The Film Daily (1924)

THE ;%g^ DAILY Thursday, August 21, 1924 AUTHOWITY Vol. XXIX Ho. 44 Thursday. Aug. 21, 1924 PricBSCents 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 fcditor; J W Alicoate, Treasurer and Business ManagerMaurice 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 oi Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign $15.00. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y. Phone Vanderbilt 4S51-4552-5558. 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 High Low Close Sales East. Kod. lim 111 111 300 F. P.-L 835/i 835^ 835^ 100 do. pfd Not quoted Goldwyn .. 15;^ ISVz 15^2 100 Loew's .... 18 175/^ 17% 3,400 Warner's Not quoted COMING (Continued from Page 1) meals a day for the kiddies and hubby she doesn't regard it as a great sacrifice. Perhaps some of the title writers might move from Hollywood. And learn something about every day folk. It might help. Even millionaires don't live as Cecil DeMille pictures them. Dinner for Lloyd Elmer Pearson gave a dinner to Harold Lloyd last night at the Soundview Country Club. A number of v/ell-known people attended. Semoii in Wizard of Oz" (Sptcial to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — Larry Semon vvill star in a film version of "The Wizard of Oz." Hits At Monopoly (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Milwaukee — A warning against the danger of monopolies was sounded at tne convention of the Wiscpnsm M. P. T. O. yesterday. M. J. O'Toole, national president delivered an address on public service and the necessity of fighting a centralized control of the screens of the country. He said, in part: "We must also exercise due vigilance in caring for the welfare of all people and prevent any monop6ly of pictures or control of the screen as may in any way endanger liberty or withdraw from the American public the unrestrained use of this great medium as an aid to Government and business. "Our problem in that relation is exactly parallel with one which wou^d exist if a move was made to effect a centralized control of newspapers and magazines. This would indeed endanger liberty and imperil our free institutions. "Hence the plain duty of all the people is to aid the theater owners in preventing this centralized control and insist on holding the theater screens always in their service, promoting such lines of Government and State Community conduct as will best serve the interests of all. "There is a tendency to effect this centralized control through the extension of theater holdings by producing companies. Independent theater owners constitute the business hope for our industry and guarantee the safety and security of our governmental ideals." About one hundred exhibitors are here. Florian Lampert, Chairman of tne Patents Committee of the House of Representatives delivered an address on the music tax situation, one of the important matters up at the convention. Other speakers were Orion Winford of the National Board of Review who spoke on a national co-operation for better pictures and J. V. Cargill of the Milwaukee Public Library v/ho told what pictures are doing to popularize good books. Resolutions against non-theatrical showings, blosk bookings and music tax and one urging cleaner pictures were adopted yesterday. An interesting innovation was a question box to which exhibitors were invited to submit topics for discussion on the convention floor. Hearing Wednesday Charges of larceny preferred against officials of the Selznick Dist. Corp. by Murray Garsson will be heard next Wednesday. The action concerns "Broadway Broke" which Garsson alleges was turned over to Selznick after false representations had been made regarding the distributing company. W. C. J. Doolittle, president of Selznick said yesterday he didn't know what Garsson was driviiig at unless it was to procure free publicity for his picture. Garsson claims he gave the company "Broadway Broke" for a flat sum -of $65,000 with an arrangement on the gross. This occurred in July, 1923. Since that time, he avers, he has asked for statements and money but has received no replies. He claims Doolittle said the new Selznick company was being formed without any acquiring either of the assets or liabilities of the old company and that it had plenty of money to back new deals. Sign for Industrial Reel (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Atlantic City— The M. P. T. O. o; New Jersey has signed with the Moel ler Theater Service to distribute an industrial reel. The board of directors met here and elected Sidney Samuelson of Newton, chairman. The proposed dinner in honor of former president Peter J. Woodhull will bej held early in the new year. Aywon Deal for Ohio Aywon has closed a sale with Lande Dist Co., for rights on six George Larkin and Big Boy Williams pictures. O'Toole to Visit Ohio (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Columbus, O.— Martin G. Smith, president of the M. P. T. O. A. has called an executive committee meeting to be held at the James theater tomorrow. Niles on La FoUette Staff David K. Niles, of Boston, former chairman of the Joint Conference of Motion Picture Activities of the United States, has been appointed national director of the division of Public Speakers and Motion Pictures of the La Follette Wheeler Campaign Committee. Niles organized the non-theatrical division of Famous Players some years ago. Milwaukee Battle (Continued from Page 1) den may be disposed of with Universal a possible purchaser. The site for the new house is now occupied by a gasoline filling station. The Saxes will build a new house to cost $500,000 on the Northwest side of the city. It was recently anannounced that a $2,000,000 theater woulfl replace the Butterfly but this deal has not developed. Pantages is reported interested. GEVAERT RAW STOCK Negative — Positive As Qood As The Best JOHN D. TIPPETT, Inc. GEVAERT HLM 1540 B'way N. Y. C. 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