The Film Daily (1918)

7>feBftADSTREET of FIE.MDOH Vol. VI, No. 8 mm Authority Monday, Oc^btr 14, 1918 \ == Price 5 Cents Tomorrow the Day Tomorrow will mark the hefining of the temporary shutdown during which the majority of the distributing companies will release no new pictures, serials and new reels excepted, and production will be virtually at'a standstill. Until November 9 exhibitors whose houses remain open will receive pictures issued prior to October 14. Following is a list of the companies that have adopted this means of meeting the situation caused by the Spanish influenza epidemic: Affiliated Distributors, Inc., Edgar Lewis Productions. Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, First National Exhibitors Circuit, Fox Film Corporation, General Film Company, Goldwyn Distributing Corporation, International Film Service, Inc., Ivan Film Productions, Inc., Metro Pictures Corporation, Mutual Film Corporation, M. H. Hoffman Exchanges, Pathe Exchanges, Inc., Select Pictures Corporation, Triangle Corporation, Universal Film Mfg. Co., William A. Brady Picture Plays, Inc., William L. Sherry Service, World Film Corporation, W. W. Hodkinson Corporation. Complete First Screencraft Frank Reicher has completed at the New Rochelle studios the first of the series of twelve features to be made by Screencraft Pictures. It is a sixreel adaptation of a novel by Edith Barnard Delano made by Eve Unsell and presents Mary Boland and Lucy Cotton in leading roles. Zukor Day Postponed Because of the fact that at the eleventh hour the time of the Liberty Parade on Fifth avenue was changed to the afternoon instead of in the morning, Adolph Zukor Day in the Liberty Loan Drive of the Stage Women's War Relief in front of the public library was postponed until this coming Saturday. NOT ALLOWED TO SELL STOCK Lincoln & Parker Film Co. Embarrassed by Restrictions Placed by War Finance Corp. That the Lincoln & Parker Film Co., of Worcester, Mass., producers of educational films for cc'hges and schools, is in serious financial difficulty is shown by an answer filed by the film company in the Supreme Court in a suit of Thomas A. Edison, Inc., to recover on a note, and by a suit against the film company by the Acme Lithographic Company, Inc. The papers also show that the company's predicament is due to inability to get the permission of the Government War Finance Corporation to sell its stock. The answer filed in the Edison suit alleges that the note sued on was made under a written agreement made March 20 last by which it was understood that if the defendant was prevented from selling its stock by any law or government regulation the time for making payments under the note would be postponed for the length of time the corporation was prevented from selling its stock. Thereafter the Federal law of April 5 was passed under which the Government was to reg ulate the issuance of all securities and no stock could be sold without permission. The answer states that on May 1 the capital issues committee of the War Finance Corporation notified the defendant that it would not permit the sale of the defendant's securities on the ground that such sale was not compatible with the national interest. For this reason the defendant asks time to make payment on the note. In the suit of the Acme Company an attachment has been granted against the property of the Lincoln & Parker company for a balance of $594 due for posters of the 'World Travel Series" and for sketches for posters for "Treasure House" and "Mines of Bolivia." A letter from F. H. Lincoln, president of the corporation, attached to the complaint, stated that the defendant was unable to pay the full amount due at present and that if the plaintiff took any legal action to collect it would only embarrass the film company and "would not yield five cents on the dollar." More Appointments Lee A. Ochs, vice president of United Picture Theatres, and C. R. Seelye, its secretary, continue their organizing tours in the interests of United. Mr! Ochs' field lies west to the Coast, while Mr. Seelye is busy in the middle west. New United branches are being established and in this connection Mr. Ochs has appointed Harry C. Arthur United manager in Portland, Ore., R. C. Montgomery in Seattle, and F. W. Gebhardt in Omaha. Milton Simon and H. J. Bayley have received similar appointments from Mr. Seelye in Cincinnati and Cleveland, respectively. Following the United-General Film arrangement these managers will have their offices in the General Film quarters in these cities. Four Fox Comedies ALBANY.— Nathan Frankel, Saul E. Rogers, and Charles W. Ames of New York City, are named as the principal stockholders of four newlyformed motion picture enterprises which were incorporated with Secretary of State Hugo last Friday. Each of the new corporations is capitalized at $10,000. They are the Fox Superior Motion Picture Company, Fox Motion Picture Exhibits Company, Fox Motion Picture Display Company and the William Fox Attractions Company. The principal office of all of the companies is located in New York City. The purposes of the new organizations are to own and operate theatres and other places of amusement and to deal generally in motion picture films and motion picture machines.