The Film Daily (1921)

TskM Vol. XVI No. 89 Wednesday, June 29, 1921 Price 5 Cents Copyright 1921, Wid's Film and Film Folks, Inc., Published Daily at 71-73 West 44th St., New York. X. V.. by WID'S FILMS and FILM FOLKS. INC. F. C. ("Wid") Gunning, President and Treasurer ; Toseph Dannenberg, Vice-President and Editor; J. W. Alicoate, Secretary and Business Manager; J. A. Cron, Advertising Manager. Entered 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 WID'S 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. Williamson, Kinematograph Weekly, 85 Long Acre, London, W. C. 2. Paris Representative — -Le Film, 144 Rue Montmartre. Quotations Last Bid. Asked Sale Famous Players . . 57 59^ 59 do pfd Not quoted *GoIdwyn 3</2 4 D. W. Griffith, Inc Not quot-rl Loew's, Inc 10^ 103/4 WVs Triangle Y% fi Y% World Film Not quoted •Quotations by H. Content & Co. Next Week "Behind Masks." starring Dorothy Dalton, will he the feature at the Kialto next week and "The Great Moment," starring Gloria Swanson, at the Rivoli. Wilmington Theater Sold (Special to WID'S DAILY) Wilmington, Del. — Topkis-< linns Corp. have bought the Garrick on Market St. from Win. L. Dockstader, who, it is said, intends retiring from the busim New Ascher House (Special to WID'S DAILY) licago — Plans have been completed for a combination 16 story building and theater to he erected on W. Washington St. The theater will have a seating capacity of 2,800 and will he devoted to vaudeville and picture1-. This project is being undertaken h\ Ascher Bros., who have tly opened the Roosevelt on State New I : onn.— A new theater will i-d m West Haven for JI. I. r Mi; StlCE OP IHhWcXiHAM" Three German Units Zukor's Teuton Organization Being Developed Rapidly — Four Stars Under Contract (Special to WID'S DAILY) Berlin — Adolph Zukor's European Film Alliance is being rounded out rapidly. Three distinct producing units have been formed and four stars placed under contract. The producing units are the E. L. Film, the J. M. Film and the Max Reinhardt Films. The first is formed to make Ernst Lubitsch productions, and the second to make pictures by Joe May. The stars under contract are Pola Negri, Emil Jannings, Dagny Saerves and Harry Liedtke. George Jacoby will be another producer. In addition there are three other E. F. A. companies: the E. F. A. Films, the E. F. A. Studio Co. and the E. F. A. Theater Co. Albert Rachmann has been placed in general charge of all three companies. The board of directors is computed of Carl Bratz, Max Davidsohn, and councillor Wethauer. Jacob Karol is managing director of the commercial department and will be in general charge of distribution of Famous Players product for all of Central Europe. He was formerly with the Unione Cinematografica Ttaliane. The first film is already under way. Ernst Lubitsch is making it. He has secured a plot of ground 165,000 yards in area and on it is building an Egyptian village. The Story is called "Pharaoh's Wife," and in the east will be Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke and Dagny Saerves. Max Reinhardt is getting ready to film "Paradise Lost" and Joe May, "The Indian's Tomb." Blumenthal Sails Today Ben Blumenthal sails for Europe today. He will first go to Paris and then to Berlin. Stromberg Leaves Hunt S'trombcrg, former director of publicity for Thomas H. Ince, leaves today for the coast. 1 1 is understood he has closed a deal for a series of pictures with one of the important distributing companies. A poster may have artistic strength and advertising power. The RITCHEY POSTER has both. RITCHEY LITIIO. CORP. 406 W. 31st St., N.Y. Phone Chelsea 8388 DAILY 1 ' ' -— w— Wednesday, June 29, 1921 •coming CECIL B. DEMILLES PRODUCTION "The Affairs of Anatol By JEAN1E MACPHERSON Suggested by Arthur Schnitzler's play and the paraphrase thereof by Qranville Barker. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky With an all-star cast 55 Wallace Reid Elliott Dexter Monte Blue Theodore Roberts Theodore Kosloff Raymond Hatton Gloria Swanson Bebe Daniels Wanda Hawley Agnes Ayres Polly Moran Julia Faye The Greatest Money-Maker Any Exhibitor Ever Played CC paramount Cpidure l". I AMOIIM'I \>I RS I. \SKY CORPORATION V ' (3>A > i>