The Film Daily (1923)

THE ■%*H DAILY Friday, May 4, 1923 Not In Control (Continued from Page 1) William L. Sherry's testimony on Wednesday was characterized by , n 1*. Swaine, for the respondent. as the airing of a personal grievance. The defense introduced a letter written from Sherry in March. 1918 to Arthur S. Friend, the treasurer of F. P.-L., in which Shem essed gratitude for the cancellation of the $25,000 note he had given the coproration in the "Joan the Woman" matter. The letter was signed "Yours very gratefully." "Dear Sir: "I am in receipt of yours of the 8th inst., advising me of the action of the Executive Board in cancelling the Twenty-five thousand dollar ($25,000) note held by the Cardinal Film Corpn. against me as balance due on the purchase price of the production of "Joan the Woman," and wish to extend to the members of the board my sincere appreciation of same. My only regret is that the production did not meet with the success we had all hoped for, and that instead of them having to relieve me of this burden, that I could not have turned in an additional sum to the company from the receipts of same. But never mind, better luck next time. "Yours very gratefully, "WM. L. SHERRY (signed)" Elek J. Ludvigh took the stand again and identified a number of documents called for on subpoenas. These included Price, Waterhouse audits for 1918-1922 inclusive. W. H. Fuller, for the Government, then read extracts from an F. P.-L. advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post, identified by the witness, which told, among other things, about "Paramount Week" and stated that "sixty-seven cents of every dollar spent for pictures" was paid to see Paramounts. Also that "every twentieth person you meet in the street will see a Paramount picture today." A publicity booklet, issued in 1922, by F. P.-L. and containing the form of booking contract used that year was next taken up. A general discussion of contract forms ensued, and Ludvigh pointed out that the new uniform contract recently negotiated by the Hays organization with various exhibitor associations, differed from the old contracts chiefly in its arbitration provisions. The agreement between Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and F. P.-L., which the lawyers after an argument agreed to call "An Agreement for Security" and not "a letter of credit," was identified by the witness and ordered put into the record. Ludvigh agreed to produce a contract between Kuhn, Loeb and Famous on the subject of disposition of the ten million dollar preferred issue. Cross-examination by £ vaine on the Post advertisement "to cet the context of the extracts read l>\ ler straight" then followed. The keynote of the portions read by Swaine dealt with "ideals and organization as the basis of Paramount supremacy." (Continued on Page 5) Long Island Film (Continued from Page I) The company intends producing three pictures during the summer — one of the seacoast, one of Long Island society and one of its rural life. Among the selections is a drama of the Coast Guard Patrol. Shipman says the negative cost per picture will run between $150,000 and $200,000. South. Calif. Picks Delegates (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — The following delegates to the Chicago convention have been picked to represent Southern California: W. W. Whitson, Plaza, San Diego; B. N. Burnstein, Savoy, Los Angeles; Laura Peralto, Picture theater, Culver City; J. O. Vandeberg, Victoria, Los Angeles, and Glenn Harper, Vermont, Los Angeles. New Curtain For Brooklyn Strand Edward Hyman has installed another new curtain in the Brooklvn Strand. The addition is a silver scrim, covering the proscenium arch. Engages Sydney Chaplin (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Culver City, Calif. — Marshall Neilan has engaged two more players for "The Rendezvous," Sydney Chaplin and Elmo Lincoln. Joel Levy With De Luxe (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Philadelphia — Joel A. Levy has resigned from the Famous sales force to organize a short subject department for De Luxe. Dunaway Dead (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — Glenn Dunaway, head of the painting and decorating department at the Lasky studio is dead of carbon monoxide poisoning. Plan a Kentucky Feature (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — George Larkin has signed with Russell Prod. Inc. to make a Kentucky feature called "The Valley of Unrest." Reorganize Canadian Equity (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Montreal — Phil Hazza and L. Stuart have re-organized Equity Pictures Corp. and are out after product. A new buy is "The Thinker," a French picture. Legislature Closes, Shelving Two (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Minneapolis— The state Legislature has adjourned without passing the two bills affecting the film industry. One of the measures called for the establishment of a censor b. .rd. Fire Guts Strand, Lagrange < Special to THE FILM DAILY) Lagrange, Ga.— Considerable damage was recently done to the Strand by fire of an unknown origin. St. Joseph, Mich.— The Caldwell was recently destroyed by fire. SERVICE There are over 5,000 readers of THE FILM DAILY. Not plain, ordinary subscribers — but readers. And they wait for the little old paper every day — and wouldn't be without it. Many of them read no other publication relating to film folk or pictures. They have been led to believe — by five years' honest effort — that "Service" is the middle name of this publication. And part of the "Service" is that they shall have an edition published right where the national exhibitor body meets Chicago, week of May 21, in the Coliseum Just as a hundred exhibitors — or less, who attended the St. Louis convention five years ago, had the little old paper printed for them in St. Louis, so all who attend M. P. T. 0. of A. annual conventions will always find THE FILM DAILY ready for them. Printed right on hand ; in the convention city. If there ever was a better "buy" for anyone who has anything to sell an exhibitor than this special edition for the convention week, won't someone please stand up and shout it aloud ?