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1814 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD December 22, 1917 Paramount Has Strong Start for 1918 Will Begin the Year with Plays Featuring Some of Its Best Acting and Writing Combinations. FOR iiit- first month of the new year Para nt offers in January a superior list of striking photodramas starring its most popular players and written by prom- Inenf authors. The schedule is notable for several reasons, not east "i which is the reappearance of George Beban, after ral months, In "Jules of the Strong Heart," directed by Donald Crisp. .tn
December 22, 1917 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1815 How Universal Begins New Year In First Six Weeks Will Feature Messrs. Rawlinson, Hoxie, Mulhall, Carey, Grace Cunard and Louise Lovely. THE distribution of Universale product for the early weeks of the new year will account for an array of special attractions, designed to center renewed interest in the stars that have been prominent in past releases originating at Universal City. Harry Carey, Louise Lovely, Grace Cunard, Herbert Rawlinson and Jack Mulhall, stars long identified with Universal's activities, figure as leaders in the arrangements for the first six wreeks of 1918. There has been a careful selection of vehicles to suit the screen temperaments of the various star players, Harry Carey being furnished with a western, Louise Lovely having an emotional melodrama, Herbert Rawlinson figuring in a highly exciting adventure. Grace Cunard starring in sensations and Jack Mulhall having a romantic play to suit his style. Thus will exhibitors be able to offer their public the type of entertainment that is expected from the individual star. Here are the specifications, in brief, that apply to these Universals so far as special features have been definitely scheduled for releases: December 31— "The High Sign," a Herbert Rawlinson production, starring the hero of "Come Through" and other snappy productions of high-speed sensations. Elmer Clifford directed. January 7—A Louise Lovely production, "The Wolf and His Mate," with Hart Hoxie, Betty Schade and Alfred Allen, in a feature directed by Edward J. Le Saint. January 14—A Grace Cunard production, "Hell's Crater," featuring the star of some of Universal's most successful serials. January 21— "Madam Spy," a Jack Mulhall production, with Claire Du Brey and Donna Drew leading the support. Douglas Gerrard directed. January 28—A Harry Carey production, directed by E. J. Le Saint, "Phantom Riders," with Molly Malone. February 4—The Louise Lovely production, "Painted Lips," directed by Edward J. Le Saint, with Betty Schade, Alfred Allen and Louis J. Cody. THE PICTURE THAT MADE TWO STARS. Whatever may be the public verdict of "Les Miserables" the production will be memorable to two young women in the employ of William Fox as having been the picture which gave them their opportunities to prove their right to be starred. Before Madame Sonia Markova was announced as a star, Mr. Fox wished to verify his judgment by a try-out, and gave her the part of Fantine in his William Farnum de luxe production of Victor Hugo's masterpiece. He put her in high grade company knowing that if she could make the part stand out under such conditions she had the mettle justifying advancement. That his judgment was correct is proved, he believes, by the attention Madame Markova received from New York critics and reviewers in the notices of the opening of "Les Miserables" at the Lyric theater, December 3. The other young woman who started her first starring picture under Mr. Fox's management just after finishing her performance in "Les Miserables" was Jewel Carmen, who had already proved her attractiveness and worth in numerous pictures. FRED THOMPSON TO DIRECT BESSIE LOVE. In line with Pathe's new policy of big stars in big features produced by big directors, Frederick Thompson, maker of what is generally known as Marguerite Clark's best picture, "The Goose Girl," and many other successes, and further distinguished as the first legitimate stage director to go into motion pictures, has been engaged to direct Bessie Love. Under Mr. Thompson some of the best-known stars on the screen made their film debut, including Norma Talmadge, John Bunny, Lillian Walker. Earle Williams, Carlyle Blackwell, Peggy Hyland. He has also handled many others, including Edith Storey, Clara Kimball Young, Anita Stewart, Antonio Moreno, William, Farnum, John Barrymore, Hazel Dawn, William Elliott, H. B. Warner. Naomi Childers, Dorothy Kelly, Charlotte Ives and little