The Film Daily (1918)

Friday, November 22, 1918 iMA DAILY Vol. VI No. 46 Friday, November 22, 1918 Price 5c Published Daily 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 DBNIG, Editor 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; * 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 Cuts and Flashes The marriage of June Elvidge to Lieut. Frank C. Badgley of the Canadian Army took place Tuesday. The couple are now on their way to Canada where they will spend their honeymoon. An additional chapter has been added to the Universal special "Crashing Through to Berlin," which depicts the end of the war, shows the various celebrations, and advances as far as the coming peace conference H. K. Moss, who has been connected with the Chicago Triangle office for the past two years, has been appointed manager of the Detroit exchange, succeeding Dave Price, who is now with the Red Cross. J. Stuart Blackton has been advised that the Committee on Public Information, through Charles S. Hart, Director of the Division of Films, has decided to officially endorse "Safe for Democracy," the producer's "work-or-fight" picture which was written by Anthony Paul Kelly. Universal states that many exhibitors are booking Mildred Harris' "Borrowed Clothes" on the strength of her recent marriage to Charlie Chaplin. In many theatres arrangements are being made for an appearance of both these stars simultaneously in their latest productions. In "First Aid on the Piave," the American Red Cross foreign relief film, is pictured the first of the American Red Cross leaders in war work to have paid the supreme sacrifice — Lieut. Edward M. McKey. He was killed on the Piave while in command of Red Cross Rolling Canteen No. 1. Chicago's "Smile Film" CHICAGO. — Chicago's "smile film" has been completed at the Rothacker Film Mfg. Company's plant and was shipped to the Division of Films on Wednesday. The news of the completion of the picture of the relatives and sweethearts has been flashed across the water and the soldiers' paper, "Stars and Stripes," has advised the various units of the coming of the Smile Film. Every Y. M. C. A. director will post notices of the showing on Christmas week of the pictures. It will run one week in each hut. The films will also be shown in convalescent camps and during the holiday season will be shown in Chicago theatres. Oswald Stoll Representative Here George King, general manager of the Oswald Stoll Company of London, England, is in New York having arrived on the Megantic, the first steamer to show its lights after receiving word that the armistice had been signed. Oswald Stoll Co. is one of the largest British distributors and has the English rights to the Goldwyn productions. Normal Times Returning C. E. Shurtleff, general sales manager of the W. W. Hodkinson Corp., who has just returned from a trip in the central states, reports that conditions in that part of the country are promising. He states that the Hodkinson collections from exhibitors are on the pre-epidemic basis and that other exchange men are welcoming the return to normal times. Mr. Shurtleff declares that business in general is much better than he had been led to believe and that his trip was really a revelation to him. T. F. McTyer Dead General Film Company's southern district manager, T. F. McTyer, died in Atlanta on Nov. 19 after a severe illness of two weeks. He was one of General's most energetic and capable sales executives. Before taking the position which he held at the time of his death, Mr. McTyer was connected with the Paramount organization at Atlanta. He was one of the South's best-known film men and was noted for his successful methods. "Lafayette, We Come," Fictionized Robert W. Sneddon has fictionized the story of "Lafayette, We Come!" under the title of "The Veiled Princess," which will be published in the New York Evening World, exclusively, commencing next Monday to be completed in one week. Starting next Monday A. S. Abiles of W. W. Hodkinson will commence his duties at the Pathe exchange, 1600 Broadway, as sales manager of the Hodkinson productions. Decision Stands Application of K. & R. Film Co. Is Denied The Appellate Term of the Supreme Court has denied an application by the K. & R. Film Co., owner of "The Masque of Life," to appeal to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court from a recent decision of the Appellate Term of a vote of two to one reversing a judgment for $1,000 for the plaintiff in a suit against William A. Brady for breach of contract. The suit was based on the deliberate breach by Brady of a contract to lease the Playhouse at Wilmington, Del., to the plaintiff for "The Masque of Life" for four days beginning Dec. 18, 1916. The majority of the court decided that it was impossible to determine with accuracy how much the lost profits were but one justice held that the verdict was proper and that Brady should recompense fully the plaintiff for deliberate breach of the agreement. In applying for the appeal the plaintiff by O'Brien. Malevinsky & Driscoll cited the decision of the Appellate Division in a suit of the Broadway Photoplay Co. against the World Film Corporation, in which the Appellate Division permitted the plaintiff to collect estimated damages of $4,656 because the defendant broke an agreement to furnish plaintiff's theatre at 103d street and Broadway with a first run feature for 52 weeks. The attorneys pointed out that according to the capacity of the Playhouse the estimated maximum receipts would have been $3,599 and the minimum $1,335, judging from the way the film drew at Norfolk, Hagerstown, Cumberland, Lynchburg, Roanoke and Richmond, and that since the plaintiff's share would have been 50 per cent, the verdict for the plaintiff was reasonable. Showing Serial in Full Believing that a serial should be seen in its entirety before a correct estimate can be given of its value, Harry Raver of the Apollo Film Corporation, instituted a new plan for the benefit of trade reviewers, yesterday, when he showed the first twelve reels of "The Liberator," the serial starring Maciste. These reels were run off at the Miles projection room yesterday afternoon and the remaining twelve reels will be viewed this morning. Mr. Raver is confident that the picture has enough sustained interest to hold the attention of reviewers during the prolonged session. "Go West, Young Man," is nearing completion in the Goldwyn studios at Los Angeles. It is a fast-moving play and the novelty of seeing handsome Tom Moore in cow-boy attire, armed to the teeth with trusty six-shooters and ready to scrap at the drop of the hat, may be relied upon to delight the "fans."