The Film Daily (1920)

>BRADSTREET ^jf FILMDOM 7/cRECOCHIZEI xAUTHORIT >L. XII No. 20 Tuesday, April 20, 1920 Price 5 Genu l»37 Selznick Films ns for Various Producing Units Completed — More Stars .ewis J. Selznick states that been now and this time next year, subjects will be produced and disuted by the various Selznick orlizations. his includes 116 star series pics and specials, 416 short reel subs, 4 Republic serials and a pose Republic star series are on the igram. There will be 40 of the r series, including the Olive omas, Elaine Hammerstein, Eue O'Brien and Owen Moore pro:tions, William Faversham, Louise ff and Hobart Henley productions, all probability there will also be eral productions by from tvvo to — )re new stars whose names will be ir more new stars whose names 1 be announced later. These will released by Select, here will be 12 Selznick specials be released through Select, which ludes the Ralph Ince Prod, elve Select specials will be resed, besides 26 pictures produced National. ifty-two Herbert Kaufman WeekSs are to be released through Select d 26 specials are to be released _ough Republic, which will release 4 Kinogram news weeklies and 52 e-reel comedies. The Selznick News Reel will be Jstributed through Select and 104 els wil be turned out. There will so be 104 Prizma releases through jlect. A new series of 12 Prizmas ill soon be ready and by next Auust or September a series of Prizma e-reel dramatic productions will be nnounced for 1921. "Connie" Will Be in Chicago Constance Talmadge will accomany her sister Norma and Joseph f. Schenck to the First National onvention to be held in Chicago. nter-Ocean Plans Western Offices Inter-Ocean Film Corp. has decid d to open offices in Los Angeles, *ortland and San Francisco to han lle accessories. Eugene H. Kaufman, manager of he Accessory Department, left for he coast Sunday to establish the iffices. Triangle Deal On A deal is'' no\v pending whereby ^rank G. Hall may assume control )f the Triangle product and exchanges in the manner formerly held )y United Pictures. Hall said yesterday that he knew, (lothing about the matter. Several Hundred Exhibitors Promise to Work WitV Patterson for Defense. A permanent national organizatioi of independent exhibitors, created a; a defense body against invasions o producer-exhibitors into the theatei field, is the expressed wish of sev eral hundred exhibitors who hav' sent written and telegraphic respons. to the call by Willard C. Pattersoi manager of Sig Samuel's Critenoi Theater of Atlanta, Ga., and Presi dent of the Southeastern Theate Managers' Asso., for a national mas meeting of independent theater own ers at the Hotel Congress next Mon day, April 26. Evolution of the mass meeting int. an enduring Exhibitors' Defens League will, according to Pattersoi be the result of a fast crystallizin determination by independent theate owners, and which, he declares, fa exceeds his original belief of the na tional exhibitor realization of the dan ger of a producer-exhibitor invasioi to give country-wide unity an strength to a formal demand for show down, and to back up that de mand with a permanent centralize tion of independent exhibitor opii ion in direct opposition to it. Drugged, she fell at his feet, and he carried her to a hidden chamber that his wife might be free to search for the jewels — Katherine MacDonald in "Passion's Playground," from the novel, "The Guests of Hercules," a First National attraction. — Advt. Traverse Quits Fox (Special to WW'S DAILY) Los Angeles — Madlaine Traver.'^c states she has severed her connections with Fox Film. She states that her plans are indefinite at present but that she is going to take a long vacation before considering any film proposition. An official of Fox who did care to be quoted stated he believed the above report to be true. Bill Withdrawn {Special to IVID'S DAILY) Albany, N. Y. — Opposition which has developed relative to the proposed law permitting children between 10 and 16 to attend picture theaters in New York City imaccompanied by parents or guardians, luis resulted in the bill being withdrawn Deposit Bill Dead? [Special to WW'S DAILY) Albany, N. Y.— Although the bill which was aimed to protect the motion picture exhibitors relative to deposits and advance mone}^ on rental of films has been amended so that it will apply exclusively to films it is not believed that the measure will pass. The bill is now in the Assembly Rules Committee and it will probably remain there. Saxe Gets Strand {Special to WW'S DAILY) Milwaukee — Thomas Saxe. owner of the First National franchise for Milwaukee, has purchased the Strand of this city. This gives Saxe three of the most prominent downtv vn theaters in Milwaukee, the Strr Alhambra and Princess. The Silver Horde," Rex Beach-1 Pathe will release the Gasrier "Goldwyn, has been booked for tlieirial, "The Third Eye," starrip"/ 1 Ws Capitol May 9. fier Oland and Eileen Percy Kl.. To Vote on Sunday Shows {Special to WW'S DAILY) Baltimore— Governor Ritchie he approved the Iverson bill which pe: mits the voters of Baltimore to pas on the question of opening pictui theaters on Sunday after 2 P. li The vote will be taken at the nej regular election in November. 4 Goldwyn Quoted {By cable) London, Eng. — The Evenin Standard quotes Samuel Goldwy to the extent of nearly a column n gardiiig his views on production etc. ALICOATl An Opinion "A well-organized producing plai is bound to produce, in the long ru; better and more finished motion pii tures than the independent product can begin to create." So says Frar E. Woods, supervising director. We; Coast Studio, Famous Players-Lask adding: "A director turned indi pendent producer is something lil the author turned publisher. Whe author ve insisted on being the o 1 uiishers, the result nearly a WHj s has been failure. Mark Twain efforts along that line furnish tl most historic instance." ' Film mer— Toin the VOYAGERS '• \ ' Te"j;WILEY, he's Captain.— Advt. I ri