The Film Daily (1918)

tMJ DAILY Friday, September 20, 1918 FROM THE NEW YORK COURTS Campbell Sues Kennedy Theatres, Inc. — Action Brought Against Consolidated Film Corp. is Dismissed Charles F. Campbell has filed suit in the Supreme Court against the Kennedy Theatres, Inc., to recover $15,289 alleged to be due as the unpaid balance for electrical supplies and materials furnished for the Symphony theatre amounting to $16,489. City Court Justice Zeller has granted an application by the Consolidated Film Corporation to dismiss a suit brought against it by William Birns, Inc. The plaintiff sued for $1,950 on the ground that the defendant rented bric-a-brac and furniture for use in the production, "The Crimson Stain Mystery," and failed to pay the amount agreed on. The case came to trial some months ago and the plaintiff tried to prove by Ben Goetz as the alleged manager of the defendant that he had power to make the contract sued on. The trial justice ruled that Goetz had no authority to make the agreement and declared the case a mistrial. Nothing has been done in the case since, although the plaintiff in opposing the application to dismiss the complaint said that the defendant has made offers of settlement amounting to half the claim, and the case had not been pushed for that reason. In supplementary proceedings by the Motion Picturt News against George W. Smith, booking agent at 143 Broadway, because of his failure to pay a judgment for $96.68, City Court Justice Zeller has appointed a receiver for Smith's property. He testified that he has claims against various persons for $1,360 and the receiver will try to collect something. In a suit of John B. O'Brien against the Mutual Film Co. to recover $20,000 damages for. breach of contract, Supreme Court Justice Philbin has directed the defend?"" to give particulars. The plaintiff must show a copy of the notice from the defendant transferring his activities to the Empire All Star Corporation, a copy of the defendant's statement denying responsibility, and a statement as to how he fixes his damage at $20,000. The defendant makes a countercalim for $5,000 for alleged misconduct by the plaintiff while in the defendant's employ. In a suit by Morris Talsky against John Auchincloss and others to recover for stock in the Kriterion Film Co. allotted to them, Auchincloss has filed an answer in the Supreme Court. The defendant denies that the capital stock of the Kriterion corporation issued to him for procuring the transfer to Kriterion of the assets of the Mica Film Co. was in excess of the value of the Mica stock and that the latter was worthless. He also denies that the directors of the Kriterion company elected on Nov. 30, 1914, were dummies. Lopez Is Moss Director John S. Lopez, who is responsible for the direction and scenario of Harry Rapf's latest production, "The Sins of the Children," was engaged yesterday by B. S. Moss to stage the latter's new six-reel production. Work on the picture will be started Monday at the Este studio, West 125th street. Big Special Started Metro announces that its big special, "Wilson or the Kaiser," has been started. Maxwell Karger is now completing the cast. The scenes now being taken for this feature are merely preliminary ones, however, for the principals have not as yet been decided upon. Tax Advances Another Stage WASHINGTON.— Exactly one day after the delegation of picture men headed by William A. Brady appeared before the Senate Finance Committee and presented arguments against the doubling of the admission tax to theatres, the House approved the section of the Revenue Bill that calls for taxes of $100,000,000 from theatre admissions. This does not mean that the bill itself has been passed by the House, but only that certain of the measures have been approved. The only salvation for the cause of the picture men lies with the Senate and Senate Finance Committee, which gets the bill after the House has either approved or disapproved it. The attitude of the Senate remains to be disclosed. BINDERS! for "WID'S DAILY" will cost $1. 75 each hereafter Let Exhibitors Help Exhibitors have been asked through the National Association to run slides in their theatres calling the attention of audiences to the necessity of saving fruit pits and nut shells to supply the Gas Defense Division with raw materials from which carbon can be made for use in gas masks. The following suggestions will be found helpful for slides: Save Peach Stones Over Here and Save the Lives of Americans Over There. Save Your Peach Stones — Dry Them and Send Them to the Red Cross. The Army Needs Them to Protect the Soldiers From the Enemy's Poisonous Gases. It's Like Throwing Away the Lives of Our Soldiers TO THROW AWAY PEACH ST.ONES. Help Save a Soldier's Life. Save Our Soldiers From Gas by Saving PEACH STONES. Read and Learn How You Can Do Your Part. Save All Peach, Plum, and Prune Stones, Also Shells From Walnuts, Hickory and Butternuts. Save the Lives of Our Soldiers by Saving Peach Stones, Apricot, Cherry, Prune and Olive Pits, Date Seeds, and Nut Shells. Two Hundred Peach Stones or Seven Pounds of Nut Shells Make Carbon Enough for One Gas Mask. Gas Masks Protect Our Soldiers— Your Boy, Some Mother's Boy, from Poisonous Gases. Know This? 200 PEACH STONES WILL MAKE CARBON ENOUGH FOR ONE GAS MASK. Save — Save the Lives of U. S. Soldiers by Saving Peach Stones. Delivered by Messenger Select Pictures Corporation has gone to considerable expense and trouble to deliver to first run accounts in four widely separated cities prints of Marion Davies' second Select picture, "The Burden of Proof." The cities in question are Indianapolis, Chicago, Washington and Richmond. Due to laboratory delays the delivery of prints to first run accounts in these cities became so late that it was impossible to catch the play dates arranged by the usual method of express shipment. Special messengers were decided upon.