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APR is 1927
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Filmpaper $> 5£S?™? (20c)I, Number 9 Thursday, April 7th, 1927
Copyright, 1927, byVagabond Pub. Co.
hiatus Zukor Shifts Near?Paramount Girding for Giant Film War
Mystery Veils Plans
Of Paramount Chiefs
A COMPENDIUMOF CLIPPINGS
,
THREE MEN IN A BOAT
A reader of HOLLY-VAGABOND
in to say
ast week you printed a story
three men in a boat with leak-
oars and asked how they got
shore. It all depends upon who
men were. Their initiative may
had much to do with the sad
of affairs. Please identify
for us, etc.
We have communicat-
with Mr. George Rigas
hope to have further
next week.
NEXTWEEK^?
"MORENEW
BLOODMOTIONPICTURES"
The Third
of the Great
Vagabond-
Series
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SALLY O'NEIL
The IVistful Hoyden" ofHollywood
(See Page Five)
a
That a radical realign-
ment in the ParamountLasky organization is near
is the general belief in-
spired by the recent puz-
zling
moves on the part ofZukor and his lieuten-
ants.
With the failure to renewseveral contracts of more or
less important players, with
the pending acquisition of
new stars for Paramunt re-
lease, the first of which is
Fred Thomson, sensationally
successful western player,
the closing of the LongIsland City plant and the
concentration of production
at Hollywod tgether with the
wholesaledismissal of
manypayroll people, rumors are
flying thick and fast in this
town.
With the alliance of Pub-
lix Theaters and independent
theaters owners of New Yorkstate in a booking agreement
a few days ago it is believed
Zukor is maneuvering to
meet the moves of the new
organizations in the direc-
tion of independent book-
ings.
Sentiment and Saccharinity^ —TURN TO PACT FOUR
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's Pet Theories Are Shattered
Announcementsin
Fat EnvelopesAn air of eager expect-"
surrounds us when
reach for the morning
It may be the fresh
of a new-born day.
Then again, it may be
the momentous events
the day, insofar as
postman is concerned,
before noon.
The later mail never
to carry anything
more than passing in-
But the morning mail
it is pregnant with
—o
In many of our early-day
we find a long,
sheet from
Lasky studios.
This sheet is the outpour-
of the press agents whobehind the Zukorian
Most of the timefirst message covers
pages.
Then we know that Mr.
L. Lasky has again
an announcement.—o
Mr. Lasky's utterances al-
put us on the qui vive.
words seem to presage
events about to occur.
Sometimes we find manythat he says that
us splendid opportuni-
to argue and debate.
invariably Mr. Lasky,
ho is a showman amongeditors, has something
interests us.
If we violently and scorn-
berate his statements,
snicker at hisor pooh-pooh his
1-worded pronuncia-
well ... it makesdifference.
Mr. Lasky knows how to
get the attention of editors.
These announcements are
always so pictured as to
lead the innocent and un-
suspecting editor to the con-
clusion that the momentousdeclaration had to be wrungout of Mr. Lasky as if the
press agent had resorted to
some laundryman's device.
"Admitted" and "de-
clared" are two succint
Niblo To Film
Polio Play
Fred Niblo will direct
Channing Pollock's "The
Enemy" for Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer. He has recently
finished "Camille" with
Norma Talmadge, for United
Artists.
words that show the lowly
scoundrels behind the
newspaper desk that they
are blessed, indeed, with
these announcements from
Jesse L. Lasky.
One day, when we had a
bad cold and were wheez-
ing something awful behind
our desk, we plucked from
amongst the heap of morn-
ing mail a garishly fat pack-
age of sheets labeled
"Famous Players - Lasky."
Slying slitting the envelope
open we paused to read:"The big pictures of the future
will be based on stories written
directly for the screen by estab-
lished writers who have made a
serious study of screen require-
ments and public demands."
This was followed by a
pronouncement of the glori-
ous future that awaited the
humble scenarists who had
been vainly struggling for
years to establish the original
story written directly for the
screen. At last their day
was coming!
That was some time ago,
though.
Then another day, whenthe sky was blue, the sun
shone brightly on the
heavily - trafficked streets
and the birds twittered
merrily, we thrust this be-
fore our eyes:"Motion pictures are on the
verge of new developments which
will revolutionize the mechanical
side of the industry."
