The Film Daily (1921)

lie B&ADST ftiET 0/ FILWDOM 7^recochized Authority fOL. XV No. 20 Saturday, January 22, 1921 Price 5 Cent! Big Booking Deal ibout to Be Closed Between Famous Players, Lcew and U. B. O. — Covers 6 Months' Product An important deal, effecting local ■rritory, is about to be closed. It a tbree cornered affair involving anions Players, the Greater New ork circuit of Loew's theaters and ie U. B. O. It calls for the playing of the 49 ictures which Paramount will rease between March 1 and Aug. 31. oew and the U. B. O. have some )rt of an arrangement whereby each rcuit takes, roughly speaking, 50'/< the pictures involved. In point of the number of booking lys covered by the deal, it is imirtant. Loew offers about 100 days each picture and the U. B. O. about e same. Since each will have about pictures, the total number of days volved in the deal is about 5.000. Not Interested M. P. T. O. officials stated yesteriy that they had no interest whater in the claim filed against the Dmmi'.tee of 17 by Myron Sulzber■r for $2,415. After Six Outside Productions The Hodkinson release list, it is ited, is being so arranged as to ive space for approximately six ecial productions which will be se:ted from the independent producl field. Announcing the Hampton Article Some of the morning papers yesday morning carried full page anuncements of the current issue of : Pictorial Review in which apirs "Too Much Sex Stuff in the avies," the first of a series of arles by Benjamin B. Hampton: er series is in connection with a "tter pictures" campaign which the .'torial Review and Hampton are ugurating. Special To Make Features? t was reported from the coast yesday that Special Pictures Corp. 1 enter the feature field with Louis Thompson in charge. Thompson, was reported, resigns the ^jfresiicy to handle this work. Frank Uier, a Los Angeles attorney, is newly elected president, and C. C. tig, former business manager is leral manager. I. J. Roberts, general sales man r, has resigned. Thomas H. Ince has overlooked nothing in story value, cast, settings and d recticn to make "Lying Lips" his master effort in film production. Releato'j everywhere January 30th. — Advt. Nebraska To Act (Special to WID'S DAILY) Lincoln. Neb. — The fight against state censorship is on in Nebraska. A child welfare commission has introduced a bill which provides for a board of three censors, with an office force of about nine people. The censors are to receive $3,000 a year salary, and money will be allowed to pay the cost of maintaining the censorship office. The advocates of the bill are maintaining that it will bring no additional cost upon the state, as the fees from the picture companies will be sufficient to pay all expenses. The bill also provides Sunday closing. A committee is here representing the exhibitors in their fight. Throughout the state exhibitors are circulating petitions which declare that the public is in favor of the defeat of the censorship bill. In every theater a small table is maintained near the entrance, and all patrons are invited to sign the petitions which are kept on the table. (Continued on Page 2) Still Free Lillian Gish stated yesterday morning that contrary to published reports, she has not definitely determined to make a picture for Anne Morgan or for anyone else, for that matter. The report had it that Miss Morgan would take over the two reels of "The World's Shadows" which Jerome Storm directed for Frohman Amusement and finish it with Miss Gish. Miss Gish admitted that she had seen Miss Morgan and that the matter had been discussed but stated quite definitely that nothing had not been closed. Reichenbach Gees to Boston Boston — Harry Reichenbach is here to arrange for the opening of "Outside the Law" at the Park theater for a week. Vogel Gets 'The Kid* Will Handle the Feature in All Countries Except United States and Canada William N. Vogel, of the Will. am N. Vogel Prod., has closed a contract with Associated First National for the distribution of Chaplin's "The Kid" in all countries throughout ti.e world with the exception of the United Slates and Canada. Vogel is handling the regular First National-Chaplins for the foreign market but in connection with "Tne i\id" a special deal was made since the picture is of feature length and is in the nature of a special. Alleged Promoters Held The Evening Sun yesterday published, in part, the following dispatd from Kansas City, Mo.: "Dreams of becoming cinema stars are being shattered today in the minds of scores of girls throughou. the middle west as a result 01 the bursting of an alleged promotion bubble here known as the International Pictures Corp. "Hubert Settles and his wife are under arrest, and post office inspectors say the}' have scores of letters from girls ambitious to be screen heroines, and also the engraved replies." Warners in Mecca Bldg. Warner Bros, have leased part of the sixth floor of the Mecca Bldg., 1600 Broadway and will move in about F"eb. 1. Part of the space will be used for the Federated Kxchange which Warners now own in assoc.ation with the Apollo Trading Co. First Dividend D. W. Griffith, Inc., has declared its first dividend. It is $1, payable on the Class A stock of the corporation on March 4 to stockholders of record at the close of business on Feb. 26. Payable Feb. 1 Famous Players will pay on Feb. 1 a $2 quarterly dividend on the preferred stock of the corporation. Tnere are 100,000 shares of this issue outstanding. The dividend will be pa.* able to stockholders of record at the ciose of business on Jan. 15. Tex Rickani's Officiaf Pictures Demjsey and Breiihari Contest. Now hooking \ R Grearhoiise; HU \V. t5th St. Bry. 5741— Ad.