Moving Picture World (Jul 1921)

430 MOVING PICTURE WORLD July 23, 1921 Late in October the A. M. P. A. will hold a birthday celebration in the Biltmore. So far as we can learn the plans are for an elaborate dinner-dance. This year the ban on ladies being present will be removed and the members may invite the fair sex. The number of guests has been limited to five hundred. The birthday cake will serve as a pedestal for five candles. Coast in consultation with production chiefs, advising with them and the individual directors concerning pictures now nearing completion and others about to go into production, he has leased the former home of the late Nat Goodwin at Santa Monica for two months. * * * Wallace Reid, who came East from the Lasky lot in Hollywood to star with Elsie Ferguson in “Peter Ibbetson” in the Paramount Long Island studio, has completed his work in the picture. He will return immediately to Hollywood, where he will soon begin work in another Paramount picture. * * * Arthur Levy, foreign sales manager for Associated Producers, recently sailed on the Aquitania on the first leg of an extensive European tour. The object of his trip is to establish Associated Producers distribution in all the principal cities of Europe. Marshall Neilan arises, deposes and says: What lemonade is to the country circus, What Orangeade is to the summer park, Georgeade will be to motion pictures — after his titles in “The Lotus Eater” are seen by the waiting world. When the notorious Pete Smith sent us the above he had it headed “Don’t Throw That Brique.” .Not attempting to gild the lily, however, we suggest that if he sends it to anyone else he head it with “Don’t Throw That Grenade.” Nat Rothstein left July 12 for a three weeks’ trip to the Coast in behalf of Equity Pictures Corporation. He will visit a number of the California studios. * * * Herb Hayman, general manager of Herald Productions, Inc., is the HARD WORKING PRESS AGENT COLLAPSES ON THE BEACH Lynde Denig, noted Goldwyn publicist, caught by our inquiring photographer stealing forty winks latest recruit to filmdom's rapidly increasing army of benedicts. Mr. Hayman was married on Sunday, July 10, to Miss Dorothy Jacobs. 1 he nuptials were held at the bride’s home in New \ork City and were attended only by members of the immediate family. Ihe new Mrs. Hayman is well known to the screen, having appeared in support of a number of Metro stars under the professional name of Dorothy Doll. Mr. Hayman is one of the best known distributing executives in the independent field and is at present sponsoring a series of productions starring J. P. MacGowan. Immediately following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Hayman left for Atlantic City, where they will spend their honeymoon. * * * Horace G. Harper, managing director of Inter-Ocean Photoplays, Ltd., of London, sailed for home last week on the Olympic after negotiating a deal with Arrow to distribute that firms productions on the other side. * * * Morris A. Milligan, Famous Players-Lasky district manager with headquarters in Winnipeg, Canada, is in town. * * * Bert Adler, whose work as special representative for Allan Dwan, Whitman Bennett, Irvin Willat and other producers couldn’t keep him busy twenty-four hours a day, so he took on something else. He has entered the legitimate theatrical field as personal manager of Fanchon and Marco, who lately closed the engagement of their musical show, “Sun Kist,” at the Globe Theatre, New York. Bert’s first work since making this affiliation was to arrange for a vaudeville version of the show to play the Keith summer houses, opening in Boston, July 18. The new activity will in no way interfere with Adler’s representation and exploitation work in the film business, and he has engaged Ace Berry, formerly of Mayflower Photoplay Corporation, to assist him in the latter department. * * * Irene Castle Treman, upon the completion of her film, “A Broadway Bride,” by Clarence Buddington Kelland, will leave for her home in Ithaca, where she will rest prior to starting work on her next picture. * * * It is understood that Will Rogers will not renew his contract with Goodwyn upon its expiration August 1 Instead, it is expected, he will form a producing company of his own to make two reel comedies. Clarence Badger, who directed Rogers in a number of his Goldwyn pictures, will be associated with him in his new venture. * * * Will Page, who was loaned by Morris Gest to William Fox for the time being to handle the publicity for “The Queen of Sheba,” is