Movie Age (1927)

PAGE 10 MOVIE AGE the new newsreel, to be given each Thursday evening from 7:00 to 7:15 o’clock over station W H N, New York City. For this occasion the studio of station W H N was transformed into a miniature theatre where the latest is¬ sue of the newsreel was screened and the description of each of the events contained in it broadcast to the accom¬ paniment of a specially arranged piano score. The lease of the Globe Theatre, New York City, where “The Patent Leather Kid” has ben playing to capacity busi¬ ness since its opening August 15, has been extended to January 1, according to an announcement made yesterday by Samuel Spring, secretary-treasurer of First National Pictures. Arrangements also are being made for extended spec¬ ial runs of “The Patent Leather Kid” in other key cities. he made in territory adjacent to the’ Bering sea. The picture has a cast of all women players and is designed for state rights release. Editing and titling is now in process. Mussolini will make his first appear¬ ance on the screen in a Movietone ap¬ pearance for Fox. They will be in the form of two 30-minute talks, in which he will outline his political and social policies. Fox will present the films at the Times Square in New York during the latter part of the month. Lupino Lane will direct himself in his next comedy for Educational. Lane holds a unique place in the amusement world. He has served as star, director, distributor, producer, and exhibitor. Lane holds the controlling interest in several London theatres. voted to disband. The organization was founded two years ago for the purpose of boosting short subjects. Mack Sennett will change the title of “The Romance of a Bathing Girl.” He is seeking a new title and offers an au¬ tographed picture of Sally Eilers, the star, for everybody who contributes a suggestion. As a result of the remarkable busi¬ ness being done by “Les Miserables” at the Central Theatre, New York, and the new Montmarte in Brooklyn, Universal executives have decided to put the pic¬ ture on a road show basis. Ed. J. Smith, Tiffany sales manager, has been appointed general manager by M. H. Hoffman, vice-president. He will carry on his duties as general sales man¬ ager as before. Tiffany Productions, Inc., announces that they now have in the course of pro¬ duction four Jack London thrilling sea stories entitled “The Ghost Ship”, “Stormy Waters”, “The Devil Skipper” and “Sea Prowlers.” Elinor Glyn’s “Red Hair”, starring Clara Bow, has been postponed and the star will begin work on her next Para¬ mount picture, “You Will Marry Me.” For the first time since their work un¬ der Cecil DeMille’s direction in “The Ten Commandments” and “Triumph”, Rod LaRocque and Leatrice Joy are to be reunited on the screen. “The Blue Danube” is the title of the picture in which they will be co-starred. The film will go into production soon at the De Mille studios for Pathe-DeMille release. — As leading man for Corinne Griffith in “The Garden of Eden,” Charles Ray now returns to United Artists, for which company he appeared in “The Girl He Loved” and “A Tailor Made Man.” Barrett Keasling, who has been pub¬ licity director for DeMille since the in¬ ception of P. D. C. and personal rep¬ resentative for DeMille for a number of years, has resigned to accept the pub¬ licity job for another big concern. Hen¬ ry McMahon of New York has been ap¬ pointed to succeed Keasling. Rumors that Gotham would merge with any other independent organiza¬ tion or that Gotham productions would be released by any other than its own distributing organization, are emphat¬ ically denied by Sam Sax, president of Gotham. Mr. Sax declared that the outlook for the independents has never been brighter. In a recent address before the Holly¬ wood Chamber of Commerce, Jesse Lasky said that Paramount had grown from an investment of $50,000 to an organization possessing assets valued at $130,000,000. Charley Bowers, famous for his “trick” comedies for F B O, has signed to make six pictures for Educational. It took a carload of machinery to move the Bowers Unit from New York to Los Angeles. It will take three weeks to get the machinery installed before pro¬ duction can begin on the first under the Education banner. Grace Cunard, a star of by-gone days, is coming back. She will appear as lead¬ ing lady opposite Hoot Gibson in a com¬ ing Universal western. Laura LaPlante’s next for Universal will be “Thanks for the Buggy “Ride.” Following this one, she will make “Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?” Marshall Neilan has been named to direct Colleen Moore’s next for First National. The picture has not yet been titled. The Harvard University Endowment Library has asked for the prints of D. W. Griffith’s entire works. This will include “The Birth of a Nation,” “Or¬ phans of the Storm,” “Broken Blos¬ soms,” “Dream Street,” “Intolerance” and his current picture, “Drums of Love.” A1 St. John, famous slapstick and ac¬ robatic comedian, has been signed for the cast of Paramount’s “Open Range,” a story by Zane Grey. It is reported that United Artists and Metro-Goldwyn are contemplating the production of Joan of Arc. Mary Pickford is considering the role for U. A. while M-G-M is considering Renee Adoree for the part. Each company has a different story conception of the girl’s life. Development of the Pallophotophone talking picture device has advanced to a stage where marketing of the product may be expected at an early date, ac¬ cording to Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, president of the Radio Corporation of America.