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VagabondQuality Filmpaper $

Edited by FRED W. FOXPublished by BILLYJOY

olume I, Number 16 Thursday, May 26th, 1927Copyright. 1927, byVagabond Pub. Oo.

hiatusA COMPENDIUMOF CLIPPINGS

JNOTES ON ACTING

Thespic might as dis-

in First National

bulletin:"Announcement will soon be

made of new starring vehicles for

Milton Sills, Bill ie Dove and Ken

Maynard . . . stories that are ex-

actly suited to their personalities

nd great acting ability. .."

REALISM IN FILMS

Note on how to attain

ealism inthe

production

of silent drama, as dis-

closed in copy of enter-

prising young Hollywood

press agent:After several unsuccessful at-

tempts were made to film this

cene, Director Weight secured the

realism by offering $100 to

firemen if they were success-

MR. LASKY SPEAKS

Exultant diapason from

publicity of the Para-

mount studio, Hollywood"The studios are stretching out

arms and crying constantly

new faces, new ideas and new

methods . . ."—Jesse L. Lasky.

FERTILE BRAINS

Voluptuous praise for

George Fitzmaurice, di-

rector, as expounded by

First National press

agent:On the First National list of spe-

cials will be several from the fer-

tile directorial brain of George Fitz-

maurice, etc., etc.

Rumor Changes Near

atFirstNat'I Studios

mm

JAMES CRUZEHe is "Hermes with a Megaphone" of Fred Fox's

sketch. See page Five.

Claim Shifts Near

As McCormick Quits

That a far-reaching

shake-up is imminent at

the Burbank studios of

First National was the gist

of reports flying up anddown Hollywood Boule-

vard last night as news ofthe resignation of John

McCormick, production

manager, spread.

According to these rumors,

many who are now in powerat the studio and werebrought in at the beginning

of the McCormick regime

are due to step out soon.

While no definite an-

nouncement has as yet been

made by Richard Rowland,First National chief, as to

McCormick's successor at the

studio, it is generally be-lieved that Al Rockett, nowassociate producer, will take

over the job, assisted by his

brother, Ray Rockett. Theyfirst came into prominence

with their production of

"Abraham Lincoln," and, un-

til recently, were managing

the New York studios of First

National, now closed.

In the meantime manyerstwhile smug jobholders

at Burbank are wondering

what is going to happen.

u

The Mo vies and politicsy >

—TURN TO PAGE FOUR



Two Hollywood Vagabond May 26, 1927

to be Host at Gala Night

WestBanquet at

Cafe LafayetteSennett Cashes

on Harry Langdon

Hairy Langdon got his

rt in the movies under

Sennett, so one can-

begrudge the poobahpulchritude the oppor-

to cash in on his

protege.

Yet the masterful ma-

justexecuted bywith "His First

cannot pass with-

at least this brief com-

angdon made two-

for Sennett until

day came when bigger

better opportunities

a comedy star in feature

opuses beckoned to

whimsical Harry. As a

gesture, perhaps,

the Glendale Boulevard

chieftain, Lang-

made a six-reel pic-

"His First Flame," a

iy of fiery hearts and

engines.

hen Langdon bid

to his Sennettic

and hied himself

the studios of First Na-

He made "Tramp,

Tramp," then

Strong Man," and,

recently, "LongAll this time Mack

carefully nurturing

can of film that held

First Flame."

ow, with Langdonthe zenith of his pop-

the astute Sennett

released his Langdon-

production and is, con-

speaking, mop-up.

From all of which weit's an ill wind

blows no one good.

alcolm MacGregor has

signed by Universal to

the leading male role

Lya De Putti in

Privates."

Next Wednesday night, June 1st, will be the

greatest night of the year!

HOLLYWOOD VAGABOND will make its

social debut at a brilliant dinner dance, the first of

many Vagabond functions, as host to Ray West and

His Orchestra upon their return to Los Angeles after

a triumphant tour of the Orpheum circuit and uponthe inauguration of their engagement at Harry Miller's

beautiful Cafe Lafayette, opposite Westlake Park.

Lew Cody, greatest of 'em all, will act as master

of ceremonies. If all who have evinced a desire to be

present that night live up to their threats it is assured

that Harry Miller will have to add another floor or put

new hinges on the doors the next day.

