The Film Daily (1922)

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Saturday, March 18, 1922 Vol. XIX No. 74 Saturday, Mar. 18, 1922 Price 5 Cents J Copyright 1922, Wid's Film and Film Folks. Inc., Published Daily at 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y., by WID'S FILMS and FILM FOLKS, INC. Joseph Dannenberg, President and Editor ; J. W. Alicoate, Treasurer and Business Manager; J. A. Cron, Advertising Manager. Entered as second-class matter May 21, 1918, at the post office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States. Outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months $3.00. Foreign $15.00. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y. 'Phone: Vanderbilt 4551-4552-5558. Hollywood, California — 6411 Hollywood Blvd. Phone, Hollywood 1603. Chicago Representative — Irving Mack, 808 S. Wabash Ave. London Representative — W. A. Williamson, Kinematograph Weekly, 85 Long Acre, London, W. C. 2. Paris Representative — Le Film, 42, Rue de Clichy. Central European Representative — Internationale Filmschau, Prague (Czecho-Slo vakia), Wenzelsplatz. Quotations High Low Close Famous Players .... 80^ 80j^ SOyi do pfd 93^ 93 93j4 .*Goldwyii 6 6% Griffith Not quoted Loew's, Inc Uji 15^ 16]^ Triangle Not quoted World Not quoted ♦Quotations by Harry Content & Co. At Broadway Theaters Capitol This week the Capitol News opens the performance at that theater. Mile. Gambarelli dances to the "Glow-Worm." "Noah's Ark," a Bible picture, is next and is followed by Herbert's "Irish Rhapsody." In the fifth number several well known Irish songs are rendered and then comes the feature. "Come On Over." Rialto Victor Herbert's "Irish Rhapsody" is also the Rialto overture. The magazine is next, then comes the feature, William S. Hart in "Travelin' On." and "The Race for Life," the second episode of "The Mistress of the World." Rivoli "If I Were King" is the Rivoli overture. "The Yellow Girl," a short Vitagraph release, is next. Then comes George Richardson, baritone, singing the drinking song from "Hamlet." The feature is "Bought and Paid For." The remaining numbers are an original piano trio composed of Edgar Fairchild, Herbert Clair and George Dilworth, who play "Bimini Bay" and "Chanson Dansante." "The Race for Life" is also on the bill. Strand The "Second Hungarian Rhapsody" is the Strand overture. This is followed by "The Emerald Isle," a Kineto release showing scenes of Southern Ireland. Colin O'More, the Irish tenor, sings "The Little Olil Town in the Old County Down." The topical review is next and then comes "Bells of the Sea, a vocal prologue to the feature, "The Seventh Day," starring Richard Barthelmess. "Rolling Stones," a Lloyd Hamilton comedy, is the next number. "The organ solo concludes the bill. Reg. U. S. P»t, Off. New Hearing on 'Fate' (Continued from Page 1) and Sept. 1st last, at a cost of $125,000. He submits a list of persons of allegedl}' high standing in the community who approve the exhibition of the film on moral grounds and as a lesson, and states that the film was rejected by the Commission because he was arrested in San Francisco on Sept. 3rd last, when the picture was shown in the College Theater there, because it violated the motion picture ordinance, and was "offensive to decency, and was of an obscene, indecent and immoral nature." Weathers said that when he showed the film to the New York Commission he offered to eliminate the "marriage of convenience" scene and the 01. e showing the rejoicing in the courtroom over the acquittal of Mrs. Smith at her murder trial, and asserted that when this had been done there was nothing left which "could offend the most captious moral critic." He alleged that Mrs. Smith joined the church after her acquittal and announced that she would devote her life to preventing other girls from being "ensnared" in the same way. He said that Mr. Gorman, who directed the picture, married her while the film was being made and "they are now living happily together." He insists that church organizations generally will approve the picture if it is shown. Attached to the petition are letters from a number of persons invited to a private showing of the film. The Rev. Dr. Joseph Silverman member, of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, said he hoped the New York Commission "would permit the presentation." Austin Finegan, president of the Catholic League, said that while lie did not approve of such films on general grounds, he "sees nothing objectionable" in "Fate." The Rev. Ralph W. Sockum, of the Madison Avenue Methodist Church, said he found the picture "quite a powerful temperance lesson," and that with the courtroom scene eliminated, "I see no obstacle to it being given before the public." Mrs. Elizabeth B. Grannis wrote that she believed "all other sex and white slave pictures merited condemnation except this." Will Dedicate New Building (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Philadelphia — A new structure replacing the present Stanley V. Mastbaum Memorial Bldg., at the Englesville Sanitarium, will be dedicated at the memorial exercises to be held in April. The new