The Film Daily (1921)

ai^ DA1L.V Saturday, January 22, 3 !1 i» Vol. XV No. 20 Sat. Jan. 22, 1921 Price 5 Cents Copyright 1921, Wid's Film and Film Folks, .ac\ Published Daily at IW»W* 44th M Mew York, N. Y., by WID'S FILMS and FILM FOLKS. INC. f C ("Wid") Gunning, President and Treaa orer Joaeph Dannenberg, Vice-President wd Editor; J. W. Alicoate, Secretary and Juaineaa Manager. Entered as second-class matter May 21 1918 it the post office at New York, N. Y.. undei ixe act of March 3, 1879. , erms (Postage free) United States, Outsidf if Greater New York, $10.00 one year , ♦ oontha, $S.0«; 3 months, $3.00. Foreiim 115.00. subscribers should remit with order vddr-as all communications to WID S DAILY. 71-73 West 44th St.. New Yora N. Y Telephone: Vanderbilt, 4SS1-4552 555* Hollywood, California dhorial and Business Offices: 6411 Holl. wood Blvd. Phone, Hollywood 1603 London Representative — W. A. William >a, Kineraatograph Weekly. 85 LongAcre ondon, W. C. 2. Paris Representative — Le Fito I*' Km ontmartre. Quotations La Bid. Askerl ^al« Famous Players . . 56 57^ 56^ do pfd 80 80/8 80 ♦Goldwyn 5V4 Sl/2 IJ W Griffith, Inc Not y noted Loew's, Inc 16& 17% 16J4 Triangle 7/16 7/16 7/16 World Film Not quoted •Quotations by H. Content & Co. Five Baker-Metro Prod. George D. Baker has signed a contract with S-L Pictures to make a series of five productions to bear his name. They will be made in the east and will be released by Metro. Change in Toledo, O. Toledo, O. — William James has sold out his interest in the Sun and James Amusement Co. to Peter Sun. The company operates the Rivoli and Toledo theaters here. The directors of the company met last week and elected the following officers: Ed G. Sourbier, president; C. Howard Crane, vice-president; Gus Sun, secretary; and Charles Olson, treasurer. Peter Sun will manage the Rivoli, which S. Barrett McCormick ran before he went to the coast. "The White Bottle," a two reeler produced by the Harry Levey Service Corp., was shown to the New York Milk Conference Board yesterday at its offices in the Candler Bldg. Nebraska To Act (Continued from Page 1) A second cersorship bill has been introduced, providing for a fine for showing pictures of a certain description and empowering county attorneys to prosecute. This bill was referred to the child welfare committee, which is also considering its own bill. Change in Ohio Censors? (.Special to WID'S DAILY) Cincinnati — Reports have reached here that some changes are contemplated in the present method of censoring pictures. Several moves are talked of: one to reduce the number on the board from four to one and another the taking of the appointment of the members from the industrial board and giving the governor that power. Hold Up Sunday Show (Special to WID'S DAILY) Princeton, Ind. — The United Theacers and Amusement Co. was served with a temporary injunction restraining the company from putting on a charity show at the Noble theater on ounday. It was charged the show was to be run for profit contrary to the Indiana law". Want Censors in Indiana Indianapolis — Senator Claude S. Steele has brought before the legislature a bill asking for the establishment of a censor board for this state. The petition states that pictures are 'argely responsible for the crime wave now sweeping the country. Elg:n Opposes Blue Laws Elgin, 111. — Four commissioners of the city council oppose blue laws and two are in favor of them. The Mayor is for them. An 18 episode serial, "The Diamond Queen" starring Eileen Sedgwick, !,as been completed by Universal and is now ready for release. Miss Sedgewick will make some two reel westerns for Universal. Stanley Opening Jan. 29 Philadelphia— -Saturday, Jan. 29 has been selected by the Stanley Co. for the opening of the new Stanley theater at 19th and Market Sts. Cecil B. DeMille's "Forbidden Fruit" will be the opening feature. The program for the opening will include a special tableaux direct from the Criterion theater, New York, arranged by Hugo Riesenfeld, who also wrote the music and directed the production. Riesenfeld will come here as a compliment to Stanley to conduct in person. Incorporations Albany, N. Y. — Parrot Films, New York. Capital. $10,500. Incorporaors. H. Huber, J. J. McNevin, W. ..twin, 518 W. 