The Film Daily (1919)

DSTREET LHDOM 7/cRECOCHIZE^ AUTHORIT ^Mm Tuesday, July 1, 1919 Price 5 Cents [en Undecided |e of Action on Pennsylia Deposit Bill rk sales managers and were still stunned yesteriie new Pennsylvania 'yJl for bonded advance dtlat state. Few would talk ut it is expected that a conferences will be called lays to discuss the situa11 likelihood, the National 1 will be called upon to )3inted out yesterday that oew's speech before the exhibitors in St. Louis 'warning to them as to the he producers and distribuontinued on Fage 4) World Film Out of Indianapolis {Special to WW'S DAILY) Indianapolis— The World Film exchange here will be abandoned, the territory as handled now can be amply' taken care of by the St. Louis, Cleveland and Cincinnati offices. Lee Kugcl, vice-president of World Film, verified the above wire. He said that the new division of territory is being made now. Prizma Men Return Dictor William Green and George Hayncs returned to New York yesterday from Antigua, Guatemala, where they shot several thousand feet of film of the Aztec ruins for Prizma. breign Plans ius Productions Outlined— Al Kaufman Off parture of Capt. Albert A. , formerly Eastern produclager for Famous Playersvesterday for London on tania marks the first step in guration of the production of the Famous Players'ritish Producers, Ltd., the eated $3,000,000 organization ill produce Paramount-Arttures abroad. Kaufman, who recently his discharge from the er serving for two years in ,5 director of the U. S. Gov \.'ontinued on Page 2) No. 134 ittle Ad Talks By Jack Alicoate vESMEN are oftimes exensive luxuries. Why not e WID'S DAILY your sisalesman? It will not cool ' in antirooms — will not weekly expense ac/'but WILL represent c,^\v1[ifully and econo'.nicalt'ays next ""ar in your ive ':u. .^ii.Acr's office ^m his waste basket. • is everywhere read I'^^cause they find here liient facts of the inJij) necessary to their The Colonel as President Louisville, Ky.— Col. Fred Levy, president of the Big Feature Right* Corp. which distributes First National Exhibitors' Circuit attractions in Kentucky and Tennessee, is being boomed for president of the National Retail Clothers' Abso. of America, which represents approximately 37,000 clothing stores, and includes an active membership of 25,000 dealers. "Well Liked" Gentlemen: I USED to get "Wid's Daily" at Gamble Theater, Altoona, Pa., but NOW I am located at Savoy Theater, 347 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. Please see that I receive this "well liked" daily at the lower address, as I have been a subscriber to your magazine ever since it was first issued. Yours truly, Ray H. Muntz. Mary's Retirement Mrs. Charlotte Pickford— Mary's mother— w<as in Boston over the week end and somv or t1:e newspaper men talked to her. Then they quoted her as saying: "Only nine more pictures and Mary will settle down to enjoy the fruits of her hard-earned savings. It will take a number of months more to complete the present pictures and then Mary is going to enjoy hfe, as I have entreated her for a long time to do. "She has received free leave to spend all the money she likes to make the new productions successful." '<l'i I Mrs. Pickford said yesterday that she was misquoted, that she had said that she hoped Mary would stop work after the nine productions she has to make for United Artists' were completed. "Mary has been working since she was five years of age," said Mrs. Pickford. "She has enough money, and she should take a rest. But whether she will — " New Hodkinson Series Deitrich to Produce Vance Stories with Doris Kenyon Theodore C. Deitrich announces the formation of a new company, Deitrich-Beck, Inc., which will produce annually from four to six pictures from the novels of Louis Joseph Vance, starring Doris Kenyon, and release them through the W. W. Hodkinson Corp. Deitrich is president and production manager of the organization, and Arthur F. Beck, treasurer of the Artco organization, producers of Augustus Thomas' dramas, is secretarl, treasurer and business manager. The North American rights will he handled by Hodkinson while foreign rights will be controlled by J. Frank Brockliss, Inc. The first of the Vance stories to be produced will be "The Bandbox" The second to be screened probably will be "Synthia-Of-the-Mniute." Vance is now at his summer home in Connecticut and will give his complete attention to the adaptation of his stories, making the author an interested factor in the translation of liis stories to the screen. National Academy George Eastman Plans Big Project — Brulatour and Rothapfel Interested Julian Johnson in his social column in the New York World points out that George Eastman, Jules Brulatour, of the Eastman film department, and Samufl Rothapfel had lunch at the Piltmore with the result that tl.e two latter will be connected with the "National Academy of Motion Picture Art" which Eastman will endow, and which will be located at Rochester-Eastman's home. Formal announcement relative to the plan will be made about August 1. ., • 1 According to Johnson the National Academy will take up some of the following propositions: "The establishment of a collegiate, experimental laboratory to aid the producers of photoplays in solving {Continued on Page 2) Faralla with Realart D. L. Faralla, who has been associated with the Select and Selznick, is now comptroller for Realart Pictures, Arthur Kane's new organization. When Hiram Abrams of the United Artists' was informed of what the Boston papers published he said tersely: "Well, Sarah Bernhardt retired occasionally, didn't she?" Mayberry Wins Prize St. Louis.— One of the last incidents at the convention here was the .,elcction of Cecil Mayberry, manager for Goldwyn, as the most popular film man in St. Louis. Mayberry was acclaimed with cheers and picked by a' committee of three apDointed by Hector M. E .(Methodist episcopal) Pasmezoglu to judge the A'inner. The prize was a $50 Liberty Bond and lots of kisses from one of the cabaret dancers at Mission nn where the dinner for the picture <hrong was held. Midnight Shows for 'Yankee Doodle' Sol Lesser is planning a series of midnight performances for "Yankee Doodle in Berlin" when the occasion ■ demands. The scheme will become effective Saturday night. Smith on Way to Europe A. George Smith of International Variety and Theatrical Agency, Ltd., sailed for England on the Aquitania yesterday. Delegation To Represent National Association at Columbus Named A special committee representing the National Association will leave next Saturday for Columbus, Ohio, to attend the convention on motion pictures for church workers which is cheduled for Tuesday, July 8, in conjunction with the Methodist Centenary Celebration, now in progress in that city. The Executive Committee has designed the following to represent the industry upon this occasion: President William A. Brady; Walter W. Irwin, Chairman of the Executive Committee; Gabriel L. Hess, Chairman of the Censorship Committee; J. Robert Rubin and John C. Flinn of the Censorship Committee; and Frederick H. Elliott, Executive Secretary.