New-York tribune., 1920-10-17

Charles Ray; from the very first In
dian melodramas produced anywhere to
such light comedy delicacies as "23 u
Hours Leave; from Western eplcs
like "Hells Hinges" and riddle
Gawne" to the finest type of modern
drama as exempltied in his first pic
lures for Associated Producers distrl-
button. Mr. Ince discovered and de-
veloped such actors as Charlie Ray,
Frank Kecnam and Douglas MacLean;
such actresses as Dorothy Dalton,
Louise Glaum, Enid Bennett and Bessie
Barris scale; such scenario writers as
c. Gardner Sullivan, John Lynch, }. q.
Hawks, Luther Reed and Julien Joseph
son, and such directors as Reginald
Barker, Irwin Wilat. Victor Schert-
Finger and John G. Wray.
Mack Scnnett is the man who dis
covered custard pie, which he has long
since put on the shelf in favor of an
famous Sennctt bathing beauties. He
started doing split reel comedies for
Biograph some ten years ago with
Mabel Normand, Fred Mace Charlie
Murray and Ford Sterling in the
troupe. From there he went to Key
stone, the original brand he made ia
nous the world over. Following this
he and Ince affiliated with Griffith in
what became Triangle. After Triangle,
Mack Sennett produced for Paramount
and now is big figure on the roster
of Associated Producers. AS a beauty
impresario Flo Siegfeld is his only
rival. Though he recently has gone
in for five-reel comedies, bearing such
intriguing titles as married Life" and
Love, Honor and Behave" he will not
abandon the two-reel pictures of the
last few years that made his name
byword for screen comedy.
Bringing with him all the artistry of
his native land, Maurice Tourneur
came to America from Paris in 1918 to
produce for the then fourishing W orld
Film Corporation. He had been a stage
director for the Gymnase and the An
toine in the French capital and also
directed some few Eclair photoplays
there. His first pictures on this side
created furor from an artistic point
from the Clara Kimball Young vehicle
"Trilby," to the fantastic Blue Bird"
and the powerful thoug mpellng
"W oinan," have been characterized by
the same appreciation of true beauty
in screen composition. "The Last of the
Mohicans,' picturized by Mr.. Tourneur
from James Fenimore Cooper's i'm
mortal novel, will be his first contri
button to the Associated Producers
output.
Marshall Neilan was the handsome
lover back in the Kalem days, while
Allan Dwan wrote scenarios for the
"Flying A. at Santa Barbara. Both
we're offered directorial opportunities
From then on is i'm history. Dwan
carved a name for himself by directing
most of the early Douglas Fairbanks
successes, while Neilan climbed from
Kalem, megaphoning to Famous Play
ers, then to the top by bossing Mary
Pickford and making all of her finest
pictures. Later he acquired his own
company and produced such powerful
pictures as The Rivers End" and GO
and Get tt
George Loane Tucker is "The Miracle
Man. of motion pictures-the director
who took a stage failure and unlimited
celluloid and evolved the tremendous
play that brought American critics to
their feet. Tucker also was the di-
rector of "The Cinderella Man"
In j Parker Read jr. is exempiihed
the rapid rise of a successful young
man in motion pictures. Read has OBJ
tanned powerful and immediate hold
by his bold imagination and his flair
for box office values on the screen.
These. then, are the men who are
going to make associated Producers
pictures. Their creed-the best and
nothing but the bost-is a covenant
Of what is to come