Now we knew that the
silent drama would once
again make a forward step.
But that, too, was sometime ago.
In a day when we argued,
pleaded, cajoled and silently
threatened for bigger andbetter pictures such as "TheBig Parade," "The CoveredWagon," "Intolerance," andthe other super-films wewere cut short by the ap-
Will Nigh Handles McCoy Film Has
M-G-M 'Rose Marie' Creek War Motif
Will Nigh, who made a
hit with his direction of "TheFire Brigade," will direct
"Rose Marie," popular musi-
cal comedy, for Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer.
General Andrew Jackson's
war against the Creek In-
dians is the background of
Tim McCoy's next Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer film, "TheFrontiersman," which Regi-
nald Barker will direct.
The Duke's MixtureBy BURL TUTTLE
The Duke de Vallambrosa—whatever he may
be—advises the panting populace of Paris that never
again will be become engaged to an American girl.
They are too dictatorial, he remarks.
They don't care what a man's feelings are if they
can have their own way, he adds.
America owes a debt of gratitude to the Duke,
if he is sincere and is not angling for another Amer-
ican matrimonial bid. If more of these foreign "noble-men" could be brought to this way of thinking perhaps
some of our silly American girls might be saved from
their folly.
Former Premier Ramsey MacDonald of England
sounds a warning against the "growing materialism"
of Britain's best set.
"The sort of stuff which is now filling the news-
papers," says MacDonald, "makes you blush and won-
der what is coming over society. The power of wealth
is enslaving humanity."
MacDonald meant that the lust for American
gold, the desire to get something for nothing together
with the ambition for titles on the part of many ladies
of the newly rich is creating a situation that spells
misery for many an American girl and is turning the
sacred sacrament of marriage into a vile barter.
pearance of the postman
with the early morning
batch of letters.
Seizing the Lasky en-
velope we tore it open with
great aplomb. Here would
be substantiation of our
claim that the moviesneeded these epochal films.
Triumphantly we turned to
the first page
:
"The motion picture which holds
the attention of the public from
two to seven days is the absolute
foundation upon which the film in-
dustry is built. That is the type
of picture upon which our company
will concentrate its production ac-
tivity during the coming year."
Alas and alack! Wasthere no justice in this
world. Mighty wroth, wethought to seek a corner
and have a good weep.
But such was not to be,
for only the next day the
postman came in again. Hehad a big, fat letter. It wasmarked "Famous Players-
Lasky." With trembling
hands we took hold of the
envelope and . . .
Oh, well, that was sometime ago.
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April 7, 1927 Hollywood Vagabond Page Three
ikor Changes Name T T , . TTTof His Organization WonOmbk WUThat good old name
"Famous Players - LaskyCorporation" has been
thrown on the ash-heap.
From now on it will be"Paramount Famous LaskyCorporation." The idea is to
associate the name FamousPlayers with the trade-markname Paramount in the pub-lic mind.
However, it will probablybe some time before the
scribes get used to the newname. The initials F. P.-L.
have come in mighty handyand to switch them aroundto P. F. L. will be tough onsome of the rewrite men. Eh,
Arch Reeve?
Photographic Idea
Is Revolutionizing
Harold Dean Carsey,
prominent Hollywood por-
trait photographer, hasevolved an idea in the mak-ing of "still" reproductions
from photoplays thatpromises to revolutionize
existing methods.
Carsey terms these pic-
tures "pre-production stills."
The producer sends the
script of the picture to
Carsey at the same time the
film gets under way in the
studio. Carsey makes notes
from the script and then the
cast, in make-up, assemblesat his studio where stills pic-
turing different sequences of
the photoplay are made.
The added time in prepar-ing the stills thus afforded
Carsey results in more artis-
tic photographs and a diver-sity of interest as comparedwith the ordinary picture
taken on the set. It also
saves the company time dur-
ing the shooting schedule.
Simultaneously with the re-
lease of the print to ex-
changes, Carsey's stills are
sent to exchanges, theaters
and publications.
Among some of the pro-
ductions upon which this in-
novation have been used are
"Son of the Sheik," "Wings,""Beau Geste," "Resurrec-
tion" and "The PatentLeather Kid." It is believed
that within a short time
Carsey's idea will be gen-
erally utilized.
