than a world of French fiction. Who does not know of the great Bernhardt and who would not long to see the secret of her personality once more revealed before the audiences of America? Greta Garbo, the star that the public made, the star that only Metro-Go/i/ayw-Mayer could reveal, provides a pulsating heart-throbbing character study that exposes the temperament and the hidden life that one who is great lives far from the painted curtain and the tinselled scene. It is a revealing picture and an intense romance. A third vehicle will be announced shortly, making 3 GRETA GARBO PICTURES ^Kty^ oLei an J m,L rin^le L ADAM AND EVIL-This is dedicated to audiences who like their laughs, long, lingering and loud. F. Hugh Herbert and Florence Ryerson have written the perfect vehicle for the perfect farce comedy team. Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle. They will surely ride to a partnership of fame with this uproarious riot of marital complications, involving a twin brother from Brazil whose arrival almost wrecks a hitherto peaceful domestic home. Director Robert Z. Leonard. In the supporting cast Gwen Lee, Hedda Hopper, Gertrude Short, John T. Murray. S L I G H T LY SC A RL ET a ,ruly dever story, containing a series of the most amusing situations that a scenario writer's ingenuity could devise. It is an original theme built up expressly for the new comedy team of Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle. People know how easy it is for circumstances to cast doubt on honest folk's reputations and in "Slightly Scarlet" Dame Fortune, in a joking mood, plays havoc with a pair of innocents. Even lovers may doubt sweethearts and vice versa when events seem so strange, but the audience is in on the joke all the time and they will have the time of their lives! 'Plus a third Cody Pringle, malting 3 LEW CODY-AILEEN PRINGLE PICTURES ROAD SHOW SIZE For Release THE BIG PARADE SEPT. 10 BEN-HUR OCT. 8 -Announcement soon cs^illtan r~jisn ANNIE LA U R I E — LilHan Gish has never, in all her glorious career had a vehicle to equal the sure-fire, down-to-earth audience qualities of "Annie Laurie" — qualities that make quiet folk cheer out loud! It's an original story conceived by Josephine Lovett, that smart screen writer, and she has put into the picture the throbs, the thrills, the tendernesses that Miss Gish's admiring thousands demand of her. A new setting for a picture, too. The hills of rugged Scotland in the days when strong, brutish men fought for power and the love of women. Action, action all the way, showing the intrigues and battles of two warring clans. The melody of "Annie Laurie", whose origin dates from that time, brings together the leader of one clan (Norman Kerry) and the beauty of the other (Lillian Gish). John S. Robertson is director. cy\ex cyn 'n^ram s THE GARDEN OF ALLAH — Those who have been privileged to see it in its incomplete form declare that again the name of the director of "The Four Horsemen" will resound with praise and glory to the four corners of the earth! MctTo-Go/Jteya believes this is the most exciting news it could possibly convey to exhibitors. A Rex Ingram triumph that challenges his best! Both Ingram and Metro^o/Jzvyn have looked forward to something brilliant from "The Garden of Allah" that tender, gripping, magnificent stage success of Robert Hichens. The world knows its famous story, of the desert Monastery which yields its handsome young Monk to the world's embrace for a brief, exquisite moment. His adventures, his loves, his eventual return to the monastery are unforgettable moments of story telling. In Production OLD HEIDELBERG: Directed by Ernst Lubitsch Cast — Starring Ramon Novarro and Norma Shearer THE TRAIL OF '98: Author — Based on the story by Robert W. Service. Director — Clarence Brown. Cast — Dolores Del Rio, Ralph Forbes, Harry Carey, Tally Marshall, Karl Dane, Tenen Holtx, George Cooper, iVilliam Orlamotid. THE CROWD: Author and Director — King Vidor. Cast — Eleanor Boardman, James Murray, Dorothy Sebastian, Berl Roach, Estelle Clarke, Lucy Beaumont, Dell Henderson. THE COSSACKS: Featuring John Gilbert. Author — Lyoff Tolstoy. ROSE MARIE: Author Based on stage production by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein. Director — William Nigh. THE GLORY DIGGERS: Author — Laurence Stallings. THE WIND: Starring Lillian Gish. Featuring Lars Hansen. Author — Dorothy Scarborough. Director — Victor Seastrom. fExhibilori ivill rralize that it it sometimes necessary to make changes in the cast Tl or director of pictures as announced. We accordingly^ reser-ve such right as topiclurts \\ herein announced, to be exercised in our discretion and -without further notice. JJ