Exhibitors Herald (Jun-Dec 1917)

g:M EXHI B I TORS • HERALD (Continued from preceding page) Still the Solemn Figure flitted to and fro from trench to trench and garrison to garrison. Strange and terrible were the sights it looked upon and over which it raised imprecating hands. TT)ACK in the village where every year for centuries the Spirit of Christmas was wont to 1—J bathe all in the celestial light of peace and tranquility It saw lust and murder loosed against a trembling population of young and old, the sick and unfit — poor derelicts in the path of the supreme heartlessness and folly of Prussia's dream of world dominance. It saw scattered heaps of such as these lying in terrible confusion clinging one to another in the grim security of death. Here the tiny corpse of a child with terror stamped on its innocent face and little hand clasping a make-shift doll of rags from a Christmas chest impoverished by war; there a white-haired old man — the village Santa for a score of years — with one arm Hung protectingly around a young girl in whose eyes might be read the horror of her fate. And again the Solemn Figure looked upon the most awful and accusing sight under Heaven ■ — the hearth-fire, which was lit to welcome the dazvn of Christmas day, quenched in blood and mute forms where joyous life had lately been. In fine, It sazv the wanton cruelty and destruction brought to a people and a land that were nestling under the majestic serenity and happiness of a traditional Christmas Eve. Then the Solemn Figure, outraged by what It had seen back of the German lines, raised an imperial hand pointing to the West Suddenly from afar a giant shrapnel shell shot from the mouth of an American cannon burst high against the sombre heavens like a new Star of Bethlehem, a vivid portent of a mighty nation sprung to arms for the salvation of a world threatened with oppression. . ... . . and a multitude of troops of the armies of liberty and freedom watched with fixed gaze the miracle of the bursting shell that hung like a star in the area just over the top, bidding them on like the star of a long-gone Christmas Eve to the glorious work of making the world safe for the Spirit of Christmas. SUMMARY OF CURRENT ISSUE NEWS OF THE WEEK The Stranger, an Original Story 21 Exhibitors Violate Sherman Law, Distributors Charge, in U. S. Court 23 Chicago Branch A. E. A. Picks Men for Capitol War Tax Conference 23 Associated Theatres, Inc., Stockholders to Hold Meet in Minneapolis, Dec. 17 24 Shipman to Produce Nine Independent Films 24 Laemmle Indicts Distributors for Absorption of 15c Reel Tax. . 25 Hoffman Lauds Big Business Ideas; Panacea for Film Industry Evils ' 26 Dallas Government Agent Bans Increased Admission Including Tax 26 Today in Pictures, by John R. Freuler 27 "What They Want from Santa" 28 N. A. M. P. I. Forms "Class C" for Producers 35 War Conditions Give Opportunity to Increase Film Show Patronage 35 Fox Film Corp. Completes History-making Year 36 World Film Corp. Faces New Year Financially Fortified 37 "The Eagle's Eye," Starring King Baggot and Marguerite Snow Now Being Filmed 38 "Raffles," Greatest of Stage Crook Plays, Makes Ideal Film 38 Clifford Photoplay Co. Contracts for Production of 12 Five-Reel Comedies 42 Ebony Film Corp. Closes Kenosha Studio and Opens Winter Quarters in Chicago 44 REVIEWS "Alimony" First National Exhibitors Circuit D, Seven Parts, with Lois Wilson 29 "Her Second Husband," Mutual D, Five Parts, with Edna Goodrich 29 "Les Miserables," Fox D, Ten Parts, with William Farnum... 29 "The Little Scout," Paula Blackton's Life Series, Five Parts. with the Blacktons 30 Three Ebony Comedies, Ebony Film Corp., One Reel Each 30 "Those Who Pay," U. S. Exhib. Booking Corp. D, Seven Parts, with Bessie Barriscale 30 "Sylvia of the Secret Service," Pathe D, Six Parts, with Irene Castle 31 "Tom Sawyer," Paramount CD, Five Parts, with Jack Pickford.. 31 "My Little Boy," Bluebird D, Five Parts, with Ella Hall 31 "American Maid," Mutual D, Five Parts, with Edna Goodrich... 31 "The Good for Nothing," World C D, Five Parts, with Carlyle Blackwell 32 "Fighting Mad," Butterfly D, Five Parts, with William Stowell. . 32 "A Branded Soul," Fox D, Five Parts, with Gladys Brockwell. . 32 "The Ship of Doom," Triangle D, Five Parts, with Claire McDowell 33 "Quo Vadis," Kleine-Perfection D, Eight Parts 33 "The Honeymoon," Select D, Five Parts, with Constance Talmadge 33 "Shirley Kaye," Select D, Five Parts, with Clara Kimball Young. 33 "A Daughter of Destiny," Petrova D, Five Parts, with Mme. Petrova 34 "Fanatics," Triangle D, Five Parts, with Olga Grey 34 DEPARTMENTS The Periscope 39 The Film Stock Market 40 Official Cut-Outs by Chicago Censors 40 At Down-Town Chicago Theatres 40 The American Exhibitor 41 New York Trade Notes 43 Chicago Trade Events 44 The Open Market 45-46 Calendar of Program Publications 47-48 Published Weekly by NFW YORK OFFICF EXHIBITORS HERALD CO. g MARTIN J. QUIGLEY . Editor M80SJ SrSsm at 203 South Dearborn Street, Chicago — »™m(mmnmiiiiiraiiiimratiium«mi^^ — * Tel., Harrison 7355 J"11" Beecroft. Manager Subscription Price $1.00 Yearly Member Audit Bureau of Circulations All editorial copy and correspondence, and advertising copy should be addressed to the Chicago Office. Forms close at 6 p. m. on Monday of each week 22