The Film Daily (1924)

Wednesday, November 12, 1924 Census Ready Soon (.Continued from Page 1) seemed to follow this inquiry from the start, when producers were asked to report on the general schedule and it was later found that a special schedule has been devised for the industry, necessitating duplication of much of the work already done. Since the reports have all been received it has been found difficult to work out a satisfactory method of analysis; this trouble has now been -cvercome, however, and it is probable that the results will be ready for publication before the end of the year. To Help Charitable Institutions (.Special to THE FILM DAILVi St. Louis — "The Community Fund," an organization composed of some 50 organizations in St. Louis has had a special picture made entitled "Out of the Shadows," to induce the charitably inclined of the city to contribute to the fund. The picture purports to show what the organizations do for the uplift of the poor and will be shown by several local theaters. Leonard Series Completed Sam Hellman's titles for the concluding three subjects of the Benny Leonard series are "The Jazz Bout," "His Sur-Prize Fight," and "The Come-Back." Loew's Willard Opens Shortly Loew's Willard at Jamaica Ave. and 96th St., Woodhaven, opens Thanksgiving Eve. Seats will be reserved for that one performance only. The theater will have a combination policy of vaudeville and pictures. Marcus Loew, now on the Coast, expects to attend the opening in person. Exploitation Services Merged Merchants and Exhibitors Service, of which Dave Bader is president, and Bankers and Manufacturers Service, of which Don Laughter is chairman, have amalgamated at 723 7th Ave. "Rose of Paris" Released Universal announces the release this week of "The Rose of Paris," a new Mary Philbin picture. It is a Jewel and was directed by Irving Cummings. 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Reasons: Wright has 56,000,000 readers; this, his latest book one of world's best sellers; superb cast; a Sam Wood Production. It's an ASSURED cleanup. A Sol Lesser Presentation c4 3\inclpa£ iPLctu/te^J JVioAte/t S^xroLuctum. ! New 2,200 Seater For Hempstead Tlie Calderone Corp., operating the Hempstead at Hempstead, Long Island, will build another theater in that town. It will seat 2,200, cost $450,000, and, besides the house, will contain several stores and apartments. A. E. Fair Resigns (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Atlanta — A. E. Fair, former personal representative in the Dallas territory for Harold Franklin, has severed his connection with Southern Enterprises. Gets a New Role Frances Howard, making her first screen appearance in "The Swan," will play one of the leads in "A Kiss in the Dark," Dimitri Buchowetzki's next picture for Famous. Ashtabula Opens (Continued from Page 1) City Manager W. M. Cotton has reached an agreement with business men who want open Sunday and representatives of the ministerial association who want closed Sundays, whereby pictures will be shown. These shows will go through a special process of censorship by a committee of three composed of two ministers and one business man. The agreement also permits the ministers to preach in any picture theater for fifteen minutes, using the motion picture shown as the basis of their sermons. The city council had been divided on the Sunday blue law enforcement. Two councilmen were in favor of it. Two were against it. The fifth said that the decision lay with the City Manager. THOSE IfVHO ^UDGE B4NNER PRODUCTIONS, inc. PRECCNTS WITH AND fl/PrOSTEO BV MARY THUBMAN COn ALBERTfON EOMUNO BME5S WAITHJ MltLCi) ^(ONNHE KEEFE DiSCCTEDBV BURTON KING FROMTHi %10m BANNER PRODUCTIONS, Inc. 1540 Broadway New York Foreign Distribntor: Inter-Ocean Film Corporation — 218 West 42nd Street, N. Y. MAKE THIS YOUR BAMMEIt YEAR