Sought for Films as
Revue Scores WitUnprecedented success has greeted "Honorable
Wu and His Chinese Revue," the lively, bizarre
musical revue produced by Erwin Connelly, film actor.
The revue has played to capacity houses in Sacra-
mento, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and other north-
western cities during the past few weeks and bids for
return engagements are pouring in.
This revue, declared to be a radical innovation in
theatrical history, will be seen in Los Angeles during
the week of April 22nd-29th at which time, it is be-
lieved, the Connelly opus will hang out new marks for
box-office returns. It will be shown in conjunction
with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, "Mr. Wu," star-
ring Lon Chaney.
The hit of the show has been the Honorable Wu,a handsome, dapper young Chinese actor whose im-
personations of celebrities such as Al Jolson, Frisco,
Eddie Cantor and others is declared nothing short of
marvelous. The facile expression of Wu and the
debonair manner in which he acts has made a deep
impression upon audiences.
Not since the heyday of Sessue Hayakawa has the
screen had a popular young Oriental actor of any con-
sequence. In Wu, it is believed, the film industry has
a real candidate for popularity. Already several
offers have been made Connelly but nothing will be
determined until the show arrives in the city the latter
part of the month.
One of the other big attractions of the show is the
chorus of young Chinese girls, who are beauties in
every sense of the word. The typical American flap-
per has nothing on them and they are accorded recep-
tions second only to that of Wu himself.
The entire cast is thoroughly schooled in the ways
of the films and it is a certainty that when the revue
passes before the gaze of the local screen magnates
that many other attractive offers will be made Con-nelly.
If you like to see a Chinese revue that has a rea-
son for being, other than its mere nationality, HOLLY-WOOD VAGABOND can heartily recommend "Hon-
orable Wu and His Chinese Revue."
Adolfi To Handle Chas + Giblyn Back
Farce for Warner From Gotham Wilds
John G. Adolfi, veteran
director, will make "WhatHappened to Father" for
Warners. This is his first
job on his new long-term
contract. Warner Oland,
also signed to a pact with the
Brothers, will be in the cast.
Charles Giblyn, erstwhile
Universal director, has re-
cently returned from NewYork after two years. Hehas finished "Ladies Be-
ware" at F. B. O. and will
soon start a feature film
there.
Thomson Hopes To
Tell James Truth
"The popular conceptionof Jesse James is whollybrutal. Back of his careerof outlawry is a big, humanstory of a man driven to
desperation by the crueltiesand tragedies heaped uponhim in his youth.
"Fundamentally kindlyand law-abiding by nature,he was hounded by carpet-baggers, in the days follow-ing the Civil War, into thecareer that made him notori-
ous. This is the story I wantto tell on the screen."
That is what Fred Thom-son, popular western star,
had to say the other daywhen commenting on thefirst picture he is to make
for Paramount.Thomson is moving his
unit, in toto, from the F. B.O. lot where he rose to fameto the Lasky studio. LloydIngraham will continue ashis director.
"D, W," Decides To
Decide Once Again
D. W. Griffith has upset
all of our office bliss.
Just when we thought wehad him safely tucked awayin the Pathe fold, out comesthe word that he will rejoinUnited Artists, as heoriginally said.
We are somewhat at aloss as to what comment to
make on all of this. Forwhatever may be said, it is
possible "the chief" will notdecide until his name is onthe dotted line and he is
headed for Hollywood.That Griffith is at the
crucial point in his career, all
are willing to admit. Ouronly hope is that his nextaffiliation is a happy andprosperous one.
D. W. Griffith deserves
much from the industry. Letus hope he gets at least asmall share of what is duehim.
Mildred Harris For
Columbia Production
Having finished a featured
role in "That's My Baby" at
Universal, Mildred Harris
has been signed for the stel-
lar role in "Sidewalks of
New York," for ColumbiaPictures.
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H O L L Y W O 0_p
AGABOThe QUALITY Filmpaper
Published by BILLY JOY Edited by FRED W. FOX
A. J. GASCHEN, Comptroller
Published every Thursday by the VAGABOND PUBLISHING
COMPANY, Suite 606 Taft Building, Hollywood, California.
Telephones GRanite 4690 and GRanite 5902. 20c per copy; by
subscription $10.00 per year.
&SACCHARINITY
Hokum and the essence of life.
