The Film Daily (1923)

««sw» nam ■ i «i imi Sunday, July 29, 1923 ■Tin ««^— «m^s— i a fs^^s LJ-1-iiiimu.ui, iij i DAILY 11 77ie Week's Headlines Monday ank G. Hall's stock interest in Jersey theater companies to be auctioned. lanta session of Federal Trade hearing near end. New Orleans next. >rthern California votes against affiliation with M. P. T. O. A. Ioyd Hamilton to take Al Jolson's role in Griffith picture. Tuesday |imous Players deny Thomas Meighan intends leaving. Say unexpired portion of contract covers three years. lmer Pearson discusses the marketing of motion pictures and comments on Aronson's "Equitable Rentals" idea. enator James J. Walker on coast. New York friends discount report he is there in connection with an exhibitor movement. osmopolitan expected to make all ten reelers. Wednesday brinne Griffith signs with First National. First picture to be "Black Oxen." >an Michalove on stand in Atlanta as Government ends investigation into Famous Players there. >maha film men hold first regional golf tournament. Event a success. Lrthur James, now a director of Ritz Carlton Pictures expected to produce. tndrew J. Cobe defies precedent by leasing Central theater, New York, for extended run of "Merry-GoRound." 'yramid Pictures, Inc., restrained from selling stock pending action by Government. Thursday louse Peters says Charles Baumann defaulted on contract. Latter denies all charges and says he deposited advance as per agreement. Warners sell bulk of next year's product to Rivoli and Strand. T. O. C. C. and F. I. L. M. to meet at Hays office to iron out difficulties over arbitration. Loew theaters in South to have week stands for pictures and vaudeville. The Star Attractions Bureau abandoned because good pictures are found to fill theater needs without high-class artists. Government plans probe of circumstances surrounding transportation of fight films to Los Angeles. Friday Arthur S. Friend denies Distinctive will cease production. International gets Biograph plant for short time only. Frank Rembusch joins Indiana M. P. T. O. Again in fold as member of Cohen organization. W. A. Steffes attacks Cohen questionnaire and queries its sincerity. Says it is designed to secure members only. Famous Players buys 50% interest in McVicker's, Chicago, from Jones, Linick and Schaefer. Funds of M. P. Exposition tied up by attachment suit brought by employee who claims $32,000 due him. Pyramid promises to aid formal inquiry into activities of company. Saturday Filming of "Ben Hur" will probably start in September. Unione Cinematografica Italiene expected to cooperate with Goldwyn in producing the film. Better understanding between F. I. L. M. Club and the T. O. C. C. is expected to result from joint meeting held at the Hays office. C. M. Clark, secretary of Saenger Amusement Co., testifies in Federal Trade Commission hearing against Famous Players when session re-opens in New Orleans. Amsterdam Buys Two Ben Amsterdam, of Masterpiece "ilm Attractions, Philadelphia, has •urchased "Marriage Morals" and 'Don't Marry For Money" for East;rn Pennsylvania and Southern New ersey from L. Lawrence Weber and Bobby North. Take Over Masters Studio Howard Turrill in association with Maurice Workstel and George B. Williams, has taken over the Old Masters studio, formerly devoted to idvertising and fashion photography. Jnder new management this studio s also specializing in art titles. Will D. Harris to Portland (Special to THE FILM DAILY) New Haven, Conn. — William D. Harris has resigned the managership Jf the Olympia to become general nanager of the Eastern Amusement 3o. in Portland. The theater company operates a string of houses in :he northern section. Tourneur's Next (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — Maurice Tourneur's next picture will be "Two Little Vagrants" which has been secured for him by Jacob Wilk, now in France. Ben Alexander will have one of the principal parts. Sunday Shows at Corning, N. Y. (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Corning, N. Y. — Sunday pictures will continue here, following a vote of 9 to 4 in the common council defeating the resolution which sought to repeal the ordinance permitting Sunday showings. Hadley Handling "Phantom Ship" Hopp Hadley, recently with Cosmopolitan as company manager for "Under the Red Robe," is back at his office in the Knickerbocker Bldg., to handle "The Phantom Ship" produced by Nordisk Films of Copenhagen. The picture was re-edited down from 20 reels to eight. "D0WN|T0 THE SEA IN SHIPS" (APOLOGIES TO HODKINSON) Even when the ship was sinking the only thing the one exhibitor on board cared about saving was his bound copies of THE FILM DAILY. He didnt remember the coupon below would bring him more. 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 1923 Year Book — Cloth Bound — 500 pages. Subscription, $10— Foreign, $15 Name Theatre Address *i