The Moving picture world (November 1926-December 1926)

2 MOVING PICTURE WORLD Fredman at Complimentary Dinner WORLD I Reciprocity is Needed MOVING PICTURE FOUNDED BY J. P. CHALMERS. 1907 PubKihed vuklr b; CHALMERS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 516 l-llth Ayenue. New York, N. Y. Telephone: Murray Hill I6I0-I-2-3. Member Audit Bureau of Clr cu.atio.is. John 1' Chalmers, [rresident ; James P. Chalmers. Sr.. vlce presldenl ; Alfred J. Chalmers, vice-president; Eliza J. Chalmeik. secretary and treasurer; E.v.n L. Ha.l. business mana{;er; K. G. Ortega, editorial director. Manaelng Editor — E.ies W. Sarjent; .\580clate Editors — Sum.ier Smith. Merrltt Crawfoni: Adre.tls.ng Ucpartmenl — C. ScliOttenfe s. Gus Fausei; C.iculation Maiuge; — Deiuiis J. i^hea. Kraut* oaices: Joseph ESler. 5431 Glenwood Avenue. Chicago; Tom Waller. Tut Bulld-ng. Vine Street and Hollywood Blvd.. Hollywood, Cal. Subscription price: $3.00 a year to countries wliere stamps are not necessary for iwstint ; 13.50 to Canada; J6.00 to other countries requiring stamps lor postage. Copyiight, 1J28, Ch»Jner» Pub.lshing Co. Co,-yrlght throughout G:eat Britain and Co otwes. under the »ro>isions of the Copyright Act of 1911 (All rights reserved.) 0;her publications: Cine Mundial. Published in RVamsli and circuiting In all Sp.nish spealting countries of the world. Spanish and E.igilsh books. VOL. 83 NO. 1 New Battle Impending (Continued ft cm page 1) largely brought about, especially during the past six months, by various communications ti.ianatlng from your ofnce addressed to the Film Board of Trade members or the Film Board of Trade secretaries practically instructing distnbi.tor members on Arbitr.ition Boards as to how they shoull act, T.ow they should decide and what they could and coulJ not do in the consideration of cases that came before them.'' Anne Nichols Backs New Film Projector Anne Nichols and William Llgnemare, of ''Abie's Irish Rose" fame, arc sponsoring two recent French Inventions which, i;ombined, make a motion picture projector for which great things are claimed. It iS said liiat Miss Nichols will erect a factory and turn out these projeotors iu large quantities. The new French arc lamp has a rotary arc and one carbon. It works automatically, is watercooled and has great brilliancy. The new film contaiT'r obviates the necessity of several reels, caring for all the film up to. perhaps, 8,000 feet. Danger of fire Is averted and the life of the film greatly lengthened. It is said. F. H. Richardson, projection expert of Moving Picture World, will later report nis flnJings on this subject. Name Personnel The Small-Strausberg Circuit, operating a chain of theatres throughout Brooklyn and L/Ong Island, announces the personnel of ne;vly created divisions and subdivisions. Lew Preston has been appointed general manager with the Brooklyn division nnder his jurisdiction, wliile Harry Furst will serve in a like capacity for the Long Island theatres. Messrs. Sigmund S. Solomon, Jack Neumark, M. Bermaa, D. Friedson and A. G. Crowl have been appointed district managers. Sidney Larschan will look after the publicity and exploitation. Makes Strong Appeal for British Film at Pl, M. p. a. Biltmore Function Representatives of all branches of the industry attended the dinner given in honor of Ernest W. Fredman, visiting editor of The Film Renter. London, England, which was given under the auspices of the A. .M. P. A. at the Biltmore on Tuesday evening. At the speakers' table were Mr. Fredman, Dr. Giannini, president of the East River Bank, who acted as toastmaster; Nathan Burkan, Marcus Loew, Robert Lieber and Walter Eberhardt. president of A. M. P. A. Nathan Burkan outlined the seriousness of the situation, which is fast coming to a head in Great Britain in relation to .\merican films. He w arned that American producers and distributors had already let the agitation go so far that governmental intervention was now almost inevitable and predicted that the results would be far reaching. Marcus Loew, who followed him, declared that he would be glad to run British pictures, as he had stated to the British fl)m trade last summer. If he could «ei attractions which would bring the people into his theatres. Robert Lieber, president of First National, thought being that just as Britain has now control of the rubber Industry, while America dominates the film markets of the world, both would continue to remain In their relative positions, until superior brains and resourcefulness overcame the advantages held by the other. Mr. Fredman then made his address which constituted a strong appeal for con5ideration for British pictures, many of which he maintained are at least as good as our average program features. He pclnted out that it would only be good business to do so, because of the very real possibility of serious burdens being placed upon what is now the best market for mction pictures outside of the Cnited States itself. Laemmle Now in West Carl Laemmle left New ''ork last Sunday and reached Universal City late this week. He will remain in California for several months. .