Moving Picture World (Jul - Aug 1918)

August 24, 1918 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1139 Ifs Chauffeur Moore in Goldwyris "Thirty a Week" George Walsh, Appearing in Victory Pictures. Fox Proud of Brand Name Victory, Signifying Punch THE Fox Film Corporation says it is proud of the name, Victory Pictures, which it has designated for one of the groups of its productions this coming year. It thinks Victory Pictures is a good name, because the same punch that will bring victory to American arms in France is contained in the work of the three stars that will make Victory Pictures — Gladys Brockwell, George Walsh and Tom Mix. These three players, in the opinion of the Fox Corporation, typify all the verve, electric force and smash that are making themselves felt on the Western front. Tom Mix is the West, with all its daring, its breezy, devil-may-care life; when his rides he visualizes the bravery and hardihood of the men who hewed a civilization out of a wilderness. And then there is George Walsh. All that is fine and wholesome and splendid in young America is embodied in this actor's work. He is athletic, like all good young Americans — clean-limbed, happy, bubbling over with life and vitality. Gladys Brockwell is the typical American woman. She has fine force and hightension temperament. And her plays stand out for these very qualities. Farnum Finishes Second Grey Story. William Farnum has completed the filming of "The Rainbow Trail, the William Fox picture taken from Zane Grey's novel of the same name. The film has been cut and assembled and will be shipped to New York shortly for inspection. The Grand Canyon of Arizona will be well advertised in this picture, as will also a large part of Southern California. Mr. Farnum, his director, Frank Lloyd, and twenty-four other members of the Farnum company spent a week 3,000 feet down in the Grand Canyon making scenes. This photoplay is a sequel to "Riders of the Purple Sage," another Zane Grey book also picturized by Mr. Farnum. Both productions will be among the early William Fox Standard Picture releases of the coming season. It is believed the next story Mr. Farnum will film will be "The Road to Berlin," a western tale written by Gladys Wright-Ukers. WITH "Just for Tonight," his first Obldwyn starring vehicle being shown at Goldwyn branches throughout th< country, Tom Moore is at work in the Goldwyn studios at Fort Lee on his second production as a star. It is "Thirty a Week," from the successful stage play by Thompson Buchanan, and is said to give Mr. Moore a role even more suitable than that afforded by his first production. "Thirty a Week" is being directed by Harry Beaumont, engaged especially by Goldwyn to supervise the Tom Moore productions. His remarkably successful direction of the "Skinner" pictures — "Skinner's Dress Suit," "Skinner's Baby," and others — makes him especially well fitted to handle Tom Moore. He and the star are in accord in believing that "Thirty a Week" will be a whirlwind of adventure and fun. The play tells the story of the romance of a young Irish-American chauffeur whose salary is thirty dollars a week, and who falls in love with and marries the beautiful daughter of his disgracefully rich employer. The complications which make the fun and suspense of the piece both precede and follow the wedding. "Thirty a Week" is a story that suits Tom Moore's wishes right down to the ground. He has let it be known that he won't be seen in pictures as the adventurous hero who sweeps all before him by surmounting impossible obstacles and winning out over hindrances that would floor a super-man. He wants to be a human, every-day American, not an impossible god of the cinema. The supporting cast of "Thirty a Week" "Smiling Bill" Back at Work. "Smiling Bill" Parsons, back at his Hollywood studios after a six weeks' transcontinental vacation tour, is at work on his thirteenth Capitol comedy, as yet unnamed, enthusiastic over the receptions accorded him everywhere and delighted with the praise heaped upon his productions by theatre owners and patrons. Prints of his two latest Capitol comedies. "Up a Tree" and "Bill's Sweetie." have been sent from Hollywood to all Goldwyn exchanges for distribution among the exhibitors Parsons promises a surprise for his friends in the new Capitol comedy he is working on. It will present the fat funster in a role strikingly different and even funnier