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Filmpaper % **"h***>™xPublished by BILLYJOY

I, Number 7 Thursday, March 24th, 1927Copyright, 1927, by /Vagabond J*ub. Oo. /

A COMPENDIUMOF CLIPPINGS

by a nifty

of a hobo holding

an empty platter to-

the gateman of

(whoever he

be) the following ap-

in the Moving Pic-

World of February

addition to the film press

Hollywood Vagabond, Vol.

1, of which came to our desk

week. Fred W. Fox is editor

Billy Joy publisher. Ten iron

is its price for fifty-two issues

advance. The Vagabond con-

some vagrant comment and

on films and film folk, as

reasonably be expected, and

a trace. What the

vagrancy laws may be,

do not know, but as far as wediscern this particular Vaga-

is quite harmless, though,

all tramps, it may perhaps, be-

a bit annoying to some folk

wanderings.

a tramp trade paper, how-

its price seems, upon a casual

to be somewhat high.

Hollywood hoboes have to be

—before they will willingly

for ten semoleons—that they

going to get all of the fifty-two

luck, just the same, boys.

the "handouts" be plenteous.

First Natl Shakeup??

•.-:: T-

Changes Loom at

Burbank, Is Claim

New Offices

The amazing growth of

VAGABONDmade it imperative that

offices be obtained.

We are now located at

606, Taft Building,

two telephones to

calls; GRanite 4690,

GRanite 5902.

MILDRED HARRISi<The Steadfast Idealist" of Fred Fox's

See Page Fiveketch.

That a shakeup is im-

minent at the First Na-tional studios at Burbankhas been reported so manytimes during the past fewmonthsJ;hat it has becomea standing

joke.The rumor has again been

revived, this time with morewide-spread credence, how-ever, because of the presence

in Hollywood of John J. Mc-Guirk, new chief of First

National; Col. Fred Levyand others who are declared

powers in the affairs of First

National as related to the

impending merger.

It is said that many of the

chieftains now in power at

the Burbank plant may soon

be looking for new jobs asthe result of the purported

decision of McGuirk, Levy,

et al, to effect a house clean-

ing in the First National

organization.

Just how the move will af-

fect the status of John Mc-Cormick, M. C. Levee, the

Rockett brothers and the

others now in command re-

main to be seen, but that

something will happen quick

is generally credited within

the industry.

T/ie \^egend of Poverty Row—TURN TO PAGE FOUR



age Two Hollywood Vagabond March 24, 1927

Adolph Zukor's Power on

WhoWill Be Next Film Colossus?

Influence

May Be Surpassed

Is the far-flung power of

Zukor, chief of

Players-Lasky

and manyon the wane?

Will the tremendous ac-

of Metro-Goldwyn-

batter this magnate

a secondary position?

Will the astute moves of

M. Schenck bring

United Artists boss to

higher political emi-

within the industry

that now enjoyed by

Will the much-dis-

long-awaited and

Pathe merger spell

doom of Adolph's

These are only a few of

moot questions being-

hither and yon in the

circles of HollywoodNew York these days.

Ever since the advent of

some fifteen years

he has steadily climbed

a position of affluence

power. Endued with a

of the ultimate great-

of the motion picture,

at that time an ob-

furrier in Chicago,

everything on the

photoplay contraption

was delighting nickel-

audiences. Today he

ammased untold mil-

and controls the des-

of many great film

Zukor has never stood

forth in the business as ,a

eacon of Art. He has been

shrewd and hard-headedchieftain, recognizing Art

only where it could be

transformed into cash. Asa result of his maneuvers he

has created Paramount as apreeminent organization of

the world's commercial en-

terprises.

Zukor has been raptur-

ously extolled and heartily

villified on every hand. Hehas been pictured as Na-

Tittle Eva* Gets

Universal Contract

N i n e-year-old Virginia

Grey, who plays 'Little

Eva' in "Uncle To m's

Cabin" has been awarded a

long-term contract withUniversal. Their intention

is to make her a star. She

is the daughter of the

librarian at Universal City.

poleon, Ananias, a colossalangel with a huge harp, as

a hypocrite and as a tight-

fisted Ssrooge. He is none

of these.

Zukor has been an apos-

tle of hard work. Public

fancy has put the millions in

his path ; but his own efforts

put Famous Players whereit is today.