Ray West first came into prominence with his

syncopators, favorites of the Hollywood film colony,

when he was engaged at the Hotel Alexandria and,

later, went out on the air over station K.FI, Los An-

geles. His popularity and that of his boys was aug-

mented when he made a brilliant debut at the Cocoa-

nut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel later.

Featured with Ray West and His Orchestra at

the Wednesday night gala festival will be beautiful

Manilla Le Mori, the "Jada Girl" who took New York

by storm when she introduced the song of that name.Miss Le Mori will add to the night's festivities with a

number of her snappy songs.

Harry Miller, in bringing Ray West to the Cafe

Lafayette, has once again demonstrated his ability to

satisfy the discriminating popular demand for the

highest type of entertainment and the traditional ex-

cellent cuisine of the Cafe Lafayette should insure a

banquet that, together with the other superlative fea-

tures of this greatest of nights, will put Wednesday,

June 1st, down as one of the red letter night of Holly-

wood social annals, to be remembered for many years

to come.

Reservations forthis

gala night of feast and songshould be made to Harry Miller, Cafe Lafayette, op-

posite Westlake Park, telephone DRexel 4763, or to

Mr. Joy, HOLLYWOOD VAGABOND, 605-606 Taft

Building, Hollywood, telephone GRanite 4690 or

GRanite 5902. The charge will be $3.50 per person,

including couvert.

Don't forget . . . next Wednesday night . . .

all Hollywood will be there! Make your seservations

early!

Wm + Powell in

'Beau Sabreur/ Too

Perrin to Make

*W Two-Reelers

William Powell, who was

seen in "Beau Geste," will

also be in the film sequel

"Beau Sabreur," according

to a Lasky announcement.

Jack Perrin will appear in

thirteen two-reel westerns for

Universal. Bruce Mitchell

directs the first, "Blind

Men's Bluff."

8 Famed Scribes

To Aid Paramount

Eight noted authors and

playwrights have beensigned by Paramount to

come to Hollywood and

write screen stories.

Ernest Pascal, author of

"The Dark Angel" and "TheMarriage Bed," will prepare

a story for Florence Vidor.Wilson Meizner, co-author

of "The Deep Purple," will

write an original story of

back-stage life in New York.

Jack Larrie, author of

"The Easy Mark," will write

an original for ThomasMeighan.

Oliver H. P. Garrett, star

reporter of the New YorkWorld, will write an original

crime melodrama.

Kenyon Nicholson, author

of "The Barker," co-author

of "Love is Like That," will

write an original story, "TheTent Show Girl," for a star

to be named later.

John Thomas, author of

"Dry Martini," will write an

original for Adolphe Menjou.

John Kirknatrick, author

of "The Book of Charm,"will write a story of adoles-

cent love, and Nunally John-

son, author of "Rough HouseRosie," will write an original

for Clara Bow.

Tom Reed, former pub-

licity chief at Universal Stu-

dio, has been signed to a

long-term contract as a scen-

arist at that studio.

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May 26, 1927 Hollywood Vagabond Page Three

The RETURN

Mof the

anassas

^/[aulerIn the midst of the Pick-

fords, Fairbankses, De-

Millies, Griffiths, Joe

Schencks and the thou-

sand and one other color-

ful and internationally

famous celebrities that

have brought it fame, Hol-

1 y w o o d points with a

gesture of pride and con-

fidence to one who is as

truly one of ours as the

most beautiful actress, the

most finished actor, the

most brilliant director or

the most sagacious pro-ducer.

Where Hollywood is

not prone to regard its

myriad famous children

with more than a casual

interest born of close cine-

matic perspective, this one

figure commands its ex-

cited attention at all times.

This is Jack Dempsey,

the most popular fighter

that has ever stepped into

the squared ring.Jack, whose hail-fellow-

well-met carefree camarad-

erie is known the length and

breadth of movieland, is to-

day the center of more popu-

lar interest than any ten

leading motion picture fig-

ures. The MannassasMauler, who hammered and

smashed his way from ob-

scurity and poverty to inter-

national fame and fortune, is

on the verge of the most

spectacular chapter of his

spectacular career.

For Dempsey is about to

return. —o

There are things that Hol-

lywood senses with a pro-

phetic instinct. The fate of a

certain player on the first

night . . . Hollywood can

prophesy far ahead of the

world, sometimes ahead of

the player himself. An in-

stinct, an intuition, call it

what you will, but Holly-

wood rarely goes wrong in

its predictions.

