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fices on Union Square, New York
city. This concern produced the
first war pictures ever made,
some az the scenes being taken
on the battle front Of the Balkan
war.
The studio at Universal City was
opened in February, 1914 the
Universal concern then building
another studio at Fort Lee, ~. j.
/ In the old "fifty-foot" days Of
1906 the production Of picture
100 feet in length was alluded to
BY some persons as "Laemmle's
Folly 1t soon was followed by
longer productions, and Mr..
Laemmle was talked Of as Poor
Uncle Carl, He produced in
those pioneer days such produc-
tions as sRobespierre. Leah, the
F'orsaken'' and Uncle Toms
Cabin He even was daring
enough to send q company abroad
to produce Kathleen Mayour-
neen, z which was considered q
very costly production. It was
less than 1000 feet long. He
made 'sIvanhoe" in four reels,
and then blazed the trail for the
six-reel productions with Damon
and Pythias. Z His first seven
re- ell production. Traffic in
Souls cost him $4,000, then con-
sidered a fabulous sum. During
the world war he created a lot
of talk by his million-dollar pro-
duction of Foolish wives" which
was directed by Erich Won StrO-
helm. Now his most recent inn
portant production is THE Flam-
ing Frontier,
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THE GATE-POST
BIZ Harold Phillips

of success, Nichols might tel and
valuable atrica property in
vorld"Abies Irish Rose Miss Nichols is lady whom
She has something that
other people and consequently put to great expense and
that something Her position analogous to that
the Foyniner who struck dirt and was 50 busy fighting
he could
spends dollars weekly with Variety
advertising standing reward Of $1,000 for bringing
unlawfuy using "Abes
Rose she suit against Canadian
several suits court against people she thinks have offended her
film of The Cohens and the Keleys
Having refused 81 outright for the film rights Miss
greatly agitated claims provoking s
ariy her and the film above mentioned though the
adaptation of old stage
piece, "Two Blocks Away"
of the
1000 old Because beyond seniy
Miss Nichols Is
battling particular version of it.
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in their pockets after they had
paid their fare 1t is said that
ali of these boys became mil
Iionaires in the land Of their
adoption!
1t was in 1906 that Mr.. Laem-
nile thought of establishing g
chain OF 5 and 10 cent stores. but
he became interested in the exhi-
bition Of motion pictures in Chi
cage, where, IN February Of that
year. he opened his first small
fheater. following 1t by q second
two months later. On October /
Of that same year he formed the
I.aemmle Film Service, and the
following year he had branches
sin Evansville. NJ mphis and
Omaha. Later he established ex-
changes in several other Western
cities.
IN May, 1907, he formed his
first producing comedy, the
Yankee Films Company, the name
Of which was changed to the In
dependent Motion Picture Conf
pany. 1T was Mr.. LaemmIe who
produced 'Hiawatha' in less than
900 feet, which was followed by
another production, Loves STRAIT
egy, which also was less than
/, 900 feet.
Mr.. Laemm1e then engaged In
q fight against the Patents Com
pany, with successful results, in
1912. In May OF that year he,
Charles Bauman, David Horse
ley, r. "A. Powers and w. III.
Swanson combined their interests
and formed the Universal Film
Manufacturing Company, with of.
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The Tragic Touch
III New York 5
Season