Today it seems as if

Zukor has reached the point

where he cannot go muchfurther. There really seems

to be little else for him to

achieve. The problem thatnow confronts him, as wesee it, is to maintain his pre-

eminence. In Harold B.

Franklin, who has shifted to

West Coast Theaters, Zukor

has lost one of his most able

lieutenants. Rumor persists

that another one of his

right-hand men, even a

more valuable asset to the

company than Franklin was,

is about to depart to workout a presumably more ad-

vantageous destiny in a newfield.

It is a prevalent notion

within the industry today

that Zukor's organization

has not been "hitting the

ball" with the aplomb of

some other companies, par-

ticularly Marcus Loew's M-G-M corporation. Now,faced with the possibility,

of a commingling of manyother competitive powersinto one grand unit, Zukorwill have a problem on his

hands to keep pace.

Joseph M. Schenck, whose

rise in the film business hasbeen equal to, if not sur-

passing, that of Zukor, is

rapidly climbing to the

point where he will have to

be generally concededZukor's outstanding rival.

Schenck heads an organiza-

Monta Bell Slated

For Newspaper OpusMonta Bell will direct his

own story of newspaperlife, "People," for Metro-

Goldwyn-Mayer. It willstar John Gilbert.

tion of young blood that has

a tremendous future of

many years' growth ahead

of it. Somehow or other

Zukor seems weary of it all

and if he should soon retire

from active participation in

the film melange and leave

Schenck and the others to

fight it out, it would not oc-

casion any great surprise.

Zukor has attained much in

his years in business; in

fact, he has shown the wayfor the others.

Just what the outcome of

it all will be is merely spec-

ulative now. It is possible

that Zukor may decide to

contest the new bids for

Add Kate Price to

"Quality Street" CastKate Price has been

added to the cast of "Qual-

ity Street," the new MarionDavies film under way at

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

supremacy and plunge into

the fight with a verve andambition that has been lack-

ing of late in Famous Play-

ers. Then again, Zukor

may decide to fold up his

wigwam and move from the

village of the gallopTng^tin-

types to the happy hunting

grounds of retirement, there

to enjoy, amidst ease, the

fruits of his years af

achievement.

The prevalent and dawn-i n g economii ionditions,

however, indicate that the

time is not far distant whenhe will have to make a de-

cision or else sink to a lesser

position in the industry.

The Motion

Picture IndustryA Western Institution and

a Western Asset

By FRED W. FOXEditor of "Hollywood Vagabond"

also - -

"Selling Needs More CommonSense," by B. J. WILLIAMS

"When Advertising Goes on the

Air," by HARRY P. BRIDGE, Jr.

"Advertising Maketh Old Things

New," by HUGH E. AGNEW

AND MANY OTHER FEATURESin the March Issue of • - •• •• ••

25c

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Effective Marketing of Western Products

564 Market St., San Francisco



Four Hollywood Vagabond March 24, 1927

VH O L L Y

AGAWOODN

The QUALITY Filmpaper

Published by BILLY JOY Edited by FRED W. FOXA. J. GASCHEN, Comptroller

Published every Thursday by the VAGABOND PUBLISHINGCOMPANY, Suite 606 Taft Building, Hollywood, California.

Telephones GRanite 4690 and GRanite 5902. 20c per copy; by

subscription $10.00 per year.

LEGEND OFPOVERTY ROW

Poverty Row is a state of mind.

It is a Hollywood complex.It is a mental illusion and a hypnotism of writers

like to stir up melodrama and cheap romance.

Geographically, Poverty Row is a shambles of

on a weary side street in Hollywood where

"quickies" and the horse-operas are manufactured.

probably we should have used the past tense and

"it was." For its passing seems near at hand.

One of the highly-spiced editorial dishes served

the menu of the fan journals for many years has

the goulash of hypocritical pathos about this

... or rather, complex.

Poverty

Rowhas been the cradle of

manysuccess-

people in the industry today. It no doubt harbors

who will find their niches. It has known some

and, assuredly, many heartaches. But it is,

a rendezvous of shysters.

The extremely small number of Von Sternbergs

"Salvation Hunters" originating in Poverty Rowmore than offset by a gang of swindlers and photo-

ghouls who have all the effrontery of Chicago

People of ambition and energy have

beeen fettered to Poverty Row. They have ad-

to other things.