Why must Hollywood always try to identify them
one and the same?The world has been forced to stomach the sac-
fare of our photoplay chefs for so many years
it seems that we, movers of the movies, have lost
perspectives entirely.
With what illusive assurance have we tried to
ourselves and others that what we serve in
guise of "hokum" is the "sentiment" of the world?
Sentiment, under its many names, is surely the
force of life. One can hardly accept that state-
if the criterion is the Hollywood version.
The time has come for us to draw the fine line
sentiment and saccharinity.
All of mankind's convictions and perceptions of
sentiment, in the finest sense of the word, has been
violated and trampled upon by our menage
of "hokum" distillers. The traditional love of a
mother has been transformed into a hideous display
of tears and unbelievable and garish saccharinity, and
thrust down our throats with no compassion whatso-
ever. The way to our hearts in not through our necks.
The sachems and seneschals of our "drama" have
offended, not only our good taste, but our intelligence
to boot. The inspissated and puissant chapters of
their mental processes has not only aroused a feeling
of resentment against the Hollywood interpretation of
life's gentle impulses, but it has also distorted the
makers' mental concept of what constitutes out-and-
out hokum and true sentiment.
Once in a blue moon we get a "Stella Dallas" or
some other work that seems to reach for the edifying
and nostalgic fervor that we know as sentiment. Whenwe do get it arouses people. They talk. They ap-
plaud. They commend.
Three weeks later we find somebody else whotries an inverted replica of the same thing. But it is
not sentiment. It is merely hokum.
People say that hokum has built the movies.
That is not true.
For if we had an endless succession of pictures
such as "Stella Dallas" we would have a greater in-
dustry. Not only from the sentimental standpoint but
also from the viewpoint of the box-office.
Young
Leading MenA critical scrutiny of the ranks of players in the
silent drama reveals the startling and deplorable fact
that there is a dearth of capable young leading men.
It seems that in the thirty years since the industry
made its advent the supply of intelligent young actors
has never been at such a low ebb.
The feminine contingent has always been plentiful.
This may or may not be due to the energy of the
Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers in
ferreting out likely girls for its "baby star" rosters.
Then again it may be because of the tendency of
the producers to stress greater importance on the im-
portance of attractive females to the box-office value
of pictures.
It is generally regarded as a foregone conclusion
that the public will accept almost any kind of a lead-
ing man, provided the lady is good to look upon.
Such, how ever, is not the case and our mentors are
suddenly awakening to the fact.
There are, of course, many young men in Hollywood
who are handsome and who, outwardly, possess all
evident qualifications for success on the screen. Manyof them, who have languished in their progress, are
regarded as "sure-fire." However, in the acid analy-
sis they aren't so sure-fire after all.
This, perhaps, can be ascribed to the general ten-
dency among the young men to regard their native
charms as irresistible. They fail to take any serious
attention of their latent expressive talents.
Where the female of the species pluckily endeavors
to develop vivaciousness, brilliancy, dramatic ges-
ture and voice intonations, the stolid male merely
seeks refuge in Fair Isle sweaters, plus-fours and pat-
ent-leather hair.
That doesn't convince Cecil De Mille or any of the
others.
They seek neither clothes-horses nor perfume ven-
ders.
They are looking for actors.
There are many promising young men in Hollywood.
If they will only bear in mind the immutable fact that(Continued on Page 7)
It was a true interpretation of sentiment that
made Griffith great in his early days. We only hope
that his promptings will reassert themselves again.
One great stroke of a true sentimentalist will
sweep away the dross of hokum that surrounds us now.
For then true sentiment will be popular.
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April 7, 1927 Hollywood Vagabond Page Five
HOLLYWOOD JOURNEYS WITH FRED FOX \
vagabondia"We are the music-makers
And we are the dreamers ofdreams*''
A. W. E. O'SHAUGHNESSY
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The WistfulHoyden
. . . an Ambition to be Tragic
Sudden powers of prog-
nostication marked our
irst meeting with Sally
O'Neil. They were not
reeted with any enthusi-
asm by the young lady
herself.
We said she would be
a comedienne . . . "some
day."
She protested vigorous-
ly. She wanted to be a
tragedienne.
These ambitions of
Hollywood, seemingly so
inconsequental at times
and many times so fleet,
are not to be discounted
lightly. Time has proved
the futility of dogmatic
theories and the delicacy
of hastily ventured sooth-
saying.
