Moving Picture World (Aug 1920)

August 21, 1920 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1009 !,$§!■* LOS ANGELES I 1 I'm Hews letter BY A . H . G1EBLER ml £2 Jack Pick ford Has Name Legally Changed as He Becomes Citizen of United States JOHN CHARLES SMITH, known as Jack Pickford, became a citizen of the United States last week with the aid of Federal Judge Oscar A. Trippett, of Los Angeles. Young Pickford, whose mother had secured a legal change of name from Smith to Pickford in Canada before Jack became of age, had his name changed to Pickford by the Court at the same time he was admitted to citizenship, and he will hereafter sign all legal documents John Charles Pickford instead of John Charles Smith. “Picture Press” a New Contemporary “Picture Press” is the name of a new journal to be devoted to the motion picture industry which will make its appearance in Los Angeles early in August. The publication will be a weekly and will have Charles M. Coleman, lately city editor of the Los Angeles Examiner, as its editor. W. R. Stewart, formerly of the Cosmopolitan Magazine, will be associate editor, and David Swing Ricker will be in charge of the circulation department. Mrs. Ince Leaves for Alaska Mrs. Thomas H. Ince, wife of the film producer, has started on a trip to Alaska, where, with her two small sons, William H. Thompson Ince and Thomas H. Ince, Jr., she will visit Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan, White Horse and Lake Atlin. The party will be in Alaska three weeks. Mayflower Head Here Benjamin A. Prager, president of the Mayflower Corporation, arrived in Los Angeles last week to hold conference with R. W. MacFarland, the West Coast manager •of Mayflower, and to put in operation big plans for future Mayflower productions. Mr. Pragr.r declares that Mayflower has really big tilings up its sleeves, but that announcements concerning these big things will not be made for a few days. The Mayflower Film Corporation has been established at Brunton studios for the past two years. Will Make All-Star Pictures J. L. Frothingham, head of the organization that has been making the B. B. Features, starring Bessie Barriscale, announces that with the completion of Miss Barriscale’s present production, “The Broken Gate,” which concludes her contract with the company, the B. B. Features will fie film versions of, powerful stories with all-star casts. Rockett Film Co. Begins Production The Rockett Film Company, with space leased at Universal City, will began production on their first picture, from the Albert Payson Terhune story, “Truant Plusbands,” within a few days. The Rockett Brothers, who head the producing company, have engaged Betty Blythe as leading lady in their first picture, with Mahlon Hamilton in the opposite role. Thomas Heffron will direct. Beach Casino Now Picture Theatre The famous old Casino Building at Redondo Beach, formerly used as a cafe, was opened last week after a long period of darkness as a moving picture theatre. T. H. Dudley, B. J. Cleveland and C. B. Parkhurst, lessors of the building, gave a private showing of the opening attractions to several hundred invited guests on the night before the house was to be opened to the public. The Goldwyn feature, “The Penalty,” was the feature chosen as the opening attraction, with a number of short film subjects to round out the program. The total outlay, for remodeling the building and for furnishings and equipment approximated $80,000. Noted Cinematographer Dies Eugene Gaudio, who for the past two years has been cameraman for Bessie Barriscale, died Sunday morning at the Good Samaritan Hospital following an operation for appendicitis, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery Wednesday morning. Gaudio was one of the pioneer cameramen in the local film colony. Thompson Makes Hurried Trip Louis W. Thompson, president of the Special Pictures Corporation, left this week on a hurried business trip to Vancouver, B. C. Fred Levy in Town Col. Fred Levy, franchise holder of Associated First National for Kentucky and Tennessee, is in town visiting the various “Cheer Up, Little Girl,” Says the lady to the lonesome lass. Scene from “Oath of Vengeance” from the “Female Raffles” series, being made by Superior Pictures. producers making films for First National release. Goldwyn Official Arrives Edward J. Bowes, an official of the Goldwyn Film Corporation, is in Los Angeles on business connected with the company. Mr, Bowes is also managing director of the New York Capital. New Theatre Under Apollo Management A. J. Hall, a banker from Mason, Mich., has acquired a lease for a term of fifteen years on the lot which adjoins the Apollo Theatre in Hollywood, on which site he will build a theatre to accommodate 850 people. The new house will be under the same management as the Apollo Theatre, and will be ready for business about December 1. International Leases American Studio The American studios at Santa Barbara, Cal., have been taken under long lease by the International Film Company, according to announcements made this week. Frank Borzage, of the International directorial force, was instrumental in making the deal. New Kellerman Company Annette Kellerman has formed a new film producing company, with her husband, James Sullivan, as head of the organization. Work is scheduled to begin on the first of the Annette Kellerman Productions early in September. Rork and Fineman Go East Sam B. Rork, president of the Katherine MacDonald Pictures Corporation, and B. P. Fineman, vice-president, left this week for New York, where they will confer with officials of the Associated First National on future Katherine MacDonald releases. Frances Marion Gives Party to Director R. G. Vignola ROBERT G. VIGNOLA, director of special productions for CosmopolitanParamount, was the guest of honor at a birthday party given by Frances Marion, the scenarist, on August 5, in her home at 180 Fifth avenue, New York. More than thirty guests, prominent in the theatrical and motion picture worlds, attended. Marie Dressier, Virginia O’Brien, George Gershion, and Mrs. Felix Arndt, well known stars, entertained. Refreshments were served and dancing followed. The party commemorated Vignola’s thirty-eighth birthday. One of the amusing features was a huge birthday cake with a question mark set in candles. Among those present were Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Constance Talmadge, Lenore Ulric, Marie Dressier, Virginia O’Brien, George Gershion, Henry M. Hobart, Phil Carle, Frances Cappellano, Archie Gibson, Norma Talmadge, Mrs. Felix Arndt, Frederick Thompson (Miss Marion’s husband), Claire Whitney, Harland Jones, E. Douglas Bingemann, Ethel Fleming, Ann Poulette, Jane Farrel, Mr. and Mrs. George » Cowan, Nancy Moale and Donald Tucker.