The Moving picture world (September 1922)

September 9, 1922 MOILING PICTURE WORLD 115 An F. B. O. Film The Film Booking Office of America will distribute ''The Hound of the Basker- villes," a picturization of one of the most popular Sherlock Holmes' stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of the three Sherlock Holmes' detec- tive stories which has been published in novel form, being sufficiently long to occupy an entire book. The film version is a feature in five reels. Eille Norwood plays the role of Holmes, and Rex McDougal plays the juvenile role. Lavish Sets for "Broadway Rose >9 "Our Gang" Is to Be Out Sept. 10 Added exhibitor interest, Pathe says, attaclies to its schedule of releases for September 10. On that date the Hrst of the long- heralded, novel Hal Roach two- reel series called "Our Gang" comedies and dealing with the familiar, and so often highly comic, relations existing between children and their animal friends, will make its appeal to picture patrons. The "Our Gang" release announced for September 10 is called "One Terrible Day." The Pathe serial, "The Timber Queen," with Ruth Roland, reaches its ninth episode, entitled "Horned Fury." It carries the hero and heroine to Argentina. "The Landlubber" is the Hal Roach comedy featuring Paul Parrott. The Aesop's Film Fable offering is called "The Boy and the Bear." "Si Senor," is the Harold Lloyd re-issue for Sept. 10. Lloyd is supported by "Snub" Pollard and [iebe Daniels. In Pathe Review No. 172, are seen the New Jersey fish hatcheries and other interest- ing material. Screen snapshots in this release schedule present a studio scene with "a million dol- lar cast," including Mary Miles Mintcr, Bessie I^ove. Agnes Ayres, Theodore Roberts, Wanda Hawley, Bert Lytell, Conrad Nagel, May McAvoy. Director Paul Powell and Antonio Moreno, staging a movie for visitors. One of the most distinctive fea- tiires of Robert Z. Leonard's forthcoming presentation of Mae Murray in "Broadway Rose" is tiie beauty of the settings, it is stated. Careful attention h?.s, it is said, invariably been expended on artistic settings for all of the Aiae Murray photoplays, with the idea of making them not only beautiful but accurate from the point of view of nationality. Thus, in "Peacock Alley" were required scenes with Normandy and Paris as their locale; and in "Fascina- tion" a great deal of the action lakes place in Spain. In both these hlms, it is said, the highest praise has been accorded by press and public alike to the genuine mag- nilicence of the artistic bac.<- .grounds. Klaborate as have been the for- mer Mae Murray releases, those who have had an opportunity of witnessing her latest, "Broadway Rose," at its recent private show- ing, are reported to be convinced that it excels anything that this star has ever attempted. The story, it is said, provides ample opportunity for lavish and spec- tacular settings and the work of the Tilford Cinema Corporation, which executed the sets for "Broadway Rose" is, A'letro states, certain to prove a revelation to the exhibitors, even to those who are accustomed to expect gorge- ous settings in Miss Murray's photoplays. "Broadway Rose" is presented and directed by Robert Z. Leon- ard. The story and scenario are by Kdmund Goulding, who wrote the story of "Fascination." It is a Tiffany Production, released ex- clusivel\' by Metro Pictures Cor- poration. Initial Offering Dependable Pictures Cor- poration, of which Morris Kohn is president, has placed its first production, "Till We Meet Again," with Associated Exhibitors for release. Posi- tives and negatives were de- livered to Associated a few days ago and a date early in October probably will be set for the release, according to President Arthur S. Kane. The production is in six reels. Both story and direc- tion were by William Christy Cabanne, well known as au- thor and director. The cast includes Mae Marsh, Norman Kerry, Martha Mansfield, Walter Miller, Julia Swayne Gordon, Cyril Chadwick, J. Barney Sherry, Tammany Young, Danny Hughes, Fred Kalgren and Dick Lee. Selznick Resumes Filming in East .Selznick Pictures Corporation re- sumed production in the East im- mediately upon the arrival of David O. Selznick from the West Coast studios of the company. Mr. Selz- nick, who will have complete charge of the special featuring Theda Bara. is making preliminary ar- rangements for the actual studio work. The choice of stories has come down to three which were selected out of a vast amount of submitted material. When the final ^hoice is made, which will probably be some time during the coming week, Mr. .Selznick will name the director and start casting. It is thought that the studios on Forty-eighth street for- merly occupied by .Selznick in the East will be used for the Bara production. The Theda Bara production is nut, as is generally believed, David Selznick's first production work. Me was in acti\e charge of the studios while Myron Selznick was in England the earlier part of tl" year. During that period he super- vised the production of "Reckless Youth." To this experience he has added a long stay at the West Coast studios co-operating with Myron Selznick on current productions. It's Booming Along Fred Miller, managing director of the California Theatre. Los An- geles, reports that Charles Ray's "A Tailor Made Man," his first United Artists feature, is still booming along to big business at Miller's Theatre, despite excep- tional summer weather. "A Tailor Made Man" is now in its fourth week. After playing two wee'--s at the California to capacity business, it was transferred to the Miller Theatre for an indefi- nite run. Fox Puts Over Unique Publicity Fox says that blase New York was in eruption this week as a result of the most uiu'(|ue exploi- tation affair ever on Broadway. "Monte Cristo," the giant Fox special which is enjoying the second week of an indefinite Broadway run at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre, was the subject of an unusual publicity stunt. For days advertisements in the various dailies heralded the com- ing to New York of the famous Count of Monte Cristo, who was to share his vast fortune with the people of the metropolis by dis- tributing certificates of different denoniination.s in many nooks and corners within 300 feet of the theatre building. Those finding the certificates, which repre- sented sums of $1, $5, $10, $15. $2.S, $50 and a grand prize of $100, were to cash them in at the box office of the theatre. Promptly at noon Friday, .\ngust 25, the Count of Monte Cristo, attired in the regal cos- tume in which he appears in the picture, drove up to the front of the Forty-fourth Street house and announced to the large thron.g aw^aiting him that the money cer- tificates had been hidden and that the "gold rush" was on. Within less than five minutes more than LS.OOO treasure-seekers were engaged in the scramble and more than 100,000 others were interestedly witnessing the rush. NOTICE "The sole and exclusive right for the ex- hibition, ex|)loitation, lea.se and hire of the serial.s, THE GREAT CIRCUS MYSTERY,' 'THE JUNGLE GODDESS' and 'A DAN- GEROUS ADVENTURE' has been as- signed and transferred by us for tlie ter- ritory of India, Burma, and Ceylon, to Messrs. The Senecca Eilins, Ltd., Rangoon, lo whom the copyright registered in Rom- bay has also been assigned. Any person, firm or corporation attempting any in- fringement whatever against our sole rights will be dealt wilh immediately ac- cording lo law." AUSTRALASIAN FILMS, Ltd. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA NKW YORK OFFK E: 729 SEVENTH AVENUE