Pictures Press (Aug 21-28, 1920)

50 PICTURES PRESS August 28, 1920 WORLD COMBED FOR BEST Producers Seek Leaders in Many Lines Bv CECIL B. DE MILLE. J T HAS long been our boast that we have been in the market for the services of the leaders in every branch of contributing art and science. Since the motion picture has established itself as the greatest entertainment medium in history, we have been constantly on the alert to add to our forces men of originality and ability. This activity on the part of motion picture producers has resulted in the acquisition of internationally known figures in the world of art, science and invention. And several recent additions from the front ranks of the world of letters and art have brought the matter strikingly before the public. This influx to the picture industry of great thinkers in special lines has not been confined to literature alone. Within the past two months several notable names in the world of architecture, painting and designing have been joined to our forces. Among the prominent ones are Paul Chalfin, who is for the present a member of my own organization ; Penrhyn Stanlaws, world-famous artist and designer, and Paul Iribe, foremost French designer of gowns, jewelry, furniture and New Company Formed to Produce Westerns A new producing company has been incorporated under the name of the Chester Fairbanks Productions and has taken temporary offices at 544 Bradbury Building, Los Angeles. Their first productions will comprise mostly two-reel Western comedy drama. The company will be in the market for interior decorations. Mr. Chalfin is at work at the Hollywood studio, and Messrs. Stanlaws and Iribe are attached to the New York studio. All three of these men are recognized figures in the art world. Mr. Chalfin is known as one of the greatest contemporary architects; Mr. Stanlaws’ magazine cover designs and paintings are admittedly in the forefront of American art, while M. Iribe has been responsible for many of the innovations in art and fashion that have pleased Parisians and Parisian critics. A distinctive figure in screen circles is Theodore Kosloff, premier male interpretive dancer, screen actor and technical expert. As an authority on Continental and Oriental matters, he is without peer in the realm of dramatic art. His unquestioned leadership as a dancer and his wide experience in staging his own dancing productions make him a most valuable man in screen production. Other examples might be quoted by the score. Producers’ activities in securing the services of real leaders have not been restricted to the field of arts and letters. We constantly are on the alert to secure also the best men in all mechanical and technical lines. scenarios along this line. One picture is cut and titled. Production on the second will commence as soon as the story is accepted and the director named. The cast has been engaged with the exception of the leading woman, who will be named later. The company has been incorporated for $100,000, and plans to sell the remaining small per cent of unsigned stock within the next few days. = sr [ A d in Trade Papers Brings in Queries 1 | VIEW YORK, Aug. 23.— A trib ( | ^ ute to the efficacy of trade | | paper advertising is seen in the | | flood of telegraphic inquiries that | 1 have been received by Guy Em 1 | pey Productions, Inc., as to the \ | distribution scheduled for “Oil,” | | although the trade paper story | | announcing this picture as ready | | for immediate distribution was | 1 published here only last week. It was published simultane 1 1 ously in last week’s Pictures | | Press. | As announced in the report 1 | “Oil” is the first of a series star | | ring Arthur Guy Empey and with i | Florence Evelyn Martin as his | 1 leading woman. Guy Empey i 1 Productions announces that since | 1 distribution arrangements have 1 | not yet been concluded, no defi 1 1 nite bookings can be arranged for 1 | the immediate future. It is offi | | cially promised, at the same time, f 1 that the distribution channels | 1 that will ultimately be employed 1 1 will be acceptable to all exhibitors. 1 Is Free Lance Scenarist Karl R. Coolidge, well known scenario writer and author of original stories for the screen, has announced his advent into the free-lance scenario field. Coolidge broke into the motion picture writing company with the Lubin company, and has served with Keystone. American Film Company, Universal and other studios. He is the author of “The Lion Man,” “The Moon Riders,” “The Fighting Line,” “A Sagebrush Gentleman,” “Striped Shirt Ranson,” and other stories for the screen. To My Motion Picture Friends: RE-ELECT— THOMAS LEE WOOLWINE DISTRICT ATTORNEY He Has Served You Faithfully and Well August Primaries are Final