Motion Picture News (Nov-Dec 1925)

A happy audience will come again — and laughs mean happiness. Get back of Laugh Month by playing plenty of comedies, and advertising them. Here is a great national publicity drive for your benefit. Tie up with it through your own publicity and advertising and by using plenty of the special accessories. Get your bookings set NOW for this four-week comedy carnival. THE SPICE OF THE PROGRAM" EDUCATIONAL FILM EXCHANGES. Inc. Motion Picture News Resume of Current News Weeklies i ^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!:!!:1:!: iHiinNiiiiuiii;iiiiiiimiHUiiRUiiiUHiiuiiinu:iiii(iiiiiiiU»iiiitiiiUHiH!i Lionel Barrymore and Theda Bara signed by Hal Roach to appear in short comedy features for Pathe release. INTERNATIONAL NEWS NO. 90: Lewes. Del. — Great steamship burns! New York City (N. Y. City only) — Cute tots compete for title of "Baby of New York:" Corvallis, Ore. (Omit N. Y. City) — Here's a lucky baby with twenty mothers; Canton, China (Omit Boston) — Chinese in midst of war celebrate independence : Framingham, Mass. (Boston only) — War trophies arrive for Yankee Division: New York City (N. Y. City onlv) — Pres. Coolidge comes to New York; San Diego, Cal. (Omit N. Y. City) — Talking of hill climbs take a look at this one! Lake Wales. Pla. — The last of the flamingoes ; New York City — Noted citizens unite to war on crime in U. S. ; Cascade. Ore. — Daring canoeist battles dangerous Cascade rapids ; Frisco, Cal. — Riding the windmill newest of thrillers. INTERNATIONAL NEWS NO. 97: Rome Italy — Mussolini parades his power in answer to threats of foes ; Westbury, N. Y. — Raises stingless bees; Boston. Mass. (Boston only) — Elks in colorful parade at cornerstone laying; St. Louis. Mo. (St. Louis only)_ — Home City welcomes Secretary of War Davis : London Eng. — Film memories of Dowager Queen Alexandra: Hvogo Ken, Japan— Thousands battle in "fighting festival;" N. Y. City— Champion canine iumpers set a new high record: Columbus, O.— "Red" Grange makes farewell appearance as college gridiron hero : Cambridge Mass. — A scoreless struggle between Harvard and Yale thrills record crowds ; Washington, D. C. (Washington onlv)— Mrs. Coolidge sees Marines defeat Army: Baltimore, Md (Washington only) — Army-Navy game thrills Goiicher College girls : Bloomington. Inc. (Indianapolis only)— Indiana University s new stadium dedicated : L. Angeles. Cal. — Trio of daredevils frolic atop airplane wing. P \THE NEWS NO. 9.1: Sandringham, England — Dowager Queen of England dies on eve of her 81st birthday; New York City (Except Los Angeles i— Who said football was a collegiate game only? Flashes of the Past — 1910-1925 ■ Chapter III— Th" third instalment >f this review starts with 1914. when events focussed around the great holocaust of the World War: The original order for mobilization of German troops: As the nations plunge into the war. its momentous chapters are preserved for posterity in a living record: the PXodus from Belgium. 1915 — A year of the war ' Russia's army, on the eastern front, battles it way through Galicia toward the Hungarian border: Gen. .Toffre. hero of the Maine : T„ the Limelight. Washington. D. C— Admiral Sims defends Col. Mitchell at court-martial! London. Ensb-nd— Propose abolishing of submarines! Off Delaware Coast — Three hundred •md sixty-seven saved in thrilling fl'ght from burning's. S. Lanape ! Riding a Windmill. San Francisco. Cal. — Thrill seekers perform one of the most unique stunts on record by mounting arms of giant windmill to whirl in circular course reaching height of 20Q ft. above ground: Bridgeport, .Conn. (New Haven onlyl — Golf champions beware — prodigy threatens to will all titles! Phoenix. Arizona (Los Angeles only)— Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce delegates tour Arizona. IIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIillPUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM PATHE NEWS NO. 96: Culver City, Cal.— Aquatic champions have dangerous competitor in baby Bonnie Barrett, four-year-old ; Rabat, Morocco — New French Resident Governor takes post ; Flishes of the Past — A special review covering important events recorded in films from 1910 to 1925 by Pathe; Columbus, O. — Red Grange plays his last intervollegiate football game ; Rome, Italy — Italian flier sets record for Japan-to-Rome flight ; Diving in Flames — A Pathe News Fifteenth Anniversary Feature; New York City (Washington and Baltimore only) — Georgetown hands Fordbam first defeat of season. KINOGRAMS NO. 5137: Off Delaware Capes — Three hundred and sixty-six are saved with only one life lost as fire wrecks coast liner Lenape ; Washington — Archbishop Cieplak calls on President Coolidge: Washington— Admiral Sims and Mrs. Zachary Lansdowne, widow of ill fated Shennandoah's commander, are witnesses in Mitchell air trial ; Los Angeles — Japanese children parade in honor of Buddisht head, visiting United States : New York — Big crowds greet President and Mrs. Coolidge on visit to metropolis ; Varmland. Sweden — Swedish and Danish rulers go hunting together; London — England's ruler pays homage to heroic war dead : Paris — Marshall .Toffre and Foch take part in imposing ceremony at tomb of Unknown Soldier: Rome — Mussolini joins with King in reviewing Italian troops on Aristice Day: Niagara Falls. Ont. — New York Hockey Club professionals show skill in world's fastest game. KIXOGR AMS NO. 5138; New YorkSyracuse runners win intercollegiate cross countrv title, but first place goes to Harvard c-tar • London — London welcomes a new Lord Mayor ■ New York — Santa Clans has a work shop going in full Wast: Rome— Italian throne o-reor Commander Pinedo after 35 000-mile air flight : Aledo. 111. — Farmers watch Illinois corn lmsker win ohnrnnionshio : Cambridee. Mass.— Harvard and Yale bittle to a scoreless tie in gnme featured by Harvard's brave stands in shadow of her goal posts: Palo Alto. Ce] — Stanford students hold football celebration around record sized bonfire. Wanda Wiley Only Woman In "Combat" Wanda Wiley will have the distinction of being the onlv woman in "Combat," the Universal feature starring House Peters. Not even an extra woman was used by Director Lynn Reynolds in this tale of the lumber camps. The cast includes Walter McGrail, C. E. Anderson and Steve Clemento. Camera work was completed early this week. Feature Players Join Roach Comedies HAL ROACH has engaged Eileen Percy and Stuart Holmes to appear with Clyde Cook in the next Cook comedy which has just gone into production under the direction of James W. Home. The pictures of this series will be featured as an "act" on the Keith vaudeville circuit. Among other announcements from the Pathe producing units is one that Katherine Grant, Sue O'Neil, Charlotte Mineau and Jack Clifford have been cast with Glenn Tryon in the new Tryon comedy just started under the direction of Fred Guiol.