Evening star., 1926-09-05
The Moving Picture
Bv Robert E. Sherwood

THE prospects for the new movie
l. season are good. Like every year
in the history of the motion picture
industry. 1926-27 Is destined TO be
banner year" The slaves OF lie
cinema out Hollywood way are beSllr
ring themselves to bigger and letter
achievements, and If one can penete
the announcements that emanate
from their workshops, the general
public is to be plastered with enter
tainment from now on. EVerNthlhg'
as usual, appears to be perfectly
lovely.
OF all the big producing companies,
Famous PLAYERS Lasky has the most
impressive array of talent. On paper,
their productions look better than
those Of their competitors. How they
will apDear on the screen is subject
for future consideration.
Famous Players has now the great
est collection of directors that has ever
been assembled under one top. Aside
from their regulars--.Iames CruZe.
Malcolm st. Clair, ID. w. Griffith. Her
bert Brenon and Edward Sutherla nd
they have lately acquired Ernst
L,bitSch. Eric Won Stronheim Frank
Lloyd. Eric Pommer. Marshall \eilan.
William Beaudine and Monta Bell.
There can be no doubt that this rep
resents the quality of directors.
The Paramount stars include IIar-
old Lloyd, Thomas Meighan, Douglas
NacIean. Pola Eegri, Adolphe
Meniou. Wallace Beery. Behe Daniels.
Richard Dix, Florence Nidor and
Gilda Gray.
OF the pictures on the Famous Play
ers schedule. these are most favored
in the advance notices: "Old Iron
Sides "The Wedding March" "The
Sorrows of SATAN Hotel Imperial"
"The War of the Worlds" Wings.
THE Rough Riders and Beau
Geste." the last Of which has already
made an auspicious appearance in
New York.
1t is the opinion of many sideline
observers that the Paramount pic
lures this season had better be good.
For the past few years the great
minds of Famous Players have been
concentrated on selling pictures
effectively. rather than on producing
them we'll. With the result that
Messrs Zukor and I-asky have
affixed their names 10 great many
painfully feeble films.
An emphatic reformation in the
Famous Players production depart
ment has been very much In order.
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Metro -Goldwn. which led the field
last season. appeared to be weak as
To directors. but strong On execu-
tive brain power.
or the directors. King Nidor. Vic
tor Seastrom, Maurice Tourneur.
Hobart Henley, Svend Gade. Robert
Il. Leonard, John Robertson. Rex
Ingram and Sam Taylor are the most
prominent. The Metro -Goldwyn
stars are still John Gilbert, Norma
Shearer Mae Murray, Lon CLANCY,
William Haines. Eleanor Boardman,
Charles Ray. Jack Pickford, Joan
Crawford and Renee Adoree, with
Beatrice Lille as recently added
attraction.
There are a great many super pro-
ductions on schedule, one OF which.
"The Scarlet Letter" has already
been shown. Others are Faust"
The Mysterious Island" The Ma
gieian." Annie Laurie" "Bardelys
the Magnificent" 1.-The Flesh and the
Devil" and Flames"
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United Artists possesses the most
formida BILE array of stars, with
Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson.
Douglas Fairbanks. Mary Pickford,
Buster keaton. John Barrymore.
Norma and Constance TalmadEe,
Ronald Colman and Wilma Banky
charlie Chaplin's next picture viii
he The Circus; Buster keaton s.,
The General: Norma TalmadGes.
The Dove; Mary Pickford's. spar
rows: Gloria Swanson's, The Eyes
of YOUTH and Ronald Colman and
Wilma Banky will be seen in The
Winning of Barbara Worth"
John Barrymore will undoubtedly
be called upon to play in "Cellini.
a story which had been prepared for
he late and widely lamented Rudolph
Valentino.
William Fox's huge organization
has ambitious plans. which include
a considerable number of special pro-
ductions: What Price Glory?' Zone
Increasing Purpose, Three Bad
Men," Summer Bachelors" seventh
Heaven" and many others.
! The three leaders on The Fox direc-
turial staff are II, Il! Walsh, John