Moving Picture World (Dec 1920)

December 11, 1920 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 753 Metro Gets Distribution Rights to “Silver Lining , ” Roland West Feature Starring Jewel Carmen Richard a. Rowland, president of Metro Pictures Corporation, announces that the company has obtained for exclusive distribution the Roland West Production, “The Silver Lining,” starring the beautiful Jewel Carmen. The picture was made by the Iroquois Film Corporation. It is a super feature of six reels, written and directed by Mr. West, which upon examination in the Metro projection rooms was declared to measure up in every way to the highest standards of Metro entertainment. With its elaborate and comprehensive distributing system both in this country and abroad, Metro from time to time accepts independently made pictures in addition to its own specials for release, the most notable recently having been the Maurice Tourneur super production of “The Great Redeemer,” by H. H. Van Loan. In the notable cast of “The Silver Lining,” in addition to the attractive Jewel Carmen, are many Broadway stage favorites whose names are household words among those who follow the successful offerings of the theatrical world. They include Virginia Valli, Arthur Donaldson, Leslie Austen, Julia Swayne Gordon, J. Herbert Frank and Gladden James. The famous feature dancers, Dorothy Dickson and Carl Hyson, also add the lustre of some of their artistic interpretations to the southern cabaret scenes of the picture. Roland West, author and director of “The Silver Lining,” used a scenario prepared by D. J. Buchanan and Charles H. Smith. The motion photography was done by Edward Wynard and Frank Zucker, with special art settings and effects by Charles O. Seessel. According to present plans, Metro will release “The Silver Lining” shortly. Capitol, Rivoli and Rialto Theatres All Offer Charles Urban’s Pictures CHARLES URBAN’S pictures are found in three of the principal Broadway houses this week. At the Capitol Theatre there is the Kineto Review, No. 18 and at the Rivoli and Rialto theatres Dr. Riesenfeld is showing the Movie Chats. The Kineto Review at the Capitol is a marine number that describes pictorially the trip of Dr. Epitacio Pessoa from Brooklyn to Brazil, shortly after he was elected president of that country. Director Rothapfel has presented it in feature form with a singing number as a prologue. The singing number comprises a solo by Bertram Peacock and the Capitol male ensemble, the beautiful and familiar “So We Went Down by the Rolling Sea.” At the Rivoli are the pet animal pictures from Charles Urban’s Movie Chats No. 14. It is a story of animal friendships and intelligence as displayed in the home, and it records examples from the otter, the squirrel, the hen, ferrets, crows, dogs and rabbits. The children in the audience enjoyed it hugely and their laughter at the antics of these pets could be heard above all. At the Rialto are other animal pictures, also from the Movie Chats. Hardly a week passes now that one does not find Urban Pictures in three Broadway theatres. Chicago Society of Visual Education Has Bacteriological Pictures Made THE Massachusetts Institute of Technology has made motion pictures of living bacteria and other organisms too small to be seen with the human eye, under the supervision of Professor C. E. Turner of the Department of Biology and Public Health. Special researches were made for these pictures. According to Professor C. E. Turner, a leader of the movement on visual education, the use of the motion picture is increasing by leaps and bounds. He said: “All over the country educators are coming to realize that the impressions gained through the eye are more lasting than those gained through the ear. One often hears the remark, ‘It went in one ear and out the other,’ but one never hears the expression, ‘It went in one eye and out the other.’ ” These films were made for the Society of Visiual Education of Chicago, which is making films of geography, civics, health and history to be used in the public schools. The society has also developed a special motion picture projection machine, which makes it possible to stop the film and use the picture on the screen as a lantern slide. It is this development which makes the use of motion pictures practical as a teaching device. “Down Home Willat Film Released by Hodkinson, Is Exploited with Jazz Band OWN HOME,” the first Irvin V. Willat production, which Hodkinson released in October, has been meeting with great success, according to the releasing organization. It is a particularly strong attraction for the holiday season, it is stated, and now an interesting new idea has been developed. Comes word from Joe Bloom, Kansas City district supervisor for Hodkinson, that he has just completed plans for a “road show” of the production, which will be accompanied by a six-piece jazz band. The show will tour the state of Nebraska for an indefinite run. “Down Home” is said to be considered Irvin V. Willat’s great triumph. Mr. Willat’s fame has been established for a period of years and made secure -by “Behind the Door” and “Below the Surface,” two of the greatest pictures that the screen has known. When he became an independent producer he decided to give to the silver sheet only that which was worthy, and “Down Home,” it is said, bespeaks this. WOMAN IN HIS BOAT! Mildred Harris Chaplin in First National’s “ The Woman in His Boat” Badgley Prominent in Film “Scrambled Wives" Frank C. Badgley, who is playing a prominent part in “Scrambled Wives,” the Broadway stage success, in which Marguerite Clark is starred in the film version, used to be a writer before he became an actor. Badgley made his screen debut a few months ago, playing a small part in D. W. Griffith’s production “Way Down East,” and followed this in a Universal picture, “The Green Cabinet,” in which he was featured. He also appears in “The Ghost in the Garret,” the Dorothy Gish picture which is scheduled for release early in 1921. Formerly Badgley was a Canadian newspaperman, going overseas early in 1914 at the outbreak of the great war, where he won a commission and the Biritish military cross for valor. Press Book on “Pagan Love ” The campaign of publicity and advertising the W. W. Hodkinson Corporation, is preparing for “Pagan Love,” Hugo Ballin’s first independent production for Hodkinson release, a press book just as artistically perfect as the production warrants. Much of the detail work has been gone over with Mr. Ballin himself, whose work as a mural painter made him internationally famous long before the screen claimed him and it is expected with his co-operation the book will be truly remarkable. Many interesting novelties and new angles are contained therein and the Hodkinson organization asserts that it will prove an invaluable aid to all showmen who book the picture. WHY ?