The Moving picture world (January 1926-February 1926)

January 9, 1926 MOV INU PICTURE WORLD 163 Eight Buster Brown Pictures Available for Laugh Month "ROLL YOUR OWN"— refers to right-and-left-foot gyrations in Educational's Mermaid corned'^. "Cheap Skates" ivith Lige Conlev rolling up tlie laughs. EIGHT Buster Brown Productions will he available for booking during National Laugh Month, it was announced this week by the Stern Brothers, producers of these , two-reel comedies. This includes three of the series which ordinarily would not be released until later in the winter and spring, but which are being rushed to the exchanges now so as to be on hand for January. Not only have the Sterns sent word to all Universal exchanges to pre-release the forthcoming Buster Brown productions for Laugh Month, they also have let down the bars on all Century Comedies now in the exchanges and those which will be in the exchanges during the next few weeks. This will include comedies set for release up until the end of April, or a total of eleven tworeelers which exhibitors now have the privilege of running before their release dates. "The best way in which we can help to make Laugh Month a success is to provide a large assortment of good comedies for showing during that month," the Sterns state. "By letting down the bars on release dates and by speeding up the making of prints on all comedies now on hand, we feel that we can give the exhibitor an unusual variety of subjects from which to choose. We have made arrangements assuring that Buster Brown Productions and Century Comedies as far ahead as the April releases will be completed in the factory and shipped to the various Universal exchanges in time for January bookings. Together with the regular January releases, this will total seventeen two-reel comedies which the exhibitor can get right out of the can." The Buster Brown productions of¥ered for Laugh Month Comedies in Work at Sennett Studios THE production of comedies in tune for "Laugh Month" is humming at the Mack Sennett Studios in California where several series of Pathe comedies are made. Director Eddie Cline has just completed an Alice Day two-reel comedy vehicle in which the star was supported by Danny O'Shea, Ruth Taylor, Joe Young and Eddie Quillan. Cline is starting another Alice Day tworeeler with a cast including the leads in her completed comedy, with the addition of Sunshine Hart. Lloyd Bacon has completed direction of Ralph Graves in a star comedy of the Graves scries with a supporting cast including Thelma Parr. ATarvin Lobach and Sunshine Hart. Following this he began production of another Graves comedy with Thelma Parr and Marvin Lobach again supporting the star. Director Del Lloyd, who guides the unit appearing in the series of star comedies bearing the "Mack Sennett" brand name, is in the midst of production. As usual Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde are prominently cast. In addition are such well-known players in Pathe comedies as Madeline Hurlock, Kewpie Morgan and Louise Carver. Several comedies from the Mac'; Sennett studios are scheduled for Pathe release to add to the merriment of "Laugh Month." Among these is the latest Harry Langdon special comedy, "Saturday Afternoon." Who Challenges Burns? Neal Burns, the golfing Christie comedian, has hung up an enviable record for someone to shoot at, which will probably require considerable shooting. Burns, playing the sixth hole at the Lakeside Club, which is a onehundred-yard, par three hole, made it in two four consecutive times playing the course. It is said that such a unique record has never been accomplshed on any of the local courses. If this is open to contest, Burns will gladly meet the challenging golfer and fight it out on any tee or green. Burns is one of the stellar performers of the stellar performers of the Christie-Metropolitan team which has only been defeated once in meeting other studios this season. The team is composed of Charles Christie, Neal Burns, A. C. Cadwalader, Jack Noble, Jack Cunningham and George Melford. pre-release showing are "Buster's Nose Dive," "Buster's Hunting Party" and "Buster's Sky Rocket." The regular January release, "Buster's Bust-up," has just completed a very successful week in the Capitol Theatre, New York City, a showing which firmly established the Buster Brown productions at the top of Short Product boxoffice quality. Including the January releases, the following Century Comedies are included in the pre-release two-reelers for Laugh Month: "Her Lucky Leap," "Flying Wheels," "Yearning For Love" and "Painless Pane," all starring Wanda Wiley; "A Honeymoon Squabble," "The Big City," "Say It With Love," all starring Edna Marian, one of the new Wampas Baby Stars; "Helpful Al," "Accidents Can Happen," and "Al's Troubles," all starring Al Alt; "Crowning the Count," and "A Flivver Vacation" starring Eddie Gordon, and "Too Many Babies," featuring Charles King and Constance Darling. The four Buster Brown Productions which already have been released, and which are ofTered as excellent Laugh Month material, are "Educating Buster," "Buster Be Good," "Oh Buster" and "Buster's Nightmare." The last recently had a successful week in Warner's Theatre, New York City. LAUGH MOSIII /uicieed into a Glenn Tryon niirl/i-coiicoclion by Hal Roach for Pathe to distribnic — ■ that's "Plaining Plappcrs."