San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16

| thin music with spurs, swing the
rope, indulge the bravura of mus
tang mastery. chant their ancient
laments, while the herd owners
muse on the glories of vanishing
day.
The picture seeks seriously to por-
tray this retrospect. pointing up the
general topical survey with high
lights Of peril and courage-mass
movement of herds, the drama Of
rodeos. stampede, praIrle fire, with
breathless romance twisting through
and the final exodus across the Rio
Grande, last port in an economic
storm.
Its like watching oil own funer-
al" muttered Robert Lane-a man
worth a million five years ago; to-
day all but broke.
Pioneers here few decades
ago." he sketched the sequence.
vast herds of cattle. The coming OF
railroads, the inevitable encroach-
ment of settlements. towns. fences.
squeezing us like a drying rawhide.
Then falling prices and drought 10
top it ALL
Cattlemen hereabouts are hoping
that a print of Shutdown" may be
shown to Congress TO emphasize the
problem it reflects. .
A survey taken recently shows that
Hollywood will continue to fight hard
before it yields TO New York as q
center of movie production. GraJu-
ally the glamor of Ca.ifornia's sui
shine has worn off these past few
years. Producers wanied to have the
studios closer TO the market: real
estate values in the western city
went out of sight; and production
costs did not drop materially, if at
all.
All this had its effect. Famous
Players scheduled increased produc-
ton in its Long Island film factory.
Gloria Swanson. Tom Meighan and
Rodolph Valentino started pictures
simultaneously. Xlis group was
joined by William DeMille, who
came from Hollywood to make Gee
bc1nd"
Betty Compson. fer Hodkinson,
started for Florida to make a pic
ture called Miami Lloyd Hamil-
ton began work on His Darker
Self" soon to be released. Dick
Barthelmess went to Fort Lee. y. j..
to make THE Enchanted Cottage"
In other words, things began to
mum, once the eastern movement
again swung into momentum.
But, according to the survey, Holly
wood is losing none Of its charm for
goodly percentage CT companies.
Universal reports, mot only have we
not made any pictures in the east for
sir years, but we have o intention of
doing so in the future"
Before Sam Goldwyn, who releases
through First National, went to the
coast he ridiculed a rumor he was
planning to produce in the east.
Goldwyn spoke of immense room
available for picture making. He
spoke Of the availability of picture
making properties.
when, for instance" he said,
zone company makes an Egyptian
set there's enough room to let il
stand. If / want an Egyptian set I
don't have TO make one; 1 just rent
opc and make few changes. Could
you do it in the east? You could
not-there isn't enough ROOM"
Warner Brothers, Y'Eo have come
through with several first-c,ass pic
lures, most important being Be-
asco's "Daddies" and Gertrude Atll-
erton's "Black Oxen" are careful 10
say that not Eat the present time"
are they making eastern pictures.
nor Eat the present time" are con
templating doing so.
Before Hollywood, would allow the
movie colony to leave it would fight
hard. And If producers who favor
the east have their way it will be
hard fight.
The other night the clock was
turned back several years and the old
Bowery, most picturesque street Of
old New York, again lived. Universal
in giving its new picture. Fools
Highway" a premier chose the At
lcntic Garden as a theater. 1t is IN
thc heart Of the BoweTy.
Years ago it was restaurant.
There Harry Won Ti,zer. famous
music composer and publisher. sang.
There Maude Nugent first sang her
Sweet Rosie 0'Grady." There
Charles Lawler. the hind singer and
COMPOSER. gave his ''The Sidewalks
OF New York" to the world They al
came back the other night and sang
their songs that probably will grow