It has been not so much
the triumph of our proph-
ecy as it has been the vin-
dication of our first im-
pressions.
Our first impressions of
Sally O'Neil was of a com-
edienne. There was cer-
tainly no tragedy about her.
But, then, it is hard to gloat
over these things. Tomor-row she may burst upon us
in a sudden dramatic glory
of deep tragedy.
Such is the working of
destiny in Hollywood.
Our first impressions ofSally O'Neil were vaguely
and strangely connected
with the personality of
Mary Pickford. It may be
the tendency of the busi-
ness to create new idols on
the pedestals of reigning
favorites.
Yet we must confess that
we had visions of this dimin-
utive hoyden supplanting
the golden-haired heroine of
this celluloid institution.
Such, happily, was not to
be. Pickford is still withus. And we have found am-ple room for Sally O'Neil.
—At rare intervals during
the many months since
that sunny afternoon
when Sally O'Neil walkedinto our office with her
brother and another man,we have encountered her
upon the boulevard or in
the studio.
With each succeeding
meeting we have beenpoignantly impressed with
the fact that she is grow-ing up and gaining poise.
It is natural, this poise,
not artificial.
Underneath it all she is
still the hoyden of yes-
terday, but at times there
is an expression, so wist-
ful and so far-away, that
flits across her face that it
startles us a little andmakes us wonder whathidden power of dramatic
scope may assert itself
some day.
S o p hi s t i cation has
taken Sally O'Neil.
It is not a sophistication
of the world.
Fred W. Fox
It is a sophistication of
a girl entering woman's
estate.
It is the unconscious
consciousness of charmand growing beauty and
of the never-ending battle
of the feminine world for
praise and mastery.
Time, the gentle sculp-
tor, has placed her on a
new pedestal.
People have exclaimed,
"Sally O'Neil ! My Gawd,
isn't she snappy. She can
say anything to anyone
and get away with it!"
We could never say that.
It is not the truth. The hoy-
den that legend paints as
Sally O'Neil has never as-
serted itself with us. She
has always been exuberant-
ly happy, it is true. She has
never been unctuous nor as-
suming. There is not a note
about her that bespeaks
hypocrisy or sham.
Sally is genuine.
—o
Sally O'Neil is a girl
who lives in fear of criti-
cism.
Not the criticism that is
constructive or friendly, but
the biting, vituperous criti-
cism of people who some-
times misunderstand.
Sally likes to have friends
. . . and keep them.
That is not so true of
Hollywood as a whole.
Sally O'Neil likes to have
people think of her in the
light of a girl who is trying
to be a friend amongfriends.
Not as the distant symbolof what-used-to-be.
At first, it seemed,Metro - Goldwyn - Mayertried to force Sally O'Neil
upon the public. Even herbest friends regarded herinitial appearances withtrepidation; perhaps the
public would take it all as
a gesture against the
golden-tressed Pickford.Time has eliminated the
ups-and-downs of those first
ventures. Some liked"Mike," "Sally, Irene andMary" and "Don't." It
happens that we didn't par-ticularly care for them.Maybe our faith in Sally
O'Neil demanded too muchof her ability in that earlyday. Whatever it may havebeen, our confidence hassince been vindicated.
Sally's progress now is
not so sudden. It is slowerand much surer.
It conforms more to the
public's desire to becomeacquainted with its celeb-
rities and then decidetheir stellar destinies.
For Sally O'Neil the pop-ulace has been laudatory.It has evidenced, in the posi-tive language of the box-office, that she is a welcomefigure in the silent drama.The destiny of Sally
O'Neil now is the result of
the judicious selection of
roles and stories. That, of
course, is the destiny of all
of our players. It is vital
to Sally O'Neil; because shecannot escape being classi-
fied as a type by the audi-
ence.
The popularity of SallyO'Neil can be imperiled bythe choice of vehicles thatcamouflage her individuality
and merely reflect her as animage of, let us assume,Pickford.
