The Film Daily (1924)

DAILV Monday, September 15, 1924 Trade in England Many Radical Changes at F. B. O. Cause Wide Discussion — Aitken in Berlin By ERNEST IV. FRED MAN The Film Renter and M. P. Nezvs (Special to THE FILM DAILY) London — A small sensation occurred in the English renting trade, when it became known that Arthur Clayering and Sidney Friedman had resigned from F. B. O. F. A. Enders, late Lieutenant to A. George Smith of Goldwyn, has been appointed managing director. Sweeping changes are in progress in the personnel of the orga-nization and many of Enders' late colleagues have accepted positions with him. Harry Aitken crossed over with Hiram Abrams and is now in Berlin with a print of "The Birth of a_ Na tion". He plans to market this in Germany, where it has not yet been shown. Misunderstandings {Continued from Page 1) tonriiamcnt. Others, that the Handicap Committee have framed a lot of rules which make it impossible to have a good time. Then the goofcrs are figuring they aren't wanted. All of these impressions are wrong. The changes in the plan of play are immaterial. The only reason "goofers" are waived is that it is impossible to provide restaurant service — the club rooms aren't large enough for the crowds. So shoot in your entries. Don't bother about what you have heard. Come in and then come out. And you'll have a better time than ever. Gus Schlcsingcr, of Warner Brothers, is delaying his sailing so that he can attend the tournament. Three important officials of Australasian Films from way off Australia will be on hand. So will Charles and Herbert Wilcox, from London, and George Smith, former managing director in London for Goldwyn. Through the courtesy of W. H. Rabell, trophies and prizes will be displayed in the window of The Independent Movie Supply Co., 729 Seventh Ave., after tomorrow. Not all of the prizes. The window isn't large enough. Fill in the entry below. At once. And shoot it in to any member of the committee: The Shepherds' Bush Pavillion celebrated its first anniversary last week. An enormous gathering of the trade was present, and the programme^ included the premiere of "The Passionate Adventurer" a new Graham-Cutts picture, which has been secured by Selznick of America. A new Raquel Meller Film, "Violettes Imperiales" was shown by Chas. B. Cochran, at the Scala theater. The effeminate antics of the French lover in the picture aroused great hilarity in the audience and the picture on the first night was received with continual laughter. Whilst the film has many beautiful passages, it is regarded as a somewhat doubtful booking proposition in this country. Three Arrow Deals The following three deals have been closed by Arrow: Progress Features, of San Francisco, has bought the 26 "Great Westerns" and the 4 "Pinto Pete" stunt pictures. "Riders of the Plains" has been bought by Progress Pictures. Atlanta, for the Carolinas. Ga., Ala., Fla., La., Miss., Okla., and Ark. Liberty Fihn. of Washington, has signed for $ "Wild West" productions and 5 F.dmund Cobbs for the District, Maryland and Virginia. Golfers, Attention Sign this and forward to any member of the comrnittee : Here is my entry for the Fall Film Golf Tournament to be held Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the Sound View Golf Club, Great Neck, L. I. My check herewith ($10 for players, including lunch, dinner and prizes). My average round is THE COMMITTEE: Felix Feist, Jos. Schenck Prod., 1540 Broadway. G. B. Gallup, Asso. First Nat'l, 383 Madison Ave. Abe Warner, Warner Bros., 1600 Broadway. E. Kendall Gillette, The M. P. News. 729 7th Ave. Danny, The Film Daily, 71 W. 44th St. On Broadway " Astor — "Captain Blood" Broadway — "Wine" Brooklyn Mark Strand — "Flirting With Love" Cameo — "Monsieur Beaucaire" Capitol — "Yolanda" Central — "The Man Who Came Back" Cosmopolitan — "Janice Meredith" Criterion — "The Ten Command^ ments" Liberty — "The Thief of Bagdad" Loew's New York^Today — "Thq Last of the Duanes" Tuesday — "A Bowery Bishop" an^ "A Woman's Favor" Wednesday— "The White Sister" Thursday — -"It Is The Law" Friday — "Pride of Sunshine Allej and "The World's Struggle Fo Oil" Saturday — "Recoil" Sunday — ^"The Female" Lyric — "The Iron Horse" Mark Strand — "The Sea Hawk" Rialto— "The Clean Heart" Rivoli— "The Alaskan" Next Week Astor — "Captain Blood" Broadway — Not yet determined Brooklyn Mark Strand — "Sinners In Heaven" Cameo — Not yet determined Capitol — "America" Central— "The Man Who Came Back" Cosmopolitan — "Janice Meredith" Criterion — "The Ten Commandments" Liberty— "The Thief of Bagdad" ^ Lyric — "The Iron Horse" Mark Strand— "The Sea Hawk" Rialto — Not yet determined Rivoli — Not yet determined To Release Chicago Fire Drama Associated Exhibitors will release "Barriers Burned Away," a story dealing with the great Chicago fire of 1871. Arthur F. Beck produced the picture, which has in its cast Frank Mayo, Mabel Ballin, Harry T. Morey, Wanda Hawley and Thomas Santschi. W. S. Van Dyke directed. Theater Goes Under Hammer (.special to THE FILM DAILY) Babylon, N. Y.