Movie Age (1927)

SEPTEMBER 17, 1927. PAGE 7 Private Showing of 3rd Dimension Film To Be Held By Tiffany Word emanates from the offices of Tiffany Productions, Inc., that a picture made with the third dimension process which is controlled exclusively by that company and which it is said will revo¬ lutionize the motion picture industry, has been viewed by the officials, and has borne out all expectations of its remarkable advance in motion picture photography. It is said that plans are now under way for a private showing of the first picture in third dimension pho¬ tography to which leading exhibitors, circuit theatre heads and editors will be invited to New York to view this great achievement. Denison to Supervise Service Maintenance Department for U. A. Harry D. Buckley, Vice-President of United Artists and assistant to Joseph M. Schenck, announced yesterday ap¬ pointment of Earl Denison as super¬ visor of Film Service and Maintenance, a newly created exhibitors’ service de¬ partment of United Artists. Mr. Denison will establish in New York City a reclamation plant and film depot to keep prints going to exhibitors in perfect condition. It will be part of his duty to keep clear and usable prints in more active circulation, as a service to exhibitor and public alike. With himself as the nucleus, Mr. Denison will begin organization of the department. Smith Appointed Acting General Mgr. for Tiffany Before leaving for Hollywood M. H. Hoffman, vice president of Tiffany Productions, Inc., appointed Ed. J. Smith as acting General Manager in ad¬ dition to his duties as General Sales Manager. Mr. Smith came to the Tiffany organ¬ ization last December and since that time has built up a nation-wide sales or¬ ganization. Sebastion and Gowland In Columbia Special Following upon the announcement that Conway Tearle has been assigned the male lead comes word from Harry Cohn, executive in charge of production of Columbia pictures, that Dorothy Se¬ bastian and Gibson Gowland have been chosen for important roles in “Isle of Forgotten Women”, Columbia’s next special. “The Big Parade” Leads M-G-M Releases For Sept. September 10 is the long-awaited re¬ lease date for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s “The Big Parade,” which has been making new theatrical history wherever it has been shown during the past 22 months. A fair augury of the way “The Big Parade” will go as a general release is indicated by recent reports from popular showings in Los Angeles, Cleveland and Chicago, where the MG-M special played to bigger grosses at popular prices than had previously been registered at capacity road show per¬ formances in the same cities. Lillian Gish’s “Annie Laurie” is an¬ other feature picture which will be re¬ leased by M-G-M in September. This film, fresh from a special run at the Embassy Theatre in New York City, presents the M-G-M star in the role of one of history’s great favorites — “bonnie Annie Laurie” of Scottish ballad fame. The cast which supports Miss Gish includes Norman Kerry in the mas¬ culine lead, Hobart Bosworth, Creigh¬ ton Hale, Patricia Avery, Brandon Hurst, David Torrence, and Frank Cur¬ rier. Another strong September release is “The Road to Romance,” Ramon Novarro’s newest starring vehicle, which, coming just before the popular release of “Ben-Hur,” is expected to add new laurels to this film favorite’s brow. Tim McCoy is scheduled to appear in a role utterly different from any which this M-G-M Western star has yet at¬ tempted, in “Foreign Devils,” said to be a thrilling Peter B. Kyne story of the Boxer Rebellion. Claire Windsor plays opposite McCoy in this picture. “Blake of Scotland Yard” Serial Ready for Papers The Universal publicity department reports that the newspaper serialization is ready on “Blake of Scotland Yard,” the deluxe chapter-picture now being distributed by Universal in first run the¬ atres. The serialization, prepared by Robert Hill, author and director of the chapterplay, is in twelve chapters of 1,200 words each. It is written in a graphic, interesting style, filled with suspense and calculated to match up with the best serializations on the market. It already has been allocated to the 1,500 leading newspapers which regu¬ larly run Universal’s continued stories. Other papers also will be served by Uni¬ versal exploitation men throughout the country. The serialization is accompanied by punchful illustrations taken from the photodrama. Stern Bros. Product Ready; Prints Now On Hand at Exchanges Stern Brothers’ product for the new season has just been launched, and an¬ nouncement has been made that prints of all pictures scheduled through De¬ cember are on hand at the exchanges and are available for pre-viewing, or even pre-release runs. The new product consists of one Uni¬ versal Junior Jewel series of twelve tworeelers, and four Stern Brothers series of 13 two-reelers each. All of these comedies will be based on popular newspaper comic strips it be¬ ing the theory of the company that these cartoons are especially adapted to the making of motion pictures both as to characters and idea and the fact that they are published in newspapers cre¬ ates a ready-made patronage for com¬ edies made from them. Fox to Have New Paper for Re-Issue of “Honor First” In re-issuing “Honor First”, George Gibbs’ dramatic war story, with John Gilbert and Renee Adoree, Fox Films is preparing entirely new paper, advertis¬ ing and exploitation to meet current ex¬ hibitor requirements. The picture reveals actual scenes of Paris during the conflict and the war scenes are said to be exceptionally real¬ istic. Gilbert plays a dual role, that of twin brothers in the French army, one a man of high ideals and strong char¬ acter, the other a weakling and a wast¬ rel. Neilan to Direct Colleen Moore in Next Picture Marshall Neilan will direct Colleen Moore in her next production for First National Pictures with filming sched¬ uled to start on September 5, John Mc¬ Cormick her producer recently an¬ nounced. The story, as yet untitled, is a com¬ edy-drama with the action taking place around an exclusive watering place. Neilan’s “Dinty”, which was one of the most popular of his successes, brought Colleen Moore into her first real screen prominence. She also played in Neilan’s “Tho Lotus Eaters,” which starred John Barrymore. There were seven pictures playing on Broadway recently dealing with the World War.