The Film Daily (1921)

■■ tMA DAILY ^Friday, January 21, 1921 Standard Courses « (Continued from Page 1) Argonaut plans to act as a sort of clearing house between boards of education and producers of educational subjects which can be incorporated in the school curriculum. Tentative arrangements have been perfected with all of the well known producers oi educational subjects in the field whereby Argonaut secures first call on whatever material it finds it can use for courses in biology, industrial geography and kindred subjects. Argonaut holds an agreement with the Mew York Board of Education to supply courses in biology, and industrial geography. Later on when the ' company has sufficiently developed its facilities, it is planned to put on courses in history, general geography, English literature and other subjects. The average course will be in 20 reels although this may vary if the nature of the subject calls for such a change. C. C. Dill, with headquarters in Spokane, Wash., holds the distributing rights for the Argonaut courses in Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon. Negotiations are now under way for distribution throughout Ohio, New England, the South, through an office in Atlanta and in Kansas City. All of the courses for the New York schools are prepared in conjunction with the Bureau of Lectures, of , the Department of Education and with Rita Hocheimer, assistant in visual instruction in New York schools. Boone is editor-in-chief of all the courses and personally titles and prepares the courses for the schools. In connection with this, there is a curriculum committee of the Visual Instruction Association of New York City, an unofficial body of teachers and professional people interested in visual instruction which works hand in hand with the Argonaut. Dr. Ernest L. Crandall, director of the Bureau of Lectures, is president of this organization. It is expected that 15 schools in the greater city will have courses ready for showings for the term which begins Feb. 1. This number is expected to be materially increased later on, when the idea takes hold. Argonaut has established offices at 71 W. 23rd St. When Argonaut needs films of certain types to round out a certain course, arrangements will be made to have those pictures produced specially. Coast Brevities (Special to WID'S DAILY) Hollywood — Allan Dwan has just completed his latest production. Helen Ferguson will play opposite Harry Carey in "Everybody for Himself." Special Unit Formed (Special to WID'S DAILY) Dallas — W. G. Underwood has formed a special unit to handle the Federated product. It is called the Southwest Federated Film Corp. Underwood's other company, the Specialty Film Co., will handle the physical distribution of the first unit but there the connection ends. The two companies will be operated as entirely separate units. In connection with Specialty a recent announcement states that this unit is handling for its territory a series of 26 Copperhead western dramas, two reels each and another series of Star Ranch westerns, two reels each. After five months in the East, Virginia Norden has returned to the Mayer studios. Edward Lowe is back at Metro after a two weeks' vacation spent in Chicago with his family. Fred V. Williams, well known newspaperman has just been added to the permanent scenario staff at Universal City. Production is under way on Benjamain B. Hampton's "A Certain Rich Man," a version play of William Allen White's novel. The Universal scenario department reports the purchase of "Christmas Eve at Pilot Butte," by Courtney Ryley Cooper, for Harry Carey. Reginald Barker's next production for Goldwyn will be "The Old Nest," from Rupert Hughes' novel of the same name. Rollin Sturgeon starts "The Bobbed Squab," starring Gladys Walton within the next few days. Playing an important role in this story will be Florence Turner. Katherine Newlin Burt, the novelist, has arrived at Culver City studios where she will study picture technique and work out her first story written directly for the screen. King Baggot has been engaged to head an all-star cast for the John Gorman Prod, in "The Soul of a Butterfly," a comedy drama now being filmed under direction of John Gorman at the Special studios. Marjorie Daw and Fritzi Brunette are also members of the cast. An innovation being tried out at Universal City to eliminate delays in production is the putting of an advance agent with every company. The advance agent will stay just one day ahead of the director, seeing that sets are aready, costumes are finished, props on hand and everything in ship-shape order so that the director can start "shooting" the moment the company is assembled. Universal City is being photographed from every conceivable angle and elevation for a series of pictures which are to accompany an article describing the big studio in a forthcoming issue of the M. P. Weekly. The magazine is edited by Paul Gulick, Universal publicity chief of New York, and will deal with the process of making a motion picture from the author's idea to the exhibitor counting the money after the show. GAUSMAN. Levy Closes Louisville Deal (Special to WID'S DAILY) Louisville — Col. Fred Levy, holder of the Associated First National Franchise for Kentucky, and Leo Keiler of Paducah, who control a chain of 19 theaters in Kentucky through the Strand Amusement Co., have completed negotiations for an affiliation with M. Switow in the ownership of three theaters here. Included in the deal is the new $200,000 theater erected by Switow on 4th St., directly across the street from the new Rialto. The Parkland and another neighborhood house are the others. The other theaters owned by Switow— two in Jeffersonville, three in New Albany, one in Bedford, Ind., and one in Salem, Ind., are not included in the deal. Among the properties operated by the Strand Co. are four in Louisville, in addition to the three secured through the Switow alliance, four in Paducah, three in Mayfield, three in Owensboro, one in Irvine and one in Princeton. Working at Victor Studio Work was commenced yesterday on a five reel comedy at the Victor studio. It will be called "The New Minister," and is being made by a company called the Lem K. Kennedy Prod. Kennedy is directing personally and Walter R. Sheridan is assisting. Anger to Milwaukee (Special to WID'S DAILY) Milwaukee — Lou Anger has been selected to head the branch office and exchange of Reelcraft here, succeeding G. L. Stiles, who has gone to Kansas City. "The Isle of Destiny" is being shown at the Broadway this week in conjunction with "Outside the Law." giSpeeiail *c&/$i '•'■■;'■ '.■■"*?-' ■".'; 'In the Jhadow of the Dom<sx\ A DAVID G. FISCHER PRODUCTION American Has $50,000 Fire Loss (Special to WID'S DAILY) Chicago— The fire at the plant of the American Film Co. at 6227 Broadway late Tuesday afternoon resulted in a loss of $50,000 to the company. The American plant was housed in a two story structure part of which was formerly used as a studio. In the building was stored thousands of feet of film, some in the process of assembling. J. Hobart Hutchinson, son of S. S. Hutchinson, president of the company, narrowly escaped serious injury when the floor collapsed. ATTENTION STATE RIGHT BUYERS We still have some territory open on high class one and five reel subjects. PACIFIC FILM COMPANY NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS Phone 61104 730 So. Olive St. Los Angeles, Cal. T. E. Hancock John J. 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