As a whole, though, the celluloid cuneiforms and

dogmatic mental processes of the tenants of this

have been a sore on the business. They think in

of ex-murderers, two-gun rubbish and vile

of thespic cognomens. Much of the indus-

censorial tribulations have been the results of the

ideas emanating from Poverty Row swill-bar-

All of the more lurid accusations against Holly-

can be laid at the doors of this street.

The street itself, it seems, is due to go. It is

claimed owners of the property where these shacks

stand have decided to raze the place entirely and use

sites for commercial edifices. This may do muchto rid the industry of these leeches. They are not con-

fined to any one locality, though. Their offices are

where they sit.

If the looming merger does nothing else than kill

the avenues of revenue for these gyp-artists, then it will

have done a great and elevating deed.

By BEN-ALLAH

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The author o'f this sketch, Ben-Allah or Ben

Newman, as he is sometimes called, is an author, editor and scenarist

well known to Hollywood.)

Death is a secret society, all of whose members are

pledged to keep its mysteries inviolate.

It is the ambrosia and nectar from the meal of Life

after the meats of mortal munching. It may be the de-

sirable forgetfulness of utter oblivion ... or the

hazy interim bridging infinity and bodily existence.

Whether word-painted in the stentorian-touched

diction of an Ingersoll or registered in the bleatless

passing of a butchered lamb, it is none the less Death.

Black is not a color; rather is it the absence of all

colors. So, in its sombreness, is black the color scheme

of Death. Mayhap this midnight darkness is the

advance guard of change and progress. It may be the

last, tattered soldiers of the rear guard, weak corpor-

aled and straggling . . . into what?

The Religionist need not fear the arrival of this

early instrument of his ethereal evolution. The Athe-

ist may find in Death a beckon to repose, unmindful,

unknowing and uncaring. He may reach its heights

in the adamantine elements, rendered alluringly soft

because they fetter unfeeling flesh.

Swinburne personifies Death in the words, "Her

languid lips are sweeter than Love's who fear to meet

her."

IN MEMORIAM(STtjarles Smrarf Mack

Actor and Gentleman

SOMETIME AT EVEBy BURL TUTTLE

Sometime at eve, when the tide is low,

I shall slip my moorings and sail away,

With no response to a friendly hail

Of kindred craft in a busy bay.

In the silent hush of the twilight pale,

When the night stoops down to embrace the day

And the voices call in the water's flow,

I shall slip my moorings and sail awayThrough the purple shadows that darkly trail

O'er the ebbing tide of the Unknown Sea,

And a ripple of waters to tell the tale

Of a lonely voyager, sailing awayTo the Mystic Isles, where at anchor lay

The crafts of those who have sailed before

O'er the Unknown Sea to the Unknown Shore.

A few who have watched me sail awayWill miss my craft from the busy bay

Some friendly barks that were anchored near,

Some loving souls that my heart held dear,

In silent sorrow will drop a tear.

But I shall have peacefully furled my sail,

In moorings sheltered from storm and gale,

And greeted friends who have sailed before

O'er the Unknown Sea to the Unknown Shore.(Copyright, 1823, by B. K. Tuttle; Copyright, 1926, by The Dotted L,ine.)



March 24. 1921 Hollywood Vagabond Page Five

HOLLYWOOD JOURNEYS WITH FRED FOX J

vagabondia^ We are the music-makers

And we are the dreamers ofdreams'1

t A. W. E. O'SHAUGHNESSY

* ^F * W W ~ W * V ^"t

The SteadfastIdealist

the Courage of Lorelei the Modern

"In those years I was a

creature of the heart. Tobe beautiful, popular, the

object of adulation . . . un-

doubtedly the wish of ev-

ery young girl . . . was mysole goal. Love, then, wasa shining mark. . .

.

"I cannot explain the

change that has come over

me. Now I am ruled by

ambition, the desire to do

something worth while inthe world ; my heart rules

me no longer. I still love

life, of course, but my out-

look on life has changed,

and, I guess, I have

changed with it."

—o

The true story of Mildred

Harris has never been writ-

ten.

The cynics have spokenof a blonde girl who was the

first wife of Charles Chap-

lin and who was unhappy.The romanticists have

told of a girl who was beau-

tiful with a child-like beauty,

who captivated men whenshe apeared on the screen.

None have mentioned the

courage of Mildred Harris

. . . the courage of ideal-

istic convictions.

That is the greatest thing

about her.

Mildred Harris was on

the threshold of great

glory just a few years ago

when she forsook it all to

be Mrs. Charles Chaplin.

She was a star for Uni-

versal, directed by Lois

Weber.

