Moving Picture World (Sep-Oct 1927)

436 October 15, 1927 MOVING PICTURE WORLD V„i. .. ..... . . ; Paramount Reports Seventy-five ... . — /. \ Percent Of Product Completed THOUGH the season is but 10 weeks old, Paramount has completed 75 per cent, of its product for the first 6 months. Out of 44 pictures scheduled for release from August 1, 1927, to January 21, 1928, 34 are now finished. Twenty-one of these have been released and the balance are ready for the exhibitor, although some of the latter number are not scheduled for distribution until January, 1928. With a total of 80 picture scheduled for release during the entire season and 34 completed ten weeks after the start of the film year, it can readily be seen that Paramount is far ahead of the field. The twenty-one productions released are: “Beau Geste,” directed by Herbert Brenon, the cast including Ronald Colman, Alice Joyce, Noah Beery, Mary Brian, William Powell. Released Aug. 1. “Fireman, Save My Child,” directed by Eddie Sutherland, the cast including Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, Josephine Dunn and Tom Kennedy. Released August 1. “The Covered Wagon,” a re-issue on August 6. “Service For Ladies,” directed by Harry D’Arrast, the cast including Adolphe Menjou and Kathryn Carver. Released August 6. “Metropolis,” directed by Fritz Lang with a special cast. An Ufa production distributed in this country by Paramount. Released August 13. “Mme. Pompadour,” directed by Herbert Wilcox, the cast headed by Dorothy Gish and Antonio Moreno. Released August 13. “Running Wild,” directed by Gregory La Cava, the cast including W. C. Fields and Mary Brian. Released August 20. “Hula,” directed by Victor Fleming, the cast including Clara Bow, Clive Brook, Arlette Marchal and Arnold Kent. Released August 27. “Soft Cushions,” directed by Eddie Cline, the cast including Dorothy MacLean and Sue Carol. August 27. “Chang,” directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack, with a special cast. Released September 3. “We’re All Gamblers,” directed by James Cruze, the cast headed by Thomas Meighan and Marietta Millner. Released September 3. “Barbed Wire,” directed by Rowland V. Lee, the cast headed by Pola Negri, Clive Brook and Einar Hanson. Released September 10. “Nevada,” directed by John Waters, the cast including Gary Cooper, Thelma Todd, Phillip Strange and William Powell. A Zane Grey Special released September 10. “Swim, Girl Swim,” directed by Clarence Badger, the cast including Bebe Daniels, James Hall, Gertrude Ederle, Josephine Dunn and William Austin. Released September 17. “Starke Love,” directed by Karl Brown, with a special cast. Released September 17. “One Woman to Another,” directed by Frank Tuttle, the cast including Florence Vidor, Marie Shotwell, Roy Stewart, Ted Von Eltz. Released Sept. 24. “Tell It to Sweeney,” directed by Gregory La Cava, the cast including Chester Conklin, George Bancroft, Doris Hill and Jack Luden. Released Sept. 24. “The Rough Riders,” directed by Victor Fleming, the cast including Noah Beery, Mary Astor, Charles Farrell, George Bancroft, Charles Emmett Mack and Frank Hopper. “The Way of All Flesh,” directed by Victor Fleming, the cast headed by Emil Jannings, Belle Bennett, Phyllis Haver and Donald Keith. “Figures Don’t Lie.” directed by Eddie Mid-October Check-up Shows Progress Made And Standard Upheld On 1927-1928 Program Sutherland, the cast headed by Esther Ralston, Richard Arlen and Ford Sterling. “Shootin’ Irons,” directed by Richard Rosson, the cast, including Jack Luden, Fred Kohler and Sally Blane. The balance now ready for release are : “Shanghai Bound,” direced by Luther Reed, the cast including Richard Dix, Mary Brian, Jocelyn Lee and George Irving. “A Gentlemen of Paris.” directed by Harry' D’Arrast, the cast headed by Adolphe Menjou, Shirley O’Hara and Arlette Marchal. “Underworld,” directed by Joseph Von Sternberg, the cast including George Bancroft. Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook and Fred Kohler. “The Woman on Trial,” directed by Mauritz Stiller, the cast including Pola Negri, Einar Hansen, Arnold Kent. “Open Range,” directed by Clifford Smith, the cast including Lane Chandler, Betty Bronson and Fred Kohler. A Zane Grey special. “The City Gone Wild,” directed by James Cruze, the cast headed by Thomas Meighan, Marietta Millner, Louise Brooks, and Fred Kohler. “The Last Waltz,” directed by Robison with a special cast. A Ufa production. “Jesse James,” directed by Lloyd Ingraham, with Fred Thomson in the starring role. “Now We’re In the Air,” directed by Frank Strayer, the cast including Wallace Beery, Raymnod Hatton and Louise Brooks. “She’s a Sheik,” directed by Clarence Badger, the cast including Bebe Daniels, Richard Arlen, William Powell, Josephine Dunn and James Bradbury. “The Street of Sin,” directed by Mauritz Stiller, the cast headed by Emil Jannings and Fay Wray. “Beggars of Love,” directed by Rowland V. Lee, the cast headed by Pola Negri, Jean Hersholt, and Kenneth Harlan. “Beau Sabreur,” direcetd by John Waters, the cast including Gary Cooper, Evelyn Brent, Noah Beery, William Powell, Arnold Kent and Roscoe Karns. The Paramount Hollywood studios are now working on: “The Spotlight,” directed by Frank Tuttle, the cast headed by Esther Ralston and Neil Hamilton. “Honeymoon Hate,” directed by Luther Reed, the cast headed by Florence Vidor, Tullio Carminati and William Austin. “The Gay Defender,” directed by Gregory LeCava, the cast headed by Richard Dix and Thelma Todd. “The Side Show,” directed by John Waters, the cast headed by W. C. Fields, Chester Conklin and Mary Brian. “Honky Tonk” (Tentative title), directed by Joseph Von Sternberg, the cast headed by George Bancroft and Fred Kohler. “Serenade,” directed by Harry D’Arrast, the cast headed by Adolphe Menjou and Fay Wray. Of the remaining pictures to be made there are seven in preparation: “The Legion of the Condemned,” the companion picture to “Wings,” in which Gary Cooper will play the leading role under the direction of William Wellman; a new story being written for Emil Jannings to be put into production soon and Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton in “The Big Game Hunt.” A Western cast is being assembled for the Zane Grey Special, “Under the Tonto Rim.” George Bancroft’s first starring story will be “Honky Tonk.” “Abie’s Irish Rose,” will go into production within three or four weeks and the newest Harold Lloyd pictures is now in production.