— Oliver H. Rogers, representing stockholders, purchased at a sheriff's .sale, the Capitol theater for $1,603. The sale was held to satisfy a judgment. Cleveland Board Plans Clam Bake (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Cleveland — The Film Board of Trade will hold a clam bake at Shore Acres Lake 1-. ric. today. Sell, Don't Yelp (Continued from Page 1) tainly buy and support my product. And Mr. Exhibitor, you certainly make the moving picture business a profitable business for me, because you buy my pictures and always have open time for pictures. Does this sound like a deplorable condition? I'll say it doesn't, anrl I will add a little more. Let's take Pittsburgh proper as our friend from Chicago says, let's take Chicago. T don't have to tell you how many pictures wc have had in the past year — I mean Associated E.xhibitors. Well, they have all had first run representation in Pittsburgh, and I am now waiting on prints on new subjects. Does this sound as though the best known Chicago salesman knows what he is talking about. When he talks Pittsburgh territory, he's done drowned by this time. And this isn't one half of it. He says the South is terrible, awful, oh how (Irearlful ! "I came to Pittsburgh from Atlanta fifteen months ago, was down there fifteen months. Same outfit, same class of leaping photographs, same tie-up then, same as now that our friend talks about. I didn't find it tough because T «old some celluloid down there ; Associated celluloid, and to Southern Enterprises toj. And I want to shout about some more right here, and it is this: most of the home office officials think the South is tougli, much less poor. Mr, Chicago salesman. Rut they are all wet, too. The name. Famous circuit licks 'em before they start, and what's more they fail to take in proportions. I mean by this, that vou cannot expect to get the money out of a cemetery that you can get out of a Broadway show shop. Not that the South is a cemetery, but it certainly docs not compare with the larger Northern cities in money possibilities. But it is proportionately a good territory, and a salesman, I said 'salesman,' can get his full share and a profitable share of business in the South. I did, when I was down there. The figures are on record, no disputing it. And I did not have the. Famous Forty or the Terrible Eighty but I did have the support of the Southern Enter., not because they needed all of the Associated or any of them, only just because I sold them. Plenty of the other boys can do the same thing. The whole thing is this. Danny ; conditions are not wrong. Its a lot of these bozos that arc out taking up an Exhibitors time, instead of selling him pictures. I'll say right here that if a picture has merit, and said merit is conveyed in the proper manner to Balaban and Katz or Stanley or Saenger, tlie picture will be booked and will have representation.. I know for a positive fact that the Southern chain of Famous will use a good picture in their first string theatres, and a mediocre picture in their second string. Whht more do you want? I got it. and I know what I am talking about. You don't expect Tiffany to display Woolworth jewelry, do you, and that's the ans\ver. "I have operated in st'vcral territories, and I have yet to find any of (hem in per cent as lough as our friend from Chicago says they are. The reason may be that I am too busy selling pictures to really know or find out how tough it really is. It! closing, let me say, if you ever have a picture ^the first thing to do is go out and sell it and then listen to the tough part after, but sell the picture first. "Remember, It can be done. "Moral — substitute results for applesauce. "Yours for 10,9.SO more Film Daily's, that makes you about 62 years of age, then retire and go to the movies." { JOHN SLOBEY ART TITLES MINIATURE SETTINGS For Productions CLAY MODELLING, ETC: 1650 B'way, N. Y. C. Phone Circle 5572 ^ Famous lias its COVERED WAGOIN First National has its SEA HAWK Fox has its IRON HORSE but SELZNICK has the only picture on a (ubject the tn tire country has gone wild over "OIL" (On the front, page of eveiy newipapcr) Die World Straggle For