Before that Mildred Har-ris had been a child actress

with Vitagraph ; an ingenue

with Griffith and with Ince.

She worked hard andfaithfully for months andmonths to create a place for

herself in the silent drama-She came into popular favor

in four or five Lois Weberpictures which were madefor Universal. Then Univer-

sal wanted her on a starring

contract as one of their

Super-Jewel attractions.

Here was fame and glory

in her path. She abandonedit all freely and happily for

the devotion of a husbandand the duties of a home.

But life had not willed it

so.

Sorrow came to Mildred

Harris . . . there was scorn

and even ignominy in

what misunderstanding

people said and wrote.

The years, with their

heavy-laden disappoint-

ments, came and went.

Once again destiny

placed opportunity before

her. An urgent call to NewYork frustrated her en-

deavors and dampenedher hopes. It was a long

time before she cameback.

In the meantime the mo-tion picture had evolved

and changed. In those pass-ing years Mildred Harris,

too, had evolved andchanged. She was no longer

a girl ; she was now a womanof poise ; with a heritage of

Fred W. Fox

sorrows . . . but a treasuryof rekindled ambition.

Today Mildred Harris is

still very young; she is still

a child in years when com-pared with some of ourmost popular stellar favor-

ites. She has the wisdom of

years beyond her. She haslearned that the head mustrule the heart-

In the midst of all this,

Mildred Harris proved

that a girl in this world

can have ideals and ad-

here to them.

There have been manytimes when she could have

given up the struggle andperhaps led a life of care-

less ease.

She is driven on by ambi-tion . . . that untiring slave-

master.

She has a son . . . "Tim-

mie."

It is for "Timmie" that

she must achieve ... it is a

maternal instinct, perhaps.

It may be "Timmie" whohas brought her a newunderstanding of life-

But this we know . . . Mil-

dred Harris has changed.

There are people in

Hollywood who have be-

lieved in her. Amongthem are DeMille and

Carl Laemmle. Mildred

Harris is going to achieve

something that will sub-

stantiate their faith in her.

In recent weeks there has

been a reawakened interest

in this girl. Anita Looswants her to play Lorelei in

"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"when that play goes to Lon-don.

Motion picture offers areincreasing as each day goesby; companies are on theverge of long-term contract

inducements . . . opportunityhas once again visited her.Mildred Harris has foundthat a destiny that can becold and cruel can also bewarm and kind; that theworld has ideals for ideal-ists.

The coming year willbring her before us as shehas never been presentedbefore.

The confidence of ourDeMilles and Laemmles hasbeen a great and buoyant

thing. It has not been mis-placed-

But for us the greatest

thing about Mildred Har-ris has been . . . not her

composure in sorrow, not

the frail beauty that stirs

the emotions of man, not

so much the confidence of

gentle souls, not the

change that has visibly

transformed her from agirl of the heart to a wom-

an of more serious ambi-tions, not the opportuni-

ties that have returned to

her, not the ultimate suc-

cess that she will score,

and not the silent battle

she has fought . . , but the

courage of her ideals.

Her ideal has been that

life is a sweet and a hap-

py thing.

To keep that ideal in

the depths of tribulation

and adversity and relent-less denial demands su-

preme courage.

Mildred Harris has

shown that.

It is surely the greatest

thing in life.

Rock Denies Talk

Of Will Rogers Pact

Joe Rock denies the rumorin last week's HOLLYWOOD

VAGABOND that he hadsigned Will Rogers for a

series of comedies. Rockdeclares he has never had

such a deal under advise-

ment.



Six Hollywood Vagabond March 24, 1927

and lOUlI

Returnto

the WarnletBy FRED W. FOX

(NOTE: Complying with requests that have been received over a period of several weeks, the fol-

is reprinted from "The Film Tribune" of September 17th, 1924, where it was originally published

the editor.),^OT=«m™„,TO ,aTO«D««ramm ,»raOT»™„.»>»m 1=J.

There is a hamlet a few

off the highroad that

to the cities beyond. It

snuggled in the blue hills

nestle at the foot of the

ranges.

It is Yesteryear incarnate.has not sullied its

nor has modern-

aroused its inhabitants

their lethargy. It is

to them . . . and it is

to me, though it is full

and four years since

have gazed upon it.

I recall it so well . . . the

glare of the setting

creating a halo above

hilltops, as I left it in the

ago.

