The Moving picture world (November 1925-December 1925)

138 MOVING PICTURE WORLD Novembei 14, 1925 Mrs. Valentino to Appear in An F. B. O. Gold Bond Picture MRS. RUDOLPH VALENTINO An artist to her finger tips, has signed a contract with Film Booking Offices of America, Inc., to star in an F. B. 0. Gold Bond production. Critics Praise "Don Q" Fairbanks in "Don Q" Wins in Cleveland "Judging from the many outbursts of genuine merriment, Douglas Fairbanks in 'Don Q.' most people will agree that this picture is highly entertaining," said the reviewer for the Oeveland News when this United Artists Corporation release was shown at the Stillman theatre, Cleveland. "I think you will enjoy this photoplay, even as I enjoyed it. So will your wife, and so will your old man." "There is much that is engaging, much that is gallant, much tliat is amusing in 'Don Q' and his romantic adventures," said the reviewer for the Cleveland Press. "Put it down in your memory that 'Don Q' is a great piece of enlerainment — eleven reels of romantic magnetism, heroic charm, gorgeous background, all traveling at the rate of ninety miles an hour on he highway and sixty on the turns," said W. Ward Marsh, in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Doug has never leaped so high, moved as quickly or kept in such constant motion so long before. The man isn't human ; that's what he isn't." Weiss Brothers Receive Three Feature Productions Louis Weiss, managing director of Weiss Brothers' Artclass Pictures Corporation, announces that he has received three new features from Lester F. Scott, Jr., of Action Pictures Inc. which is the producing source of the present series now being released by Artclass. The three features in question are "The Hoodoo Ranch," a five reel Rough Riding Romance featuring Buddy Roosevelt, "Trumpin' Trouble" a five reel Thunderbolt Thriller featuring Buffalo Bill, Jr. and "The Fighting Cheat" a five reel Acrobatic Stunt Thriller featuring Wally Wales (The Cowboy Prince.) These three features are the fifth in their respective series. There are three more five reel features to come in each series. These will feature the same stars as heretofore announced. MRS. RUDOLPH VALENTINO, professionally known as Natacha Rambova, has, through her manager, Harry J. Cohen, signed a contract with Film Booking Offices of America, Inc., to star in an F. B. O. Gold Bond production, according to an announcement emanating from the offices of J. I. Schnitzer, vice-president of the company in charge of production, who consummated the deal. The film, which will be a magnificently DECEMBER promises to 'be a big month for F. B. O. Five features, one a Gold Bond production, and six short subjects are scheduled for release during the last month of the year. The program is headed by "The Midnight Flier," a roaring romance of the rails, in which Cullen Landis and Dorothy Devore share starring honors, while Tom Forman directed. "The Mindnight Flyer" was adapted from Arthur Guy Empey's two best stories, "The Book Engineer" and "The Dynamite Limited." Listed as one of F. B. O.'s twelve Gold Bond productions, it will be released on Dccemtjer 0. "Smilin' at Trouble," a comedy drama starring Maurice B. (Lefty) Flynn, will also be shown to exhibitors on December 6. This story is a hilarious romance, and the third of the new series of comedy dramas starring Flynn ipiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^^ I Warner Pictures | I Please Exhibitors | 1 John Hamrick, the well-known North 1 g western exhibitor, who recently signed g M contracts for the Warner Bros, product 1 g for his Blue Mouse Theatres in Seattle 1 1 and Tacoma, Wash., and Portland, Ore., g 1 has written a letter to Harry M. War = E ner, in which he says: 1 s "Your 1925-26 product surpasses any g g thing you have ever made and my 1 1 patrons share with me this same be g I lief." I i This letter was written after some of g g the early numbers on the Warner g 1 schedule had had notably successful g g runs at the Blue Mouse Theatres. P g The Multnomah Theatres Corpora g g tion, operating ten suburban theatres g g in Portland, Ore., also has signed con g g tracts for the full Warner forty, ac | g cording to advices from that city, g g Among other houses which have signed g g up for the full product in the last few g g days are Pantage's, Kansas City, and g g the Ellsworth, a Kansas City suburban i g theatre; and the Rialto, at EniJ, the g g Criterion and Empress at El Reno, and g g the Cozy, at Okmulgee, Okla. g 1 The American Theatre, in Terra g 1 Haute, Ind., a house devoted largely to g I the showing of Paramount product, has g I contracted for ten Warner specials. g liiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiuniiiiniiiniiiiiiiiu^ gowned and lavishly mounted society drama,, and one of the most pretentious offerings on the company's 1926-27 program, will be made in a studio in the east. Mrs. Valentino is now in Paris, and is busily engaged in the purchase of an extensive and gorgeous wardrobe for the production. Harry O. Hoyt will direct the production, while Daniel Carson Goodman will supervise. Shooting on the film, which is as yet untitled, will be started about November ISth. which Harry Garson is producing for F. B. O. distribution. December 13 is set as the distribution day for "A Broadway Lady," a story based on the experiences of a beautiful chorus girl in New York. Evelyn Brent is the stai of the production, while Theodore Von Eltz plays opposite her, with Majorie Bonner, Joyce Compton, Clarissa Selwyn. Ernest Hilliard and Johnny Oougn in support Wesley Ruggles is directing. The third Tom Tyler western production, as yet untitled, in which F. B. O.'s new "surprise" western star gallops through five reels of thrills and punch, will also be released on December 13. There is a treat in store for exhibitors, with two episodes of "The Adventures of Mazie" listed in December. "Pike's Pique," No. 7 of "The Adventures of Mazie," in which Alberta Vaughn, pronounced the cunningest girl on the screen is starred with Larry Kent, Kit Guard and \\ Cooke in support, will be released on December 6, while "Iiast is Worst" No. 8 of the series will be distributed on December 20. Ralph Ceder is directing the entire scries, while Doris Anderson is adapting them from Nell Martin's stories which originally appeared in Top Notch Magazine. George Marion, Jr., is writing the titles. On December 13, a Bray cartoon entitled "How the Kangaroo Got His Pouch" will be shown, as wel las "A Peaceful Riot," a Blue Ribbon comedy produced by Joe Rock starring Alice Ardell, Rock's new French importation. On December 27, "Look Out Below I" a Standard Fat Men comedy, featuring "Fat" Karr, "Kewpie" Ross and "Fatty" Alexander, the three fattest men on the screen, will be ready, as will another Bray cartoon, as yet untitled. Begins on "The Mocking Bird" Tod Browning has begun production of "The Mocking Bird," Lon Chaney's new starring vehicle for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, based on an original story by Director Browning adapted to the screen by Waldemar Young. The opening scenes of the story have the London Limehouse district for a background, and elaborate sets have been constructed for the taking of these scenes. Chaney here appears as the underworld character known as "The Mocking Bird." He plays two roles in the production, appearing also as a Bishop. Renee Adoree and Doris Lloyd are in the supporting cast. F. B. O. Announces Eleven Releases for December