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HOLLYWOODTh t YacjabondQuality Filmpaper i> ?£*?2£%Volume 1, Number 20. Thursday, June 23, 1927 / Copyright. 1927, by
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hiatusA COMPENDIUMOF CLIPPINGS
[ Billy Joy, the publish-er writes this week's"hiatus" and commentson people and pictures.
—Editor]
They say Al Santell has
the "swell head"- —well,
what of it?
I'd excuse a lot of direc-
tors for getting the swell
head if they would turn
out a few opuses like "The
Patent Leather Kid," star-
ring Dick Barthlemess and
that coming sensation—little Molly O'Day—give
her a hand, boys and
girls.
—o
We are also glad and happy that
success has not spoiled Monty
Banks.
Certainly was a tough
break for little Mervyn Le-
roy—but then with Louella
Parsons going to the bat for
him he's bound to click.
Besides, Marvyn has a
host of friends, is a marvel-
ous "mixer"—and don't let
anyone tell you that he is not
clever.
Being related to Jesse
Lasky was a handicap that
he is rapidly overcoming.
— —We're so glad and happy that
success has not spoiled Cliff Robert-
son—same old Cliff—give him a
hand, boys and girls. I said a
hand—not what you did.
Promoters Flock to
Canada 'Film RushTalk Big Money
In Movie Frenzy
LOUIS B. MAYER
// lio is1,
' The J dive of J ~oung Blood" '
of Fred Fox"
sketch. See Page 8.
Vancouver and V i c -
toria, those otherwise se-
date cities of British Co-
lumbia, are in the throes
of excitement as wild as
that which attended the
California gold rush of
'49. The movies are
comin'!
The movies arecomin'
!
Promoters from Holly-
wood and elsewhere havefound western Canada a fer-
tile spot to promote all kinds
of wild and fanciful "second
Hollywoods," and are busy
talking in terms of millions
of dollars.
One movie director, lately
of Hollywood, has informedthe Canadians that he "quit
Hollywood, after being of-
fered a salary of $30,000 a
week so he could come to
Canada and make "clean pic-
tures!" The pictures he madein Hollywood were nothing
extraordinary and his salary
was far from one-tenth of
what he claims.
One, Mr. William Lee
Sherill, formerly of Holly-
wood, is trying to promote a
$500,000 studio in Victoria
and the staid "Daily Colon-
ist" of that city has burs;
forth in screaming headlines
(Continued on Page 2)
I he Destiny of K^haplin— TURN TO PAGE FOUR
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June 23, 1927 Hollywood Vagabond Page Three
Development of California Riviera
Given Impetus by Tennis Club
The cultural and social
development of the Cali-
fornia Riviera, that world-
famous beauty spot situ-
ated on the Southern Cali-
fornia coast between the
Palos Verdes hills on the
south and the Malibu
country on the north, has
been given added impetus
by the announcement of
the Santa Monica Tennis
Club.
The membership of this
distinctive club will be selec-
tive and is to be restricted to
only the very highest type ofpeople. A clubhouse of the
Spanish type, reminiscent of
an Andalusian hacienda, has
been designed by Mark Dan-iels, famed landscape archi-
tect, and will be situated in
Santa Monica Canyon, the
heart of the California
Riviera.
There will be a huge
lounge, men's grill, lockers
and showers ; w o m e n's
lounge, dressing-room, lock-
ers and showers; card rooms,
dining-room, ballroom and
bedrooms. The terraces will
be bricked and the patios
will adjoin the dining room,
so meals may be served
there.
Facilities will be provided
for dinners, dances, lunch-
eons and other social affairs.
The social aspects will be
stressed as much as the ten-
nis phases. Fifteen tennis
courts, made of En Tout Cas,
the material of which the
famous courts at Wimble-don, England, and other
noted tennis courts are built,
will provide members of the
Santa Monica Tennis Club
with the finest tennis facili-
ties in the west. Thirteen
hundred tons of cinders are
being shipped from the east
and 200 tons of top-dressing
are being imported fromEngland.
