Paramount Pep (1923)

PARAMOUNT PEP 15 The Rosson Boys Prominent among our Long Island Studio staff are the Rosson boys, working with Director Allan Dwan. On the left is Dick Rosson, Assistant Director to Mr. Dwan. Dick will be remembered for his exceptional work on “Robin Hood,’’ Fairbanks’s latest picture, for it was in this production that Dick looked after many important details and proved of valuable assistance to Mr. Dwan. On the right is Hal, Mr. Dwan’s chief cameraman, to whom falls the lot of watching the lighting on many beautiful big sets characteristic of Dwan’s pictures. PEP’S Studio Peeps LONG ISLAND Tony Moreno — action ’n everything — walked in on “The Exciters” set and Director Campbell had Tony doin’ heavy stuff — lots of action in this picture— Bebe Daniels charming as usual. And then — took a trip on the upper stage — Allan Dwan working on his big Egyptian prologue set — beautiful girls — big dark skinned warriors — and Nita Naldi eclipses her previous appearances — then somebody yelled fire — ran out on the back lot only to find Ralph Ince directing a big fire scene for the Dalton picture, “Law of the Lawless”— hundreds of girls and men running here and there in the sand with satin slippers — smoke pouring out of big set built on lot — plenty of fire hose — Art Cozine, Assistant Director, on top of set yellin’ for action — Bill Cohill, Casting Director, seeing to it that all of his atmosphere were on the job. . . . No, didn’t see Wes. Ruggles and his company starring Agnes Ayres — they were at Glen Cove, Long Island, on location — goin’ over again next week — will have more news then — oh, yes, Rose Meyer, Secretary to Ed King, has moved her office one foot closer to the door. Alma Bennett for Five Years Alma Bennett, 18 years old and ambitious, is the latest addition to Paramount players. Jesse L. Laskv announced recently that she had signed a five-year contract to play in our pictures. Shirk’s Gossip — ( Continued from page 12) And then there is Walter Hiers ! Rob Wagner is making a great picture from “Fair Week.’ They have been doing a lot of carnival stuff — with balloon ascensions, ferris wheels, merry-gorounds, side shows and the like — and Walter is simply reveling in it all. Constance Wilson, his leading woman, sister of Lois, is as charming as can be, too. “The Cheat” is finishing this week. Pola Negri will take a short vacation after this Fitzmaurice production. Jack Holt, featured, will star in “A Gentleman of Leisure,” and Charles de Roche is preparing for another big role. He supported the star in “The Cheat." James Cruze is getting everything but the kitchen stove, as they say, into “Hollywood.” And the maker of "The Covered Wagon” is showing that he can handle extravaganza, comedy, modern drama, burlesque and all the rest of it, just as well as an epic. Camels, elephants, dancing, and bathing girls. Bull Montana, Kalla Pasha, and others in the scenes made for a big dream sequence this week. Lawrence Wheat was also prominent in these shots. The whole of stage four was filled with sets and people and the loveliest ensemble of girls ever seen at the studio. Charles Maigne doesn’t say much, but he works a lot. And “The Silent Partner” is being develooed into a really strong drama. Leatrice Joy, Owen Moore, Robert Edeson — three names to conjure with — are featured. Brokerage offices and home scenes so far. Some big things to come. “Children of Jazz" — Jerome Storm directing — features Theodore Kosloff, Ricardo Cortez, Eileen Percy and Robert Cain are also featured. And the jazz is a prevalent note thus far. Jazz with a capital “J.” Zane Grey, Victor Fleming, Lucien Hubbard — author, director, and production editor — are back from Tonto Basin, Arizona, where “To the Las* Man,” first of the Zane Grey productions, will be made. This is the real scene of the story and it is going to be a big one. Work starts shortly and the author will cooperate throughout. The engagement of Ernest Torrence, who made such a decided hit as Bill Jackson in James Cruze’s "The Covered Wagon,” to do a group of Paramount pictures, as recently announced by Mr. Lasky, is regarded as a great stroke of business. Torrence will be featured in another Emerson Hough story, “North of 36” now running in the Saturday Evening Post. With him will be featured Jacqueline Logan and Noah Beery. It will be a George Mel ford production. Ernest Torrence is destined to be one of the greatest luminaries the screen has ever known. And of course — he’s with Paramount ! A1 Thraves : “Nature is wonderful, isn’t it? Did you ever see a pair of lips that wouldn’t fit?”