The Moving picture world (January 1926-February 1926)

530 Moving Picture World February 13, 1926 Warners Finish Four Pictures and Start Three New Releases Everything in Shape for Work on New Season's Films; "Why Girls Go Back Home" Is Already in Production; New Rin-Tin-Tin Subject Will Soon Get Underway I INCREASED activity is noted at Warner Bros, western studio as the decks are cleared in readiness for the new season's program. Work on cleaning up the 1925-26 schedule was advanced within the past week by getting underway four new productions and completing three pictures. Placed in production were "Why Girls go Back Home," the Success Ma^jazine story, and sequel to Warner's famous "Why Girls Leave Home." The director is James Flood and the author Katherine Brody. Patsy Ruth Miller will have the principal role supported by Clive Brooke, George O'Hara, Myrna Loy and Jane Winton, the latter a new comer to the Warner lot. Rin-Tin-Tin's new production also gets underway. It is "Hero of the Big Snows" from a story and scenario by Ewart Adamson and directed by Herman Raymaker, who has been responsible for most of the dog's recent successes. "Rinty's ' leading woman will be Alice Calhoun. Other principals in the cast are Don Alvarado, Leo Willis and Baby Blossom. Irene Rich has started "Silken Shackles," her first picture since Lady Windermere's Fan." This is a story by Walter Morosco and Philip Klein and will mark the debut of Mr. Morosco as a director. Supporting Miss Rich in the principal roles are Huntly Gordon, Bob Schable and Victor Varconi. J. Stuart Blackton also gets underway "Hell Bent for Heaven," the Broadway stage success by Hatcher Hughes, adapted by Marion Constance. Patsy Ruth Miller has the leading role, supported by John Harron, Gayne Whitman, Gardner James, James Marcus, Wilfred North and Evelyn Selbie. The production completed were "The Sap,' from the story by E. T. Lowe, Jr., and Philip Klein directed by Erie Kenton featuring Kenneth Harlan, supported by Mary Mc.Allister, Dave Butler. Eulalie Jensen, John Cossar and Heinie Conklin ; "The Little Irish Girl," Dolores Costello's first starring picture, adaptei ^or the screen by Darryl Francis Zanuck and directed by Roy Del Ruth. Supporting Miss Costello are John Harron, Dot Farley, Mathew Betz, Lee Moran, Gertrude Claire, Joseph Dowling and Henry Barrows ; Dorothy Devore in "The Honeymoon Express" adapted by Philip Klein and E. T. Lowe, Jr., from the story by Darryl, Francis Zanuck and directed by William Beaudine. Supporting Miss Devore are John Patrick, Montague Love, George Pearce, Lynn Cowan, Russell Simpson, James Gordon, Frank Brownlee, Fred Kelsee and Charles Hill Mailes. "Straight From the Shoulder Reports" Are Your Best Guide ''Bride of the Storm'^ Blackton^s Latest for Warners Tp VERY bit of direction, casting and story •C-' value that spells box office success is contained in "Bride of the Storm," the first feature of J. Stuart Blackton under his new arrangement with Warner Bros, and after viewing the picture this week at their home office the Warners and the preview critics acclaimed it the best melodrama they have seen in a long time. "Bride of the Storm," directed by Mr. Blackton, is from James Francis Dwyer's story "Maryland, My Maryland" adapted to the screen by Marion Constance. The action takes place in a light house on a reef in the Dutch East Indies and aboard a United States cable ship at sea. -Action swift and plausible fills the entire footage and excellent acting is done by a superb cast consisting of Dolores Costello, John Barron, Tyrone Power, Sheldon Lewis, Otto Mattieson and Julia Swayne Gordon. "Bride of the Storm" also gives Dolores Costello another chance to live up to her work in "The Sea Beast" and in an entirely different role she is said to get across big. The production will be an early release by Warner Bros. Universal Signs Five Leading Men For Feature Roles FIVE of the screen's most prominent leading men have been signed for featured roles in current Universal productions, according to an announcement from the studio. They are Francis X. Bushman, Kenneth Harlan, Edward Everett Horton, Theodore Van Eltz and Mario Carillo. Bushman, whose work in "Ben Hur" and other recent pictures has put him near the top of screen players, has been signed to play the leading role opposite Mary Philbin in "The Star Maker," w'hich Lois Weber will direct. Harlan will play the featured role in "The Ice Flood," the first directorial effort of James O. Spearing, former New York dramatic editor, who has been on the Universal scenario staff for the last three years. Von Eltz and Carillo will play prominent roles in "Perch of the Devil," the Gertrude Atherton novel which King Baggot is directing for Universal with Mae Busch and Pat O'Malley in the featured roles. Horton, who just finished a co-starring role with Laura LaPIantc in Harry Pollard's production, "Beware of Blondes," will be featured in Edward Laemmle's picturization of "The Whole Town's Talking" by John Emerson and Anita Lo.js. "THREE FACES EAST" gels you cjitessing, hut suspense is the keynote of Producers Distributing Corp.'s picture, so the title's right In keeping. ''The New; Klondike'* Finished Thomas Meighan finished work in "The New Klondike," Ring Lardner's story of the Florida real estate boom at Paramount'sLong Island studio yesterday. With Mrs. Meighan he leaves tomorrow for a brief vacation in New Port Ritchie, Fla. Mr. Meighan will return the latter part of February to start work on his next picture.