Broadway likes its dash q
tragedy this season. There
are no less than seven current
attractions which terminate in
stage killings, this group m
cInding two little tIleater hits.
Lulu Dele concludes with
j strange hold at the Belascn.
saThe Great Gatsby IS shot
&C The Ambassadors, SO IS Ses-.
sue HayakaWa in HE Love
/ City, at the Little. Iris. she
Of ''The Green Hat. does g
Brodie at the BrOadhurst. and
Poppy OF The Shanghai Ges-
ture stops breathing at the
Beck. Downtown TI1e Dyb.
btIIx" ends with q call for the
undertaken at the NeigIlbOr-
hood Playhouse. and that's
about TIE same way he
Great God Brown rings down
at the Greenwich village.
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hereditary holder but In TINS par
ticular instance Il was neither
hereditary nor highly valued.
The sspack consisted OF Sire.
Thomas, four Or five pounds Of
fluffy French poodle bafbered,
bathed and beribb0ned.
my predicament, said Don
A1yarado. reminds me of that
porfIy. prosperous looking banker
retired one of whose daily duties
WAS taking mammals Fiji Tor
walk. sLo0kee Jimmy. called one
earnin to another. where's a.
fancy vicente meat going wild az
sofy-piIla2 r.,
Don Alvarado's part In the
picture is that OF the immaculate
and vaseIined dancing partner OF
neglected wife her husband y
so busy trying to pay her bills
that he sleeps ia his office- Sire
Thomas il her little comforter.
sympathizer, and understands,
and so quite naturally they spend
good deal Of their time to-
gether, not ipfrequently holdina
the sack themselves after the
party Is well started.
10 anyone who knows Don,
who halls from New Mexico and
is the hard riding scion Of a
Spanish family from the ranchios,
this situation Isl intensely amuse-
ing. He Is more used to caress-
ing the neck OF fractious steeE
with horsehide RATA than
ministering to the whinas Of five
pounds Of fluff on the end Of q
II ss{1Irs Ice, OH
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The New York Daily News
city editor called one of his prize
reporters to his desk.
Get into rehearsal Of Vfra
Cathcart's play, Ashes write q
story on it, or never darken my
door again, he told the re-
porter. The reporter went and
saw and reported and that makes
more grist that turns to gold
Tor Earl CAROLS mill.
/ can't understand the fur
tiveness of that assignment.
Doubtless a phone call to Nh.
Carroll as to what the News
required would have found Mr.
CAROLS car at the News office
pronto to transport to his re-
hearsal as many reporters a.
cared to go.
Anyway, the reporter learned
that the central male figure in
the piece Git opens here March
15) is titled dub named Ray.
haven" and the locale, or some
Of it, is in South Africa.
Mr.. Carroll is not one to
parry with opportunity. The.
Cathcart case gave him a pub
blicity impetus which should be
sufficient to make "Ashes" any
thing but that in the public's
ravenous NAV. He floored the
public on that one and then
hobnailed an imprint on its neck,
by the sbathtub" orgy. Cath
cart is besieged by producers,
editors. circus men, Charleston
promoters, patent medicine peo-
pie and most everyone else who
exploits the public within to his
benefit. The "bathtub" girl,
Joyce Hawley, is less fortunate,
for Mr.. Carroll has been hardly
gallant to her. His repeated as
sertions that the tub was filled
with ginger ale has cramped
Joyce Hawley's vogue. Offered
one thousand dollars for her
confessions as "the champagne
girl" she dwindled, as the
Morning Telegraph has it, to
"two for a quarter" as the GIN
ger ale mermaid.
It all serves, however, TO ag-
grandize Mr.. Carroll, willy nilly.
He is press agent such as the
world has never known because
he has the skin of an armored
rhino, the conceit of Casanova.
Barnum, Anna Held. Mussolini,
compared to him, are Daisy Ash
fords laboriously trying to say
something.
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ALL LANGUAGES
INCLUDING THE
SCANDINAVIAN

While Lenore UIric's portrayal
OF Lulu Belle has been hailed as
the most unusual she has yet
created under, David Belasco's di
rection, a perusal of her career
recalls the fact that she has
played a regular League Of Ma
lions" list of roles.
Mr.. Belasco first presented Miss
Uric as the Indian girl In THE
Heart of Wetona,' after which
she became the French Canadian
heroine OF Tiger Rose" Her
next role was that OF the Chinese
maiden in 1.-THE Som Daughter"
and then for three seasons she
played the. French gamin, Kiki.
Last season. in THE Harem."
Miss Uric played a Hungarian
wife who masqueraded as Tux
ish princess. and now as Lulu
Belle she is portraying a mulatt0
wench.
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Third Attempt

: For the third time work on
1.-The Lost Frontier which was
to be a Thomas H. Ince screen
masterpiece, is scheduled to be.
gin at the Metropolitan studios.
The picture was started by Ince
prior to his death, when his two
brothers. Ralph and John. went
into Colorado and shot a lot Of
exterior stuff.
After, the death of Ince, Hunt
Stromberg agreed to make the
picture, but the new. producers
turned the picture over to Met
ropolitan Pictures. That orKani-
cation IL now preparing TO start
work on its production within the
next six weeks.
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Gaby's Life

The first picture which Norma
Talmadge win make under her
United Artists releasing contract
viii be one based on the life or
Gaby Deslys. the French music
hall actress, who died few years
ago.
a. treatment OF the story IL now
being made. It is expected work
on production will start about
June / at the Pickford- Fairbanks
studio in Los Angeles.
Efforts are being made to get
Ernst Lubitsch to direct the pic
ture.
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Change Plans

