Movie Age (1927)

AUGUST 20, 1927. PAGE 9 There are rumors afloat that Harold Lloyd may make his next feature comedy in Europe. He is in New York making preparations for his next come¬ dies, scenes of which will he made in the crowded streets of the big city. X-ray motion pictures have been worked successfully in London. Ex¬ periments by an Oxford professor, who took x-ray pictures of the human body, show the heart beating, joints in action, and movements of the ribs in process of breathing. Owing to the fact that the Publix houses have sufficient help along mana¬ gerial lines, the Publix Theatre Mana¬ gers Training School will not have a fall session. The need for man power can be met by the graduates of the last three sessions. Ben Lyon, First National star, will ap¬ pear in a foreign film at a salary said to be the highest ever paid an American player in Europe, according to the ac¬ tor’s mother who returned from abroad last week. He will appear in “Dancing Vienna” as the leading male star oppo¬ site Lya Mara. The picture will be made by the Deutches Film Producing Union of Vienna. Economy is being practiced more ex¬ tensively than we realized. Charlie Chaplin was discovered in a Woolworth's 5 and 10 store in New York last week buying some handkerchiefs. James Oliver Curwood, author of many of the screen’s best out-door stories, died last Saturday after a short illness. Will Rogers has been fired from his job as mayor of Beverly Hills, Calif. Under a state law Beverly Hills became a city of the sixth class, thereby making the president of the board of trustees the mayor. There are 51,056 motion picture thea¬ tres in the world, according to a recent census. This number is divided into countries as follows: United States, 20,500; Europe, 19, 773; Canada, 2,000; Far East, 3,692; Latin-America, 1,932; Africa, 490; Near East, 69. Lon Chaney will enter into the clas¬ sics again when he starts work on “The Wandering Jew,” Eugene Sue’s world famous story. The book, itself, is said to be the world’s longest novel, but the M-G-M scenario department will cut it down to a reasonable length. The story has been translated into almost every known language. Paramount will enter the publicity program by means of the radio begining September 18. The company will broadcast through 15 stations affiliated with the Columbia Broadcasting System. The new chain will operate four nights and three afternoons each week. Karl Dane and George K. Arthur will be mated again in “Baby Mine,” a fam¬ ous stage farce. The stars of “Rookies,” following “Baby Mine” will appear in “Olga From the Volga.” Advance reports on newsreels show that 16,000 theatres will play newsreels during the 1927-28 season. This is the minimum number. Last season the newsreel was shown in about 15,800 houses, but the total was swelled by the interest in the trans-Atlantic flights. Professor Gordon Hall Gerould, of Princeton University, who is giving sum¬ mer lectures at the University of Cali¬ fornia, says pictures are gradually tak¬ ing the place of stage plays. He gives the reason as being the large number of pic¬ tures in comparison to stage offerings and the large salaries draw the notable stage actors to the silent drama. Who says that motion pictures are not delving into the finest of the world’s literature? Henry Otto will begin work soon on Milton’s “Paridise Lost.” The distributor of a film called “Is Your Daughter Safe?” a so-called “med¬ ical” film, has withdrawn his advertise¬ ment which says: “Approved by the Hays Organization.” Hays never endors¬ ed it. The picture was barred in Hous¬ ton, Tex. Despite the poor start it got, Vocafilm isn’t “cold.” Another try will be inaugurated soon as additional funds have been acquired. Sam Katz, head of the Publix chain, has sent letters to the heads of 25 the¬ atre circuits asking them to meet with him in a conference to discuss ways and means of cutting theatre overhead and operation. “Now We’re in Dutch” has been se¬ lected for the final title of the Wallace Beery film which has been working un¬ der the title of “The Big Sneeze.” Ray¬ mond Hatton is teamed again with Beery. Max Reinhardt, Europe’s master of the stage, has surrendered at last to the screen. He will begin work on his first screen effort in America for United Ar¬ tists in December. Mack Sennett will erect the first studio in Studio City, the new center of the film industry near Los Angeles. Sen¬ nett has used his present studio for 15 years. His stages have been the start¬ ing place for many of the biggest stars on the screen. “Camille,” Norma Talmadge’s latest for First National, will be shown over the entire Publix circuit, according to an agreement reached last week between First National and Publix. By the terms of the deal, Publix will begin the show¬ ing of the picture early in September. Universal plans to open six new Class A theatres within a period of six weeks beginning August 25. The theatres are in Kenosha, Wis., Indianapolis, Ind., Revere, Mass., Cleveland, Ohio, New York City, and Brooklyn. “I’ll Tell the World” is the title for Colleen Moore’s next production for First National. It is an adaptation of the stage play. Miss Moore’s succeed¬ ing film will be “Lilac Time.” “What Price Glory,” under the title of “Rivals” opened last week in Berlin. It won popular favor. The German pris¬ oner scene was not inserted in the Ger¬ man version. The same picture is be¬ ing played in France under the title of “The Price of Glory.” The reason for the change in titles is due to the in¬ ability of the French and German lang¬ uages to give a direct translation to the American title. The picture is con¬ sidered good anti-war propaganda.