Variety (Nov 1926)

VARIETY PICTURES Wediietday, November 3, 1926 F. P-'S STRONG STAFF OF SCENARIO WRITERS €«hiilb6rg Built It Up—Two More Added—Una List of Names Los AngelM. Nov. S. Famous Players-Liasky has the itroBtMt mad largMt M«iutrlo writ- fng staff of any picture organization on the West Coast fiver slnca B. P. SchulberiT became tli« taMeutlv* iMAd of tho studios here he has been adding the best writers ob- tainable to his staff. He also re- cruited from the ranks of studio Mi^losrees in other eapaoitleo two writers who have registered among those who appear as part of the Imlts which made the 10 best pic- turoo thla year. They are Iioulse Long, former chief film cutter who did the original script of "The Campus Flirt." with Lloyd Corrlgan end Ethel Dohorty, who began as a •erlpt clerk and participated In the writing of "Behind the Front" and ^Mantrap/* WitiilB the past month there have been over 12 new additions to the Staff. They include Samuel Hop- kiiia AdamSp Mwta Jiiatiis Mayor. Bernard Vorhaua and Jessie Bums, Doris Anderson and Gladys Unger. Among the other writers doing their eiiores at tlM Hellyweod atudto aro Theodore Benedek, Harry Carr, Jack Casey, Lloyd Corrlgan. O. C. Drom- Cold, Dorothy Egan, Alice Byton. Mniy FMak% OHftrioe Vtoftlttiaan. Jules FurthmaiM, W^BdheiB CHttons, John F. Goodrich. Elinor Olyn, Tom J« Geraghty, Herman Hagerdom, Cart Barbangh, Leeloii Hubbard. Earl Bouche, Alfred Hustwlck, Joseph Jackson. Jullen Josephson, Robert N. Lee, Louis Lighten, Hope liartBfft R Boars Lobs. If as Ifarein, lolm McDermott, Norman McLeod, Reginald Morris. Herman Mankle- Wics, Erich Pommer, Lojas Biro, A|ieo PoUoek, Thoodoro Shaiia, Wil- liam Shea, E. Lloyd Sheldon, Geof- frey Shurlock, B. M. Somlyo, Keen Thompson, Robert N. Lee, Hector Tumbull, Dfacfe WOson and Fetlz Most of these writers are working on the stories which are to com- Irtsto thm ItN-ST riliass scl\odiila. Marshal McCarthy Sdk S500.000 m life losarance Former U. B. Marshal Thomas HsCSrtby, always popular and a mixer with show people^ has Insured the lives of Bob Vernon and Lupino Lane to the amount of $600,000, with JQducatlonal Films tho bonefleiary Tho picture distributor's desire is to protect its Investments for tho stars' productions. liaMbel McCarthy Is aeUvsly on- gaged in selling life Insurance. He is the vice-president of John A. Eckert & Co., 80 John street. New Toffli, a largo eonoem dsirotlBji eon siderable attention to tbs MVttsn p^oturs .j^ii^ur^n^s yfilA^^ N. Y. toL.A Herman Robblsp Marcus Loew Jack Raymond Henry McMahoe * Chas. McCarthy Virginia Lee Corbin. Moeta Ben. Walter Wanger. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Jannlngs. .Eric Pommer. Manrlts «ti1fir. Marion Davies. Carl Lacmnilc. Carl Lacmmle, Jr. Hairard^ ButiiMMCaiine Requests Wolf to Speak Boston, Nov. S. M. K. Wolf, fssldoat manager for Metro-Qoldwyn-Mayer Pictures, has been requested by tho Dosji of tho Graduate School sC Bosleias Ad- BUtnlstration of Harvard University to CO*operate to the extent of meet- lag with the sales class in tho new oourso on 'Tbo BusIboss 9€ tbo Theatre.** Mr. Wolf is to familiarize the class with the distribution of mo- tion pieturos. UFA Pkiyer Engaged Tbs latost of tho UFA pleturo playing colony to sign over hero Is Willy Frltsch, engaged by Joseph Schonck for a new United Axtisu picture. Mr. Frltsch was In "The WalU Dream.