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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17182, 27 October 1923, Page 1 (Supplement)

Mr Brabin (who married Theda Bara) mad© a wonderful picture of his own, called Driven ” (savs “ Photoplay ”). Its total cost was 30.000 dollars. There wasn't an expensive -;et in it, just a simple human story of the Kentucky mountains. Yet it was a great picture and the public applauded it with their quarters and half dollars, and- rewarded the distributors .who were wise enough to purchase it with a big profit. Then Mr Brabin went over to the Goldwyn lot. where dollars are spent like marks in an effort to gain a position of leadership and give Paramount a battle for supremacy. The story goes that he submitted his estimates for his picture. about S 1,000 dollars. “ No* enough,” he was told. “ Tins is a big special, and you ought to spend 200,000 dollars” Such a business!