Moving Picture World (Jan-Feb 1927)

MOVING PICTURE WORLD 349 January 29, 1927 Harry Oliver Designs Sets For Fox Film Harry Oliver, designer of original sets, is responsible for the settings of “7th Heaven,” the film version of the play by Austin Strong, now being produced at Fox Films West Coast Studios under the direction of Prank Borzage. The action of the picture is laid in a picturesque corner of the Paris Montmartre district and affords a wide scope for original treatment of background. Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell head the all-star cast in the picture. Others are Ben Bard, David Butler, Albert Gran, Gladys Brockwell, George Stone and Emile Chautard. F. B. O. Completes National Tie-Up F. B. O. has tied up with more than two hundred newspapers throughout the country to run the serialization of “A Regular Scout,” their Boy Scout special featuring Fred Thomson .and Silver King. Meighan to Florida Thomas Meighan expects to leave the end of this week for INewport-Richey and Miami for a vacation. He has practically completed his role in his current ■starring picture for Paramount, '“Blind Alleys,” and will probably tbe able to depart on schedule. ] ^ I Diana Kane Off To Hollywood Diana Kane, sister of Lois) Wilson), and in her own right a very promising young picture actress, leaves for the Coast on January 28 to begin work in the film center under the personal guidance of Samuel Goldwyn, maker of many film celebrities. Miss Kane, a native of Alabama, but for many years a California resident, first appeared in pictures in a Bebe Daniels release being made at the Astoria studios. She had come East to bid farewell to her sister, Lois, who was going abroad. Lois Wilson and Bebe Daniels were fast friends and it was therefore quite natural that Bebe should undertake to look after “the kid sister” who was a stranger in New York. The two lived together at the home of Behe’s mother, who treated Diana as her own daughter. It was Behe who named her Diana Kane, after a eharj acter in Arthur Train’s novel, “His Children’s Children.” She Wins Spurs Fox Production Schedule Has Reached Six Month Mile-Post Brilliant Showmanship Has Marked Selection of Stories, As Well As Production and Distribution Angles ARRIVING at the six month mile post of the 1926-27 season. Fox Films may look back with considerable pride to a score of noteworthy achievements, and forward with equal satisfaction to the groundwork already laid for a brilliant second half. Greta Garbo, whose triumph in Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s “Flesh and the Devil,” held three weeks at the Capitol Theatre in New York, makes her one of the outstanding screen stars. Malcolm Denny Cast Malcolm Denny has been added to the cast of Marie Prevost’s vehicle for Metropolitan, titled “The Night Bride.” Outstanding among the productions to be presented is “What Price Glory,” the great war picture of the season, screened with the most minute adherence to every detail of the distinguished Stallings-Anderson play. “What Price Glory” not only enhanced the already firmly established reputation of Raoul Walsh, as a director, but brought unquestionable fame to Victor McLaglen, cast in the enviable role of “Captain Flagg.” It also laid the cornerstone for a brilliant career in the case of Dolores Del Rio, the Mexican actress, who, with McLaglen, will also be featured in “Carmen” which Fox Films now has in the course of production. Since August 1 5th , when the production year began, not a month has passed without some outstanding Fox release. August was marked by “Fig Leaves,” written and directed by Howard Hawks and featuring Olive Bor den. Then came “The Family Upstairs,” with Virginia Valti in the lead, and J. Farrell MacDonald in the chief character role. In September, Fox released along with such fine films as “The Blue Eagle,” “Womanpower,” and “3 Bad Men.” October opened with “The Lily,” adapted from the Belasco stage drama by Pierre Wolff and Gaston Leroux. In it, Belle Bennett rose to the height of her power as an emotional actress. October also released “Whispering Wires,” another stage play transcribed, with unerring fidelity to every detail of the original, and featuring the lovely Anita Stewart. Then came “The Country Beyond,” by James Oliver Curwood. In this, Olive Borden again shone forth as one of the season’s most promising “finds.” With November came “The Return of Peter Grimm.” (Continued on page 354) Keg. H . S. Pat. Off. 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