The Film Daily (1922)

THE Wednesday, September 13, 1922 ?gE^ CAILV PatheNews No. 74 LIES THREE HOURS IN ENGINE...ESS GLIDER — Pictures of the record )reaking performance of the German student, ■lentzen, whose exploits have amazed the rorld; Gerfeld, Germany. >ICKING AMERICA'S PRETTIEST 3IRL — Atlantic City does it at a Beauty '.ontest that brings out a remarkable array f pulchritude; pictures of Dorothy Knapp Ind "Miss Columbus," the winners. THE EYES OF THE WORLD AGAIN IRE TURNED ON CONSTANTINOPLE —Turkish victories in Asia Minor bring new troblems to the Allies : scenes of the Allied orces in Constantinople, ^ther news as usual. THE FIRST NEWS REEL THE REAL NEWS FIRST tod Theater Changes (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Binghampton — Charles H. Smith ecently bought the Citilyne from A. Z. Crossley. Westboro, Mass. — Thomas Lewis )urchased the picture house at the iVestboro Town Hall. Dayton — Harry Lederer, of Cleveand, has taken charge of the Audiorium, and will run vaudeville with jictures. Dayton — The Rialto, which has lean closed for the summer, has been jpened by Gill Burroughs. Toronto — Mrs. J. Rappaport sold he Crescent Palace, to Bernard Press, for $38,000. Lockney, Tex.— T. B. Triplet has )OUght the Olympic. Hornell, N. Y. — It is reported that ames Cranideas, who controls sev;ral houses in Olean, has bought the .'eerless from H. C. Fint. Youngstown, O. — J. P. Harris, vho operates the Grand and Ma;estic in Pittsburg, has taken over he Capitol here. Olean, N. Y. — Jim Cranides, who uns several theaters in this city, has lurchased the Peerless in Hornell rem H. C. Flint. "The Shriek" for Turpin (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — Ben Turpin's next Vlack Sennett comedy will be "The 5hriek," directed by F. R. Jones. Search for Missing Exhibitor (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Grofton. Neb.— Police of South Dakota and Nebraska have joined in !he_ search for Herman Drexler, exiibitor, who has been missing since vug. 3. Lichtman on Trusts (Continued from Page 1) speakers were Harry Kress of Mays Opera House, Piqua, Ohio, Carroll H. Dunning of Prisma and the Editor of THE FILM DAILY. Fred Smeyer of the Palace Theater, Hamilton, Ohio was a genial toastmaster. Prior to the address William A. Johnston, editor of the Motion Picture News, Robert E. Welsh, editor of the Motion Picture World and Larry Boynton. editor of the Exhibitors Trade Review were introduced and each responded with short talks. After dinner the Lichtman production "Rich Men's Wives" was shown to the gathering after which the visiting editors and others left for Detroit where another dinner will be held Tuesday night.. The editors will be guests of the Motion Picture Theater Owners of Michigan at a luncheon in their honor in Detroit. F. B. MacLaren of the Capitol Theater of Jackson, Mich, will act as Toastmaster. Cameramen Injured (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — Wm. Williams and G. Hollingshead, Fox cameramen were injured by a runaway while shooting scenes of the Eleventh Cavalry charge at Exposition Park. Film Actress Dies (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — Mrs. J. E. Lucy known as Virginia Ware, on the screen, died here recently. Mrs. Lucy's last work was at the Christie studios. To Handle Raw Film The Commercial Fibre Co., of American have opened a raw film dept. under the management of G. Zezza. The film to be handled will be a new product manufactured by the Fabbrica Italiana Lamine Milan. Buys Santa Cruz House (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Santa Cruz — Frank R. Malcauley ot San Francisco has purchased the Unique from the Unique Amus. Co. J. R. Saul acted as Macauley's agent. The house will be redecorated. F. B. O. Buys Witwer Stories (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Production on the H. C. Witwer fight stories, which were purchased by the F. B. O. will start at an early date, at the R-C studios, as yet the names of the star and director have not been selected. Gets Pictures of Convicts (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Sioux Falls. S. D.— H. J. Updegraff, proprietor of the Paramount Princess has pictures of the chase after and capture of convicts who escaped from the state penitentiary. They are now readv for release. Biglow Sent West (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Chicago — Charles Biglow. assistant superintendent of the Rothacker laboratory since the close of the war, has been transferred t6 the Rothacker Aller plant in Hollywood. The Chicago crowd gave him a farewell dinner at the Edgewater Beach Hotel. In the Courts A default judgment for $3,585 has been filed in the Supreme Court by tiie Evans Film Mfg. Co. against Nicholas Kessel for services in developing prints and for materials furnished. Horace Goldin has filed an application in the Supreme Court to punish Louis Weiss and the Clarion Photoplays, of which he is the head, for contempt of court because of violation of the Appellate Division injunction restraining the exhibition of the film, "Magic and Mystery Explained." Goldin alleges that after the injunction was granted the defendants delivered eleven prints to the Goldwyn Fixtures Corp., and the film has been shown recently in Atlantic City and in California. He alleges he has been damaged $100,000 by the acts of the defendants and contends that the Keith Circuit will not book his act so long as the film continues to be shown. Klein F. B. O. Manager (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Chicago — Joseph Klein has taken charge of the F. B. O. exchange of this city, succeeding R. C. Plough, who resigned. "Aesop's Film Fables" in England "Aesop's Film Fables" are now being shown throughout Great Britain according to the announcement of Fables Pictures, Inc., who state tliat Grainger's Exclusives, Ltd., control the Paul Terry cartoon subject for the British Isles. IVAN ABRAMSON presents 'W I L D N ESS OF YOUTH" with an all-star cast The great American Flapper Can Now See Herself! Read the Title and Guess How Many Young People Will Dare to Stay Away! GRAPHIC PRODUCTIONS, INC. 729 Seventh Ave. N. Y. C. DURA FILM PROTECTOR COi ZZ0WEST42d5T. NEW YORK PHONE BRYANT SS76 ALLAN A.LOWNES.c.es. Know What's Going On I Subscribe to THE FILM DAILY Now The Film Daily 71 West 44th St., New York City Kindly enter my subscription to The Film Daily for one year, starting immediately, to include THE FILM DAILY— 313 Issues— Every Day Including Weekly Reviews — 52 Issues 1921 Year Book— Cloth Bound— 500 pages Subscription, $10— Foreign, $15 Name Theatre Address