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Pulse of the Studios For Week Starting Monday January 22 LASKY STUDIOS. L. M. Goodstadt, Casting. 1520 Vine St. Fred Kley, Studio Mgr. Holly 2400 Director: Joseph Henabery Star: Walter Heirs Scenarist: Grant Carpenter Type: “75c An Hour” Progress: 1st Week R-C STUDIO. Melrose and Gower. 780 Gower St...

I'm thinking that the Chick Collins listed as Ass't Direct on the Buster Keaton production "Three Acres of Land" (THE THREE AGES??) must be the same Chick Collins who later played small parts in some of the Roscoe Arbuckle directed shorts like HOME CURED ('26) and HIS PRIVATE LIFE ('26), ...

Pulse of the Studios For Week Starting Monday January 22 FOX STUDIO. C. A. Bird, Casting. 1401 N. Western Ave. Holly 3000 Director: Al St. John Star: Al St. John Cameraman: Ernest S. Depew Ass’t Direct.: Benny Stoloff Type: Comedies Progress: Schedule Director: Slim Summerville Star: Clyde Cook Cam...

Pulse of the Studios For Week Starting Monday January 22 BERWILLA STUDIO. 5281 Santa Monica Blvd. Holly 3130 Eddie Lyons Productions (Arrow release). Director: Eddie Lyons Star: Eddie Lyons Ass’t Direct.: De Rue Scenarist: Eddie Lyons Type: Comedies Progress: Schedule Ben Wilson Productions (Federa...

News and Gossip About the Moving Throngs of Movieland COMEDIAN IN SERIAL Lewis Sargent, Universal comedy star, has been drawn from the comedy ranks to play the juvenile leading role in support of William Desmond in the new Universal chapter play of business and the money game, “The Phantom Fortune,...

News and Gossip About the Moving Throngs of Movieland JINX IS VICTOR Fire destroyed the negative of “Grandma’s girl,” the Baby Peggy comedy which was held up once by the starlet’s illness, and then by director Alf Goulding necessary departure to the mountains for rest. Although the negative was unde...

Who’s Who and What’s What in Filmland This Week Hank Mann, hero of many comedy productions, has been cast for a comedy role in “Desire,” Louis Burston’s new production. Now that Marie Prevost, has solved the “poisoned pen” problem and “foiled the plotters” she is taking a well-earned vacation from W...

News Notes About The Cameraman

Kenneth Maclean, A.S.C., is photographing Carter Dehaven comedies.

Norbert Brodin, A.S.C., will film the next Constance Talmadge vehicle.

Ernest DePew, A.S.C., is shooting the latest Al St. John comedy for Fox.

(Camera Vol. 5 No. 41 pg. 12)

Exhausts from Al Martin Von Stroheim made one picture in a year and Neely Edwards made thirty-five. Well Neely, that makes you thirty-five times as good as Von. I met one vaudeville performer who did not pal with “Charlie” when he was in “A Night in an English Music Hall.” Wallace Beery is known as ...

Joseph M. Schenck has engaged two prominent directors, Sidney Franklin and Vic Heerman, and both will direct Constance Talmadge in her next starring vehicle. Mr. Franklin directed Norma Talmadge in “Smilin Though” and Constance in “East is West.” Marie Prevost denies the rumor that she is engaged or...