Skilled Craftsmen (1924) 🇺🇸

Skilled Craftsmen on the Roster of Fox Directors — Harry Millarde, Emmett Flynn, Henry Otto, Lynne Reynolds, J. G. Blystone, Thomas Buckingham, Dennison Clift, John Ford, J. Gordon Edwards, Chester Bennett, John Conway, Elmer Clifton, Lambert Hillyer and Maurice Elvey are men who have screen successes to their credit.

The directors responsible for the coming season’s pictures of Fox Film Corporation are all skilled craftsmen with numerous screen successes to their credit.

Harry Millarde is expected to duplicate his record with Over the Hill in the screen version of Channing Pollock’s stage success, The Fool. Every resource of the Fox New York studios was placed at the command of Mr. Millarde for this picture which was almost a full year in the making. Last season’s biggest success “If Winter Comes” was also directed by Harry Millarde.

Emmett Flynn is scheduled to make four productions for William Fox this season, including The Man Who Came Back, Gerald Cranston’s Lady, The Dancers and “Everyman’s Wife.” “Monte Cristo” and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court were two of the big Fox specials of other seasons directed by Emmett Flynn.

Henry Otto who is an expert in creating big spectacular productions will direct three spectacles for Fox this season. Dante’s Inferno and Neptune’s Romance [Folly of Vanity (1924)] are the first two pictures assigned to this director for this season. Mr. Otto’s first picture last season after coming with Fox was The Temple of Venus.

Lynn Reynolds who has directed seventeen star series attractions and special productions in which Tom Mix was starred, will direct the three Zane Grey stories which will be filmed as special productions, starring Tom Mix.

J. G. Blystone is responsible for the direction of Tom Mix in “O, You Tony!” and “Teeth.” This director will also produce The Last Man on Earth and In Love with Love, both new Fox specials.

Thomas Buckingham, one of the old line Fox directors, is now finishing the “Cyclone Rider” and will later direct the Giant Special “Hunting Wild Animals in Hollywood” and the super-special “The Troubles of a Bride.”

Dennison Clift, who was one of the early Fox directors and scenario writers, produced “Flames of Desire” from Ouida’s famous novel Strathmore.

John Ford, who directed two of last season’s biggest productions, has been assigned three pictures on the new Fox schedule. He will direct Hearts of Oak, “The Hunted Woman” and “Damaged Souls.”

The J. Gordon Edwards production “It Is the Law” is the fiftieth picture that this veteran director has made for William Fox.

Chester Bennett will make The Painted Lady from the story by Larry Evans and also “Thorns of Passion” an adaptation of the novel The Rough Neck, by Robert W. Service.

John Conway, another well known Fox director, will direct Tom Mix in the famous old romance Dick Turpin and also The Deadwood Coach, another Mix special.

Included in the list of Fox directors is Elmer Clifton who directed The Warrens of Virginia, Lambert Hillyer who is making Gold Heels [Transcriber’s Note: This project may have ended in Development Hell] from the race track melodrama Checkers.

Maurice Elvey, a well known English director who has just been signed to a long term contract, will direct She Wolves, a story of Paris life.

One of the novelties on the new Fox program is the special monkey comedy production “Darwin Was Right” which Lewis Seiler will direct.

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The directors’ responsible for the coming season’s pictures of Fox Film Corporation are all skilled craftsmen with numerous screen successes to their credit.

• Jules Eckert Goodman | Photo of Goodman Copyright Bachrach
• (In Circle) Harry Millarde
• (Left) Emmett Flynn
• (Right) Lynn Reynolds
• (Right) Rowland V. Lee
• (Left) Henry Otto
• (Right) J. Gordon Edwards
• (Left) John Ford
• Maurice Elvey
• J. G. Blystone

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Collection: Exhibitors Herald, August 1924