The Film Daily (1921)

DA1LV Wednesday, May 11, 192 (kte JkMADSTBEET Of FILHDOM Vol.XVlHo.41 Wednesday. May 11. 1921 Price 5 Cents Copyright 1921, Wid'e Film and Film FoDm. 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 lreas«rer; Joseph Dannenberg", Vice-President and Editor; J. W. Alicoate, Secretary and Business Manager. J. A. Cron, Advertising Enterfd as second-class matter May 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. Foreign $15.00. . . . Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to W iu & 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. Williamion, Kinematograph Weekly. 85 Long Acre, London, W. C. 2. _ Paris Representative— Le Film, 144 Kue Montmartre. Quotations ^ Last Bid. Asked. Sale Famous Players .. 77 1VA 78*4 do pfd 89 89 89 *Goldwyn 4y2 5 D. W. Griffith, Inc Not quoted Loew's, Inc., 18 \&% 18Ks Triangle M „ V» H World Film Not quoted ♦♦Quotations by H. Content & Co. Calnay Has Conklin Signed James Calnay, president of Olympian Prod., Inc., stated yesterday he had personally signed a long term contract with Charlie Conklin, to make two-reel comedies. Charles Conklin Comedies are expected to be released as Olympian Prod. Conklin, as noted, is suing the Atlas Film Co. of Los Angeles for salary. Switched (Special to WID'S DAILY) Los Angeles — Jack Ford, who has been directing Harry Carey, will become the mentor for Hoot Gibson, who is soon to begin work on a series of full length productions for Universal. His first story will be "The Mascotte of the Three Stars." Ed Rosenbaum, Jr., for some time attached to the Fox West Coast publicity staff, is back in New York. Mary Miles Minter is now at work on "Her Winning Way." Joseph Henabery is directing for Realart. Reaches 'Court (Continued from page 1) other .stockholders of the corporation, and names as defendants, Baumann, the corporation, and May C. Kenny, secretary, who it is alleged is acting under orders from Baumann. Sanders holds 100 shares of stock and Gilman says he bought 200 shares of the $1,000,000 capital, but that the stock has not been transferred to him because Baumann broke open a desk several days ago and took the stock ledger and stock certificate book. An affidavit by Kessel supporting the suit states that he refused to consent to the dissolution of the corporation, and that Baumann then stated that he would put the corporation out of business. It is alleged that in order to oust the corporation from its office at 1476 Broadway, where it sublet quarters from the Willat Studios and Laboratory, which owns $27,000 of the corporation's stock, and of which Baumann is president, he notified the stockholders that the Willat company was moving to its laboratory at Ft. Lee and the Kessel-Baumann Co. was going to quarters at 366 Madison Ave., where the plaintiff says Arthur S. Friend, personal attorney for Baumann, has his office. The plaintiffs also say that Baumann has called a meeting1 of the stockholders to increase the number of directors from four to seven. They want an injunction restraining the holding of the meeting on May 16, and ask that the defendants be compelled to give up the books to some person appointed by the court. Mr. Kessel said in his affidavit that Baumann is opening an office in the Knickerbocker building, where he will conduct business along the same line as the corporation and wants to put it out of business to be relieved of its competition. "Deception" Off Broadway^ Hugo Riesenfeld will not transfer "Deception" to the Rialto after all. The picture will round its fourth week at the Rivoli on Saturday night and will then be replaced at that theater by "Sham," starring Ethel Clayton. The Rialto will show "The Idol of the North," starring Dorothy Dalton, next week. Sol L. Klapper, attorney, has moved from the Godfrey Bldg. to the new Loew Bldg., where he has larger quarters. Newspaper Opinions "The Wild Goose"— F. Rialto P.-L. POST — This is another in the modern immorality series. DAILY NEWS— There's a real heartbreak in the telling of "The Wild Goose," a story of Gouverneur Morris which has been made into a very presentable picture. EVENING WORLD— Love of the child the forceful sermon in "The Wild Goose." "Gypsy Blood"— First National Strand POST — Millions will see this picture because it is "Carmen," because a great director has retained the tilings that have made Prosper Merimee's short story a classic, because a masterpiece has lost little or nothing for being transplanted. * * However, this fourth German film is in every respect the equal of its predecessors, and in some points their superior. "Moongold" — Dramanlms Criterion TRIBUNE—* * * An extremely beautifu production, so you don't mind much that :. is over-long. (jLt)l(t — William Rradley. when producing "Moongold," should not have piled so much action on its frail substance : it would have been twice as successful if half as long. "The Lost Romance"— F. P.-L. Criterion TRIBUNE—* * * It seems rather a pity that that particular romance ever was found ; it is verv uninteresting. GLOBE— The featured film is the least important number. It is marked chiefly by the fact that it is Edward Knobloch's original screen story, but that leaves it neither good nor bad enough for special comment. "The First Circus"— Tony Sarg's Almanac — Criterion GLOBE — Nevertheless, Tony Sarg's figures, for all that they are marionettes, have more relation to human life than these (referring to those in feature). Camden Exhibitors Get Together (Special to WID'S DAILY) Camden, N. J. — At a meeting held at the Grand, 18 theaters in this town banded together and formed a league with Joe Murphy as temporary chairman and Al Fridrichs, temporary secretary. The league was formed to combat the attempt on the part of the city council to increase the theater tax from 10 cents per seat to $1.25. One hundred million dollars mad in steel all ready to be dumped int the picture business. A Question of Day!'/ Oklahoma Men Meet (Special to WID'S DAILY) Dallas, Tex. — The Oklahoma Theater Owners' and Managers' Assn. convened here recently. A speaker, J. W. Sheppard of the Department of National Education of the State University, declared that the schools are using the choicest of films, and that 60 per cent of the output of motion pictures can be characterized as "rotten." A Cyclonic Hit! Maclyn Arbuckle IN "SQUIRE PHIN" (Continued from page 1) "Second, in this country we have fort;' eight state jurisdictions, each ot which wi probably have a censorship if New York seljj up one. Yet the movie industry, from J nature, must be conducted nationally. Thin of what will happen when nearly half a htn dred censorships, each with a different stanc = ard of taste, must pass on a film I It wi seriously interfere with — may even destroy 1 a great industry. Daily twenty millions noi attend cinema productions. It is no light thin hastily to throw a monkey wrench into I vast a piece of machinery. "Third, a better system of supervision be devised to guard than a capricious . autocratic censorship can possibly furs It is vitally important to secure that co eration from the leaders of the industry wL„ can be had for the asking. A commission given time to work out a plan, promises bet ! ter results than can flow from peremptor censorship, which the conscienceless proio cer will be led to fight and which will arm* such prejudices as to weaken the influeae of the decent producer. To achieve the eni the Governor has in view there are t> ways than a flat censorship. "The amusement of our people is a ter of most serious concern. No misun must be made in relation to the handling o far and away the most popular form of or M ganized entertainment. Governor Miller mi; well elect to follow time-proved principles aw not plunge the state into an innovatiot against the whole spirit of our laws and socia polity." The Evening World said editori ■ ally, in part: "The principal trouble with th« movies is that they are new. Father; and mothers are not much mor< familiar with motion pictures thar are the children. The natural censor C ship of public opinion will have its way before long." When RITCHEY posters accompany a film the exhibitor can be sure that the best advertising matter attainable is being furnished. RITCHEY LITHO. CORP. 406 W. 31st St.,N.Y. Phone Chelsea 8388