The Film Daily (1921)

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B&ADSTREET FILMDOM 7/cRECOCHIZED Authority XVI No. 22 Friday, April 22, 1921 Price 5 Centi lolubar Signs ke Series for Associated First itional — Going to Europe Later On •e Allen Holubar and Dorothy : left for Los Angeles on Wed arrangements were completed y Associated First National stribute the future Holubar productions.1 director has outlined for fu>rk six productions, in four of Dorothy Phillips will appear, st two will be personally diby Holubar. The next two supervised by Holubar but sonally directed by him. The o will be in the nature of allecials. special productions, according snt plans, will be made in EuHolubar, upon his arrival on ist, will immediately get to n his first production. eaton Contract Pending of the reasons for Buster Keaistern trip was for the purpose ing a new contract for addiwo reelers with Metro. Kea1 WID'S DAILY that as yet tract had not been closed, but probably will be before he for the coast. « entally, the original plan of several pictures in the East en abandoned, according to Kane on Way West ur S. Kane is on his way to lgeles to confer with various i whose fortunes he and his ly are interested. : will spend much time at the of Charles Ray and will con o with Cyrus J. Williams and r J. Callaghan. P. Fritts accompanied Kane trip and the two stopped for days in Topeka, Kan. ^dolph Samuels Returns Special to WID'S DAILY) ita — Adolph Samuels has refrom a three months' trip l Western Europe. kinner Again ? iSpecial to WID'S DAILY) Angeles — Certain quarters here ing credence to the report that ■cinner will make a screen ver"The Honor of the Family." r's only screen appearance was lier's "Kismet" for Robertsonlease. Harry Sweet, snapped in a poignant moment in a Century Comedy, the hip clean laugh that you get every wee1* in the vear. — Advt. Getting Ready O'Reilly and M. P. T. O. Officials Going to Albany — Nat'l Asso. Discusses Situation Today Both officials of the M. P. T. O. of New York State and officials of the National Association are getting active in connection with the announced public hearing to be held before Governor Miller on Tuesday next on the Clayton-Lusk censorship bill. Charles O'Reilly, president of the Exhibitors' League, stated yesterday that he would go to Albany on Monday and that all the other officers of the organization would be present as well as John Mclnerney, the league's attorney. The National Association at noon today will hold a meeting at which it is expected the important film executives will attend. The meeting will take up the Albany question and methods of procedure will be mapped out. McCormick Moves Leaves Lesser — Gore Bros. Organization to Join the Aliens in Cleveland S. Barrett McCormick has left the Sol Lesser-Gore Bros, organization to join the Allen Bros, in the management of their new Allen theater in Cleveland. McCormick is one of the best known exhibitors in the country. He came East recently with Sol Lesser for whom he conducted the Ambassador theater in Los Angeles. Before that he was identified for some time with the Circle theater in Indianapolis, where his work in putting on shows earned for him a national reputation. He is now in West Baden, Ind., where the First National annual meeting is being held. The Allen is the larger of the two Allen theaters in Cleveland. It was opened on April 1. Fleckels Here. Maurice Fleckels of the Film Distributors' League is in town. He makes his headquarters in Chicago. Embargo Lifting Germany Gradually Permitting More Pictures to Go In — All Restrictions Off Later Private advices received in New York in the past few days indicate that the present restrictions on the importation of foreign-made pictures into Germany are being gradually removed. The information has it that the German Government is not officially announcing the removal of the embargo, but that the measure now in force will not be observed to the letter. It will be recalled that it was decided in Berlin to limit the number of foreign-made pictures imported into Germany to 15 per cent of the amount the country used in 1920. This percentage was to be divided into the three classes constituting the business: the distributor, the exhibitor and the producer. The limitation was considered necessary to foster home industry and enterprise.' One of the strongest reasons for permitting a laxity in enforcing the 15 per cent clause is said to be the impossibility of making an equitable division of the imported films among the various German film concerns. Large concerns like the U. F. A. nat(Continued on Page 2) M. P. D. A. Opposes German Films The M. P. D. A. in a lengthy statement issued yesterday afternoon officially announced its opposition to the "exploitation and exhibition of German made films in the United States for an indefinite period." The statement went into details as to the character of the pictures and characterized "Passion" and "Deception" as insidious propaganda. Metro Moves Next Week The Metro executive offices will move next week from the present location in the Longacre Bldg. to the 6th and 7th floor of the new building at Broadway and 45th St. The Loew Enterprises will occupy part of the 7th floor with Metro and all of the 8th. Still Free Betty Blythe, who is now in New York from the coast, has not signed any contracts, it is learned. It is understood that several offers have been made, among them one to appear as Mary in "Mar}', Queen of Scots," which J. Gordon Edwards will make in Europe. In the interim Miss Blythe is doing some spring shopping.