Motion Picture News (Nov-Dec 1925)

2648 Motion Picture News Neilan Signs Oil Man's Son for Role Marshal] Neilan. who is responsible for the "discovery" of many of our well known stars, claims to have another find in the person of Jerry Miley, son of G. Miley, international oil baronet, whom he has signed for a role in "Wild Oats Lane" the s raen adaptation for which was furnished by Benjamin Glazer from a Gerald Beaumont story "The Gambling Chaplain." The production will be released through Producers Distributing Corporation. Don Don writer writers, Robert perts. gar W Indians tion ha against Ryan Joins Universal Title Writers Ryan, magazine and newspaper has joined Universal's staff of title which includes Walter Anthony, Hopkins and other well known exKyan's first assignment was on EdSedgewick's Universal-Jewel, "The are Coming," an historical producsed on the last stand of the redmen the white invasion. Censor Ruling Illegal, Says Police Chief Ciller OF POJL-1LE CAVANDER of Des Moines declares that the ordinance recently passed by the city council providing ior a committee to censor all screen and stage productions snown in Des Moines is not possible under the laws of the state. The slate ia..s limit what rulings the city can make, he says, and do not allow ti.e city to make sujh laws limiting the liberty o: tne people. Tne committee may make suggestions and may express the r disapproval but they may not use police pov/er for the enforcement of their disapproval. 1 ne passing of the ordinance providing i.or the censorship committee was made iollowing the furore cau.ed by the arrest of a burlesque company by the indictment of the manager o: the house snowing the entertainment of alleged questionable nature. Football Stars to Appear in "Brave Heart" Steve Lane, captain and halfback of the undefeated Cornell Eleven of 1911, Dan Tomlinson of Yale and Jack Starnes, halfback of the Florida University team last . Fa'l will be seen in "Braveheart," a melodramatic story of the college life of an educated American Indian, adapted from the stage play "Strongheart," which Hod La Rocque is making for Producers Distributing Corporation under the direction of Alan Hale. Start Arnold Daly Signed for "Borrowed Plumes" Arnold Daly has been signed by Victor Hugo Halperin to appear in "Borrowed Plumes," a Leroy Scott story which is being filmed by Welcome Productions as one of the twenty-four Golden Arrow first run features for 1925-26. Daly is one of the best known actors on the legitimate stage today. Wray Completes "Gilded Butterfly" John Griffith Wray has completed production for Fox on "The Gilded Butterfly." The story is by Evelyn Campbell and the scenario by Bradley King. Alma Rubens has the feminine lead and Bert Lytell plays opposite her. Herbert Rawlinson, Frank Keenan and Huntley Gordon are also prominent in the cast. The picture is scheduled for release Januarv 3rd. Major Campbell To "Self Defense" Major Maurice Campbell will start production on "Self Defense" within the next week at the Glendale Studios. It will be released by Arrow Pictures Corporation as a Golden Arrow on the 1925-1926 program. The story, purchased by Major Campbell, ran as a serial in Munsey's Magazine and was written by Elizabeth York .Miller. Kathryn Hill Signed for F. B. O. Production Kathryn Hill has been signed for the vamp role in "Do Clothes Make the Woman" by Daniel Carson Goodman, in which Mrs. Rudolph Valentino is starred. This production will be released, as an F. B. 0. Gold Bond special. The present title is temporal" v. Noble Johnson in "Golden Journey" Cast Noble Johnson has been added to the east of "The Golden Journey," which Raor.l Walsh is directing for Paramount. The picture is described as a spectacle of ancient Persia. Follies Girl Playing Leads in Educational Comedies Anita Garvin, former Follies girl and member of the "Sally" company for three seasons, has been signed by Educational to play leading roles in comedies. She will soon be seen opposite Lupino Lane in comedies under the direction of William Goodrich. Universal Loans Juvenile to Century Matty Kemp, 19 year old youngster, has been loaned by Universal to Century Comedies for a series of pictures in which he will play the male lead. He will appear opposite Wanda Wiley and Edna Marian. Kemp has been playing bits for Universal, to whom he is under a five-year contract. Scenes from the Warner Brothers' production titled "Lady Windemere's Fan j^^.^de^^ bv Ernst Lubtisch with Irene Rich, May McAvoy and Bert Lytell in the