The Film Daily (1924)

THE ie&m DAILY Tuesday, August 19, 1924 Vol. XXIX No. 42 Tuesday, Aug. 19, 1924 Prici 5 Cents Copyright 1924, Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. Published Daily except Saturday, at 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y., by WID'S FILMS and FILM FOLKS, INC. Joseph Dannenberg, President and Editor; J. W. Alicoate, Treasurer and Business Manager; Maurice D. Kann, Managing Editor; Donald M. Mersereau, Advertising Manager. Entered as second-class matter May 21, 1918, at the post office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States, Outside of Greater NewYork, $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign $15.00. Subscribers should remit with orde.'. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y. Phone Vanderbdt 4551-4552-5558. Cable Address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California —Walter R. Greene, 6411 Hollywood Blvd. 'Phone, Granite 1980. London Representative— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 53a Shaftesbury Ave., London, W. I. Central European Representative — Internationale Filmschau, Prague (CzechoSlovakia), Wenzelplatz. Quotations East. Kod. ..Ill 111 111 200 F. P.-L %Wa 84 84 1,900 do pfd Not quoted Goldwvn Not quoted Loew's .... 17 16^ 17 800 Warner's Not quoted Christie Active in England Al Christie, at present picking data in England. "Charlie's Aunt," may bring back with him one or two Eng lish actors for the film. Thus far, Sydney Chaplin is the onlj' one engaged. Foreign Merger On (Continued from Page 1) financed by several countries which have put up a proportionate share of finances and which will later distribute the pictures in their particular territories. This is what Wengeroff would do to establish an organization such as he wants on a solid basis: Four of the biggest European producers, namely, England, Germany, France and Sweden, would produce two pictures yearly; Italy, Austria, Spain and Russia one film each. This would bring a total of twelve pictures. The cost of each film should be from $150,000 to $200,000 of which twenty-five per cent should be spent on advertising. The films produced by the syndicate must not be inferior to the quality of the American superproductions. The participation of each country in the expense should be approximately as follows: Great Britain and the Colonies, 22 per cent; Germany, 17 per cent; France, 12 per cent; Austria Hungary and Czechoslovakia, 7 per cent.; Scandinavia, 6 per cent.; Italy, S per cent; Spain, 5 per cent; Russia, 3 per cent, and Belgium and Holland, 3 per cent. The rest of the countries, excepting the United States and Canada, equal 10 per cent. A further 10 per cent should also fall on that country in which the negative is being produced — in other words, if the film is produced in Germany, the German participant in the syndicate pays not 17 per cent, but 27 per cent. Int'n'l Film Bd. Election Salt Lake City — Roland Stackhouse, manager for Vitagraph, was elected president of the International Film Board of Trade, succeeding H. W. Braley. ) McLean Film Moves (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — "Never Say Die," with Douglas McLean moves after two weeks at the California to Miller's. Weingarten Sails Saturday Larry Weingarten sails on the Olympic Saturday to herald Jackie Coogan's trip abroad. Jackie sails on the Leviathan, Sept. 6. GEVAERT RAW STOCK Negative — Positive As Qood As The Best JOHN D. TIPPETT, Inc. GEVAERT HLM 1540 B'way N. Y. C. T. O. D. C. Schedule Filed The Theater Owners Dist. Corp., has filed its schedule in bankruptcy, listing the following assets and liabilities: Assets $201 in cash and fifty per cent interest in the film, "After the Ball." Liabilities, $16,058. Principal creditors are the Sydco Photoplay Corp., $4,599; Clarence I. Hamilton, $3,160; Sydney Cohen, $2,170; William A. True, $2,307. Eastman Plants Not Sold Rochester — Because no bids were made at the auction sale of two Eastman Kodak plants, held in compliance with an order by the U. S. District Court, further action will be held in abeyance pending advice from Attorney General Stone. Business Excellent, Says Mooney Paul C. Mooney, of Prod. Dist. Corp., who recently returned from a Inisiness survej' of the entire northern half of the United States, says conditions point to a most prosperous amusement season. He found industrial conditions everywhere are i;righteninp'. and in most of the northwest, business is now booming with l>anner crops and top prices. "I found Ijan.ks that had been closed in many sections now open and doinj* big l.nisiness. Shops and factories are right in line with the prosperous agricultural situations and money is beginning to be spent freely for amusements," he said. Schofield Here With Print Paul Schofield, of the Schofield Prod., is here from the Coast with the master print of "East of Broadway,' the first of a series of four productions to be released through Associated Exhibitors. Owen Moore, Mary Carr, Marguerite De La Motte, Ralph Lewis and George Nichols are in the cast. William K. Howard directed. Wilk Off for Coast Jake Wilk is en route to the coast on business Claim Kleig Eyes Preventative (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — Arthur L. Todd, camera man for M. C. Levee Prod. claims to have discovered a preventative for Kleig eyes. Through continuous experiments Todd found that the lights nearest the actors can be covered with a blue glass, which softens the light without causing any essential difference in its effect on the screen. Neil to Direct "Broken Laws" (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — Roy Neil will direct Mrs. Wallace Reid in "Broken Laws." The rest of the cast includes Ramsey Wallace, Jacqueline Saunders, \'irginia Lee Corbin, Arthur Rankin and Joan Standing. THE SPATS IN HAL ROACH'S COMEDIES (2 reels) "THEY DRAW BUSINESS" Pafli^comedv "Speed Spook" Showing Johnny Hines' new picture, "The Speed Spook", will be shown in the Grand Ballroom of the Astor tonight. Florcnz Ziegfeld declares he will ])roduce a film version of "Kid Boots". Morgan Wallace, who last appeared ill "Reckless Romance," is here from the Coast. 120 NOVELTY REELS First Run Specialties 1924-25 1600 B'way. N. Y. C. "Another 'Mother Type' Has Arrived." — yhrnins Telt£raph HATTIE DELARO Playing the mother to MARION DAVIES in "JANICE MEREDITH" Address, 541 West 124th St. N. Y. C. Phone, Morn. 2669 — Apt. IS I Bryant 3740 «BAL sE.wms& % I I I I COMING SOON PRODUCERS DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION u. % y/. '{•'■ (^^SUPER-SPECIAL FILM DRAMATIZATION SEASON 1924-1925 THIRTY FIRST-RUN PICTURES 1540 Broadway, N. Y. 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