** Ashor Unit Buslnoss Msnsgop Irving Asnor has hoon appointed a unit business manager for Fa- mous Payers-Lasky Studios. He held a similar position with First National urban 9. F. a prodttosr there. Tlioe# 2 IfwpweeiMae G«l Out lUallo Times' Tbose tw<s lii e pi sss lb lo pnb- UeltF bsnni% l4Mly an« Mo- Inemey, at tbo Rlalto^ No^ York, slipped otw another of their nifty aowspaper stunts last Bigbt wben tlMy flooded the town from i4th street to Washington Heights, and from Id avenue to Riverside Drive fHIb mjm eeplsa eC the Hialto TUnes," saado to ap- pear similar to the *T>ally News," with the scare-head ««BUth Wtawi" The paper was gotten out as an advertising stunt for ''We're In the Navy Now," openint «t the Rlalte aatar- day. This Is the same team that nooded the theatrical district with hnltatlen eep i s s eC "^a-' riety** for the opening of the ploture ef the same title. daiide QilliB«wmtsr fer "Varbed Wlrob- Pete ltagif> MKt for 7. P. KariDaM'a WifeDeaerted Befofe Hia Ttoad^ Hit Angeles. N«r. 1. A dtvevoe waa gmnted Kart Dana, -sum" of *The Big Parade," from Bmma J. DnM^ m tha gronnd ef desertion. \ flto aUeged his wife left him to 1124, while bo was working as a carpenter, and before be entered piotureSi 3 New Scenarists Los Angeles, Nov. S. Metro-Gold wyn-Mayer has added three new scenario writers to its staff—8ada Cowan, who Is tn do one adaptation for Irving^ Thalberg; Paul Bern, assigned to the next story King Vldor wiU direct, and Bentrlea Van, who is tn werk on- der iha dte aa t idn aC Bmr Em! Soreen *'Qertte's Qsrter* Los Angeles, Nov. S. «HHttlnc Gertie's Garter," Wilson Colllson's stage play of the bed- room variety, will be filmed by Metropolitan, with Mario Provost In the lsa4ln« role, m Mig|» ai»- per wHI direet MARINES' GUARD DUTY MIPS UP mARAfiUA' Xion Angeiea, Nov. S. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has halt* ed the production of "Nicaragua," to have been the second Col. Tim MoCoy ^lotnra. Thin waa brought about by the U. 8. Marines, who were to have furnished the back- ground, being called on railroad and man proteotlon duty. ' M-G-M had Invested about |40.« 000 In preparation on the story. Besides MoCoy, SUleen Pringle and Matbllde Oortont were engaged. W. S. VjanDyke, director, is now working on a story based on the American Revolution. It is expect- ed the atory wlU be in ahape about Nov. 15. when mroduotlon will be* gin, with the company possibly go* ing on loca^on In the middle west* It Is Intended to make "NIeara* gua" when the Marines return to their headquarters at San ilMbliK^ - I Richard Rosson directing "Blonde or Brunette,'* changed from *'An Angel Passes," and ntarring Adolpho Meftjoii for F. P. JteM Meredith Deserted Los Angeles, Nov. 2. Bess Meredith, scenario writer. In filvate life Mrs. Wilfred Lucas, was granted a divorce on the ground of desertion by Superior Judge Hol- ler. N . Miss Meredith told the court that following a trip to JBurope In 1124 •Lucas wrote he no longer loved her, and when she returned from abroad he failed to resume marital rela- tions. Kathleen Key, screen actress. Ratified fo^ the plalntUf. Lilffan Wafker^i ahort Romaiioe Lillian Walker, motion picture star, opened In vaudeville last week at, a K-A house In a dramatic 'illc4teli ontltled' tiewns" by Wll- llsk MbdHrEr, Tlweo podple In sup- pwi.