The Moving picture world (October 1922)

780 MOVING PICTURE WORLD October 28, 1922 2200 Film Folk Applaud Johnny Hines in "Sure-Fire Flint" C. C. Burr Production Proves Superlative Treat to Record- Breaking Audience at Hotel Biltmore Showing Virtually everybody who was anybody in the motion picture industry in the metropolitan district was present Wednesday night, October 18, at Hotel Biltmore, New York, at the double premier showing of "Sure-Fire Flint," starring Johnny Hines, and "Secrets of Paris," featuring an all-star cast. Some 2,200 motion picture producers, distributors, directors, stars, technical hands, studio helpers, exhibitors, exchangemen, their friends and guests from out of town, applauded and laughed enthusi- astically at Charley Burr's latest ^^ines production, which was unanimously voted the greatest and finest laugh-provoking at- traction in which that dare-devil, versatile star has ever ap- peared. The opinion was general that "Sure-Fire Flint" was Hines' masterpiece. The showing was by far the 'f?'7;.y. John Tmry Leon Netter. A! largest attended in New York Ihe M^^y Anderson, Mrs. Rodolph Vaien- spacious ballroom of the Biltmore tino. Jack AUooate, Ethel I-'leniing, was taxed to its capacity. Fully K^V''*' ".^'k """s- "".eo , , 1 . „i Ballin. Theila Bara, Charles Brabin, two hundred persons stood through nu.hard Barthclmess, Nita Naldi. the showing of both productions, Virginia Beardsley, Irving Berlini while about 130 who had made their {'"Pf Hampton. John Emerson, Anita . , , 1 lu f 1.!><>«. Gertrude J urchin, way into the uxurious lobbv ot the , „ , ^ r,., , ■', , J . ^, ■ ,• Kitty Gordon, Vera Beresford. Ed- hotel, learned to their disappiont- ,„„„,, i^yxe. l.enore Masso. Ann Pen- ment that the attendance forced the ninjrlon. Florence Billings, Constance management to put the ban on ad- ^t^.^^'u^a.r^T^ mitting any more. But the attair uut^ Kosenberg, Monte Blue, was a complete succcess. socially Tovc Danor, Itodolph Valentino, and otherwise The nrosram de- "onglas Gerard. Betty Blythe. Rex ana oinerwise. i iie prosiain, uc j,^.,^^ Henry Clive. Gladys Coburn, spite the enormous crowd, was car- i,^^ cody, Peggy C.adray. Saseha ried out without a single hitch, Beaumont. Hedda Hopper, Irvin S. Once the first picture was started C"','''- Collins. Mary Thurman, ,Y ^ , . ^ ^ .. J •., riolores Cassinelli, Peggy Hoik gy Hoi)o, Ar- is'iiiMn. Brttn .Tewi'l. Zona the entertainment continued with ,1,,,,. u, machine-like precision and not a Keefe. Virginia Lee, Virginia Pear son. Sheldon Lewis. Montague Love, Minerva Smith. E. K. Lincoln. Doral- dina. Mildrod Lague. Neysa McMein, Alice Maison. Mrs. Asber, Musette. Countess Diane De Mandell. Doro- liy Machaill. Martha Mansfield. Vio- single hitch marred the evening's diversion. The record capacity v^as a com- pliment to Mr. Burr as producer and distributor. Had he admitted Mersereau, Claire Mersereau, all who expressed a desire of see- Helen Mover, Lotta Miles, Eugene ing the pictures, he could well af- ^•h!?lf"M''ij;yi;3n^nru'f.VT'd'^'L^i'r: ford to have engaged the Biltmore Mrs. Marshall Neilan, Rose Mintz. for a full week's showing with as- '"'".v St. Claire, Isabelle Smith, Doro- surance that the audiences would '/j.^^ stewan^' be capacity at every show. jj„;ma 'sherer, Helen Shlpman. Vio- "Jimmy" Bradford and his or- Itt Strathmore, Mrs. Virginia Thorn, chemra rnntrihntpfl no small share '"oberl Vij;n<)la, Ned Wayburn, Rob- cnestra contnoiitea no smail snare Warwick, Lillian Walker, Betty to the entertainment of the eve- Woodmerc, Nine Whitmorc, Pearl ning. In fact, it was Mr. Bradford ^\■hite. ■who compiled the musical score for June Caprice, Ellen Cassity, Sybil hoth the r r Rnrr nrodiirtion Carmen. Edith Chambers. Mrs. Mary Dotn tne c. U. tiurr proaiiction, ^..