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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1922
Page
7
John Robertson famed for Sentimental Tommy and Tess now aims to produce his own pictures. Mary Pickford seeks his direction in Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall to be shot this winter.
Herbert Hancock headed Fox Film Company's news reel department, directing hundreds of cameramen globally to capture and present notable events to the picture public, a role begun three years ago as the company expanded its news coverage.
Worn pail wastes described as Satcheans at Paw’s settlement in the 18th century reflect early practices. The brief note records daily refuse avoided by residents and hints at local materials used in container making.
Hancock transfers this department to his brother Don and becomes director in chief of educational and industrial divisions at Fox Film Corporation. He spent 15 years with major metropolitan newspapers and wrote many scenarios in the era of two reel pictures. He also worked with the Creel Bureau's motion picture division in Washington during the war and produced two photo plays before founding Fox news reel.
The Fox News department mirrors a large newspaper operation with editors a managing editor news editor foreign editor copy desk and compositor. Prospective cameramen submit work samples and quality is judged. home office letters to field cameramen average 200 a day offering guidance and tips. A large New York team covers major events aiming for exclusive scoops for Fox News.
Joseph Schildkraut appears in a new Theatre Guild production in Toronto next Monday night with Eva LeGallienne in the lead female role. Elsie Bartlett also appears in the company, and Schildkraut may perform in Peer Gynt this winter.
Germany shows strong film output with many titles slated for release now and into early winter. Included are Lucrezia Borgia Monna Vanna Old Heidelberg Fra Diavolo Lady Hamilton Othello and Salome highlighting a busy production field.
Ruth L states Johnny Walker leads with Over the Hill star status and Captain Fily-By-Night. Edna Murphy led in Over the Hill while J Warren Kerrigan shifts to real estate. Louis Bennison inactive. Agnes Ayres and Clare Reid in Clarence adaptation. Harold Lloyd born Nebraska and a decade into screen comedy as Lonesome Luke. Elsie Ferguson filming The Outcast at Famous Players Long Island studios. wife of Thomas B. Clarke Jr.
Miss Alma Lindberg daughter of Mr and Mrs John Lindberg of West Somerville was married to Police Officer William Donahue of the Back Bay station at St Clement's Church West Somerville in a ceremony conducted by Rev Daniel Desmond. Miss Grace Lynch was the only attendant Cornell Sullivan served as best man. The bride, a Somerville High School and Burdett College graduate, formerly worked as secretary to H S Avery of London Guarantee and Accident Insurance. A reception followed at the parents home and the couple left for a Washington automobile tour.
Fire prevention week begins next Monday with inspections in sub districts by a member of each engine and ladder company to remove combustible rubbish from three family or larger dwellings. Lectures and drills will be held in public schools. rules warn against leaving fires unattended, using flammable fuels near open flames, obstructing fire escapes, and giving false alarms.
Judge Fessenden of the Suffolk Superior Court weighed a motion by Hector M. Holmes and Robert D. Weston for a new trial on charges they received papers stolen from Daniel H. Coakley. The matter, after government representation, went to the Supreme Judicial Court which instructed correction of improper impressions but denied the new trial.
In Westfield on Monroe Street Joseph Alvarez reports $2200 missing from a bedroom trunk. Police suspect two slick strangers who have recently dined at the boarding house as possible culprits.
Nearly 100 elementary teachers in Din ning and Frankfort townships walked out after not receiving pay following a voter defeat of a $64 000 bond issue to cover deficits and teacher salaries. About 3900 students were sent home for an undetermined period.
A jury in East Cambridge Court found Isaac Tatelbaum of Somerville and Max Steir of Quincy guilty on all indictments for conspiring to steal and receiving cloth and shoes from the Boston Maine railroad. The verdicts tie them to the Tug Wilson gang probes and set sentencing for tomorrow before Judge Louis S. Cox.
New London Sept. 27 Charles W Morse a shipping and steamship figure told reporters en route to Maine he expects to operate the Groton Iron Works again after the litigation ends. He predicts the present federal case against him and associates will be dismissed within a month and says he will be acquitted and exit his bankruptcy tied to Groton Iron Works.
The Durant will hold an autumn festival next Saturday on the estate of Alfred Douglass in Brookline for members and friends. The program features orchestral selections a drama by Miss Bertha Remick and games and dances led by Mrs. Jennie Douglass Mrs. Sally Montague Miss Margaret A Sutton and Miss Nellie B Anderson.
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