The Film Daily (1918)

Tuesday, July 9, 1918 II Ml mum aJ!^ DAILY Published Every Day in the Tear at 71-73 West 44th St.. New York, N. Y. By WID'S FILMS & FILM FOLK, Inc. F. C. ("WID") GUNNING President and Treasurer LYNDE DEXIG, Editor Entered at New York Post Office as Secondclass Matter Terms (Postage free) United States, Outside of Greater New York, $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $20.00. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to WID'S DAILY, 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y. Telephone: Vanderbilt 4551—2 EXPOSITION IS ABANDONED League Officials Blame Producers and Distributors for Withdrawal or Support Cuts'and Flashes George Hively has been added to the Triangle scenario department on the coast. H. C. Brookes has been made assistant to Albert Parker, Triangle director. Pathe will release the twelfth and last episode of, the official British war film, "Britain's Bulwarks," July 28. W. F. Mead, formerly with Fox, has been appointed manager of Universal's branch in Seattle. Conrad Nagel, who played in the film version of "Little Women," has enlisted in the Navy. Hunt _ Stromberg, an ex-St. Louis advertising and newspaper man, has joined the Goldwyn publicity office. "Raffles," starring John Barrymore and made by the L. Lawrence Weber Photodramas Corp., has been sold to the Central Film Company of Chicago, one of the First National Exhibitors' Circuit Exchanges, by the Arrow Film Company. William J. Kelly has been engaped to play the lead in Olive Tell's first Metro picture under her new contract. It is called "Secret Strings," and is adapted from a short story by Kate Jordan. John Ince is directing. The Trans-Russian Film Corporation has purchased the rights to "Stolen Orders" for the following countries: France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, China, Japan and the Philippines. The same company also has sold Japenese right for "Mothers of Liberty" with Barbara Castleton to U. Ono of Tokio. Claiming that the National Association of the Motion Picture Industry is to blame for the withdrawal of its support, the National League officials have definitely decided to abandon the Exposition scheduled for next week in Boston, and in its place will give a ball. Lee Ochs, president of the League, issued the following statement last night: "Abandoned at the last moment by the producers and distributors' branches of the National Association of the Motion Picture Industry, I have been compelled to call off the exposition scheduled to be held in the City of Boston, July 13 to 20 at Mechanics Building. "With all arrangements completed and with everything understood between the exhibitors holding the exposition and the manufacturers and distributors who were to take part within a few days of the holding of the exposition the manufacturers and distributors almost unanimously refused to support the motion picture exposition plans in which the National Association had a fifty per cent, interest. "The exceptions among the manufacturers and distributors are William A. Brady, the president of the National Association; World Film Corp.; William L. Sherry, and William L. Sherrill, president of the Frohman Amusement Co. "I desire to express my thanks to them for the support generously given but which under the conditions cannot be accepted and I also wish to extend the thanks of the League to National Carbon Co., Nicholas Power Co., and Precision Machine Co., who also supported the exposition by signing contracts for space. "In lieu of the exposition and to make up in some part the loss sustained by the League by reason of the action of the National Association, a grand ball will be held at the Arena in the City of Boston on Friday night, July 19, at which many of the great stars of the motion picture world will be present. In behalf of the League I also desire to thank the trade papers for the space that they have generously donated to the League in furtherance of the aims of the exposition. "The convention of the exhibitors will be held as scheduled and from present indications will be the largest convention ever held under the auspices of the Motion Picture Exhibitors League of America." Producing Triangles Two new stories were put in production at the Triangle Culver City studios last week, "Shifting Sands," in which Gloria Swanson has the featured role, supported by Joe King and Harvey Clark, and "The Ghost Flower," with Alma Rubens in the leading role. Several new players will probably be seen with Miss Rubens in "The Ghost Flower," while Francis McDonald, who played the Apache heavy with Olive Thomas in her latest vehicle, "Toton," will have much the same role with Rubens. The Government says your business is essential to the country— Now is the time to make it essential to your community. Lockwood Working in New York Harold Lockwood, the Metro star, arrived in New York from the coast on Saturday and will start work immediately on his summer series of pictures in the East. There will be four pictures made here by the star and the first of these will be "The Yellow Dove," from a "Saturday Evening Post" story by George Gibbs. Not Informed Here Exporters said yesterday that the trade had not been informed of the ruling placing celluloid articles on the conservation list. The War Trade Board offices stated the order was issued from Washington and that here in New York, "they didn't know very much about it." Harold Edel, manager of the Strand, New York City, is using a back-stage orchestra in connection with "The Service Star," starring Madge Kennedy. Madame Petrova in her War Savings Stamp campaign sold $600,000 worth while in Houston.