Ernest Lubitsch will not make
THE Doormat" as. his next War
ner Brothers super-special. In.
stead he Is having an adaptation
made of the French farce, Re
vellion." the pen work Of MeiElaca
and Halvey.
Monte Blue will play the leading
male role. It will be put into. pro
auction about March q.
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Valentino Thrown

Rudolph Valentino was return
ing from Frisco. whittier he had
gone to hire a valet when his au-
tomobile skidded last Saturday att
Santa Marguerite. near San Luis
Obispo and threw the actor %
feet.
\ He Is suffering from cuts and
bruises. caused principally by fall
ing glass. No one else was in
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Buys Lady, Be Good 2

First National has PURCHASER
the screen rights to the musical
comedy, Lady. Be Good"
Scenarists are now working on
the adaptation. and 1t is quite
likely the story viii be used for
Colleen Moore.
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,''Wet Paint" for q. S.

The Shuberts have obtained the
American rights to WET PANT"
Lord Lathom's writing OF the
COINS on" of modern courtesans
which the Lord Chamberlain, of
London, wouldn't countenance for
West End production.
wet Paint" proved somewhat
eensa tional at q private showing.
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Film 'sUncle Tom"

Uncle Toms Cabin will he
made for Universal by Harry Pol
lard. According to present plans.
Charles Gilpin, the coiored actor,
q TO play Uncle Tom.
Lucien Littlefield has been
aANSen to play Marks. the Lawyer.
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SCION OF THE AZTECS,
POODL B NURSE

master of the Hounds" conferred UPON
Avarado BY Gayne Whitman They both have lmportant
Bride the feature picture ct the hdago 1oI
the week starting tomorrow. ~
England the title distinction and ~ hgn valued py go
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L AEMMLE, PIONEER, HAS
AN ANNIVERSARY

Carl Laeme president Pictures Corporation mas
years picture business This was
in Laupheim, Ger
many, II old he came to
They had just the necessary $oU
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FROM ZAZA TO OMSK,
TOMSK AND SUCH

the of the theatrical world have fol-
lowed the bright red gold head Of Mrs Leslie Carter sort OF
symbolic brilliant personality from
in her
revolutionary which she
HIS Theater next week
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GIRLS ARE CROCODH ES,
GROWN TALL

Now 1t all comes why girl friend able to smear
psck your collar and burst right out into tears down your
neck than that she trying to have her way
inherited trait that has been passed DOWN ne
We crosSeyed at SOCK
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-14

for the manuscript of his next pie
ture, which is being sent to him.
The popular First National star
chooses his leading ladies' very
carefully, and from the remarks he
made. about the requirements for
female leading roles in his pictures
it becomes easier to understand why
Ben Lyon is more inclined to the
girl of motion pictures as a matri
monial quantity.
And as for emotion we are
looking forward to treat of some
thing of this nature when "The
Prince of Tempters comes to the
Valley Theater tomorrow. Featured
with the star are Lois Moran of
Stella Dallas fame; Mary Brian, the
Wendy of "Peter PAM and Lya
de Putti, an importation from Eu
rope, who was q sensation in Eva
riety.''
OF course there is many slip
and Mr.. Lyon has not yet found his
dream girl. Who knows He may
fall in love with the secretary who
takes care of his fam mail, and
again he may follow his present in.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-14
"CROAKERSo FOOLED AGAIN

