Motion Picture News (Nov-Dec 1925)

2446 Motion Picture News Eight Additions to "Men of Steel" Cast First National lias augmented the cast for "Men of Steel" with the addition of eight new players. Those just assigned roles are Taylor Graves, Henry West, Harry Lee, Ferd Obek, Edward Lawrence, Frank Hanley, Pierre Collose and Nick Thompson. Milton Sills heads the cast which is now at Birmingham shooting scenes in the steel mills and iron mines of the United States Steel Corporation. Others who have important roles are Doris Kenyon, Mae Allison, Claude Gillingwater, George Fawcett, Victor McLa°len and John Philip Ko'.b, George Archainbaud is directing. Paramount Picture School Offers Prize for Title A prize of $25 is being offered by the Paramount Picture School to the student of the school or to the studio employe who submits a title accepted by officials of Paramount for the picture to be made by the Paramount Junior Stars under the direction of Sam Wood. The story, concerning a group of "peppy and daring young boys and girls" with a background of a winter sports resort, was written by Byron Morgan and adapted by Paul Schofield. Production was started November 9. Associated to Distribute Film "White Mice" Associated Exhibitors will distribute "White Mice,' a Pinellas Film production featuring Jacqueline Logan and William Powell. It will be added to the second group of sixteen productions to be released next month. The picture, an adaptation of the Richard Harding Davis story of the same name, was produced in Cuba under the direction of Edward H. Griffith. Antonio Moreno Opposite Marion Davies Antonio Moreno will have the leading male role with Marion Davies in "Beverly of Graustark," her next Cosmopolitan production for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Sydney Franklin will direct. Moreno recently returned from abroad, where he played' opposite Alice Terry in "Mare Nostrum." Production on the new picture is to start in the near future. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Buy New Stories METRO GOLDWYN MAYER have purchased three new stories for early production. They are: "The Strolling Saint," by Rafael Sabatini, "The Little Journey," by Rachel Crothers, and "Frisco Sal," by Alfred A. Cohn. All three tales are to be produced on an elaborate scale with the best casts obtainable. Sabatini is well known to the screen through the Rex Ingram production of "Scaramouche" for Metro-Goldwyn. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer also presented a previous Rachel Crother's screen success in "Wine of Youth," directed by King Vidor and adapted from the stage success, "Mary the Third." "El Pasado" Completed by Sanford Productions The company of Sanford Productions of Hollywood, has just returned from Mexico City where the final scenes were shot for the Spanish stage play "El Pasado" (The past). The final cutting and titling is now in process and the release will be announced in a very short time. F. M. Sanford, president of the company will probably leave for New York soon to arrange for the release of same. The cast of "El Pasado" includes Herbert Rawlinson, Bryant Washburn, Gaston Glass, Gladys Brockwell, Wilfred Lucas, Legia Golconda, Gene Crosby, Barbara Tennant, Hector V. Sarno, Charles (Buddy) Post and Marshall Ruth. Direction is by Wilfred Lucas. Johnson Will Start New F. B. O. Special Emory Johnson will start production within the next few weeks on his second special of the year for F.B.O. The title and theme of the production have not yet been announced. Johnson only recently completed "The Last Edition," a melodrama of the newspaper world starring Ralph Lewis. The producer-director has abandoned his plan of going to Sweden to film "Happiness," the story written by his mother, Emilia Johnson. "Mocking Bird" Cast Is Completed A number of recent additions have been made to the cast of "The Mocking Bird," Lon Chaney's latest starring vehicle for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Among them are Eric Mayne, Margaret Bert, Sydney Bracy and Ernie S. Adams. Other members of the supporting cast already announced include Renee Adoree, Owen Moore, Doris Lloyd and Polly Moran. Real Prince In Cast For "Just Suppose" A real prince will make his motion picture debut with Richard Barthelmess in "Just Suppose," now being filmed as an Inspiration picture at the Tee-Art Studios in New York. He is Prince Rokneddine Mirza Kadjar of Persia, cousin of the ex-Shah of Persia. In "Just Suppose" the prince plays the part of the King's private secretary. Waldemar Young Signed To New Contract Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have renewed the contract of Waldemar Young as script writer for the organization. Young has to his credit a long string of successes. Among the latest of these were "The Unholy Three," featuring Lon Chaney and Mae Busch; Tod Browning's "The Mystic," featuring Aileen Pringle and Conway Tearle, and "The Mocking Bird," another Tod Browning story now in production and starring Lon Chaney. Edwin Carewe Cutting and Editing "Joanna" Photographic work on First National's "Joanna" has been completed and Producer Edwin Carewe is now cutting and editing the photoplay in New York. In the t; i r are Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Mulhall, George Fawcett, Paul Nicholson, Yvonne Carewe, Doroles del Rio and Edwards Davis. Four Additions to "Too Much Money" Cast John Francis Dillon who is directing "Too Much Money" for First National this week made several additions to the cast. The new members are Derek Glynn, George Henry, Dorothy King and Cliff Worman. Lewis Stone and Anna Q. Nilsson have the featured roles and Robert Cain is the heavy. Stirring scenes from "The Transcontinental Limited." a Chadwick production dealing with the thrills of railroad life. CHARLIE CHAPLIN in A Dogs Life Released Nov, 22 Pafhepicture