The Film Daily (1921)

tM% DAILY Vol. XV No. 19 Fri. Jan. 21, 1921 Price 5 Cents -ooYrieht 1920, Wid'» Film and Film Folk*. :BT Published Daily at 71-73 West 44th St Vew York N. Y., by WID'S FILMS and 'ILM FOLKS. INC. t C ("Wid") Gunning, President and lreas «r«r: Joseph Dannenberg, Vice-President „d Editor; J. W. Alicoate, Secretary and business Manager. Entered as second-class matter May 21, 1918 Tt the post office at New York, N. Y., node, he act of March 3, 1879. erms (Postage free) United States, Outsid. ,1 Greater New York, $10.00 one year; 6 nonthsl $5.08; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign. Subscribers should remit with <>raeJ;,Tr.,c vddrtss ail communications to Wiu a DAILY. 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y. Telephone: Vaoderbilt, 4SS1-4S52-SSS* Hollywood, California Sditorial and Business Offices: 6411 Holly wood Blvd. Phone, Hollywood 1603. London Representative— W. A William JB. Kinematograph Weekly. 85 LongAcre. ondon. W. C. t. _ Paris Representative— Le Film. 144 Rue i ontmartre. Quotations Last Bid. Asked Sale Famous Players ..57 59 S7]/2 do pfd Notquoted ♦Goldwyn 5J4 $lA \) W Griffith. Inc Not quoted Loevv's. Inc 17% 17% 17$ Triangle 7/16 7/16 7/16 v orld Film Not quoted ♦Quotations by H. Content & Co. Seeks Gov't Support "During the war, the motion picture industry was of tremendous value to the Government. It is only just and seemly, that the industry receive wisely directed Governmental encouragement, besides the countenance and confidence of rightly informed and guided public opinion and freedom from hampering and damaging legislation," said Arthur Levey, organizer of the Anglo-American LTnity League, Inc., yesterday. "We should have in one of the departments of the Government, a competent representative, co-operating with a central committee of publishers and motion picture executives, such as is proposed by the Motion Picture Division and the Division of Journalism of the Anglo American Unity League, Inc. "No further time will be lost to create and set going that machinery for planning and action, which should have been, but unfortunately was not, in existence and operation when the present 'Blue Law' emergency arose. The liason between the Fourth and Fifth Estates is gaining greater importance all the time and our organization co-ordinating all interests for the common good, should render genuinely important and highly beneficial service." More Product^ National Exchanges, Inc., which last week announced the distribution of the Charles Urban Kineto Review, will also distribute a series of King Cole Comedies to be released one a month. This is the series being made by the M. P. Producing Co., in which Walter L. Johnson and Earl H. Hopkins are the principal figures. It is generally understood that Johnson and Hopkins are interested in National Frchanges. The first of the features which National will handle is "Get Out and Stay Out," made in Los Angeles by the Drascena Prod. Inc. of Los Angeles. They'll Laugh Today A lot of exhibitors will attend a special showing of "The Kid," at the Strand this morning. The New York First National Exchange is sponsoring it. Drastic Law for Oklahoma (Special to WID'S DAILY) Oklahoma City — A bill has been introduced in the state legislature prohibiting the producing, distributing or exhibiting of any film in any theater or public place of a former criminal or law-breaker.' The bill will bar pictures representing the actual crime, the escaping from the scene of crime and any court room scene showing the trial of any such person or characters. Under the statute it would be unlawful to take such pictures or prepare them within state of Oklahoma under a penalty of $1,000 to $5,000, or a sentence of from one to five years, or both. The punishment for exhibiting such pictures is the same. ((■ &duxXitlQrui£ (J^etuAJU-^ "THE SHCe OF THE PROGRAM" Drascena Prod, were formed in Los Angeles last September and at that time the company announced that it would make a series of comedies starring Trixie Friganza. Those interested in the company at its inception were W. M. Howard of Alabama, C. M. Conant, Cambridge, Mass.; Ira Harlan, Moberly. Mo., and Joseph J. Fox. Sax Goes to Chicago Samuel Sax, recently elevated to the rank of general sales manager for Selznick, left for Chicago yester day to arrairje for the opening of the Select exchange in that city in the new film building at 831 South Wabash Ave. The structure will be the exchange headquarters in the city of Chicago and will house besides Select the exchanges of Metro, First National, Educational and Universal. While there Sax will arrange to bring his family to New York. Audrey Munson Under Contract Perry Plays, Inc., have signed Audrey Munson to appear in pictures. The company has also secured full picture, book and dramatic rights to the "The Story of Audrey Munson," which is now being run in the Hearst publications as a Sunday feature. Horsley to Reissue (Continued from Page 1) Horsley has sold "Her Bargain," in which Mary MacLaren is starred, to the C. B. Price Co., Inc., who will state right the picture. Horsley sold some of the territory on this several years ago, but the picture was never given widespread distribution. C. B. C. Film Sales will state right a senes of 16 Christie Comedies which were originally sold to the Film Publishers Corp. Charles Simone, general manager. Horsley states that pictures were made for him by Al E. Christie in 1916 under a contract that called for a series of one reelers. He states that after 17 of them were made Christie and he severed connections. The Unista Film Mfg. Co., which was formed in December, 1919 by Horsley, it develops, is the company which operates the Horsley laboratory with a capacity of 1,000,000 feet weekly. Alongside the laboratory is a glass enclosed studio, in which the Physical Culture Corp. is making a series of one reel athletic comedies. Bernarr MacFadden is interested in the producing company which has merely leased the plant from Horsley. Friday, January 21, 1921 _A» Why is Alfred S. Black disguid On an Equal Basil The F. I. L. M. Club at a meefl held on Wednesday evening vote t give local exhibitors equal reprea tation on the grievance committee the club which adjusts all claims It the Hoy Reporting Service. For every F. I. L. M. Club nn ber there will be an exhibitor, expected that the N. Y. State E>il itors' League will have one, the > ater Owners Chamber of Comrcli another, the Connecticut exhibb another and one from New Jee The chairman of the committee f be an exchange man. 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