Exhibitors Herald (Jun-Dec 1917)

EXHIBITORS HERALD 33 THE FILM STOCK MARKET By PAUL H. DAVIS & COMPANY Chicago Bid Asked American Film Company 60 70 Lincoln Film Corporation, pfd 85 95 Lone Star Corporation, pfd 98 101 Lone Star Corporation, com 18 21 Mutual Film Corporation, com 12 15 Mutual Film Corporation, pfd 16 19 New York Motion Picture Corporation 55 North American Corporation, com 25 States Film Corporation, com 20 Triangle Film Corporation Jfj 1]4 World Film Corporation l/i $4 Quotations Oct. 9th, 1917. This department will furnish, on request, such statistics as are available concerning the above or other motion picture stocks, providing such request does not call for an expression of opinion concerning the policy of the companies or the future prices of the stocks. OFFICIAL CUT-OUTS MADE BY THE CHICAGO BOARD OF CENSORS "On the Level," (Lasky) — Scene of roulette wheel; man shooting girl's father; subtitle: "A little this side of hell"; all tough dance scenes; tough dancing; two views of roulette wheel; two scenes of choking man: flash lirst dead body scene and eliminate two others; flash scene of dragging body across floor; body in wheel barrow; subtitles: "I'm going to town, I'd rather die with morphine than without it"; "You didn't say anything to your mother about me?" "I understand"; two tough dance scenes; all scenes of selling liquor to sailor; two scenes of drinking at table in background; girl on table with arms above man's neck. "The Last of the Troubadours," (Vitagraph) — Troubadour shooting man while in saloon. "Caught in the End," (Triangle) — Scene of girls in sand under umbrella; scene of girls under umbrella after it is raised; girl undressing before mirror; man undressing before putting bathing suit on. "The Secret Man," (Butterfly) — Jailer dropping key before prisoner's cell. "The Seven Pearls," No. 5 (Pathe) — Air man throwing two bombs at auto; shooting of man in ship. "The Sultan's Wife," (Keystone) — Man on bench wiggling posterior after seeing dancers in background; scene of Sultan falling backwards after the dance and spreading arms and legs; man and girl knocking against each other. "God's Man," (Frohmanj — Reel 2, word "paramour" to be changed to another word. Reel 3, subtitles: "Souls of the Scarlet Host"; "Call your bank and get $5,000 or I'll brain you"; "Here's a yard or two of silk I .found"; detective punching man; two opium den scenes; subtitles: "There's lots of dames running around loose in Xew York — to hang a pink kimona on your door"; "Ere many days Arnold and Bertie overruled propriety and the pink kimona hung on the spare bedroom door"; all scenes of girl living in I mans apartment; shorten kissing scene in Apache dance; subtitles: "She's here with a millionaire"; "Girls are fools to slave in a factory"; shorten .three dance scenes. Two opium den scenes; all scenes of girl in man's japartment except where she appears in street clothes; subtitles: "Why I 'thought you knew she was here"; "She must go"; three scenes of man | smoking opium; shooting Waldemar; shooting Hugo. "The Conqueror," (Fox) — Four scenes of bank holdup; shooting sheriff; • two scenes of little pigs and mother; closeup of man mixing glass in*t; man locking bedroom door; all but three flashes of struggle between in and girl in bedroom; shooting old man through door; all struggle mes between nuns and Mexicans in convent; last six scenes of struggle in dm between man and girl, including three scenes of struggle on bed; killing in at toot of stairs. "Prairie Romeo," (Universal) — Holdup of station agent. "Life's Whirlpool," (Metro) — Shorten three choking scenes. "For France." (Vitagraph) — German soldier forcibly