The Film Daily (1921)

zaH^s DAILY , Saturday, April 23 Today's Issue ATHENS, GREECE — First and exclusive pictures of the marriage of the Crown Prince of Roumania to Princess Eleni of Greece. Remarkable views of the pomp and splendor attending the ceremony. , NEW YORK — Tex Rickard names Thirty Acres as site of great Dempsey-Carpentier fight. Close-ups of Rickard and Carpentier. Dempsey in training at Freddy Welch s camp. Jack stages a bout and some unique training stunts. „, SAN PEDRO, CALIF. — Pacific Fleet prepares for contest with aeroplanes. Admiral Rodman directs target practice. Series of broadsides fired following orders from balloon observers. BOSTON, MASS.— Modern Paul Revere speeds over the old route of Revolutionary Hero. Crowds greet him in every town. Views of Harding's visit to New York, Viviani leaving for France, Some He-Vamps in Columbia Varsity Show, etc., etc. LEWIS J S LSfiEWS THE WORlfS C RE AT EST NEWS REEL 1 Phila. Ledger Starts Daily Page (Special to WID'S DAILY) Philadelphia— The Evening Ledger has decided to run a page of film news daily, thus reverting to its former policy. GC PHOTO ENGRAVING 1587-1589 BROADWAY DAY AND NIGHT TELEPHONE BRYANT 8 444-5 See KASSEL'S LOBBY ART PAINTINGS Lyric, "Queen of Sheba" Selwyn, "Connecticut Yankee" Park, "Over the Hill" Casino "Mother Eternal" Phone Bryant 7773-7774 When Ben Turpin was informed that his old sidekick Charlie Conklin had started producing independently, it knocked him cross-eyed. "IllAdvised" Move Is the Way Louis Auerbach Characterizes Agitation Against Foreign Pictures — Tells Why Louis Auerbach, vice-president of the Export and Import Film Co., Inc., one of the largest exporters in the business, yesterday characterized the agitation against the importation of foreign pictures as "ill-advised." Auerbach is in close touch with developments in the foreign market and is usually well informed on new developments in the field. He stated yesterday: "The producer in America when making pictures expects his foreign sales to carry a great deal of the production cost, and if through some illadvised action this source of revenue is reduced or taken away it will so reduce the income that many American companies will have a hard time existing. Those who are_ operating on a very small capital will fail. "In the exportation of films we have time and again encountered serious opposition from other countries who complain because their pictures are not being shown in the United States. England is agitating today against our pictures. We have assured them over and over again that whenever their pictures come up' to the standard of the American product we shall bring them before the American public. Although there are in this country today hundreds of pictures from England, Italy, Scandinavia, the Central Powers, etc., produced in the last four years, only three pictures have been shown; only three out of hundreds have been of the quality demanded by patrons of American motion picture theaters. "All countries have tried to refuse the importation of all commodities, including films, so as to keep their money at home. This applies to all parts of the world, and although the statement was made that Germany allows motion picture importations of only 2 per cent, this is not a fact They allow 15 per cent at the moment, and that is to be increased considerably. There are today in Germany probably twenty American pictures for every foreign picture that is in the United States. "The American exporter is making every effort to open up the big foreign market for American productions so as to keep the American producer of motion pictures busy and to give him again a new outlet for his product and increased income which for years, on account of the war, has been shut off. It is unfair and illogical, therefore, to hinder him at this late date with an agitation against foreign pictures. "The greatest films ever produced were historic films based on facts and history. First among these was 'Quo Vadis,' based on the Christian era; then came 'Cleopatra.' Mr. Griffith made 'The Birth of a Nation,' which deals with history, and so on down the line. Certainly no man can claim that 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,' which lately closed at the Capitol theater, is a propaganda film. No one ever has accused Shakespeare of being anti-British because he wrote plays that were bitter attacks upon Henry VIII, Richard III and other characters of history." 1st National's Stand Earl J. Hudson Explains the Baltimore-Chaplin Situation — Exhibitors Base Claim on Rider Earl J. Hudson, assistant to J. D. Williams of Associated First Nat'l, explained to WID'S DAILY yesterday his organization's stand on the Chaplin situation in Baltimore, where the Nixon-Nirdlinger interests, Chas. Whitehurst and Marcus Loew are seeking an injunction restraining the showing of "The Kid" at the Rivoli theater, operated by Guy L. Wonders. Mr. Hudson said: "The Victoria, operated by NixonNirdlinger; the Garden, operated by Charles Whitehurst, and the Hippodrome, a Loew house, held contracts made in 1917 for the Chaplin series. The contracts called for day and date showings. We explained to these exhibitors why it was necessary for us to secure additional rentals for 'The Kid' and endeavored to show that we were right by citing the established box office value of the picture. They insisted, however, on adhering to the terms of their old contracts. "The Rivoli theater is our subfranchise holder in Baltimore, and so we offered Mr. Wonders a day and date showing on 'The Kid.' The three theaters objected, basing their objections on a rider which they said was included in their copies of the Chaplin contracts. That rider, they state, gave the three houses exclusive day and date showings of the Chaplin pictures. The original contracts in the home office, however, contain no such riders and besides, all contracts are subject to the approval of the home office." Closes Foreign Contract by Phone L. H. Allen of the Foreign Markets Dist. Corp. was at the local end of the telephone and Vicente Blanco of Blanco and Martinez of Havana. Cuba, at the other end. The talk started and closed with the making of a contract covering the Vitagraph output for the year, beginning April 1. All over the telephone, too. New List From Review Board The National Board of Review has issued Bulletin No. 5 covering additional "Exceptional Photoplays." The list includes "The City of Silent Men," starring Thomas Meighan; "Deception," "The Passion Flower." starring Norma Talmadge, and "A Small Town Idol," with Ben Turpin. The first two are Paramount pictures, the third a First National release and the last Associated Producers, Inc. New Story for Edith Roberts Several stories have been bought by Universal. Among them is "Harbor Road," a novel by Sara Ware Bassett, which it is expected will be used as a vehicle for Edith Roberts. Watch for Plunkett I ": Joe Plunkett is a busy these days. Won't say what he's doing, but it's in ccj nection with "Bob Hampton ' Placer" at the Strand, begi| ning May 1. It's a good stunt. Watch f it. Hoover Trailers to Be Given Away Six hundred prints of the effective trailer used in the Hoover Drive are to be given away to women's organizations, schools, churches, libraries and other organizations or institutions which were active in the drive. Conditions 20% Off, Says Ke] "I find business conditions il motion picture industry in the f similar to those prevailing in the die West, which means about off normal," said Morris Kohn, ] art's president, upon returning to York from a tour of key cities il Eastern States. "While conditions now, as fa the exhibitors with whom I t; are concerned, are about 20% b what they have been, the preva impression seems to be that by there will be a change in the gei situation and most exhibitors looking to that time for impo1 developments," said Kohn. "In Detroit I found that exhib can see some improvement in c( tions and the same thing is tru Pittsburgh," he added. DIRECTOR' OF THE T RADIX A RELIABLE GUIDE FOR READY REFERENCE ACCOUNTANTS EDMONDS & BOUTON, INC. S6 Pine St., 1645 La Bret] New York City. Hollywood,* ADVERTISING— PUBLICIT MERRITT CRAWFORD The Screen Bulletin 904 Fitzgerald Bldg. Bryant I ROBERT EDGAR LONG Formerly With D. W. Griffith 1482 Broadway Bryant ARTISTS AND ART TITLE F. A. 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