The Film Daily (1924)

THE -c&Oi DAILY Vol. XXVII No. 46 Tuesday, Feb. 26,1924 Price 5 Cents Copyright 1924, Wid's Film and Film Folk«, Inc., Published Daily except Saturday, at 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y., by WID'S FILMS and FILM FOLKS. INC. Joseph Dannenberg, President and Editor; J. W. Alicoate, Treasurer and Business Manager; Maurice D. Kann, Managing Editor. Donald M. Mersereau, Advertising Manager. Entered as second-class matter May 21, 1918 at the post office at New York, N. Y., undei the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States, Outside of Greater New York, $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign $15.00 Subscribers should remit with order Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 71-73 West 44th St., New York N. Y. Phone Vanderbilt 4551-4552-5558. Hollywood, California — Walter R. Greect. 6411 Hollywood Blvd. 'Phone, Hollywood 1603. London Representative — Ernest W. Fredinan The Film Renter, 53a Shaftesbury Ave.. London, W. I. Paris Representative — Le Film, 42 Rue dr Cliehy. Central European Representative — Internationale Filmschau, Prague (Czecho Slovakia), Wenzelplatz. Quotations High Low Close Sales East. Kod. Ill 54 111 ' 111 200 F. P.-L. ... 65^ 64^ 64J4 3,200 do pfd Not Quoted Goldwyn ..10 9^ 10 2,300 Loew's Not Quoted Warner's Not Quoted Feldstein Promoted (Special to THE FILM .DAILY) Montreal— Harry E.. Feldstein, of the Hodkinson Toronto office, has been appointed manage}-, here. Foreign Distribution of Motion Picture Productions Geo*Se E. fca»» Cort>°ftt60° V^O* r 220 West 42nd St. New York, Chick. 4052 Cables — Geokann, N. Y. The Most Modern & Complete ART TITLE SERVICE Under One Roof H. E. R. STUDIOS, INC. ISO W. 46th St. Bryant 7273 FINISHED PRODUCTIONS MARKETED AND FINANCED GEO. H. CALLAGHAN 220 W. 42nd St., N. Y. C. Abrams Optimistic Back From Western Trip — Found Conditions Satisfactory All Along Line Hiram Abrams is back from a trip that covered all of the Western exchanges of United Artists. He said he found business extremely satisfactory all along the line and reported that exhibitors were pleased with business wherever he visited. Abrams intends remaining in New York for about ten days and will then take another sales trip, this time taking in all of the exchanges in the Eastern part of the country. Wisconsin Booking Combine (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Milwaukee — The United Theatrical Exchange of Wisconsin has been formed in Janesville by C. J. Goetz, of the Beverly theater and James Zanias of the Apollo. Headquarters will be maintained here and the following towns will be served: Richland Center, Watertown, Janesville, Beloit, Ft. Atkinson, Platteville, Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls. 1st National Producing Unit (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — First National Prod. Inc., is the name of a new company formed here to cover that company's production activity on the West Coast. The officers are Richard A. Rowland, president; John McCormick, vice-president; Earl Hudson, secretary and Cliff Butler, treasurer. Film Men Win Tournament The Friars' handball tournament came to an end yesterday with two film men winning Class A and Class B trophies. The first was won by Elmer J. McGovern, a free lance editor and the second by Ray Gallagher of the Motion Picture News. Dinner for G. A. Rogers Friends of Gustavus A. Rogers, attorney will give him a dinner at the Plaza tomorrow night to celebrate the completion of twenty-five years at the bar. A number of state officials will speak, and probably Will H. Hays. Keller Joins Marriott Prod. (Special to THE FILM DAILY) San Francisco — M. C. Keller has joined Mariott Prod, as production manager. The company's first, "Young China," is nearing completion. "Lab" Combine In Air (Continued from Page 1) such a move had been advanced from time to time. It was learned yesterday that Tom Evans of Evans Laboratory had taken over the Kessel and Baumann laboratory at Fort Lee for a period of five years and that Evans had already taken actual possession of the plant. It is understood that the number of laboratories in and around New York will be increased by a new plant which Watterson R. Rothacker intends building. It was reported yesterday that this plant would have a weekly capacity of 2,000,000 feet. Rothacker, when reached at the RitzCarlton, stated that he had nothing to say at the moment but that upon his return from a cruise in the West Indies, he would be willing to talk. He sails today. The Film Laboratory Credit Ass'n held a meeting at the Astor last night at which, it was earlier reported, the consolidation was to be discussed. Rothacker Winners Announced (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Chicago — Neil G. Caward, an advertising man of Chicago has won first prize in the Rothacker slogan contest with the following: "First Choice of the Best Producers." The second prize was won by Samuel Schwartzberg a New York attorney whose slogan was "Makes Better Pictures Better" and the third by William J. McGrath of Fox with the following "Prints with Personality." The prizes were $100, $50 and $25. Leota Morgan, writer of originals has just completed a new story, "The New Generation." Easy to Say Great to Play CYTHEREA p*\ .--^ •* Coming Soon my cqmpsojv rMIAMIrt oM Jlcrn Crosland production >°<4K)0KINS0N RELEASE \ v FIRST RUN PICTURES Tuesday, February 26, 1924 Vignola Buys "Mrs. Parmour" Robert G. Vignola has purchased film rights to "Mrs. Parmour," Louis Joseph Vance's new novel. It will 1 be Vignola's first picture under his own banner. 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