The New York Clipper (November 1919)

November 26, 1919 THENg?W *¥*>k'K CLIPPER 33 UN1VERSA0 PLANS NEW PUBLICITY WILL COVER WHOLE COUNTRY A' new publicity plan for Universal trill become effective within the next month or so. Ten district supervisors for .Universal's publicity will be esta- blished throughout the country, each to nave from three to five assistants In toe neighboring cities of his district. There will he ten key cities, nine in the United States, and one in Canada. The assistants to the district manager will be located in the branch city of- fices. The dntles of these district man- agers and their assistants 'will be to aid in every manner possible the ex- ploitation of a film. Exhibitors in each territory are to receive their full co-operation. The will also try to ob- tain the maximum Amount of publicity possible in newspapers. The ten key cities and their sub- Bidaries are as follows:' San Francisco. supervising Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle; Denver, supervising Butte, Mont, and Sal t Lake; Chicago, super- vising Milwaukee and Indianapolis; St. Louis, supervising Oklahoma City and Kansas City; Minneapolis, super- vising Dea Moines and Omaha; Cleve- land; supervising Cincinnati, Detroit, and Buffalo; Philadelphia, suvervlsing Pittsburg; Charlotte, N. O, supervising Atlanta and Dallas, Texas; New York, supervising Boston. Toronto will he roe Canadian .key city. Three permanent district managers liave already been chosen. George De Krulf will be placed in Chicago; R. N. Engle In St. Louis and J. A. Daly In Charlotte, N. C.; Banks Winter, of Mil- waukee will also be in charge of one of the territories. NEW CIRCUIT RUMORED It la rumored that a new circuit of picture theatres is being formed throughout New England, of which a party named Gilchrist Is named as- the backer. The circuit is rumored to In- clude Huntington, Lee, Haydenville - Florence, Hatfield, South Hadley Falls, Granville and Sout hwick. PLAYER'S ASS'N GROWING Organized for. the purpose of eli- minating the usual ten per-cent charged by motion picture casting agencies, and to aid directors In securing competent casts the recently incorporated Motion ' Picture Players' Association, at its first regular meeting, held last week for the election of officers, reported more than 800 members. -This organization, according to an officer of the Association, is affiliated with the Actors Equity Association and has been'granted a charter by the American Federation .of Labor pending the approval of the Four A's. Its po- licy, as yet. is purely to see that the members receive the full amount'due' them for their services and not to set; a stipulated working day or wage scale. With this idea In view, a booking of- fice has been opened by the Association on a none per-centage basis at their headquarters, 159. West Forty-sixth Street, where according to those in charge, a member may be cast for a picture and receive the full amount offered by the director. This office, although but recently opened, is re- ceiving, the co.operatlon of a number of studios and has been indorsed by a score or more directors. .Officers elected at the meeting last Monday night are, Jack Eraser, presi- dent ; William Murry, first' vice-presi- dent; Llla. Smith, second vice-presi- dent; William J. Walsh, treasurer R. Rieharr Nelson, recording secretary. FILMS TO TEACH PREVENTION 1 OF TIRES UNIVERSAL TO MAKE IT Harry Levey, managing director of the educational department of the Universal Film Manufacturing Com- pany, is producing a series of motion pictures which cover every phase of fire prevention. This is being done to aid the National Fire Prevention As- sociation, with headquarters in Boston in their campaign to furnish the public with facts about fire prevention. The .committee in charge got and still has the aid of newspapers and magazines, but have found that still more la needed. It is believed that the results that will be obtained by a cam- paign through the motion, pictures will cause a great change In those careless ones who start fires unthinkingly. In the special films being prepared by Levey, the human interest -element will predominate; for they will be pro- duced In the form of comedies and ro- mances, but will work In the uses of municipal fire departments In factories, stores, mines and homes. CARLETON MAY WIN SUIT A legal move made by Carle B. Carl- ton, in the Supreme Court action brought against him by the late Al- bert Scowcroft, former president of the Ogden Pictures Corporation, resulted,, last; week in what may ultimately lead to Carlton's winning the suit Through bis attorney, Nathan Bar- kan, Carlton made a motion to compel the executors of the late plaintiff to- amend his complaint, it being set forth, in the motion papers that the Ogden Picture Corporation, which originally dealt with Carlto.-i in the transaction is responsible for the suit, Is a Utah corporation that never received permis- sion to transact business In this state. Judge Newburger granted the motion. Several years ago, Carlton purchased two feature pictures which were pro-- duced by the Ogden company. There were "The Grain of Dust" and "The Lust of the Ages". He paid $5000 In cash and the balance of $40,000 he paid ly giving two notes, of $20,000 each, payable to the corporation. These notes, as It subsequently developed, were endorsed over to Scowcroft, who-- personally deposited them with a bank for collection. When presented, they were not paid by Carlton, he claiming that the money yas to be paid out of the proceeds of the money realized by him through the exploitation of the pictures. Scowcroft'8 suit followed his exe- cutors continuing it after his death. CLIPPER LETTER BOX Abbott Geo. C. Abewald, Frank Bzarsky, A. . ItiirrJosH, Jean Bishop, Bert Boeck, Alfred R. Burk, Wally Bertrand, Bert Barns, Geo. B. Blmont A Mooor Black, John J. Arone, Jack Arnold, Lueila Bell, Crystal Besant, Lillian Bennett, Bailie Bush, Bevlah Bentley Marjorle Bennett, Richard Boyle, Denis J. Brown & Spencer Curtis, Jack Crawford, Clyde Curtis Bert Golden. Luther Davis A FJcbe Duffey; J. H. Dlson, Jim Farnum, Ted Cleveland. Hazel Clifton, Maud Craig, fiallle K. Dale, Violet Dreon, Edna De Koven, Anna De Yere, Arline GENTLEMEN Fay, Barney Farnum & Nelson Fischer, Bob't E. Glasgow, Jas. Gould, Frank Hayden, Tnos. Hoff, Fred R. Hoover, B. Jones, Sherman L. Kayser, Joe Kilbride, Percy Forrest, Ernest A., Klngtion, Frank Kelso, J. R. Leonard, 8yd M. Laperts, S. La Pine. Lyle Mini, Homer Marlow, Frank Mil Jam John Martoll J. Montgomery L. Mack Ernest Prior, B. Ring, Hal Ring, Albert itlcbards, Joe Sears, H McClintock Guthrie Swift, Peter A. MacLean Billy Larson A Jackson Neeley, B. H. Douglass, Blllle Densmore, Vivian Kennedy, Dolly Lorraine, Peggy Lyonell, Mrs. Joe Lohinar, Helen May, Orletta McHugh. Ed Miller, Fred P. Miller Ira LADIES Connell, Grace Y. Morgan . Dorothy . Pearl. Rosalie R. Peyser, Ltezie Parks, Bird Parker, Bunny Plcard, Alma Newhart, Chas. Newton, Harry Ashton Rehauser, Anna H. Ross, Mary J. Sands, Betty Self, Zeta Venette, Leona ■ Verner, Cleo '■•> Tobias, A. H. Tumour, Jules J Torrelli's Circus Vincent Victor Wright, W. P. • Washington, Fannie Whalley, Maude E. Webster, Mrs. A. A Webb, Evelyn Ward MllUoent White. Winnifred : B. F. 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