148th St. Albany, N. Y. — Steuben Theater Co., Corning, Steuben County, Capital $75,000. Incorporators: F. Gerber, J. J. Kelly and C. V. Stowell, Corning. Albany, N. Y. — No Blue Sunday League, New York. Capital $5,000. Incorporators: \Y. C. Appelberg, D. F. MacCallum and C. F. White, 1753 10th St.. Brooklyn. Albany, N. Y. — Middleton Theater Co., New York. Capital $100,000. Incorporators: W. V. Donovan, J. Quittner, and C. Pack. 769 Cauldwell Ave. Albany, N. Y. — Imperial Prod., New York. Capital $20,000. Incorporators: C. J. Keck, T. E. Kane and F. W. Dennis, 648 W. 160th St. Albany, N. Y. — A. L. Shay, Inc.. New York. Capital $150,000. Incorporators: A. L. Shay, Lillian E. McMahon and H. C. O'Connell, Hotel Lucerne, West 79 St., New York. Albany, N. Y. — San Gabriel Producing Co., New York. Capital $6,400. Incorporators Eleanor S. Benedict, S. A. Mcintosh and Clarence Lazarus, 539 W. 162 St., New York. Albany, N. Y. — Turges Amusement Corp., New York. Capital $15,000. Incorporators: Sidney Rothner, Max Frieder and Stephen S. Tolk, 257 W 179 St., New York. "Von" Buys Four Releases Herman F. Jans of Jans Pictures has concluded negotiations with J. E. Von Herberg of Seattle wherein the latter purchased "Madonnas and Men" for Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon. He also purchased the three Olive Tell pictures, "Love Without Question," "A Woman's Business' and "The Wings of Pride" for the same territory. E. Kenneth Todd, formerly in the publicity department of Universal, has resigned to join the sporting department of the Boston Traveler. ^ — — ^— — — — PatlieNe\\5 No. 7 NEW YORK CITY— A Goose Chase iiihe id i" V Of n S; est ht ar on an 0; real sense of the word. A goose, a gir! reins of silk — all that is needed for a "t in this unique race. WORCESTER, MASS— Fire "wave" ages Worcester. Over a score of blaz' unknown origin sweep city, causing a age of $1,500,000. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. (Except Louis, Indianapolis, Los Angeles) — L type of ditch-digger in action. R ry scoops mounted on a tractor are bein effectively used in reclamation work. LONDON, ENGLAND— All branches < government and labor are co-operatin as Britain seeks to solve unemployment oblem ; scenes of jobless gathering for big ade. CLEVELAND, OHIO —Play baseba! skates. A sparkling diamond of ice added attraction to players and far "America's national bame." IN THE LIMELIGHT— "Pussyfoot" tu, son in U. S. "When America is drj the millennium will have come," declares t isb "dry" crusader. NEW YORK CITY— A "preventoriun discarded boat. School is maintained o old ferry-boat for poor children susceptib to disease. CHICAGO ILL — First woman impresiD — Mary Garden, famous opera star, as aies "role" as director-general of the CI ago Opera. ROME, ITALY — Protest government licy in settling Fiume problem. Admire of D'Annunzio oppose Italian invasion of Fin:. WAVE AWAY THE CRIME WAVI-Or How Mr. Citizen Puts It Over On Mr Crook. Animated by Bert Green wit acknowledgement to Albert Frush. Barthelmess Borrowed Richard Barthelmess has been borrowed by Famous Players from D. W. Griffith, Inc., to appear as Youth in "Experience," which will be made into a George Fitzmaurice Prod., in the Long Island studios. Barthelmess' first starring picture which is to be from a story by Joseph Hergesheimer is being held up because the story lias not been properly whipped into shape. "Roxy" to Entertain The first national conference of motion pictures and musical interests which opens at the Astor on Monday, will make its first visit to a New York theater at the Capitol on Monday. Three hundred delegates will be the guests of S. L. Rothafel, who will adddress the conference on "Picture Showmanship through Music," and Erno Rapee, conductor of the Capitol Grand Orchestra, will deliver an exposition on the handling of the orchestra. The only type of poster ■ made by the RITCHEYi LITHO. CORP. are motion picture posters, — and) the only kind of motion^ picture poster we make is i the only kind worth having. RITCHE\ LITHO. CORF. 406 w. 31stSt,H.Y. Phone Chelsea 8381 Hugo Riesenfeld has prepared a special music score for Cecil B. DeMille's "Forbidden Fruit." OJV1CT0R KRE ER CLEAN HEEL! 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