Exhibitors Herald (Jun-Dec 1917)

EXHIBITORS HERALD 15 CHICAGO WILL BE SCENE OF ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL MEETING, SCHEDULED FOR JULY 18 pictures. Her personality and large vaudeville following should be of' value in film attractions. Will Nominate Directors to Represent Branches in Board of Directors to Be Elected at the Convention At a special meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Association of the Motion Picture Industry in New York this week it was decided to hold the annual meeting of the National Association in the Princess Theater. Chicago, at 11 o'clock, July 18, and the Congress Hotel, Chicago, was designated as the official headquarteds of the body. To Hold Meetings in N. Y. The various branches of the organization consisting of producers, distributors, supply and equipment companies and the general division comprising individuals and trade publications are to hold meetings in Xew York prior to July 1, for the purpose of nominating the directors to represent their respective branches in the board of directors to be elected at the convention in Chicago. The following were present: William A. Brady, president; Walter W. Irwin, chairman of executive committee: Arthur A. Friend, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation; P. A. Powers. Universal Film Manufacturing Company: William L. Sherrill, Frohman Amusement Corporation: J. E. Brulalour, Eastman Films: Arthur James, Metro; Louis L. Levine, of Brooklyn, and Louis E. Blumenthal, of Jersev City. Take in Companies The following companies and individuals were elected to membership: Balboa Amusement Producing Com pany, represented by H. M. Horkheimer, Metro Pictures Corporation, as a producer member, represented byJoseph W. Engel; Triangle Distributing Company, represented by S. A. Lynch; Alpah Lithographic Company, represented by George I. Cook; Astra Film Corporation, represented by L. J. Gasnier; Louis J. Selznick Enterprises represented by Louis J. Selznick; Otis Lithographic Company, Cleveland, Ohio, represented by W. N. Brewer; Julia Crawford Ivers, Los Angeles: Gardner Hunting, Los Angeles; Charles Bauman, 1476 Broadway; T. O. Eltonhead and Jack Cohn, Universal. EVA TANGUAY TO STAR IN FILM PRODUCTIONS ON SELZNICK PROGRAM Noted Vaudeville Artist at Head of Own Company to Start First Play at Once Eva Tanguay, the eccentric vaudeville artist, will make another attempt at producing motion pictures. This time the noted headliner will appear on the Selznick-Pictures program, at the head of the Eva Tanguay Film Corporation. The new company was organized by Harry Weber and Lewis J. Selznick, June 22, and work will begin at once at the Selznick studio. Miss Tanguay has been the recipient of numerous offers to go into PARAMOUNT TO ISSUE ITS FIRST FILM SERIAL NEXT FALL, IN 30 PARTS Will Be Published in Fifteen Episodes, Enacted by Weil Known Screen Players Paramount Pictures Corporation is the latest to enter the serial field. Announcement is made that the concern will issue a serial of thirty parts, in fifteen episodes, next September. This is the first serial the Paramount company has issued since its inception. The picture will contain a cast of well known stars, and will be replete with thrills, it is stated. The serial will be issued to exhibitors through a special department, established at each Paramount exchange. A big advertising and publicity campaign will be launched for the promotion of the feature, to create interest in the production, and everj aid will be given exhibitors booking the picture. OUR PLATFORM "There is but one course to take if the exhibitors' organization is ever to attain its rightful place in the industry: there must be a thorough housecleaning of men and methods and the old parasitical system of making the league a poaching ground for a few selfish individuals must be forever abandoned." —From HERALD editorial. May 19, 1917. MARY PICKFORD AND SUPFORT IN SCENES FRO >T LATEST VEHICLE, "THE LITTLE AMERICAN" THIS IS THE FIRST FILM IX WHICH THE POPULAR PLAYER EXACTS A ROLE SET OX THE PRESEXT WAR FRO XT IX . FRAXCE-. THERE ALSO IS A BIG SHIP SIXKIXG SCEXE IX THE PLAY c.Artcraft)