The Moving picture world (January 1924-February 1924)

>54 MOVING PICTURE WORLD February 16. 192 Frank Lloyd's "Sea Hawk" Unit Seeing Real Service Praise for "Paddy' 1 A LOCATION camp that takes on the aspect of a military expedition is now established on the west coast of Catalina Island. It is Frank Lloyd's "The Sea Hawk" company, based on Rafael Sabatini's adventure novel, which will be a First National special. Few picture companies, it is said, have equalled in size this gigantic encampment. Lloyd brought more than 600 principals, supernumeraries, technicians and sailors from Los Angeles to Catalina ; transported four sea craft of the sixteenth century type from a San Pedro shipbuilding company's drydock to his location; fed his four large crews of active sailors and actors, frequently 70 miles from the base of supplies ; provided .keeping quarters, costumes, clothing, food and entertainment for this large camp; built sets; loaded and unloaded ships daily and established regular contact with the studio that reinforcements and supplies might be ordered and shipped so as to reach the camp in proper season. Camp Lloyd is conducted on 'a strict military basis and bugle calls and radio play a prominent part in its activities. A commissary department, a quartermaster's department, an entertainment bureau, an electrical department, club house, dance hall, mess hall, hospital with two doctors and four nurses, adjutant's office, hair dressers, makeup tent, bath house, a wardrobe department with a large staff working on costumes and a laundry are but a part of the camp. The cost of this location camp, as well as the money spent in buying and reconstructing four medieval vessels will be more than justified, according to reports, by the splen dor of the picture. The story calls for several sea fights between ships of different types of construction, and Lloyd's fleet therefore includes an English frigate, a Spanish galleon, and two Moorish galleas. The filming of the spectacular fight scenes has already been completed and in another week the company will break camp and return to Los Angeles, where the interiors will be filmed. Milton Sills has the title role. Others in the cast include: Enid Bennett, Wallace Beery, William Collier, Jr., Lloyd Hughes, Wallace MacDonald and Hector V. Sarno. Xorbert F. Brodin is photographing "The Sea Hawk." Huntingdon, Pa., Exhibitor Lau Graham-Wilcox Film Here is what J. L. Blackford, Jr., of th Clifton Theatre, Huntingdon, Pa., has to sa about "Paddy-the-Xext-Best-Thing," a Gra1 ham Wilcox production, starring Ma Marsh, and being released by Allied Pro ducers and Distributors Corporation: "It is seldom that I have anything to sa~ about productions that play my theatres, bu I do want to say that 'Paddy-the-Xext-BestThing' is just about one of the biggest sue cesses that has ever played here. We ar only sorry that we did not give it a longed run. Received more favorable comment on this picture than we do on ninety per cent.) of the big so-called specials. "'Paddy-the-Xext-Best-Thing' will morel than please any audience. Mae Marsh does] the best work of her career in this production and the picture deserves to be played in all the best theatres in the country." Scaramouche9' Among 5 Big February Releases by Metro METRO will celebrate the mid-point of the season by the release this month of the strongest group of productions in its history. The February releases, five in number, are : Fred Niblo's newest production, "Thy Xamc Is Woman"; "The White Sister," starring Lillian Gish, which played on Broadway for six months; the J. E. WilliamsonRalph Ince production, "The Uninvited Guest"; Rex Ingram's "Scaramouche," and "Happiness," Laurette Taylor's stage success, in which she plays the role she made famous on the stage. From far off Algeria, Africa, Pete Milne, who is with the Edwin Carewe Productions, sends us the above photograph with the following inscription: "Edwin Carewe and some of his company in the public square of the village of Chetma, Algeria, where the diiector found an ideal location for the slave market scenes of his story. Next to Mr. Carewe is the Caid, or mayor, of Chetma, corresponding closely to the American idea of a sheik." It is to be a First National Production. "Thy Xame Is Woman" is Fred Niblo's second contribution to this season's Metro schedule, the first being "Strangers of the Xight." Among the players are : Ramon Xovarro, Barbara La Marr, Wallace MacDonald, William V. Mong, Robert Edeson, Claire MacDowell and Edith Roberts. It is a Metro-Louis B. Mayer attraction, adapted by Bess Meredyth from Karl Schoenherr's play. "The White Sister" is too well known to the public and to exhibitors to need much comment here. It is a Henry King production for Inspiration Pictures, Inc., of which Charles H. Duell, Jr., is president. Its acquisition for national release was by Metro. "The Uninvited Guest" is partly in technicolor. This part was made under the famous technicolor process of the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation. It was developed by Dr. Daniel F. Comstock and Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus. The producers of "The Uninvited Guest" are J. E. Williamson, submarine engineer, and Ralph Ince, who directed it. In the cast are: Jean Tolley, Maurice "Lefty" Flynn, Mary MacLaren, William Bailey and Louis Wolheim. The story was written by Curtis Benton. Earlier in the season Metro announced '.hat "Scaramouche" would not be released until next season. But Metro officials have changed their plans in deference to the exhibitors. By its release now exhibitors will he able to reap the benefit of the publicity which "Scaramouche" has received all over the country. Its cast of Alice Terry, Ramon Xovarro and Lewis Stone, supported by thirty principals and ten thousand extras, make it a great production. The last February release will be "Happiness " Miss Taylor is supported by Pat O'Malley, Hedda Hopper, Edith Yor'<e. Cyril Chadwick, Lawrence Grant, Mario Carillo, Charlotte Minneau, Patterson Dial and Charles Mailes. The play was written by J. Hartley Manners and it was one of Miss Taylor's phenomenal stage successes.