The Film Daily (1924)

THE 12 ■^m DAILY Sunday, October 12, 1924 Sessions (.Continued from Page 1) Walter Wanger remembers too much. He recalls the days tvhen the lunches and dinners of the industry ivere given in Castle Cave on Seventh Avenue. Now the Ritz isn't good enough. A KICK From Michael Narlian. Los Angeles Film Board. Who— justifiably — kicks at a suggestion made. That every Film Board. Carry out the idea which came from Cleveland. Of the zoning of theaters. In that section. Narlian points out that the Los Angeles organization has been doing this for six years. And naturally desires credit where credit should be given. Sorry. "SIXTY-FORTY OR FIGHT" Not a title. Just an identifying mark. Relative to Tommy Spry. Who feels convinced that First National product. Should be booked that way. And holds out. Along these lines. In New England. Which has resulted in the title mentioned. SAD EYED FLAPPERS And would-be movie stars. In Janesville, Wis. Where Mary Lulu Lee, aged 69, if you please. Stepped out and won the $100 and a life time pass to Tom Saxe's new house, the Jefifris. As being the most popular "girl" in town. Nearly 130 contestants had over 1,900,000 votes polled. And the 69 year old winner started the house with a bang. What between Cecil DeMille's idea of Heaven and Bill Fox's idea of Hell the motion picture industry lies somewhere in between. THE "DANTY" BOY Speaking of Hell, Inferno and Bill Fox some of Eddie Gould ing's friends are now terming him the "Danty" boy. He wrote the script. A NEW STUNT MAN Augie Hugli. From Switzerland. Seeking a job as a stunt man. In some American company. Suggests that he will do stunts like this : "To fly up with an aero, chasing after a fast train and finally to jump down on the latter, or to fly up with an aero and to jump down, illuminated, etc. These are only ideas of mine, but would be willing to execute any of yours." LAST WORD INFORMATION Cinematographers' publication prints a yarn on Matty Cohen. When his chief tumbled. From the top of the Woolworth BIdg. Says the yarn : "Matty, quick of mind, dashed into a downward-bound express elevator and succeeded in catching up with his boss at about the thirty-fifth floor. "Matty yelled at him : "Have you any message to leave?" "Yes," replied the unfortunate cinematog, "Tell them to print up takes 'one' and 'three.' " THAT HEARST PUBLICITY Smashes when it breaks. For instance. When Marion in "Yolanda" was at the Miller. In Los Angeles. The local Hearst papers used pages at a clip. Which inspired a picture man to comment : "If they packed the house at every show they could not pay out for the cost of the ads." Which brought to light another story. On W. R. Who, vjhen asked if there was any money in the movies replied tersely "Yes, a lot of mine." THE WHEELERS Just a few in the business. In Pittsburg. Where Eddie Wheeler is owner of the Penn Film Exchange. Albert Wheeler, salesman Penn Exchange. Sam Wheeler, salesman Federated Exchange. Hyman Wheeler, salesman Columbia Exchange, and J. Wheeler, salesman for Select. DESERT STUFF Mabel Ballin postcards. From Payson, 140 miles in the wilds | from Phoenix, Arizona. Where she is with the Famous casi; including Owen Moore, Connie Bennett, Dave Butler and others "Wonderful country. Quail to eat, rattlers to bite, mountaii lions to roar. I'll say 'The Code of the West' is a Western.' THE MASCOT Rex Ingram has taken a mascot with him. Abroad. Re;, j believes in mascots. (Try and find an Ingram picture that doejl not contain a cripple, a deformed person, etc.) The mascot i ' John George. Who has been in several Ingram productions. TIME And now Jim Jeffries is before the camera. Working wit Larry Semon. Evidently doesn't like the idea. Of Demps( and Benny Leonard. Getting all the picture money. ANOTHER? Yes. This time Tampa. Down Florida way. Where tb are planning to spend ten million. To develop a film makii center. Like Hollywood. Only ten millions? Wonder hoiv far that will get? ABOUT "BEN HUR" A few ideas. From a personal letter. From an executr In Rome. Aiding in producing "Ben Hur." He says: "You don't need to be afraid to tell them anything about Ben Hur that you want. For it is going to be everything you expect .1 don't think Pershing has a great deal on us, because we have really organized an army of our own. Our Ben Hur camp is as big as that of any standing army in past times and our problems are about as big. "We have our water system installed all over Quadraro; our dressing rooms and wardrobe department is an immense thing; we have built our own wells and have our own Fire Department. We have stationed at Quadraro at all times housed in barracks, 150 policemen. We have a restaurant which seats 450 people. Our receiving stores are not quite the size of j Marshall Field's but pretty near. Our transportation problem \ includes special trains, special inter-urban street cars every morning, motor buses and trucks, automobiles, motor-cycles, messengers and so forth! "Our animal department includes every kind of animal you can think of, except elephants, and we expect to have these within three weeks. "I have located six of the most wonderful white horses in the world, which I am going to Budapest to get. They belong to the former King's estate. 'Ben Hur must have the best horses on his chariot the world has ever known!' "And the Circus! You have only to see it! It is so big and beautiful I am almost ashamed to look at it every morning. "Oh yes, my army is complete, for we have negro recruits from Africa also! They are tough babies to handle too! The chief pastime is for one of the negro women to break some one's head open every night! "Of course, you know we have imported from France a flock of French 'beauties' and they are tio gentle lot to keep under discipline. "I am sorry that General Pershing is to retire before I get back. For experience on this picture is not necessarily picture experience but marshalling forces!" FLASHES I Sam Goldwyn threatens to produce a Potash and Perlmi|tC' every year. Just like the Follies revue. And it's a darned ;iO' idea. Will be if he keeps them up to the standard of the > :. * * D_ "W. Griffith brought a hen from Europe. Cost a lot. ii'' had to be done. The little brown hen had strutted into too r n; sequences. To be left behind. Yes, dear reader, there is a djC' cnce between the brown hens of Mamaroneck. And the bj*1 hens of Berlin. But you find it. * * * My how swaggel^ Universal boys will be. In their swell Fifth avenue domM^ Bet Paul Gulick wears a new wristwatch. 'ffl' .a