The Film Daily (1920)

ifcBRADSTREET if FILMDOM 7/cRECOCHIZED Authority )L. XIV No. 38 Monday, November 8, 1920 Price 5 Cents Actors* Position ]ade Clear by John Emerson — No Likelihood of Strike— New Contract Coming that the Actors' Equity has no i|a of calling a strike in the motion I ture branch; that all that is wanti is a clear understanding between tj: actors and reputable producers, ad to do away with the methods of spestring operators is, according to Jhn Emerson, president of Equity, \ tliat is desired from the new move, ite of which was mentioned rec|it!y. fir. Emerson says that there are 1(K) actors and actresses enrolled in l[ picture branch of the Equity in [Jw York. Later it is expected the nnch will be augmented by a coast i inch. He said he regretted that remarks to Equity were garbled m to make clear the position of 1 uity and himself with regard to ] new contract situation, Emerson's ■parks are presented in full, as fold's: 'The actor in motion pictures i very few grievances indeed. As matter of fact, in the better comAies he has almost none at all. \>st of the complaints that come to J are based on the frightfully long lljirs that some of the second class )*ducers and shortstring concerns rice their people work. The bet(i companies work their people only easonable number of hours per _■, but there are certain cheaper ^cerns who are in the habit of (Continued on Page 2) Al St. John With Fox .1 St. John is now with the Fox ishinc comedy forces. He will diet and also appear in the pictures. Harry Rice Resigns hicago — Harry Rice, in charge of versal's publicity in the Middle ^st, has resigned, effective immeely. irkansas in Line jhe M. P. T. O. of Arkansas have |p formed and the following offi| and executive committee were 'ted: ^ A. Lick, president, Ft. Smith; C. Robertson, vice-president, Fay:jville; O. C. Hauber, secretary and ■ surer, Pine Bluff. me executive committee is as fol>;: D. E. Fitton, Harrison; W. L. t k, Jonesboro; W. L. Sanders, ;:sville; E. C. Robertson, Faycte•}; E. H. Butler, Russellville; Syd: M. Nutt, Hot Springs; V. J. Hay| Helena; Hoyt Kirkpatrick. Ft. lith. Chock full of melodrama, heart interest and delightful bits of genuine humor is "The Forbidden Thing," Allan Dwan's first Associated Producers' picture, with an all-star cast including James Kirkwood, Helen Jerome Eddy and Marcia Manon. — Advt. HAPPY DAYS These are happy days for Marcus Loew. And his associates. The way the floors are piling up in the new State theater and office building warrant the belief that the structure will be under roof around the first of the year. Then M. L. will be happy. He will have his own house in the heart of things. And he owns his own producing company. So he isn't worrying. That is. Not over this end of the business. Maybe he has other worries. But they get no further than to Bernstein. Know Bernstein? No. He just holds on to the Loew cash. And even Marcus has trouble making him give up. Regular though. Been with the Loew crowd since it was knee high to a grasshopper. And loves M. L. That means something in this business. Loyalty ! Lot of men in it that don't know how to spell it. Different Then Back in the old days things weren't so rosy. Not half so rosy as on Saturday when they laid the cornerstone at the State. Nope. Not by a lot. Lots of lots. Dave Warfield had the willies. More than once. Would have talked M. L. out of the whole thing. But he couldn't. He's just an actor. Not an orator. Nor a lawyer. But M. L. stuck. Glue was his middle name. (Continued on Page 3) By What Right ? Did Beaverbrook Speak for British Industry, Asks Kinematograph Weekly (Special to WID'S DAILY) London — Kinematograph Weekly evidently takes exception to the remarks made by Lord Beaverbrook at the Zukor luncheon in New York recently. "It is interesting to learn," says Kine, "that in the opinion of Lord Beaverbrook, as expressed at the Ritz Carlton luncheon tendered him by Adolph Zukor, 'Great Britain is not a rival of the United States for the supremacy of the motion picture industry, but encouraged by American achievement of the screen, the British producers have become friendly imitators.' " The article says at another point: "No doubt Americans, from Zukor downwards, are quite pleased to learn that Great Britain contemplates playing second fiddle to the end of the piece. But who gave Lord Beaverbrook authority to speak for the British producing industry (with which he has no revealed connection and of which he certainly possesses no pretensions to expert knowledge) in this vein, and what do British producers think of this unflattering picture of their enterprise? Are they finding the 'path through the jungle' so beautifully clear as Lord Beaverbrook states, and are they really content to tread on the Americans' heels instead of cutting new paths for themselves? We do not think they are, though it may suit the book of Messrs. Beaverbrook and Zukor who appear more and more to aim at the pose of a Siamese Twin film colossus, that they should do so. It is a fairly safe rule to assume that when financial experts of this type talk in general principles it is because they have a very close eye on definite individual — or joint — interests." Berlin Paper in Three Languages (Special to WID'S DAILY) Berlin — The Film Express is the name of a new trade journal which has made its appearance here. The periodical will be published monthly and the first issue appears in three languages : English, French and Spanish. Its purpose is international in character and as described in its own columns: "This paper is devoted to the reconstruction of the bridge which in former years connected Germany with the world, and the world with Germany."