The Moving picture world (November 1921)

560 MOVING PICTURE WORLD December 3, 1921 "THIS IS THE LIFE!" John Humm, assistant general manager of Pathe, ozvns a country estate at Baldwin, Long Island, where the subject of our story often ejaculates the above phrase with feeling is still here, but expects to go back to California the latter part of next week. * * * Major J. W. O'Mahoney, director of advertising and publicity for Educational, gave a dinner Monday evening, November 21, to members of the trade press. After the dinner the Major took his guests to the Rialto Theatre to see "The Battle of Jutland" pictures, which had their premiere at that house this week. * * * It was only a question of time when Tony Sarg would reproduce the original golfer of pre-historic days in "Tony Sarg's Almanac." The latest issue of the cartoon depicts the daddy of the present day cowpasture pool players. The many golfers in the industry should be interested in the release. * * * The sixth of Harry Reichenbach's amusing series of "Foolish Wives of History" is: "DESDEMONA" Desdemona zvas the foremost foolish wife of her time. Early in her career she went into the coal business with Othello and friends together and took them .pn a the space a few feet northwest of tour to her new possessions. our desk for a cockpit we cannot be The little Metro star is happier responsible for what is omitted for forthwith, the price of coal went with her new house than a child the time being. Some piece of news sky high. with a new toy. She has talked of or something was destined for this Desdemona zvas both amibitious place and was about to be written and nervous and spent Jew happy when the battle started. A WISE OLD OWL! The bird ihows judgment in feminine taste in lingering to look at Helen Darling, zvho is appearing in Broadway Comedies, which are released by Arrow nothing else since purclfasing it and has spent her entire vacation between pictures there. This paragraph is written in place of the one interrupted by a battle of four horsemen. That is to say we were just on the point of having the seed of an idea burst into fruits and flowers when the battle started and completely busted all lines of what might be optomistically called thought. We can work during most riots but when four p. a.'s happen to meet on their customary weekly visit to our sanctum and each begin, loudly and abusively, to promote the various Jacques Kopstein, sales manager for Affiliated Distributors, returned last week from a trip to Cleveland. that night, zvhile Desdemona was busily engaged knitting a szveater for the chief of the Venice Fire Department, Othello placed a lily her hand — 'phoned her family, William Alexander, president of the Alexander Film Corporation, sailed November 22 for London to go over several matters with Sir Oswald Stoll, relative to the distributton in the United States and PemteH and hours with Othello. There were tzi'o reasons. The color scheme in those days was white ami Othello did not match her best evening gozvn and as duskies were forced to ride a nice obituary for the daily in Jim Crow cars, she seldom could PaPerf, a,'d took the next two weeks take bus or trolley rides beside the to.,eU. "e neighbors how much he man of her choice. Othello zvas a jealous egg. Also, sort of an Easter egg. He was hard boiled and hand had two zceaknesses, missed his wife. Number 10: " Katherine the Shrew." * * * We don't believe a word of it, but it sounds good anyway. One of the many coast people stopping at Frank Case's Algonquin Hotel, which now has the appearance of Canada of all his well-known book Cassius and logo. subjects that arc now being made ffSTn }ws ° d'rect competitor at the Cricklewood studios. °f Othello s and logo was in the t ( t market for Desdemona s hand, and „. , . . j . Zi'illing to take the balance of her California transplanted, at luncheon advantages and perfections of *heir J^^S&S^SlSi t *1&3*'lL£ !Hf H^; ■ thC -** M Hart respective productions, we get it in Peter Ibbetson the neck as do all innocent bystanders. These visits are charming and sociable and all that sort of thing, but when the callers use l rg.u01 u las?'cs 3 One day during an ear piercing does not have a bell upon or any^i""'!' ,^?^ tournament at a nearby Sunday where near the front door of his tnc criterion, scnooit Cassius stole into Desde home on the coast. Instead he has at "GOOD-BYE!" Jackie Coogan does the honors to Mother Coogan zvhen she boarded the California Limited en route to New York zvith the first print of "My Boy." which opens at the Strand Christmas Day on the sale of Du Maurier's famous novel at the book stores. One Fifth avenue shop reports that not a single copy was sold in ten months preceding the showing of the picture. Since its advent on Broadway, however, "all sold out" has been the reply to all requests for the book at many shops throughout the city. * * * Marc Lachmann has been placed in charge of the new exploitation and publicity department created by the Universal Big U Exchange, New York, for exhibitors playing Universal productions. Lachmann will cater to the exploitation wants of Universal exhibitors and he will personally assist and co-operate in the actual exploitation of all the Universal features, Jewel productions, comedies ♦ and weeklies. Lachmann was formerly director of exploitation and publicity for the F. B. Warren Corporation, following a successful exploitation tour for Thomas H. Ince on "Lying Lips" and other Ince productions. * * * J. J. McCarthy has returned from a two months' trip in Europe. * * * Irving Lesser returned to the coast November 21. after an extended stay in the city. Sol Lesser mona's suite at the Grande Hotel a knocker in the form of a revolver de Splendid, spread logo's dis that when manipulated shoots with carded B. V. D's about the suite a loud report. And, in answer to and departed. Othello, having tired the summons, instead of the customer/ pinochle at the club, returned ary maid, a horse conies and takes unexpected, found the garments and your card and hat. Anna Q. Nilsson in the John Barrymore production directed by Marshall Neilan