Hollywood is today sens-

ing the triumphant return of

Dempsey.

— —It was a warm day, with

the sun beating down on

the hillsides at Matilija

Springs. Towering reaches

of mountains soaring overthe deep canyon where the

bubbling waters of the

creek eddied and mur-

mured. The verdure of

early summer fringing the

banks and sweeping over

smooth stone.

—o

He was out there pum-

meling a negro sparring

partner with those ter-

rific, swift sallies. The

rushing, savage Dempsey

whom the world had

thought was gone. This

was the slugger of Toledo,

the battering ram that had

smashed the mighty Firpo

. . . bronzed, lean-sinew-

ed, clear-eyed.

The Dempsey of Phila-

delphia and Tunney was

merely some gaunt ghost

from a forgotten past.

The Mannassas Mauler

was returning.

—o

We heard a flat-visaged

sparring partner somewhere

near us . . . "there's no man

on earth, I don't care who he

is, who can stand up against

that baby today. Dempseyis sure comin' back" ... he

was a young giant with a bat-

tered nose and a cut.eye. Hehad come out of that samering a few moments before.

The kaleidoscope swept

on. Others who climbedin that ring, fresh and con-

fident, to be shuttled and

crushed by Jack the Giant-

Killer.

A half-hour later, Demp-sey climbed out of the ropes,

perspiring freely but still

fresh. The human battering

ram paused before us with a

friendly hail. We talked.

About Hollywood. The Vag-abond. Actors. Everything

but fights.

The world will talk about

that when Dempsey returns.

It will be something to talk

about for years.

— —Dempsey, personifica-

tion of brute strength, is

a strange medley of hu-

man emotions.

In the ring, with the

heat of battle at its height,

he is a ferocious, tiger-

like savage.

In the hush of a summertwilight such as this,

seated on the doorstep,

eyes intent on distant hills

... a grown-up boy,

rather shy and plaintive.

One is forever conscious of

a deep-seated desire in Jack

Dempsey to make friends.

The return of Dempseywill be a psfihologiial

surety as well as a pugilistic

triumph. The world has al-

ways liked Jack, But since

the day he lost his crown,

three fans have stood whereone stood before.

Dempsey has been cre-

ated as somewhat of a

martyr by the public. Pop-

ular sentiment is for him.

It is an urge of which he

is conscious and withwhich he will keep faith.

Dempsey is comingback.

A scant few months

from now the world will

heraldthe return of the

Manassas Mauler.

Jack Dempsey ... of

Hollywood.

Not So BadBy BURL TUTTLE

What Hollywood needs to-

day is a little auto-suggestion

of the right sort, a little

Coueism applied to its eco-

nomic comeback. Every day

Hollywood and its leading in-

dustry, motion pictures, is

getting better and better.

There is today only onereal obstacle to complete res-

toration of business and in-

dustry, and that is a purelymental inhibition—the pres-

ent psychological trendtoward pessimism. We lis-

ten to the agitators who line

Hollywood boulevard andthrive on unrest and make aliving by preaching it.

But let it be noted that this

gentry agree only on one

thing—that everything is all

wrong and must be changed,or the motion picture indus-

try will plunge into disaster.

Each has his own nostrum,his own scheme of reformwhich offers the one andonly way out. There is sel-

dom any unity of opinion onthe extreme left, and just

now there is less than ever.

Long after the gale hasdied down, after the light-

ning has ceased, and after

the furious storm god has de-

parted, the sea is restless andtroubled, as if in memory of

what has been. So it is nowwith public opinion. It is tur-

bulent, but with the turbu-

lence of the after-the-storm.

If we can cultivate a

calmer, more confident spirit,

we shall find the processes of

social and economic recup-

eration will be greatly for-

warded. The film industry

is going on steadily, but it

may be helped by a saner

and more wholesome mental

attitude.

Wages are higher than for

many a decade. There is a

job for everybody that is

willing to work. The Ameri-

can dollar is the best coin

made in the world. We have

more actually and more per

capita than ever before in

our history. There is more

production scheduled and

actually under way than a

year ago.

Under the guidance of

Joseph M. Schenck and other

acknowledged leaders, the

industry is moving along to

greater things. The building

of new studios, the remodel-

ing of old ones and the re-

organization of producing

companies is in full swing.



