The Film Daily (1920)

»B* TSJJ^A DAILY Monday, November 22, 19 Vd " V No 52 Mon. Nov. 22, i °20 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. T. C. ("Wid") Gunning, President and Treasurer; Joseph Dannenberg, Vice-President »nd 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 3. 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States, Outside of Greater New York, $10.00 one year: 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign tlS.OO. Subscribers should remit with order. Addr*ss 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. Hollvwood IfiOl London Representative — W. A. William*>n, Kinematograph Weekly, 85 LongAcre. London, W. C. 2. Paris Representative — Le Film. 144 Rue IContmartre. Quotations Last Bid. Asked. Sale Famous Plavers .. MlA 49 48 do pfd 72 73 73 *G©ldwyn 4 6 D. W. Griffith, Inc Not quoted Loew's. Inc 17 \7% 17 Triangle 3A ¥& Vf. World Film Not quoted ♦Quotations by H. Content & Co. On Broadway Criterion — "Idols of Clay." Capitol— "The Great Lover." Rialto — "The Furnace." Rivoli — Roscoe Arbuckle in "The Life of the Party." Strand— Wesley Barry in "Dinty." 44th St. Theater— "Way Down East." Lyric— "Over the Hill." Broadway — Dorothy Dalton in "Half an Hour." Brooklyn Strand — Otis Skinner in "Kismet." Loew's New York— Today— "The Penalty." Tuesday — Pauline Frederick in "A Slave of Vanity." Wednesday — Wanda Hawlev in "Her Beloved Villain." Thursday — Louise Glaum in "The Leopard Woman." Fridav — Eileen Percy in "Beware of the Bride," "A Beggar in Purple." Saturday— Wallace^ Reid in "Always Audacious." Sundav — "The Great Redeemer." Next Week Criterion — "Idols of Clay." Capitol — Douglas Fairbanks in "The Mark of Zorro." Rialto — Not yet determined. Rivoli — "Heliotrope." Strand — Constance Talmadgc in — "Dangerous Business." 44th St.— "Way Down East." Lyric — "Over the Hill." Broadway — "The Palace of Darkened Windows." Brooklyn Strand — Wesley Barry in — "Dinty." CHRISTIE A funny place to kiss a girl — Helen Blues," the latest fun film from Chri COMEDIES Darling and Neal Burns in "Wedding stie. — Advt. Ballin Shows First Production Au audience of distinction was present at the Sehvyn last night to see Hugo Ballin's first independent production, "Pagan Love." Among those present were: E. E. Smathers. Ex-Governor Whitman, Ernest Poole, Senator Guggenheim; Paul Blanchard and Herbert Adams, A. A. Brill, Edwin Bjorkman; Mrs. Sidney Drew; Louis Untermeyer; Hamilton Holt, Thomas Hastings, Charles Meville Dewey; Robert Henri; Herbert Croly, Lloyd Warren; Oliver Gould Jennings; Ernest Peixotto; Louis Joseph Vance, Irving Wiles; Walter Damrosch; R. H. Davis; Justine Johnstone; Charles Hopkins; James E. Regan, Jr. and Mrs. Regan (Alice Joyce) ; Achmed Adullah; Mrs. Henry Seligman; Fania Marinoff; Alphonse Jongers; Barbara Milton; Maude Hanaford; Kenneth Mackowan and Anne Luther. Gasnier in Comedy Unit (Special to WID'S DAILY) Los Angeles — L. J. Gasnier has become affiliated with the WhiteHamilton Co. producing Mermaid Comedies for Educational release. The comedies will in the future be made under auspices of the Astra Film Corp. of which Gasnier is the head. His next feature for Robertson-Cole will be "A Good Woman," by C. Gardner Sullivan. Regarding "Lab" Prices The following letter has been ceived; "My attention has just been cal to an article appearing in your pn lication of Nov. 15, relative to ' 'Lab men' of the business. "In this article you infer that laboratory men have, by arra ment, increased the cost to the | ducers for laboratory service ered. This is an absolute misst; ment of fact. The writer is probal as familiar as anyone in the busin with the cost of printing and" charges made by the various la atories. "There is no agreement and th never has been any among the lab atory proprietors as to a price sch ule for printing. Prices have been increased by recognized lab atories in the business beyond figure which covers increased cost operation — a legitimate profit for s vices rendered. "Before printing an article of I ' kind, which does great injury tc lot of companies in this industry, investigation of the facts would a fair way to proceed so that stigma of your assertions could avoided. "In fairness to the laboratory cc ■ panies I respectfully request that print this letter in your current iss "Your verv trulv, " MAJOR TOM EVANS, "Chairman, Laboratory Section. N. A. M. L . Elgin Masonic Temple Burns (Special to WID'S DAILY) Elgin, 111.— The Spring St. Masonic Temple was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. The building housed a picture theater and lodge rooms. Loss estimated at $50,000. Rob Empress, Omaha, of $3,500 (Special to WID'S DAILY) Omaha — Three youthful robbers at 10:30 last Sunday night, while the picture was being shown in the Empress, entered the office of Manager Wilfred Ledoux. held him up and rifled the office safe of $3,500. EVERYBODY IN THE INDUSTRY CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND MOTION PICTURE EXPOSITION ATLANTA WEEKDECEMBER 6TH We Place Insurance for D. W. Griffith Attractions (Watch this Space for Others) AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE Don't wait with your insurance pr oblems. To-morrow may be too late. Years of experience in the t heatrical and motion picture field has enabled us to handle your problem with intelligence, dispatch and economy. May we prove to you h ow we can serve you better? Your phone's handy. FeubenCXmuels „EAL ^WCJ ERVICE Jnrurance ' SO Maiden Lane Phone John 54S9 5426 • 9427 • 9439 gGUbon Samuels In every line of endeavor ther is only one "Best." 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