The Film Daily (1920)

May 18, 1920 ibM^ DAILV f Down Coming \mtinued from Page 1) J buy from the above. Have 1 it? don't win this battle when it soft snap, we ought to apguardian for ourselves. It i a few mouths to get over, u will follow the rules and IS, you will find by the time Cleveland convention every will be signed in our camp )n't be much of a producer, thing is, how are we going all the various state, city 1 organizations into a na•ganization and keep them There are more good local organizations today than any ;our history, but let us say ofore we have never supi national organization and owed your national officers /our battles without you putenough to pay postage on rrespondence. Don't make ional officers go panhandling, are all so filled with state il pride that we do not see must act nationally in order lywhere nationally, efore, come to Cleveland national vision and a plan you will have a national or3n in reality and not on pa/e are accomplishing won'on't let anyone put the skids i^ay. "Very cordially yours. Independent Motion Picture Exhibitors of America." Coast Brevities (Special to WID'S DAILY) Hollywood— Paul Scardon, the new Jesse D. Hampton director, started work this week on "Port O' Caprice," the seventh Blanche Sweet production. Director Henry King is on a four weeks' vacation following the completion of "Leona Goes a Hunting," liis sixth production for Jesse D. Hampton, in which Blanche Sweet is the star. "The Price of Redemption," a current Metro production, with Bert Lytell and Seena Owen in the leading roles, will be finished this week. Pell Trenton, leading man in "The Pearl Hunter" and "The House of Toys," American Film productions, is planning a trip to Honolulu. Realart Force Sees "Irene" The Realart field force assembled in convention saw "Irene" last night after a day of sales talks. The men are at the Astor where the convention opened and lunch was held. Today there will be a morning and afternoon business session and tonight the men will scout around and amuse themselves. Sam Gould in Town Sam Gould, who heads the Gould Amusement Co., operating the Gould, Arcadia, Atlas and Pittsburgh theaters in Pittsburgh, is in New York. Gould is building a State theater in Allegheny. Anna Q. Nilsson, Hobart Bosworth and William Conklin are in San Francisco where street and ferryboat scenes will be shot for J. Parker Read's current production, "Beneath the Mast," including the blowing up of a completely equipped vessel just outside the Golden Gate. Ian Exchange Buildings ta, Ga. — A six story film exbuilding is to be erected on 1 and Bartow St. .\ 12 story • with one floor devoted to ! of film exchanges is planned I Marietta St. frontage of the livers Anti-Film Sermon 'eport, La.^Rev. Claude L. )astor of the Central Christian delivered a sermon recently h he vigorously opposed Sun|tures on the ground that they desecration of the Sabbath. "The Island of Love," an all-star Vitagraph production, is rapidly nearing completion. The cast includes \\'allace McDonald, Hallam Cooley, Marguerite De la Motte and others. Marc Robbins, formerly with Fox, is now a member of the Metro scenario stafif. Unite to Fight Tax Philadelphia — A committee of five has been appointed to combat the Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers, who are attempting to tax exhibitors for music. Charles Seigel, M. Steifel, J. Jeffries, W. Hunt and J. Brenner comprise the committee. own stories, pick her own technical and directorial staff and cast her own pictures, as well as co-direct. Federated Meeting Next Week The meeting called by Joe Friedman of Celebrated Plaj'ers, who is also president of the Federated Film Exchanges of America, will be held at the Astor beginning next Monday. It will be a four-day session. At that'meeting it is expected that the independent exchangemen will take measures to ally themselvei with the exhibitors who will meet im Cleveland. Next week will also see the opening of the Fox convention at the Commodore. This will last through the week. At the American Lifeograph Studio in Portland, Ore., production has been started on the fourth of the series of I^ifograph-Keefe productions. (ii'orge McManus is at the Christie studio, cooperating with Al. Christie in preparing a new scenario for the next two-reel "Bringing Up Father" comedv. Sessue Hayakawa is arranging plans for a location trip to Hawaii for scenes of his first independent production, "The First Born." Changes to Pictures ;town, Pa.— The Cambria has iven over to films. Anita t in "In Old Kentucky" was ial screen attraction. Rosemary Theby is considering an ofTer wherebv she \v\\\ choose her BARGAINS Pathe News Model Camera New Ball Bearing Precision and Bell Howell Tripods with universal tilts. JOSEPH SEIDEN 1545 B'wav. Citv Brvant 1291 E. A. Scram of Seattle has been retained to paint the art titles for the Bible pictures of the Historical Film Corp. Pat Moore, the five-year-old star, is to be featured in five-reel dramas with a strong supporting cast. * GAUSAIAN. SAENGER AMUSEMENT CO. Permanent New York Office at 1780 BROADWAY W. H. GUERINGER. Representative GOODRICH BLDG. 4th Floor Tel. Circle 1298 New Story for Constance Joseph M. Schcnck has purchased "Curiosity" for Constance Talmadge. AMERICA'S FINEST LABORATORY Located Atop The Palisades Opposite 129th Street 1, I Palisade Film Laboratories I Pali«ad«i, N. J. Morimere 621-2 TITLES Printed, Hand-Lettered. Illustrated and New Process for Negatives American Film Title Co. 145 W. 45th St. N. Y. City WE OWN THEM! Big Stories for Big Film Productions. The leading producers are our clients. The play's the thing, and we have it I Celebrated Authors' Society, 701 7th Ave., N. Y. C. 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