The Film Daily (1923)

4 m New Theaters Five Points. Tex. — T. M. is building a theater here. Hervey Ware. Mass. — Residents from Palmer have again visited the town with a view to erect a new theater. Attleboro, Vt. — The Bates Theater Co. have purchased property on Union St. where they will build a theater. Boosting Charles O'Reilly (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Laurel. Del— T. J. Waller has opened a new house here to replace the old Waller, destroyed by fire a year ago. East Syracuse, N. Y . — Excavation of old buildings has been started by William Steele who will build a new theater on the site. Muscatine, la.— W. W. Holliday has completed plans for the erection of a theater at East Third St., adjoining the City Hall. Atlanta— "Why Not Charles L. O'Reilly For President?" is the cap of an editorial in the Weekly Film Review, dealing with the M. P. I i situation. In part, it reads: "No candidate has yet come forward, but there is in the City of New York a man eminently capable of filling this high office: Charles L. O'Reilly. Charlie O'Reilly is best known to exhibitors throughout the country for his brilliant leadership of the unit that nominated Sydney S. Cohen for president three years a^o at Cleveland. No one who sat in the great convention hall during those four trying days when the M. P. T. O. of A. came into being, can forget the mighty influence he exerted when as Svdney Cohen's most powerful ally he met every emergency, arose to every exigency and finally, through masterly generalship carried the day for Mr. Cohen." Boulder. Colo.— A $100,000 theater will be erected lure by Boulder Theater Co. The project is already financed, and plans have been drawn. Norfolk, Conn.— H. E. Blanchard has been awarded the building contract for the new Mosely Bros, house. Construction will start some time this month. Boston — Wreckers have already started to tear down the old buildings on the Tremont block, to make room for a new theater to be built by the Olympia Theaters. Inc. Beaver Dam. Wis. — F. C. Cross, owner of the Garrick theater, Second St., Milwaukee, and Jack Yeo of BeaDam, will tint a theater here to cost $150,000 with a seating capacity of 1200. Hermosa Beach, Cal. — A new theater is being erected here by R. E. Matteson and <.. S. Thatcher of the Firsl Hank of Hermosa Beach. It will be leased by the Venice Amusement Co. Dinner^ Biltmove Hotel ticket* from Tom Wiley, ■»l»«"Vn\tt» jvrnuf telephone brnnt lilt — Ct»as. £infi*'d, e iy«t t& 5t rrlr^nonr Brva«M75<> Beach Titling "Ne'er-do -Well Rex Beach, author of "The Ne'erDo-Well ." is titlin and cutting the film version of the story which Al Green made with Thomas Meighan as star. Majestic, Tulsa, Robbed (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Tulsa, Okla. — Robbers secured $3,100 from the safe of the Majestic in ,i recent hold-up. Coast Company Incorporates Special to THE FILM DAILY) Sacramento, Cal. — The Pacific Theatrical Enterprises, of San Francisco, has been incorporated here with a capital of $500,000 . The incorporators E. R. Hough, H. Lonige and R. M. Sahnonson. New Orchestra for Stanley Theater (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Philadelphia — Josef A. Pasternak, conductor of the Philharmonic Society, will organize and conduct an orchestra in the Stanley. He has also been appointed musical head of all the Stanley houses. New Cincinnati Colored House Special to THE FILM DAILY) Cincinnati — A group of Cincinnati, Washington and New York capitalists are backing a new $125,000 theater to be erected for colored people, as a remembrance to Laurence Dunbar, colored, a poet. The house will seat 1,000. New Name for Canadian Bureau (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Ottawa — The name of the Government's production studio has been changed from Exhibits & Publicity Bureau, Dept. of Trade & Commerce, da, to The Canadian Government Bureau. The department will continue to do photographic work as well as production. Operators' New Rule Argued (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Edmonton, Can. — Local theater managers and operators are battling to reach an agreement over the new law recently passed by the operators, that no operator shall be eligible for employment unless he has resided in the province one year. Saturday, April 21, 1923 Every Director Every producer; every cameraman. And all others concerned in production will be tremendously interested in the forthcoming DIRECTOR'S ISSUE which will be replete with interesting articles of definite value and importance to this branch of the industry. Among the special articles will be: "Harmony and the Creative Mind," by June Mathis (whose collaborative work with famous directors is historical). "Pictures Appeal to Dream Mind," by Allan Dwan. "Unusual Experiences of Directors in Making Unusual Pictures — including those of Robert J. Flaherty in making "Nanook," H. A. Snow in producing "Hunting Big Game in Africa," Martin Johnson's "Trailing African Wild Animals," James Cruze in making "The Covered Wagon," etc. Biographies of important directors; and many other interesting articles. Every photoplay editor of importance in this country will receive a copy of this issue, wThich should prove an unusually worth while "buy" to the director. Every important executive will read this issue with interest. Don't forget the date — May 6. Advertising forms close a week in advance.