The Film Daily (1924)

THE uesday, January 15, 1924 &&«; DAILY British Rules Easier (Continued from Page 1) iting films in bond in order to nke them suitable for the British iket before duty is paid. This r. enable foreign producers to presil their films to British buyers in omplete and ready-to-show form, hreby enhancing their value, and 1) avoiding paying duty on elimi;2d parts of films which are not ;sed by the censors. apparently all that it is necessary 2 producers here and in other counrs to do now is to send their films nLondon, in care of Bonded Film Ires, which stands willing to look fr the censoring and re-editing, tjvided the shipper has no repreiative in England. Drive Against Poor Projectors (.Special to THE FILM DAILY) •etroit — The Film Board of Trade i.ow compiling a list of theaters in ( roit and Michigan where mabies are in bad order. This is be1,'done because a number of comllnts have been made that film was eig received by exchanges in poor edition. Ebin Compiles Roosevelt Film Alexander B. Ebin has prepared a 3,500 ft. film called "Over the World With Roosevelt" which embraces incidents and situations important in the life of Roosevelt. It includes scenes "of the Navy, Glacier Park, the Hawaiian Volcano, the Yellowstone National Park, and the entry of the Allied Troops into Paris, all in Prizma colors. Developed From Film Guild Guild Made Pictures, with which Maude Adams has become associated, is a development of the Film Guild, formed in 1921 by Fred Waller and Fred Tuttle and later expanded to include Osgood Perkins, Townsend Martin and Dwight Wiman. This group has made five productions, released by Hodkinson. Plan A Release Weekly (Special to THE FILM DAILY) St. Louis — Sam Werner of United Film Service will release 52 Westerns featuring Neal Hart, Leo Maloney, J. B. Warner, Pete Morrissey, George Larkin and Big Boy Williams, at the rate of one a week during 1924. Pommer of Ufa Coming Here (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Berlin — Herr Pommer, a director of the Ufa expects to go to New York in March with prints of a number of pictures for disposal in America. The more important include: "The Grand Duke's Finances," "The Chronicle of Grieshus," "The Pious Beggar," "The Niebelungen" and "Cinderella." Raht Preparing New Story Carlyle Graham Raht, author of "High Dawn," which was bought by Hunt Stromberg as a vehicle for Harry Carey, has engaged Ray Ujiffy, who is now scenarizing his novelette, "The Diamond Back," which was published in Everybody's. Curtis Brown, Ltd., will handle the sale of the story. Phila. Theaters Get Clean Bill (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Philadelphia — An inspection of the city's theaters made by the Fire Dept. and the Electrical Bureau failed to reveal defects serious enough to cause drastic changes in licensing. As a result all houses will immediately receive new licenses. Quimby Joins "U" (Continued from Page 1) a close yesterday. Carl Laemmle will go to the coast from there on his regular mid-winter trip but Al Lichtman and others of the home office will return here tomorrow. Akers Promoted (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Chicago — Universal's sales convention ended yesterday. One of the most important subjects discussed was "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." It was brought out that all first runs will have been handled before June. Announcement of the appointment of Dan Michaelove, as Universal district manager for the South-eastern States, including Atlanta, Charlotte, Jacksonville and Memphis exchanges was made. This will give Ned Depinet an opportunity to give more attention to New Orleans, Dallas, El Paso, Ft. Smith and Oklahoma City. Gerald Akers was appointed a district manager over the St. Louis, Kansas City and Minneapolis Exchanges. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OP (DELAWARE WO UNDERWOOD Pdiiibehi D BCR N 9AUM. S IC » ti»nv HARRVT Pf E8LES ^^ll "'"■"' DISTRIBUTORS OF HIGH CLASS MOTION PICTURES 1914 MAIN STREET Dallas. Texas December 13, 1923. .Dura 'Film Protector Company, 220 West 42nd'Street, New ?ork. HI. *. Gentlemen: We wish to advise you that we are well pleaeed with the duratizing we have had done to date. We have kept a very close check on this and find that it is the biggest help we have ever had in keeping our films in first class condition. For your information we use an inspection in and out card on each print. This oard is given the inspeotor each time she inspects the print and the film is graded ' acooHding to condition from #1 which represents new film, to #7 which is junk film, and every time the inspector finishes with a print she makes a cecord on this same card as to the condition of each reel. For the past year or so we have had a lot of trouble with prints of two reel comedies going to the bad quickly so we decided as a last resort to try duratizing them. We started this as you know, on the 1st of September and some of the first two reelers that we had duratized have had as many as forty runs and are still in #1 and #2 condition according to the inspection card. Where heretofore two reel comedies that had had forty rune were usually down to about #4 or #5 condition. We really believe that duratizing film gives the exhibitor a cleaner print and prolongs the life of the film. We are so well pleased with it that we are giving all of the laboratories instructions to have all of our film duratized not only the two reel comedies. Wishing you continued success, we are. Very truly yours, SPEC LAITY^ Fiyi COMPANY Sales Manager.