The Film Daily (1923)

THE DAILV Thursday, January 4, 1923 Among The "Independents 9 9 Chandlee Adapting Barton Editorials Harry Chandlee lias been selected to adapt the Bruce Barton famous magazine editorials to the screen. The series is being released by Second National. Logue to Have Own Company (Special hi THE FILM DAILY) Hollywood — Charles Logue has ji.st arrived here from New York, and plans to produce pictures .under his own banner very shortly. More Big Game Pictures "Hunting Big Game in Africa with Gun and Camera," by H. A. Snow the newest motion pictures from the Dark Continent wl ich were taken by the expedition, fitted out by the Museum of Natural History of Oakland, Calif., follows the Fairbanks run at the Lyric and will be shown for the first time Monday night. Ti ey are booked to remain for a i in. The picture is in 10 reels. J. McCarthy and Theodore Mitchell will handle the road shows. The production is presented by Eugene H. Loth. Shopgirl Contest C. B. C. Film have notified territorial holders of the feature that they may arrange with an exhibitor who runs the feature for the selection of the most beautiful shopgirl in the city. This may be done by tying up a newspaper on the selection, or doing it through a committee of prominent citizens. The most beautiful girl from each city is to be, in turn, passed upon by a committee headed by Estelle Taylor and Mae Busch, who play the shopgirls in the C. B. C. picture, Joe Brandt. Director Edward 1 ( Saint, and Harry Cohn and the one selected as most attractive is to be given a chance to play in "Temptation," the third picture on the series. Handling Aralma Product The following exchanges are handling the American Home Life Series, ed upon articles dealing with American home life appearing in The Vv oman's Home Companion, and produced by The Aralma Film Co. Royal Pictures Inc., Philadelphia, 1!;..; Qualtoplav Film Corp., Syracuse, N V.; Crescent Film Company, Omaha, Neb.; Crescent Film Company, Kansas City, Mo.; Progress Pictures, Inc., New Orleans, La.; Progicss Pictures. Inc., Atlanta, Ga. ; United Film Service, St. Louis, Mo.; Lande Film Dist. Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio; Favorite Film Company, Detroit, Midi.; Lande Film Dist. Corp., ( leveland, Ohio; Quality Film Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Pioneer Film Co. of X. I.. Boston, Mas-.; Specialty Film Company, Dallas, Texas; Arrow Photoplays Co., Denver, Colo.; Arrow Photoplays Co., Salt Lake City, Utah; Arrow Photoplays Co., Seattle, Wash.; Co-operative Film Co., San Francisco, Cal.; Co-operative Film Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Elliott Film Company, Minneapolis, Minn. "Third Alarm" At Astor Monday "The Third Alarm" will be presented by the F. B. O. at t! e Astor next Monday. Thorpe Supervising Dick Thorpe lias lie n appointed supervisor oi" productions by (. . Burr. C. New Advertising Head Robert McGrath has 1) •en appointed advertising manager and general purchasing agent by Pfodu< :rs Security. . Suit Biscontinved Supreme Court Justice Gavegan has signed an order discontinuing a Miit of Patrick A. Powers against the Ciark-Cornelius Corp., because the case lias been settled. Wolf to Denver Jules Wolf, formerly manager for Educational in Los Angeles, has been transferred to the management of the Denver office, succeeding E. J. Drucker. M. N. Wolf is the new Los Angeles manager. Big Australian Deal Al Lichtman has concluded a deal with Millard Johnson, American representative of Australasian Films, Ltd., which will give them the exclusive right to the output of his company for the first year in Australia and New Zealand. Mastodon Bookings Lester F. S'cott, Jr., sales representative for C. C. Burr, has returned from a Southern trip on which he closed contracts for "Sure Fire Flint." with R. D. Craver, First National for his territ i ,r\ ; True Thompson. True Film Co. Dallas, Texas, for Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, and William Hurlbut of the Michigan Favorite Film Co. Two New Lichtman Representatives (Spe. ial I 1 UK FILM DAILY) Denver — Edward Grossman former manager for Asso Prod., has been added to the Al Lichtman Corp., as special representative. Foster Moore, former sales manager for Jan Film, is another special representative who has joined the company. Win Suit (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Seattle— $-10(1 was awarded the Seattle Film Exchange in their counter claim for damages against J. B. Sanfonl, who had instituted suit for $l,2(ii). Sanford cancelled a contract whereby lie was to distribute the Seattle company's pii duct in Portland, while his product was in turn to be released through their offices here, lie ean< 11. (1 his contract, opened his offices in Seattle, refused to fill bookings n ade by the Seattle Film Exchange, later playing the same houses with I his product. 1 HIRAM ABRAMS Do You Want s uccess For 1923 ? Every Exhibitor Wants It