The Moving picture world (November 1924-December 1924)

December 6, 1924 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 555 Scenes from "Inez From Hollywood," a Sam Rork production for First National release. English Actress's Debut Here in "Redeeming Sin" Harold Lloyd Re-Issues Associated Exhibitors Will Put Out Six in Series Next Year The Associated Exhibitors, through its General Manager, J. S. Woody, announces that beginning January 4th, a "Popular Demand Edition Series" of Harold Lloyd comedies will be made available. According to Mr. Woody there has been a steady demand on Associated Exhibitors by theatre-owners throughout the country to see more of the Lloyd productions, and because of this the present steps were taken. The pictures will be put into the hands of experts for retitling and re-editing and will be released at the rate of one every three months. "The Popular Demand Series" will number six pictures. The first to be released on January 4th will be "Now Or Never." The one to follow will be "Never Weaken," released on March 30th. New press boo'<s, with an entire new line of advertising paper and accessories, will be issued for the series. Weekly Fox Releases Program for Dec. 7 Has Tom Mix in a Virginia Hudson Brightman Story A Tom Mix special, an educational, an Imperial and a Van Bibber comedy, and a William Farnum re-issue are included among the releases of Fox Film Corporation for the week of Dec. 7. The Mix picture, "The Deadwood Coach," is the most ambitious production the Fox star has made to date. It is an adaptation from Virginia Hudson Brightman's novel, "The Orphan," and shows Tom as an outlaw in the Bad Lands of Utah, i The Educational one-reeler is titled "Uncommon Clay" and has to do with the making of pottery. "The Burglar" is the title of the Van Bibber comedy and is the fifth of that series of Richard Harding Davis stories to be released by Fox. The Farnum re-issue is "The Man Hunter." Currier Back from Rome Frank Currier, veteran stage and screen actor, has returned from Rome, where he played Arrius in "Ben Hur," under Director Fred Niblo, for Metro-Goldwyn. Having signed a long contract with Metro-Goldwyn, Mr. Currier left almost immediately for Los Angeles. WHEN the J. Stuart Blackton production, "The Redeeeming Sin," is released by Vitagraph, an English acttress, Violet Virginia, will make her American debut. Miss Virginia, who played in all the productions made by Mr. Blackton during his three years' sojourn in England, came to this country especially to take a part in the special cast headed by Nazimove and Lou Tellegen. Rose Tapley, who returned recently from the South Sea Islands, where she went in support of Anita Stewart, also will be seen in "The Redeeming Sin," portraying a French aristocrat, the mother of the character played by Carl Miller. Miss Tapley has played in a host of Vitagraph productions, having been with the company, except for rare and brief intervals, many years. She says the role she is playing now is her 514th for Vitagraph, but many of Ihe early Gasnier Completes "The Triflers" Gasnier has completed his directorial work on Preferred's "The Triflers," and will turn to "The Parasite," his next picture shortly. B. P. Schulberg is now supervising the editing of "The Triflers." pictures were, of course, one and! tworeelers. Otis Harlan is working overtime at the Vitagraph studio in Hollywood, for besides impersonating a typical Frenchman in "The Redeeming Sin," he has a role in "Pampered Youth,'' David Smith's picturization of Booth Tarkington's "The Magnificent Ambersons," which also is in process of production. Both Mr. Smith and Mr. Blackton have rearranged their schedules repeatedly, so that Mr. Harlan might portray the two characters concurrently. Meanwhile, the actor finds the repeated transformation of his complexion from Anglo-Saxon to African, and back again, somewhat irksome. Changes Title of Century Picture Word comes from the Century studios in Hollywood that the title of Wanda Wiley's latest completed picture, "What's the Use'' has been changed to "Nobody's Girl." At the same time comes word that William Watson, who directed the last named picture, has started work on another in which Wanda Wiley will also be starred. This is to be known as "Don't Worry," and will have several prominent comedians in the supporting cast. What did Potiphars wife say to Joseph — An Associated Exhibitor Release