The Film Daily (1922)

THE uesday, April 25, 1922 DAILV Coast Brevities tSpecial lo THE FILM DAILY) , ilollywood — A receiving set has )in constructed at the Lasky studio i rivde Ewing, foreman of the al shop, with a radius of more a thousand miles. u ♦ alic Johnson, formerly with the d Follies, kats been engaged listie Comedies. aiijoa Beach is being utilized for [fie of the important scenes in ik Holt's new picture, "The Man iconquerable." lullen Tate, assistant to Cecil B. JMille, is back from his quest for la and technical details regarding Y women's prison of New York, to (;used in "Manslaughter." k' .v'hile en route to a location in the ijs, William de Mille and his party ijtored across a piece of niountam id that detached itself from the loining cliff and swept in a landile into the valley below just after ,i party crossed it. Jruce Gordon has been engaged as (ding man for Ruth Roland in "The ildle of the Range." jean de Briac and Clarence Burton enacting "heavy" roles in "The m Unconquerable." fhe Arthur Beck Prod., featuring ^h Baird, has begun work on the rd of a series for Associated Ex itors. rhe James B. Leong Prod., has ised space at the Balboa Studios to )duce a two-reel Biblical picture. Eddie Gribbon and Douglas Ger1 are playing important parts in arles Ray's initial production for lited Artists, "A Tailor Made jn." John Miltern will pla an importt role in "Manslaughter." GAUSMAN. Two Adjustment Boards in Mo. ; (Special to THE FILM DAILY) St. Louis — Two special boards 9f justments to handle complaints in s St. Louis and Kansas City discts have been appointed. Several hibitors cited instances where they ffered loss through unfair comtition from churches, schools and nilar institutions, while it was limed some exchanges had sent t circular letters and follow-ups liciting such trade to whp the exDitors into line. Exhibitors wishing to complain her of high film rentals or nqneatrical competition, have been in•ucted to forward their complaint the executive offices of the M. P. O. The adjustment committees e: Kansas City district S. E. Willit, Springfield, W. P. Cuff. Chillithe; W. L. Shelton, Kansas City; larles T. Sears, Nevada, and iwrence Goldman, Kansas City. )r St. Louis. A. C. Norwein, Dnne Terre, chairman; J. R. Pratt, jlton; Joe Mogler, Harry Koplar d L. C. Hehl, of St. Louis. Outdoor Features Planned by Trail Pictures, Inc. — Former Famous Players Men in New Project Three former Famous Players employeeshave formed a company known as Trail Pictures, Inc., to make outdoor features. Tentative plans call for four a year, although that number may be increased to six. The company, is headed by Frank S. Beresford as president, Humphrey D. Howell as treasurer and Louis A. Sarecky as secretary. Their last work with Famous Players was in connection with the post-office picture made for Will H. Hays. Trail Pictures, Inc., was formerly called Adventure Films, Inc., but because Major Jack Allen already conducts a company under that name, the title has been changed. Stars Going to Sacramento (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Sacramento, Cal. — A number of film stars will attend the Days of '49 Celebration to be given by the City of Sacramento on May 27. Special features are being arranged, one ijeing the entrance of Western stars in an outdoor setting. Two New Films at Goldwyn (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los .Angeles — Two new pictures are about to start at Goldwyn, "Broken Chains," the $10,000 prize scenario story, and "Women Love Diamonds, ' which E. Mason Hopper will direct. Ohio Decision Reversed Columbus, O. — The Ohio Supreme Court has reversed the decision of the Lucas County courts which handed down a verdict of $125,000 against Mrs. Nettie P. Ketcham and for Frank Miller and Matt Williams. It was charged that Mrs. Ketcham broke a lease held by Miller and Williams on the site of the present Rivoli theater, Toledo at the time when it was occupied by the Arcade, a stock house. It was claimed that the lease was broken so that Mrs. Ketcham could build the Rivoli on that site. The case will now be tried again. Bingham Attacks Agitators The following letter has been received from E. H. Bingham, of Indianapolis executive committee member of the M. P. T. O. A. "The I'usli for the center of the stage under the glare of the spotlight of the 'tor revenue only reformers' to claim prioritj of influence on Will H. Hays to bar finally all .\rbuckle (ilms only accentuates their ridiculous antaRonistic criticism of the motion picture industry. "The action of the M, P. T. O. of A., concerning Arhuckle's screen life taken immediately after the San Francisco tragedy was final and so known to the producers and the screen public and Mr. Hays' announcement was influenced only Ijy common sense following the stand of the exhibitors, and his own very excellent judgment, and not from any suggestion of the iong haired fraternity,' whose sole object in their activities and prattles is to tear down the powerful influence of a clean-tninded body of men engaged in a legitimate business of purveying clean entertainment for normal citizens of this Republic. "Indiana exhibitors enter a strong protest against the eft'orts of the puerile agitators to make capital for themselves out of a situation long ago effectually settled and stopped by exhibitors and now only further emphasized by Mr. Hays, the new head of the producers and distributors." Very truly, E. H. BINGHAM. Arctic Films for Prizma Earl W. Rossman and Capt. F. E. Kleinschmidt, Arctic Explorer, have left for a seven months' hunting and exploration trip to Alaska, Siberia and Arctic Regions. Mr. Rossman carries the regular black and white camera, high speed analysis of motion camera and a Prizma color camera. A specially constructed yaeht will carry the party from Seattle to the Arctic regions, where a picture record will be made of geological, geographic phenomena of the Far North. The best of the color subjects will be released on the Prizma program. Plan European Vacation Jack White and Lloyd Hamilton, producers of Mermaid comedies for Educational, are due in New York this week on their way to Europe for a vacation. Upon their return, they will start work on their second year's output, which will go through Educational. Blotcky Resigns Kansas City — Ben Blotcky has resigned as branch manager of the .American Releasing Corp. $2 PER HOUR, BY DAY. CIRCLE 1868 MADGE EVANS Says: MAKE IT SNAPPY MAKE IT SINCERE MAKE IT SATISFYING ALL GO TO MAKE ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH EDGAR SELDEN WORTH-WHILE PICTURES CORP. 1531-1537 BROADWAY. NEW YORK Live-wire Exhibitors are Taking advantage of a MOTHER'S DAY'' MAY 14 and the feature "MOTHER tTfRNAL" Write Graphic Film Corp. For the Special Tie-ups. The words "EASTMAN" "KODAK" — stenciled in i^/ac^ letters in the transparent film margin, identify EASTMAN POSITIVE FILM If you see these same words in white on a black strip you have incontrovertible proof that they were so printed by the finisher to mislead, not stenciled by the manufacturer to identifv, and that the stock is not Eastman. EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, N. Y.