Universal Weekly (1923-1925)

40 Universal Weekly September 6, 1924 UNIVERSAL ANNOUNCES FOURTEEN JEWELS FOR THE FIRS! PART OF NEXT YEAR "KINGDOM COME" Two-Reel Universal Western With PETE MORRISON PETE ROBBINS, on his way to the Green Lizzard Bar, whither he is going for a last drink before the saloon closes in compliance with the new State law, comes upon a child bending over the body of an elderly man. He takes the boy with him and everyone at the saloon fall in love with the child. Ginger, one of the entertainers, is particularly fond of him, because, though at the time she does not know it, he is her son. The dead man was her father, who was bringing the boy to her. Later, her husband, who had deserted her and afterward was sent to prison, gets his release and goes in search of his wife and child. He needs money and comes upon the girl alone in her little cabin home. Pete has just left for the gold regions, where he had a mine and promised Ginger he would return to help her care for the boy. Slick Crandall, the husband, comes in and takes Ginger's savings. He is about to escape when he is caught by Pete, who returned to the house for something. Pete turns Slick over to the sheriff, but he breaks away and dashes himself to death over a steep cliff. Pete and Ginger decide, now that she is free to marry, to care for her son together. "HELLO, 'FRISCO !" One-Reel Universal Comedy Starnng SLIM SUMMERVILLE and BOBBY DUNN UNABLE to find work on the Universal "lot," Slim and Bobby get jobs as cameramen to photograph the stars and notables at the Wampas Ball in 'Frisco. Slim encounters considerable difficulty with the collapsible legs of the tripod, and Bobby's insistent attempts to horn into the picture with Antonio Moreno, Wanda Wiley, Bryant Washburn, William Duncan, Edith Johnson, Norman Kerry, Hoot Gibson, William Desmond, Hobart Bosworth, Jack Hoxie, William S. Hart, Bebe Daniels, Jackie Coogan, Anna Q. Nilsson, J. Warren Kerrigan, Syd Chaplin, Ham Hamilton, Bull Montana, Barbara La Marr, Lew Cody, Fred Niblo, Enid Bennett, Ralph Lewis and Elliott Dexter. Eventually, they find the camera has not been loaded and, while attempting to put in a roll of negative, the film falls and rolls downhill. Ignited by a carelessly dropped match, it burns up and almost blows the two into mid-air. Later, the camera slides down the hill, hitting a traffic cop, who chases them into an outwardbound ferry. They return at last to Universal City with nothing to show for their trip but a demolished camera. (Cont. from P. 11) Mike Donlin and Bobb McKenzie. " 'Married Hypocrites,' the next release, was written by Sada Cowan and Howard Higgins especially for the use of Pauline Frederick and Laura La Plante. It is nearing completion under the direction of Clarence Brown, with a cast including Tally Marshall, Malcolm MacGregor, Wanda Hawley, Helen Lynch, George Cooper, Billy Gould and Bert Roach. "Virginia Valli in Owen Davis' play, 'Up the Ladder,' is the next release. It is being made under the direction of Edward Sloman with a strong cast. " 'Jazz Parents,' an adaptation of Richard Washburn Child's unusual story, 'Here's How,' the next release, has been placed in production under the direction of William Seiter.. The all-star cast includes May McAvoy, Jack Mulhall, George Fawcett, Myrtle Stedman, Alec B. Francis, Ward Crane, Marie Astaire and Joe Singleton. "The ninth release is Reginald Denny in Harry Leon Wilson's Saturday Evening Post story, 'Oh, Doctor.' It was later published in book form by Harper's and is current in the book stores at the present time. 'Oh, Doctor' was directed by Harry Pollard. The supporting cast is headed by Mary Astor and includes Otis Harlan, William VB. Mong, Tom Ricketts, Lucille Ward, Mike Donlin, Clarence Geldert, Blanche Payson, Martha Mattox, Helen Lynch and George Kuwa. "Clarence Buddington Kelland's story, 'Miracle,' which will be released under the title 'The Stairway of Hope,' is the tenth release. It is now being prepared at the Coast by Edward "LOW BRIDGE" Century Two-Reel Comedy Starnng BUDDY MESSINGER BUDDY and his chauffeur, Bubbles, take the former's sweetheart, Martha, for a spin in their car, but she leaves them in the middle of the trip to ride in the far fancier auto of Buddy's rival. Later, Bubbles, seeking to impress Martha, brags about his master's yacht and invites her to take a cruise in it. To make good the boast. Bubbles and Buddy have to build a boat and do so in their bathroom. The room floods, the house is drenched and Buddy, Bubbles and Martha sail out the house in the new ccraft, pursued by Buddy's irate parents. Laemmle, who has already made a trip to Quebec for atmospheric effects, actual scenes needed and particularly the Feast of Ste. Anne, as celebrated at the Shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre. The cast has not as yet been chosen. 'Miracle' is running serially in the Ladies' Home Journal, having started in the August number. It will be published by Harper's in book form. "Mary Philbin will start work next week on 'Ann's An Idiot,' the current fiction success by Pamela Wynne. 'Ann's An Idiot,' both because of its intriguing title and the sensational character of the story has gone into the eighth edition. It has proven one of the best sellers of the year and because of its extreme popularity it is unlikely that any change will be made in this title for releasing purposes. 'Head Winds,' by A. M. Sinclair Wilt, the second House Peters production, is the twelfth release on the list. Reginald Denny in 'California Straight Ahead,' an original story by Byron Morgan is the thirteenth release. It was written especially for Reginald Denny's use because of the popularity of 'Sporting Youth.' It is an automobile story by this famous author of Saturday Evening Post automobile stories. It will be directed, as was 'Sporting Youth,' by Harry Pollard and will go into production next week. "An all-star production of Fanny Hurst's 'Oats for the Woman,' directed by Herbert Blache, wall be the fourteenth to be released before the middle of July. The continuity has been prepared and it will be cast next week. "I take pleasure in announcing therefore that the first half of our next year's program is sixty per cent completed." "MIND THE BABY" Century Two-Reel Comedy Starring PAL THE DOG AL, villain, plots to abduct a foundling baby from its foster-mother in order to gain an inheritance he has learned is due the child, whose identity he has ferreted out. The child wanders away from its home and strays into an alligator farm. One of the alligators attacks the child, but Pal, having followed her, leaps to her rescue and, after a thrilling fight with the scaly monster, saves the baby. The child's identity is later learned and her kind foster-mother receives a substantial reward.