Paramount Around the World (1927)

the: foreign S leg I onS pledge NOUS RECEVONS DE NOMBREUX ET BONS ORGANES LOCAUX Presque dans chacjue courriers nous trouvons uu exeinplaire des organes k)caux de la Legion Elrangere de la Paramount. Lki jour c'cst "El Matador" d’Espagne, un autre c’est "Ca de Casa" du Bresil, un autre encore c’est Ic "Paramount d’ltalie.” Ensuite nous voyons arriver "The whole show" (Toutes les presentations) d’Australie et le jour suivant nous apportera "Notre Reponse” on "A toute vapeur" de Berlin. II est i)roliahle qu'un Jeudi nous apportera "Le Paramount Frangais" de France, cc qui veut dire generalement qu’un Samedi verra arriver "L’Adelante Decima” d’Argentine. 11s sont un groupe merveilleux de generateurs d’enthousiasme. Nous en attendons iinpatiemnient I’arrivee et en ahsorl)ons avec plaisir la sagesse et I’humour. L’idec de I’organe locale est excellente et nous esperons qu’elle lleurira toujours. POWELL IN “PARTNERS IN CRIME” W illiam Powell has the part of an underworld gang leader in the Wallace Beery-Raymond Hatton melodramatic comedy, “Partners in Crime." With stars like Beerj' and Hatton heading the cast and Powell, Jack Luden, Arthur Housman. and Mary Brian already assigned to important roles it is evident that an exceptionally fine array of talent is being lined uj) for "Partners in Crime." The picture is something absolutely new in the way of comedy and Paramount executives are giving the venture every opportunity for big success. LE NOUVEAU SIEGE SOCIAL AUSTRALIEN Les nombreuses photos se trouvant sur uue autre page de ce numero depeiguent le nouveau siege social de la branche de la Paramount en Australie, Nouvclle Zeelande et aux Hides Neerlandaises. Cette succursale est connue sous le titre de "Blue Ribbon Buneb" et le directeur John W. Hicks, Jr. est presente an premier plan an cote superier gauche de la page. Le bureau australien est le plus nouveau et le plus moderne des succersales de I’organisation Paramount. ANNONCE EXTRAORDINAIRE DANS CE NUMERO I>a troisieme page de ce numero du “Fc>reigii Legion Pledge” contient une annonce, des plus importantes, a jamais faites par le Departement de I’Etranger de la Paramount. Quoique en Anglais, elle sera traduite pour tons ceux qui ne peuvent lire cette langue. La traduction etant faite, dans chaque cas, par les divers directeurs. ABOUT A. KENT AND E. BRENT A recent wire from Hollywood announces that tivelyn Brent, who did such marvelous work opposite Emil Jannings in “The Last Command,” has been assigned the leading role opposite Adolphe Menjou in “A Super of the Gaiety;" and also that Arnold Kent, fresh from triumphs in “Beau Sabreur" and other pictures, has signed to a long-term Paramount contract. WHEN SIX MONTHS HAD ENDED “Wings” concluded the first six months of its run at the Criterion, New York at the beginning of February, and by the time this issue reaches you it will be well into its eighth month. At the end of the 6th month a boxoffice check-up revealed the fact that the takings had averaged $250 a week OVER the positive capacity of the theatre. This meant that every week, right from the opening of the picture last August, an average of 240 people had paid $1.10 each for the privilege of standing to see the picture. That’s the finest stamp of success any attraction can have! Page Eighteen HET NIEUWE HOOFDKANTOOR DER AUSTRALIERS Elders in dit blad hebben wij een collectie foto’s opgenomen van bet nieuwe Hoofdkantoor der Paramount agentschappen in Australie, Nieuw Zeeland en Nederlandsch Oost-Indie. Ueze zoogenaamde ‘Blue Ribbon Bunch’ Divisie staat onder leiding van den Heer John W'. Hicks Jr., afgebeeld in den linker bovenboek. Die Australische kantoor is bet nieuwste en meest moderne der gebeele Paramount organisatie. L’AFFICHE DE “WINGS” VIENT D’ETRE REPEINTE Une des indications les plus certaincs du fait que "Wings" sera presentc a Broadway pendant plus d’une annee pent etre prophetisee. Fbi effet I’afficbe vient d’etre repeinte apres avoir etc utilisee pour le film pendant sept mois entiers. |l EL PRIMER CIRCUITO al Coronel a I Carlos LINDBERGH, SAHJDli j: MOV: El VUELO OE LINDBERGH N0RK4>ARIS” S] I I 3 J PAlftCIO . 