People of the motion
picture industry have vir-
tually been "clubbed" to
death during the past two
years by the numerous
clubs of all descriptions
that have sprung up over-
night.
However, Santa Monica
Tennis Club is not of the pro-
motion species and the rigid
qualifications that have been
set down for prospective
members will insure only the
very finest people on the ros-
ter.'Among those who have al-
readv enrolled are William
G. McAdoo, Jr., A. N. Kemp,Senator Phipps, Mark Dan-iels and other noted person-
alities.
Santa Monica Tennis
Club is organized under
California laws. There
will be one thousand mem-bers, and one thousand
shares of stock, selling at
$350 per share with dues
of $3 per month, payable
annually in advanc e.
Thus, the members will
own their club in its en-
tirety.
To those who desire an
exclusive social retreatamidst the glorious sur-
roundings of the California
Riviera, this noteworthy
project will be a welcomeopportunity.
W. A. Slayback, who is
receiving the membershipsof motion picture and other
Hollywood people, subject to
acceptance by the member-ship committee, reportsgreat enthusiasm among our
local gentry for the Santa
Monica Tennis Club.
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Published by BILLY JOY Edited by FRED W. FOX
BURL TUTTLE, Contributing Editor A.J.GASCHEN, Comptroller
Published every Thursday by the VAGABOND PUBLISHINGCOMPANY. Suite 605-606 Taft Building, Hollywood, California.
Telephones GRanite 4690 and GRanite 5902. 20c per copy; by
subscription S10.00 per year.
The Destiny of
ChaplinThe marital sorrows of Charles Chaplin have
in the public a recondite perturbation that this
of clowns may be lost to them forever.
Likewise it has aroused in Hollywood a wonder
it is about to lose from its midst he whom it
as its outstanding craftsman. There has been
that Chaplin will go to England or southern
to make his pictures.
In the early stages of the Chaplin domestic tiff
notion was prevalent that Chaplin would be barred
the screen; that the unpleasant allegations andthat were being aired in the public press
bring pressure to bear upon the powers of the
to safeguard the sanctity of the ever-hostile
element by the banishment of the derbied
Latterly, there has been somewhat of a return
reason upon the part of many who at first bellowed
for the exile of Chaplin from Hollywood's por-
Each succeeding day lessens the possibility, in
public mind, of this colossus of humor being lost
them forever.
However, there is still trepidation in HollywoodChaplin, whose welcome being has moved among
s these many years, is about to desert these confines
some far country.
Irrespective of what may be said, the loss of
to Hollywood would be absolutely withoutChaplin is of and by the motion picture.
is its first distinguished interpreter and has brought
the motion picture the serious regard of the intel-
everywhere. Chaplin transcends all of his al-
contemporaries because of that versatility of his
can only be adequately classified as genius.
To lose Charles Chaplin would be to lose one of
prime factors of Hollywood's eminence.
The destiny of Chaplin should not be decided bye virulence of notoriety.
If the status of many of the world's greatest cre-was determined by the ignominy and scorn that
been poured upon them at intervals during their
then the preponderance of the world's art andwould be lost.
Rather let the future of Charles Chaplin be ad-
judged in the public mind by what he has accom-
plished as an artist and what he can still accomplish.
At times the populace of this great country cannot dif-
ferentiate between personal tribulations and profes-
sional achievements.
As for our professional and hypocritical goody-
goodies, they have neither the sense to differentiate
nor the capacity to adjudge. Therefore, why tolerate
their silly ukases on subjects in which they have no
business to meddle?
It is of manifold importance for Hollywood to
maintain a composed judgment on such affairs of its
own people as may be let out for public mauling. To
indulge in vitriolic comment at the expense of such
valuable individuals as Chaplin is not in good taste,
to say the least.
Let there be sanity in judgment here if not else-
where.
There has been a marked propensity upon the
part of the nation's press to exploit and prostitute the
eminence of Hollywood and its people for notorious
and selfish gain. That is, perhaps, their own business.
