El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-11
Leading Film Makers Hold Conference In California
Matter OF Distribution OF Pictures Is Considered

DAlLL secret conferences IN Los An
~ selaz are believed to portsnd an
important change in plans for the re-
lease Of movies made by the com
binauon, intending David ". Griffith.
Mary Picksord, Charles Chaplin and
Douglas Fairbanks. In the confer
encss were William @. lfcAdoo. gen
eral counsel. Oscar Price and Hiram
Abrams. general manager and busi-
ness manager respectively, Of the
Big Four. samuel Goldwyn. head Of
the corporation bearing his name.
and his chief financial bacler 7. J.
GodsoL
Flanking these were Nathan Bur
kan. r G. Banzhof and Denis o'Brien,
New York attorneys representing
members Of the stellar quartet The
consensus Of suspicion Is that the Big
-Four. with its limited OUTPUT, has
found the cost o. distribution Of its
films too expensive for profit. and
ig negotatlng 10 release ltz pictures
through the GcllWTn exchanges
Griffith has three pictures yet 20
make under bis Paramount contract,
Chaplin ssvsral for First National
Fairbanks only has started his con-
trihutlon. and Nary Rickturd has
yet to make her first one. The desul-
tory nature Of the Big Four output
seems 70 be producing the problems
predicted long ago by experienced
film tradesmen-
Basil Kings novel eThe street
Called Straight" VIII be the third
Eminent Authors oldwrn r=oduc-
ton. following Rupert HuEhes1 The
Cup OF FurT.' and Gertrude .Ather-
tons -Perch Of the Devil The cast
for kings DhutoplaT has been Sc
lected. With Milton Sllls and Naomi
Chlders VIII play Olivia Guion, the
widely Travelled. much sought dauEl- 3
ter OF henry Guion Sills VIII play
Peter Davenport Irene Rich also
VIII Be in the cast. w-th Alec Francis, .
Charles CARY Jane Sterling ana
Lydia Teamens Titus. The previous
Gol1WTa picture from novel By /
king was erhe CITY Of Comrades.
J. Parker Read ir-. has n prep Z
Claims uext production Il IS an I
original story by G.. Gardner Sulli- I
wa. who IS now busy mazins me D
screen alapta ton The success Of
Sahara lliss CLAIMS first super
production under lir. Reads manage
1uent, has broken al records ln the
houses u which L has appeared. and
her latest Offering The Lone y 1i1
aalu 20 .a one OF AaIt
most thrilling Uelodramaric specla-
cles presented IL the silent drama
llz Read has rot vet definitely de-
cided upon g name for the new pic
tuEe. and uHtl that Is settled. the
work VII progress under working
title.
Charles Ray VIII Be seen soon IN
julien Jcse1lsols new play sack
TO che Farm IN this story. Ray.
Ell -
lay Faree- returns % MS home
town 90 dazzle his fellow citizens
with his intimate knowledge OF life
as il IS lived on the Boulevards.
The principals selected By Thomas
r. Ince for ire second Hobart Bos-
worth picture. The Oath include
Lloyd Hughes George WEBB Grace
Diamond and Gladys George The
Luther Reed storr calls for num-
portance. and these ars nov being
selected
1ouElas llacLean and Doris Nay
ar4 Timing the first cplGodes Of
Mars Ankle.a This hilarluos farce
kent base Broadway laughing
fnrcuE11 cur a season and 10 lg claimed
that The screen version Is even more
farce thar made 1Iay Iullg famous
Enid Bennett IS an entire fashion !
show iu herself IN her new Thomas
81 Iuce production Iha Woman In {.
the Suitcase Hiss Bennett wears
some 5E the most stunning new
gowns Of The advance ian STYLES.
Gladys George Is playing one OF che
important roles ia this new rroduc- !.
ton Mss George VIII be rsmem-
nared IS the little Eirl recently
plrcizad from the leEitimats stage b.
Ih1rlas =. Ince While she was ar-=
uearinE with DsWolfe Hopper in
The Better Ole.
Clair Mcdowell was selected hv
Thomas ~ Iuce 20 play the role cf
Enid Eeunetts mother in her forth
coming C. Gardner Sullivan photo
play Ine woman 30 the suitcase
Mss Mcdowell has D vast following
Of dlm friends who have seen loyal
throughout the many years Of her
career Back - the old Blograp1
days she was ore Of the most popular
CT screen stals. and az pictures have
advanced SO has Mss 1lcDoUelIs
popular-ty. Again we say elcome
e our CITY
cara ElmbalI Young. following the
release next month Of Eyes Of
Youth IS TO become the first mo-
NNTTONT u