Motion Picture News (Nov-Dec 1922)

o390 Motion Picture News Leo Landau on "OneWeekof Love" <5% il to a u free THEATR^ompanT -v. Landai He center i" J' S. 17ooay He, v‘ Wow Vor]c City. Dear &r. Vooiy._ —X •» "One^eek* their Of tJ, Sf t0 pereo th® theater on tSe/eek of L°ve" heater hce done f( 1 consider it « r< most ni« 0ne o theater hef^' enter — tLr,hp“ *•» « ^ would be verv v, rty-t’,» -ceh%^?; Plth klnd Pereon.l . ir 1 bought t E e7«y year. “■ds. I beg to •erely your&k could Wii’AIEir New Effects in Bray Comedies Trick Photography Introduces Novelty with “ Colonel Heeza Liar” Describes “Hazel From Hollywood’’ as Satire In “ Hazel From Hollywood,” the latest Educational-Christie-Comedy, to be completed, Christie has again turned to satire and travesty, and this time it is the movies themselves which come in for their share of good-natured kidding. Dorothy Devore, as Hazel, is a sort of Merton-of-the-movies type of person, and the action of the comedy takes place in and around a movie studio. The present-day serial “ thriller ” comes in for most of the satire. Miss Devore is supported by Henry Murdock, who is being featured in a comedy now in production. Gladys Westby, who is to be presented in a series of Kidplaylets by Storey Pictures, Inc. 4 ‘Penrod’’ Boys Engaged for Baby Peggy Practically all the boys who played prominent roles in “ Penrod,” in which Baby Peggy was loaned to Marshal Neilan for an ■excellent bit, have been engaged by Julius and Abe Stern to play in Baby Peggy’s Next Century Special production. The boys who have been engaged are Winston Radom, who played the part of Maurice Levy in “ Penrod ” ; Newton Hall, who played the part of the sissy Kenneth, who played the part of the fat boy; Donald Condon and Verne Winter. THE introduction of some startling new effects is announced by the Bray Productions as a feature of the series of reincarnated “ Colonel Heeza Liar ” comedies, distributed through the W. W. Hodkinson Corporation. Instead of the outline drawings so familiar in cartoon comedies or the equally familiar motion picture comedies by living actors, the Bray Comedies combine the two in some of the most ingenious trick photography ever shown, it is said. For instance, Colonel Heeza Liar, the only pen and ink character in the first series entitled “ Colonel Heeza Liar’s Treasure Island,” is seen sliding down a bolt of lightning to the deck of a real ship, where he is received by a living actor. When the ship sinks, the Colonel hunts up a real bottle, not a drawing of one, crawls in and pulls the cork in after him, rolls off a real deck into real water and is washed ashore, where he has some extraordinary adventures with cannibals played by living actors. The Colonel’s account of his remarkable experiences is not merely uproariously funny, it is said, but sends the audience away puzzling its brains to figure out how the trick is done. Praise For “Leather Pushers” President of Universal Acclaims New Witwer Series As Better than First CARL LAEMMLE, president of the Universal Pictures Corporation, says that “ The New Leather Pushers ” series of two reelers made by Harry Pollard, with Reginald Denny as star, from the famous prize ring stories by H. C. Witwer, are without exception the best pictures he has ever seen. The entire six of the new series have been received in New York from the coast and have just been shown to the Universal chief. He is said to be exceptionally enthusiastic oyer them and to have expressed his appreciation for Pollard and Denny s work in glowing terms. Mr. Laemmle reserved opinion on the series until he had seen each of the six, just as he plans to have Universal's exhibitor patrons reserve judgment on them, and view the entire series before booking them. The last of the series was received in New York early this week. It is called “Joan of Newark.” The Universal chief’s comment or. “ The New Leather Pushers ” after he had seen the last of the six was : “ These pictures are worth a million dollars. They didn’t cost a million, and we won’t charge for them on the basis of a million, but they’re certainly worth it. “ I’m a case-hardened picture producer, harder to satisfy than any exhibitor or any movie fan I ever met. It takes something like dynamite to get a rise out of me, as far as pictures are concerned. But these pictures simply turn the trick. ” I thought the first series of six ‘Leather Pushers’ was good. We have received countless letters from men and women, wildly enthusiastic about these pictures. But the new series has far eclipsed the first series.” As the clock strikes twelve on New Year’s eve, Viola Dana will have completed a busy year and will be ready for a busier one with Harry Beaumont productions for Metro. Buddy Messenger, Star of “Boyhood Days’’ The first of the Buddy Messenger small town boy stories made by Century Comedies will be released shortly under its final title “Boyhood Days.” It was directed by Harry Edwards. PMBUUBIES on Jour program and boost Jour I923 receipts Choice Productions Inc. 6o44 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles Tan