I left it a young man, full

zest and the promise ofto seek wealth and re-

in the maelstroms of

Roger Bullock, they call

It is a name of strength

men of strength. Nature

moulded me well for myfor I am of brawn

brute strength, my face

the hue of a penny, andeyes are clear and grey

intense.

I am strong in the strength

the world, but I did not

the strength to abidethe cities and fight the

of everyday. So I have

. . . into the bywaysfar corners.

I have seen Berlin in its

days; I have

the hallways of the

academy of Dresden,

a mute symbol of mili-

in the days whenand imperialism

sway . . . and the clank

sabre and the gleam of

helmet caught the eye and

entranced the ear.

The Louvre, the Luxem-bourg, the Taj Mahal, the

Acropolis, the Kremlin, the

Forbidden City . . . they are

all familiar spots to me. I

have seen the great Univer-

sity and the Hall of Laces at

Louvain in their days of

glory. Vienna and Tunis are

rendezvous to me; and St.

Petersburg and Moscowwere my playgrounds in the

time when the word of the

Czar was law.

I have delved into the

wilderness. The Zambesi,

the Amazon and the

Yangtse-Kiang are rivers

known to me no less than

the Volga, the Rhine and theRhone. I have sailed the

Straits of Magellan ; and fol-

lowed the Southern Cross. I

speak to a Samuraii as easily

as to a Legionnaire. India's

native police and the Uhlan. . . both have been myfriends. I have mined for

Aztec treasure and sought

Inca gold. I have huntedcaribou around Hudson Bay;and I have lived in the quiet

recesses of the Rockies,

where they soar skywardback of Lake Louise. I have

known Malay fever andchilled before the blasts of

the Yukon.

The legendary solitude of

Siberia and the hinterlands

of Madagascar hold no ter-

ror for me. Tierra del Fue-

go, Yucatan, the Sudan andPersia ... all have been mytramping grounds.

I have seen all manners of

places, and all sorts of peo-

ple . . . kings, princes, ra-

jahs, mendicants, thieves

and all of their kin.

I am strong; and I have

seen the world. I am not

strong in the strength of

American success, nor have

I achieved my youth-dreamtsplendor and riches. Yet I

am happy.

Full thirty and four

years ago I walked this

ground. It is still the samein its tableau of trees, flow-

ers, meadows and vales. Thebluebird flits and the whip-

oorwill croons; the brook

murmurs and the river sings.

It is home to me.

Strange that the mist

should hang before my eyes;

and a throb hold that lump

in my throat.

I feel ... I sense ... I live

my homeward-bound jour-

ney. Before me is the road's

last turn. It is late after-

noon. Sunbeams dance on

the mountain's crest. A pro-

found silence fills the skies,

and nostalgia clutches myheart.

It is before me . . . far be-

low; dreaming in the eternal

blue hills. I scan the neigh-

boring dales and prairies;

but life here is the same. I

return, the prodigal of the

hamlet, without the treasureof mortal appraisal. Yet I

am rich with the lore of life

and the sight of the world.

Again the halo of light is

around me, and in the gold-

en waning of the day I see a

city of splendor . . . with

the magnificence of all those

I have known, and the charmand warmth of the hamlet.

I cannot say more. I amhome . . . after thirty andfour years.

Adolph Menjou will taketrip to Europe as soon as

finishes "Headwaiter" at

He has been granted

two-months' leave of ab-

. . . whatever that is.

Vera Veronina will playopposite Raymond Griffith in

"Dying for Tove" at FamousPlayers. Frank Tuttle di-

rects. William Powell will

play a comedy villain.

Lillian Gish will make"The Wind" next instead of

Channing Pollock's "TheEnemy." Lars Hansen will

play opposite and Victor

Seastrom will direct.

"Vagabond* Is Cooked

By Scribe Ted Cook

Ted Cook, that master-

ful typewriter dilettante

and editorial giggle-o of

satire whose "Coo-Coos"

in the Los Angeles Exam-iner have driven manypeople nearly coo-coo, has

elected himself a press

agent for HOLLYWOODVAGABOND.

Mr. Cook, in his inimit-

able compendium of al-

leged bunkum entitled,

"Bull-etin," lavishly em-

bellished with a chromo

of a snorting toreador-

target, has honored The

Quality Filmpaper with

reprints from our "vaga-

bondia" stories.

Mr. DeMille has re-

ceived first honor in this

department, followed the

next day with an excerpt

from our Madge Bellamy

story.

