Motion Picture News (Jan-Feb 1922)

ebruary 4 , 1922 877 2 Goldwyn Features Finished iora Daniels, created a star in Educational-Christie comedies First National Opens Butte.jjMont. Office The associated FIRST NATIONAL chain of exchanges has been augmented with a new office in Butte, Mont., created to take care of the rapidly increasing amount of business in that state. It is located at 114 West Granite street, and Charles W. Koerner, a salesman who has been covering the state of Oregon for the Portland exchange, has been installed as manager. The establishment of the new office followed the action of the First National franchise holders of Montana, holding their regional “ Get Together” recently, in voting in favor of an exchange in their state, but Butte was decided upon by a large majority of the delegates present. The move will facilitate the distribution of First National pictures in Montana, which has been served heretofore by the Seattle exchange, and the exhibitors will receive speedier service. Will Handle “ Foolish lives” West of N. Y. E. J. Smith, district manager of ,ie Universal Exchanges, embrac|g the territories of Philadelphia, "ashington and Charlotte, has been j trusted with the exclusive superIsion of “Foolish Wives,” acting ; an assistant to Mr. Carl LaemLle, president of Universal Film Dmpany and Mr. H. M. Berman, I neral manager of the same comIny, for all territories west of New 'ork. He has just returned from ■ e Middle West where he had Ipsed quite a number of first-run l iigagements in the larger key cities, ' rich will be announced by the Unirsal Company, in the near future. 1 oldwyn Press -Book on “The Sin Flood” I |Goldwvn announces an exhibitor’s ujrvice book for “The Sin Flood.” J is a 28-page booklet, with covers i colors, the pages 10 Y\ by 13J4 iches. It is printed on a fine dendered stock and contains many jeful suggestions for the exhibitor. ilARUA he Child oPthe Bear GOLDWYN announces the completion of two feature productions, Benjamin B. Hampton’s adaptation of Zane Grey’s “ Wildfire,” and Irvin V. Willat’s production of the Gouverneur Morris story, “Yellow Men and Gold.” With the completion of “ Wildfire,” Benjamin B. Hampton has finished the first of his five productions to be released by Goldwyn. Claire Adams and Carl Gantvoort, a recruit to the screen from grand opera, have the leading roles in “ Wildfire,” and reports from the producing studios indicate that the roles are among the very finest that have fallen to the* lot of these two screen players. “ Wildfire ” is a western racing drama, one of the most thrilling horse races ever filmed forming a big climax. The heroine is seen riding, tied face down to the back of a wild steed. Tod Sloan, the famous jockey, makes his reappearance in the saddle in this picture. A new canine screen star makes his entry into film in “ Wildfire ” : he is Rin-tin-tin, a German police dog, who promises to rival Teddy, Mack Sennett's great dane, it is declared. A sensational conflict between the feminine lead and a half-wit renegade was staged in the filming of the picture. Producer Hampton expresses his belief that “Wildfire” is the greatest horse story yet filmed and his own best production up to date. In the cast with Claire Adams and Carl Gantvoort are Jean Ben Hampton’s “Wildfire” and Willat’s Melodrama Irving, one of the screen’s cleverHersholt, Tod Sloan, Mary Jane est child players, Frank Hayes, Babe London, Walter Perkins, Charles Arling, Harry Van Meter, Helen Howard, Audrey Chapman, John Beck and Captain Stanley Bingham. Associated in a directorial capacity with Producer Hampton in making “ Wildfire ” were Eliot Howe, Jean Hersholt, and Dick Rush. The scenario was written by E. Richard Schayer, while Gus Peterson, William Edmunds, and F. H. Sturgis were associated in the photography. Arthur Tavares was film editor. 'Goldwyn officials are confident that their concern has another big melodramatic success in “Yellow' Men and Gold,” made from Gouverneur Morris’ adventure novel of the same title. A finished print has just been received from Culver City at the New York headquarters. Irvin V. Willat was engaged by Goldwyn especially to direct this picture and he is said to have accomplished wonders with it. Richard Dix and Helene Chadwick are featured in the production. Dix has the biggest and best sustained character that has fallen to his lot in pictures and he rises to the occasion a perfect dynamo of energy. Miss Chadwick also has a role quite different from any in which she has hitherto been seen and in addition to acting her part with her usual ability and resourcefulness she looks very charming in the Chinese costume which the part calls for. Rosemary Theby was especially engaged for the part of one of the conspiring treasure seekers, Carmen, and is at her best in the role. Henry Barrows makes his bow in a Goldwyn picture in “ Yellow Men and Gold ” as the leader of the band of cutthroats who seek a sunken Spanish galleon laden with treasure which went down in the sixteenth century off a certain island in the South Seas. He has acted in photoplays for many producing companies and won for himself an enviable reputation in “ heavy ” roles. Others in the great cast are Richard Tucker, seen in many Goldwyn pictures; Fred Kohler, Henry T. Herbert, William Moran, Goro Kino, George King, William A. Carroll and R. T. Frazier. The story has much of the romantic fervor and melodramatic action of Stevenson’s “ Treasure Island.” The story is built around two rival bands of treasure seekers who set out for the island where a Spanish galleon, loaded with gold and silver ingots, was sunk in the sixteenth century. Critic in High Tribute to Harold Lloyd Robert e. Sherwood, the dramatic and motion picture critic of Life, gave Harold Lloyd a remarkable tribute in the January 19th issue of that weekly. Mr. Sherwood said: “ Now that the intelligentsia have discovered Charles Chaplin, and have come to the conclusion that he is an actor, they should turn their attention to Harold Lloyd. This tortoise shell rimmed youth has turned out five comedies this year that deserve to be ranked with Charles Chaplin’s best efforts before he rose to superhuman heights in ‘ Shoulder Arms ’ and ‘ The Kid.’ ‘A Sailor Made Man,’ Mr. Lloyd’s latest, is a hilarious fantasy, describing certain phases of life on the permanent waves. To say that it is uproarously funny is obvious and trite — but true. 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