Moving Picture World (May-Jun 1925)

994 MOVING PICTURE WORLD June 27, 1925 ^Scenes in “Parisian Nights,” an F. B. O. special co-starring Elaine Hammerstein and Lou Tellegen. F. B. 0. Preparing Summer, Fall and Winter Program THE visit of Major H. C. S. Thomson, president and managing director of Film Booking Offices of America, to the company’s studios in Hollywood finds the big production plant humming on full time schedule with a promise of greater summer and fall activity than ever before in the history of this up and coming independent organization. Of special interest during the visit of the president was the launching of “The Keeper of the Bees,” the famous Gene StrattonPorter novel, which is now being published serially in McCall’s Magazine, and which is being advertised extensively in the same magazine. Another note of interest on the F. B. O. lot was the first day’s work on “The Wild Bull’s Lair,” Fred Thomson’s fourth Western feature, in which the famous Western star and his horse Silver King, and Jocko, a bull wffiich belongs to Mr. Thomson, dash through many thrilling sequences. The story is an original by Marion Jackson, and will be directed by Del Andrews. In support of Mr. Thomson are Catherine Bennett (the sister of Enid Bennett), Herbert Prior, Tom Carr, Frank Hagney and Frank Abbott. Among other productions in work are Evelyn Brent’s seventh production “Lady Robinhood,” based on an original story by Clifford Howard and Burke Jenkins, formerly called “Tizona — The Firebrand.” “Lady Robinhood” will lift Evelyn Brent momentarily out of the roles of crook-melodramas which she has been so successful in interpreting upon the screen, and will give the actress the role of a sort of Spanish Joan of Arc, and will be laid in a locale at the foot of the Pyrenees. Ralph Ince is directing. Richard Talmadge is busily at work completing “The Mysterious Stranger,” based by the author, James Bell Smith, on Dr. Samuel Johnson’s classic, “History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia.” Jack Nelson is directing. Bob Custer, who is making fast strides in F. B. O.’s series of Western action stories, has this week completed “The Bloodhound” for Independent Pictures Corporation, and will start work next week on “Jack, The Man.” Mary Beth Milford will again support Mr. Custer as leading woman in the new production, and the remainder of the cast includes such well known thespians as Monte Collins, Hayford Hobbs and Buck Moulton. William James Craft will direct, from the story by George Paul Bauer and continuity by Adele S. Buffington. Wesley Ruggles, who is directing the H. C. Witwer series of two reelers, “The Pacemakers,” is at work on Chapter No. 12, called “Miss Me Again,” co-starring Alberta Vaughn and George O'Hara. At the conclusion of the series, another will be started immediately, titled “The Adventures of Maisie,” based on a series of stories by Nell Martin which appeared in Top-Notch Magazine. Theda Bara’s Picture Screen Star Will Have Frederick Kovert With Her in the Cast Frederick Kovert, the dancer, who appeared in Chadwick’s “The Wizard of Oz” has been engaged for a prominent part in “The Unchastened Woman,” which has been selected as the vehicle for Theda Bara’s return to the screen. One of the features of his appearance in the production will be his newest dance creation, “Mirrors.” The costume used in this number strikes an unusual note, being entirely in black and white, and having 750 mirrors which flash, making myriads of varicolored light. Aside from the mirrors, the costume is embellished with 10,000 pearls, 5,000 diamonds, i nd a head dress of pheasant feathers, measuring six feet across. A special elaborate set has been constructed for the staging of this brilliant dance. Sign Lionel Barrymore B. P. Schulberg announced the signing of Lionel Barrymore for the leading masculine role in “The Girl Who Wouldn't Work,” which will be the initial Preferred Picture to be made by the new director “find,” Marcel De Sano. While the feminine lead has not yet been selected, several of the other principals have already been signed, including Henry B. Walthall, Lilvan Tashman and Forrest Stanley. “The Girl Who Wouldn’t Work” has been adapted by John Goodrich from the novel by Gertie D. WentworthJames, which created a sensation in London last year. It is slated for publication by an American publisher in the fall. Scenes in “The Mysterious Stranger,” starring Richard Talmadge, an F. B. O. picture.