The Film Daily (1926)

r« BRADSTREET < FILHDOM ;s(^rec0cmized Authority XXXVI No. SO Friday, May 28, 1926 Price 5 Cents [loach Explains Pive Year Contract with Pathe -G.-M. May Use His Plant for Westerns e have been a number of reII circulation and in published egarding Hal Roach and his releasing arrangements. The )ersistent have endeavored to te him with Metro-GoldwynIn order to clarify the situTIIE FILM DAILY wired for a statement. His reply Sept. 1, 1925, I signed a five mtract with Pathe for come have every intention of living :rms of that contract. {Continued on Page 5) Similar Pictures Character of Judas Feature e Mille, Famous and Woodhouse Stories Angeles — It is reported here e Biblical character of Judas to appear in three pi.ctures to : within the next few months. B. De Mille, it is understood, ke "Thirty Pieces of Silver." has announced "Pieces of from a magazine story pub)me years ago, featuring Emil s; and two independent comire reported negotiating with irt Woodhouse for the picture 0 his drama, "The Kiss." "Danny" Memorial Industry Launches Movement to Create Permanent Golf Trophy in Honor of Late Editor A movement has been launched by Ralph A. Kohn of Famous and sponsored by William A. Johnston, eidtor of the "Motion Picture News" to create a permanent memorial trophy at the Film Golf Tournament in honor of the late Joseph Dannenberg, Editor of THE FILM DAILY and the originator of the tournament. Jack Alicoate, partner of "Danny" since the inception of THE FILM DAILY had planned to do this personally. However, in deference to this splendid thought coming from without THE FILM DAILY organization, he now gladly joins with the others in order to jointly express a sincere tribute to one of the finest and (Continued on Page 5) The Tournament Practically all arrangements for the forthcoming Spring Film Golf Tournament, to be held at the Winged Foot Golf Club on June 8th, have been completed by the Committee, which has been working unceaselessly to insure everyone a splendid day's outing. At the tenth affair, a record num(Continued on Page 5) louses In Combine lington. 111.— "The Bulletin" the incorporation of MidTheaters with 115 houses in ?hborhood of Fairbury and 111. Headquarters will be in ler city and in Urbana. ouses are said to include the Fairbury; the Central, Paxin Peru, one in Urbana and ther Illinois cities and towns, lamsey is president of the ', H. J. Ramsey, vice-presitreasurer; E. E. Alger, secnd H. H. Foster, general ij P. D. C. Films on B'way P. D. C. pictures are booked adway houses. "Silence," 1 1 OSes tomorrow night at the sjquare, will play the Ri.ili ■e of June 20. "The Unknown ej opens at this house Sunip Capitol has "The Volga !J " scheduled for the week of 6 Renews with M.-G.-M. igeles — Fred Niblo has signw contract with M.-G.-M. r five pictures. . Northwest Golf Tournament Seattle — The second annual M. P. Record golf tournament is planned for June 23. 2,000 Seat Ufa Houses Managing Director, Returning Tomorrow, to Increase Seating Capacities— Plans Foreign Expansion Enlarging of Ufa houses in cities and larger towns of Germany to seat 2,000 or more is planned by Dr. Ferdinand Bausback, managing director, who sails on the Belgenland tomorow from New York. At present the (Continued on Page 2) Closes with Metropolitan, Atlanta Atlanta — E. A. Eschmann of United Artists has sold "The Black Pirate," "Stella Dallas," "Sparrows" and "The Son of the Sheik" to Sig Samuels lor first-run showings at the Metropolitan. Name Nominating Committee The A. M. P. A. yesterday appointed the following nominating committee in connection with its coming election: Paul Gulick, C. L. Yearsley, Tom Wiley. L. A. Young, Jerome Beatty, Ed. Finney and P. A. Parsons. Famous Plans $20,000,000 Issue To Take Over Balaban and Katz Using Color Process Maude Adams Busy in Picture at Metropolitan Museum of Art — Robe'-t J. Flaherty Directing Maude Adams is supervising the making ot a film behind closed doors at the Mtropolitan Museum of Art. It is being made by the color process invented by Miss Adams and devised by experts ot the General Electric Co. Robert J. Flaherty is directing the picture. The work is being done under the (Continued on Page 2) Delegates in Near Accident Aboard the M. P. T. O. A. Special at Albuquerque, N. M. — The exhibitors' special train crashed into a truck 20 miles north of Albuquerque early yesterday morning. The driver and the truck were carried about half a mile on the cowcatcher before the engineer could stop the train without upsetting the passengers. Nobody aboard the train was disturbed. The truck driver was sent to a local hospital. This accident delayed the train for about 30 minutes. During the day, the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce took the group all over the town. Leaders To Talk Prominent Figures in Coast Colony to Address M. P. T. O. A. Delegates Next Week Leaders in their respective branches of the industry will address the delegates to the M. P. T. O. A., June 1-5, at the daily business sessions to be held in the Fiesta room at the Ambassador. Among the prominent individuals who have been invited to speak on the convention floor are Sid Grauman, representing Los An'^^les thea (Continued on Page 2) Edwards Buys "Jesse James" Rowland G. Edwards, who was connected with the Famous Players production department some years ago, purchased "The Rise and Fall of Jesse James" from John S. Woody and will start production in about two months. Edwards will direct. Famous Buys "Wheel of Life" Elsie Ferguson's stage vehicle, "The Wheel of Life," has been purchased by Paramount for Florence Vidor. New Block of Common Would Provide for Other Expansion — Dividend Reports Persist Wall Street is discussing new finnancing involving Famous Players. The Street believes that Famous is about to float a new issue of common stock to the extent of $20,000,000 for the purpose of buying control in the Balaban and Katz Corp. and for other expansion movements. A source reported by Wall Street as close to Famous is the authority for the statement that the directors first considered a bond issue in connection with the financing contingent upon the B. and K. deal, but that the success with which the last issue of common was sold influenced the decision for increase in the common stock. Reports persist that the company will declare a common stock dividend which would place stock earnings on an equivalent of $10 a share annually instead of the present rate of $8. The next dividend meetinp will be held June 14 when the usual quarterly action on the preferred is looked for. However, there is a possibility that a special meeting may be held before then to act on either a common stock or an extra cash dividend. Famous Players officials continue to assert that all talk of a stock dividend or a new issue is unfounded in fact. Montgomery House for Publix Montgomery, Ala. — The Empire here has officially become a Publix theater. Although the house was acquired by Publix along with other theaters controlled by Southern Enterprises it was not until extensive improvements had been made that it actually became one of the Publix chain. No Paper Monday Since Decoration Day falls on Sunday, May 30, the holiday will be generally observed Monday There will, therefore, be no issue of THE FILM DAILY published on that day.