At the same time we cannot forego this oppor-
tunity to put ourselves on record as being violently
and unalterably opposed to the lack of good sense and
ethical procedure that will capitalize the mishaps that
are common to humanity and exaggerate them in the
name of public interest in Hollywood.
There are only a very few and scattered in-
stances where Charles Chaplin has been treated with•tl on Page 11)
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June 23. 192; Hollywood Vagabond Page Five
AGABOND ^VERDICTS
Department•
of Personal• Critical •
Opinion^>̂
There is no such thing as an infallible critic. These 1 -&L
CNo^1 reviews of motion pictures and spoken drama are '"'^^^ch
L personal opinions and should be adjudged as such J «3£
A MILLION BID, a Warner Bros.
film directed by Michael Curtiz.
starring Dolores Costello with
Malcolm MacGregor. BettyBlythe, Warner Oland and others.
The title has nothing to do
with the prices the exhibit-
ors are offering for this one.
If ourmemory does not
fail us, "A Million Bid" wasfirst filmed by Stuart Black-
ton for Vitagraph some years
ago. It was a good picture
for that day. The modernversion, however, is some-
what more elaborate and in-
troduces, among other
things, a good, 1927 Warnershipwreck.
Dolores appears very at-
tractive in this film but is
given small opportunity for
acting. Malcolm MacGregoris just Malcolm MacGregor,
because there isn't much else
to do. Betty Blythe bills,
coos and cavorts about but
does not register very effec-
tively as the mother. Thesinister and, later, apathetic
role dished out to WarnerOland is, as "Variety" would
say, "nothing to write homeabout."
Mr. Michael Curtiz has
gone to great pains, it seems,
to introduce a lot of "psycho-
logical" camera flip-flops
patterned after the Germannuances of "Caligari," "Last
Laugh," "Variety," et al.
Here it doesn't mean much.
"A Million Bid" is just an-
other movie.f. w. F.
TOPSY AND EVA, a United Artists-
picture, featuring the Duncan
Sisters. Directed by Del Lord.
Hail Rosetta Duncanbecause you're a great little
actress both on the stage
and on the screen.
Hail Vivian Duncan
because you photograph liketwo million dollars and look
like four million on the
stage.(Continued on Page 8)
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Critics - - -
and
CriticsBy BILLY JOY
A very prominent local
motion picture star, after
having read the criticisms
following the showing of her
picture at a down-town the-
atre, became hysterical andcried for two hours—she wasa female star, of course.
A very prominent local
motion picture star, after
having read the criticisms
following the showing of his
picture at a down-town the-
atre, fired his chauffeur,
threw an expensive vase —vawse— take your choice—at a mirror—breaking both
and, locking his home, left
for his mountain lodge.
Both very foolish children.
The fact that the re-
viewers allowed personal
venom to enter into their
criticisms was, to say the
least, unsportsmanlike. Evenso, if either one of these stars
would realize that no one or
two reviewers ever made or
ever unmade a star—or ever
will for that!
A review of a picture is
only one man's or woman'sopinion—and the success or
failure of the picture, star or
cast does not rest within
their individual powers to
prognosticate.
Some reviewers have a
much-inflated opinion of
what their opinions consti-
tute and their arrogance at
times fairly borders on puer-
ility.
And so — my poor little
star that twinkles—fear not
these psuedo-Bogey Men orWitches—they live in a little
self-inflated and pompousworld that is all their ownmost of them are terribly cir-
cumscribed — and y o u i
wealth, your adulations and
your ability to twinkle, while
they sputter and putter
about, pricks them on to
measures — not fair — not
honest.
What a blessing to you are
the reviewers—and we have
many of them, who are toler-
ant and honest.
On the other hand, thereare some stars whose egotism
prevent them from allowing
a constructive criticism to be
of any help to them—and for
those we hold but little brief.
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oftheSpinning
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A Film Genius Who Is Overlooked
Black Photoplay Actor Deserves Applause
There is an actor in the movies who is one of our
very fewgeniuses.
