Universal Weekly (1923-1925)

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All Blfhts Beserred s fiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHlMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiii^ iililllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIMIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIMIIIIIIIMIIIIMIIIIIIill^ Vol. XVIII NOVEMBER 10, 1923 No. 13 UNI VERS AL MOVIEGRAMS THE Sedgwick family is having an "old home week" at Universal City. Three of them are working there, Eileen, in the Universal serial "Beasts of Paradise"; Edward, as director of Hoot Gibson's Universal special attraction, "Courtin' Calamity," by William Dudley Pelley, and Josie, Eileen's older sister, as Hoot's leading lady. FOR Mary Philbin's third Jewel starring picture. Universal has purchased the sensationally successful French novel, "Mitsi," by Delly. Delly is a pseudonym for Marie Petitjean de la Rosiere. It is more than likely that an English version of the novel will be published in this country prior to the release of "Mitsi." By the way, Universal after three months' discussion has decided to retain the name "My Mamie Rose" for her first picture. JACK Hoxie, whose "Red Warning" proving such a fine entertainment in first-run houses, has started "The Phantom Rider," by Isidore Bernstein, under the direction of Robert North Bradbury. Lillian Rich is leading woman. RUTH DWYER, Eddie Gribbon, Harry Mann and Johnny K. Fox, Jr., have been cast for "Jack 0' Clubs," by Gerald Beaumont, which Robert Hill is directing with Herbert Rawlinson as star at Universal City. Carl Laemmle Creates New Stars (Special Story Sent to 600 Daily Papers) UPON Carl Laemmle's arrival at Universal City this fall, the president of Universal Pictures Corporation found four new stars, new at least in the sense that they were not stars when he was last in the studio in the spring. In creating these four new stars, Mr. Laemmle has followed out a principle for which he has become famous in the moving picture business, that of rewarding enterprise and ability vdthin his own organization. It is nothing new for Mr. Laemmle to choose his executives from the ranks; his ablest exchange managers have been chosen from his best salesmen; now he is extending the system to the players at Universal City. The new stars are Mary Philbin, Virginia Valli, Reginald Denny and Laura La Plante. Each of the four has served a long and thorough apprenticeship in the ranks at Universal City. Mary Philbin, after playing minor roles for three years, leaped to fame overnight through her marvelous performance in "Merry-Go-Round." It is Mr. Laemmle's intention to produce four Jewel pictures during the coming year with Miss Philbin. The first is Owen Kildare's "Mv Mamie Rose"; the second, I. A. R. Wylie's novel of Eng lish life, "The Inheritors"; the third, "Mitsi," by Delly, and the fourth is still to be selected. Virginia Valli first attracted the attention of Mr. Laemmle in a film called "Tracked to Earth," in whch she played the lead, but it was her performance as Nanette in "The Storm" which convinced Mr. Laemmle that Miss Valli was of stellar material. Her first Super-Jewel, "A Lady of Quality," is just about ready for release; her second, "The Signal Tower," nearly finished. Reginald Denny came to Universal City as the Kid Roberts of H. C. Witwer's "The Leather Pushers." After three series of these, with his popularity constantly growing, Mr. Laemmle felt amply justified in starring him in a series of Jewel pictures, the first of which, just completed, is Earl Derr Rigger's novel, "Love Insurance." Laura La Plante was chosen to take Gladys Walton's place when the latter retired to private life for a time to await a very interesting event. Miss La Plante has played leads at Universal City for four years. The manner in which she takes her new honors will be watched with great interest. Her first appearance will be in "The Thrill Girl," by Crosby George. THE current "Leather Pushers" story, "That Kid from Madrid," which Edward Laemmle is directing, is the only one of the twenty H. C. Witwer fight stories so far produced in which there is no girl. But in it Hughie 'Mack, the famous old Vitagraph mountain of mirth, makes his first Universal appearance. AND speaking of "The Leather Pushers," what do you think Perley Poore Sheehan, who is directing his first moving picture at Universal City, is doing to Sid Kennedy, the inimitable "Ptomaine" Joe? He is making a tragedian out of him in a picture which is temporarily called "Innocent."