The Moving picture world (June 1921)

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836 MOVING PICTURE WORLD June 25, 1921 RAY C. SMALLWOOD Who will be in charge of the first producing unit for Pyramid Pictures, Inc. New Machines for Moving Pictures The Actograph Camera and Actograph Projector, innovations in the moving picture field, will be ready for delivery some time in August, according to the Wilart Instrument Company, Inc., designers and manufacturers of Cinematograph Apparatus, New Rochelle, N. Y. Superiority is claimed for these instruments because of their smallness and lightness and be- cause the film used is one-half the size of that in general use, making them much more eco- nomical of operation, it is stated by the makers. A demonstration of the projection machine given recently at the Harry Levey Serv- ice Corporation offices, showed that its pictures were extremely well defined. Pyramid Pictures, Inc., to Make . Films for Independent Market Pyramid Pictures, Inc., was in- commence work in a New York corporated in Delaware recently studio on the initial Pyramid pro- with a capitalization of $1,000,000 duction within the next two weeks, for the production of super-features The company plans to give the for the independent market. Six- director and the author a certain teen big pictures will be made every percentage of the gross as agrainU year. Offices of the company have a substantial cash advance. This been opened at 150 West 34th street, method, the executives of the com- Smallwood & Company, Inc., in- pany believe, will give to its product vestment brokers, through Arthur the best authors and directors in N. Smallwood, its president, has ar- the motion picture world, ranged for the financing of the Mr. Smallwood, who has risen in Pyramid Pictures, Inc. Within the the film drama as one of its most next several days he will make an- successful directors, is a firm be- nouncement, naming the officers of liever in getting the best story avail- the new motion picture concern. able and then look for the star to Pyramid Pictures, Inc., enters the fit the part. He declares that many field with the determination, it a director is hampered in his art states, to give to the independent and that progress in the motion pic- market the best box office attrac- ture field is retarded by the old sys- tions, time, money and brains can tern of first choosing the star and build. The first unit, which will be then winding the star around the in charge of Ray C. Smallwood, will story. Jack Holt to Star in a Series money above the actual cost of the photograph goes to the support of of Productions for Paramount'^Mzts to Ndso:i\v^ar'st°u1io. The elevation of Jack Holt to and played leads opposite Enid 6039 Hollywood Boulevard, Holly- stardom was announced this week Bennett in a number of produc- (-alifornia, and a picture will by Jesse L. Lasky, first vice-presi- tions produced by Ince and dis- be forw arded to you promptly, dent of the Famous Players- tributed by Paramount. Then h'e Lasky Corporation, in charge of returned to Paramount. He is production. now playing a leading role in a Mr. Holt, it was declared by William deMille picture, adapted Mr. Lasky, will be starred in a from Rita Weiman's story, "The series of Paramount pictures, an l Stage Door." will begin work in the near fu- JACK HOLT -N f ic' star in Paramount Pictures Beck Signs Contract with Arthur S. Kane ture on his first starring i^roduc- tion at the Lasky studio in Holly- wood. "Mr. Holt's rise in the last two years," said Mr. Lasky, "has been another demonstration of the .\rthur Beck signed contracts Monday, June 6, with Arthur S. Kane, chairman of the Board of Directors of Associated Exhibitors, Inc., for a series of six special pro- ductions to be produced by Mr. to Aid Children Afte°r"the%xchange of signatures For years Mary Pickford has Mr. Beck boarded the train for the been besieged with requests from all West, and immediately the Cali- fornia Limited lands him into Los Sale of Pictures -THE GOLDES SNARE" David M. Hartford's froduction of James Oliver Curivood's novel; a First National picture fact that personal magnetism, coupled with ability to interpret parts of the country for photo- roles naturally, wins a defint^e graphs of herself. But now, to all Angeles work starts on the first place among picture patrons and such requests the following po^t production. Whether or not this registers powerfully at the box- card message is sent out: will be the same producing unit, the office. Although he played =m- "Dear Friend: Your request for Leah Baird Film Corporation, Inc., port,3nt roles in a number of our a photograph has been turned ovtr that produced the current feature, productions, including William to "The Good Cheer Fund," which "The Heart Line," releasing through de Mille's 'Midsummer Mad- is now selling my pictures for the Pathe Exchanges, Inc., has not yet ness,' Mr. Holt was not featured benefit of needy children. .Ml been announced. in the true sense of that word. ' '- Nevertheless the public recog- nized his work, as comments we have received from exhibitors tes- tify. "Mr. Holt typifies clean-cut young American manhood, and it is our plan to give him stories which will enable him to appear in the out-of-door settings which become him best. He will play roles typifying virile, athletic young men—roles that fit his own personality of an out-of-door man. .■\ horseman, an athlete, a man who has grown up in the West, Mr. Holt will be seen in pic- tures of the W^est, the Canadian Northwest and similar settings which will give play to his own characteristics and personality." Jack Holt was born in Win- chester, Va., and educated at the Virginia Military Institute. After spending four years with dra- matic stock companies, in which he played juvenile leads in all of the best known plays of the American stage, he began his screen career with Universal. Later he went to Select and then appeared in a number of Para- mount pictures. Subsequently he was engaged by Thomas H. Ince, SURELY A MJS-TJTLED COMEDY George Bunny seems to have his mind well occupied in "Nothing to Think About," a Capitol comedy, distributed by Golduyn