The Moving picture world (January 1920-February 1920)

398 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD January 17, 1920 that he would soon begin producing Maxwell Karger Productions, states that the announcement was premature, as his plans are indefinite as yet, and that in all probability he will be at Metro's Hollywood studio as director general until spring. Contract Let for Film Exchange. The contract for the construction of a one-story brick .building at 812 South Olive street, to be occupied by the Pathe and Realart exchanges, was let last week. The building, which will have a mezzanine floor, and fireproof vaults, will cost about $24,000, and has been leased for long terms to Realart and Pathe for distribution offices. Four Ince-Vance Films Next Year. Louis Joseph Vance, novelist, will write four stories during the coming year which will be produced by Thos. H. Ince, and which will be known as the Ince-Vance Productions. Mr. Vance was a producer himself several years ago for the Paramount program. Burglars Get Camera and Equipment. A Pathe camera and valuable camera equipment were stolen from the Henry Lehrman studios in Culver City on the night of December 27. Among the accessories taken were lenses, pigskin camera and magazine cases, five magazines, iris and view finder, cranks, tripod, and other equipment. Lehrman Property Attached. Harry Sherman has obtained a writ of attachment against the studio and other property owned by Henry Lehrman for alleged breach of contract and failure to pay for Sherman's services in selling and exploiting photoplays to be produced by Lehrman. Stowell's Body to Be Sent Home. The body of William Stowell. Universal actor, who was killed in the Congo, is to be brought back to Los Angeles for burial, according to Tarkington Baker, of Universal City. Can't Bear to See Her Die. Lloyd Hamilton and Virginia Rappe in Henry L,ehrman'.s first comedy tor First National. "A Twilight Baby." Studio Shots MARY MILES MINTER was one of the chief attractions at the opening of the new Loring Theatre at Riverside, Cal., where she made a personal appearance on December 27. George Irving has arrived from the east to produce "The Children of Destiny." at Brunton for the Selznick-Lawrence Weber Company, with Edith Haller in the featured role. Al Green will direct "Blind Youth." from the play by Lou Tellegen and Willard Mack, for the Selznick Pictures Corporation, with Walter McGrail and Beatrice Joy in the leading roles. George Melford has begun the actual filming of "The Round-up," in which Roscoe Arbuckle is to play the part of the sheriff. Tom Forman, who wrote the scenario for the play, has an important role, and Mabel Julienne Scott is leading woman. Bryant Washburn, with Wanda Hawley as leading woman and James Cruze as director, is working in "Mrs. Temple's Telegram," at Lasky's. Mitchell Lewis, new Metro star, has gone to New York to spend the holidays, and will return about January 15, bringing his mother with him. H. Thompson Rich, former editor of the Forum Magazine, is a new addition to the scenario department at Metro. Neal Burns, National star, entertained eleven poor little youngsters — all he could cram in his big car — with a dinner and an automobile ride on Christmas day. Roscoe Arbuckle and his manager, Lou Anger, have returned from New York in time for the preliminary scenes for "The Round-up" at Lasky's. Christmas gifts of cash, to the amount of $2,000, were distributed among the employes of the National Film Corporation, by Capt. Han y M. Rubey, president of the company, on the day before Christmas. H. H. Van Loan is planning to go to New York for the premiere of the Universal feature, "The Beautiful Beggar," of which he is the author. Bernard F. McElroy has been engaged to act as the personal representative of Thomas H. Ince. Mack Sennett will stage an elaborate presentation of his new five-reel special comedy, "Down on the Farm," in a San Francisco theatre on January 11. Dorothy Davenport, who has not been seen in pictures for some time, is playing an important part in "The Fighting Chance," a Paramount-.^rtcraft production. William Morris, Jr., son of the N"w YoiU theatrical man, is in Los Angeles lc;irning the motion business from the Krouiid up. He is now on the first rung of the ladder, as assistant cameraman at Lasky's. Milton Sills plays "Sandy" Varrell in Viola Dana's new Metro picture, "Eliza Comes to Stay." Robert Brunton is planning to build a big theatre on Broadway — if he can find a suitable site not already occupied by a theatre. Frank Keenan has completed a series of pictures for Pathe, and will leave for New York in a few days. Elinor Fair, who went to New York upon completing a series of Fox pictures, has returned to the coast. Lloyd Hughes is playing opposite Enid Bennett in "The Man in the Moon." The cast in "Rio Grande." now being filmed by Edwin Carewe at Brunton, includes Rosemary Theby. Allan Sears. Hector V. Sarno, Arthur Carew, Adele Farrington and Georgie Stone. Ruth Langston will play an important role in the Jack Dempsey serial. Harry Van Meter plays the part of Tozer in "Judah," with May Allison in her current Metro-Screen Classic. Jeanie MacPherson, photoplay author and scenarioist of the Lasky company, has returned from an extended visit in the east. Bessie Barriscale and her husband, Howard Hickman, motored to San Francisco to spend the holidays. Kittoria Beveridge has been engaged to play an important part in the next Louis J. Burston production. Thomas Meighan, Kathlyn Williams and Lila Lee are cast in Important parts in "The Prince Chap," a William De Mille production. The Bert Lytell company has returned from a trip to Florence, Ariz., where prison scenes were made for "Alias Jimmy Valentine." Syd Chaplin went by airplane to San Francisco to spend the New Year. Col. W. N. Selig Is having "Kazan," the James Oliver Curwood story, put in preparation for filming in the near future. The Willaim Russell company, with Director Emmett Flynn, of Fox, have gone to Prescott, Ariz., for scenes in "Bruce of the Circle." James Liddy, of the Christie Comedy forces, spent the holidays in San Francisco with his parents. Mrs. Robert Johnson, scenario reader at the National studios, has resigned from that position on acount of ill health. Gilbert P. Hamilton has been engaged by Warner Brothers to direct a new serial which will soon be made, with Helen Holmes as star. Mary MacLaren's contract with Universal is about to expire, and Mary is being besieged by offers from other producers, according to reports. The Charles Ray company has just returned from a week's location trip to Los Nietos, Cal., for scenes in "Homer Comes Home." The Alice Lake-Metro company, now producing "Shore Acres," has gone to San Francisco for location scenes. The Oregon University football team visited the Fox studio last week, watched the big circus picture being made and had their pictures taken with Shirley Mason and Madlaine Traverse. Christine Mayo has been cast in an Important role in the second of Marshall Neilan's independent productions. Sig Schlager. publicity director for the J. Parl<er Read, Jr., productions, leaves for New York next week. Lucretia Harris, a negro actress, is playing the part of Iris, the cook, in the "Edgar" storie§, by Booth Tarkington, now being filmed at Goldwyn. Viola Dana contributed a handsome trophy to be awarded in the marathon race held in Pasadena on New Year's Day. Lois Wilson is leading woman for Robert Wai wick in "Thou Art the Man," a Lasky production.' Tahitians Acclaim Triangle Pictures. ■Triangle stars in Triangle productions are in great demand on the Island of Tahiti according to the manager of the Triangle exchange in San Francisco. The manager reports that natives on the little Pacific Island are partial to pictures bearing the Triangle trademark and after the last performance the exhibitors have a busy time carting away the bushels of pearl shells, which is the recognized medium of exchange. The Triangle exchange manager is negotiating to supply the Tahitians with a six months' program but does not know what to do with the pearl shells. The small advertisement is not to be despised — especially when it is an anvouncement in The World's Classified Advertising Department.