Four Hollywood Vagabond May 26, 1927

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Published by BILLY JOY Edited by FRED W. FOXBURL TUTTLE, Contributing Editor A. J.

GASCHEN, Comptroller

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

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

subscription $10.00 per year.

Movies and PoliticsIf it is true that the press wields a potent influ-

on the political destinies of the nation and the

it is certain that the motion picture exerts a

equally powerful.

Yet the fourth industry has not demonstrated,

legislative channels, any tendency to share in

official adjudication of its manifold problems as

the fourth estate.

Censorship governs the contents of newspapers

magazines, but it is a moot question as to whether

not there is more latitude in the official limitations

upon journalistic enterprise than in the regulations

motion pictures.

The recent federal monopoly quiz into the affairs

the Zukor organization was certainly dissimilar

anything of the nature that might have involvedhain of newspapers. It is rumored that the impend-

merger of certain theater chains is being held in

until the anti-trust aspects of the proposition

been fully determined. The last decade of

of the cinema has not found any notable

for the cause of Hollywood in either the

or national congresses. In the city of Los An-

whose eminence may be directly attributed to

presence of the film industry, it appears that the

is regulated, insofar as civic rights are con-

by a group of legislators totally unaffiliated

the silent drama and with no particular concern

its destinies.

The only executive in the industry who has mani-

any apparent interest in the legislative rights

the industry is Joseph M. Schenck, who, since his

in California a few years ago, has attained a

position in the political circles of Los An-

and California. There are others who have

a casual and spontaneous curiosity in the po-

status of Hollywood at the various seats of gov-

With all of its rather apathetic and sometime

features, the newsreel has done much to

an international understanding for America,

as it has created a sympathetic regard in Ameri-

eyes for the peoples of alien lands. In this status

a semi-official plenipotentiary, the newsreel alone

have earned for the entire industry a more

legislative regard for the rights of the cinema

a whole. Yet a most stringent censorship prevails

and there is a rather dolorous contemplation of Holly-

wood at Los Angeles, Sacramento and Washington.

In England and Germany, nations intent upon

nuturing their film industries to compete with Ameri-

can output, the governments have developed an official

or semi-official subsidy to insure the greatest freedom

of movement upon the part of the cinema.Hollywood, in its various productions, has ex-

tolled the American, his government, the nation's

military and naval institutions, the natural resources

of the country, and divers other aspects that present

the American species as the ultimate work of God.

Yet the citizenry continues to gloat in Hollywood

two-gun exploits and the various legislatures take

keen relish in introducing laws and by-laws intended

to pummel the silent drama into the ignominy of an

industrial serf. o

The only reason Hollywood has failed to realize

the full measure of its political rights is because it has

elected to entrust alien hands with the protection ofits inherent privileges.

As soon as Hollywood will take cognizance

of its vacant chairs at the different governmental

assemblages and extend its influence to place a repre-

sentative there, then only will it realize that the solu-

tion to many of its ills is through the channels of

legislature. o

Until that time the only protest that Hollywood

can make against unfair censorship or trodden rights

is through the organs of its critical spokesmen which,

after all, is somewhat ineffective in the rendezvous

of the political potboilers.

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May 26, 1921 Hollywood Vagabond Page Five

£ HOLLYWOOD JOURNEYS WITH FRED FOX J ^t1 °'clock that after"

$ Maybe it was there that* Cruze was nurtured with the

4 idea of making 'em quick* and sure.agabondia

"JVe are the music-makers

And we are the dreamers ofdreams"

A. W. E. O'SHAUGHNESSY»»»*'M-M-Hermes with aMegaphone

Cinematic Votaryof

Speed

It was in the lobby of a

big hotel.

Two sleek -haired and

self-satisfied actors were

in the midst of a heated

conversation. Suddenlyone burst out with, "Say!

w h a d d y e think you're

gonna do; out-run Nurmi

or make a picture with

Cruze? You're too slow,

boy, too slow . .."

—o

James Cruze, without a

doubt, can make a good pic-

ture in a shorter period of

time than any other director

in the motion picture busi-

ness.

The traditional rapidity of

his filming cannot be attrib-

uted to carelessness; all of

his pictures bear the mark of

a sure hand and very often, a

stamp of lavishness.

Even with such giant

spectacles as "The Cover-

ed Wagon" and "Old Iron-

sides," Cruze takes less

time than any other direc-

tor delving into the realm

of super-spectacles.

