The Film Daily (1924)

[esday, May 27, 1924 THE ^tiere Piracy Thrives and, Russia and the Balkans the ad Spots — Meeting Held in Paris Seeks Remedy (Special to THE FILM DAILY) imdon — Kine. Weekly reports that feeting was held in Paris recently representatives of important Amiin companies to discuss means leeting and reducing the effects le piracy evil. •'he success of several films", says i,\, "on the Continent from their *;r's point of view is threatened / he activity of film pirates who (engaged in exploiting their i 1 1 — );n property. One of the features I h is suffering badly is 'Scaracche,' which recently had a sue ,'u run at the Tivoli. At least r> pirated copies of this are known p in circulation in Poland. This •ij the case there are probably r-s, not only in Poland, but in u;ia and the Balkan States, all r places being apparently beyond t>ale of ordinary law. A meeting i recently held in Paris of the repli'atives of the leading American r lo d'scuss a means of meeting ( reducing the effects of the •;ies.'' 4roused by Evil / K. Greenland, of the William 'o-'el organization in a letter to Publication touches on the piracy r ion and says: 'liile we have been confronted t piracies on The Kid' in certain [e Balkan countries the Border 1 and Russia, we intend that the ilors shall not go unpunished. As titter of fact, we have already ■A prints in several of these counI through the assistance of the I organization, the State Departii at Washington, and through inlials whom we have instructed to l our behalf and we expect rel from criminal suits where action ; amages would result only in un•tible judgments. he piracies above referred to are ry recent date and we have very I reasons to believe that we know persons guilty of these piracies, lit is our intention to exert all : means within our power to i to justice those found guilty !ch unwarranted actions. 'Isewhere in other parts of the D where piracies previously have •■ encountered, we have obtained Tmly satisfactory results. Pirates id nnd also their confederates r. United States are familiar with ict that there have been severa' cu'ions, convictions and jail senis in the past as a result of the tries of Mr. Vosrel and other re■ible dealers with the assistance : Hays organization, the State frtment and individuals whose *es were enlisted against so-call' rates' in the past." i Theatres Declared Defe-.tive Special to THE FILM DAILY) :an N. Y.— Anthony W. H. burger building inspector has ed that all local theatres are ive in construction. Troy To Be "Musicless" For Summer (Special l:. THE FILM DAILY) Troy — Local managers for the sake of cutting expenses, have decided to make their shows "musicless". There will be no music at the Troy except Saturday afternoons; the Lincoln orchestra will be dispensed with entirely; the Troy will have no music afternoons, while the American will reduce its orchestra from ten pieces to six. Hill Personnel Named (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Pittsburgh, Pa.— The staff of the new Hill Enterprises, Inc., headed by R. G. Hill, includes F. R. Gregor, and Samuel Lichter, Ray O'Toole, B. Mendel, and K. Connors. Offices are at 1010 Forbes St. 90 Theatres in Wash. M. P. T. O. (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Seattle — Ninety members are now enrolled on the records of the Washington M. P. T. O. Ed Dolan of the Dolan and Ripley theatres is now trustee, succeeding G. G. Johnson, resigned. Daylight Saving Cuts Off 20% (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Troy — Theatre owners commenting on the effects of day ight saving, declare that for the two weel s that the ordinance has been in effect receipts have dropped twenty per cent. Exhibitors War Against Tent Shows i.\re,ml to Till: FILM DAILY) Detroit — Neighborhood theatre owners and merchants have joined in an effort to reduce the number of tent carnival shows which have seriously cut into their receipts. Utah House Destroyed By Flames (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Salt Lake City, U.— The Casino, at Gunnison, is in ruins caused by fire that broke out in an adjoining building. Loss $10,000. Goldberg Leases Chicago Theatre (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Chicago— Lou Goldberg has leased the 3,000 seat theatre now under construction by Hyde Park Bank. Fuld Out of 1st Nat'l Jack Fuld has completed special advance exploitation work for "A Son of the Sahara" and "Why Men Leave Home" for First National. Among Exchangemeil Independent Sells 8 Westerns Independent Pictures Corp. has sold a series of eight westerns starring Bil' Cody, to celebrated Players for Northern Illinois and Indiana. First Graphic Exchange has acquired the same series for Northern New York, while the R. G. Hill Enterprises has bought them for Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Cleveland — George Wilson has been appointed special salesman to handle Pathe two-reel subjects in this territory. Buffalo — Al Barnett, formerly with Selznick, has resigned to take up duties as representative for Universal. Washington — J. P. Stapelton has been promoted to the managership of the Independent Films office. Dallas — Bob Ingram has been man ager of the local and Oklahoma offices of Progress Pictures. Kansas City — Lew Nathanson former Selznick salesman, is now with Associated Exhibitors Cleve'and — Lou C. Thompson will take over the management of the loca! Universal exchange. Oklahoma City — William Parra ha? been appointed assistant manager of the Fox exchange. Milwaukee — Oscar Kuschner, is the new manager for Pathe, succeeding W. A. Aschmann. Hutchison on Way East (Special f> THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — Charles Hutchison, making a series of pictures for William Steiner, is on his way to New York to secure new stories. He will make his headquarters at Room 519, 220 West 42nd St. Nathanson Offers to Sell Capital (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Montreal — N. E. Nathanson, managing director of Famous Players Canadian Corp. made an offer to E. F. Albee, president of the new Keith Company of Canada to sell either the Capital or Palace. Omaha — Sherman W. Fitch has been promoted to managership of F. B. O. Washington — Harry Levey, formerly with Goldwyn has joined Universal. St. Louis — Tom Tobin, formerly with Pathe, has joined Columbia. Chicago — Carl Harthill, is now on the sales staff of United Artists. Pittsburgh— M. Fisher may resign as manager of Federated. Atlanta — L. C. Lowe Florida for Hodkinson. will cover Springfield — The Alton Theatre Co., Alton, has filed dissolution papers. Rosenthal Elected To Board (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Albany — Jack Rosenthal of Troy has been elected to the Albany Film Board. Specify £RZ-RAW STOCK FOR QUALITY FISH-SCHURMAN CORP. 45 W. 45th St., N. Y. C. Bryant 3740 8BKYZOT 1540 Broadway, N. Y. INSURANCE EXPERTS TO THE THEATRICAL AND MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY "A Tribute To The Independent Market" HE SI "#191* "Each Production An Achievement'