Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1923-Jan 1924)

iM OTION PICTURE MAGAZINE L PREFERRED PICTURES Bringing Great Books ana Plays to Life N the back of your mind linger the memories of mighty deeds and throbbing loves — the things that make up great books and great plays. Upon such stories are Preferred Pictures built. The men who founded Preferred Pictures believe that no photoplay can give the maximum of entertainment; no star, no cast, can put forth the best that is in them, unless the story is right. You received the first Preferred Pictures and proclaimed them a success. Now comes "THE VIRGINIAN," a Tom Forman Production, made from the immortal novel and play. Under the spell of color, action and setting such as only the moving picture makes possible— you can live it yourself with Trampas, with Molly, Steve and "The Virginian," the greatest western character ever given to literature. Kenneth Harlan heads the Preferred Cast, which includes such noted actors as Florence Vidor, Russell Simpson, Pat O'Malley and Raymond Hatton. Preferred Pictures are shown in your city. Call up your favorite theatre and ask "When?" PREFERRED PICTURES Produced by B.P.SCHULBERG Coming "The Virginian" from the play and novel by OwenWister and Kirke La Shelle "April Showers" ■by Hope Loring and Louis D. Lighton. "Maytime" from the play by Rida Johnson Young. "The Boomerang" from the play by WinchellSmithandVictorMapes "White Man" from the novel by George Agnew Chamberlain. "Poisoned Paradise" from the novel by Robert W. Service. "When a Woman Reaches Forty" by Royal A. Baker. "The Mansion of Aching Hearts" by Harry Von Tiber and Arthur J. Lamb. "The Breath of Scandal" from the novel by Edwin Balmer. "The First Year" from the play by Frank Craven. "The Triflers" from the novel by Frederick Orin Bartlett. "Faint Perfume" from the novel by Zona Gale. "My Lady's Lips" by Olga Printzlau. ■?{OJV SHOWING "The Broken Wing" ' ' Mothers-in-Law' ' "Daughters of the Rich" "The Girl Who Came Back" "Are You a Failure?" "Poor Men's Wives" "The Hero" "Thorns and Orange Blossoms" 'Shadows" "Rich Men's Wives" I PREFERRED AL L1CHTMAN, President 84 Distributed by PICTURES CORP. 1650 Broadway, New York Greenroom Jottings (Continued from page 82) Courtot spent her honeymoon in one studio, while her husband, Raymond McKee passed his in' another, making love to another woman as leading man in "Forget and Forgive" — quite appropriate. Colleen Moore worked overtime during what should have been her honeymoon, starring in "Flaming Youth" and "The Swamp Angel," while the bridegroom, John Emmett McCormick, Western representative of the Associated First National Pictures, Inc., was chained, by work, to his desk. But later Lila Lee and James Kirkwood were still more unfortunate. Lila was summoned to 'Frisco to work on "Woman Proof" with Tommy Meighan while Kirkwood had to "stay put" in Los Angeles where he is playing the principal male role in "Ponjola." But that was not all — he was sent later to Georgia to make "Wild Oranges." When both pictures are finished, the bride and groom intend to take to sea in a boat without wireless equipment. Another woman in the producing ranks — it's Josephine Quirk. "Jo," as she is popularly known, came to New York to join prominent Eastern associates. They have a novel production idea but wont reveal it yet. The first production will have an all-star cast with a head-line director. It will be adapted and supervised by Miss Quirk. "When A Man's / Man," the first of the Harold Bell Wright stories to be brought to the screen by Principal Pictures Corporation, is ready for release. Edward F. Cline who directed the picture had as much trouble discovering the location for the exterior scenes as tho he had been prospecting for gold. The scenes were shot in and about Prescott, Arizona, the exact location pictured in the book, but Mr. Wright had taken advantage of poetic license in his descriptions and his dream spot was difficult to locate. (Continued on page 106) "No Mother to Guide Her," has brought Genevieve Tobin back to the studios and Kleig lights after a long sojourn behind the footlights