The Film Daily (1920)

iM% DAILY Saturday, September 11, V V4.XUIIb.7i Sat. Sept. u. 1920 Price 5 Cents Copyright 1920, Wid's Film and Film Folks, Inc. Published Daily at 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y.. by WID'S FILMS and FILM FOLKS. INC F. C. ("Wid") Gunning, President and Treas nrer; Joseph Dannenberg, Vice-President and Editor; J. W. Alicoate, Secretary and Business Manager. Entered as second-class matter May 21, 1918, at the post office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 1. 1879. Terms (Postage tree) United States, Outside of Greater New York. $10.00 one rear; 6 months, $5 00; ] months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscriber* should remit with order. Addrtss all communications to WID'S DAILY. 71-73 West 44th St.. New York. N. Y. Telephone: Vanderbilt. 4551-4552-5558 Hollywood, California Editorial and Business Offices: 6411 Hollywood Blvd. Phone, Hollywood 1603. London Representative — W. A. Williamson, {Cinematograph Weekly. 85 LongAcre. London, W. C. 2. Paris Representative — Le Film, 144 Rue Montmartre. Quotations Last Bid. Asked. Sale. Famous Players .. 73j4 73}4 73'/£ do pfd 82 82J4 82J4 D. W. Griffith IS Goldwyn 9 Loew's, Inc. 20y2 20}i 20 ?4 Triangle 5/16 Unit. Pict. Prod. IM World Film J4 do 2nd pfd • • n To Show Paramount Short Subjects For the entertainment of its employes during the noon hour, the Welfare Department of the National Cash Register Co. of Dayton, Ohio, has contracted with the Short Subjects Sales Department of the Famous Players, for the entire series of Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel pictures, Paramount Magazines, Paramount-Post Nature Pictures and Paramount-Burlingham Adventure Pictures. Mrs. Chaplin to Work in East Mildred Harris Chaplin will make her next picture for Associated First National in New York. This will be a screen adaptation of Thomas Edgelow's story, "Plaything of Desire." John Stahl will direct. To Do Scenarios Mary O'Connor has retired as scenario and film editor at the Lasky studio, to take up scenario writing exclusively for the company. Her first work will be an original story by Hector Turnbull, which George Melford will produce. Miss O'Connor's place as scenario and film editor, will be taken by Lee Daugherty. Win. S. Campbell has just completed another Chester comedy which will be released under the title of "The One Best Pet." Putting It Over Here is hoiu a brother exhibitor put his shoiv over. Send along your ideas. Let the other jello<w know hoiu you cleaned up. Omaha — "The Mystery Woman," the veiled female who has done yeoman service exploiting pictures appeared here in a new guise and proceeded to set the city agog over R. A. Walsh's "The Deep Purple" which played a week's engagement at the Moon. Edward Holland, Mayflower exploitation representative wrote and staged the act and the Mystery Woman did the rest. Holland erected a large blank sign over a building on one of Omaha's principal corners. Each day at noon, "The Mystery Woman," garbed in an Oriental costume of purple hue appeared on the scaffold and painted a few words. A leather-lunged bugler each day heralded her coming. Crowds collected on the corner and watched her work, speculating on the solution of the puzzle. On Saturday, the day before the opening, 'The Mystery Woman" appeared for the last time and painted in the missing letters which announced the showing of the Walsh picture at the Moon. In addition to the stunt, Holland made a further bid for patronage by arranging an attractive and dignfied lobby settings ever seen in Omaha. This display consisted of draping a fine quality of purple gauze around the box office and the entrance leading into the auditorium. A string of electric lights were stretched across the top. The composite effect was both rich and striking and contributed materially toward the success of the Walsh production's engagement at the Moon. A Correction (Special to WID'S DAILY) Boston — The offices of Black's New England Theaters is 142 Berkley St. and not 124 as heretofore noted. This was due to a typography ical error. Mabel Julienne Scott has been engaged by Goldwyn to play the part of "Belphine," in "The Concert." In the Courts The suit of the Nanuet Amusement Corp. against the First National Exhibitors Circuit of the Northwest, which has been pending in the Supreme Court for two years has been settled by the parties and on their application has been discontinued by Justice McCook. Supreme Court Justice Guy has denied the application by Alfred Hekemian for the appointment of a receiver for the Armenia Film Co., as owner of the photoplay "Shushan; Under the Turkish Flag," on the ground that the facts set out in the papers do not warrant the appointment of a receiver or any other relief. Hekemian contended that the corporation gave 2,240 shares of its stock to Mina Mangassarian on her representation that she had completed the photoplay named, whereas, it has not yet been finished. In the suit of Samuel O. Siegel and Herbert H. Yudkin against the J. Frank Hatch Enterprises for an accounting for the sale of "The Price Woman Pays," "Forced to Wed," and "Tempest and Sunshine" in New \ ork City and Northern New Jersey since Aug. IS, 1919, Supreme Court Justice Guy has decided that unless the defendant appears and testifies before trial on Sept. 17 concerning the receipts the answer will be stricken out and the plaintiffs will get judgment. The Hermes Amusement Co., Inc., has sued the X Amusement Co., Inc., for $3,760 for the use of the motion picture theater at 1324 Amsterdam Ave., from Oct. 1 to March 25 last and asks $1,553 from the Weissland Amusement Corp., for the premises from March 25 to June 21 last. The Art-O-Graph Film Co., has been sued in the Supreme Court by Frederick W. Eichorn for $3,000. The plaintiff claims that the defendant through Otis B. Thayer , its president, agreed to pay $3,000 for a serial scenario, "Rado the Invisible," but after the first three episodes had been delivered as agreed, the defendant refused to make payment. Buster Keaton's forthcoming comedy has been titled, "Paradise Alley.' Eddie Cline directed. We Are Experts We modestly admit it — but it's the truth. Twenty years of experience in the theatrical and motion picture industry have given our staff a thorough knowledge of YOUR problems. Our advice on insurance problems is yours for the asking and we are as close to you as your phone. Samuels 1 Wto? Getting Ready for Tearle Fil Coatesville, Pa. — William P.J Earle, Selznick director, is here l] ing arrangements to film a big mill story, "The Road of Ambitij| which will be Conway Tearle's starring which under the Nati | Picture Theaters contract. The story was picturized by Lj Allen Browne from the novel I Elaine Sterne. The cast supporj Tearle consists of Florence Dij Gladden James, Florence Short, olph Millar, Tom Brooks and I Mc Guire. Production will start I wek. F. P. Releases Elsie Ferguson in "Lady Re Daughter," and Wallace ReidJ "What's Your Hurry?" are sched for Paramount release Sept. 12. New Animated Cartoon Unit (Special to WID'S DAILY) Los Angeles — Announcement! made by P. H. White of W. H. kire Enterprises, of the formatior a new company named Aninu Models Co. sponsored by J. L. R and J. P. White with offices at Security Building and with stt space in Hollywood. The company is confining its eration to the producing of anima cartoons usng flexible figures models invented and patented Roop. The company has finished one p duction and will complete two m before giving an exhibition. The RITCHEY poster is as necessary to the exhib ^ itor as samples are to a salesman. RITCHEY UTHO CORP. 406 W. 31st StJ.Y. Phone Chelsea 8388 A OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT TILL SEPT. 19, 1922 2600 sq. feet — light and airy, eighth floor — excellent location on Broadway. Apply at once UNIVERSAL FILM CO. 1600 B'way, N. Y