Hecan be rated with Chaplin as
a thespian.
However, the public and industry has overlooked
this remarkable young player, perhaps because he is
black ; then again, perhaps because he walks on four
feet.
He never says anything for publication. He is a
bachelor (to the best of our knowledge) and leads a life
of gay abandon. He never worries about rent, food,
automobiles or the thousand and one other trifles that
beleaguer the rest of us.
We speak of Felix the Cat.
Felix may not be a matinee idol, nor a sheik with
the ladies, but, oh mama ! he's sure some meow on his
own back fence.
Felix is, perhaps, the most natural actor in the
silent drama. As a comedian, he must be rated far
above Langdon, Lloyd and other clowns.
He never quarrels with his producer. If he should,
Pat Sullivan would merely pour Felix back into the
inkpot.
The next time you chance across this dusky young
thespian, study him closely. You can learn a lot about
screen technique from him.
Felix is the First Actor of the silent drama . . .
because he is always silent.
Cody, Pringle
Team Once MoreThe team of Lew Cody
and Aileen Pringle is popu-
lar, says Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Therefore they will
follow "His Brother FromBrazil" with "Adam andEvil," both directed by Rob-ert Z. Leonard.
Clement Joins As
M-G-M Scenarist
Colin Clement, author of
"Plays for Pagans," "TheSiege," "The Three Lepers
of Suk-El-Garab" and other
dramas, has joined theMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer scen-
ario staff.
Conrad Novel
Is MGM Picture
Joseph Conrad's novel,
"Romance," is being filmed
at Metro - Goldwyn - Mayerwith Ramon Novarro, Mar-celine Day and others.
B. P. Schulberg, produc-
tion manager for Paramount,
has gone to Japan on a four
clay visit with wife and
daughter. He'll be back
July 12th.
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Conscious of half the pleasure which they give."
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June 23, 1927 I Iollywood Vagabond Page Seven
UFA Makes Hit
With New Film
According to all the box-
office dope, UFA's '"Wrath
of the Gods," now playing in
Europe, is a big clean-up.
This picture, directed byDr. Arnold Fanck, is said to
be a sensation, surpassing
"Variety," "The Walt z
Dream" and other UFA pic-
tures.
Unusual camera shots, but
with a definite meaning, to-
gether with grotesque set-
tings and a high standard of
acting, have brought a
shower of praise from con-
tinental critics and there is
no doubt but what "Wrathof the Gods
1' will return a
handsome profit to its pro-
ducers.
Famed Scribe
Now In Movies
Beatrice Fairfax's original
story, "Lovelorn," will be di-
rected by John McCarthy for
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer.
Jane LaVerne, four years
of age, has been signed to a
five-year contract by Univer-
sal. She will be starred.
I "Big Parade" Rolls Up $6,000,000 GrossJ
• Metro-Goidwyn-Mayer Film Now at Top of Money |
|Ml » » ...
"The Big Parade," the war film directed by King
Vidor for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is the biggest money
maker of any motion picture ever produced.
In a story printed in a recent issue of "Variety,"
New York theatrical journal, "The Big Parade" is
credited with rolling up a gross of $6,000,000 and a
net profit of $2,000,000.
Second place is held by "The Covered Wagon,"
James Cruze's production for Famous Players, with
approximately $1,700,000 to its credit; third place to
D. W. Griffith's "'Way Down East," with $1,350,000,
and fourth place to C, B. DeMille's "The Ten Com-mandments," which has netted about $900,000 on its
roadshowings.
No mention is made of Griffith's "The Birth of a
Nation," which is understood to have been the biggest
money-maker to date. It is a moot question whether
"The Big Parade" has passed the early Griffith opus,
but, at any rate, the record is claimed for the Vidor
picture.
"The Big Parade" has yet to make its runs in the
regular picture houses and in foreign territories. The
$6,000,000 gross and $2,00,000 represents money
taken in on roadshows. This is certainly a record in
itself.
