The Film Daily (1918)

DAILY Vol. VI No. 73. Friday, December 20, 1918 Price 5 Cents Copyright 1918, Will's Film and Film Folks, Inc. Published Daily at 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y. by WID'S FILMS and FILM FOLKS, Inc. F. C. ("WID") GUNNING President and Treasurer LYNDE DENIG, Editor Entered as second-class matter May 21, 1918, at the post office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. 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 GUTS AND FLASHES Conway Tearle has been engaged to play" the leading role opposite Norma Talmadge in her next picture. It is: said that Tom. Santchi will apear in the cast of Geraldine Farrar's next production for Goldwyn. Effano Film Exchange which controls the New York Qity and State rights to "The Masier Mystery," has moved to 729 Seventh Avenue. William Humphreys for many years a prominent director, will be seen in the cast of the forth-coming Blackton productions. Edgar Jones returns to the screen as an actor in Doris Kenyon's picture "Wild Honey". Mr. Jones says he was unable to stand the strain of directing. Ora Carevv begins work sbortlv on her first production at the head of her own company. Walter Wright will be her director. 1 raving practically completed "Sis Hopkins'* with Mabel Normand, Clarence Badger is looking over the scenario of his next picture starring Madge Kennedy. Henri Diamant-Berger director and editor-in-chief of "Le Film" the largest film production in France, will sail shortly to return late in February and to bring with him a report on the manner in which the first of the American films that were sent there since the cessation of hostilities was received More Specialization Ideas A British Columbia Exhibitor Takes a Hand in the Discussion— Says Industry is Undergoing a Revolution and Leaders Know it. N. M. Trafton of the ORow-. Nay Circuit, operating theaters in British Columbia, forwards the following, relative to the "specialization" discussion: "Wid's" Daily. New York City. Gentlemen : "I'';ie hay" J. D "Gr&at dope" W. W "Jolly good work" ( running "Sick 'em Tige" "Wid's" issue No. 54 should be mode'ed in marble, placed in a huge eagle's bill and mounted high on the Longacre Building, New York City. Today is a sunrise of democracy, not so1ely a national policy, but a dadv mental diet for every thinking inter-' vidual citizen of the nation. So they think Zukor wants an armistice, eh! I think the First National boys would draft one up for him if he will speak more plainly. Perhaps he fears Doug w.'ll soon become lonesome for Mary and come over on our side and play. Zukor's whole article could have been confined to six words, "will you quit if I will?" Specialize Hell! Is there any angle of the business in which he and his friends have not concerned themselves? Let him place his goods on a common market, along side of others. Let the law of supply and demand take a hand instead of Zukor and see how quickly Zukor's pretended phantom of impending evil disappears, but as W. W. says, "Let's not befog the issue over w»ho will distribute." ' The Express Co.'s and ordinary accountants will attend to that. It is, however, a dead certainty that if Adolph continues refusing to conduct his business on a morally sane and sound competition basis and does not himself go to specializing, someone e'se will eventually attend to h's duties. The picture industry is right now undergoing a revolution and he knows it. ' That's why his wail. 1 shall' be very much surprised it we do&'t soon learn of some new Zukor plan to ally himse1f with i^e same men he has tried so hard to crush. Great dope tiYj Common Enemy" propaganda. So I say again, "Good work J. D. You know the game. That South experience taught you how to distinguish trunks, and your hand is full of them. Every wisely thinking, independent exhibitor on the continent should be with you and I believe is or will be. O-ROW-NAY CIRCUIT. N. M. TRAFTON, Gen. Manager. Baby Marie Osborne, Bathe's young ■st star, is in New York for the holi davs. Clara Morton wi leadi"" wo^an in for First National Le Jack Pick ford's his first production Ile^sie Love's third Vitagraph picture, "The Wishing Ring Man," wil be released Feb. 24. Alice Jovce's latest picture, "The Lion and the Mouse." will he released by Vitagraph Feb. 10.