than those that have gone before. Pathe Announces Keenan Feature. Pathe Exchange, Inc., announces there has been completed a great Frank Keenan feature which has been entitled "The Midnight Stage." This drama of California is of the sixties. It will be remembered that Frank Keenan won artistic fame in the role of the sheriff in David Belasco's western drama, "The Girl from the Golden West." In "The Midnight Stage" Frank Keenan enacts a dual role; that of a gambler and then of a road agent. Jack Cunningham wrote this drama, which was directed by Ernest C. Warde. Congenial Role for Kerrigan. F. McGrew Willis, author of J. Warren Kerrigan's Paralta Play, "A Burglar for a Night," released by the W. W. Hodkinson Corporation early in August, has provided Mr. Kerrigan with one of the most congenial roles the screen star has had. Lois Wilson is seen as the heroine. She has appeared with Mr. Kerrigan in a number of his photoplays and has achieved popularity by reason of her comeliness and artistry. Charles French, William Elmer, Robert Brower and Herbert Prior also are in the cast. and oilier , i, -tails of the production have n"i yet been announced, Goldwyn promises a surprise in tin announcement of the iiann .,i .Mr. Moo iding woman. Pathe' s First Big Picture for Season Is "her Man" PATHE'S first big feature for the season of 1918-19 will be "Her Man '" which will be release,) on September 8. The picture is adapted from the i by Charles Neville Buck, "The Battle Cry." Elaine Hammerstein is the sta the picture, which was directed by Ralph Ince. The Advanced Motion Picture Corporation produced it. "Her Man" is a picture of which the Pathe organization is proud. Not only is the story a strong one, lending itself perfectly to screen purposes, but the cast, locations, production and direction are all excellent. The picture deals with what is perhaps the most picturesque people in the United States today, the mountaineers of the South. The scene of the story is laid in the mountains of Kentucky and practically all the exteriors were filmed there. It is interesting to note that Director Ince selected for the making of his picture the same place of which Mr. Buck wrote in his book. Therefore the locale is authentic and the types used as "extras" perfect, for natives were employed wherever possible. Miss Hammerstein makes a charming heroine. She has a strong part, that of a society girl who believes it her duty to educate the mountaineers away from their feuds and assassinations and in the end becomes a feudist herself for a little while. W. Lawson Butt plays the leading man, having the part of "Bad Anse Havey," the clan leader. COMPLETE PLANT FOR SALE. The entire plant of the Eagle Film Manufacturing and Producing Company, Jacksonville, Fla., was purchased by the Independent Hardware Company, Jacksonville. Fla., when the company went into bankruptcy. The properties bought included studio equipment, lights, sets, carpenters' tools, wardrobes, etc., and complete laboratory equipment of printers. perforators, racks, tanks, developing solutions and office furniture, including desks, filing cabinets, typewriters, index files, etc. There is also a quantity of finished positive prints in the safes. Not having any use for such equipment, the purchasers have offered it all for sale. The advertis ing announcement will be found business section of this issue. in the the General Releases an O. Henry. "Springtime a la Carte," one of quaintest O. Henry comedy-dramas released in some weeks, takes its place on the General Film schedule this week after a distinguished week's run as a pre-release at the Rivoli theatre in New York. Agnes Ayres and Edward Earle, featured in recent O. Henry productions, again appear in the stellar roles. The production was directed by Kenneth Webb. Next week General Film will release a Wolfville tale, "The Widow Dangerous," featuring Hattie Buskirk and John Cook. "The White Lie" Released September 2. Bessie Barriscale's next Paralta play, "The White Lie," is a powerful drama, written by William Parker and directed by Howard Hickman. The gripping situation is built around three characters, who. outside of baby Mary Jane Irving', are practically the only persons in the story. With the star, Charles Gunn and Edward Coxen complete the cast. Originally called "A Wife's Conscience," "The White Lie" will be released by the W. W. Hodkinson Corporation on September 2.