The Film Daily (1918)

Wednesday, August 21, 1918 DAILY Published Every Day in the Tear at 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. T. By WID'S FILMS & FILM FOLK, Inc. F. C. ("WID") GUNNING President and Treasurer LYNDE DENIG, Editor Entered at New York Post Office as Secondclass Matter Terms (Postage free) United States, OutBide of Greater New York, $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $20.00. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to WID'S DAILY, 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y. Telephone: Vanderbilt 4551—2 Guts and Flashes World Film will issue its last Ethel Clayton subject, entitled, "A Soul Without Windows," Sept. 30. Andrew C. Snyder, formerly general manager of the Dra-Ko Film Co., is in charge of the Greiver Distributing Corporation's New York office. C. L. Yearsley, advertising manager for the First National Exhibitors' Circuit, is on the sick list. He suffered an acute attack of ptomaine poisoning last week. Kitty Gordon is expecting to leave for the Coast in a few days to start work there on productions to be releads by United Picture Theatres, Inc. Jesse J. Goldberg has completed arrangements with the Interocean Film Co. whereby "The House of Mirrors," reissued as "My Husband's Friend," is sold for France and Switzerland. T. A. Leibler, Jr., head of the publicity department at the United Picture Theatres, Inc., has been called in the draft and will leave Saturday for Camp Greenleaf, Ga. His successor has not been appointed. The native Indian dramas scheduled for early release by^ the Educational Films Corporation include "An Indian Love Story," "A Raid on an Indian Village," "Tribal Ceremonies" and "War Dances." The First National Exhibitors' Circuit has prepared an elaborate press sheet for the exploitation of "Italy's Flaming Front." There are advance stories for the dailies as well as a special publicity campaign for putting over the picture in individual towns, as well as a series of cuts which are available to the exhibitor. TWO PLANS OF CAMPAIGN N. A. M. P. I. Fue/ Committee Confers With National Administrators in Washington WASHINGTON.— At a meeting of the Fuel Conservation Committee of the N. A. M. P. I. and the Fuel Administration in Washington, yesterday, plans were formulated for an educational campaign along two general lines. In the first place, there will be an effort to make the public realize the necessity of avoiding any waste of electricity, in order to conserve fuel, and in the second place the missionary work will be carried on in communities where there is an actual shortage that people may be instructed in making the most of what the.y have. President William A. Brady will appoint an additional committee oc five to work out the details of the plan, the committee to meet Thursday. To Meet Parker Conference With Priorities Commission Set for Friday WASHINGTON.— Wm. A. Brady, Frederick H. Elliott, Will Smith, E. S. Porter, J. H. Hallberg and A. J. Mitchell will confer with Judge E. 6. Parker of the Priorities Commission here on Friday. The data needed to show the financial status of the industry will be available by that time. Third Kenyon Picked Doris Kenyon's third production at the head of her own company, De Luxe Pictures, Inc., will be "Wild Honey," picturized by Louis Joseph Vance from the original story by Vingie E. Roe, which appeared early this summer in Pictorial Review. Blackton Using Old Studio Commodore J. Stuart Blackton is again occupying his Brooklyn studio, which he leased to William Fox when he went to the Coast last year. At present the plant is being used for the production of "The Common Cause," and later will be used for other Blackton productions. Jimmie Cruze's First Jimmie Cruze is hard at work on his first picture as a director. He is staging the production of "Someone and Somebody," in which Wallace Reid is to star. In the picture that is to follow this Donald Crisp will direct Reid. Joseph Hopp Appointed CHICAGO.— Joseph Hopp, wellknown in film circles as an exhibitor and recently vice-president of the Exhibitors' League, has been appointed by the American Film Company as its representative in the Chicago Pathe exchange, to look after the distribution of the Minter, Hayakawa and William Russell features. Fox Film Corp. has uprchased the rights to Fred Jackson's story, "A Stitch in Time." Directors Are Called Rembusch and Frank Here for Affiliated Conference Following the arrival of Frank J. Rembusch and Louis Frank of Chicago in New York yesterday, Charles C. Pettijohn called a directors' meeting of the Affiliated Distributors' Corp. for to-day. Important developments in regard to the Affiliated are expected to result from the meeting and Mr. Pettijohn probably will make an announcement before the end of the week. Mr. Rembusch and Mr. Frank will be in town until Friday. Sell Year of Metro Export and Import Co. Close Twelve-Month Contract for Brazil Ben Blumenthal, president of the Export and Import Film Company, announces that his company has just closed a contract for the entire Metro output for the next year for Brazil. With the signing of this contract, the company has disposed of the Metro productions for the entire world with the exception of the Central Powers. Arrow Film Sales John R. Van Arnum of Syracuse, N. Y., has purchased "The Perfect Model," a re-issue of "Inspiration," and four Kerrigan re-issues for northern New York from the Arrow Film Corp., which also has disposed of "My Husband's Friend" to the South Western Film Corp. of Dallas, for Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. "Fools of Fate" and four of the Lockwood reissues have been sold to the Day Film Corp., of Pittsburgh, for western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Finishes Patriotic Film Harold Lockwood has completed a patriotic picture for the Fourth Liberty Loan. This feature, which was directed by Edwin Carewe, is to be handled by the Treasury Department by courtesy of Metro Pictures.