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N THE ISSUE of January 7th, of the Toronto Daily Star, there was an important notice concerning Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks which has Boston ascribed as the headquarters of its information. The article deals with Will Irwin as an authoritative source of Motion Picture information and relates that “Mary is a hardheaded little business woman, who never allowed friendship to sway the manipulation of shrewd deals which has given her a financial pre-eminence.”
F SPECIAL interest to Canada is the story that Mary is planning with Douglas Fairbanks to promote a gigantic Moving Picture project in the Dominion of Canada.
The article further states that the “talking movies’ have put an end to the screen future of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks ; and that they have planned independently to enter the Canadian field in a producing and theatre
“proposition extending from coast fo coast.
RAY LEWIS
driven out of the picture game through the introduction of “Talking Pictures,’ what advantage would their names then to be a Canadian investing public, which is interested in “Talking Pictures?”
The article states’ that Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks are intending to use their own finance to promote this Canadian Film Enterprise, by way of production and theatre building. If these artists had established enterprises of this kind in other countries one might be inclined to believe that Canada might appear feasible, but since these artists have hitherto restricted their efforts, as far as public knowledge is concerned, to producing, the Canadian Dominion story appears to have been a “brain-wave” of someone who could have used this Space to Mary and Fairbanks’ better advantage.
ILL CODY is in town, meaning
Toronto. Seeking locations it js
said for his next Canadian picture in co-operation with the C. P. R. Rail
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WISH Howard Dietz had n
vented that classic expre
“No matter how thin you cut i still bologney.”
The fact that Canadian Intern: al were able to get $500,000 o Canada for the production of “ On Sergeant” should not be ai ducement for producers to con Canada for the production of hres. ‘
The shock of that $500,000 3 earning any revenue, will be im Canada’s producing centres some time, and the next produ who wishes to produce picti in Canada will, I fear, have bring the wherewithal with h
ILL CODY’S visit, it is said no promotion angle attache 1;
Bill is Canadian-born. Wint being the city of his birth. | happens to see this article, we. he will understand that “we are him,” but just a bit wearied o: the “bunk” which gets into the { about how misrepresented Canad in American Motion Pictures. 3 “Carry On Sergeant” promoters |
i apere RUMOURS, states the arway. It’s the biggest tie-up if the yards of this “bunk” to get { ticle, have been in circulation in railroad is furnishing the “inside money. Naturally one becomes New York and at Los ‘Angeles, but track. picious when this angle of Cana repeated inquiries have elicited no inThe report states that Cody patriotism in. respect to film prot formation from either Mary or Fair
banks. Meanwhile we are informed a production with Mary Pickford is now reaching completion at the coast, this information from another source.
There is something about this story of producing and exhibiting m Canada tied up with Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, which has a “far away’ sound to wa. If it is only publicity J cannot see its advantage in stating that “Talking Pictures’ have driven Mary Pickford and Donqlas Fairbanks into retirement, if it 1s authentic the story is poor business also, for if Mary and Douglas come to Canada to promote a picture enterprise, the magnet would naturally be to capitalize on their names to secure Canadian capital; and by making an admission that thev have been
wishes to get in on the ground floor of the Canadian Film Industry, and Cody is quoted as saying, “T firmly beileve that Canada provides a wealth of material for Motion Picture production.
“You see Canada has always been considered in the States as a land of ice and snow. Wolves, huskies and Hudson Bay trading post factors romp through California scenery, and the mixture is dished up to film fans the world over as an authentic slice of Canadian life. They miss some of the finest scenery in the world and material for splendid pictures by not producing genuine Canadian stories. Canadian authors will write my stories. In this way I hope to develop an interpretation of life in Canada as it really is.”
tion is resorted to.
OM DALEY is giving a prey
showing of “The Jazz Singer’ the Tivoli, Friday night, at 11.15, the Rabbis of Toronto have been| tended special invitations, and the view has been arranged to create s “mouth to mouth” publicity whic
unequalled in stirring up box-off
Tom is one of the most en thusiastic picture fans I have ev met, perhaps that is the secret 9 his success as a showman. Re cently he was obliged to take | trip to St. John to perform th sad duty of attending the funen of his father. But Tom made th journey and came back to his jo with not much comment, save, “
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