The Film Daily (1924)

Monday, October 6, 1924 THE ■<&<. DAILY .j On Broadway )adway — "The Sea Hawk" -"Vanity's Price" )itol — "His Hour" itral— "Dante's Inferno" mopolitan — "Janice Meredith" erion — "The Ten Commandlents" erty— "The Thief of Bagdad" w's New York — Monday — "The V'arrens of Virginia" uesday — "Youth for Sale" and "American Manners" ednesday — "The Covered Wagon" hursday — "The Fire Patrol" riday — "The Truth About Women" and "Western Wallop" iturday — "Little Robinson Crusoe" jnday — "Find Your Man" ic — "The Iron Horse" ■k Strand— "Three Women" adilly — "Barbara Frietchie" to— "The Story Without a Name" jli — "Her Love Story" Wyn Mark Strand— "In Hollyod with Potash and Perlmutter" Next 'Week dway — Not yet determined ,eo — "Welcome Stranger" tol— "The Navigator'' ral — "Dante's Inferno" opolitan — "Janice Meredith" on — "The Ten Commandnts" rty"The Thief of Bagdad" |c — "The Iron Horse" Strand — Not yet determined dilly — Not yet determined "Her Love Story" li — "Dangerous Money" klyn Mark Strand— "In HoUyod with Potash and Perlmutter" elasco Film Co. Reorganized n Francisco — The Belasco Prod., is undergoing a reorganization. Humburg, local capitalist, is _new president, succeeding Ed Belasco. Other new officers de: Max Schmidt, of the lidt Litho. Co., vice-president; Hiliefeld, head of the Marshall >er Co., secretary and treasurer. plans call for all production here. Fox Expects to Hold Lyric spite the fact that the Mutual :sque Ass'n declares it has taken the Lyric for burlesque and will possession "at once," it was de1 at Fox Saturday that "The ^B^Horse" would run on indefi I ')^ (utual Theater Co. Bankrupt ■j^i lianapolis — A petition in banky has been filed in the Federal t by the Mutual Theater Co., of sn, listing liabilities at $26,518 issets at $6,000. The company tes three theaters. Celebrate "Lichtman Month" Special to THE FILM DAILY) ttle — The Columbia plans a month of Jewels for October, ^ ^tman Month." An augmented stra will be featured as part of >rograni. ' Editing Daniels Picture ian Johnson is editing and titling gerous Money," Bebe Daniels' starring vehicle. Attack Oil Film (Continued from Page 1) ter sent by Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work to Pete Harrison of Harrison's Reports in New York in which Work declares the Bureau of Mines has no interest in the copyright of the picture, although it advised in its production. The Committee asserts the Bureau's seal is screened every time the picture is shown, thus announcing "that to every spectator that the Sinclair Company is on intimate terms with the Bureau of Mines — the very governmental office having jurisdiction over oil matters." "The World Struggle for Oil" was produced by A. E. Watts, an official of the Sinclair Oil Co. and is being handled by Selznick as a regular theatrical release. West Coast Plan Two More {Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — Plans announced by West Coast Theaters, Inc., call for the erection of two new theaters. One, to include a large office building, will be the headquarters of the company. This one will seat 3 000. The second house will be put up on a site recently purchased on Manchester Ave., near Moneta Ave. $300,000 will be spent on this house, which will seat 2,000. "Thief" in London London — "The Thief of Bagdad" is now playing at the Drury Lane. In The Courts Supreme Court Justice Black has signed an order discontinuing the suit brought by Albert Redfield as director of the Post Pictures, Corp., against Clyde E. Elliott and the Post Pictures Corp., because the controversy has been settled. The Hamilton National Bank filed a default judgment for $1,222 in the Supreme Court against Sherman S. Krellberg on a note to the Apex Film Co. and himself, which was unpaid. Alfred L. Harstn filed a judgment for $1,985 in the City Court against Jerome Rosenberg for equipment. Urges Exhibitors to Tie-up F. B. O is launching a special campaign on "Life's Greatest Game," the new Emory Johnson film, in connection with new developments in big league baseball, which are being aired daily in newspapers all over the country. The Johnson film contains, a situation parallel to the one charged today in which bribes and other claims figure. Exhibitors are being urged to take advantage of the unsual analogy of both situations. YOUNG MAN Eight years experience in Home Office and Exchange operation, desires position as Assistant Export Manager, or on staff of Domestic Sales Manager. Box, W.— 6. FILM DAILY 71 W. 44th St., N. Y. C. Ben Buys No Bunk — They may be sleepy down in Philadelphia but Ben Amsterdam, the exchange man, is the Big Ben that wakes 'em up every so often and between times with pictures that ring the bell. Being constantly on the look-out for comedies that'll make the Quakers quake with laughter it was of course the most natural thing in the world for him to make a dead set for the Benny Leonard two-reelers. He practically pulled us outta bed for a peep at the pics and had his fountain pen in his mitt before we could slap the papers in front of him. "Flying Fists" are short subjects but they'll get the long green. They will, will they? Ask Henry Ginsberg, 1540 Broadway, about the Leonard Series. i C^Z^^A-^f-^' t,StZ:i^&>«s? -ti/T^ ^^ "^^^^rrzyt^ ^^^ /\ ^^^&^. ^tUUiPi^^^^^^'^ /ct'A .^ ^^^^e.*^ ^ ^^^^^^-XS,^^ ^f**^. (B-d^u^ i^ca^r ^/ ^ 4/C:^^ /Cc^a^^ ^^^ ^h^ ''^-^^SL^' I ^ '^UJuC c^^ ^ ycct^ l^rcApc^c''*-^ c?^L^«^i?S-^w? '