Bobby Connelly. PICTURE WORK ENHANCES PLAYER'S POPULARITY. The recent triumph of Marjorie Rambeau in a big Broadway production, "The Eyes of Youth," at Maxine Elliott's theater, is due, she says, in considerable measure to vastly increased public knowledge of the star's personality through her work in picture plays which have included some of the most 'Successful of Mutual productions. Miss Rambeau was widely known as a metropolitan star when she entered motion pictures, but her fame has been enhanced through her appearances on the screen in "Motherhood," "Mary Moreland," "The Mirror," "The Dazzling Miss Davison," "The Debt" and 'The* Greater Woman." With her reappearance as Gina Ashling in the speaking drama she was given a hearty reception by the public and critics. "THE UNBELIEVER" (Edison). It is announced that the forthcoming Edison seven-part picture, based upon the story, "The Three Things," by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, will be released under the title, "The Unbeliever." "Christie Comedies" Further Adventures of Young Married Couples Featured in Two Characteristic Comedy Releases. AL Reviewed by Robert C. McElravy. E. CHRISTIE has concocted two new comedies with a farcical twist, one called "Help! Help! Police!" and the other "Their Seaside Tangle." Both deal with the tril. illations of newlyweds and are Constructed with lh lion and careful attention to detail for which the Christie offerings are known. The casts of these new offerings are pleasing and the In, is genuinely entertaining. "Help! Help! Police!" is a domestic comedy, written Richard F. Young. The Smiths are a young married couple, portrayed by "Smiling" Billy Mason and Ethel Lynne. i have a neighbor who is always boasting of bis prowess at catching burglars. The Smiths desire to have an adventure which will "put one over" on this bragging neighbor. E of them employs a burglar to enter the house that night. The resulting situations are very amusing, and it is the neighbor, after all. who comes in and restores order. "Their Seaside Tangle," by Robert F. McGowan, is a bathingresort comedy, featuring Betty Compson, Jay Bi Smiling" Billy Mason and Lois Leslie. The plot is a slender one and concerns one of the husbands, who pretends to take poison because his wife flirts with the other. A doctor and the beach police force take part in the general mixup. The clear photography and attractive settings do much to make this enjoyable. WILLIAM S. HART IN BIG TREE STORY. William S. Hart and company are in the Santa Cruz country filming some "big tree" scenery for the famous actor's next Artcraft release. With Hart are E. H. Allen, his business manager; Gertrude Claire, Maude George, Robert Gordon, and thirty other players of the Thomas H. Ince Studios. Hart is giving to this, his fourth picture for Artcraft. all the superb direction, photography, and dramatic interest of his other releases plus a story which has most exciting moments and much human appeal. BOBBY BUMPS, EARLY SHOPPER. No doubt inspired by the advice published far and wide in the press, on billboards and in street cars to "do your Christmas shopping early," Earl Hurd of the Bray Studios, Inc., tells in his latest animated cartoon, "Bobby Bumps. Early Shopper," appearing in the ninety-seventh release of Paramount-Brav- Pictograph, the "Magazine-on-the-screen," what happened to his youthful hero when he failed to follow said advice. BIG FIGHT SCENES IN "THE AVENGING TRAIL." Harold Lockwood's fight scenes with Lester Cuneo in his recent Metro wonderplay release, "Under Handicap," were big and thrilling, but they are overshadowed by those in his forthcoming Metro wonderplay, "The Avenging Trail." an adaptation by Fred J. Balshofer and Mary Murillo of Henry Oyen's novel, "Gaston Olaf." In "The Avenging Trail" Mr. Lockwood is a principal figure in a number of fights, but the most bitter is the one he stages Scene from "The Avenging Trail" (Metro). with Louis Walheim, who plays the role of Lefty Red. Red challenges Gaston to meet him to settle their differences. The battle wages furiously with neither gaining the advantage until one of Gaston's blows sends his adversary crashing against the bar. Seeing that the tide is turning one of the crowd slips a knife into the hands of Red, who lunges forward to continue the fight. Gaston is alert, however, and, locking Red's arms, renders his attack useless and throws him to the ground, his arm broken. The fight was so realistically done that for a week Lockwood and Walheim carried bruises.
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