kissing girl on neck; kissing scene in chair where girl's waist is torn off. "Oh Doctor," (Paramount) — Man pulling women's skirts up to knees. "The Duplicity of Hargraves," (Vitagraph) — View of two dollar bill. "The Fall of the Rummy N tiffs," (Mixed) — Two scenes of pulling fork l posterior; two scenes of man wiggling posterior as he directs orchestra. T,he.i:.0"r,esPondent'" (Advance)— Subtitles: "Not that girl, she's different ; ' That s it, she's different — she attracts me and this is the only way"; toast: Here s to what we want — may be alwavs get it when we want it and always want it when we get it." "Her Country's Call," (American) — Selling whisky to Indian; shootin" guard. The Tar Heel Warrior," (Triangle)— Subtitles: "Jest let me catch y.2." tralP5in around with any of these niggahs and I'll tan your hide": I here were so many niggahs, you couldn't count "em"; "I se a Mills niggah, etc. "Every Inch a Man." (Lasso) — Shooting man on street; taking girl into church and locking door. "Queen X," (Mutual) — Two opium den scenes; preparing opium pipe; two scenes of slumming party in opium den. "Angel of Poverty Row," (Selig) — Assault on detective. "Plagues and Puppy Love," (Vitagraph)— Thumbing nose. "Rustler's Vindication," (Selig)— Placing saw in bottle and view of note reterring to same; binding man and tying him to horse. "The Lion's Lair," (Bison) — All snake scenes except the one in which man shoots it; all struggle scenes before cave; flash struggle scenes between man and girl on cliff. , . ."Pe,ar Facts-" (Selig)— Subtitle: "There comes Robbv with a bear behind. Current Events, Xo. 21 (Universal) — Closeup of currency and coin. "His Vindication," (Cosmofotofilm) — Two scenes of robbing and choking man. "The Xinth Day," (Gold Seal) — Shooting man; three scenes of lighting fuse; flash three struggle scenes man and girl. "The Call of the East," (Lasky) — Subtitles: "My sister is an outcast but the man who has shamed her shall pay"; "You are my beloved isn't that enough?" "At Haksima, Hepburn will pay for O Mitsu"; "Tonight your sister she shall pay the price"; "I am ready to marrv O Mitsu"; "f decline the honor." "The Trouble Buster," (Pallas) — Crook striking boy on head with bottle. "A Woman of Steel," (Apex) — Making wax impression of key. "A Crooked Romance," (Pathe) — View of money. "Boot and Loot," (Kalem) — Man stealing wallet and jewelry. "'The T.'nderstudy," (Falcon) — Closeup of money. THIS WEEK AT DOWNTOWN CHICAGO THEATERS ALCAZAR — Fox, "A Rich Man's Plaything," with Valeska Suratt; Fox, "The \ankee Way." with George Walsh; Mutual, "Southern Pride," with Gail Kane; Fox, "Xorth of 03," with Dustin Farnum; World, "Shall We Forgive Her?" with June Elvidge; Metro. "The Sleeping Memory," with Emily Stevens; Mutual. "The Girl Angle." with Anita King. BIJOU DREAM— Select, "The Moth," with Xorma Talmadge. BOSTOX — Fox, "The Yankee Way," with George Walsh; Mutual. "Southern Pride." with Gail Kane; World, "Shall We Forgive Her?" with June Elvidge; Metro, "The Sleeping Memory," with Emily Stevens; Mutual. "The Girl Angle," with Anita King; Fox. "Conscience," with Gladvs Brockwell. CASTLE — Paramount, "Bab's Diary," with Marguerite Clark. ORPHEU.M — Goldwyn, "Fighting Odds." with Maxine Elliott; Paramount, "The Ghost House," with Jack Pickford and Louise Huff. ROSE— World, "The Burglar, " with Carlyle Blackwell. Ziegfeld — Artcraft, "The Man From Painted Post." with Douglas Fairbanks. Universal Gets 3 Noted Writers During the past fortnight L'niversal has added three authors of considerable note to the scenario department on the coast. They are Charles Kenyon. J. Edward Hungerford and Captain Leslie T. Peacocke.