The Film Daily (1922)

THE •e^mk DAILY Thursday, July 20, 1922 Vol. XXI No. 19 Thursday, July 20, 1922. Price 5 Cents 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 — Harvey E. Gausman, 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 Sales East. Kod. 12,Vf. llVi ll-iA 500 F. P.-L. . . 83^ %m Uy% 800 /do pfd. . 923/i SUA 92yj, 200 GVvn ... 8 7y> 7-)4 4,600 Griffith Not quoted Loe\v'.s Not quoted Triangle Not quoted World Not quoted Fox Loses Appeal (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Albany, N. Y.— The Court of Appeals has decided against Fo.x Film in their action against Stuard Hirschinan. Fo.x brought action to obtain awards made b.v the City of New York after certain property had been conveyed to the Chop Tank Co., and later transferred to Fox. The latter company were successful in their action in the lower court, but the Court of Appeals decided to grant a newtrial. The Loew's Buffalo Theater Co. won in an appeal to compel the Goldie Clothes Company of Buffalo to vacate property they now occupy. The property was leased to the theater company and sub-leased to the Goldie Clothes Co. The Court of Appeals held that the three months' lease clause applied only to the original owners, the Loew's Buffalo Theater Co. Fire Destroys Theater (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Wichita Falls, Tex. — A fire destroyed the Texas, a negro house. House Discontinued (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Carrolton, Tex. — The Carrolton has been closed down. (T^cLcalUxTxal (RcIuaE) THE SPICE OH-THE PROGRAM" Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. Film of Mars To Be Shot in About Two Years — Astronomers Developing idea Motion pictures of Mars are being planned for the first time, to discover whether the planet is inhabited, according to Dr. David Todd, emeritus professor of astronomy and navigation at Amherst College. Dr. Todd is head of the Mars expedition to the Bahama Islands, which sailed last April and established an observatory in an abandoned United States fort at Nassau. "Summer will be the best time of the year to attempt photographs from the Northern Hemisphere and midnight will be the time of day," said Dr. Todd. "Every night for six weeks, wiien the opposition changes very little, Mars will swim through the field of our telescope. With luck, the size of the planet on the negative should be about that of a quarter, or at least of a dime. "To obtain this film a special mirror, slightly concave and as big as the drive wheel of a locomotive and nearly as thick, will be set up at an angle of 45 degrees at the base of the telescope. It weighs tons. The camera, which has been specially constructed at a cost of $3,000, will be placed at a point some 40 feet above and aimed down at the mirror. Parallel rays, infinite in number, pass through the focal point and are reflected in the mirror." The actual photographing will be done by James O. Sands, a Nassau photographer. Dr. Todd was astronomer in charge of the American expedition to Japan to observe the eclipse of the sun in 1887. He is interested in the problem of photographing the solar corona, which will be attempted in Western .Australia, Sept. 21, 1922, when the next eclipse occurs Walturdaw Buys Russian Film (Special to THE FILM DAILY) London — Walturdaw's, Ltd., has purchased English rights to "The Arabian Nights." produced by the Ermolieff Cinema Prod., a Russian company. Nathalie Kovanko appears as the princess. Coast Brevities (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Hollywood — Al Herman has finished his ".-^t for Fair" for Century. Edward Gibson's next for Universal is to be "Laramie Lad." Vernon Steele has the male lead in "The Man Who Ran Wild." Ward Hayes will continue as director of Billy Franey in Robert O'Connor comedies. Frankie Lee's next two-reeler for R-C will l)c "The Wharf Rat." Returning to Universal, Reaves Eason will direct Edward Gibson in "Laramie Lad." Walter Long, has been made captain of the 864th company of the Coast Artillery Reserve-Corps. Filming on "The Cowboy and the Lady," featuring Mary Miles Minter, has begun. Richard \\'alton Tully lias annexed Muriel Pentecost to his executive staff at United Studios. Henry B. Walthall, has been engaged for "Gimme." Added to the cast of "To Have and To Hold,'' is Arthur Rankin. The title of Baby Peggy's "The Scoop,'" has been changed to "The Kid Reporter.'' Mark Sandrich is now head of the Century property department, his predecessor, S. Blum, has departed on an European trip for his health. Allen Holubar is on location at Huntington Lake, with the Goldwyn company filming "Broken Chains." Harriet Hammond will appear opposite Herbert Rawlinson in "Confidence," Harry A. Pollard, direct H. E. GAUSMAN. 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He said a committee for X> York would have to lie appointed ai that one for Chicago was now bei; drafted but that pending the accei' ance of certain individuals he con not make public the names. The B. P. A. is an outgrowth of t Motion Picture and Theatrical C operative Association of the W'orl It maintained offices on West 47 Street about 10 months ago wh^ Quinn left New York for Los A' gcles. He was asked yesterday wh had happened to the local hea quarters and replied that the 47 Street office had been vacated a: one at 500 Fifth Avenue opeiu This, he said, has been in continuoi operation. PositiveQuaiil^ The QUALITY of the motion picture POSITIVES printed at our Flushing laboratories has always stood supreme. This quality consists of: 1. Putting into the positive every i detail of the negative. 2. ! Treating the film in a way that makes it stand up for an unusually large rumber of ru.is. i The Tube System of developing, fixing, tinting, washing, and DRYING is the reason. Our tints do not rub off, : or smear on the film. And our method of drying entirely eliminates brittleness, thus greatly increasing the life of the film. Telephone Bryant 1939 and find out how reason a'ole our rates are. THE ASSOCIATED SCREEN NEWS, INC. 120 West 41st Street New York City