The value of Sally O'Neilto Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, to
the industry, to the public
and to herself can be en-
gendered by the selection of
roles of diversified trend,
where the full sway of thatversatility, with which weare positive she is endowed,
can be gained.—o
Though we have proph-
ecied in that bygone day(Continued on Page 6)
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Sally O'Neil was
for comedy, she has
us, in the interven-
days, that her ambi-
for dramatic roles
founded on more than a
fancy.It is built on an inherent
rge to do something big
of moving proportions.- ii
-
Sally's sister, MollyO'Day, is about to emerge
one of the most spec-
dramatic figures
screen has seen in sev-
ral years. That is with
ichard Barthelmess in
The Patent Leather
We know that if it is inolly to accomplish what
eyes have shown us she
then, assuredly, weknow that Sally O'Neil, too,
due for something equally
and compelling.
Sally, of course, is sur-
passingly happy over the
accomplishments of her
ister.
They are devoted and
held together by interest
in each other's progress.
At the same time the
eternal feminine is bound
o show itself. When the
envy or jealousy of a
is aroused we can
expect almost anything.
The day that Molly scores
first triumph will markbeginning of Sally
O'Neil's dramatic career.
or then she will be imbuedwith a natural desire to sur-
ount the accomplishments
f another woman, irrespec-
of kinship.The spirit of this wistful
oyden is being stirred by a
energy and the
ambition to forgehead.
Garbo Pact
Brings M-G-M Peace
Peace has again been re-
on the Metro-Gold-lot again. Greta
has a new contract
the bickering has sub-
She will play "Annawith Ricardo
as the man. Bucho-will direct.
ConfidenceBy BURL TUTTLE
Confidence is the bone
and sinew of business
the stepping stone to suc-
cessful salesmanship.More goods change
hands through confidence
than from any other ele-
ment that enters into the
conduct of business. Themore you analyze life and
business the more im-
pressed you will be with
the importance of confi-
dence as a ruling guide.
The banks tell us that
they lend more on confi-
dence than on collateralthe fact that the majority
of the world's business is
done on a credit basis
shows that confidence is
more important than any
other one thing in busi-
ness.
Whether you realize it
or not, confidence plays an
important part in every
story you sell, so it is well
you have all your efforts
point toward establishingthe confidence of those
you meet and then see to
it that their confidence is
not misplaced.
Now in order to instill
confidence in others youmust have it yourself.
You must believe in
your ability—in the possi-
bilities of interesting the
public and in the value
and utility of your prop-
osition to the man you are
trying to sell. You must
believe in the ultimate
satisfaction he and his as-
sociates will enjoy fromthe purchase and you must
have absolute faith andconfidence in your ownability to meet every argu-
ment or objection that
may be advanced bythose you are trying to
interest.
Confidence begets con-
fidence and without that
sort of confidence on your
part it is difficult to go in
with the necessary en-thusiasm to completely
establish the confidence
of others.
Inasmuch as seemingly
small occurrences andvery trivial remarks often
serve to make or break
the confidence of those
with whom you deal, your
contact with story editors
and producers should al-
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Directors Pledge Aid
For Ramona Pageant
Promises of the full sup-
port of the Motion Picture
Directors' Association to
the Ramona pageant, to
open on April 23, at
Hemet, are given to Gar-
net Holme, the director,
in a letter just received
from John Ford, president
of the megaphone men's
organization, now in Ger-
many.In the missive, Ford ad-
vised Holme, who is pageant
director of the United States
national parks service, of
the appointment of a com-
mittee, including Reginald
Barker, William Beaudine
and Frank Beal to cooperatewith the people of the twin
cities of Hemet and SanJacinto, sponsoring the out-
door play glorifying early
California romance, in in-
suring its success.
With the support of the
directorial organization, it
is anticipated that the en-
tire motion picture industry
will endeavor to attend the
fifth annual presentations to
take place on three succes-
sive week-ends, including
April 23 and 24, April 30
and May 1, and May 7 and
May 8.
The colorful outdoordrama is staged under the
auspices of the Hemet-SanJacinto chamber of com-merce as a community non-
profit enterprise, all pro-
ceeds above expenses being
turned back into permanentimprovements of the Ra-mona bowl, a natural am-phitheatre in a pocket of a
canyon at the outskirts of
Hemet, having the most re-
markable acoustic proper-ties of any outdoor coliseum
in the world.
Clyde Cook Wins
New Warner Pact
Clyde Cook, one of the
best known comedians in
the film industry, has been
given a long-term contract
with Warner Bros.
Cook, following his work
with Monte Blue in "TheBrute," and with Irene Rich
in "The Climbers," is being
groomed for featured posi-
tion with the company, it is
claimed.
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