Moving Picture World (Jan-Feb 1927)

348 MOVING PICTURE WORLD January 29, 1927 Edwin Carewe Completes His “Resurrection” The filming of “ Resurrection,” Inspiration-Echvin Carewe’s production of Count Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel, was completed this week. Carewe and the members of the cast are back in Los Angeles. The Siberian snow scenes climaxing the story of Prince Dmitri's soul, lost and regained, were filmed at Truckee, Northern California. The cast of ‘‘Resurrection” includes Rod LaRocque in the role of Prince Dmitri and Dolores del Rio as Katusha. Marc McDermott, Lawson Butt, Vera Lewis, Clarissa Selwynne, Nicholas Soussanin and Rita Carewe, daughter of the producer-director. United Artists will release “Resurrection” in March. “Poor Nut” to Start Production on “The Poor Nut,” which Jess Smith is to make for First National release, and which was slated to start January 15, has been postponed until early in February, according to an announcement from Smith, who is now in Hollywood completing arrangements for start of work. This picture will be filmed at Tech Art’s western studios. “The One Man Game” is the title of this, with Fred Humes the Universal Western star in the lead and in the saddle. Four Fox February Releases Possess Box-Office Qualities Miss Seddon Cast Margaret Seddon has been added to the cast of "Matinee Ladies,” May McAvoy’s initial starring vehicle, under her new Warner Bros.’ contract. Churchill Ross, the youthful comedian in Universal’s “The Collegians,” is now on a long-term contract. WITH only four feature productions scheduled for release in February, this list of Fox Films makes up in quality what it lacks in quantity, including exceptional box-office appeal. In the short month line-up for release on the thirteenth, is “Marriage,” by H. G. Wells. Sharing importance with “Marriage” is the sensational novelty stage hit of New York, London and Paris, “The Monkey Talks.” Critics were unanimous in proclaiming this Rene Fauchois’ play as having far greater screen possibilities than it did as a legit A LTHOUGH previously announced as leading lady for “Quarantined Rivals,” Virginia Lee Corbin will not be able to play the part on account of a slight illness. Rather than hold up production, which was scheduled to start this week, Miss Corbin withdrew, and the role was assigned to Kathleen Collins, according to telegraphic advices received from Sam Sax who is imate production. The box-office value of “The Monkey Talks,” which is released Feb. 27th, sticks out like the proverbial sore thumb. “Ankles Preferred,” released on Feb. 20th, could make a boxoffice go of it on its title alone. However, to supplement the title of this original by James Hamilton, Fox officials have selected a real box-office cast headed by Madge Bellamy. On February 6th Fox Films will release Buck Jones in “The War Horse” which he wrote. now on the Coast supervising production. Miss Collins, a comparative newcomer to the screen, has won herself an enviable reputation in leading ingenue roles and more recently has been seen playing opposite Ken Maynard, the First National Western star. Miss Collins was secured by arrangement with Charles R. Rogers, producer of the Ken Maynard pictures, and was loaned for this one production. Kathleen Collins Borrowed By Gotham; Virginia Corbin Is 111 Sutherland To Build Another Comedy Team ‘ Edward Sutherland has been summoned from the Long Island studio to Paramount’s West Coast lot to carry out the organization’s newest comedy plan. Jesse L. Lasky went into conference with B. P. Schulberg, West Coast executive, shortly after the former’s arrival from New York, and immediately thereafter a wire was sent to Sutherland to go West and become head of a new comedy unit, plans for which Schulberg is now completing. Schulberg will acquaint Sutherland with details of his new assignment upon the latter’s arrival. Sutherland is to form a new comedy team of the Beery-Hatton variety, which is to carry on through a series of special comedy features. The young Paramount director leaped into fame with the production of “Behind the Front,” the Beery-Hatton doughboy comedy which proved a great box office success. He followed with “We’re in the Navy Now.” Over the Net Charles Reisner, directing “What Every Girl Should Know,” starring Patsy Ruth Miller, for Warner Bros., is shooting the climax of the film, a tennis championship tournament, with Patsy playing for the world’s championship. Phyllis Haver in “No Control” for Metropolitan P. D. C.