Universal Weekly (1923-1926)

VOL. 23, No. 10 Universal Weekly 29 “Buster’s Skyrocket” Featured On Stern’s New Release Schedule Wanda Wiley Comedy, Edna Marian Comedy and one with Charles King and Constance Darling Included in Releases for April OUSTER’S SKYROCKET,” the |j two-reel Buster Brown Comedy which had its world premiere several weeks ago at the Rialto Theatre, New York City, is the featured release on the April schedule of the Stern Brothers, makers of tworeel comedies for Universal distribution. This two-reeler made a distinct hit on Broadway and was highly praised by newspaper and trade-paper reviewers as well as by the public. Three other strong comedies are listed for April release by the Stems, among them “Say It with Love,” an Edna Marian comedy; “Painless Pain,” starring Wanda Wiley, and “Too Many Babies,” with Charles King and Constance Darling. “Buster's Skyrocket,” was written and directed by Gus Meins, one of the leading comedy directors in the business. He formerly directed comedies for Mack Sennett. The picture features little Arthur Trimble as Buster, Doreen Turner as Mary Jane and Pete, the dog comedian, as Tige. The cast includes a number of popular screen kiddies, seen as Buster’s bunch. It is one of the best Buster comedies to date, and is Number 8 in the series of two-reelers made from R. F. Outcault’s famous cartoons. It’s exact release date was April 14th. “Say It with Love,” is another of those inimitable two-reelers in which Edna Marian is seen as a “countrygirl in the big city,” a role which she does so well. It was directed by Francis Corby, with Earl McCarthy and Mary Land in the cast. It was released April 7th. “Painless Pain,” is the Wanda Wiley comedy made by Edward I. Luddy for the Stern Brothers and which actually mirrors many of Miss Wiley’s former experiences. Before going on the screen she studied dentistry and in this comedy, a burlesque of a painless dental parlor, she is in her element. It is a hilarious farce, Jack Singleton plays opposite Miss Wiley in the picture, which is scheduled for release April 21st. The fourth Stern Brothers release for April, “Too Many Babies,” which reaches the screen April 28th, is made with the same players who are appearing in “The Excuse Maker” series, one of the high class Stern Brothers series for 1926-1927. It was as the result of their good work in this picture and another along the same vein, that the decision was made to produce “The Excuse Maker” series. “Too Many Babies” was directed by Scott Pembroke, with Blanche Payson in the cast as the strong-arm mother-in-law. Choose Denny Film For School Benefit WHEN the senior class of the Montour Falls, N. Y., high school wanted to hold a benefit performance at George C. Starkey’s Glen Theatre in Watkins, N. Y., they balloted on the picture they wished to show. Denny’s “I’ll Show You the Town” was the first choice. Sloman To Direct Laura La Plante In Soutar Story DWARD SLOMAN has been assigned the direction of Universal’s picturization of “Butterflies in the Rain,” with Laura La Plante in the starring role, according to announcement from Carl Laemmle. The story is based on the novel by the noted European author, Andrew Soutar, and will be one of Universal’s specials for the year. The story has run in serial form in sixteen American newspapers and in the London Daily Sketch, and is soon to appear in book form on both sides of the Atlantic. Production started as soon as Miss La Plante returned to Universal City, Calif., from her recent vacation in New York.