Variety (May 1925)

X^'W •-... ^Wr .,. '. •■*'JTf • Wednesdayl May 6, 1925 VARIETY 37 THE FOOL - .'^ •«w ^ Now presented on the screen with Edmund Lowe iand an all-star cast. Harry Millarde directed the screen version of Channing Pollock's* stage success from the scenario prepared by Edmund Gouldinp. Two years* triumph in New York, twelve road companies, four million paid admissions. . ^ '..-.^U.ti^.tt^,^- .,*»- UGHTNIN* John Golden's play ihat broke the world record. Jay Hunt plays "Lightnin' Bill Jones," the role that immortalized Frank Bacon. The cast includes Madge Bellamy, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ethel Clayton, Otis Harlan and James Marcus. Directed by John Ford, who made "The Iron Horse." The scenario, by Frances Marion, i«^ based on Frank Bacon and Winchcll .""Smith's stage version. KENTUCKY PRIDE :v y The life story of Kings of the turf. The greatest horse race ever filmed. Directed by John Ford, who made "The Iron Horse," from a story by Dorothy Yost. The exceptional cast includes Henry B. Walthall, Gertrude Astor and J. Farrell MacDonald. ilEE HGHTING HEART The story of a red-blooded country boy and the girl he loves, adapted from the novel, "Once to Every Man." by Larry Evans. It will be directed by John Ford from the screen version by Lillie Hayward. The cast includes George O'Brien. Bilhe Dove, J. Farrell MacDonald, .Victor MacLaglen, Diana Miller and James Marcus, 4 PETER B. KYNE STORIES V \ During the coming season^William Fox will release four productions from the pen of Peter B. Kyne,, America's most popular writer of western romance. Mr. Kyne has contracted to write exclusively for Fox photoplays and to participate in the construction and editing of these pictures. • . _, . . ^ > PART TIME WIVES I., r. I I- From the Good Housekeeping Magazine story by Bessie Beatty and _ the screen version by Gerald C. Duffy. An Emmett Flynn produc- tion jivhich will contain a cast of screen favorites. A story of "Now and Then" wives among the wealthy in Palm Beach, New York and Paris. - ^ ■ _ _„. _. -. . _; ^ ISIBERIA Bartley Campbell's great melodramatic success did a greater gross business than any other melodrama ever produced. Victor Schertzinger will direct the screen version. In it will be incorporated scenes showing the salt mines in Siberia, the Czar's great spy system and the inutiny of the political exiles. 3 BAD MEN Founded on the struggle for conquest, love and treasure. Staged by Rowland V. Lee. who directed "As No Man Has Loved." Story by Charles Kenyen, author of "The Iron Horse." The cast—George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Edmund Lowe, Charles Buck Jones. Alma Rubens and J. Farrell MacDonald. HAVOC The great international stage success of New York, London and Paris presented with a brilliant cast headed by George O'Brien and including.Madge Bellamy, Walter McGrail, David Butler and Leslie Fenton. A Rowland V. Lee production. Scenario by Edmund Goulding from the play by Henry Wall. ■::. >'■ ■^^ IHE HRST YEAR '•';v Another John Golden stage success written by Frank Craven. It ran for two solid years in New York, and its success was duplicated in all leading cities. Frances Marion wrote the scenario ibr the photoplay version, which will be directed by Frank Borzage* >. *« WAGES FOR WIVES r- Cased on "Chicken Feed." another John Golden hit, written by Gu> .Bolton, staged by Winchell Smith. This comedy of married life scored at the Little Theatre in New York and was successful on tmir. '. <■' EAST LYNNE / For fifty years acknowledged the greatest love story on the stage. Directed by Emmett Flynn from the novel and play by Mrs. Henry Wood. Scenario is by Lenore J. Coffee. The cast includes Edmund Lowe, Alma Rubens, Lou Tellegen, Marjorie Daw, Frank K^enan, Belle Bennett and Paul Panzer. « «i WHEN THE DOOR OPENED ' - Reginald Barker directs this smashing James Oliver Curwood story of the great Northwest. A story of love and adventure in the vast - wastes of the deep snow country told as only Curwood can. Both - production and players will be worthy the great name of the atithor. THE TKOUBLE HUNTER Adapted from the sensationally successful novel of the South Seas, 'Pearls of Desire," by Austin T. Small. A John Griffith Wray pro- duction. The cast includes Edmund Lowe, Alma Rubens, JacqucliiK.' Logan. Paul Panzer, Judy King and others. The screen version is uv J. Clarkson Miller. 1 ! V- £» », , i. Fox Film OarpdratiDTi.