The Film Daily (1924)

THE Sunday, January 13, 1924 r £&< DAILY he Week's Headlines Monday lerious situation reported in state right field. One operator says the market is broke. [ugo Stinnes, German industrialist enters picture business in Berlin. Tuesday Tew plan of organization framed by T. O. C. C. Designed to placate dissatisfied elements. Varners' to drop group selling for 19241925. amous Players at Jacksonville hearing deny ruining business of L. D. Joel, former Lakeland, Fla. exhibitor. Wednesday lew Orleans next seat of Government hearing into Famous Players Company's theater activities under fire. adustry subscribes $10,000 to Harding , Memorial Fund. ive key city runs planned for "The Ten Commandments." everal thousand fans discuss admission levels in FILM DAILY questionnaire. Thursday .adical changes in booking system may i grow out of Government hearing. Famous to insist on general elimination of block bookings if Commission decides Fa ' mous must stop practice. elznick cuts $958,278 in debts in eleven .months. .niversal calls general sales convention in Chicago, oad shows planned for "Abraham Lincoln. i New York premiere at Gaiety, Jan. 21. Friday :. P. T. O. C. directors meet in New York • next week. May set National convention date. . O. C. C. may change theaters into new division, based on seating capacity. 1 Aronson revives centralized distribution : scheme as solution to block bookings, aude Friese-Greene, an Englishman in •.' vents new color process. Saturday bldwyn and T. O. C. C. end dispute over "Enemies" and "Little Old New York." Exhibitors to be treated individually. ctor's Equity Ass'n and Will H. Hays dickering on standard contract, for film players. esley Mason goes to coast as representative for Hodkinson. niversal to zone country on different basis. Sales executives will confer on production ipolicy. Lewis Film Co. Reorganized {Special to THE FILM DAILY) Dallas— The R. D. Lewis Film Co. s been completely reorganized. W. Bilsborough, for investment illy, has acquired the controlling invest and becomes president. He ill, however, continue in the real tate business in Houston. R. H. pnes will remain as active manager, hile Louis Pellerin retires altogether. K. Adams, who has been associated ith Pellerin, and who owns the A. \ R. Exchange, goes to Little Rock 3 take charge of the Lewis office iiere. The Oklahoma City office will intinue under ownership of the home •fice, but will distribute through id-West Prod. Price & Fort Take Over Two {Special to THE FILM DAILY) Elk City, Okla.— Price & Fort, who n the Rialto at Clinton, have leased ie Quality and Story. $ut&gun&er Short Subjects "Lest We Forget"— "Sing Them Again" — Educational Carries Peace Appeal Type of production. ... 1 reel novelty A title designates this "a modernized revival of the songs you used to sing" and the first number of the issue lives up to the title by modernizing a trench song composed during the Civil war and sung by the Yanks in the World War — "Tenting Tonight." The pictures illustrating the words show a group of the boys around a camp fire, writing home, etc. and stopping all other activities to sing. The second selection is more cheerful, "Wait Till The Sun Shines, Nellie," and the accompanying pictures show Nellie and her beau being caught in a shower just when they are about to have a picnic feast. The final selection is one that will appeal to everyone — "Mother Machree." In view of the several titles pleading for universal peace and brotherhood of man at the opening of this reel and also the first number sung, this reel might be especially good on Armistice Day or for use in connection with a feature dealing with the war. "The Canadian Alps"— Fox Educational Many Fine Views Type of production. 1 reel educational If "The Canadian Alps" does nothing else it certainly establishes the bravery of the cameramen who took the pictures. They scaled some dizzy heights to obtain the views to be seen in the film and evidently took many chances to provide the public with unusual shots of the Canadian Mountains. The offering is thoroughly enjoyable, both for its scenic value and for the thrills it affords in the pictures showing the method of climbing the ice covered peaks. The photography is splendid and the offering is Al in pictorial value. It will fit nicely on any program and is deserving of your consideration. "The Homemaker" — Wilderness Tale — Educational A Simple, Placid Tale Type of production. 1 reel scenic story Robert Bruce's "Wilderness Tales" are well-known, or should be, to every exhibitor in the country. They combine beautiful photography, exquisite backgrounds with a "different" sort of story, in a manner that is thoroughly enjoyable and gives an interesting note to any program. This one, "The Homemaker" deals in a simple, placid manner with the way an elderly couple find and make a home on a river barge after their little house has been taken over by the sheriff. The masculine player in this "Tale" is particularly worthy of commendation. "The Black Sheep"— Aesop Fable— Pathe Nice Little Cartoon Type of production. .1 reel animated cartoon "The Black Sheep" is entirely up to the usual good standard of this cartoon series. The drawings are cute, the action amusing and the animation smooth. The little story deals with a pup who is considered the black sheep of his family and is thrown out of the family kennel. However, he performs several brave deeds for which he is rewarded by a farmer with a medal and a huge plate of bones which he bears proudly home as a peace-offering. "Own a Lot" — Century — Universal An Average Comedy Type of production. . . .2 reel comedy The Century Follies Girls are very much in evidence in the opening se quences of "Own a Lot." After considerable frolicking on the beach by the girls and a newly married couple who are honeymooning in a flivver, the girls exit from the picture and the rest of the action deals with the married couple's trouble in a rented bungalow, in which the walls continually break and the furniture is concealed in closets, etc. It's an average comedy. "Smithy"— Hal Roach— Pathe Funny Slapstick Type of production. . . .2 reel comedy There are laughs in this one. To be sure, they are occasioned by carpenters being hit on the head by various tools falling off a roof on a house in the course of construction, and Stan Laurel getting mixed up with a lot of tar paper and tacks and wet shingles, but they are none the less hearty for that. Where this type of comedy is desired "Smithy" will prove satisfactory. Victor Seastrom is preparing his second picture for Goldwyn. YOUR. WE. AND MERLOVEn DID TTIE5E THINGS AND YOU MAD TtlE POWER. TO MAK£ YOURSELF INVISIBLE VMATcflMOULD Y0UD070TT1O1