The Film Daily (1921)

Tiisday, June 28, 1921! zjM& DAILY To the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America In your successful convention there will be — and for months there has been — much talk about domination or control of this industry by one or two factors. There is natural and proper complaint about excessive film rentals; complaint that there are no fixed price standards; that exhibitors never know in advance what rentals they are to pay; that exhibitors are subject to circusing and differing standards with each picture and by each individual company. I wish to tell your organization and all other exhibitors that the F. B. Warren Corporation has done exactly what the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America have discussed and planned to do. We have established a price rating system for every theatre in America; a rate per theatre of so many dollars per $100,000 of the national quota of a picture. We can tell any exhibitor now what his rate is and our national quotas are not revised upward after a picture has had a few "test showings." More than a million dollars is being invested in the formation of the F. B. Warren Corporation, with exchanges in 22 cities and the intention of increasing rapidly to 32 exchanges. Not a dollar of exhibitor money is being invested in production and the producers who release through our organization are financing their pictures in full through legitimate financial channels. F. B. Warren Corporation is the only organization of its kind in the world without a dollar of investment in production. We are not now — nor will we be — in the position where we will have to release to you weak or inferior product because we have an investment therein that must be gotten out. We have no such investment. You have all the benefits of a just and fair rating system devised by a man who has always kept his reputation in the motion picture industry clean — a rating system available to you without your being asked to buy a "franchise." Our rates are adjustable, based upon the actual trade conditions existing in your town. F.B.WARREN CORPORATION 154 0 Broadway New York City Incorporations dbauy, N. Y. — Findell Amusement Bldg Corp., New York. Capital, 0,000. Incorporators: J. P. and J. Finnerty and M. J. Delehanty. orney, M. Sulzberger, 565 5th e. i'bany, N. Y.— Bennett Pictures rp., Yonkers. 2,500 shares prered. stock, $100 each; 1,000 comn, no par value. Active capital, 5,000. Incorporators: M. L. LesL. R. Wakoff and C. S. Hervey. lorney, A. S. Friend, 366 Madison c. Ubany, N. Y. — E. and K. Amusent Corp., Brooklyn. Capital, ),000. Incorporators: M. and H. elhertz and M. Kraus. Attorney: Fliashnick, 874 Broadway. Dover, Del. — Shamrock Producing jrp. Capital $10,000. Incorrators: Bert C. Fassic, Lester A. chad and Abraham Kowel, Philaphia. Attorney: Amos A. Watson, )ver. Albany, N. Y.— New Navy Theater, •ooklyn. Capital, $10,000. Incorrators: J. Delia, C. A. Wachter and Pfeiffer Attorneys: Davenport d Corenr, 375 Pearl St., Brooklyn. Dover, Del.— Outdoor M. P. Corp. fpital, $100,000. Attorneys: Colonial larter Co., Wilmington. Bishop Disappears (Special to WID'S DAILY) Cincinnati — Manager Skirboll, of the Ohio Educational organization, is very much exercised over the disappearance of Ralph Bishop, who started work for him two weeks ago. Bishop was given $50 expense money and sent out on a trip through Sout! eastern Ohio and since that time not a word has been heard /rom him. McDermott With Fables Pictures Tom McDermott, special representative of fables Pictures, Inc., producers /ii Aesop's Fables Modernized,/Mas left for Chicago and the Middle West on a sales trip. "Beating the Game," is the title of the second co-starring venture of Edna Murphy and Johnnie Walker, under Fox auspices. Lightman Building (Special to WID'S DAILY) Atlanta — M. L. Lightman is bringing his interests nearer Atlanta. He has sold one of his theaters, located at Florence, Ala., and is building a new one at Madison, Ga. Lightman's major interests are in Little Rock, where his Princess and Plaza are located and in El Dorado, Ark., where he owns the Airdome. CLASS OF SERVICE SYMBOL Telegram Day Letter Glue Night Message Nit* Night Letter NL II none of these three symbols appears after the check (number of words) this is a telegram. Otherwise its character is Indicated by the symbol appearing after the check. WESTEJrm UNION AM IS* ■ WESTERN UNION NEWCOMB CARLTON, president GEORGE W. E. ATKINS. FIRST VICE PRESIDENT CLASS OF SERVICE SYMBOL Telegram Day Letter Blue Night Mesuje Nh-e Night Lettar NL It none of these three symbols appears after the check (number of words! this IP a telegram. .Other, wise its character is Indicated by the symbol appearing after the check. C68HD 14NL L0SANGELES CALIF JUNE 22 1921 HIRAM ABRAMS PRESIDENT UNITED ARTISTS 729 SEVENTH AVE NEWY0RK NY AM FORWARDING THE SPECIAL STILLS YOU ASKED FOR TONIGHT STOP WISH YOU WERE HERE TO SEE THE MAGNIFICENT MATERIAL WE HAVE ALREADY SHOT ON LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY STOP MISS PICKFORD IS SIMPLY GLORIOUS AND IM SURE THAT THIS PICTURE IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST PRODUCTION THAT HAS EVER GONE INTO THE THEATRES OF THE COUNTRY STOP PLEASE D0NT THINK IM TRYING TO BOOST THINGS WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION STOP YOU KNOW THAT I WILL BE FRANK WITH YOU AND YOU . CAN BANK ON THIS AS THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENT OF MARY PICKFORDS CAREER. BENNIE ZIEDMAN