The billboard (Oct 1918)

DTOIBPBmABLI TO XBI nonBSKOXASt BNTBtSAQOS MBD *T.T.Tfpii IHTBUBTS. THEATRICAL DEPRESSION IS WORS T IN STA GE HISTORY Mew York and Chicago the Only Large Cities Not Closed — Etndemic Shows Slight Abate- ment—Hope Expressed for Early nwM pnnhnu ■mtifsmuiu for cm- tn BkOoMj. mnklnc a total ot mv- •B. For Sm of UmM no locamliuc at- tiuUoM bBvo bMD annonnotd. VnUi vtndavllle, burlcwiue and lefltlmata honaeB cIobIiik all over tba country' the ereater number 6f-acton anci srtiiU hav« roshed lo. Keir York and DD doubt many of them will b« without work until tha epidemic ia Cheched and (ho ban lifted. The United Booklne Odices has Inued a call to all vniidevllle actors to keep In Ingi 300 r ljuslncssTiaa Warciis Loew and others proteaii aminst the clowns, and Dr. Coi>Blai ■■read with th«m that up till nc ' An nrder lenied bgr PoUm Commls- ««a«r BnriKht ttaturday excludes all """^ I.tinder •brteen from movJn* J be called UwiacL The.manaKera.were Inatruci- M against overcrawdlnK. tllia IktTliie been tahen, II U mid; Urs. Pnbillones Books Acts for CntiMi Taar Cuban^tour* 'The*lasl^altraction she Closed with was the Wlrth Family of Ooltrell aUo has boon enEBSed tor Iho ^"I'iliiinea Circus. The show will open ai the Matlanal Theater In Havana the latter part of October. The Wlrth nnily Uava Cor Kew OHomm this wMt mm ther yna- Mabuk fur Tax OS iMixer Theniers le increased I creased from 3 to S cents. This will not affect patrons ot the small movies. The new scale, which soes into effect November 1. ia as follows: cents); admissions over 9S cents and not over (1.45, IV cents '(now E oenta); admfHionB over flAS end not over •1.9S, IB cents (now 10 cents): admis- •tons over fl.SS and not over tS.IO, ED Donta (now IS cents). On all admla- •lonie over f S the tax wiu bs 29 cents Instead of 10 cents as at present. Tlie tax on admissions ' seldon centaEO charged the small places It disproportionately high. The Treasury Department is alsc puttlns (n etiect a rule tliat will per. TO CUR TAIL OPE RATIONS No Prodndloii or Distribution of Motton Picture for Four Weeks ftuMto October 14 New TMk.- Oak " II^mA mntuai . . . Inotion and . pfrlod ot t*r«d Int9 by nwmb*re th« National AasoDlotton ot the Uotlon Picture In- dustry, oner a serlea of conferences held last week. In review of tha fact Ihut forty per cent of the motion ptc- ol production for easBrily be n gi part ot producer during tha period eihtblto™ in of curtsilmer.t. the iDcalitlea whero there are no neaitn embanioeB It has been decided to dls- trlbuta serial reels and animated news reels where contracted tor- The manaKors. however, majr book roteiuei and ae many ot the ol4Ume favorites IB MstW Uid wutky et 10uses are permitted to eihlbli The manufacturing and dlstrltiiillne nee wcro: Afflliatod Disirih nous Ptaj*rs-Lasliy Corporation, lational Exhibitors' Circuit. Dlaiributlng Corporation. Internation- al Film Service Co., Inc.: Ivan Film ProduciloDS. Inc.: aietro Pictures Cor- poration. Illutuat Film CorporsUon. Pathe Bxc^anee. Inc.: Select Pictures Corporation, Triangle Corporation, Universal Film Manufacturins Co., William L. Sherry Service. World Film Corporation. W. W. Hodklnsan Cor- poration and WlUlnm A. Brady Pic- ture Plays. Inc. Adolph Zukor presided at the con- tsreneea, and P. I* Waters, of the Triaa^s Bleord QiadwelV of World VDM *m OaBrM Vam, ot tUUwn. SENATE COMMnm Reduces Admission Tax reviainc the pandbv k has materiaUy reduced tha tax tan- poaed hy the House bill on admloalcai uovles and other places of la the House bill the tax 'action of that amount paid for a t. The Senate CotninlttM chuiEOd ' struck out the proviso that In 1 where the admission dwimd la 7 oenta or loss ohiMreo twder twelve nwaoitase Ohoald par a tax ot 1 oent. rottld par a tax ot S oenta Instsed ot : oenta. as wider the Bonsa ua while 1 m-cent tieKet would pay 4 cents. tta very iotiteal theory that there n lie tendency Bboald be tt New York, Oct ll^-SlM LUBtT lub hold a private lamM at ttM lubhoDse last night and took k mlt>'. on dollars' worth at Idberty .Benda' n an hoar, this bains tour tttnss tha uota. allotted n by tbo UbMarl'taB mOer na^ Nets $8^000 New Torlc OeL 19.—Tip. Ytn,. Tap- hank, the Midler phiy. by bvlns BerOa, netted ^jproHmat^ly ISD.OOO. iwiwrdlBS" made fhU week. Tha The Edition of This Issue of The Billboard Is 33,500 Copies