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Dark Deed
Like £L W.l
dark plot is this?
Zukor's press agents
us the following:
master press agent of Hol-
where publicity is public-
been brought to light.
motion picture company
will film Anita Loos' "Gen-
Prefer Blondes" has been
for an actress to play
the goldd-igging heroine of
satire.
St. Clair, the director who
fim the picture, sent two hun-
form post cards to all his fel-
irectors of Hollywood, asking
fo rtheir first, second and
choices of a girl to play the
other day the Paramount
received three hundred cards,
suggesting Rita Carew to play
This in spite of the fact
nearly all of the two hundred
originally sent out have been
press agent suspected was
seen coming out of a print
And today he has writer's
receiving this hint
deep-dyed deed in the
HOLLYWOODmustered its
and set their mas-
minds a-deducting.
the finger of
pointed at Mons.
for Edwin Ca-
this heinous plot is
work of Harry, then
he has earned
part for Rita . . .
with printer's
( !) and writer's
( !!)
La Plante has signedcontract with Univer-
for a long period of time.
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Hail Joe Schenck—be-
cause, when every producer
in the business "dunked" the
Duncans, you had the cour-
age to sign them and give
them a chance to show howworthwhile they are.
I was a cinch for the Dun-
cans. Having been "borned"
in the South and raised on a
plantation, I was a "made-
to-order" audience for those
two children. And how I
reveried—how I recalled mykiddie days, with the Missis-
sippi flowing nearby—with
darkies strummin' and hum-
min'—and with gorgeous
southern sunsets, strangely
silhouetting stately mag-
nolias against those skies
My! My!—what a sweet.pleasing evening the Dun-
cans afforded me.
I enjoyed the picture, but
do not feel that this particu-
lar vehicle allowed the Dun-
cans one-tenth of the oppor-
tunities to display their ex-
traordinary talents.
Del Lord's direction was
practically flawless a n d
Clarence Hennecke's "gag-
ging" helped in getting the
weak story over.
Rosetta and Vivian cer-
tainly rushed into the motion
picture colonv with a bang.B. J.
Hollywood Issues Commands mNew Titles; Either Smile or Swim I
The title for Bebe Daniels' next Paramount pic-
ture is "Swim, Girl, Swim," while the title of a forth-
coming First National opus is "Smile, Brother, Smile."
Thetitle for exhibitors is "Cash In, Kid, Cash
In" . . . maybe.
"Let Me Protect You"
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HOLLYWOOD JOURNEYS with FRED FOX
vagabondia XI "We are the music-makers
And we are the dreamers of dreams"
I A. W. E. O'SHAUGHNESSY
The Valve ofYoung Blood
.... New Energy, New Perspectives
Organization m a y be
likened to the "humanheart. The motion picture
industry is an intricate or-
ganization. There is the
heart itself . . . the stu-
dio. There are the veins
that distribute . . . the
film exchanges. The blood
nourishes the body . . .
the theaters.
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There are many individual
hearts that compose the one
great heart that is the motion
picture industry. Of these
many individual hearts.
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer is
among the greatest.
Just as the human heart
has valves that control the
flow of blood, so the Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer heart . . .
the studio at Culver City . . .
has a valve that controls andenergizes the blood . . . the
pictures. . .
that flowsthrough the network of veins
. . . the exchanges . . . andnourishes the great body of
theaters that depends uponMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer f o r
nourishment.
This valve is Louis B.
Mayer . . . the Mayer of
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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There was not the atmos-
phere of confusion or workdone under high pressure, so
common to the offices of
many film executives, in thesanctum of Louis B. Mayer.
A few papers on the desk,
an array of telephone, dicta-
phone, humidor, water car-
afe, glass-top desk, roll-top
desk behind it, souvenirs and
mementoes of various des-
criptions, a few portraits of
world-famous people adorn-
ing the walls, rich draperies
swaying in the breeze, dif-
fused lights, stained glass on
the windows . . . neat, unob-
trusive orderliness.
This was the workshop of
a worker.
