Moving Picture World (Jan-Feb 1927)

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February 5, 1927 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 431 Three Stars In “Hot Lightning” An Educational Three comedians, all featured players in their own right, will be seen in the new EducationalMermaid Comedy, “Hot Lightning,” which recently was completed at the Educational Studios in Hollywood. Stephen Roberts, who has been responsible for many of the Mermaid Successes, directed the comedy. Well Known Players George Davis, of New York Hippodrome fame, Phil Dunham and Clem Beauchamp will have the principal funmaking roles while Lucille Hutton and Eva Thatcher are members of the feminine contingent who join in the merriment. Dunham has been featured in Cameo Comedies this season and has played main supporting roles in Mermaid Comedies, while Clem Beauchamp holds a similar record. New Series Of Smith Comedies From Sennett Mack Sennett’s series of domestic farces which the Pathe producer introduced last* year has proved such a hit that the producer has arranged for a separate production unit to continue this series. Alf Goulding, one of the foremost directors in both the feature length and two-reel comedy fields, has been engaged on a long term contract to direct the McKee-Hiatt unit. Lonnie Dorsa is production manager of the new unit. A happy selection of types for the comedy family was made a year ago by Sennett, when he placed Raymond McKee, Ruth Hiatt and little Mary Ann Jackson under contract for the series. Exploitation Who was the subject of the first exploitation stunt ? It was Charlie Chaplin. What the stunt was you’ll have to read about in the historicaUy accurate Twentieth Anniversary Issue, due March 26. You will find many other unusual facts and features in this remarkable issue. Chaplin , in “Shoulder A rms,” Pathe “War Story” Reissue Distributor Swings Into Line, Granting Exhibitor Requests For Comedies Touching the Great War PATHE is meeting the great demand on the part of the public and exhibitors for comedy dramas with military plots and settings by bringing back to the_ screen “Shoulder Arms,” the Charlie Chaplin classic sam by many to be the greatest war comedy ever made. Frances Lee, a Warn pas star, and leading lady in Educational Bobby Vernon Comedies. Lige Conley Is Directing For Mack Sennett Lige Conley, one of the leading stars in short-feature comedies under various auspices for the last five years, has temporarily discarded his screen make-up to write and direct Alack Sennett comedies for Pathe. Sennett realized the value of the wide experience that Conley has gained in his long association with comedy production, Roosevelt Film For February Pathe Release Pathe has scheduled for release on February 13th, another of its outdoor feature pruductions titled “Between Dangers,” starring the popular Western hero Buddy Roosevelt. “Between Dangers” is a Lester F. Scott, Jr., presentation, and is an adaptation by Richard Thorpe from the Walter J. Coburn story, “Ride ’Em Cowboy,” published in Action Stories Magazine. In addition to writing the continuity for the picture, Richard Thorpe also directed. Sennett To Revive The “Keystone Kops” In Pathe Comedies Alack Sennett has announced that the old Keystone Komedy Kops are to be revived in Pathe comedies. Every good movie fan remembers the old comedies in which Ford Sterling, Charlie Afurray, Chester Conklin, Mack Swain and Fatty Arbuckle cavorted about in misfit uniforms and false whiskers. This Pathe war comedy is divided into laughter zones, bringing a heavy onslaught upon old man Gloom, resulting in a complete victory of good natured fun. From a raw recruit, in the hands of a drill sergeant, Charlie rushes, post haste, to his bunk, when the awkward squad, of which he is a member, is dismissed and when safely tucked therein he dreams that he is “over there.” Life in the trenches begins forthwith, and the discomforts of war are changed into locations for joyous laughter. In this, Chaplin has developed a routine of stunts entirely different from those in any of his other comedies and linked them into sequences of utterly ridiculous comicalities. Edna Purviance Plays Edna Purviance is cast as a French girl and serves as an admirable foil for the comedian’s antics. Sydney Chaplin, Charlie’s brother, who has attained great prominence due to his characterization in “The Better ’Ole” now current on Broadway, and other pictures, is Charlie’s aidede-camp in marshalling the fun forces in this latest Pathe feature comic release. New “Sportlight” “Weatherproof,” a timely single reel Grantland Rice Sportlight, centered around present popular indoor sport activities, is announced for release by Pathe on February 20th. These sport features are exceptionally popular with the public, owing to the fame of Grantland Rice as an expert. Contrast Roxy Theatre — 6,000 seats. Las Plumas Theatre — 75 seats. Both will be talked of in the fascinating Twentieth Anniversary Issue, out March 26. Vera Steadman, leading lady in Christie Comedies, in a Helen of Troy pose.