Motion Picture News (Jul-Aug 1925)

August 8 , 1925 715 Alice Day's Starring Vehicle Ready ALICE DAY'S first two reel starring comedy under the guidance of Mack Sennett will be released by Pathe, August 2nd. It is titled, "Tee for Two" and was directed by Eddie Cline. Raymond McKee, Thelma Parr, Eva Thatcher and William McCall support the new Sennett star, the first woman to be starred by Sennett since Mabel Normand. Billy Dooley Starts First for Educational Billy Dooley, vaudeville star, signed three months ago by Educational to be featured in two-reel comedies, has started his first picture under the direction of William Watson. Appearing with Dooley in this picture, which is not yet titled, are Vera Steadman, Eddie Baker, Rosa Gore, Ward Caulfield and Bobby, the monkey. Educational Will Erect Large Property Building Ground has been broken for the erection of a large furniture storage and property building at the Educational Studio. It will adjoin the new stage just completed and will be large enough to house all of the furniture and props used by all of the companies working on the big comedy lot. Release stills from "Innocent Husbands," a two-reel comedy starring Charley Chase and offered by Pathe. Educational Special Due Soon Scientific Expedition Pictures Will Reveal "Wild Beasts of Borneo" EDUCATIONAL FILM EXCHANGES will shortly release a two-reel special under the title of "Wild Beasts of Borneo." The two reels were selected out of many thousands of feet made during a two year scientific expedition into Borneo by Lou C. Hutt, well known Pacific Coast cameraman. The expedition headed by Hutt, on which he was accompanied by his wife, was made with the avowed purpose of taking no animal life unless it was absolutely necessary for self-protection. ' The motion pictures made by this expedition were originally made into a five-reel feature, which recently made a hit in a number of theatres in and around San Francisco. It is the cream of the "shots" in this five-reel subject that have been selected and re-edited as Educational's Special "Wild Beasts of Borneo." Educational is preparing for exceptional exploitation on this two-reel subject and will provide exhibitors with a press, sheet, "including a number of newspaper ads, as well as with a full line of accessories. Among the outstanding scenes in the special, are a number of exceptional "shots" of a herd of the sacred white elephants made possible only by the use of a lens so powerful that it makes the object appear ten times nearer than it actually is; "shots" showing the trapping of a big leopard; the catching of savage crocodiles and the capturing of a mighty python, which was found wound about the limb of a tree and which was unravelled and caged at gTeat hazard. To Release Century Comedies Four, Starring Wanda Wiley, Edna Marian, Al Alt and Eddie Gordon, Due in August Release stills from "Beware," an Educational-Mermaid Comedy with Lige Conley. CENTURY COMEDIES has four tworeelers ready for release during the month of August. Wanda Wiley, Edna Marian, Al Alt and Eddie Gordon are the stars. The first to reach the screen will be "After a Reputation," starring Edna Marian, who has been borrowed by the Universal Pictures Corporation to play an important role in one of the forthcoming Second White List Jewels, "The Still Alarm." "After a Reputation," was directed by William Watson. Matty Roubert plays the principal supporting role. This comedy will be released through Universal Exchanges August 5th. The second release will be "Paging a Wife," starring Al Alt. Charles Lamonb directed. Included in the cast are Hilliard Karr, Charles King, and Lillian Worth. It will be released August 12th. The third Century Comedy for August will be a Wanda Wiley vehicle. It is called "Won By Law," and shows Miss Wiley in an entirely new type of comedy. Bob Reeves has the chief supporting role in this comedy. Others in the cast are Lillian Worth and Frank Whitson. It will be released August 19th. The last Century release for August is "Crying For Love," starring Eddie Gordon. Noel Smith directed it. Eddie has the role of an adventurous young br-ide-groom, with husky Blanche Payson playing the bride. The August Centuries mark the wind-up of that company's 1924-1925 product.