The Film Daily (1921)

DAILY Thursday, April 28, 19m Vol. XVI No.28 Thursday, April 28, 1921 Price 5 Cents Copyright 1921, Wid's *ita,»nd Fita FoJJm. Inc., Published Daily at 71 -73 West .44th St., New York, N. Y., by WID'S FILMS and FILM FOLKS, INC. F C ("Wid") Gunning, President and Ireas■rer Joseph Dannenberg, Vice-President and Editor ; J. W. Alicoate, Secretary and Business Manager. J. A. Cron, Advertising Enterfd'ks second-class matter ■ Mw 21 .1918 at the post office at New York. N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. , Terms (Postage free) United States, Outside of Greater New York, $10.00 one year; 6 months $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Fore.gn $15.00. . . . . Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to wiV DAILY, 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y. -„,„ Telephone; Vanderbilt, 4551-4552-5558 Hollywood, California. Editorial and Business Offices: 6411 Hollywood Blvd. Phone, Hollywood 1603. London Representative— W A. Wilham,on, Kinematograph Weekly. 85 Long Acre. London, W. C. 2. _ Paris Representative— Le Film, 144 Kue Montmartre. Quotations Last Bid. Asked. Sale Famous Players . . 785/8 813/8 80 do pfd 89/s 90 89/8 ^Goldwyn 45/s .5 D. W. Griffith, Inc Not quoted Loew's, Inc 18/, 19* 18H Triangle V& ^T * H World Film Not quoted ♦♦Quotations by H. Content & Co. Graphic Presentation Corp. Formed (Special to WID'S DAILY) Albany, N. Y.— The Graphic Presentation Corp. of New York has been formed here with a capitalization of $10,000. The incorporators are R. Walsten Chubb, Carl W. Painter and Irving Reynolds. Cravath and Henderson, 52" Williams St., New York, are the attorneys. The office of Cravath and Henderson yecterday refused to divulge any information relative to the new company. Involved in the Courts Again (Special to WID'S DAILY) Los Angeles — Bebe Daniels is made defendant in a civil action brought against her by Neil McCarthy, attorney on behalf of Mrs. Florence Mehan, who is suing for 10% of Miss Daniels' salary under the present contract. It is alleged that Mrs. Meehan acted as Miss Daniels' agent and was instrumental in closing the Realart contract. McCarthy claims his client is due $2,175 to date. The Daniels contract is said to run for three more years. "Anatol" for Fall Release Cecil DeMille's "The Affairs of atol" will be released by Farr. Players in the fall. Delmonte Changes Policy Agai (Special to WID'S DAILY) Kansas City, Mo. — The Delmc will change its pictures on Thurs and Saturday. This involves ano change of policy. T ■lies IB! I m I Oppose Proposed Baltimore Hoi (Special to WID'S DAILY) Baltimore. — The Peabody Heij Improvement Assoc, and the C Improvement and Protective As are opposing the building of a theater at 12-14 25th St. The most dynamic personality in moving pictures. Priscilla Dean in Carl Laemmle's newest UniversalJewel, "Reputation," directed by Stuart Paton. — Advt. Salley Films Sell Out (Special to WID'S DAILY) Atlanta — Salley Films, Inc., 1 sold out. But Bromber Attract and Frank Salley will continue to tribute the pictures they had at dissolution. Maurice Mitchell bought out O. K. Bourgeois. Dm h lit! 10 III I SI pro Hi [[ |tor Is Will Produce in San Diegc (Special to WID'S DAILY) Los Angeles — It has been dec that the Clara Smith Hamon pict will be made in San Diego. Fur details are not available. Putting It Over Here is how * brother exhibitor put his show over. Send along your ideas. Let the other fellow know how you cleaned up. With Ivan Abramson's "Mother Eternal" at the Casino real checks for 5 cents are being mailed out, made payable to the person to whom the letter is addressed and signed "Mother Eternal." Accompanying each check is a 'letter of explanation. About 10,000 checks have been mailed. The President and all of the heads of governments in Washington are said to have received checks, as have all of New York City's officials, judges, etc. Checks have been mailed to men prominent in the different professions. The checks are beiner mailed to every exhibitor in the United States and Canada. The letter of explanation: "My dear child : "For twenty-five years I have been most unhappy, but recently the clouds have lifted and I find myself in possession of happiness and wealth. "I love all my children so much that I want to share with them everything that I have. Your share of my fortune I enclose herewith. It may seem small, but there are so many millions of your brothres and sisters in the world and I want all of you to share equally. "Happiness, unfortunately, cannot be disbursed so easily, therefore I would like to meet you face to face and tell you my story, so that you may learn the secret of my new found happiness and spread it among my other children. "Affectionately yours, "MOTHER ETERNAL." In the Courts A jury before Justice Ford in the Supreme Court has returned a verdict of $20,750 in favor of Kitty Gordon against Gilbert M. Anderson and L. Lawrence Weber. Miss Gordon sued on a contract she signed for 32 weeks, in 1916. at $1,250 a week and a percentage of the net receipts of pictures in which she appeared. She alleged only one picture was produced and Anderson then dispensed with her services. "Four Horsemen" in Boston (Special to WID'S DAILY) Boston — Arrangements have ] completed by Metro to show " '^ Four Horsemen" at the Tree k Temple on May 1. Hughes in Three Dana Film (Special to WID'S DAILY) Los Angeles — Gareth Hug ™ Metro's featured player, will 1 Viola Dana's supporting companj her three forthcoming product: To do this, his own productions be postponed. In a new action filed in the Supreme Court by Harry Revier against the National Film Corp., David P. Howells, Inc., and Harry M. Rubey, president of National Film, he has obtained a temporary injunction restraining Howells and his corporation from making any payments to Rubey from "The Son of Tarzan." Harry Levey will address the Junior Advertising Club, 47 E. 25th St., tomorrow night on "How Movies Are Made." Ralph Dittenhoefer has filed an application in the Supreme Court to enter a judgment for $1,700 against the Victor Kremer Film Features and Kremer individually. He says that the sum is due on a note for $3,000 and that he was to have the right to enter judgment if the Kremer Company ddi not pay it off in instalments. Now It's Four (Special to WID'S DAILY) Montreal — Independent Am ment Co. has taken over the ] neau. It now operates, besides the Strand, Regent and M< Rouge. i it Supreme Court Justice McAvoy has granted an application by Ralph Dittenhoefer for permission to file a judgment against the Victor Kremer Feature Films and Victor Kremer for $1,700. The Federal Printing Co. has sued Arthur Guy Empey in the Supreme Court for $3,026 on notes. Who ever orders RITCHEY POSTERS is sure to possess both good taste and good judgment. RITCHEY LITHO. CORP. 406 W. 31st St.,N.Y. 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