The Film Daily (1923)

iTHE io brAdstreet \f FILMDOM ZfeRECOCMIZEB Authority IXXV No. 45 Thursday, August 23, 1923 Price 5 Cents iston Hearing Brief ■ Investigators There Only One »ay — No City Set for Next Session in Late September [Special to THE FILM DAILY) ston — The Federal Trade Coinon hearing into the affairs of >us Players and allied organiza was very brief. It ran one day, inating Tuesday afternoon, with tatement made relative to the seat of the hearing. It seems likely that there will no session late September. ost of the agitation here in New and centered around the theater ings of .Alfred S. Black, of Black's England Theaters, his selling gradually to Famous Players, and illeged summary methods of acng other theaters throughout the tory. These practices of his, :ver, the testimony showed, were Iged in for the most part before ous Players acquired any interest is holdings. The Trade Commis(Continued on Page 4) i^sky Leaves for New York (Special to THE FILM DAILY) >s Angeles — Jesse L. Lasky left >Jew York yesterday. Finis Fox En Route (Special to THE FILM DAILY) )s Angeles — Finis Fox has left New York with a print of "Bag Baggage." Surney Here from Australia O. Gurney, of Selected Super is, Ltd., Sydney, Australia, is in York conferring with M. H. man of Truart. He will make leadquarters at Truart during his Take Over Three (Special to THE FILM DAILY) itnam, Conn. — Hyde Smith and b Alpert have bought out the tieum, Danielson; and the Palace, kvill'e, from the Lewis-Brown in>ts. A long term lease has also i secured on the Majestic. Danielwhere the new combination coni the theater situation. iller Associated with Sherman ■ B. Miller, familiarly known as nt" Miller is associated with ry S. Sherman in the production series of six pictures to be made Sherman and released through graph. Miller will be in charge he financing. He was associated i J. B. Clark and R. A. Rowland ie early Metro days. A celebrated cast distinguishes "Forgive and Forget," the new C. B. C. Film Sales Corporation Box Office Winner. Pauline Garon, Estelle Taylor, Wyndham Standing, Josef Swickard, Raymond McKee, Philo McCullough,, Vernon Steele, and Lionel Belmore make this Story of a Woman's Mistake a tense drama, excellently portrayed throughout — Adv't. Favors Percentage Frank L. Newman Says It's the One Way in Which to Gauge Value of Productions By FRANK L. NEWMAN Newman Theater, Kansas City, Mo. I have always been opposed to this chain theater operation where one buys film for 20, 30, or 100 theaters. I believe that every city should have a fair chance in buying its pictures for what they are actually worth and should pay the producers every dollar to which they are entitled. In my experience, I have found that the producer will force the exhibitor to take a number of pictures they themselves know the exhibitor must run at a loss in order to get a certain big picture that will be profitable, and, of course, the big picture must be paid for with real gold. I think the big thing that should be worked out is that every picture should stand on its own merit and that both large and small cities (Continued on Page 2) Gov't Checking Mid-West Theaters (Special to THE FILM DAILY) St. Louis — Internal Revenue officals have launched a campaign through the Southwest and part of the Mississippi Valley region to check exhibitors on their admission tax returns. Deal With F. B. O. Anderson Pictures Arranges for Distribution— To Maintain His Own Salesmen Carl Anderson, president of the Anderson Pictures Corp and the F. B. O. have entered into an arrangement whereby the product and salesmen of the Anderson company will be found in the 33 F. B. O. offices in September. In making the announcement, Anderson said he considered this step towards the centralizing of distribution, an economic necessity toward which, in his opinion, the industry is moving. Eighteen productions are to be marketed by this arrangement with each of the eighteen individually exploited. The block selling system will not be used. Additional pictures which have unusual exploitation possibilities will also be handled. As noted, Choice Prod, will be one of the companies releasing through Anderson Pictures. Lease Jersey City House Kutisker and Schoen, operators of the Eureka theater, Hackensack have leased the Tivoli theater, on Communipaw Ave., Jersey City from Haring and Blumenthal, About $600,000 is envolyed. No Change In Release "Ashes of Vengeance" Will Go Through First National, Despite Reports to the Contrary "Ashes of Vengeance" will be released through First National as part of the Norma Talmadge series, despite reports to the contrary. It is understood First National is now selling the picture to exhibitors. There have been a number of reports in circulation relative to the production. In one quarter it was stated that the high production cost had interfered with the arranging of a suitable exhibition value between representatives of Joseph M. Schenck and First National and that the run at the Apollo was being maintained to indicate the true box-office drawing power of the production. It is understood that no dates have been set for the regular Broadway showing at the Strand, the local first-run for First National productions. The picture enters its fourth and last week at the Apollo next week. Rowland Off for West R. A, Rowland of First National left for Los Angeles yesterday. Acquires "David Copperfield" Associated Exhibitors, Tnc. has acquired distribution of "David Copperfield." The release date set is Sept. 23. Schnitzer Delayed on Coast (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — Joe Schnitzer of F. B. O. is being delayed on the coast because of the illness of his son. Schnitzer plans to return East as soon as he can. Klein Handling Clemenceau Film Edward L. Klein has secured American distribution of "The Veil of Happiness." made in Paris from a story by Georges Clemenceau. The entire cast is Chinese, recruited from the student colony in Paris. Klein is now arranging for the release. To Re-Open Essanay Plant (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Chicago — George K. Spoor plans to produce his "three dimension" films at the old Essanay plant which he will re-open shortly. The new camera is four times the size of the present projection machine. It is equipped with two lenses through which the film runs. One is superimposed on the other with the resultant effect that of one film with an appearance of depth.