^^ Estelle Carroll. Gladys Chase, Sure-1*ire Mint, and the Burr- Helene Smiles Davis. Pedro De Cor- Whitman Bennett all-star feature, doba, Augustus Thomas, Marion Da- 'The Secrets of Paris," Later in L'ucilirDarli'ng ^^""^^ IX^'^^r, the evening, after the showing of i,nrUr^^. Valerie Emanuel, 1 he -Secrets of Pans, the hall was Pearl Eaton. Doris Eaton, Edward cleared in quick time and dancing '-irle, Hilda Ferguson, Edna French, cninvprt until the »vpe Vinitrc r>f I'iHi'in fiish, Bernard Granville. O. enjoved until the wee hours of g. Lewis, O. U. Schleusoner. John Thursday morning. Carnakis. Ben Pugh. Sam Pouros, Ray C. Seery. Sam Moscow. Dave Segal. Owen McKivett. Mr. Blum- Lew Cody was among those pres- '"''">-'■ F"- E. Wolcott, Steve Dorsee, C. ent. Mary Anderson, who is mak- ^Xltz, H. C. Zan- ing personal appearance at the der. G. E. Miner. I. J. Craite. A. W. Newark, N. J., Strand Theatre. Steward. R. II Kelly, E. E. Bonham. where her latest nirtnrp "Wilrlnpse Kauth. Will C. Thomas. F. Lu- wncrc ner _iaiesi picture. Wlianess binskl. A. O. Molldier. F. L. Rvder, Ot Youth. IS being shown, also Mrs. A. W. Nagle. Jac. O. Schinidt. was on hand. John G. Froidel, So, Side Amuse. Co., H. V. Friedrich, E. Hoefer, Max Among those invif-d were: Lillian Kinoy. .T. Lindner, Raymond S. Har- ris. William M. Vogel. Joseph J. Rein. Akiba Weinberg. .Joseph Miles. Warren G. Newconibe, Homer Bous- hey. V.-.xrX rinrd. E:irl W. Ilnnimons, J. D. Williams, H. O. Schwalbe. Geo. A. Skinner, W. W. Hodkinson. Ray- mond Pawlev. Arthur Kane. Elmer Pearson. Willinra Fox, Ralph Spcnce, John W. Krafrt. Harry Warner. Abe Warner. Eddie Boons. Jack Cohn, Joe Brandt. Regi- nald Warde, Amedee Van Bonren, Paul season. Schurrer, A. H. Friese, B. M. Cain, A. L. StouEfcr, C. J. O'Neill. Shulls- burg Amuse. Co., C. S. Erickson. E. .T. Wagner, F. P. Houdek, Harry Hongh. Otto Bell. P. O. Pepper. L. K. Buchholtz. D. H. Harris. Geo. A. Kyle. Tom Foster. Jos. Scharfenberg. U. Gregory, Myron Clifford. Charles Guelson. P. T. Welter. H. C. Bu- chanan. F. C. Buckley. A. B. Kaplan. Joseph Waldorf, P. W. Hafner, Smith & Johnson. George Slater, J. H. Rolph, B. C. Brown. G. B. Neider. Charles McCabe, L. G. Alby, Stube Quade, W. H. Nor- ton, R. C. Wheeler, P. H. Brown. Jos. Winninger, C. A. Schockow. A. L. Robarge. C. S. Cone, W. B. Stilwell, A. C. Foster, C. O. Kcssel, Eugene Phalen. (Jeorge E. Loebel, R. D. Kin- rade. L. R. Buchholtz, C. C. Cullman. George Gerold. P. N. Paulson. K. J. Uglow. J. J. Schultz. W. H. Hanne- man. W. B. Martin. John E. Daly, C. L. Reed, J. T. Stark, A. L. Robarge. John G. Bennett. R. K. Mosiman. B. C. Spaulding. Watson & Burrcn. W. H. Uglow, H. P. Thompson. John Esterl, O. Larson, W. H. Pe- terson, K. H. Case. A. P. Fisher. W. G. Tracy. Walter Barusdull, John P. Anton. .1. G. Avers. Wm. M. Roon, Tony Hurst, George Cassen, E. E. Ronham, J. H. Wensel. Alfred Warnke, William Loesby. W. Wyatt, Pete Lasher, E. M. Michalson. A. O. Desormcaux. W. G. Beecroft, Albert Sperle, F. J. McWilliams. F. W. Fisher. Thomas F. Martin. Ben Mose- ly. Charles Moyer. Franklin Wald- heim, C. C. Watson, A. G. Nelson. M. O'Dell. Mann Paige. Billy Bitzer, P. A. Powers. Oscar Price. Mr. Harris. Miss Rosenfield. S. L. Newman, A. J. Romagna. Charles A. Rowse. .Morris Bauman. Grantlund Rice, James Rennie. Mr. Reiben. Mr. Rothen- berg, Ernest Stern, J. H. Bursch. Har- ry Warner, Mr. Chadwick, Mr. Zerner. Joe Shear, Edgar Selden, Ralph Spence, Walter Seligslierg. Mr. Hub- man. Jimmy (iraiiigcr. Lester Allen, R. E. Welsh, .Mr. Krnm. Lou Baum, .Mr. Weber, .Toe Schnitzer, Harry Ascher, Mr. Bronstein. .Tack Brady. Kenneth Spear. Sam Bradford. S. Clark. Russell Clark. John Carlson, Mr. Crawford. Tom Cairns. .Sidney Garrett. Myron Selznick. Da- vid Selznick. Carroll Dunning. .John Iris. Carl Anderson. Miss Beacham, Arthur S. Friend. Murray Riskind. Mr. Quinn, Anna Weiss. Mr. Sher- pick. Mr. Vettel. Ike Weber. Howard Turrill, H. H. Wentworth, Mr. Wiley, Jacob Wilk, Fred Warren. M. V. Keisewetter. Mr. Grady, Roger Ferri, Mr. Young, Walter Green, .lack (ilavey. Henry Horzbnin. Mr. Schwartzman. Miss Bell. Mr. SIreeter. Edw. Hyman, Edw. Hem- iner. P. M. Hanan. Jerry Hofiiian. Mr. Insley. Jack Kelly. ,Tes8 Smith. Edw. Small, Mr. Jefferies, Harry Kosch. Hiram Abrams. Bertha Schwartz. A. ,T. Vanni, S. A. Lynch, Robert Lynch, Mr. Listman. W. J. Morat. Paul Maschke. Mr. Mellillo. Mr. Slieglltz, Lou Rogers, Arthur W. Stebliins. Ben Goetz. Mr. Strii'kman. H. M. Goetz. R. A. Gillaum. S. M. Walkinshaw. Mr. White. Paul