PARAMOUNT WEEK

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12181, 4 July 1925, Page 13

PARAMOUNT WEEK

A RECORD OF PROGRESS. Tfce following details are announced by Paramount:—'“The near future is about to bring to the screen a number of very great productiotas. Recently we have seen “The Ten Commandments, and such pictures as “Monsieur Beaucaire, “North of *B6/’ Zane Grey’s “Wanderer of the Wasteland/’ and others. Included in Paramount's famous forty yet to be released this year there will be-Cecil, B. Be Mille’s “The Golden Bell,' “Conimj? Thru/’ with Thomas Meighan, Mis 9 Bluebeard,” with Bebe Daniels, ,*.X“ e Swan” with Adolph Menjou, ‘ ’The Devil’s Cargo,” starring Wallace Beery and Pauline Starke, “Forty WhjJs, with Theodore Roberts, Raymond Griffin, and others. Looking somewhat further into the future, Paramount announces “Madame Sans Gene,” which. Gloria Swanson has just completed. Zane Grey offers three distinct stories, namely, *‘The Thundering Herd,” “The Light of Western Stars,” and “The Code of the West.” “Sackcloth and Scarlet,” from George Gibbs's popular story, “The Dressmaker from Paris,” “Salomv of the Tenements,” “Grounds for Divorce,” with Betty Compson, and “Contraband” Will bo among the noteworthy productions. “Peter Pan,” James M, Barrio's story, will also.be included in the list of future productions. In addition to a great line-up of big subjects, Paramount has to announce the recent acquisition of Harold: Lloyd, Douglas Mac Lean. Raymond Griffin into tlieir fold for the purpose of comedy productions. D. W. Griffith. who recently signed a contract to produce pictures for Paramount, has in hand Marie Corelli's “The Sorrows of Satan,” and “That Royle Girl.” A notable feature in the future policy of Paramount pictures is the bringing into line of such men as Zone Grey. Sir James M. Barrie, Jeffrey Farnol, David Belasco and Rafael Sabatini, who will personally supervise their respective stories in their productions for the screen. Fifth Annual Paramount Week will be celebrated this year from August Slst to September sth. The Talmadge Sisters have been putting in the usual busy time. Norma has been making “Graustark,” and Constance has been ‘working in “East of the Setting Sun.” “The Circle,” Somerset Maugham's play, is being adapted for the screen. Hleanor Boardman, Creighton Hale, George Fawcett and Alec. Francis are all members of the cast. Metro-Goldwyn has acquired' the rights of the comedy, “Mr Battling Butler,' I which played recently in Australia under the management of Hugh J. Ward. A. French contribution to film art, “The Miracle of the Wolves,” enjoyed a five weeks* run at a famous cinema palace on Broadway. New York, ana a majority of the’ New York critics gave it high praise. It will be interesting to see what, the general reaction to this feature is, for it represents the European idea of how melodrama should be treated on the screen. For the first time in his career, Willavd Louis will appear with marcaled hair in (lie Krn.sf hubitsch Warner Bros.