Screenland (Oct 1923-Mar 1924)

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8 Five hundred art studies in full color, of the above cover by Rolf Armstrong, have been printed for private distribution. They are reproduced upon heavy pebbled paper, suitable for framing, or as a gift. Mr. Armstrong is famous as a painter of beautiful women, but in producing his much talked-of series of star covers for SCREENLAND, he has outstripped all his previous efforts. Connoisseurs of art and admirers of the screen'scelebrities will cherish this series. It is for their benefit that this limited edition of five hundred special prints is being run off each month as the covers appear on the magazine. All lettering has been eliminated and the cover alone stands forth in all its brilliant coloring. It is a piece of art worth keeping and framing. Sent postpaid on receipt of fifty cents in coin stamps, or money order; or FREE nuith a year's subscription to SCREENLAND for $2.50. SCREENLAND PRINT DEPT. 119 West 40th Street New York City sunlight. This is accomplished byspreading over the back of a finely woven white fabric a coating of soft rubber, tinted to any desired shade. This rubber is then forced into the pores of the fabric so that it shows on the face side of the fabric when examined with a magnifying glass as tiny pin points. These points of tinted rubber absorb the undesirable color from the rays of light that strike them, and reflect rays without the color that they absorb. On the other hand, the rays of light which strike the white threads are reflected in their entirety. "This screen now solves the problem of uniform diffusion of light and its even distribution to all parts of the theatre, because a woven fabric of so fine a texture is uniform over its entire surface, which could not be the case with heavier fabrics or painted surfaces. It might be interesting to add in con-, elusion that tests conducted by the illuminating experts of the Sperry Gyroscope Company show a difference of only one foot candle power between centre and edge of screen — a perfected state which we believe exists on no other screen." Films Like War J\^Lotion pictures are in some respects like war," said Joseph Plunkett, managing director of the Strand Theatre in New York City. "We are willing to forget the distressing things about them if the promise of some state of improvement is in the offing. The analogy also holds true in another direction: A few great upheavals are required before the motion pictures, like nations, can improve. Before the birth of a new era such disorders are natural consequences. That is probably why I feel that there is little necessity to despair of the infant film. It has grown from comparative nothingness to its present-day status in a remarkably short time. But perhaps the motion picture's extreme youthfulness is the weakest defense for shortcomings that are not so apparent as the hypercritical make them out. The motion picture is a prodigy if ever there was one, and a little impatience with it may possibly rouse it to greater moments. Motion Picture Directory ASSOCIATED FIRST NATIONAL PICTURES. 383 Madison Avenue, New York City. Richard Barthelmess Productions, Inspiration Pictures, 565 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Edwin Carewe Productions. Associated First Nat'l Pictures. 619 Pacific Finance Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif. Allen Holubar Productions. Union League Bldg., Third and Hill Streets. Los Angeles, Calif. Thomas H. Ince Productions, Ince Studios, Culver City, Calif. John M. Stahl Productions, Mayer Studio, 3800 Mission Road, Los Angeles, Calif. Norma and Constance Talmadge Productions, United Studios, Hollywood, Calif. Maurice Tourneur Productions, United Studios, Hollywood, Calif. Laurence Trimble-Jane Murfin Productions, Associated First Nat'l Pictures, 6 West 48th Street. New York City. Louis Mayer Productions, 3800 Mission Road, Los Angeles, Calif. Richard Walton Tully Productions, United Studios, Hollywood, Calif. Charles Ray Productions. 1428 Fleming Street, Los Angeles, Calif. EDUCATIONAL FILMS CORPORATION. 370 Seventh Avenue, New York City. Christie Comedies, Christie Film Co., Inc., Sunset at Gower St., Los Angeles, Calif. Hamilton Comedies, Lloyd Hamilton Corp., 5341 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood. Calif. Mermaid Comedies, Jack White Corp., 5341 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Calif. FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY CORPORATION (PARAMOUNT), 485 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Paramount, Pierce Ave. and Sixth St., Long Island City, N. Y. Lasky, Hollywood, Calif. Wm. S. Hart Productions. 1215 Bates Street, Hollywood, Calif. FOX FILM CORPORATION. 10th Ave. and 55th St., New York City; 1401 N. Western Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. GOLDWYN PICTURES CORPORATION. 469 Fifth Avenue, New York City; Culver City, Calif. International Films, Inc. (Cosmopolitan Productions), 729 Seventh Avenue, New York City; Second Avenue and 127th St.. New York City. GOLDWYN, SAMUEL, 383 Madison Avenue, New York City. W. W. HODKINSON CORPORATION. 4S9 Fifth Avenue, New York City. MASTODON FILMS, INC., C. C. Burr, 135 West 44th Street, New York City; Glendale, Long Island. METRO PICTURE CORPORATION. 1540 Broadway. New York City; Romaine and Cahuenga Avenue, Hollywood. Calif. Tiffany Productions, 1540 Broadway. New York City. . Buster Keaton Productions. Keaton Studio. 1205 Lillian Way, Hollywood, Calif. Jackie Coogan, United Studios. Hollywood. Calif. PATHE EXCHANGE, Pathe Bldg.. 35 West 45th Street, New York City; (Associated Exhibitors). Hal E. Roach Studios, Inc.. Culver City, Calif. Mack Sennett Comedy Productions. Los Angeles. Calif. PREFERRED PICTURES, 1650 Broadway. New York City; MayerSchulberg Studio, 3800 Mission Road, Los Angeles. Calif. Tom Forman. Victor Schertzinger and Louis J. Gasnier Productions. PRINCIPAL PICTURES CORPORATION. 1540 Broadway, New York City; 7200 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles. Calif. R-C PICTURES CORPORATION. 723 Seventh Avenue, New York City; Corner Gower and Melrose Streets, Hollywood, Calif. UNITED ARTISTS CORPORATION. 729 Seventh Avenue, New York City. George Arliss Productions. Distinctive Prod.. 366 Madison Avenue. New York City. Rex Beach Productions, United Artists Corp.. 729 Seventh Avenue. New York City. Charlie Chaplin Studios, 1416 LaBrea Ave.. Hollywood. Calif. D. W. Griffith Studios. Orienta Point. Mamaroneck. N. Y. Jack Pickford, Mary Pickford Studio. Hollywood. Calif. Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Studio. Hollywood. Calif. UNIVERSAL FILM MFG. COMPANY. 1600 Broadway, New York City; Universal City, Century Comedies, Circle Blvd.. Hollywood. Calif. VITAGRAPH COMPANY OF AMERICA. (s) East loth Street and Locust Avenue. Brooklyn. New York ; 1708 Talmadge Street, Hollywood. Calif. Whitman Bennett Productions. 537 Riverdale Ave., Yonkers, New York. WARNER BROTHERS, 1600 Broadway. New York Citv; Sunset Blvd. at Bronson, Los Angeles. Calif.