Evening star., 1926-06-13
Fllmograrns.

MOT all movie men have itching
~ palms. Joseph M. Seider. who
was recently reappointed business
manager of the Moving Picture
Theater Owners Association at a
salary of 1000 per annum, refused
the money but took the job. He was
on his wedding trip, too.
The Warmers believe that the Mid
west has earned the premiere of Don
Juan" with the Vitaphone synchroni
cation. and the Midwest will have
the honor.
A new device invented by Max
Handscheigl, it is said is going to
revolutionze production. 1t enables
action scenes made in the studio to
be transferred to still pictures. Think
what that means. Stupendous sets
can be made in miniature and then
used for settings OF the story action
without cost for labor OF material in
building the set.
Charles Maigne former Washington
newspaper man and once a prominent
member of the Paramount dlrectorai
staff. collaborated with Agnes chris
tine Johnston in adapting Alice Hogan
Rice's story, "Lovey Mary" to the
screen.
William Haines jumped from the
tocs of a Harvard football warrior In
Brown of Harvard" into the hablll-
ments of a farmer boy, and BESSIE
Love from the role of Song-and-
, dance star in THE Song and Dance
Man" to appear in pig tails and short
dresses as Lovey Mary.
George G.. Larl<in. il, son of the as
sistant auditor of the Crandall Thea
Iers. and Dorritt Dawson, clever
partner contributed exhibition dances
TO the revue staged by Harry l.. Lob
meyer. manager of Crandall's Tivoli
Theater Yesterday. The revue was
put on by the pupils of Margaret Lit
tie and scored a great hit both NATL
nee and night
Nat CHASER, manager of Crandall's
York Theater and chief of the Gran
slalI technical department. who has
spent much of his time recently in
Baltimore disposing of the salvaged
furnishings and equipment of the old
Academy of Music, recently acquired
by the StanleyCrandall Co. of
Washington, has brought to Washing
ton a rare collection of theater pro-
grams of the famous house dating
back to 1890, with many photographs
of stars of three generations ago
whose memories still are fragrant.
Jack Pegler. representative of the
Will II. Hays office in New York, was
a visitor to the executive offices of the
Stanley-Crandall co. last Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday in connection
with the launching of a new greater
movie season" campaign.
And yet Metropolitan Productions
announces it is constructing several
large sets for Meet the Prince
James A. Fitzpatrick has organized
Hollywood Pictures. Inc. with studios
at Charlotte. y. c.. and will make
four pictures including feature
called 'pocahontaS.'
Johnny Burke. whom Mack Sennett
recruited from vaudeville. for his first
screen comedy is Offering an adapta-
ton of his stage act featuring
doughboys trials and tribulatlons dur
ing the World War.
\ visitor. during lunch time, re-
Gently asked Ben Turpin Why does
a chicken cross the street,? Ben
quickly replied, The way | look at
1t. the chicken doesn't"
y.
and play in a. new production called
"Woman Power" the story of which
was written by Norton 5. Parker.
The new greater movie season.
which begins in August. will celebrate
this year the thirtleth anniversary
of motion pictures.
4. Julian Brylawski has been re-
elected to the directorate board of the
Motion Picture Theater Owners
Association. Mr.. BrylaWski. an Off
cial of the local Stanley company, is
connected with the Earle, in this city.
At the pre-vew showing of The
Devil Horse" an innovation in atmoS-
pherlc presentations was used in the
form of a harmonic tympani battery
OF - drums to create mood appro-
pirate to the story.
Love Me and the World Is Mine"
with Norman Kerry and Mary Philbin
as it's stars. Is to have Il strong cast
including Betty CompSOn, Henry B.
Walthall. George Siegmann, Robert
Anderson Emily l'tzroy, Martha
MattoN. Charles Sellon, Helen Dunbar
and Rose Dione.
j. Stewart Woodhouse and Mrs. B.
NJ. Bower are writing Originals for
lioot Gibson. the former. THE Prairie
King and the latter THE Silent
Rider
And now the president of movie
company is said to be negotiating for
the use of The Prisoners Song aS
n title.
BY means of a "symphonic regis
TRAITOR" it is said, a fool-proof organ
has been devised whereby by simply
touching a button the OrganiSt gets
what he wants. a riot. pathoS, anger,
excitement and what not.
An English inventor claims to have
discovered a way to eliminate what
are known as "angle-sight diStor-
tions." This means you can see as
well on the side IN a theater as In
front of the screen.