3BeOH . eSAftU BAtrO VCfSClA AlCUAt ' 6UCAMU LUX fiOm tUJtsre | AMISiCA ^ |j p O L A N E G rrr”cn I N I E R N O * • ELHOMBHE delBOSQUE This reproduction of the major portion of a page of “Excelsior” of Mexico City carries two appeals for peace: one in the Paramount picture “Barbed Wire,” and the other in the welcome to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh on the occasion of his good-will flight through Central and South America. POLA’S NEW LEADING MAN Warner Baxter, who has won much favor in featured roles in Paramount pictures, is to be Pola Negri’s leading man in "Three Sinners," which Rowland Lee, is directing. THREE AUSSIES— AND ESTHER 'I'hc Aussies also happen to be .Americans, but .\ustralia is the land of their adoption. 'I'liey are Mr. and Airs. John E. Kennebeck, and they stopped off at the Hollywood Studios recently on their way back to Sydney, d'he I third Australian is the lucky boomerang that Esther Ralston happens to be holding. Undoubtedly Esther will use its sentiment to send out good wishes and greetings to her thousands of friends throughout the world. Ce«w. 9 OcrpoBi. 1 35 podmaoHOB-b. Hro HuoaoTb sb n>pHmaiHtb tikol Rimiaila KHHO„«0PyM%" : 2 npCMbepM ■ rpasaloiBU a>oIbu Bperpu > OAHn-b ae^ep-b Z ■■ =-= npcroBCKiio yyaowwTHHiUfa Ruauuixra. lurpatv nPEMbEPA E,noHAHHKa 6pioHeTKa? .OflkTj tlicceKV. niiiiiEi : rapoyibA'b AioftAa. •EnoBKai) Bliil!!!! l Igok I Tdii,ix linOTint flopUsv IN RUSSIAN. Our array of languages for this issue seems endless. Here is a contribution in Russian from Riga, Latvia. It shows us that although the wording for “Blonde and Brunette” may alter its style, the illustration and the Paramount Trade Mark remain the same the world over. PAUL LUKAS SIGNS LONG-TERM PARAMOUNT CONTRACT Paul Lukas, famous Hungarian player and one of the greatest character actors of Europe, who, for many years, appeared as guest artist at the theaters of Berlin and Vienna, under the direction of Max Reinhardt, has signed a longterm contract with Paramount. Although Lukas made his screen debut in tbe LTFA production, “Samson and Delilah”, as Samson, he really was discovered for the films by Adolph Zukor when the president of Paramount, while in Europe, attended a performance of “Antonia” in Budapest, and negotiated for the artist’s appearance in America. It is said of Lukas that he has played the roles of every conceivable character in the works of Shakespeare, Chekov, George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Moliere and Galsworthy. Lukas’ first role under his new contract will be in Pola Negri’s next Paramount picture, "Three Sinners” which is to be directed by Rowland V. Lee and which will include among its cast, Tullio Carminati and Olga Baklanova. JOURNAUX DE LA PARAMOUNT 11 y a bien a part des organes) locaux des publications faites par divers bureaux dans le but d’aider et d’informer les directeurs d’affaires relatives aux films Paramount presents et futurs. 11 y a le fameu.x* “Paramount” du Mexique qui consacra recemment une grande place au gain de la medaille d’or Photoplay par “Beau Geste.” II y a le Manuel de publicite et d’exploitation de France avec un exeinplaire recemment agrandi consacrc aux “Chagrins de Satan” (The Sorrows of Satan). II y a aussi le “Neues von der Parufamet” d’AlIemagne, plein de couleur, dans lequel des annonces de ventes son presentees sous un jour et une prominence tres avantageuse. Ce sont toutes d’excellentes publications, meritant les plus hautes felicitations a ceu.x qui sont responsables pour leur parution. “WINGS” PREMIERE IN AUSTRALIA It is expected that “Wings,” the Paramount epic of the air, will open for an extended season as a road show attraction in Sydney, Australia, this month. The picture is to be presented upon the same massive scale which characterizes the current jiresentations throughout U. S. A. and Canada.