With the aid of the wind and sun, Imperial Valley
is rapidly returning to normal following the visit OF
last weeks heavy storm.
AS the way is opened for partial survey OF condl-
tons they do not appear to be anywhere near as bad
as some of the pessmists would have believe last
week. when the storm at its height.
At that time these ''croakers' went about crying
"the valley is ruined lettuce crop gone business at
standstill and times will be hard for months to come
One pauses to wonder Just how much faith such peo
pie have in Imperial Valley. True the storm was
servere and caused all of plenty Of inconvenience
But when it right down the amount OF injury
done, it is insignificant
The lettuce crop has not been ruined. AS matter
Of fact the number of lost because of the storm is
estimated about 900 instead of the 1900 the croak
ers' would have believe. Also there is good reason
to believe that the loss will eventually be found to be
less. With the reduction OF acreage there is feeling
among the growers that a better price will be obtain
able, than if the market were to be gutted with
lettuce
Other crops did not fare so badly Roads
destroyed communication with the outside world was
interrupted for short time and we all floundered IN
mud for couple of days.
If we cannot take little jolt like that without
whining, fears to think what might happen if we
hit like Santa Barbara the cities in Florida.
The "croakers" would probably try to encourage all
OF us to sit down and wait for the undertaken.
Based on its past history, it is going to take some
thing more than two day storm to put Imperial
Valley out of commission, and whole lot more to des
troy it.
The pity of it all is that many local residents
who should have known better only too willing
to ioin the croakers" last week, jumping at the
portunity send out adverse reports on conditions
here be broadcast along the coast and IN other parts
OF the country We recommend they read Kip
ling's If
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Of the usual channels and nc
enhances the drama and lnAlo
but gives a quaint and beauti
ting for the romance bstwes
star and Boys. q
Despite grim danger and
that keep the spectator =
tickling and hair ar-rise, IL
story and the comedy elem
"Her Man o. War; predo|
Jimmie Adams, Christie come|
and his partner in hilarity
Deslys, supply a great deal of
and the triangle of love
formed by Miss Goudal, Bo|
Grace Darmond, the latter pl|
, German countess ,furnish(
more effective comedy thrt
up to a really snappy, hap
satisfactory ending.
Other members of the east
ert Edeson, Mikhael Navit
Junior Coghlan, Frank Ursor
ed 'Her Nan o War; VIII
adapted from Fred Jackson
by Jeanie Macpherson and
Fort, with G. Gardner Sull
production editor. Charles
prepared the continuity.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-14
FARMER TOURISTS

There is going to be type of tourist invasion
of Europe next summer. Five hundred American
farmers going to visit England Scotland
Denmark, Belgium Germany, France, Holland and the
island Of Guernsey.
ine, for information about their business. They
will study planting methods fertilization of the SOIL
irrigation reclamation of slope land slaughterng egg
packing and other things that done very
we'll in the countries they expect to visit.
One thing particularly they will be keeny interested
in. That is cooperative farming in which some parts
of The Old World are far ahead of America.
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eliustions and become welded to /:
SOTeOA 'vtAf. H"f' -4--.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-14
The little rabbit girl
heard a dueer. sound.

+ locked, and whenever Baby Bunty
passed it she walked on her tiptocs,
wondering if she could hear any
noise. But she never did, until one
dav. But let me tell it from the
beginning.
Though none of the little bunny
children was allowed TO look into or
90 near the secret closet, Uncle
Wiggily himself, or his wife, often
0pened the door at night, when the
children were asleep, and peered
within. Then the rabbit gentleman
would say: 49,.
II hope they will like them' y
And his wife would say.
"Oh, they can't help it! They
are Just darling, l Think
Now, tut, tut! There is no use
asking me. am not going to tell
YOU the secret. But about Baby
Bunty-Oh, yes. Well, one evening,
! when il was almost time to go 20
bed, Baby Bunty happened to be
PLAYING with rubber ball. u
bounced out of her paws and rolled
toward the secret closet under the
stairs.
Baby Buntv hoped after her toy
and, picking it up near the door Of
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-14
IMPERIAL
Ry Press staff Correspondent

IMPERIAL, Dec. u. - Waiter
Smith is confined 10 his home on G.
street with mild ease of tonsilitis.
Morris Young was the guest Of W.
-. Gott Jr., Sunday.
On account Of the recent heavy
rain, school will be closed a whole
week earlier than the usual vacation.
George Durham of FL Centre is
working for w. ID. Gott in Imperial.
Sam Turner is suffering from Il
bad case of blood poisoning in his
hand.
Charles Fcrrall of RI Ccntro was
an Imperial business caller Saturday.
Miss Estclla Falla spcAt Saturday
with Mrs. Dyke.
Mrs, Perry Eaton is recovering
from a few days Of sickness.
Steve Harris is assisting ". S.
Dunn during school vacation.
Clarence Ogden Of FL Ccntro was
in Imperial Monday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. l.. Townsend
were dinner guests Of Mrs. w. ID.
Gott, Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-14
Looking Backward
What the Press files tell of In
perial Valley for this date
in past years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Dec. IA, 1906

