The Film Daily (1921)

The Motion Picture Industry will save 250,000 Children from Starvation What have YOU done? MOTION PICTURE DAY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26th Daily Doings of Hoover's Doers Official Organ of the Greater New York Motion Picture Committee of the European Relief Council Edited by the A. M. P. A. Publicity Committee. Printed and Published by Courtesy of Wid's Daily ASSOCIATED MOTION PICTURE ADVERTISERS' COMMITTEE in co-operation with MOTION PICTURE DIVISION EUROPEAN RELIEF COUNCIL Room 305 Capitol Theatre Circle 4411 Today's "Thank Yous' w Charles McClintock, of Selznick Pictures — for coming forward with ideas and stars ready to help. New York Chapter, A. R. C., Nursing Center — for services of dietician. C. F. Chandler— for editorial help. Walter Eberhardt — for editorial help. These motion picture stars are with us for next Wednesday, Moving Picture Day: DOROTHY PHILLIPS MAE MURRAY RUTH ROLAND MARY McLAREN MOLLIE KING VERA GORDON MARTHA MANSFIELD MARION DAVIES MAY MCAVOY NORMAN KERRY EUGENE O'BRIEN ZENA KEEFE ELAINE HAMMERSTEIN RUBY DE REMER HOPE HAMPTON CHARLES HUTCHINSON CORINNE GRIFFITH ALICE CALHOUN MATTY ROUBERT JUNE CAPRICE A First Life-Saver Tommy Dowd was the first of Chairman S. L. Rothafel'sf, staff to contribute to European Relief, leading the Capitol Theater employees in this respect. He is now envied by his colleagues for this distinction gained last Monday. Stars, Let's See You Twinkle If there is a motion picture star of any degree of luminosity, who has waited to be paged for service in the motion picture theaters of Greater New York on the big drive day next Wednesday, Jan. 26, let that star consider himself or herself paged. Time is too short to utter anything save a clarion call for you. Response must be direct. The producers, distributors and theater owners have done their part in planning and financing this great4 humanitarian movement. They are looking to you for co-operation — watching the daily roll of volunteers grow. The houses need you to help enthuse their audiences. The committee will provide you with transportation. Your name and your willingness to aid must be learned at once in order that an itin erary may be made for your appearance. Telephone to Bert Adler, Star Committee Chairman, Brokaw Bldg., Bryant 1058. Associated with him are Nat Rothstein and Maury Meyers. Rallying Point The Hotel Astor has offered the Stars Committee the Orangerie Room, mezzanine floor, for the afternoon and evening of January 26, as a rallying point .for stars from which to visit the motion picture theaters. The stars will be met by committeemen preparatory to visiting the theaters at which they are to appear. A sign in the lobby will give the location of the Orangerie Room. Messrs. Maury Meyers, Bert Adler and Nat Rothstein wish to have A. M. P. A. volunteers to escort the stars to theatres on this occasion. Help the Starving Babies! There are no personal favors to be won. No one makes a penny of profit. Show the industry has a heart as big as the world it delights. Dr. Copeland's View The kind of fast that Mary Schaefer is conducting to aid the Motion Picture Committee of the European Relief Council will have most surprising and pleasing effects, according to Dr. Royal S. Copeland, New York Commissioner of Health. He says: "My business is keeping people healthy, and I would condemn a course in subnutrition, enforced or voluntary, on the part of anyone. However, Miss Schaefer is performing an experiment that ought to make her complexion resemble a beauty parlor's best effort and give her a step as sprightly as a trained athlete's. "Almost everybody in the world eats too much, and ten days of simple, staple food would be about as good medicine as New York City could take. Incidentally, it ought to save enough money to feed two or three starving countries." Lichtman First Al. Lichtman made the first donation to finance the expenses of the Motion Picture Committee for Greater New York. DO Send in Your SIGNED PLEDGES to Leo Brecher 202 Capitol Theatef Bldg., Circle, 4412 Life Saver Checks With his supply of tickets, every Greater New York exhibitor is receiving a supply of blank checks, payable to the order of Franklin K. Lane, treasurer of the European Relief Fund. These checks are for distribution to audiences throughout the week or on Motion Picture Day, and may be filled out with the names of banks or trust companies where contributors have accounts. Some of the checks are for blank amounts and others for ten dollars, the amount sufficient to save one life among the famished children of Central and Eastern Europe. It should be stated that Chairman S. L. Rothafel tried out this blank check plan through the whole week of Jan. 17, distributing the checks to his patrons with the Capitol programs. There was a gratifying response which will swell the returns from this theater measurably. "THE INVISIBLE GUEST" A tabloid motion picture (150 ft.) which tells in graphic fashion the story of the starving children in Europe. Prints are free for the asking at the following (Eastern) exchanges: New York — Famous Players. Washington — Metro. Albany — Robertson-Cole. Boston — Select. Boston and New Haven — Select. Philadelphia — United Artists. Buffalo — Vitagraph. Jazz up your lobby for the Big Motion Picture Drive Day to feed the starving children. Let the public know that YOUR theater is doing everything in its power for the cause. City Departments Aid Through the efforts of Maj. Geo. A. Daly, Adjutant General, First Brigade, N. Y. National Guard, and of John H. Love, New York State Commander of the E. R. C, Mayor Hylan of New York City took up consideration of city department cooperation in the plans for Motion Picture Day. After a conference with city department heads, Mayor Hylan gave permission for the employes of the city to take care of distributing 100,000 tickets which are being sold for the morning benefit performances of Saturday, Jan. 29. This means that the 50,000 city department employes will be hosts to 100,000 children. Maj. Daly acted as the direct representative of Herbert Hoover, chairman of the European Relief Council, in negotiating with the city officials. Pledge $2,000 The exchange managers at a F. I. L. M. Club meeting held on Wednesday evening pledged themselves to raise $2,000 for the Hoover fund. This is in the nature of personal contributions.