Exhibitors Herald (Sep-Dec 1918)

EXHIBITORS HERALD AND MOTOGRAP11Y west end. Mr. Cohen still controls the Rialto and Globe theatres, which are downtown houses. A notable release in Toronto during the week of October 7 was that of "The Still Alarm" at the Rialto Theatre. This was the first showing of the picture in Canada and is controlled in the dominion by the Exhibitors' Film Distributing Company. After the Bijou Theatre, Winnipeg, had done considerable .advertising for Fox's "The Soul of Buddha," the Manitoba Board of Censors decided that they did not like the feature and condemned it. The picture had been booked for the week of September 30, when it was shown at Loew's Theatre, Toronto, the Ontario censor board having accepted the production without question. There is a general movement in Calgary, Alberta, for the closing of theatres at 11 p. m. each evening in place of 11:30 and 12 p. m. On account of the very late evenings in Calgary it has always been customary to prolong proceedings so that the de luxe evening performances generally start well after 9 o'clock. Theatre employes, Board of Trade, Rotary Club, patrons, and even some of the exhibitors themselves, have protested against the custom, and the newspapers have been giving considerable space to the subject. The statement is made that the theatre managers are willing to co-operate, providing the public will do its part by going to shows at an early hour. Up to October more than 100 exhibitors of the Province of Ontario had notified the Ontario Exhibitors' Association that they would be pleased to present all the Victory Loan pictures that would be supplied to them. Hampton Buys Davis' "Soldiers of Fortune" Jesse D. Hampton has just purchased, through Edgar Selden, the rights to Richard Harding Davis' popular and successful play, "Soldiers of Fortune." It is expected that the Hampton production of "Soldiers of Fortune" will be a seven-reel feature. J. Warren Kerrigan will be starred in it. The picture will be distributed through the W. W. Hodkinson corporation in the United States and through the Robertson-Cole Company in the foreign field. "Soldiers of Fortune" will be produced at the Hampton studios in Los Angeles immediately after the filming of "Come Again Smith," F. McGrew Willis' picturization of John H. Blackwood's comedy of the same name. "Come Again Smith" is scheduled for production immediately after "The Unfinished Story," upon which Mr. Kerrigan and his director, Ernest Warde, are now actively engaged. "The Yellow Dove" For Harold Lockwood George Gibbs' widely read novel, "The Yellow Dove," has been selected by Metro as starring material for Harold Lockwood and will begin its picturization at once under the direction of Edwin Carewe, the managing director of the Lockwood forces. Vitagraph War Special Being Used In Drive for Recruits By Tank Corps Aided by the Vitagraph war feature, "Over the Top," and the star, Arthur Guy Empey, as a lecturer, Capt. Arthur Gardner, recruiting officer for the Tank Corps, is conducting a drive in the West and Middle West for more men. The Tank Corps is composed of volunteers only, the hazards being so great the government will not order anyone to enter the branch, and while there have been many applicants, the physical standards are so high that only about 8 out of a hundred applicants are accepted; therefore the necessity for the drive. Capt. Gardner began work at Wichita, Kan., exhibiting the Vitagraph feature at the state fair. This week the captain, Empey and the rest of the detail are in Kansas City Mo. Empey is a private in the tank corps, having enlisted when he was denied a permanent commission. He is engaged in the drive in the course of regular duty, consequently while the film is being loaned by Albert E. Smith, president of the Vitagraph company. Human Chain Is Formed To Film Nazimova Scene Melodrama was transferred to real life when a human chain was formed to take photographs of sea scenes in " 'Ception Shoals," Mme. Nazimova's forthcoming special production, which will be presented by Richard A. Rowland and Maxwell Karger, Metro's president and production manager. "The stern and rock-bound coast" of Massachusetts was selected as the locals. Close-up views of great waves were necessary and every male member of the company donned oil-skins and formed the living chain, at the end of which, far out in the water, was Cameraman Eugene Gaudio, determined to get as close as possible to the biggest waves the camera would register. The resultant shots were well worth the effort. HOUDINI, The Handcuff King, in a Tense Scene from "The Master Mystery." (B. A. Rolfe Productions.) Doll-Van Company to Handle Gaumont News Determined that its news service shall have the best possible distribution so that it can be obtained by the greatest possible number of theatres, the Gaumont Company has arranged a re-distribution of territory in Indiana and Illinois. In future the DollVan Film Corporation, Indianapolis, Ind., will handle Gaumont News and Graphic for the entire state of Indiana except the ' counties of Lake, La Porte, Porter, St. Joseph and Elkhart, which, being near Chicago, will receive their supply of these independent newsreels from the Celebrated Players Film Corporation, 207 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111. The Doll-Van Film Corporation will also distribute the News and Graphic in that portion of Illinois embraced in the counties of Edgar, Clark, Crawford, Lawrence, Richland, Clay, Wayne, Edvrards, Wabash, White, Hamilton, Saline, Gallatin, Hardin and Pope. The remaining portion of Illinois is included in the territory supplied by the Celebrated Players Film Corporation. The Gaumont News is issued every Tuesday, and the Gaumont Graphic every Friday. Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc., Required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, Of Exhibitors Herald & Motography, published Weekly at 417 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois, for October 1, 1918. Slate of Illinois, County of Cook, ss. Before me, a Notary Public, in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared Martin J. Quigley, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the publisher of the Exhibitors Herald & Motography, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, Martin J. Quigley, 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. Editor, Martin J. Quigley, 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. Managing Editor, George Clifford, 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. Business Managers, None. 2. That the owners are: (Give names and addresses of individual owners, or, if a corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount of stock.) Exhibitors Herald Company, 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. Martin J. Quigley, 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. George Clifford, 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. John E. McClellan, 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state.) None. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears vpon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, associat;on, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. (SEAL) Martin J. Quigley, Publisher. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of Otcober, 1918. Robert B. Wallace. (My commission expires January 16, 1922.) 50