The Film Daily (1918)

luiuay, November 29, 1918 jsid^ DAILY Vol. VI No. 52 Friday, November 29, 1918 Price 5c Published Daily at 71-73 West 44th St. New York, N. T. By WID'S FILMS 6 FILM FOLK, Inc. F. C. ("WID") GUNNING President and Treasurer LYNDE DENIG, 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, 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. T. Telephone: Vanderbilt 4551—2 Cuts and Flashes Priscilla Dean's latest Bluebird is temporarily entitled "Miss Doris — Safe Cracker." O. George Brantigan, cameraman for J. Stuart Blackton, is out again after an illness of several weeks. Chas. J. Brabin will direct Evelyn Nesbit in his next picture for Fox. Louis Bernstein has had his name officially changed to Louis Burston. Mae Murray is in town, stopping at the Claridere. Alan Holubar and his wife Dorothy Phillips are expected to arrive tomorrow from California. Harry Grossman has gone to Chicago in the interest of the Houdini serial, "The Master Mystery." J. Gordon Edwards has just begun work on his thirty-first picture for Fox Film Corp. William Stoermer announces that his forthcoming production, "The Tidal Wave" will open in New York without the usual preliminary showing. Louise Huff has been engaged by Famous Players-Lasky Co. to play opposite Ernest Truex in the new John Emerson-Anita Loos production, "When the Boys Come Home." Mildred Moore has been engaged as the new leading woman of LyonsMoran comedies, taking the place of Dorothy DeVere. Miss Moore has previously played many light comedy roles in Universal and Bluebird productions. Paramount-Artcraft Releases The Famous Players-Lasky Corporation will release nine Paramount pictures, five Artcraft pictures and one Paramount-Artcraft Special during the month of December, aside from the Success Series films and the short subjects. The new Paramount releases for next month are: Enid Bennett in "Fuss and Feathers;" Wallace Reid, "Too Many Millions;" Shirley Mason and Ernest Truex in "Good-Bye Bill," an Emerson-Loos production; Charles Ray in "String Beans;" Ethel Clayton, "The Mystery Girl;" Dorothy Dalton, "Quicksand;" Marguerite Clark, "Little Miss Hoover;" Dorothy Gish, "The Hope Chest," and Bryant Washburn, "The Way of a Man With a Maid." The Artcraft pictures are: Elsie Ferguson in "Under the Greenwood Tree;" D. W. Griffith's, "The Greatest Thing in Life;" Douglas Fairbanks, "Arizona;" William S. Hart, "Branding Broadway;" Cecil B. DeMille's "The Squaw Man." The ParamountArtcraft special production is Maurice Tourneur's "Sporting Life," recently purchased by Famous Players-Lasky. Lou Baum, formerly handling the Jewel ' features of the Universal exchange at Cincinnati, has been appointed manager of that exchange, J. M. Johnston is now handling the special Universal attractions. Carl Harbaugh, formerly with the Fox company, recently completed a new picture for Warner Bros. The new production has not yet been titled, but will be ready for release early in January. From the Courts McKee Asks $25,000 in Suit For Damages Because of the publication of an article in which he was accused of being a member of a band of pro-German sympathizers who were burning moving picture theatres along the Tennessee and Kentucky State lines where Ambassador Gerard's "My Four Years in Germany" was booked, Ray McKee, who says he has received substantial salaries for acting for leading motion picture producers, has filed suit in the Supreme Court against the Moving Picture World for $25,000 damages. The plaintiff alleges that he was featured in "The Unbeliever," "The Spirit of the Red Cross" and "Keep Fit to Fight," government propaganda films in which he played roles of the highest character and patriotism, and since March 2 last has been a soldier in the National Army. He alleges that he has never committed any crimes or acts injurious to the United States and has never been pro-German, before the war or since, but that on July 6 last the Moving Picture World published a news letter from Nashville, Tenn., stating that the United States Marines were looking for Philip Lindicuff, alias Ray McKee, on charges of being a member of the picture theatre burning band. He alleges that the statements, if true, would have subjected him not only to imprisonment, but to death, and were entirely false. Before another year rolls around exhibitors may have more small favors to be thankful for. Supreme Court Justice Platzek has dismissed the suit of Robert H. Davis and William H. Cowen, owner of the club house formerly occupied by the Screen Club, against the club to recover damages for loss of rent from the premises after the club was dispossessed for non-payment of rent. The attorney for the plaintiff's did not appear when the suit was called. A suit of Rebecca Snyder against the Elite Amusement Company to recover damages for personal injuries has been discontinued by Supreme Court Justice Gavegan because the case has been settled. "Birth of a Race" Premiere CHICAGO. — The long heralded and much-discussed "Birth of a Race" film has at last been finished and will be given its premiere at the Blackstone Theatre, December 1. A thirty-piece orchestra has been engaged and will render a specially arranged score written by Joseph Breil, composer of "The Birth of a Nation" and "Intolerance" music. Special settings are being installed for the feature. Kempton Greene has been signed in the cast of the Gladys Leslie's picture for Vitagraph under the direction of Joseph Gleason, it is called "Beth." Greene just finished working in a World picture starring Louise Huff.