Moving Picture World (Jan-Feb 1927)

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February 12, 1927 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 495 Warners Name Crosland for “Black Ivory” Because of his skilled work on '“Don Juan”, starring John Barrymore and “When A Man Loves” starring Barrymore and featuring Dolores Costello, which recently had its premiere at the Selwyn, .New York, the Warner Bros, have decided that Alan Crosland is the man to direct “Black Ivory”, Polan Banks' famous novel, which will be made into an extended run production to follow “Noah’s Ark”. Monte Blue has been chosen to play the leading role. The Warners are seeking an actress to play opposite the star. Suzanne Lenglen, the French tennis professional, shows Marion Davies of M.-G.-M.’s “Tillie the Toiler” how to grip a racquet. “The Trail of ’98”, in Making, Looms As M.-G.-M. “Special” No Snow Storm Can Stop 'Em! The sagacity of Samuel Gold■wyn in paying $125,000 for the screen rights to Harold Bell Wright’s best selling novel, “The Winning of Barbara Worth,” is evidenced in a typical case where the film, in which Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky are featured, broke another house record in spite of a heavy snowstorm, in territory where Wright is especially popular. William Connors of the Lyric Theatre, Marion, Ind., wired United Artists Corporation. “ ‘The Winning of Barbara Worth, broke our house record in spite of a heavy snowstorm. People stood in line all afternoon and evening and everyone was loud in praise of the production.” Sipperly In “Carmen” Ralph Sipperly has been added to the cast of “Carmen,” a Raoul Walsh production, which will soon be launched at Fox Films West Coast studio. THE IMMENSITY of Clarence Brown’s production of “The Trail of ‘98,’ ” which he is shortly to begin directing for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, was indicated last week when it became known that Brown’s technical staff will be doubled and that no less than a dozen cameras would be assigned to this picture alone. Charlie Dorian, who has assisted the director on most of his productions during the last few years, will act in a similar capacity during the filming of Robert W. Service’s great epic of the north, and at the same time wrill have a number of assistants working directly under him. The big camera battery will be under the command of John Seitz, one of the best known photographers of the industry, who recently returned from Europe, where he has been head cameraman for Rex Ingram at the Nice .studio in France. MerriUPye has been made art director under the supervision oi Cedric Gibbons, head of the studio art department, and he, too, will have a number of assistants. Instead of having but one business manager for the unit, as is usually the case, “The Trail of ‘98’ ” will have two of the best unit managers on the lot, Charles Stallings, who was assistant to Fred Niblo during the making of “Ben-Hur,” and Clarence Bricker, who has handled a number of important Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer productions. Several assistant technical directors and advisors are yet to be selected. All of these will be original “sour-doughs” who participated in the mad rush to the Klondyke during the last years of the nineteenth century. Two of these are said to have taken fortunes in yellow metal from the fields near Dawson City. Lincoln Steadman in “Red, White, Blue” Lincoln Steadman lias been signed to appear in ‘‘Red, White and Blue,’* tlie comedy drlama based on lite at the military training camps, it was announced last week by Harry Rapt, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer producer. Steadman has the role of a student who spends his vacation at a training camp in company with George K. Arthur, M-'G-M featured comedian who has the leading male role opposite Marceline Day. Tom O’Brien, who played the role of “Bull” in “The Big Parade,” has been assigned the part of a corporal. SHORT TALKS ON SHORT FEATURES Concentration The coed who told her professor she was going to “concentrate — on a lot of things” never got very far with any of them. I believe in concentration— on one thing — for real service and real success. That is why Educational, like no other big national distributing organization, has dealt exclusively in Short Features — for seven years. This specialization quickly enabled Educational to assume unquestioned leadership of the Short Features field, a leadership that has been consistently maintained, and which we shall continue to maintain. Thirteen thousand exhibitors testify to this leadership by showing Educational Pictures regularly. For seven years of unbroken progress exhibitors have depended confidently on Educational for quality Short Features — a great guarantee back of our greater plans for the next season. President EDUCATIONAL FILM EXCHANGES, Inc.