Motion Picture News (Apr-Jun 1919)

April J , 1919 2119 7 ^ ^ ^ MHMHHMNnHnHRBH ■ \MMm ¥ % l ■■■■ World Film Announces April Schedule World releases for the month of April will start with " The Little Intruder," starring Louise Huff, with Johnny Hines as her leading man. Kitty Gordon, Montagu Love and June Elvidge also star in pictures on the April schedule. The story of " The Little Intruder " was written by H. S. Sheldon. The continuity was prepared by Clara S. Beranger. Oscar S. Apfel directed the production, while Alfred Gondolfi handled the camera. Other prominent players appearing in this production are George MacQuarrie, Stuart Holmes and Albert Hart. "The Little Intruder" is scheduled for release on April 7. On April 14 will be released " The Scar," made into a screen drama by Hamilton Smith from one of Gaboriau's famous nevels. Kitty Gordon is the star of the production, with Irving Cummings appearing as her leading man. The picture was directed by Frank Crane, with Lucien Tainguy as cameraman. Prominent in the cast are Eric Mayno, Frank Farrington and Ruth Findlay. " The Quickening Flame " is the title of the World Picture scheduled for release on April 21. The story was written by Elizabeth R. Carpenter, and was adapted for the screen by Giles R. Warren. Montagu Love and June Elvidge are starred in the production. Albert Hart and Jack Drumder are prominently cast in the picture. Traverse Vale directed " The Quickening Flame," with Alfred Moses as the cameraman. Four All-StarSeries in This Month Metro Offers May Allison, Bert Lytell, Viola Dana and Emmy Wehlen in Screen Versions of Popular Novels Mary Miles Minter and Alan Forest appear in " The Intrusion of Isabel," American Film May Allison, Metro Star FOR the month of April, Metro's program of releases is comprised of four All-Star Series productions, and they declare that as far as story and plot are concerned, their J success is already assured. Each of these four features has for its foundation a novel or short story, which has met with the approval of publishers, editors and the thousands of readers of well known authors. In presenting these offerings to the lovers of the silent drama, Metro has selected them with a view to variety of theme and fitness for the respective stars, and in accordance with the policy of this firm of producers the settings, interior and exterior, are said to be of the highest standard of the screen. The first of these is " The Island of Intrigue" which will be released on April 7, with May Allison in the stellar role. The play is taken from the popular novel of the same name by Isabel Ostrander, and enhances the thrillng story of advnture, love and intrigue. The cast supporting Miss Allison in this tale includes Frederick Vroom, Jack Mower, Mrs. Lucille Ward, Gordon Marr, Lillian West, Hector V. Sarno, Tom Kennedy, Chance Ward and Edward Alexander. The novel was adapted to the screen by A. S. Le Vino and June Mathis, and was directed by Henry Otto, with William E. Fildew at the camera. Maxwell Karger gave the piece his personal supervision. Number two of the quartet of features will be released April 14, and is called " Blackie's Redemption," a title which is descriptive of the part essayed by popular Bert Lytell. The famous " Boston Blackie " stories by Jack Boyle, as published in the Red Book Magazine, are the basis of this drama. In the cast surrounding Lytell, besides Miss Lake and Mr. Kolker, are Bernard Durning, Jack Duffy, William Musgrave, Gertrude Short, Don Bailey, Wilton Taylor and a real Chinese actor, Ah Tov. Under the supervision of Maxwell Karger, John Ince has directed this drama. Finis Fox adapted the play from Jack Boyle's stories, and Robert B. Kurrle cranked the camera beside Mr. Ince. On April 21, " Madelon of the Redwoods " will be released, which marks the picturization of the first of the many books from the pen of Mary E. Wilkins (Freeman). " Madelon " was the name of the novel. Viola Dana has a refreshing role as the star. The screen adaptation is the work of Finis Fox. Edwin Carewe, directed, and in the cast are Wheeler Oakman, Edward J. Connelly, Pat O'Malley, Peggy Pearce and Virginia Ross. The last of the Metro's four April offerings released April 28, is the return of Emmy Whelen in her new romantic-comedy, " An Amateur Adventuress," adapted to the silent drama from the novelette by Thomas Edgelow published in Young's Magazine. Russell in " Some Liar " May 11 is the release date set by the American Film Company for the next " swift and snappy romance " of William Russell Productions. " Some Liar " is the title, picturized from a story which James Oliver Curwood contibuted to The Green Book last October. Stephen Fox made the screen adaptation. Eileen Percy enacts the role of the maid for whose admiration the " liar " spins his tallest yarns of wholesale murder. Henry Kino did the directing. " Sir Sidney " in Film A forthcoming Mutt and Jeff Animated Cartoon, " Sir Sidney," available at all Fox exchanges, shows the Peace Conference at Paris as the basis for a comedy. Mutt and Jeff arrive with credentials. Sir Sidney is pictured as an important diplomat. Bud Fisher's famous comedy team in films are described as big winners.