Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-23
NO SUMMER LEISURE
As FIRST NATIONAL
PLANS BIG RELEASES
Announces That Between go
and 20 Productions Will
Grace 1928.

With Associated First National Pie
lures. inc, announcing this week that
it will release between 60 and 20 pro-
auctions during the coming year, all
indications point to a plentiful supply
of motion picture entertainment from
leading independent stars and pro-
ducers for the 1922-1923 season.
Certainly there is no sign of a sum-
mer time letup of activities visible thus
far among the various independent
producing units releasing through First
National, according to reports received
this week from both western and
eastern studios. While in some studios
there is a between-pictures recess.
plans for future pictures are being
perfected.
a sensational announcement concern
ing future First National releases. it
is said, impends this month. J.. u.
Williams, manager. being at present in
Los Angeles consulting producers and
going over plans for the distribution
of their product. 1t is expected that
on his return to New York the an
nouncement giving details regarding
the Forthcoming releases will be made.
Meantime Richard Barthelmess.
whose third release through First Ma
A'itpts oAlhs bis ttlIruttd HIS uOiu
on the hearts of millions of fans. is
now making THE Bond Boy at the
Biograph studios in New York. 1t is
an intensely dramatic story by Geor.e
Washington Ogden, dealing with the
life of a boy who is illegally bonded
ont by his mother TO an INSCRIPTIONS
william with a pretty Young wife. A
murder mystery is one of the features
Of the story. the boy accepting the
responsibility for the crime in order to
protect another. 1t is being directed
by Henry King. and the cast includes
Mary Alden and Mary Thurman.
Constance Taimadge started produc-
ton last week on East Is West" an
adaptation of the famous Broadway
success, with the initial scenes "shot"
at the United studios in Hollywood
under the direction of Sidney Frank
lin. Stephen Gooson is art director.
and he is declared to have designed
a number of Chinese sets of remark
able beauty. Edward Burns is playing
the male lead.
The Dangerous Age"
John NJ. Stahl. who recently com
pleted Zone Clear Call" an a~ll-star
picture which has met with an ex-
thusiastic reception. is now making a
spectacular drama entitled THE Dan
gerous Age" based on an original
theme by Frances Irene Reels. J.. G.
Hawks, the new chief Of the Louis b.
Mayer scenario department.. and Bess
Meredith elaborated on the scenario.
Lewis Stone heads the cast.
Having finished The Woman Con-
quers', Katherine Macdonald is now
engaged in filming white Shoulders,
based on n Saturday Evening Post story
by George Kibbe Turner. Tom For
man, who is directing. also plays n part,
and the rest of the cast includes Bryant
Washburn. Little Richard Headrick, Nj
gel Barrie. Lillian Lawrence, Charles |
French, James Borrows. Lincoln Sted-
and Fred Malatesta. The pic |
will contain many thrilling situa-
tons and elaborate sets.
Allen Holubar is now completing the
editing and cutting of Hurricanes
CAL, a spectacular drama of the sea
with Dorothy Phillips as the star.
Most of the scenes were taken ut sea,
many of them being filmed from hydro
with Director Holubar issuing
by radio.
Preparations are now in progress for
the next Norma Talmadge production.
with "Infatuation" completed. 1t will
be an adaptation of the famous stage
play by Robert Hichens. THE Voice
rom the Minaret', a tale of Oriental
owe and adventure. Frank Lloyd will
Buster Keaton has just finished
The Frozen North. a burlesque on
Wild and woolly melodrama. and is maxi
"The Electric House.. the scenario
# which promises one Of the most side
comedies ever made by Buster.
lie is now busy with DAY Dream.
Chaplin at Universal City
Charles Chaplin's next comedy is des-
ined to be one of his best. Judging from
he time involved in making it. He is
low shooting scenes at Universal City,
where he rented u large number Of sets.
20 hint as to the nature of the comedy
as issued from the Chaplin headquar-
ers.
At the Mack Sennett studios Mabel
latest starring vehicle, "Su-
a Spanish tails is.sbeing edited