The Film Daily (1923)

.'. ZfcRECOGMZEt Authority bl. XXV No. 44 Wednesday, August 22, 1923 Price 5 Cents tfore Week Stands Loew Circuit — Gradually Getting /ay from Split Weeks — Schiller Back from Trip d. A. Schiller of the Loew org, on has returned from a t iugh the South in connection wit inauguration of the new wee id policies in the important key s in that territory. !e also visited the new Shubert .ter, Pittsburgh which will open lit September 17 under the Loew ner. From there he went to St. is where the Loew organization uilding a State theater. The cone work will be started in a few 5. seems quite likely, that more .ters in New York will be changed he full week stands, but this polwill not be all-embracing. The w officials feel that some of their ters can be operated to the best tntage on a split-week basis and hat condition exists, no inition in policy is expected. :hiller visited important Southern s while away. He was formerti charge of the Loew Southern ;es with headquarters in Atlanta for that reason it is significant n he declares that conditions in then key cities were never better. Varner, Craver, Sams Here . B. Varner, of Lexington, R. D. /zr of Charlotte and Senator A. Sams of Winston-Salem are in ii from North Carolina to attend utine meeting of Associated First ional Pictures of the Southeast, Varner says conditions in the th are riot any too good. 0. C. C. Calls Another Meeting ie T. O. C. C. has issued a call for ecial meeting to be held on Friday he Hotel Astor. At that time a sion will be made concerning the •ators' situation. The T. O. C. claimed yesterday that the deds have been reduced to 25% and by individual vote each T. O. C. member has declared against a e increase. ssion Series Through C. B. C. ission Film has arranged with t. C. to distribute a series of four ires through that organization, first to be "The Barefoot Boy" :h has John Bowers, Marjorie ', Sylvia Breamer, Tully Marshall, Harlan, Raymond Hatton and rs in it. Leon Rice is president ie company. "The Barefoot Boy" have a Broadway run for which : Adler will handle the exploita fettlenient Near T. O. C. C. Court Action gainst Goldwyn Dwindles — Loew Playing "Enemies" Now The possibility of court action against Goldwyn Cosmopolitan on the part of the T. O. C. C. over existing contracts on "Enemies of Women" and "Little Old New York" has died out, it is understood, with the framing of a temporary agreement covering the situation. As a matter of fact, Loew's Metropolitan in Brooklyn is playing "Enemies" all of this week. It goes into the State and the American the last half of this week. Next week, additional Loew houses will play the picture. It was stated by interests friendly to the T. O. C. C. that it made no difference whether the Loew circuit played the picture under a Paramount or a Goldwyn contract so far as the first-run situation was concerned, because Loew houses would exercise their seven day protection clause no matter from whom the picture was booked. A T. O. C. C. official declared that the members expected to get the picture under their Paramount contracts at the old prices and that the question of extending the runs in order to permit Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan to derive a revenue w-ould be optional with the^ individual exhibitor. Fox Drops Plan Corona Plot Sold— Was Once Designed for Eastern Studio — For Residential Use Now William Fox yesterday disposed of the large plot of ground near Corona, Long Island on which it was originally planned to erect a big studio. The title was closed yesterday and on the land there will be constructed about 75 residences. Fox production activities will be centered in the 10th Ave plant and at the coast studio. The new plant in Los Angeles will be built on a big plot of ground that will have a number of exterior sets built on it for permanent use. Goldsmith on Coast (Special to THE FILM DAi: Los Angeles — Frederick Goldsmith of New York is here on a combina tion business and pleasure trip. The abandonment of the Fox Long Island plant is another of similar moves on the part of various organizations. It was recalled yesterday that Selznick planned a monster studio on Queens Blvd., adjoining the Long Island City end of the Queensboro Bridge. Others, too, have talked about Long Island plants along the lines of the United studio in Los Angeles, but up to date, Famous Players seems to be the only company that has carried its original intentions. Johnson, Harwood Home Today E Bruce Johnson, foreign manager and M. P. Harwood, foreign traveling auditor for First National are aboard the Homeric which will probably dock tonight. Robert Lieber is returning on the Berengaria, due in the end of the month. Golfers, Attention! Sign this and forward to any of the committee: Here is my entry for the Fall Film Golf Tournament to be held Tuesday, Sept. 18, at the Belleclaire Country Club, Bayside, L. I. My check herewith ($10 for players, including lunch, dinner and prizes) $5 for non-players. My average round is THE COMMITTEE: Felix Feist, Jos. Schenck Prod., State Theater Bldg. G. B. Gallup, Hodkinson Corp., 465 5th Ave. Abe Warner, Warner Bros., 1600 Broadway E. Kendall Gillette, The Motion Picture News. Danny, The Film Daily, 71 W. 44th St. New Group In Work Famous Has Big Plans for "North of 36"— Cliff Smith to Direct Bill Hart Again The production department at Famous players has completed plans for the second group of Paramount releases to follow the series of 12 that will be released in August, September and October. Elaborate plans are understood to be in work for "North of 36" which James Cruze is to make. Jack Holt will play the lead, Ernest Torrence, the ranch foreman, Lila Lee, the girl and Wallace Beery, the heavy. Jesse L. Lasky is on record as saying in connection with it that "we have set for ourselves the gigantic task of surpassing 'The Covered Wagon'." The new group will include "His Children's Children," "The Light that F a i 1 e d," "The Spanish Dancer," "Stephen Steps Ou+," "Speejacks," the travel picture; and "West of the Water Tower." In addition io th< above concerning which announcements have already been made by Paramount, there will be "The Humming Bird," starring Gloria Swanson and directed by Allan Dwan; and "Argentine Love," another Swanson vehicle directed by Dwan. Tom Meighan will be seen in "Pied Piper Malone," an original written for him by Booth Tarkington which Al Green will direct. As noted, Sam Wood will direct "Big Brother" with Tom Moore (Continued on Pasre 2) Shauer Sails Sept. 1 Emil E. Shauer. director of the Famous Players foreign department sails for home on the Aquitania on Sept. 1. Harold Pitman who has been abroad with Shauer is also returning on the same boat. Ouimet Signs Andree Lafayette (SpecUI to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — The deal pending between Andree Lafayette and Ernest Ouimet has been closed. Miss Lafayette will appear in "The Vital Question," to be produced by Laval Photoplays, Ltd. Start "Covered Wagon" on Tour "The Covered Wagon" is now being road-showed around New York. The picture is at the Shubert, Newark this week and next week playj for several days at the Patchogue, Mike Glynne's new theater in Patchogue, L. I. Glynne is perhaps the first exhibitor to get the production in this part of the country. Seven companies are now on tour with it.