We are now waiting for

Mr. Cook to reprint a

piece from our Marion

Davies story.

Filming Starts

on Pathe Serial

"The Hawk of the Hills,"

a new 20-reel Pathe serial,

was started on Wednesday,March 15, and is scheduled

to be finished on May 12,

which gives a time span in-

cluding 50 working days. It

is an original story byGeorge Gray and is semi-

historical. It deals with the

final troubles between the

U. S. Army and white set-

tlers when arraigned against

the Indians under commandof white renegades.

Spencer Bennet is direct-

ing. Allena Ray and Walter

Miller are to be starred.

Only one other woman, Lil-

lian Russell, is in the cast.

Men engaged for important

parts are Paul Panzer, FrankLackerteen, Fred Burns, Bob

Chandler, George MacGrill,Wally Oettel, John Prince,

Harry Semmals, Jack Ganz-

hom, Parke Jones, Chief

White Horse and Chief Yow-lache.



24. 191 Hollywood Vagabond Page Seven

Wiseacre Critics Hurl Rocks

Langdon as Director Quits

When it was recently announced that Frank

young director who had handled the mega-

on Harry Langdon's two most recent films, had

his post a goodly group of our editorial dis-

throwers began target practice.

Mr. Langdon was becoming quite uppish and

getting the idea he could do without a manthe megaphone, we are informed by those crit-

brethren . . . and sisters.

Anybody who has paid any attention to Langdonhe is working can easily determine the actor's

insofar as a director is concerned. Thethat when Langdon first tried the films he exe-

an ugly flop under the guidance of a megaphoner

presumably knew his business might be enlight-in view of the fact Langdon had a great hand in

during his subsequent affiliation with Mackwhen he scored a hit.

If a man like Harry Langdon, who has been im-

in show business as many years as he has,

know the intricacies of direction, then he

know much else, either.

It is only natural that a man in Langdon's position

want to maintain more than a passing interest

the piloting of one of his pictures. Langdon is morethe actor. He is also the producer. From what

know of him, it is likely he would give free rein to

director until the man proved inefficient.

We do not know that the circumstances surround-

Capra's withdrawal. Frank Capra seems to be a

and energetic young fellow. What differences

may have had with Langdon are not for public air-

or they would be publicly aired by all concerned.

the same time, why should this be a signal for the

chorus to start with their silly knocks? Before

so much it might be well for them to ascer-

what it is all about . . . and use their grey matter a

ittle, if they have any.

Whether Langdon directs himsef, which is moreunlikely, or whether he hires the most famous

director in the business, let us hope his next effort tops

"Long Pants." At the time we saw it at one of its

early previews it was most disappointing and certainly

nothing for Langdon to crow about. Langdon is get-

ing weak on story material, it seems. The actor him-

self is excellent . . . when there is something for him

to do.

Cronjager Camera Jack Dougherty To

Chief for Kirkland lake 2 IT Serials

Jules Cronjager is hand-

ling the camera on "TheGingham Girl," David Kirk-

land's film at F. B. O. Hewas with Director Kirklandin New York some years

ago. Lois Wilson and GeorgeK. Arthur head the cast.

Jack Dougherty has signed

to make two serials for Uni-versal. One is CourtneyRiley Cooper's "The Trail of

the Tiger," and the other

will be "Haunted Island,"

from Frank R. Adams' story,

"Pleasure Island."

Wm* Desmond Signs

For New 'IT Serial

William Desmond hassigned to make anotherserial for Universal. Thetitle is "T h e VanishingRider." His two most re-

cent serials for the samecompany were "The RiddleRider" and "The Return of

the Riddle Rider." If theyever get anybody at Univer-

sal who ran find this rider,

it's going to be hard on Des-

mond. Keep 'em guessing,

Bill!

Gaston Leroux Tale

Is Bought by M-G-M"Cheri Bibi," by Gaston

Leroux of "Phantom of the

Opera" fame, has been pur-chased by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is a story of the

French penal settlements.

Laemmle Buys Song

For Scenario UseUniversal has bought the

title of the song, "Thanks

for the Buggy Ride" It willbe used for Byron Morgan'soriginal story for LauraLa Plante.

Duello Finishes

"Senorita" Role

Lou Duello, young Latin

actor, has finished work with

Bebe Daniels in "Senorita"

at the Lasky studios.

"Let Me Protect You"

Frank M. Flynn

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