Moving Picture World (Jan-Feb 1927)

126 MOVING PICTURE WORLD January 8, 1927 Three Warner Bros. Pictures For January Three productions are scheduled for release by Warner Bros, during January. “Finger Prints,” Louise Fazenda's initial starring vehicle, will be shown to exhibitors on January 1st. Lloyd Bacon is the directorial genius of this mystery comedy drama, in which John T. Murray, Helene Costello, George Nichols, Warner Richmond and Lewis Harvey support Miss Fazenda. ■ On January 8. “Wolf’s Clothing" will be released. “Wolf’s Clothing” is a mystery melodrama. starring Monte Blue, with Patsy Ruth Miller in support. Roy Del Ruth directed. “Don’t Tell the Wife,” starring Irene Rich, will be released on January 22. “Don’t Tell the Wife” is a sparkling, sophisticated comedy. It was directed by Paul L. Stein, from the scenario of Rex Taylor. In support cf Miss Rich appear Huntly Gordon, Lilyan Tashman, William Demarest and Otis Harlan. F.B.O.V‘Bees” Picture Wins Highest Vote A tabulation of box-office reports from theatres throughout the country reveals the fact that “Keeper of the Bees,” produced by F.B.O. from the novel by Gene Stratton Porter did more for the box-office during the yrear ending November 15, 1926 than any other of the 104 pictures which were selected as money makers. The vote for “Keeper of the Bees” was 187. The next closest was “The Cohens and Kellys” with 169 votes. Exhibitors voting for “Keeper of the Bees” gave as their explanation for the big business they did with this picture, the fact that publicity for the picture was ready-made before it came to their theatres. Natli Barr to Go West for Picture Natli Barr (known formerly as Natalie Barraehe), renowned Rnssian beauty, now under contract to First National Pictures, left for Burbank, Cal., on January 4. it was announced by General and Production Manager Richard A. Rowland today. Miss Barr will begin work on a picture soon after her arrival at First National Studios. Is It An Old Waltz Pose? Harold Lloyd and Jobyna Ralston in “The Kid Brother,” for Paramount. Fox Film Corp. Assigns Green to “Is Zat So?” Alfred e. green, who has just completed ‘‘The Auctioneer” for Fox Films, begins a new screen offering “Is Zat So?” which scored so notably in New York and has been going on to win new laurels as a road show. Its success in London was as sensational as that in America. George O’Brien, one of the leading players in “Sunrise,” directed for Fox Films by F. W. Burnau, plays the role of Chick Cowan, the dumb but willing boxer in “Is Zat So?” Kathryn Perry is cast in the feminine leading role. Arthur Housman, who has been screamingly funny in many Fox offerings, will por tray the wise-cracking, smooth mannered and versatile fight manager. O'Brien is playing the role created by Richard Taber on the stage and Housman has the part originated by James Gleason, the other half of the successful playwright-actor combination. The comic situations will lose nothing in their transcription, for Green, the director, has already shown by his work in “The Auctioneer” that -he can transpose stage comedy to the screen with added values in the more animated medium. Announcements of further additions to the cast will soon be made by Fox Films. Title Changed “The Vamp of Venice,” Constance Talmadge’s latest First National release, now shooting on the Coast, has undergone a title change and will henceforth be known as “Venus of Venice,” it was announced by the Joseph M. Schenck office. Purchase Pelley Story Contracts have been closed by First National Pictures, Inc., covering the purchase of world action picture rights in a story entitled “The Sunset Derby,” by William Dudley Pellev, pubished in the January, 1926, issue of the American Magazine. Von Stroheim Moves Fast to Complete Film Indicating an early completion of “The Wedding March,” the Paramount picture which has been under production for more than seven months, Erich von Stroheim, director and star, this week moved his company from the Lasky Studios, where the past fortnight has been spent in making several important sequences in a truly remarkable setting which had been erected for this use. Production has been resumed at the Associated Studios, other necessary sets having been constructed during the company’s temporary absence under the supervision of P. A. Powers, producer of the picture. P. D. C. Announces New Year’s Releases (Continued from page 119) light,” an original written expressly for Mr. De Mille by Irvin S. Cobb, featuring Julia Faye. Last of the month is “Getting Gertie’s Garter,” another Avery Hopwood farce with Marie Prevost starred, and directed by E. Mason Hopper. Charles Ray will be the leading man and Harry Myers and Sally Rand are in the cast. Three pictures will be released in April, the first of which will be “Vanity,” starring Leatrice Joy. The second will be “The Country Doctor,” with Rudolph Schildkraut in the title role. The last is another Marie Prevost starring picture called “The Night Bride.” May also has three releases headed by “The Heart Thief,” a romantic comedy-drama starring Joseph Schildkraut. Vera Reynolds, whose last picture was “Corporal Kate,” will be seen again in “The Little Adventuress,” adapted from “The Dover Road.” This is a comedy-drama with all the charm of the original play, which was one of the hits of this season in New York. “White Gold,” a story of the Australian sheep country, starring Jetta Goudal and directed by William K. Howard, and “The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary,” one of the greatest stage successes of its day, will be the June offerings. May Robson, who created the role on the stage, and Harrison Ford will be featured in the latter picture. Rudolph Schildkraut and Junior Coghlan will again have roles which exactly suit their outstanding talents, in the first of the July releases, “A Harp in Hock.”