Mr. Mayer, a man of
rather short, stocky build,
arose and greeted us with
brief pleasantry. Blackhair, fringed with grey;
piercing eyes; a deter-
mined jaw . . . the quiet
yet immaculate apparel of
a successful business man.
Louis B. Mayer radiates
a feeling of big tasks un-
dertaken and big results
attained. There is the im-
pression of a man able to
cope with the problems of
great enterprises ... ef-
ficiently and quickly.
One knows, after a first
glance at Louis B. Mayei,
that here is a man who can
take a problem under advise-
ment, consider it for a fewmoments, and arrive at a
definite decision. Mr. Mayeris the type of man whospeaks in terms of "Yes" and"No." With him there is no
faltering or bewilderment.
He knows his work. He hasconfidence. H i s decisions
are undoubtedly the result
of many years' cumulative
experience shaped to the
problems of the moment.
Fred
Here was the valve of
Young Blood.
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayerhas pledged itself to adhereto the tenets of young blood
;
to tear away from dogmasto infuse new energy, newperspectives, new interest
into its product, Louis B.
Mayer is the man who, ulti-
mately, must keep faith with
the promise.
The success of the com-pany is the success of MayerThat success is vast.
—o
" We, the producers,
very rarely get credit for
anything t hat is accom-plished in this business.
But let something go
wrong and the blame is
all ours.
"The credit of a grea„ pic-
ture invariably is bestowedupon the director, the play-
ers or others concerned in
the actual production. Theyare entitled to it, certainly
At the same time, perhapsthe producer, too, is entitled
to a small share of credit. It
is he who must make the de-
cisions and rise or fall on the
merits of the picture when it
is to be sold.
"When we achieve wepass unnoticed. When weerr there are a thousand
critics 1 u r k i n g in the
bushes who will pounecupon us." .
There was a faint trace of
irony in the voice. Louis B.
Mayer is a sentimentalist but
he manages to cloak it undera very matter-of-fact ex-
terior. With him, too, there
is great pride in work well
done; the eagerness to cull
popular opinion of achieve-
ments or errors; the desire
to accomplish and progress
It is not altogether fair thatsuch men should be asked to
shoulder all the blame andnone of the credit.
"We have founded a
new movement here in
Hollywood. It is the
Academy of Motion Pic-
ture Arts and Sciences. It
has been organized with
an ideal in mind. It has
been lauded; and it has
also been criticized. This
movement may be suc-
cessful . . . then again,
it may be a failure. It is
founded on the ideal of
fostering harmony within
the industry. We havegreat faith in the indus-
try . . . not merely the
producers, but the actors,
the directors, the players,
the scenarists, the camer-
amen, the 'extras' . . .
everybody.
"It is
an organizationfor
mutual benefit; not for indi-
vidualistic aggrandizementor ulterior political schemes.
The personnel shows its high
caliber.
"The Academy will give
everybody in pictures an op-
portunity to discuss different
problems affecting the vari-
ous branches of the industry
not with selfish interests at
heart, but for the benefit of
all concerned. It will be an
open forum, where com-
plaints, suggestions and dis-
cussions may-- hi launched
and heeded. Toward cm^end committees composed of
representatives of each and
every phase of the industry
have been organized. If the
producer is at fault, he mustexplain himself; if the actor
or the director, the camera-
man or the scenarist, is at
fault, they, too, must explain
themselves to their owncraftsmen.
"This is the only sane
way to settle internal dis-
putes; to 'air' them and
not walk around with a'chip on the shoulder'."
—o
There was a pause of a
few moments as Mr. Mayer(Continued on Page 11>
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Ten Hollywood Vagabond June 23, 1927
Feat Will Give
Impetus to Aviation Films
The epochal flight of Colonel Lindbergh, together
the many other daring aviation feats, both per-
andplanned, will give great impetus to the
of films based on aviation.
Paramount's "Wings" will undoubtedly benefit
by the present popular interest in aeronautics
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's film, "War Birds," will
receive enhanced attention.
