Motion Picture News (Jul-Aug 1925)

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JULY 4, 1925 Reg. V. S. Patent Office 10 MORE FACTS IThe 10 facts which we listed previously prove that ♦a record that has never been touched is MetroGoldwyn-Mayer's for the passing year, 1924-25. 2 For 1925-26 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with its already ♦famous Quality 52 has established again its superiority. 3 Among the big star names in The Quality 52 are: ♦LILLIAN GISH, LON CHANEY, MARION DA VIES, JOHN GILBERT, BUSTER KEATON, RAMON NOVARRO, MAE MURRAY, NORMA SHEARER, JACKIE COOGAN. ELEANOR BOARDMAN, AILEEN PRINGLE, PAULINE STARKE, CONWAY TEARLE, CLAIRE WINDSOR, CONRAD NAGEL, MAE BUSCH, LEW CODY, and many others. 4 The directors of The Quality 52 are the following: ♦REX INGRAM, FRED NIBLO, VICTOR SEASTROM, MARSHALL NEILAN, ERICH VON STROHEIM, TOD BROWNING, HOBART HENLEY, FRANK BORZAGE, KING VIDOR, RUPERT HUGHES, MONTA BELL, ROBERT Z. LEONARD, W. CHRISTY CABANNE, JACK CONWAY, ALF GOULDING, JOSEF VON STERNBERG, EDMUND GOULDING, BENJAMIN CHRISTIANSON, WILLIAM WELLMAN, AL RABOCH, and more. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has one of the most im"■'♦portant companies of permanent players in the world, grooming the box-office stars of Tomorrow. Watch for SALLY O'NEILL, KATHLEEN KEY, GEORGE K. ARTHUR, PAULETTE DUVAL among others. 6 A few celebrated novels among The Quality 52: ♦Blasco Ibanez' "MARE NOSTRUM," "THE TEMPTRESS," "THE TORRENT;" Sabatini's "BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT;" Peter B. Kyne's "NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET;" Selma Lagerlof's world-prize novel "THE TOWER OF LIES:" Rupert Hughes"'MONEY TALKS!" and "HOW DARE YOU!" Elinor Glyn's "THE REASON WHY;" and many others. 7 A few stage plays in The Quality 52: "THE MERRY ♦WIDOW," "SALLY, IRENE AND MARY," "BUDDIES," "THE CIRCLE," "LIGHTS OF NEW YORK," from "Merry Wives of Gotham." Laurence Stallings, author of "What Price Glory" contributes "THE BIG PARADE;" Samuel Shipman, "A SLAVE OF FASHION," "SUN UP," "AN EXCHANGE OF WIVES." And a lot more! 8 Showmanship ideas. Erte's breath-taking gowns ♦will soon be the sensation of all audiences. Plus Technicolor Sequences in many of The Quality 52. And other box-office angles. 9 THE TRANSCONTINENTAL TRACKLESS TRAIN now ♦ en route from Coast to Coast is just one of the promotion ideas. Add publicity and advertising of Cosmopolitan productions. ■t r\ The studio organization, headed by Louis B. i-V/*Mayer and his associates Irving Thalberg and Harry Rapf, prove again in The Quality 52 a knowledge of what exhibitors want to get the crowds. Not to Mention "Ben Hur" The Talk of the Industry Member Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc. — Will H. Hays, President. io. i ' *" " PRICE, Published Weekly — $j.oo a year Albany Published Weekly — $j.oo a year Los Angeles New York