The Film Daily (1921)

&AIL.Y ttbeN ews No. 41 K<5 PREPARE NEW OFFENSIVE KST THE TURKS— Picturs from linor. [ANS HONOR AMERICAN WAR | Imposing ceremonies mark the re of th body of th first Amncan solbe killed on the Italian front; scenes stre, Italy. ^ \RING STUNT ON THE BIG SL AT CONEY ISLAND Al . soldier of fortune, clambers over the r'ris wheel at New York's famous beach for the benefit of the cameramen, events from New York, Caribou, Cal., ngton. D. C, etc. [ohner Coming from Prague ius Kohner, the owner and pub: of the "International," a film : of Czecho-Slovakia, is due here Thursday. He is coming at the ition of Carl Laemmle, of Uni l ,hner, after a short visit here, will > Universal City to make a study merican production methods. • has with him a five-reel picture, ' Golden Wife," and a feature enL "Mountain Love," both prod by the A. B. Film ManufacturCo of Prague. He will also be ,e market for American produci to be sold abroad. In the Courts In an injunction suit filed in the Supreme Court by Jack Cohn of the C. B. C. Film Corp. against Leo Fox and Charles Panser he alleges that the defendants arc refusing to carry out an agreement to pay him a third of the proceeds of "The Wandering Jew." He asks the appointment of a receiver to take possession of the film. Cohn says that in March last Fox came to him and told him he had the distributing rights to "The Wandering Jew," featuring Rudolph Schildkraut, and wanted the C. B. C. Film Corp. to handle the film outside of New York. Fox asked for office space and an agreement was made by which Cohn, Panser and Fox were to share the profits equally. The defendants used his office at 1600 Broadway, Cohn said, and he helped them start the exhibition of the film. They received $600 for the first showing at the Majestic theater on Second Ave., but when payments for the film began to come in the defendants left his office and established one of their own at 136 West 46th St., telling him they intended to handle it themselves and they were not obligated to him. He says they are taking in $1,000 .a week. The C. B. C. Film Sales Corp. is arranging to distribute the film throughout the country on a $100,000 basis, he said. Thanks ! Bridgeport, Conn. Wid's Daily, New York, N. Y. Gentlemen: — As a subscriber to your valuable daily, we desire to congratulate you on your excellent >ond valuable reviews. We have perfect confidence in them since we feel that they are written in a disinterested spirit and in the best interests of the exhibitor by men who understand thoroughly the technique of their profession and who also understand public tastes. * * * Very truly yours, Poli's Theater. M. L. SAUNDERS, Manager. Company Buys Two (Special to WID'S DAILY) Bluefield, W. Va, — A company composed of Messrs. Bank, Hrown and Shore, all of Williamson, W. Va.; F. Midelberg, of Logan; and Ilyman Bros, of Huntington, has taken over the Colonial and Elks here, assuming charge Mar 14. The new company owns and controls 16 picture house* in West Virginia and Kentucky. L Photoplay Magazine Story 'he Gossamer Web," by John osco, which has been purchased Jniversal, was one of the first stories published in Photoplay azine in that publication s $14,000 >n contest. Supreme Court Justice Tierney has denied an application by the B. & H. Photoplay Corp., owner of the theater at 1945 Third Ave., to discharge the receiver appointed for the property in the Supreme Court in a suit by James Roddy to foreclose a mortgage for $8,000. The defendant said that the property is worth $40,000 and that the only other mortgage is one for $15,000. Samuel Bergoffen, president of the company, said that the foreclosure suit was brought not for failure to pay interest, but because a tax of $384 against the property is unpaid. Justice Tierney said that the property does not appear to be sufficient security to pay the existing liens and those about to be filed. Northwest Notes (Special to WID'S DAILY) Seattle — After a sermon by Rev. G. \V. Pettit of the Seventh Day Adventist Church his congregation adopted resolutions calling on Congress to kill compulsory Sunday observance bills, on the ground that they "are manifestly unAmerican, unchristian, unconstitutional, partial, and a piece of pure class legislation." S. P. Peck, after a long trip through Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, reports that the outlook for fall and winter business in that territory is splendid, since the wheat and fruit crops are looking fine. Carl Stearn, manager of Metro's office, is spending about 10 days in San Francisco at a convention of Pacific coast managers of the company. Ellis' Three Reeler Shown Tie High Road," a Carlyle Ellis ire in three reels made for the ation of girls and women, and ing for the most part with girls, its first public presentation bean audience of 2,000 men at the tral Y. W. C. A. of Brooklyn on day evening. Job" Kerr has been added to the e of directors at the Hal E. Roach lios. A suit by Angie H. Mattoni against the Cort Film and Ben Wise for $10,000 damages because she was injured on May 14, 1915, when a platform on which she was posing in "The Melting Pot" at Bayonne, N. J., collapsed, was dismissed in the Supreme Court hecause the case was not brought to trial. Toppenish, Wash.— Dr. H. W. Johnson is building a 1500-seat picture theater. Corvallis, Ore. — Trask and Strong are building a 600-seat theater to be called The Blue Mouse and modeled after the Blue Mouse in Seattle. Hood River. Ore. — A. S. Kolstad is building an 800-seat theater. . forthcoming Selznick Picture is mdcuffs or Kisses," starring ine Hammerstein. reorge Fawcett has been added to cast of "Peter Ibbetson." A Kiss in Time" is the title of a t Wanda Hawley release. An answer was filed in the Supreme Court by the Fox Film Corp. in a suit by Daniel G. Tomlinson for damages because he was discharged as general manager in France at $150 a week. The answer alleges that Tomlinson engaged in outside activities in violation of his agreement, was incompetent and failed to engage competent assistants. Greybull, Wyo.— J. P. building a 600-seat house. Mayer is A default judgment for $1,576 has been filed in the City Court against Chester Beecroft in a suit by the Peter H. White Co. to recover a balance due. Kent, Wash. — The Dream caught fire from a film last Tuesday, but the flames were extinguished before any damage was done outside of the projection room. Due in Sunday A. P. Aaronson, Alfred Weiss, Howard Dietz and Sam Echman of the Goldwyn organization, are due in New York on Sunday from Culver Calif., where they attended the annual convention of the company. WANTED TO BUY Negatives or Positives of Fairy Tales or similar productions. ESKAY HARRIS FEATURE FILM CO. 126 W. 46th St. N. Y. C. If you do not know who is the best comedian appearing in single reelers today, ask Dad — he knows AL*HAYNES (For the past few years with Christie) MAXIMUM RESULTS MINIMUM COST for the INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTOR PRODUCER BUYER Every Thursday in WID'S DAILY