Motion Picture News (Mar-Apr 1923)

April 28 , 1923 2041 "Rupert of Hentzau" to Go via Selznick Dist. Corp. ANNOUNCEMENT was made on Wednesday of this week from the offices of W. C. J. Doolittle, president of the Selznick Distributing Corporation, that " Rupert of Hentzau," produced under the supervision of Myron Selznick and recently completed at the United Studios, Los Angeles, would be distributed by the Selznick organization. Elaine Hammerstein appears as Queen Flavia, and Bert Lytell is seen in the dual role of Rudolph Rassendyll and King Rudolph of Ruritania. Lew Cody is cast as Rupert. Claire Windsor plays the part of Helga Von Tarlenheim. Marjorie Daw has been given the role of Rosa Holf. Colonel Sapt is enacted by Hobart Bosworth. Adolph Jean appears as Count Rischenheim. Bryant Washburn is cast as Fritz Von Tarlenheim. Irving Cummings is in the part of Berenstein. Mitchell Lewis plays Bauer, the treacherous valet. Elmo Lincoln has the role of Simon, the woodsman. Nigel de Brulier portrays the part of Herbert. Mother Holf is played by Josephine Crowell. First-Runs Are Closed for "Enemies of Women " Arrangements for the first-run showing of "Enemies of Women" in various key cities are now being made by the Cosmopolitan Corporation. The picturization of Vincente Blasco Ibanez's romantic novel began an indefinite run in Los Angeles this week, opening in that city on Tuesday night at Grauman's Rialto theatre. At the opening were a number of film stars, including Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Pola Negri, Marshall Neilan, Cecil B. De Mille, Anita Stewart, Colleen Moore, Holbrook Blinn, Forrest Stanley, T. Boy Barnes, Robert Frazer and the Talmadges. "Enemies" will have its first Chicago showing at the Roosevelt theatre, where it begins and indefinite run on April 30. Meantime, the film has been playing in the Central theatre, New York, where it had its world's premiere on Easter Sunday. Stills from " The Forbidden Lover," with Barbara Bedford and Elliott Sparling. Distributed by American Releasing. Reconstructing Fine Arts Studios Modern Structure to Be Built on Old Site; Improvements to Cost $250 ,000 A WRECKING crew is busy at the Fine Arts studios in Hollywood, Cal., tearing down the wooden buildings that have been standing on the " lot " since 1913 and which were constructed and used by D. W. Griffith during the filming of his " Intolerance," " The Clansman " and other wellknown plays for the screen. In place of the wooden structures the studio is to erect stucco buildings of the latest design and with every modern improvement. Twentyseven new dressing rooms and fourteen executive offices have already been constructed as part of the studios' expansion plan. Arrangements have been made to remodel the plant without interfering with production activity of the various companies working there. The wooden buildings facing on Sunset boulevard and extending a distance of one city block, are to be dismantled to make room for the construction of a row of cement buildings of Spanish architecture, which the studio is to rent out as stores to private individuals. One of the city's largest banking institutions has already arranged to establish a branch bank in the building nearest to the corner of Sunset and Hollywood boulevards. According to Nat Deverich, president, and John Rikkleman, secretary and treasurer of Fine Arts, an appropriation of $250,000 has been made for the proposed improvements to the property, which for the past three years they have been operating on a leasing basis to independent producers. When the reconstruction work is completed the studio will be one of the most up-to-date film plants on the West coast, they state. The atmosphere and settings of " The Soul of the strikingly set forth in the Beast," an Ince production for Metro release are above group of shots." "Fortune of Christina McNab' ' Due in May " The Fortune of Christina McNab " is announced by Playgoers Pictures for release May 27. Christina, a Scottish girl, accustomed to live on cold mutton and a dress allowance of next to nothing a year, suddenly finds herself left with an income of $150,000. How to spend it is a problem involved in the picture.