The Film Daily (1924)

iTHE 7Ae BRADSTREET 7/ FrLNDOM Authority »1. XXIX No. 39 Friday, August 15, 1924 Price 5 Cents HOUSES By DANNY London ^ou know Broadway? • With ; distributors' show places? d where it's tough sledding to ■ak in. With anything else? ill, watch London in a few .rs. And see if the same conon doesn't apply. It's in the d. If it doesn't become a fact someone is guessing very ly nd there are reasons. Here are e of them: First the average Britexhibitor is making money — de! his lack of appreciation of pubr values. (You hear British prors and distributors make the same k here as in America — that exors make more money out of the ness than anyone else.) Secondly: frican product threatens to rethe bulk of the attraction for the Ish market. And thirdly Amerdistributors believe in "runs" to late the sales all around. And are right. "Runs" do. There are other reasons. hese should be sufficient. nd with Metro having its own low-house, and Famous buildig, First National may be com5lled to have a show place hether it wishes to or not. Ind so with the others, ice this becomes a fact — and it so far away — look for more to en. Something like this: an exjn of these show window houses iding cities in England. For the purpose. There are many cities ngland where — for various rea-long runs of important picare not now possible. The ican idea is that this should not Iding in the larger cities — inig London — is at the moment Very high. Taxes, etc., make roblem more difficult. Natural opposition to such an enterprise I have to be overcome. All of make for difficulties. But then lief value of any difficulty is the ;m of solving it. And that will ne. It cannot be stopped. Brandies Plans Series lywood — Madeline Brandies ■urchased rights to "Son And Stories", by Ethel Train, and aake a series of six short sub;o be called the "Sonny Series". understood release will be rh Preferred. Production at F. If names help business, remember — Betty Blythe, Lou Tellegen, Patsy Ruth Miller, Forrest Stanley, Jack Mulhall, Phyllis Haver and Myrtle Stedman in "The Breath of Scandal," a Preferred Picture released by B. P. Schulberg Productions, Inc. — Advt. Inter-Globe Expands Opens Branches in London, Paris and Berlin — Milton Cohen Sailing Inter-Globe Export Co., which con rols Associated Exhibitors and Edu rational for foreign territories, is ex nandin^r. The company has opened offices in London, Paris and Berlin. Sydney Garrett will remain in Lon don in charge there; Allan Byro, for merly with Goldwyn in London, has assumed charge of the Paris office while Arthur Ziehm, former Goldwyn foreign manager in New York and (Continued on Pane 2) "Jungle Law," Sloane's First Paul H. Sloane's first directorial work will be done on "Jungle Law," with Richard Dix as star. Pr )duction will start when Dix completes his work in "Manhattan." "Lightnin' " First It is understood the first picture to be made under the Fox-John Golden deal will be "Lightnin" " and that it will be made on the Coast. No director has at yet been selected, but the choice will be made shortly. The Golden company will be (Continued on Page 8) Cohen Plans Reel Understood to Plan Magazine Subject, Similar to "Movie Chats" — Comer ford Interested It is understood that plans have nractirally been completed by Sydney S. Cohen, former president of the M. P. T. O. A., and Mike E. Comerford. 'niportant Pennsylvania exhibitor, to roduce a weeklv magazine reel, simlar to "Movie Chats" which Charles Urban made for the exhibitor organ■zation and released for two years 'i^ronch Producers Dist. Corp., then '-fodkinson. (Continued on Page 2) Wilson Returns to Coast Carey Wilson, who has just retnrncd from Rome where he prepared the scenario for "Ben Hur" leaves today for Hollywood. 30 Chariots On Sign A unique sign is planned for the run of "The Ten Commandments" at the Criterion, beginning Aug. 25. It will be about the same dimensions as the present "Dorothy Vernon" display. Facing the Broadway side of the (Continued on Page 2) 1924 Exports Jump Shipments Increase 27,657,718 Ft. Over 1923— Total Of 215,160,851 Ft. for the year i special to THE FILM DAILY) Washington— A total of 215,160,851 t. of film, valued at $7,987,996, was .'xported during the fiscal year ending June, as compared with 187.503,133 ft, valued at $7,487,200 during 1923. according to a compilation just completed by the Department of Commerce. This vear shows an inrcase of 27,657,718 ft, valued at $500,796. Exports for June included 5,118,834, ft. of unexposed, valued at $11,173; 997,765 ft. of negative, valued at $46,670, and 10 398 315 ft of positive, valued at $412,643, making a total of 16.514,914 ft, valued at $572,416. Unexposed film exported during (Continued on Page 2) Hays To Talk Will Hays will be the chief speaker at the A. M. P. A. luncheon either Aug. 21 or 28. It is expected that a banner crowd will hear the head of the producers' and distributors' organization. "Danny" gave .some observations ot European conditions touching upon the production, distribution and exhibiting phases. He said an outstanding feature of his recent visit was to note the strength of the C. E. A., the British exhibitors' organization. Some details of this organization, and its work, will appear in tomorrow's issue. Business Better In California (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — Attendance figures for theatres and other places of amusement in Southern California during June, aggregated 19,981,000 as shown by a survey of amusement taxes. The increase over June, 1923, was 3,234,040 or 19.5 per cent. The tax on June business represented an expenditure of $3,751,950 as compared with $3,142,380 expended in Tunc. 1923. The gain was $610,570. Difficulties Over Jack White Returns to Educational and Supervision of Mermaid Comedies (Sfecial to TUP. FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — Jack White is back on the Mermaid lot, supervising comedies for Educational release. Some time ago there were reports that White would seek to break with Educational, despite an understood agreement which was believed to have (Continued on Page 8)