to sail on the Baltic July 30. He will take a vacation of several weeks in London and Paris before he joins Gest and returns to New York. * * * Paul Brunet sails for New York from Paris August 1. * * * Owen Moore has leased a country home at Douglaston Manor. A BOWL BAD MAN Bill Hart, the two-gun film star, has been resting since his latest Paramount picture. Evidently one form of recreation A1 Christie is now spending in New York the first vacation he has taken in ten years. He will attend the convention of branch managers of the Educational Film exchanges in Chicago, July 18-20, before returning to the Coast. * * * Edward L. Lindeman, Cleveland representative for United Artists, is in New York. * * * Eve Unsell left for Los Angeles July 15 to assume charge of the Roberson-Cole scenario department. With her are going Zara Mandel and Garett Elsden Fort. George Blaisdell, who has been associated with Miss Unsell, will not go, but will join activities with Paul Price, title writer. * * * The June issue of the A. M. P. A. Bulletin this month, edited by Ben Davis, has been circulated recently. One of the outstanding items of the issue is a most able editorial addressed to the directors of publicity of the various producing companies. Read it, it’s good stuff. We wish we had room to reprint it. * * * “You Can’t Fool Your Wife” is a lesson in film titles some husbands will never learn. As an authority on the subject, Eugene O’Brien says: “When we ‘kiss and make up’ in the movies we taste the make-up more than the kiss When Tom Forman, director, and Tom Meighan, star, finish shooting “Cappy Ricks” in the Paramount Eastern studio they will return to the Coast to begin work on their next joint picture, which will be “A Prince There Was,” an adaptation by Wakletnar Young of George M. Cohan’s play. * * * Robert Vignola has returned to work at the Cosmopolitan studio after a six weeks’ vacation spent in motoring and visiting his parents in Albany. He is getting everything in readiness for his next picture, the title and nature of which he is keeping dark for the time being. * * * It is reported that Mary Miles Minter became engaged to be married to Orville Erringer, of Portland, Oregon, before she sailed for Europe. It is said the wedding will take place upon the star’s arrival in this country from abroad, where she is spending a vacational tour with her mother and sister. * * * Another “Follies” girl is to try her fortune in movies. Peggy Shaw has been engaged by J. Searle Dawley for his next Fox picture. * * * It would seem that the camera men from the various rotogravure sections considered David Belasco and Lenora Ulrich the sole representatives of any branch of the amusement field at the historical fight on July 2. Among the many parties made up of such people"*tvas the gathering of film celebrities who were the guests of John McCormack, the popular tenor. McCormack had arranged for a special car and the party was conveyed to Boyle’s Thirty Acres in comfort, as was not the lot of many thousands of others who witnessed the memorable four rounds. Among those in the party were John McCormack and his son ; Dennis McSweeney, John Wagner, D. W. Griffith, George M. Cohan, Marshall McCarthy, Tom Forman, Thomas Meighan, Cyril Ring, Harry H. Buxbaum, Harry Perry, Joe Humphreys, W. Gray and Norman Selby. * * * Speaking of the big fight, as they still are. King Baggot, the Universal director, must have a double. New York papers published reports that he was among the members of the Los Angeles film colony who came East for the championship match. Various persons at the Universal home office read the reports and began to investigate. No trace of Baggot could be found in New York except convincing statements that he had been seen occupying a ring-side seat in the big arena. The latest word from Universal City indicates that Baggot was in the midst of production on “The Butterfly,” Marie Provost’s first Universal picture, around July 2. * * * The daily papers gave Hope Hamilton fine notices following her pe_sonal appearance on the vaudeville bill at the Broadway Theatre, where her current picture, “Love’s Penalty" is playing this week. * * * As we sat and listened to a remarkably fine play being murdered by the mealy mouthed annunciation of the actors the other torrid evening, it struck us forcibly that the films are responsible for another great good. We don’t have to become sickened by the affected, unnatural voices of the performers. * * * S. R. Kent, general manager of distribution, of Famous Players