The Film Daily (1924)

f iTHE '^RECOCMQEI Authority imw DL. XXIX No. 41 Monday, August 18, 1924 Price 5 Cents "RUDY" lats By DANNY off! "Rudy" is back 1. And, boy, how-j.e is back ! i 1 It from Gath to^Bersheba; tIii Broadway to Hong Kong, rp it wherever women, from •■It to 80 exist; and if you . tell them, they'll tell you. Cere's a box-office sweetness ^ will cling for years to come, one is "in" s" surely, so jefiitely, that if 'i^ou want to -re your front.' And your glass doors. You had betake them down. When you "Beaucaire." Otherwise carpenter will take your is. Or some of them. doubting Thomases are in the icr's pew. The "I-don't-know" vith their dyspeptic smiles are counter. Buying something. cover. "Rudy" is back. And -s of old women's homes are fling their crutches and digging he family sock. To get their To go and see "Rudy." You'll pay a lot for this one. ' '.It it's worth it. And you'll jt a lot back. The Strand, ;-oadway, did $50,000 apprbxi jptely the first week. And this nh a picture that runs nine Is. And with two days of stering heat to figure with. gorgeousness of the producthe magnificence of the cos The appealing love story; the Rudy", and above all the direci Sidney Olcottl What a com>n! Never mind all the rest. gure "Rudy" as a lover. Who with a kiss on the .lips, then to ck, and then slowly — oh, how ■brings his cheek over that of eetheart and again kisses her .nd you will know why they $50,000 house. In midsummer, oadway. Against great opposractions. l>Jo wonder the dod grandmqthers need help to get r seats. ''or Olcott this production a triumph. The little ehes; the exquisite hand of the charactefs of that idid period. Fdmous has red a fortune into the ing of the production. You \it. Fischbeck's photography is ICotitintied on Pag* 2) l\ Q ■■ ^^^1 ■& ^m> :m p^ ^^1 ^^^^HP HL**^ ji ilH sgjB^Hj Ih ■^ ''-J 5 ^ Ji ^^1 Seven reels of box-offie picture and audience appeal in every foot. "The Breath of Scandal", a Preferred Pic ture directed by Gasnier and distributed by B. P. SchxUberg Productions, Inc. — Advt. Loew In New Orleans Will Build $1,000,000 Picture and Vaudeville Theater There — To Seat 2,500 (Special to THE FILM DAILY) New Orleans — Marcus Loew will build a $1,000,000 theater here. He has secured a site bounded by the Torres Block, Canal St., South Ranpart St. and Elk's Place. The property was held by Alexander Pantages and the Loew deal was made with him. The house will seat 2,500 and will be devoted to pictures and vaudeville. The property has a footage of 128 ft. on Canal St. It is believed the New Orleans deal is the culmination of negotiations launched some weeks ago when E. A. Schiller was there, looking over the local situation. Loew has a house there but it is not considered large or modern enough. Lloyd in Town Harold Lloyd arrived in New York on Saturday from the Coast. It is anticipated that during his stay here arrangements will be made for the distribution of his product, following the termination of his Pathe contract. New England Chain J. A. Tuck Sponsor — Hartford, Boston, Augusta, Biddeford, Portland So Far James A. Tuck, theater architect of Boston is building two theaters in New England; plans another in Boston soon and expects to enter Augusta, Biddeford and Portland, Me., shortly. He declared yesterday that one house to be known as the Park is now building on Park St., Hartford, and will be finished in November. It will seat 1,350 on one floor and will contain provisions for a 600 seat balcony. Another in Everett, a Boston suburb will be finished Feb. 15. It will seat 1,200 and be known as Tuck's Paramount. A permit has been granted for a third on Hanover St., near Blackstone, Boston. This theater will be started at once and will have a capacity of 2,500. (Continued on Page 2) Valentino Sails Rudolph Valentino sailed for Europe .Saturday on the Leviathan. Combination vacation and business trip. •( Warners in Deal Contract Closed With Australasian for Entire Output of 1924-25 Gus Schlesinger has closed a deal with Millard Johnson of Australasian Films for the entire Warner output of 1924-25 for Australia, Dutch East Indies, Straits Settlements and New Zealand. Twenty productions are involved. A special contract was made for the two Lubitsch productions; the remaining 18 being handled in bulk. O'Toole to Address Wisconsin Unit (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Milwaukee — M. J. O'Toole, president, will review the activities of the M. P. T. O. A. in an address before the Wisconsin unit at their annual meeting to be held here Tuesday and Wednesday. As usual, an elaborate banquet and dance will conclude the convention Wednesday night. Awyon Secures "Lost Tribe" Awyon will distribute "The Lost Tribe," made by Captain Hurley. The New England rights have been sold to Franklin Film, of Boston; Wisconsin, to Saxes' Milwaukee Exchange, and East. Penn. and So. New Jersey, to Louis Film, Phila. Awyon will handle New York. May Make Another It was reported Saturday that the Whaling Film Corp., the New Bedford company which is composed of a number of business men from that town, may make another picture with George Terwillinger directing. Whaling Film produced "Down to the Sea in Ships." "Zander" Starts Today (Spteial 10 THE FILM DAILY^ Los Angeles — Production of "Zander the Great" starts today at the Mctro-Goldwyn studio. Marion Davies will be starred. Although Sidney Olcott was scheduled to direct, it is understood another will be announced to replace him. Future First Nat'ls The following additions have been -the First National fall sched-7~\ Heirs Apparent," from the novel Philip Gibbs. "Viennese Medley," by Ethel O'Shaughnessy, author of "Letters of a Diplomat's Wife." "Pandora La Croix," in which MilSills will have the lead. V