Other pictures dealing with air exploits are also
for early production.
Did Shakespeare Play Baseball7
Did Bill Shakespeare ever play baseball?
Bid the Bard of Avon ever sally out to a backlot
sock the pellet over castle walls?
Was he the Bambino of Merrie England?
These are the moot questions raised by Mr. Sam
Universal press agent, who claims that Lu-
Littlefield, actor of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," has
delving into Shakespeare volumes and emerged
the following, which smacks of baseball lingo
:
"A hit, a very palpable hit." Hamlet.. 5-1.
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair."—Macbeth, 1-1.
•'—Which flies the higher pitch."—King Henry VI, 1-1.
"Play out the play."—King Henry IV, 2-IV.
"Do not saw the air too much."—Hamlet, 3-11.
"O, let him pass!"—King Lear, 55-111.
"Let the world slide."—Taming of the Shrew, 1-1.
"One, two, and the third in your bosom."—Romeo and Juliet, 2-IV."Out, I say!"—Macbeth, 4-1.
"When they are out they will spit."—As You Like It, 4-1.
"Flat burglary as ever was committed."—Much Ado About Nothing.
Well, anyway, it sounds strange, eh?
Will
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The Destiny of Chaplinontinued Page 4)
any degree of tolerance and even in those instances
the most caustic sarcasm has been lurking behind the
evidently assuaging remarks of these editorial piccolo-
players.
We do not regard Charles Chaplin as a martyr
in any sense of the word. He has merely been sub-
jected to the unhappiness that is meted out to manya man whose domestic differences wind up in the
courts.
The real martyr, if Chaplin is lost to America, is
Hollywood. Yet we are moved by a profound hope
that the destiny of Charles Chaplin will be realized in
Hollywood, the incubator of his ambitions and the
crucible of his labors.
There are enough Hollywood notches in that
double-barreled shotgun, Intelerance, to prompt all
of us of this great industry to rise and combat the
sinister influences of the warped minds that parade
as the great moral adjudicators of America.This is one time when Hollywood is not going to
suffer because of the notions of bigots.
The destiny of Charles Chaplin lies in Hollywood.
This is where we want him ; where we need him ; and
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vagabondia(Continued from Page 9)
was called to the long-dis-
tance phone in the adjacent
room and also consulted on
various studio matters.
"Metro-Goldwyn-Mayeris a company of young
blood, new energy, newperspectives," he said, re-
suming his chair. "Eachday witnesses progress in
motion pictures. We must
have people who keep
abreast of the times. Our
pictures must be abreast
of the times, for the pub-
lic is always keeping step.
"What was novelty two
years ago is dogma today.Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer
must always be the com-
pany of novelty ; never of
dogma; that is our creed.
"When we make motion
pictures we are making en-
tertainment for the people
They appreciate fine enter-
tainment and we never find
that we have 'to play downto our audiences.' That is a
theoretical fallacy of the
business that has been shat
tered by Metro - Goldwyn •
Mayer.
"Always our idea is to
interpret youth . . . for
youth is life. Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer is the com-
pany of young blood. We
Brown Spectacle
Promises To Set
New Film Marks"The Trail of '98," from
Robert Service's novel, is
coming forth as one of the
giant productions of thescreen.
While Director Clarence
Brown has been filming for
several months, the picture
is as yet only half finished.
To date twelve thousand ex-
tra players have been used
and forty-five principal play-
ers will be seen in this spec-
tacle.
This production willeclipse all of Brown's previ-
ous films such as "TheEagle," "The Goose Wo-man," "Flesh and the Devil"
andother pictures
are not tied to moth-eaten
recipes." —o—The success of Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer is the suc-
cess of young blood.
To regulate the zeal, to
temper the energy and to
guide the labors of young
blood is a job that requires
cool judgment and sympa-
thy.
It requires men withvision.
Metro-Goldwyn - Mayer
is the shining mark of theindustry today because it
has young blood in its
body . . . and because
Louis B. Mayer is the
valve of that young blood.
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