The Film Daily (1924)

THE Monday, September 8, 1924 On Broadway ttor — "Captain Blood" oadway — "Monsieur Beaucaire" ooklyn Mark Strand — "Monsieur iBcaucaire." Jlimeo — "Messalina" •iipitol — "Sinners In Silk" rntral — "The Man Who Came Back" (ismopolitan — "Janice Meredith" (iterion — "The Ten Command iments" ijberty— "The Thief of Bagdad" ]i>ew's New York — Today— "Empty Hands" Tuesday— "Sunset Trail" and "Pasi sion's Pathway" Wednesday — "Tess of the D'UrI bervilles" i Thursday — "The Dangerous CowI ard" Friday— "The French Lady" and "Riders of Mystery" Saturday — "Another Scandal" rric — "The Iron Horse" ark Strand — "Sinners In Silk" alto— "Open All Night" voli — "Merton of the Movies" Next Week •.tor — "Captain Blood" jroadway — Not yet determined jrooklyn Mark Strand — "Flirting jVVith Love" jimeo — "Messalina" (tentative) iipitol — "Yolanda" i'ntral — "The Man Who Came Back" < jsmopolitan — "Janice Meredith" iterion — "The Ten Commandments" ]berty— "The Thief of Bagdad" Tic— "The Iron Horse" ark Strand — "The Sea Hawk" alto — Not yet determined ivoli — Not yet determined Chicago Musicians Compromise (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Chicago — The Chicago Federation Musicians has withdrawn demands a 10% wage decrease. The comomise 'was reached when the maners agreed to extend tKe yearly riod of employment from 35 to 44 .•eks. Over 50 residential houses •re represented. I Famous lias its COVERED WAGON First National has its SEA HAWK Fox has its IRON HORSE but SELZNICK has the only picture on a lubject the entire country has gone wild over "OIL" (On the froni. page of eveiy newtpaper) GET Ihe Woild Straggle for Oil I QUICK Busy At Sermett Lot Hollywood — Four units are working at the Sennett, under the supervision of F. Richard Jones. Ralph Graves is appearing in the first of the Sennett Star Series. Ben Turpm is making a burlesque, titled "The Virginian". The regular comedy unit is working on a new one, while Harry Langdon heads the fourth company. Wait For Manager, Then Rob Theater {Special to THE FILM DAILY) St. Louis — When Maurice Stahl, manager of the Tivoli, owned by the St. Louis Amus. Co., reached the theater, he found two armed robbers waiting in the lobby. They compelled him to open the safe, which contained the receipts of Saturday night and Sunday. Buys Beacon, N. Y., Houses Through Sofferman's, Ginsberg and Son have purchased the State and Paragon theaters. Beacon, N. Y., from the Dutchess Amusement Co. The purchasers operate the ThreeStar Movie, in Paterson, N. J. Eastman Remodeled Rochester, N. Y. — The orchestra pit of the Eastman is so fixed now that musicians may be transferred with easy facility from the pit to the stage. Perkins Resigns Bert R. Perkins has resigned as exploitation chief of Metro-Goldwyn. Chain Operation (Continued from Page 1) T. and D. Circuit" and former secretary and director of Associated 1st Nat'l Pictures of North California. It plans to operate theaters on a circuit basis and make all of its purchases in that manner. Pointing to the value of such an arrangement, the prospectus states that the former manager of the Richards theater, at Modesto purchased a block of films for $1,470 for which the Syndicate secured for $750, a saving of 49 per cent. The Syndicate is now offering its first block of stock. It declares $500,000 is already held by prominent people in the Bay district and that out of the profits quarterly dividends of two per cent are being paid. Its theater-buying activities are to be confined to Northern and Central California for the present where, it is said, there are about 300 privately owned houses. Interested with Crook are G. C. Parsons, former district manager of Goldwyn, as vice-president; Frank S. Oliver, president, 1st Nat'l Bank of Los Altos, as secretary-treasurer; Walter D. Bliss, Bliss and Faville, architects, a director; A. F. Zipf, Williams Steamship Co., a director; Nat Schmulowitz, associated with Gavin McNab, a director, and E. C. Scares, former State Bank Examiner of California, fiscal agent. Offices are in the Loew Warfield Bldg. CORPORATIONS ORGANIZED & FINANCED Capital Raised Through The Sale of Your Stock We Are Licensed Brokers PROGRESSIVE FINANCE CO. 112-118 West 44th St. New York Phone, Bryt. 0231 Wanted ! Negative Stock Shots: (1) Railroad Wreck Material showing passenger coaches. (2) Close-up of Cuckoo calling. (3) Riverside Drive during snowstorm, PHONE: Kelly, Bryant 9850 "WELCOME STRANGEr 60X-0EFICE KNOCKOUT AT MERRILL THHTRE, MILWAUK^ WIS. Paul C. Mooney, Vice President, Aug. 29, 1924 Producers Distributing Corporation, 469— 5th Ave., New York " 'WELCOME STRANGER' going like wild fire. Biggest matinee in months. Holding them out every performance. Receipts growing daily. Welcome more pictures like 'WELCOME STRANGER.' A wonderful show to exploit, and you know me. 'HOLD YOUR BREATH' next week. Watch me. Regards." A. J. Happy, Manager MERRILL THEATRE, NOW BOOKING Released by PRODUCERS DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION Foreign Distributor: W^m. Vogel Distributing Corp. SEA:>ON 1924-1925— THIRTY FIRST-RUN PICTURES