The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-11
81 PARAMOUNT
RELEASES IN YEAR
THE PALACE, IN CONNECTION
WITH THOUSANDS OF 9TH
Frs, OBSERVED WEEK.

Last week, September End to 8th
was observed by the Palace theater,
with thousands of others throughout
the country, as Paramount week.
Paramount week, the first week III
each theatrical season, has come to
be established in the motion picture
trade as marking the indusry's best
effort.
With the beginning of Paramount
week motion picture patrons mere
about are having put before them a
fare of motion picture entertainments
surnassirtg anv before shown upon
the screen. Advices from producing
centers state that never before IN the
history of motion pictures have there
been so many big and really worth
while film productions waiting Tor
release as there are at this time. More
time, effort and actual money have
been spent on the production OF pct
ures this summer than ever before,
according to reports.
AS one of the steps toward raising
the artistic standards of pictures the
producers Of Paramount pictures, the
Famous P1ayers-Lasky corporation,
have reduced the number OF pictures
which they will release this year. Two
wears ago there were 104 Paramount
pictures released between September
and August 81 Last year there were
81, and this year there will be only
81. or one a week. ;
Paramount pictures to be released
this season by the Famous Players
Lasky corporation include the follow
ing:
Highway" James Cruze special.
HOLLYWOOD" with p stars and SO
screen celebrities; a George Melford
special with Jacqueline Logan, "Sa-
lomy Jane" from the story by Bret
Harte; an Allan Dwan special, Law
full Larceny" Gloria Swanson in
"Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" a Sam
Wood production; "The Silent Part
ner" with Leatrice Joy and Owen
Moore.
A Zane Grey special ITO the Last
Man" with Lois Wilson and Richard
Dix; Pola Negri in The Cheat, a
George Fitzmaurice production; Jas.
Cruces production of "Ruggles of
Red Gap" from the famous novel by
Harry Leon Wilson; THE Marriage
Maker" William de Mile produc-
ton from Edward Knoblock's play,
The Faun."
Gloria Swanson in "Zaza," an Al
Ian Dwan production; Thomas Meg
han in "Woman-Proof" from the
story by George AIDE; His Children's
Children" with Bebe Daniels. Sam
Woods production of Arthur Trains
novel; Rudyard Kipling's The Light
That Failed" produced by George
Melford; Pola Negri supported by
Antonio Moreno in THE Spanish
Dancer" d Herbert Brenon produc-
ton.
Douglas Fairbanks, jr.. in Stephen
Steps Out" from the Richard Hard
ing Davis story, The Grand Cross
of the Crescent" Zane Grey's THE
Call of Canyon" Glenn Hunter in
"West of the Water Tower" the SEN
sational anonymous novel; st h e
Cruise of the Speejacks;" William S.
Hart in wild Bill Hickok;" The
Big Brother" a Sam Wood produc-
ton from the Rex Beach series.
Flaming Barriers" produced by
George Melford; THE Humming
Bird" an Allan Dwan production
starring Gloria Swanson; There's a
Fortune in It," a James Cruze pro-
duction; Every Day Love-" a Viii
liam de Mile production from Julian
Streets novel, Eta Coventry"
A Zane Grey production, The
Heritage OF the Desert" directed by
Irwin Willat Thomas Meighan in
"Pied Piper Malone;" Pola Negri in
My Man." Glenn Hunter in when
Knights Were Bold" Triumph" a
Cecil B. deMlle production from the
Saturday Evening Post serial by May
Edginton; The Stranger" with Rich
ard Dix and Leatrice JOY; and Gloria
Swanson in an Allan Dwan produc-
ton of Argentine Love" by Vincente
Blasco Ibanez.