The Moving picture world (February 1920-March 1920)

2010 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD March 20, 1920 fiPIUIHlBiPiliBJllll^ IIIMIIIl EASY PICKING of the big luscious box-office receipts comes to the exhibitor -who has had the foresight to plant the Fewer and Better tree on his booking schedule. You can imagine what the returns must be on such remarkable productions as THE RIGHT OF WAY By Sir Gilbert Parker Starring BERT LYTELL OLD LADY 31 By Rachel Crothers Starring EMMA DUNN THE VERY IDEA By William Le Baron Starring TAYLOR HOLMES SHOULD A WOMAN TELL? By Finis Fox Featuring ALICE LAKE THE WILLOW TREE By J. H. Benrimo and Harrison Rhodes Starring VIOLA DANA THE WALK-OFFS By Frederic and Fanny Hatton Starring MAY ALLISON SHORE ACRES By James A. Herne Starring ALICE LAKE and others Thirty-six ! of the Perfect Better hook them and come in for your share of the Federal Reserve note foliage. METRO Harvest Moon" Noteworthy for Strong Characterizations and Lighting Effects mum WITH Doris Kenyon rising to greater dramatic heights, and with _a supervised cast assisting her in enacting for the screen one of Augustus Thomas' most successful plays, Theodore C. Dietrich and Arthur F. Beck have every reason to believe that "The Harvest Moon," the new Gibraltar picture for W. W. Hodkinson distribution, will inaugurate its release with a bigger flood of contract bookings than even the ready exhibitor response that marked the introduction of their first Doris Kenyon production, "The Bandbox." "The Harvest Moon" is a strong picture in many respects. Aside from the acting of the star and the contributing players, among whom are George A. Lessey, Wilfred Lytell, Earl Schenck, Marie Shotwell, Grace Barton and Daniel Pennell, one of the prime features of the Deitrich-Beck production is the remarkable lighting effects obtained by Director J. Searle Dawley. With the usual Thomas touch a subtle thread of the occult, revealing the psychology of light and shade on human mentality and action, is introduced in such a way as to convey a novel and fascinating atmosphere. The filming of this particular phase of the picture called for stage management of unusual merit, and the lighting technique is a startling feature of the production, manifesting itself in striking photographic eflects. Despite the much discussed difficulty of getting across psychic ideas on the screen, proof of success is here found in the simplicity and easy comprehensilibity of the story. Sultan of Turkey Has His Movie Picture Taken by an International Cameraman THOSE intrepid camera fellows who pick up news in films for the three Hearst International news reels released weekly through Universal, could tell many a good story of the way they do their daily work, but perhaps one of the most interesting yarns is the way E. Carl Wallen, staff cameraman for Hearst International, succeeded in persuading Mohammed VI, present Sultan of Turkey, to pose for the camera. This, it is said, is the first time that the Sultan had ever been photographed, and to get him to submit Wallen smashed all the court precedents and violated the Koran as well. The scenes that Wallen "shot" are a part of the current Hearst International news reel. After he had photographed the Sultan, Wallen shipped the negative to the United States by special messenger, fearing to entrust it to the usual shipping facilities. E. Carl Wallen Who penetrated the Sultan's domicile and photographically bearded him in his den. Famous Pictures Distributes Whole Tyrad Company Output THE arrangement whereby Tyrad Pictures, Inc., assigns all of its product to the Famous Pictures Sales Company for distribution in the New. York City, Albany and Buffalo territory went into effect last week. Matthias Radin, of Tyrad, will sell the balance of the country on the state right basis on all pictures bought by his company. Of all the subjects turned over under the new arrangement to the Famous Pictures perhaps none has made Charles P. Saunders, district manager, mon enthusiastic than "It Happened in Paris," the feature in which Mme. Sarah Bernhardt presents her protege, Mme. Yorska, and W. Lawson Butt. The picture was made at the Brunton studios in California and at its premier showing in New York City was warmly greeted by the public and highly praised by the press. Heavy bookings are the ruie throughout the entire territory and Mr. Saur\ders is seeing to it that the exhibitors are receiving the co-operation of their local exchanges in the presentation of this classic feature. Exploitation aids are obtainable. Henderson, Ky., Ministers Swear and Swear and Swear Warrants Out Each Week A MERRY little Sunday fight has been on for several weeks at Henderson, Ky., the pastors of the various churches through their ministerial association having tried several methods of closing the theatres. They took the matter before the Grand Jury and were unable to secure indictments. They swore out warrants for all of the theatre men on February 20, and announced that warrants would be sworn out every week thereafter. However, three owners were fined $2, the lowest fine possible, in Judge Farmer's court, and this put the question back to the ministers. On February 26, eleven warrants were issued, four against Louis Hayes; four against Morris Holtzman; three against F. B. Doxey, and issued too by Justice J. I. Farley, of the Spottsville township, ten miles from Henderson. Trial was set for March 3. The exhibitors dug into the laws, and had their bondsmen surrender them. They were temporarily placed in custody of the jailer. They appealed to Judge Farmer, as the statute permits, for new bonds. This he granted, and set their trial in his court. This brings the ministers right back to where they started, and it is now "their move." The exhibitors are really having quite a lot of fun out of the case.