Moving Picture World (Dec 1920)

592 MOVING PICTURE WORLD December 4, 1920 Holubar’s, “Man, Woman and Marriage” to Reach New York Before December 1 CUTTING of “Man, Woman and Marriage,” the special Allen Holubar production starring Dorothy Phillips to be distributed by Associated First National Pictures, has been nearly completed, according to reports from the West Coast, and the first print is expected to arrive in New York before December 1. The delivery of the print to First National will mark the completion of one of the most remarkable film conceptions ever attempted. Mr. Holubar interprets the argument presented in a story by Olga Linek School, that woman’s present position in the world is an unnatural one, seeming natural only because of custom. The story of the development of love to a true understanding is in itself said to be particularly romantic and exciting, but in the Holubar picture the emotions and situations are shown to be caused by instinctive actions based upon the experience of ancestors rather than sound reasoning. To show the historical happenings, which are the basis of these instinctive reactions, the film shows vistas of the stone age, the court of Constantine at the time of his conversion to Christianity, medieval England when chivalry was at its height, the end of the Amazon period when woman surrendered her predominant position and other periods when the status THE picture, “Their Mutual Child,” is in the final stages of production and under the “Flying A” banner this P. G. Wodehouse lively comedy-drama will soon appear on the silver sheet. It is a story of modern social life with a clever treatment of the subject, eugenics, it is stated. When Samuel S. Hutchinson produced the picture, his aim was to utilize every bit of humor that Wodehouse crammed into the pages of his book and all that could be read between the lines. He had the aid of Daniel F. Whitcomb, a staff scenario writer at the Santa Barbara studios, and Director George L. Cox, and declares the finished product will measure up to anything which has heretofore been put on the market. Margarita Fisher has the stellar role. A strong cast supports her. Nigel Barrie plays opposite Miss Fisher in the role of the poor young artist, who is considered by a dominating aunt as an ideal husband for her charming niece because he meets all eugenic requirements. Pat Moore in Title Role Margaret Campbell carries the part of the feminist aunt; Master Pat Moore appears in the title role, while the rest of the cast includes Joseph Bennett, Harvey Clark, Thomas O’Brien, Beverly Travers, William Lloyd, Stanhope Wheatcroft and William Marion. A wealth of lovely gowns are worn, it is stated, and the American art and technical staff are responsible for beautiful interior settings. The work of cutting and titling will go forward rapidly, and it is reasonably certain that the production will be put on the MISSOURI SAYS “SHOW ME 2” NEW 4,000-SEAT MISSOURI THEATRE, ST. LOUIS, OPENED WITH SIMPLEX. <37) of woman underwent startling changes. These vistas give the director, it is said, opportunities for some of the greatest spectacular scenes which have ever been staged for the camera. The various periods in bistory marked for their excesses of one sort or another become startling in the extreme when contrasted with present day standards in various walks of life, for the whole production is based upon the proposition that everything that has been still exists, but within the confines of two very human families Mr. Holubar shows that all the emotions and excesses of history may occur in a most natural manner. The production required over eight months to film, and while most of the sets were prepared in the Hollywood studios, other parts were made in Los Angeles, Chatsworth Park, San Francisco, Balboa Bach and in and around the famous Millionaires’ Row in Pasadena. Supporting Miss Dorothy Phillips, who is starred in the production, are James Kirkwood, Robert Cain, Margaret Mann, Shannon Day, Barney Sherry, Valeria de Chevalier, Ralph Lewis and others. The photography was done by H. Lyman Broening, secretary of the American Society of Cinematographers, and William McGann. Harry Bucquet and Marion Morgan, the terpsichorean expert, were the assistants of Mr. Holubar. market about the first of December. It will follow “The Blue Moon” by David Anderson, which has just been released. THE Robertson-Cole super-special, “So Long Letty,” produced by A1 Christie, will have its big Western opening at the Kinema, the Gore Brothers and Sol Lesser first run house in Los Angeles the week of November 27. Sol Lesser, Abe Gore and Richard Spier, house publicity manager, have arranged an elaborate prologue and extensive local exploitation. They found the picture to be peculiarly adapted to exploitation, they state. An Advance As a feature of the advance campaign the Kinema will show scenes of Christie’s “Golden Wedding” day which was at the studio October 27 and which featured couples in the city of Los Angeles who had been married the longest time. Prizes were given to these couples and also to others in the moving picture profession who had been long married. . More than a hundred happy old couples of Los Angeles who have been married fifty years or more appeared at the Christie studios to celebrate “Golden Wedding Day,” which was a feature of the Hollywood celebration for the ninth anniversary of the studio. The celebration gave to motion picture theatres an unusually good tie-up for showings of “So Long Letty” in the opportunity to conduct a similar contest in each city, offering prizes to couples who have been married the greatest number of years. The first prize winners were Mr. and Mrs. EDITH HALLOR Appearing in the Select picture, "Just Outside the Door," made by Selznick World Makes Many Contracts At least one 'newspaper and one exhibitor have signed contracts submitted by the traveling zone supervisor of the World Motion Picture Corporation in each city and town visited within the last month. F. G. Wallace and A. L. Selig, Southern and Central and West* Coast supervisors, have sent enthusiastic reports to the New York office stating that exhibitors are welcoming the World plan of distribution. M. F. Tobias, Eastern district supervisor, left New York two weeks ago and has been calling upon exhibitors and newspaper editors in the New England territory. He reports a maximum amount of contracts from each place visited. Francis Pryne, who have been married for 67 years and 9 months. The “So Long Letty” cup given to the longest-married couple in the moving picture industry went to Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Wylie, who are with the Mack Sennett studio and who have been married nearly 54 years. Two Weeks at Strand Another Western booking of the film is for two weeks at the Strand Theatre, San Francisco, owned by M. L. Markowitz. The Strand is arranging to prologue the picture, and also to use novel exploitation. The first showing of the picture in the Pittsburgh territory is to be at Rowland and Clark's Regent Theatre the week of December 1. The picture is based on the Oliver Morosco musical comedy of the same name, which was successful on the stage over a period of five years. “Their Mutual Child” “Flying A” Film Is Now in Final Stages of Production “So Long Letty” Robertson-Cole Picture Is to Open in Los Angeles November 27