\ccompanyinK him were Julius Stern, president of the Stern Film Corporation; Carl Laemmle, Jr., Miss Hosabelle Laemmle. James Geller, a special writer, and Jack Ross, Liiemmle's secretary. Ready to Distribute Nat Levlne has returned from Hollywood to New York where his ten-episode serial. "The Golden Stallion," featuring the appearance of a wild horse, is in the last stages of production. Distribution plans are being decided upon and the selling campaign will be under way In two weeks. Franklin Signs Sidney Franklin, motion picture director, who has Iteen under contract to Joseph M. Schenck for over five years, has signed a new contract with Mr. Schenck which makes him one of the highest paid figures in the motion picture Industry. Thus he becomes a United .Artists director. New Girl Player Paramount has signed Blanche L« Claire under a long-term contract, according to William LeBaron. She is the daughter of Frank Le Claire, who sixteen years ago was . leading man for a French motion picture unit prorivicing in America. Raives Selected Sol Raives, vice-president of the Theatre Owners Chamber of Commerce, New York, has been designated by President Charles L O'Reilly as chairman of the Exhibitors Committee of the Motion Pictures Comiiilttee of the .\nierican Arbitration Association. M.-G.-M. Signs Five The following have signed M.G.-M. contracts: Dimitrl Buchowetzki, director; Frank Currier, character actor; Clement AndreAni. costume expert; Marc McDermott, character actor. Cecil Howard, character actor and make-up artist. Pleases Fire Chiefs A great demonstration of enthusiasm greeted .Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "The Fire Brigade." which was shown at the State Theatre, New Orleans, to more than 3 000 persons. A print had been sent via a special Fire Chiefs' car to the annual convention In New Orleans of the International Association of Fire Eingineer*. COMING and GOING Taylor Goes West Matt Taylor, who wrote the story for Johnny Hines' latest First National picture, ''Stepping Along' and is also responsible for the comedian's forthcoming screen story, as yet untitled, leaves for California this week to enter the scenario field. While Mr. Taylor's Initial scenario work has been along comedy lines, he expects to train hia typewriter into dramatic work upon arrival. Mention Whiteman Broadway claims that Paul Whiteman, corpulent orchestra leader, will be featured in a picture to be made in the East. William .Morris, Jr., who has just left Los Angeles on his way east, is mentioned in connection with the reported deal. Forms Havana Co. Nat Liebeskind, formerly manager of the Universal exchange in Cuba, has formed the Havar.a Theatre Company, Inc., to operate picture theatres In Havana. On or about November 1 the first theatre will be opened. This will be known as the Cine Esmeralde. Paramount executives and home office and eastern sales representatives, headed by Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, Sidney R. Kent and George W. Weeks, has left New York for French L4ck, Ind.. where the annual fall sales convention is being held. In the party were Mr. and Mrs. Emil Jannlngs, Erich Pommer and Mauritz Stiller. Others on the special train were: John D. Clark, Phil Reisraan, EJgene J. Zukor. Mel Shauer, George M. Spidell. G. B. J. Frawley, Charles E. -McCarthy, M. H. Lewis, Russell Holman. Oscar Kantner, Leon Bamberger. Dr. Emanuel btern, A. O. Dillenbeck. Paul Allison. Eddie Corcoran, B. Campe, Jack Roper. Walter Wangcr, Watterson R. Rothacker. Monta Bell. Monte Katterjohn. Henry Salsbury. William LeBaron, Edwin Gelsey, Ralph Bloch, E. Wynne. E. E Shauer, Joseph Seidelman. Dick Blumenthal, A. Ferraro, O. R. Geyer, Don Velde, George Weltner, G. K. Haddow. E. J. Dennison. J. A Clark, W. W. Caldwell. Lou Edelman, Frank Blakely, Jerry Sussman. A. H. Cole, Ralph Kohn, Sam Katz. H. B. Franklin and H. Goldberg. • • • Edgar B. Hatrick. vice-president and general manager of International Newsreel and Cosmopolitan Productions, has returned to New York from Los Angeles. He was accompanied east by C. J. Hubbell, Pacific Coast manager of International Newsreel. • • • Budd Rogers, vice-president of Lumas Film Corporation, returned last w<eek from a transcontinental tour of exchanges. • • • Stanley Hand. home ofnce representative of Warner Bros., has departed on a tour which will take him to twenty-four of the exchanges of the company. His first stop was at Boston. • • • Andre Glattli. European correspondent of the Pathe News, last week returned to his post in Paris after spending a months visit with Editor Emanuel Cohen and the Pathe News staff in New York City. • • • Lea Weir. Pacific Coast district manager for P. D. C. who has been in New York for conferences with General Sales Manager W. J. Morgan, has returned to his office in Ix>s Angeles. • • • Ralph A. Morrow of the P. D. C. sales department, who has been in New York on special work for several months, has returned to Dallas as manager lor that division. • • • William M. Vogel. general manager of Producers International Corporation, foreign distributors for Producers Distributing Corp.. sailed for Europe Saturday aboard the Leviathan. Accompanying Mr. Vogel is J. J. Rein, secretary of Producers International. • • • Harr>' M. Warner, president of Warner Bros., and Sam E. Morris, general manager of distribution, have returned from a hurried trip to Chicago, where they arranged for the showing of Vitaphone and the road show attraction. S..d Chaplin in "The Better 'Ole." at the Woods Theatre.