The Film Daily (1920)

^BRADSTREET ^FILHDOM Ji^cRECOCHIZEG UTHORIT^ )L. XII No. 41 Tuesday, May 11, 1920 Price 5 Cer ot After Theaters Idwyn Will Buy or Build When orced to Only, Says Godsol — "In Business to Produce" riie theater policy of the Goldwyn tiires Corp. was made plain by a tement which F. J. Godsol. chairn of the executive committee of Goldwyn company, gave yesterto WID'S DAILV. He emphaed the fact that the Goldwyn Com[ly is in business to produce pic■es and not to exhibit them. 'I want to make our position clear, view of all this talk about the way hibitors feel towards producing mpanies owning theaters." Mr. )dsol said. "Months ago Mr. Gold/n told where we stood and later issued a similar statement. Now want to repeat it. The only place lere we will buy or build is where ; are shut out of a town. Goldfn productions must be shown, and any condition exists where our picres cannot be shown in important mmunities, then we will have to Ij' or build. "Goldwyn is averse to buying theers. We always have been and are day. Make that plain." said Mr, odsol. "We are interested in proiction, and production only, and :cept when unusual conditions con{Contlnued on Page 3) Worthington Leaves for Coast William Worthington left for Caljrnia yesterday to direct Leah aird in a new picture. Production ill be at the Robert Brunton stuos. De Haven Film for First Nat'l First National officially announces at Carter De Haven will make fwin Beds" for national distribu>n by the circuit. This was reportl in WID'S DAILY at the time of e Chicago convention. Sheehan Due This Week Winfield Sheehan, general mana;r of the Fox Film Corp.. is expect1 back in New York this week from urope. Trifles When an important executive of Goldwyn was asked with reference to the report circulated that the du Fonts were out of Goldwyn, he said: "I'll bet anybody a Rolls-Royce car they aren't." Any takers? Mr. and Mrs. Carter De Haven, who are now working on their first picture for First National, "Twin Beds." — Advt. More Production Voted for at Meeting of Canadian Photoplays {By Wire to WID'S DAILY) Calgary. Alta. — At the annual meeting of the Canadian Photoplays, Ltd.. producers of "Back to God's Country." a First National release, it was voted to produce two of the Ralph Connor stories. Ernest Shipman. who is in general charge of the company's affairs, was present at the meeting. Cash bonuses of $15,000 and $8,000 were voted to Nell Shipman and David Hartford, who directed "Back to God's Country,'' as agreed upon when the profits derived from the picture passed a certain mark. Committee Meets in June Frank Rembusch, chairman of t le special sub-committee of the Independent Exhibitors of America, h.is returned to Indianapolis. The entire committee of ten w'll meet in New York June 3-4 to mc2t with the producers on the theat< rbuying question. 16 From Frohman Four Series With as Many Stars Planned — Authors Signed. The first step in the expansion along production lines of the Frohman Amusement Corp. as provided for in the stock increase to $1,000,000 in March became known yesterday in the signing of four authors for four productions each. These are Anthony Paul Kelly, William Hurlbut, Larry Evans and Richard Le Gallienne. Production will get under way by Tune 15 with two companies working in the east and two in Los Angeles, thus making a total of four productions in work at once. There will be four stars, one for eacii series of productions. The new Frohman serial, "The Invisible Ray." has been completed. Gudger Due Soon Francis A. Gudger, vice-president of Goldwyn, who has been at the studios in California for the past month, is due back at his office iq about ten days. Fight On In South First National Officials in Dallas Combat Hulsey-Lynch Enter^ prises. Dallas. Tex.— Robert Lieber. pr ident of Associated First Natioi l^ictures. Inc.; H. O. Schwalbe, D. Williams, N. H. Gordon, of Bi ton; Moe Mark of New York Sol Lesser arrived here yesterc from New York to open an Asi ciated First National exchange Texas. Oklahoma and .\rkansas to line up the independent exhibit* of this territory. This was decided upon after a co mittee representing .500 theat< had appeared before First Natioi at Chicago and explained there 1 conditions alleged to exist. The pr ent status of affairs, it was poini out. was particularly threatening the entire theater owners they r^ resented as a committee, because the S. A. Lynch ownership E. H. Hulsey theaters, the Hulsey had of the ParamountA craft program for the territory, ^ the fact that Hulsey, it was alleged the holder of the original First 1 tional franchise in that district, (Continued on Page 4) ecausei ip of j e cont) S\vanson, Lasky St In the official announcement the signing of Cecil De Mille by mous Players, Jesse L. Lasky stat "Mr. De Mille is a creator of st He is responsible for develop such artists as Wallace Reid, Ell Dexter, Thomas Meighan, Far Ward. Sessue Hayakawa, Gerak Farrar. Wanda Hawley, Theod Roberts. Raymond Hatton, B Daniels, and Gloria Swanson, who, the way, soon is to be starred Paramount Pictures." The Famous Players' offices wo not discuss the above, but the sti ment comes from Mr. Lasky, is first vice-president of the c< pany. It was reported that Iv Swanscm would be an Equity sta; Leonhardt to Produce Harry Leonhardt, formerly of California theater, Los Angeles, understood to have under way the formation of his own produc unit to make three or four big cials a year. Leonhardt could not be reac at the Claridge yesterdaj' for a st: ment. All kinds of GOOD PRINTING Let SOLOMON do it, he's wise. -Ad'