The Film Daily (1920)

BRADSTREET RLMDOw 7/feKCOGHIZED >fVMO&lTY XIII No. 78 Saturday, September 18, 1920 Price S Cent» lacating Labor A. P. I. Will Eliminate Doubtties from Films — P. J. Brady Acts for Gompers ndication of contemplated aci the part of organized labor est to producers against a disition of labor in motion picas pointed out in WID'S { several months ago, has fiveloped. National Association will noof its producer and distribembers of the attitude of orI labor against a goodly per: of the films now being exin which labor problems fig ■ J. Brady, an official of the administration and a man very o labor organizations in New ipoke to the members of the il Association at the annual » on Wednesday. Brady realesented Samuel Gompers, who that he could not attend the ie meeting resolutions adopted Central Federated Union and nerican Federation of Labor ead and a talk delivered by At one part he said: ertainly would be a great into the motion picture industo the country at large if the picture industry were to be (Continued on Page 4) Lasky Due Tomorrows r.5 Jesse L, Lasky is due in New York tomorrow from the coast. . j :0 -■ — : — — — ; — ; — . . ■ ■ . . D-JI ' Dorothy Gish Returns i Dorothy Gish arrived in New York: .yesterday aboard the Aqtiitania. Shfe has been vacationing in Europe. Equity Signs West :y Pictures has signed Billy o make a series of two reelch will be released at the rate a month. Negotiations beEquity and West have been n for several months past. Cleaning Up snry L. Salisbury, of Fas Players, before leaving he West yesterday, said he :ed to make plain that his irks relative to Famous us"carbolic acid" as a disinnt to clean things up withle next three months" red to conditions in the Bosoffice of Famous and did tiave reference to Alfred S. k. was the impression of the stigating Committee and sel, as well as others presat the hearing, that Mr. bury's remarks referred to k. The greatest emdirona.1 'aclrek:; the screen has ever known. I Iriis will' the exhibitor and public verdict on Louise Glaum when J. Parker Read, Jr.'s, first Associated Pipducerr,' production, "The Leopard Woman," is released September 26. — Adyt. . . : I Demand Accounting Film men Were considerably inter ested yesterday in! report;; reaching here from London thafr.a I'ommitt.ee of stockholders of the .Alliance .Film Co., Ltd., had been appointed lo fqofc into the affairs of th< company Alliance, it will be recalled,' is thi organization which was capitalized at 1,000,000 pounds and included a number of prominent members of the British Parliament. Tlic cdmpany has some sort of ail arrangement to supply First National with a limited number of pictures;. The London reports state ;tliat mis representation is alleged in the .pros.pectus of the company whlcl that the British Actors 'Film Co. was a flourishing conccr. ■ vlin-h (had not paid any dividends until Alliance .had advanced money to tnat company. Gustavus R. Rogers '6$ 'Rogers an'd Rogers, who is Alliance's attorney in America, when advised of the reports by WID'S DAILY immediate! bled London .tb\ a'scert.ani the .exact status of matters. ' ! Loew to Tour Marcus' Loew will shortly start a trans-continental tour during' the 10rr.se of which he will visit ev«ry one of tie theaters owned • or con1 1 oiled .by .the Loew Enterprises . Mr. Loew says he lias quite a numb« i c f housi s to visit* H. A. M. P. I. Names Executive Com. The following executive committee has been appointed by President Brady and approved by the board of dire, tors of the N. A. M. P. I.: P. I J. Waters,1 chairman; Wm. A. Brady, ex-ofncio; A. S. Friend, G. L. H-esV, "■'/. E. Atkinsons J. E. Brulatour, R. Hi Cochrane, Lewis Innerarity, :C. C. Pettijohn,, P. H. Cromelin, " WilI'liam Wright and T. G. Wiley: New members are: Kineto Co. of niceiea, Filmart Laboratories, Inc., Republic Laboratories, Morgan Lith I crraph Co., Burton Holmes Lec 1 ires-, Inc.j and C. C. Pettijohn. Form Booking Qo, Lesser and Gore Bros, in New Co.-r— Admit Connection' With NatU ) Booking Corp. (By Wire to WID'S DAILY) ' x Los' Airgeles— The V^est Coast 'Exhibitors' Booking. Corp.. has been formed here by Sol Lesser, the Gor* Bros, and William. Qu'inn. . The. concern is a $50,000 corporation, and, ha* been fprm.ed, according to Lesser, ;'to book for' liis theaters. . . :'« Lesser, who is a First National franchise holder, says that the new company will, -not interfere with his connection with" National Booking Corp.. in which he admits that he and. the Gore Bros, are members. Minnesota, Oversubscribes Sydney S. Cojien received ,w^>rd fron'i Minneapolis yesterday that, the state quota 'to the national ti^easu^ had been, oversubscribed: ' .' ■» The United .Theatrical Protective League has. just completed' a sessiotf there' ' '■ ' ' ■ '..■■ • / Bory Osso Returns " l!* Bbry Osso, uncle of Adolpe Ossol has returned td New York "after*' a twa months' stay in Paris. • 'y-H Osso tells the same ■ story of 'the predominance., of American productions in, France and predicts, tha't(-in two" "years France w'ill have' resumed) its pre-war position in film producing. Special IJnit fot Rubens It was. reported yesterday .that Alma Rubens,7 who has just termi| nated a year's contract with Cosmoi politan Prod., wotild' have lier own producing unit.' : '"* Not Buying Law Suits When the executive of one of. the prominent producingidistributing organizations' wasi asked yesterday as : to the pds • I sibility of 'his purchasing "The Kid" from Charlie Chaplin he said: "I am not buying lawsuits.'*