Motion Picture News (Nov-Dec 1925)

N q v c in b < r 8 , 192 5 2551 Ben Wilson and Neva Gerber are co starred in "A Daughter of the Sioux." a Davis Distributing Division release from which the above scenes are taken. Langdon Heads Pathe Releases Three-reel Comedy Special Tops List Scheduled for Week of Nov. 29th Universal To Distribute "Les Miserables" UNIVERSAL has purchased distribution rights for the United States, Canada, Great Britain and other territories on the French production of Victor Hugo's romance "Les Miserables." The picture was produced by Les Films de France, a subsidiary of La Societe des Cineromans, under the direction of Henri Fascourt. Sandra Milovanoff, noted Russian stage and screen star enacts the role of Fantine, while Gabriel Gabrio, another Continental artist is cast as Jean Valjean. Wallace MacDonald Cast for Lead in "Checkered Flag" Wallace MacDonald has been signed by Banner productions to appear opposite Elaine Hammerstein in "The Checkered Flag-" an adaptation from the John Mersereau novel by Fred and Fanny Hatton which will be released through the Henry Ginsberg' Distributing' Corporation. John G. Adolti will direct. Lee Shumway will play the "heavy" and Robert Ober has been chosen to enact the role of a volatile Frenchman who figures prominently in this story of the race track. Mrs. Valentino Starts "Do Clothes Make Woman" Harry Hoyt started direction last week of "Do Clothes Make the Woman," Mrs. Rudolph Valentino's starring venture for F. B. 0. The picture is being made at the Tec-Art studio in New York under the supervision of Daniel Carson Goodman. The cast assembled to date includes, in addition to the star, ('live Brook as leading man, John Gough in a comedy role and Sam Hardy as heavy. Scenes hom Thomas Meighan's latest starring vehicle for Paramount "Irish Luck." PATHE has rather an extensive short feature release program for the week of November 29th. It is headed by a Harry Langdon three-reel comedy special, "There He Goes," produced by Maek Sennett. The program also includes "LaughingLadies," a Hal Roach two-reeler; the final chapter of the serial "Wild West"; "The Walloping Wonders," a "Sportlight" ; Pathe Review Number 48; "The Garden of Gethsemane"; "Aesop's Film Fables"; "Topics of the Day" and two issues of Pathe News. Peggy Montgomery has the leading feminine role in the Harry Langdon comedy, which was directed by Harry Edwards. "Laughing Ladies" is the Hal Roach tworeel comedy, which has a cast including Lucien Littlefield, Katherine Grant, Tyler Brooke and Gertrude Astor. The picture was directed by James W. Homo. "The Law Decides" is the tenth and concluding chapter of the Pathe serial "Wild West." All the principals appear prominently in the closing events which clear up Stop Cheating Yourself Out of Real Profits— BOOK MADE RIGHT PRICE RICHT PROFITS RIGHT BOOK THEM TODAY! the plot anil result in a happy ending. Jack Mufhall and Helen Ferguson lead the cast, which includes Eddie Phillips, Virginia Warwick, Gus Seville, Ynez Gomez and Ed Burns. Robert F. Hill directed. "The Walloping Wonders" is a Grantland Rice "Sportlight." It is a motion picture study of the punch that goes into various forms of sport. Pathe Review, No. 48, continues the American Wildflowers in Pathecolor series, featuring the "Languid Lady," an uncommon (lower. Other subjects in the reel are "The Sea of Soda," showing Lake Magadi in the African Rift; and a camera interview with the famous American landscape artist, Hobart Nichols. The program also includes ''A Day's Outing" of the "Aesop's Film Fables" series; "Topics of the Day," No. 48; Pathe News, Nos. 98 and <)<), and "The Garden of Gethsemane," one of "A Pilgrimage to Palestine" Biblical series. "Lady Windermere's Fan" Premiere in N. Y. THOUGH the exact date has not been set as yet Warner Bros, have definitely decided to hold the world's premiere of "Lady Windermere's Fan" in New York city early in December. The showing will take place at Casa Lopez, Vincent Lopez' supper club. Irene Rich, who plays one of the featured roles in this Ernst Lubitsch production, will be the hostess at the dinner dance which will be followed by the showing of the picture. The exact date of the preview will be announced next week.