The Film Daily (1924)

;5& brAdstreet <»/* FILMDOM f^RECOCMZEl Authority XXX No. 29 Monday, November 3, 1924 Price 5 Cents EV^ES By DANNY o see wi'h. Especially those iroducer Who find in cermateriai. That which no r produ er can see. Which es for the problem. Of picmaking. And after all that he most important problem ofthis many problemed businei. hat one producer thinks will e a good picture. Is so much son" to others. There are countexamples. In proof of this. Had t idea some years ago. Of seeing e Hunchback" made into a picHow many concerns passed it Is history. Laemmle made it. made a wonderful picture, hen "Main Street" achieved nawide prominence. As a book. ly producers figured on making it. t of them were "afraid of it." ',' could not see picture material Warners gobbled it. Twisted story. And you know the result. •nly recently a play "The Far " was produced. It did not last long. Some shrewd picture peopl passed it by. Afraid of the theme. Fift National bought it. No one w know what they will do with it — ar to it. Because any concern which cc d make "Lillies of the Field" intOTiighty fine screen material. Can dc anything. It isn't altogether the ,. maeriaL It is the treatment which :ounts. The day has long since passed when a producer felt pompelled to make a picture ust as a book was written. Or k play presented. I hat is where expert scenarioists cme in. That is where their chief v^ie lies. It is their imagination; tljr power to write in that which n:l<es a fine piece of property. That ir<es them invaluable. Olcott's Note id Olcott is making "Salome of Tenements." An East Side story. ^ iling with East Side folk. In an t Side way. Just to get into the sphere Sid sent us a letter. It was iddish. What it was all about Sid knows. But no one else. Va experts figured it meant any s'. From an invitation to lunch n excuse for something. But at vents it created a lot of interest. tf Motley Flint Here lotley H. Flint arrives in town toi from Los Angeles, relative to Selznick bankruptcy. ^ Remember how the crowds acclaime d Kenneth Harlan as "The Virginian?" Wait till they see him in "White Man!" B. P. Schulberg Productions will distribute this Preferred Picture. — Advt. Exchanges Garry On Tentative Plan Set for Selznick Distributing to Keep Functioning — Meet Wednesday A tentative plan has been decided on whereby the Selznick Dist. Corp. will continue to function as a releasing unit. Mark Hyman, a member of the general reorganization committee and Edward M. Brown of the Utica Investment Co. whose representative was W. C. J. Doolittle are the sponsors of the plan. They are now upstate but will return on Wednesday at which time acceptance or rejection (Continued on Page S) May Film "Friendly Enemies" It is reported that Belasco Prod, has purchased "Friendly Enemies" and that Lew Fields and Joe Weber will appear in it. The picture will be made on the Coast for release through the Prod. Dist. Corp. Dowler Succeeds Anderson Atlanta — Frank Dowler, Jr., formerly theater district manager for Famous in Chattanooga has been assigned to take over duties of Ford Anderson who resigned as Atlanta district supervisor, effective last Saturday. An Idea Exchange Important Mid-West Managers "Swapping" Thoughts on Prologues, Music, Presentations An important group of Mid-Western theater managers has banded together in an organization expressly formed for the purpose of exchanging ideas and hunches on general showmanship problems. The credit for the idea goes to Ace Berry, managing director of the Circle, Indianapolis, who left for home yesterday following a short vacation in town. Berry declared the roundtable discussions held every four of five weeks in Chicago as a rule are proving of real benefit to alL of the members. A bulletin system has been adopted, so that each member can find what his associate member in a neighboring town is doing with presentations; how the stage was arranged, the distribution of lights, the length of the musical numbers, of (Continued on Page 2) Flaherty's Picture, "Maori" "Maori of the South Seas" is the title of the picture that Robert Flaherty, producer of "Nanook of the North" has been making in the South Seas for Famous. It is understood much of the material is in New York. East Side Rumblings Again Come Reports of Steiner Sale to M. and S. Cir ••' —Dissension Reported Renewed reports were afloat Saturday concerning the theater situation on the East Side. It was said that the Steiner circuit, as well as the holdings of Katz and Grosz (in New York) and Harry Blinderman would pass into the hands of Mayer and Schneider, who recently sold their Brooklyn theaters to StrasebergSmall. It is reported that the theaters involved are the Sunset, New 14th Street, New Delancey and Florence and that, if the deal should go through, M. and S. will have IS houses in the lower part of Manhattan. Steiner, Katz and Grosz and Blinderman are said to be bound for two years and a half longer in a buying agreement with M. and S. Internal dissension is still reported to be considerable. Sp'c'l Run for "Lost World" First National will give "The Lost World," a special run on Broadway at advanced prices. No theater has been selected as yet. MacLean Going Abroad (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — Douglas MacLean leaves for Switzerland shortly to shoot scenes for "Sky High." To Coast Sunday Abe Warner returns today from a short trip to Cleveland. He, his brother Sam and Motley H. Flint leave for Hollywood on Sunday. Seena Owen with Fox (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — Fox has engaged Seena Owen to play the lead in "The Hunted Woman," a Curwood story to be directed by Jack Conway. Brown to Star Howes (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles— Harry J. Brown Prod, will star Reed Howes in a series of six westerns, the first to be "The Beloved Pawn." Release through Rayart. Murfin Buys Out Trimble (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — Jane Murfin, owner of Strongheart has purchased Larry Trimble's interests in Trimble-Murfin Prod. Strongheart's future pictures will be mad« by Miss Murfin. A new one, "White Fang," is now being cut.