The Film Daily (1918)

Saturday, December 21, 1918 DAILY Vol. VI No. 74. Saturday, December 21, 1918 Price 5 Cents Copyright 1918, Wid'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 CUTS AND FLASHES Ben Wilson was seen yesterday around the Universal offices. He arrived from the coast Thursday evening. Hugh Ford has left for the coast where he will direct features for the Famous Players-Lasky Corp. lames J. Corbett is going to the coast to appear in a series of Universal pictures. "Vacation Land" is the title of tV Rothacker "Outdoor" pictures on the Exhibitors-Mutual schedule of Dec. 15 These scenes were taken on top of the Rockies. The Broadway had a special showing of "The Hearts of Humanity" with Dorothy Phillips last night at 11.15 P.M The feature opens at the theater Sunday for an indefinite run. J. Stuart Blackton has begun work on "A House Divided," an elaborated picture version of Ruth Holt Boucicault's novel, "The Substance of his House." The adaptation is the work of Anthonv Paul Kelly. Jewel Productions executives have started a nation-wide campaign for a "Mrs-. Charlie Chaplin Week" at theaters, urging exhibitors to show one or more of Mrs. Chaplin's productions during the week. "The Salt of the Earth," by George Weston, which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, has been purchased by Famous Players-Lasky for Elsie Ferguson A. S. Kirkpatrick, assistant general manager of Exhibitors' Mutual left for Chicago after a week in the New York offic*;. With him went Colvin Brown, director of publicity. "The Scarlet Trail," a new motion picture written and directed by John S. Lawrence, and based on the book, "Don't Take a Chance," will be shown for the first time at the 39th Street Theater this afternoon at 1 o'clock, beginning a single week's engagement at this theater. Al Lehrer who has been connected with the film department of Select's New York exchange, has become a salesman for the same company. Second Lieutenant George Landy has been mustered out of the Army and is back with Select. Funds Wanted To Fight "Movie Trust" in Legislature. Rev. O R. Miller, State Superintendent of The New York Civic League, in the current issue of the Reformed Bulletin in an appeal for funds, says in part : "The movie trust is determined to have a bill passed to legalize this evil (allowing theatres to open on Sunday), so that the New York Civic League will be helpless in the future in its efforts to have the motion picture theaters closed on Sunday in our large cities, as it has already succeeded in haying done in many of the smaller cities as well as in most all the towns of the State. Arctic Productions Can be made within 8 hours of New York — Trained Animals Available. Arctic City, with a newly completed, fully equipped studio, is now available for independent producers desiring to rent a studio with natural conditions of the Arctic country and is located at Port Henry, N. Y. It is only eight hours from New York City and has been appropriately termed "Nature's Wonder Spot," having remarkable natural mountains, valleys, rivers, lakes, water falls, precipices, chasms, forests, logging camps, log runs, and jams, and can be used for Western, Northwestern, Lumber Camp, Yukon, Siberian, Lapland, Russian, Eskimo and similar pictures. A new studio has recently been comdeted and equipped with every facility. There is also a complete zoo of trained mimal actors, including Russian Bears, Russian timber wolves, educated horses, uirdlers and broad jump horses, police logs, Eskimo dogs and sledge dogs. Rental prices and other particulars tan he obtained from Edward Small, Twin City Notes Minneapolis. — Several score of motion picture men and exhibitors attended a special showing of the new Anita ctewart picture, "Virtuous Wives" at the Strand on Monday. The record week in the history of the Strand theater was established by the recent run there of Charlie Chaplin's "Shoulder Arms" according to Charles Branham, manager. This week Finkelstein and Ruben are showing the Chaplin picture in the New Astor, another of their downtown houses. "The End of the Road" a social hy:;ici.e picture attracted such crowds hen shown at St. Paul on Dec. 13 that police had to be called to turn people away from the Auditorium. It was a free showing under auspices of the Minnesota state board of health. Saturday night the picture was shown at the Auditorium. Winfield Sheehan, of the Fox corporation stopped in Minneapolis for a day. Mr. Sheehan gave special attention while in Minneapolis to the Shubert theater which his company recently ea^ed. The Fox corporation is using the Shubert both as a first class local picture house ar.d as a propaganda house in getting Fox Hctures before the exhibitors of the northwest. Rural exhibitors ask "what is being shown in Minneapolis". The biggest firm of Minneapolis exhibitors, running 10 picture houses shows principals the Paralnount-Artcraft program. "Flu" Gets Mayer and Gordon. Louis B. Mayer and 'Nathan Gordon members of Mayer and Gordon of Boston have both been seriously sick with the influenza. They were both in New York and on their return to Boston they were taken ill at almost the same time and have been under the weather since The latest report is that Mr. Mayer is able to be around now but that Mr. and have been under the weather since, at his home. War Dep't Wants Cavell "Stills." Select has been requested by the Historical Branch of the War Plans Division of the General Staff at Washmggton to furnish a complete set of "stills" on "The Cavell Case" to be incorporated in the permanent records of the Division. Public Projection Room Engagements made any hour day or night. 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