The Film Daily (1922)

THE Saturday, November 25, 1922 ■e&< DAILV latheNews No. 95 M5. WILLIAM HOHENZOLLERN!— Fit and exclusive pictures of the ExK er's bride; her castle in Silesia. c:;menceau in new England— II "Tiger of France" is warmly welcomed infankecdcm. FiNCE CELEBRATES FOURTH ANN ERSARY of ending of THE WR — The great men of the Republic unite innpressive ceremonies. Cfie of Chile cata'strophe ; anti-militarist leJnslration in China; floating aircraft ^er for U. S. Navy; Gene Sarazen plays nor golf; Portugal welcomes her airmen »1 flew across the Atlantic; etc. etc. THE ONLY ONE-REEL FEATURE :oday .lanagerial Changes licago — E. D. Hopson is now :a:4er of the Commercial. liL-ago — H. M. Rouda has been piiiited manager of the Lanecourt. licago — Dr. Sam Atkinson is ic managing the Calo, having been risfcrred from the Adelphi, anit r Ascher house. licago — Jack Mason, New York t:c producer, is now manap-ing ' i' kers, succeeding S. Barrett rmick. etroit — Harry Irons, late of But;ield's Franklin Square in Sagi;'. will manage the new theater c being built in Campeau Ave. toona, Pa. — Jimmie ?iid Athens icge are now mana^'ng the VicD . J. P. McGovern, former mang, is back with Supreme Prods, f 'ittsburgh. Films by Airplane (Special to THE KILM DAILY) dney, Australia — Captain Tracey r Lieut. Butler, World War vet■x,s, are distributing Fox pictures h|ughout the Commonwealth by Hnne. Kiser Studios Enlarging (Special to THE FILM DAILY) ortland, Ore. — The Kiser Studios I is enlarging its production stafif c continue the production of the 3gon Trail series for Pathe. Herri i Howard Matteson, short story " er, has been signed as editor-in:lf. "Nanook" in Antipodes (Special to THE FILM DAILY) ydney, N. S. W. — A special show ti of "Nanook of the North" was [in in the lobby of the Legislative ncil at Parliament house by Ex !<' Alliance Films Ltd. The HTs of Parliament praised the nthusiastic;.lly and the news carried the story through New 'ith Wales and Australia. The Troubles of an Exhibitor (Continued from Page 1) a full-house, it smelt like a combination of the stockyards and a glue factory. The only thing that saved me from ruin was the fact that I was running "Stronger Than Death" at the time, and the patrons thought I was pulling an exploitation stunt. Just to prove that Brother Deneker is not alone in his troubles, I booked a picture called "The Flour of Minneapolis," and decorated my front with Pillsbury, WashburnCrosby and E-Z Bake sacks, and run a nifty catch-line on my dodgers reading: "More For Your Dough," and felt sure that I would pack 'em in. Everything looked great up to the day of the show. Weather fine, feed mill running full blast and everybody sober, BUT when the big day arrived I was dumfounded to learn that, Jake Snively's boys had run off and joined the army, Grandma Smoots fell in the cistern and was drowned, Joe Doakes and Elmer Whoozis got into a fight over a horseshoe match and were hopeless wrecks, Sim Perkins stepped in the path of a Dodge and cashed in, Pop Blinkley took down with the rheumatism, and the balance of the population was quaranteened with the small-pox. I took in twenty-five cents less than a quarter, and when I wrote the film company for a readjustment, they told me I could play the picture again without cost, but the first open date they had was three years from next Labor Day. If I have my right mind by that time, it will be because I've traded the Smellsbad for a shoe repair shop. What can I do with a barrel of snub carbons? Another Merger (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Wichita, Kans.— The Wichita, Palace, Miller and Princess have merged, forming the Consolidated Amusement Co., which will operate all four houses. Starting immediately, the Princess will become a stock company house and there is a probability that the Palace will be used for vaudeville. The other two houses will show pictures. OflRcers of the new company are: L. M. Miller, pres.; M. B. Shanberg, vice-pres., and Stanley N. Chambers. secy, and treasurer. Theater for Auto Patronage (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Pasadena. Cal.— A motion picture theater far from any center of population and depending upon automobilists for its patrons will be tried by a grouo of wealthy men here headed by W. T. JefiFerson, retired millionaire. Boosts Films to Train Citizens (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Washinston — Mrs. E. R. Dessez, head of Pathe's educational department, attended the conference of the sub-committee on Training for Citizenship at the War Department conference called by Sec'y Weeks to discuss ways and means of raising the mental and moral standards of America's voung men. Mrs. Dessez presented the case of educational motion pictures. Here's A Thought FOR Saturday Send In Your Subscription To The Film Daily NOW TO-DAY 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 1922 Year Book— Cloth Bound— 500 pages Subscription, $10 — Foreign, $15 Name Theatre Address