The Film Daily (1923)

BRADSTREET FILMDOM a^RECDCMZEl' Authority V No. 36 Monday, August 13, 1923 Price 5 Cents grees In Part r for Equitable Rental Idea Ivanced by Aronson but isagrees on Chains By SOL. LESSER ast Theaters, Inc., Principal Pictures and Associated First National. ) opinion of Dave Bershon, manager of the West Coast the article "Equitable by Alexander S. Aronson, ihed in THE FILM DAILY ith truth and fortified with submitted a copy to him belen invited to "reply'' to the felt that Mr. Bershon's id experience fitted him ■ to speak with measurable on the subject. He has d for us in the intricate and :ed affairs of "booking" ast theaters, while I, of late, n too busy with Principal productions in general to intimately conversant with s" as an art and an "equitsnce. (Continued on Page 2) ibel Normand Injured :ial to THE FILM DAILY) ngeles — Mabel Normand was injured at Coronado Beach e was thrown from a horse collar-bone broken. in H. Blackwood Dead :ial to THE FILM DAILY) ngeles — John H. Blackwood, rwn in coast circles through ation with Thomas H. Ince Ir producers, died Thursday Dng illness. rom Terriss Returns Terris^. after spending 14 in Europe and in Egypt prois back in Xew York. His oduction is "Fires of Fate," Egypt. Wanda Hawley, t Cordoba and Nigel Barrie with Tern--. House Peters and Rubye De Remer in just one of the beautiful sets in B. P. Fineman's "DON'T MARRY FOR MONEY" now being released by L. Lawrence Weber and Bobby North. — Adv't. "Alliance" Inactive Coast Protective Organization Inert — Jos. Schenck Says September Will Find It Functioning (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — In response to a query from THE FILM DAILY representative regarding the status of the "protective alliance" formed here in February by important coast stars including the Talmadge sisters, Harold Lloyd, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith, Joseph M. Schenck states that the "alliance" is doing nothing until next month. The so-called "protective alliance" of coast stars will, in all likelihood, fail to develop along the lines originally laid out in February of this year when, at an early morning meeting, the individuals named above decided to band together to fight "certain combinations and groups of persons or corporations formed in the motion picture business which will dwarf the artistic growth of the motion pic ( Continued on Page 4) . G. May Revive Circuit Has Chance of Coning Activity — Indecision Among the Members Associated Booking Corp., cal exhibitors, manv of them of the T. O. C. C, formed the important theater cirsecuring first-run attractions, orise many of the "wiseacres" film circles and stage ,i real ack." true that the A. B. C. has ictive of late, but it is also meetings are being held and (Contirrued on Page 3) Beating the Heat By CROCKETT BROWN Unique Theater, Nashwauk, Minn. (Editor's Note — Crockett Brown operates a small theater in Minnesota. He is a "go-getter." Seventeen years ago he met with a severe accident ivhich rendered him a cripple. Refusing to be thwarted by this, he opened a confectionery store and pool parlor and in 1908 became interested in films. The article below is reprinted by permission of "Greater Amusement" of Minneapolis, who describes Brown as this kind of a chap: "When he found he couldn't get sufficient electric current (to operate his house) he bought and operated a gas making outfit; when the theater, eating up all receipts, began to make demands on the capital, he bought out his partners at their request and set about to prove that w theater could be operated successfully. For 15 years he has worked to prove he was right and has gone on proving it year after year.' This year, as in the past, there has been a great deal said both pro and con (mostly con) regarding staying open during the heat of summer. My experience this summer, while possibly too late to be of any use in case any of the boys care to consider it, is offered for what it s worth. I have never been one of those fellows who try to get by in summer using junk or cheap pictures. Last summer. I did reduce my running time by laying off one program per week, but kept up the quality, avoiding putting on any real big ones during the hot weather of June and July, however. This year I went at it in an entirely different way. When summer approached, I bought a barrel of paint, not a gallon or two and I went over the place thoroughly, inside and out. I added more and better lights to the front, secured some very attractive hanging bas (Continued on Page 4) "Ashes at the Roosevelt" (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Chicago— "Ashes of Vengeance" opens at the Roosevelt on Sept. 2 for an indefinite run. Maude Adams Silent The Morning World on Saturday, in a special dispatch from Schenectady, said officials of General Electric and Maude Adams are both reticent regarding her new color process. The World says that a definite announcement may be made before long. Bradbury Will Recover J. Alton Bradbury, prominent member of the T. O. C. C, who was seriously injured last Thursday night when attacked by bandits on the stairway leading to the office of thejDlympia theater, Broadway and 107th St. which he owns, will recover from the wound. Won't Pay Increase T. O. C. C. Willing to Allow Operators' Scale to Stand but More Money Is Out of Question The annual dispute between the Local 306. — the operators' union — and the T. O. C. C. is under way. The operators have presented a wage scale which the exhibitors claim represents a J0% increase over the present one. The committees appointed by the two factions to handle the matter have already conferred. The exhibitors have informed the operators that (Continued on Page 4)