Bryant. Arthur Dillenbeck. Major O'M.ihoney, Mr. P'itzpatrick, Miss Goldstein, 11. R. Ehenstein. Harry Eraser. Solomon Fillin. E. M. Carstens. John Buran, Frnncis M. Kadow, P. G. Thielen. Ed. J. Fuchs. Thos. J. Coffey. J. Dpppe. J. P. Adler. A. A. Suszucki. C. W. Doctor. R. J. Schlack. (). J. Rlakeslee, A. L. IJghter. John H. Herziger, A. L. Robarge, J. M. Wood. Presence of Stars Helps Box Office Personal appearances have seemingly come into their own, for reports from various parts of the country this week indicate that starts are helping in no smail measure the drawing power of certain features. The personal appearances of Harry Houdini and special mystic acts in con- junction with the showings of his feature, "The Man from Beyond," is contributing in no small way to the financial success of that picture which, according to box- office statements, has set three records in as many weeks, two in Detroit and one in Boston. However, some of the houses, boastful of the business done with these personal appearances, arc overdoing the stunt to the extent that they are hurting their business by booking in unknown quantities, utilizing their appear- ances with this or that notable as an apologetic reason for their ap- pearance. It is only a question of time, however, when these freaks will be on the outside looking in. Doris Kenyon. who is now appear- ing in Philadelphia in "Up the Lad- der." increased her bankroll consider- ably and iQcidcutally strengthened her popularity by making personal ap- pearances at the Victoria Theatre dur- ing the premier showing there of C. C. Burr's "Sure Fire Flint," starring Johnny Hines. Speaking ot "Sure Fire Flint" re- calls a despatch from Boston where Johnny Hines is personally appearing ill conjunction with the showing of lhat production at the Modern. Johnny Hines does an act that easily is the best offered by any of the stars, who seem to adhere to one stereotvped line of talk about studios, etc. Incidentally, Ihe public has tired of this chatter and it will be to the advantage of stars to alter their bits. Margery Wilson, star-produccr-dl- rector-author ot "Insinuation." \% headed toward New York where she will arrive next week to sell territorial rii'hts to that feature. This week Miss Wilson Is appearing at the Victory Theatre, Providence. R. I., meeting with splendid success. She is ap- pearing also at the Music Hall. Paw- tucket. R. I., this week, using a ma- chine to cover both towns. Peggy O'Day, star ot "The Storm Girl" and other New Era Produc- tions, and Incidentally one of the best horsewomen on the screen, will start on a personal appearance tour some time early In November, Bookings now being arranged will keep her busy for six or seven weeks, covering New England, New Jersey and Penn- sylvania. Warners Buy Three Play Rights Just before leaving for the coast, Harry M. Warner, of Warner Brothers, announced that he had purchased screen rights to "The Beau Brummel," Richard Mansfield's great success; "Cornered," in which Henry W. Savage starred Madge Kennedy, and the Elinor Glyn story, "How to Educate a Wife." These will all be produced by the Warners for 1923 release. Other plays are now being negotiated for, Warner Brothers planning to make 18 pictures this season If negotiations now under way ma- terialize, clever little Miriam Ra'ttlsta, star of many successes, who Is being ably managed by Robert Ed'-'ar Long, formerly with D. W. Griffith will make a series of appearances In the East in conjunction with the showing of the L. Lawri-nce Weber-Bobhy North picture. "The Curse of Drink,'' directed by Harry Hoyt. Mrs. Rodolph Valentino (Jesn Acker) has completed her vaudevlU« tour for the time being and is back in New York, working on the Initial release of Amalgamated Exchanges of America. E. K. Line Virginia Lee Is winning many ad- mirers by putting over a neat'little stunt, which is neither lonL' nor too chatty. She has been In New Eng- land for the past few weeks. The plan of Tom Soriero to or- ganize an aggregation ot stars to fonr the small-town picture houses has apparently fallen thronirh. for nothing has been heard from that showman