Cruze knows what he

wants before he goes on the

set. Once he gets there

there is not one unnecessary

gesture or a lost moment.

He gets 'em in the can

quick. —o

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made a popular sensation

of James Cruze.

We, however, discern

more of the man's real

touch in such productions

as "Beggar on Horse-

back," a whimsical mas-

terpiece, "Ruggles of Red

Gap" or "WelcomeHome," none of which

were adequately appreci-

ated by either the public

or the industryitself.

—o

When one visits Cruze in

his palatial home in Flint-

ridge, he can always be

found imersed in the cavern-

ous depths of a huge easy

chair, well nigh the size of

the covered wagon itself.

Cruze listens and watches.

He speaks rarely and whenhe does, he has something

vital to say.

One has the same feel-

ing when watching one of

his films, be it a "Covered

Wagon" or a "Beggar on

Horseback" . . . that

there is a tremendous re-

serve of thought and ex-

pression for each iota that

is evident.

—o

Cruze has the physique of

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you, there is a sense of powerbehind the scrutinizing eyes.

Cruze's father, a pioneerof Utah, was seven feet tall

and weighed over three hun-dred pounds. They say that

he could lift a thousandpounds on his back.

It is from him, perhaps,that Cruze inherits the surety

of physical strength and men-tal

power.He may not have ever

shouldered a thousandpounds, but he has shoul-

dered the responsibilities of

many big film undertakingsand carried them with con-

fidence and ease.

— —Cruze became a motion

picture actor with "The Mil-

lion Dollar Mystery" in NewYork. Soon he had becomeone of the most popular lead-

ing men of the early films.

Once,when workingwith the Tannhouser com-

pany in Florida, Cruze

made seventeen pictures

in seven days. In fact,

they made one picture be-

Cruze has made manynoteworthy pictures as a di-

rector during the past nineyears. Among them, "Holly-wood," "Merton of theMovies," "The Fighting Cow-ard," "The City That NeverSleeps," "The Goose HangsHigh," "Marry Me" and"The Pony Express," in addi-tion to those already men-tioned and others.

He is now directing

Thomas Meighan in "We'reAll Gamblers."

Because of "The Cov-ered Wagon," the public

has come to regard JamesCruze as a moulder of

giant epics. The motionpicture industry, too, has

been prone to look uponhim as a director dealing

with huge screen subjects

and has overlooked the

subtle humor and the deft

whimsy of his other re-

markable photoplays.

If for nothing else,

Cruze's name will go

down in Hollywoodhistory as the man whodemonstrated that a direc-

tor who knows his busi-

ness can combine speed

with talent and precision

to produce consistently

fine silent drama.

The names of our Griffiths

and DeMilles are incompletewithout the name of JamesCruze.

— —He makes 'em quick

and sure.

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May 26, 1927 Hollywood Vagabond Page Seven

Will Fitzmaurice

Top "Dark Angel?"

"The Dark Angel" wasone of the most impressive

pictures ever made and, ac-

cording to most critics, the

finest directorial work of

George Fitzmaurice.The recent announcement

by First National that Fitz-

would direct Colleen

Moore in the screen version

of "Lilac Time" has created

great interest in Hollywood.

Many sharpshooters declare

Fitzmaurice will top his

previous war film.

At the same time one won-ders whether the deft direc-

touches of this mega-wielder will be sub-

to the Moore personal-

But United Artists

Cashes In

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niversal Changes

Title of New Film

According to the latest inside information Gloria

Swanson is the biggest money-maker among film stars

of the feminine gender, being very closely followed

by Norma Talmadge.

They say the returns on Gloria's pictures look

like the balance sheet of the U. S. Steel Corporation

and that the money drawn to box-offices by Normaruns a close second to the German indemnity.

While there may be much interest and excitement

among exhibitors and laymen over this close-run con-

test, there can only be wreaths of smiles on Joe

Schenck's face.

For after all, United Artists cashes in, with either

Gloria or Norma in the lead.

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"Grip of the Yukon" has

substituted for "Eternal

as the title of Ernst

current Universal

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Gilbert Warrenton

Now With Universal

On finishing "Hook andF. Harmon Weight

go to Universal to direct.

"A Sailor's Sweetheart"

will be the title of the next

Louise Fazenda-Clyde Cook

film for Warner Bros.

Gilbert Warrenton will

have charge of the photogra-

phy on the Universal produc-

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