The Moving picture world (May 1924-June 1924)

824 MOVING PICTURE WORLD Jill* 28. V>24 "Kid Brother" Completed Edward I. Luddy has completed direction of "The Kid Brother," Buddy Messiriger's latest starring vehicle for Century comedies. In the cast supporting Buddy are Hilliard Karr, Dolores Brinkman and Bartine Burkett. Luddy will start work in a few days on "Her Bridegroom." another Wanda Wiley production, in which Miss Wiley will be supported by Harry McCoy. Arthur Trimble. "Bubbles." and "Spec'' O'Donnell Louise Carver and Bessie Hyman, two wellknown character women, will also be seen in this production. Another Title Change Julius Stern, president of Century Comedies, wishes it to be known tha he has changed the title of his production starring "Pal," the wonder dog of the screen, from "Some Tail" to "Mind the Baby." Also that the Buddy Messinger comedy, formerly called "A Hospital Riot," has been changed to "Here He Comes.'' "Bread" in August Victor Schertzinger has completed MetroGoldwyn-Mayer's screen version of "Bread" from Charles G. Norris'" famous book. It will be released in August. In the cast are Mae Busch, Robert Frazer, Wanda Hawley, Pat O'Malley, Hobart Bosworth, Eugenie Besserer, Myrtle Steadman, Ward Crane and Raymond Lee. IT'S COMING! HIS BIGGEST PRODUCTION YET JOHNNJ MINES THE SPEED SPOOK EAST COAST FILMS Incorporated Sales Office: 133 W. 44th St., New York City A QUARTET ESSAYS CLOSE HARMONY Cliff Bowes, Virginia Vance and Sid Smith in "Family Fits." Educational-Cameo Comedy. The identity of the fourth member remains veiled in mystery. First National Will Produce in East, Says R. A. Rowland IX a frank talk on motion picture productions Richard A. Rowland, general manager of First National Pictures, Inc., with large producing interests in Los Angeles and Hollywood, came out against California as a field for photoplay making and made the positive declaration that First National will in the future do its producing in the East beginning this fall. Addressing the regular weekly meeting of the Associated Motion Picture Advertisers at the Cafe Boulevard. New York, Mr. Rowland said: "I don't believe in California. The viewpoint is distorted. Out there they think that good motion pictures can't be made anywhere else. But we are not deceived. First National is coming to New York. We're not going to get rooted to California. We're going to get rooted in New York. New York is the greatest story locale in the world and has every advantage to offer. Besides I consider it impractical to have production and the general office of the company separated by 3.000 miles, so we are going to bring our production to the Atlantic Coast. "Production of motion pictures," said Mr. Rowland, "is as simple as A B C as soon as any producer learns the fundamentals. It's i n st as mathematical as putting up a building. It's easy. In fact, it's so easy it's almost pathetic. And yet there are a lot of producers and directors out in California who are continually beclouding the production of pictures in an air of mystery. "We've got to overcome these clouds ot mystery, because there isn't any mystery about it. The trouble with many of these directors is that they get lost in their own fog. They need someone to steer them, someone to coach them. They go blindly ahead producing from their own viewpoint, failing to appreciate a showman's angle — failing to take proper advantage of dramatic situations, not making closeups or long shots when they should be made. It takes someone of unusual experience — a trained newspaperman who has a showman's angle, for example — to guide them. In First National we have just such a man in the person of Karl J. Hudson, who is personally supervising our own productions." Secures Story Rights The rights to the Earl Derr Biggers' Saturday Evening Post story, "Trouping With Ellen," have been secured by Eastern Productions, Inc., for release through Hodkinson and production of the play will be started immediately at the Biograph Studios. Helene Chadwick. who is starred in "Her Own Free Will," the first of the Eastern Productions, through Hodkinson. will also be starred in "Trouping With Ellen." T. Hayes Hunter has been engaged to direct the second picture. Start "Lost World" Active work has been begun at the United Studios on Earl Hudson's special for First Doyle's novel. "The Lost World." This production is to be one of First National's Dreadnought Ten, and one of its biggest productions. Harry O. Hoyt will direct. Exhibitors, our "Straight-From-theShoulder" Department wants all the reports you can send on the pictures you run.