The Film Daily (1921)

DAILY Monday, January 3, 1921 Vel.XV No. 1 Mon. Jan. 3, 1921 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 Treasurer; 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 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, (15.00. 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, Hollywood 1603. London Representative — W. A. Williamen, Kinematograph Weekly, 85 LongAcre, London, W. C. 2. Paris Representative — Le Film, 144 Rue If ontmartre. Quotations Last Bid. Asked, bale Famous Players .. 46^4 49 47l/z • do pfd 74 75 74 *Goldwyn 4 4% D. W. Griffith, Inc Not quoted Loew's, Inc 15 15^ 15^ Triangle 5/16 Y& Vs World Film Not quoted ♦Quotations by H. Content & Co. Case Dismissed (By wire to WID'S DAILY) St. Louis — On appeal of his case for crowding the aisles of the Fox Liberty theater during the showing of "The Texan," Manager Walter *D. Shafer was acquitted without being called to testify. $6,000 for Charity "Love" tag day in New York has resulted in the raising of $6,000 it was learned on Friday, when the final returns were completed. The stunt which is being worked all over the country in connection with the Louise Glaum picture "Love," was conducted with the co-operation of the Chorus Girls' Equity. The girls tagged passers-by all over town and in that way raised the money which was then contributed to the New York American Christmas fund. On Broadway Broadhurst— "Over the Hill." Broadway— "813." Brooklyn Strand — "The Last of the Mohicans." Capitol — "Bunty Pulls the Strings." Criterion — "Midsummer Madness." 44th St.— "Way Down East." Rialto — Hope Hampton in "The Bait." Rivoli — "The Passionate Pilgrim." Strand — "The Last of the Mohicans." in New Unit in Chicago Chicago — Blackstone Pictures, Inc., has been organized. Morris Kline is president and R. H. Hadfield manager of the corporation. CHRISTIE COMEDIES Studios will be seen from the air in the latest Christie mirth film called "Movie Mad," released through Educational. — Advt. Next Week Broadhurst— "Over the Hill." Broadway — "The County Fair." Brooklyn Strand — Pola Negri "Passion." Capitol— Mary Pickford in "The Love Night." Criterion— "The Inside of the Cup" (tentative attraction). 44th St.— "Way Down East." Rialto — Thomas Meighan in -"The Frontier of the Stars." Rivoli — Ina Claire in "Polly With a Past." Strand — Lionel Barrymore in "The Great Advenutre." That Ball More than 1200 tickets have been sold for the grand ball and festival to be held Wednesday evening under the auspices of the Theater Owners Chamber of Commerce. Every one of the big producing and distributing concerns has purchased box seats. Paramount, Fox, Selznick, Universal, Metro, Vitagraph, United Artists, First National, Realart, have all purchased two boxes. Every prominent player in the East has bought one or more tickets. A party of 35 from Chicago, another of 51 from Boston and Connecticut points, and 28 from Philadelphia have been arranged and will be in attendance. McGrath Joins Stoll William J. McGrath, for the past two years assistant publicity and advertising director at Vitagraph, has resigned to join the publicity staff of Stoll Film. James Englander, who has been his assistant at Vitagraph, will go with him to Stoll. Convention Put Off (Special to WID'S DAILY) Richmond, Va. — The convention of the Virginia Exhibitors' League, which was scheduled to be held in Washington on Jan. 12 and 13, has been postponed until Jan. 26 and 27 in order to hold a joint meeting with the exhibitor leagues of Maryland and the District of Columbia. 'Changes Combine in Denver Denver, Col. — Merit Film Co. here has purchased Quality Pictures Corp. Merit purchased the Mid-West Greater Features Co. in November. The three have been combined under the firm name of Merit Film Co., with Max Schwartz as general manager. Two Tourneur Films on B'way Maurice Tournuer is represented by two pictures on Broadway this week. One is "The Bait," featuring Hope Hampton, which is playing at the Rialto, and the other Tourneur's first for Associated Producers, "The Last of the Mohicans." This is playing at the Strand. Bebe Daniels in Texas Dallas — Bebe Daniels is spending the holidays here. 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