The Film Daily (1922)

iTHE fAfi brAdstreet fjT FILMDOM zi^^recogmized Authority IL XXII No. 13 Saturday, October 14, 1922 Stereoscopic itures Planned To Open On Broadway In December Given First Showing First showing was held yesterday ( "Mars Calling," a five reel feature lotographed by the Teleview stereos^;pic process at the experimental boratory conducted by Lawrence 'ammond and Wm. F. Cassidy. "Mars Calling" was directed by R. illiam Neill, with a cast including ant Mitchell and Margaret Irving, ptions have been taken on a Broad■;iy theater where it is planned to Resent the production in December. ('Stereoscopic pictures made by the «leview process are photographed 1 standard stock by two cameras ith the lenses separated by 2^ (ches, the normal distance between e average person's eyes. The ints are made on standard stock, iri the projection is through two nchronized machines, each running a normal rate of speed. Spectators view the screen through teleview, an instrument containg a shutter which is synchronized fith the shutters of the projection iiachines and which cuts off the ;reen so that the left eye sees one cture and the right eye sees another. he result is that the spectators see ne picture and that is stereoscopic. iThe films as shown yesterday atined a remarkable degree of per)ective without eye strain and withut going out of focus. Dinner Guests The committee in charge of the Fall Film Golf Tournament, scheduled for next Thursday, cheerfully invites non-players to attend the dinner. This affair has always been a riot of real fun. With everybody having a great and glorious time. So if you want a lot of laughs. And a mighty fine dinner, come on out. Even if you don't play. It only costs $5.00. And it's worth five times that much. If you don't believe it ask anyone who attended these affairs in the past. Sound View, Great Neck, Long Island. Next Thursday. Don't forget the date. Contestants who have not forwarded their entry are reminded they have but a few days more. Price 5 Cents There's a real picture in store for exhibitors in "Shadows." Showmen will have names to conjure with: Lon Chaney, Marguerite De La Motte, Harrison Ford, John Sainpolis, Buddy Messenger, and Priscilla Bonner. Direction by Tom Forman. Once again the S. R. O. sign will come out of the store-room. — Advt. Griffith Reviews More Excerpts From What Boston Newspaper Critics Say About "One Exciting Night" (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Boston, Mass. — Extracts from the six Boston newspaper reviews of "One Exciting Night," the new D. W. Griffith production now at Tremont Temple, in addition to those already reprinted from the Herald and Post follow: The Daily Advertiser said in part: "The audience nearly lost its dignity and cheered. * ♦ * It (the plot) races along so fast and contrives to include so many toupee-lifting episodes that only a foolhardy person would test his powers of description trying to put it in mere words. * * * "It .may be said safely, however, that never did ladies gasp more homfiedly, nor strong men wonder more dazedly at any screen mystery fable. * ♦ * "Griffith said he hoped that the second act would be a bit exciting. And it was. A typical Griffith big scene, visualizing a hurricane, came as a surprise climax." (Continued on Page 4) Lynch Returns Atlanta — S. A. Lynch, head of the Southern Enterprises, is back from Europe. It is understood he will remain in this country but a short time before returning to France. Famous Golf Tournament Oscar Morgan, formerly of Famous, and now with Cosmopolitan Prod., is the star golf player of Famous Players. He won the title and trophy offered by William H. English at Adolph Zukor's Mountain View Farm on Thursday, in competition with about 20 players. A. M. Botsford was runner up and Adolph Zukor won the third prize. In the invitation event played at the same time, Wm. H. English, Jr., won the trophy offered by Adolph Zukor. Oscar Morgan was second. The players included those mentioned and Felix Kahn, Ralph Kohn, Henry Salsbury, Theodore Young, Austin Keough, Marcus, David and Arthur Loew, Frederick G. Lee, Arthur W. Stebbins, Eugene Zukor, A. O. Dillenbeck, S. R. Kent, Robert Kane, Emil and Milton Shauer, B. Morgan and Ed Gaylor, of the Morgan Litho. Co., and George Spidell. A number of these players have already entered the Fall Film Golf Tournament, and it is expected that the rest will. Daughter Born to Jesse L. Lasky (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Hollywood — Jesse L. Lasky is the proud father of a girl born Wednesday night. Weiss ^ '■ J.>U.^1V Now Former Goldwyn Executive President of Artclass Alfred Weiss, former Goldwyn executive, has been elected president and general manager of Artclass Pictures Corp., following his acquisition of a considerable interest in the company, a transaction said to involve more than $250,000. The three Weiss brothers, to whom Alfred Weiss is no relation, continue to hold the following offices: Louis Weiss, vice-president; Max Weiss, secretary and Adolph Weiss, treasurer. Weiss expects shortly to announce plans for a pretentious producing schedule as well as distribution arrangements. Weiss was vice-president and general manager of Goldwyn. He recently disposed of his interests in the Goldwyn, New York and Bufifalo exchanges. Yellow Someone so proud of his name that he refused to sign it, sent the following to THJE FILM DAILY relative to the review of "The Man Who Played God," which appeared in last Sunday's issue: "I am a neutral, and have no interest in this production, but this is the damndest piece of petty faulting of a big picture that I have ever seen in your columns. If your reviewers don't know a big "diety" theme when they see it, and can only understand a wind storm or a sawmill, you'd better hire some new reviewers. There are plenty to be had who would recognize the weight of this story, and if your paper doesn't appreciate such productions, you are doing a of a lot to keep the film business where Collier's Weekly thinks it is. You have some responsibilities, you know." THE FILM DAILY has in the past, does now and will continue, to criticize productions as it sees them. Our reviewing staff is not infallible but it gives its best. 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