building has 32 beds and will be used as the infirmary. It cost $85,000 to erect. Tips on Reports (Continued from Page 1) ed for analysis at headquarters, even in the case of new or inexperienced men. It is more and more seen to be the <luty of the branch manager to assume the function of the educator of his saTes force. Tabulation by hgm-es or graphs of work 'in l)ranch territory is the most highly approved home office method of branch-house control. "The fun<iamonIal function of sales recorils is to make and insure profits. The moment tlie cost of sales records — the direct and indirect costs combined — defeats the basic purpose, they become liabilities instead ot assets. The conditions that justify the daily reporting of calls upon prospective customers Ity branch-house salesmen may be summaricd to include : "1. Lack of adequate provision for sales instruction at branch house ; "2. Lack of adeciuate provision for niail follow-up of prospects from branch house ; "3. Peculiar ability of some home-office executive to utilize information of this type; "4. Nature of articles sold which makes immediate record at headquarters essential ; "5. Unusual use by hea<lquarters staff of call reports on prospects in branch territory ; "6. Upbuildhig of home-office mailing lists whicli are so frequently used that delay would be costly. "The usual methods for reporting calls upon prospective customers fall in four groups: "1. Individual sheets or cards for each prospect; 2. Daily sheets or cards; 3. Weekly reports ; 4. Periodic reports. "Of these four groups the first and third are the most commonly used. Where the brancli-house salesman sends a report to headquarters, the sheet is. of course, preferred because it can be a carbon copy of the original report which remains in the branch office. Reports usually include : "1. Name of prospect; 2. Buyer's name with initials and title; 3. FiiU address; 4. Date of call; 5. Consumptioij capacity; 6. Existing competition by maker's ; 7. Price or brand basis of competition ; 8. Quotations made; 9. Sample sipecified; 10. Result of call; 11. FoUow-up or other matter promised; 12. When next in market. "Obviously, a dozen more items will be found where a wide line of articles or an unusual use of details is involved. "As we refuse to be cynical we shall not refer to the little use ordinarily made by headquarters of prospect call reports of branch-house salesmen. As a matter of fact. if the branch house cannot usually be entirely responsible for the development of the branch salesmen and the follow-up of prospective customers in its territory its excuse for existence is indeed a weak one." Engage Coliseum for Exhibit (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Washington — The convention committee of the M. P. T. O. has enE^aged the Coliseum, on Pennsylvania Ave., to house the accessory exhibit which will be a part of the national convention in May. The first of "The Leather Pushers" series will be at the Central next week. Shipman Floats New Company (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Saiilte Ste. Marie, Ont. — Ernest Shipman has interested local business people in a company to make "The Rapids," by Alan Sullivan at a cost of $200,000. The company will be known as the Saulte Ste. Marie Films., Ltd., with the following on the board of directors: W. O. Franz, president Algoma Steel Corp.; Major P. B. Wilson, vice president, Spanish River Pulp and Paper Co., Ltd.; J. D. Jones, general manager Algoina Steel Corp., Ltd.; Colonel C. H. L. Jones, general manager Spanish River Pulp and Paper Co.; George A. Montgomery, president Algoma Central & Hudson Bay Railway Co. and Algoma Eastern Railway Co.; George W. Goodwin, Crown attorney; James Lyons, president Board of Trade; John Hussey, general manager Hussey Ferrier Co., Ltd., and Ernest Shipman. The mayor and members of social and educational organizations compose an advisory board. Negri at Rivoli Pola Negri in "The Red Peacock" will be the Rivoli feature next week instead of Betty Compson in "The Green Temptation." PatlieNewi No. 83 THE WORLD-FAMOUS "HAUNTB HOUSE" IN NOVA SCOTIA— The im teiy house, investigated by Dr. Prince, t gather with Mr. and Mrs. MacDonald, t owners. BIG FIRE IN CHICAGO— Conflagrati; wipes out entire block of modern busine buildings. AFRICAN NATIVES GATHER FOR A* NUAL COUNCIL OF ARMS-Native chie of Swaziland meet in barbaric splendor. Other news from Princeton, St. AugustlD Oakland, Cal., London, Dajrton, O., at New York. THE ONLY ONE REEL FEATURE tod 7t Announce Winners in April The winners of the Goldwyn Chicago Daily News scenario contes will be announced about April 1 Casii prizes of $30,000 will be given the first prize winner to get $10,000 the next 10, $1,000 each, and th< remaining 20, $500 each. Eugetit Mullin, scenario editor for Goldwyr was in Chicago last week where hi went over some of the scripts. Jawitz Handling "Johnny Ring" Jawitz Pictures have acquired distribution on "Johnny Ring and the Captain's Sword." It was made by the Temple Prod. Co., Inc., of Fhila-« delphia and Norman L. Stevens I directed. 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