The California Cream and Butter
Co. announced a quotation of 50 "a
cents per pound on butter fat. c.
B. Smith, Imperial, and B. F. Nosler,
FL Centre, are asking for supple.
from the farmers.
Mr.. Rumsey of the FL Centric de-
partment store announced that bust.
ness is increasing 50 rapidly that he
is turning his grocery department
over to L. d. Robinson, who came
here recently. Mr.. Robinson is plan
ming to give special service by put
ting on a delivery wagon.
Ed Boyd and DR.. G. T. Greenleaf
Holtville, and J. Stanley Brown, II
Centre represented the chambers OF
commerce of their respective towns
at meeting held at Imperial for
the purpose OF organizing an Impe-
rial Valley chamber of commerce 10
work for the good of the valley as
q whole.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-14
THE LAST CTCLIST

There is romance in the feat Of v. A. Patton Of MIN
neapolis aged So who has just completed bicycle
trip from his home to Manu. fla. He wanted to
beat the winter south and having automobile,
cheerfully pedaed 2,400 miles in "a days.
hundred miles day on bike is nothing to be
sneezed at Many man half Mr.. Pattons age
would give up before he had been the road week.
Yet that distance probably harder to cover today
with the good paved roads that stretch over the coun-
try everywhere than so miles was in the old days
when bicycle touring was a glorious adventure.
The example might we'll be followed by lot of migra
tory Americans of all ages, who do their migrating in
suffy Pullmans sedans and whose only exercise Is
holding steering wheel and shifting gears.
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the secret closet, the little rabbit
! girl heard u queer sound. It was q
ticking. tocking sort of noise and at
once Bunty ran to the other boys
and girls and whispered:
'Oh, l know what s in the So.
cret closeti'
What'' asked Jingle.
''If you know you mustn t tell! .
warned Jangle. cit is so near
Christmas that we ought to be very
| good and not snoop.'
Il WASH t snooping.' declared
Bunty. II was just getting my
ball and heard in the closet a
noise like
But before Bunty could say what
, she heard, there was another sort
of noise in the bungalow. 1t was
1 snarling, barking, growing sort
of noise and Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy cried:
ooh, the Wolf is in. The Woozie
Wolf is in. Somebody left the door
open and the Wolf is in.''
Uncle Wiggily, who was reading
his evening paper, rushed from the
library with three jumps to drive
the wolf away. The bad chap was
standing close to tAe secret closet
and all of sudden there came
from it loud banging noise:
BOOM like that.
"Oh, there must be some soldiers
in that closet with their guns and
they are shooting at mel" howled
the bad chap. az came in to nibble
some ears, but another time will do
as well. don't want to be shot,
And away ran the wolf.
Uncle Wiggilv went back to his
paper, never opening the closet door
10 see what made the booming noise.
And when the little bunnies asked
Baby Bunty if that was the noise
she heard, she said:
''It s q secret closet and I'd bet
ter not say what kind of a noise l
heard in it. But it WASH t that
kind. 1t was more like And
then. for fear it might slip out of
her, Baby Bunty put her paws over
her lips and all the little ones hop,
ped up to bed. So the secret of
the closet was still safe. And if the
letter man will bring home a piece
Of Swiss cheese full of hole. for
the goldfish to jump through, III
tell you next about Uncle Wiggily
fixing the fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-14
SECOND HAND PIANOS
IN DEMAND IN RIO

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dee IL
Dealers in second hand pianos do Il
thriving business in Brazil, due TO
the fact that the life Of an imported
piano. or any imported piece OF
furniture, becomes only matter Of
few months after it is attacked
by the Brazilian bug, Cupim, that
thrives on foreign wood.
An imported piano can be sold for
only few hundred milreis after the
CrHm does its work, but the. second
hand dealer is able to realize .
rrofit on the mechanism Of the in
si.%tmeut.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-14
THEATERS

Woe to the thousands of girls who
have visions of becomeing Mrs. Ben
Lyon, for the popular movie star IN
tends to marry in the profession.
Thls announcement was personally
made by the star recently while
spending a vacation at Atlantic
City, \. j., following the completion
of The Prince of Temptcrs in
which he is featured in the title role
over east of prominent names.
Many consider Mr.. Lyon a new
screen personality who has met
with immediate success. Mr.. Lyon,
however, has been in moving pie
lures for three years. before that
he was on the legitimate stage for
about the same length of time and
prior to that had his days as an
"extra. -
He is extremely enthusiastic
about his work and is now waiting