The Film Daily (1918)

sM^ DAILY Friday, November 29, 1918 PICTURE MEN TO TAKE PART Industry Will Be Well Represented at Reconstruction Conference in Atlantic City It is expected that the motion picture industry, represented by a committee from the National Association, will play a prominent part in the War Emergency and Reconstruction Conference of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to be held at Atlantic City, December 4, 5 and 6. At the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Association held on November 14, the following committee of five was appointed to attend and take an active part in this conference. Adolph Zukor representing the producers division, Peter J. Schaefer representing the exhibitors branch, Will C. Smith representing the supply and equipment division, and Walter W. Irwin representing the distributors division, and John Flinn representing the general division. This committee will be augmented by the two National Councillors representing the Association in the deliberations of the Chamber of Commerce, President William A. Brady and Executive Secretary Frederick H. Elliott. Reservations have been made for this representation of seven from the Association at the Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City, for the full duration of the conference. This conference will be attended by the industrial chiefs of the United States as well as by a distinguished list of Government officials including several members of the Cabinet. Representatives of over 3900 companies will gather together and discuss the problems that have been brought about by the war and the conclusion of peace. This is the first time in its history that the motion picture industry has been placed on a par with the other great industries of the country and has become a part of the deliberations of a nation-wide business conference such as this gathering promises to be. As a result of this conference the representatives of the motion picture industry will be brought into closer contact with the high executive officials and the representatives of the biggest business organizations in the United States. It is expected that the conference will be the greatest gathering of the big business men of the United States ever assembled together at one time. The president and high executive' officials of the great industries have received invitations to be present and there is every reason to believe that they will be there when the first meeting is called. Biljie Rhodes' latest picture, "The Girl of My Dreams," will be released December 13 by the Affiliated Distributors Corp. First of U. S. A. Series "When Your Soldier's Hit," the first of the U. S. A. Series of tworeelers announced by the Division of Films, will be released December 23. "The Bath of Bullets," which was scheduled for the second picture of the series, has been set back, and the first release will be followed in January by "Wings of Victory," which tells the story of how, after seemingly unsurmountable difficulties, the production of war planes in the United States reached notable proportions. Trade Showings Next Week Invitations have been sent to exhibitors of New York state and contiguous territory for a private showing of J. Stuart Blackton's production, "The Common Cause," to be held in the Rialto theatre. New York City at 10 o'clock next Tuesday morning. All branch exchanges of the Vitagraph distributing organization, through which the production is being released, have arranged for similar exhibitions, with the result that there will be trade showings all over the United States and Canada at about the same time. Searching the Classics Universal has issued an annuncement that it is in the market for big plays, old or new, from the spoken stage, or big novels or stories, old or new. The material is sought for adaptation to forthcoming productions by this company. It was stated that the Universal has adopted the policy of producing several big pictures based on literary classics. The name of the story or play, or that of its author will be employed as the principal asset of the film in each case, and that of the star will be secondarv. Jack Levy Appointed Jack Levy, former Fox manager, has been appointed United Picture Theatres representative with headquarters in Philadelphia and a general supervision of the Pittsburgh and Washington branches. Mr. Levy's experience has been both wide and varied. During the past twelve years he has made many friends in Washington, Philadelphia and New York territories, both while representing the Greater New York Film Corp. and the Fox Film Corp. Mildred Harris has finished work on her latest picture, called "Forbidden." It was written by E. V. Durling, the California representative of the Morning Telegraph. It is based on the Pandora mvth. Companies Formed Six Concerns Granted Charters in New York ALBANY. — Six new motion picture corporations having a total capitalization of $137,000 were granted charters by the secretary of state during the past week. All of the new companies are located in New York City, the largest being the American Cinema Corp. with a capital stock of $100,000. A list of the new corporations follows: Frank Keenan Productions, Inc., New York City. To produce motion picture films and maintain an exchange, also to engage in the theatrical business. Capital, $10,000. Directors: Frank Keenan, Katherine Keenan and Lillian E. McMahon, Laurelton, Long Island. American Cinema Corporation, New York City. To provide for the production of motion picture and photoplay films of all kinds, to construct and operate theatres for theatrical purposes. Capital, $100,000. Directors: Frederick W. Ritter, S. P. Blackman, and Thomas F. Dwyer, 30 East 42d Street, New York City. Bulls Eye Film Corp, New York City. Motion pictures and vaudeville offerings. Capital, $5,000. Directors: Milton L. Cohen, William A. Moore, and Jeanne Sklar, 729 Seventh avenue, New York City. Wilrico Amusements Construction Company, Brooklyn, N. Y. Motion pictures and other amusement attractions. Capital, $10,000. Directors: Thomas F. Wilson, John D. Errico and Frederick A. Schaffner, Rutherford, N. J. Magnet Productions Corporation, New York City. To manufacture and deal generally in motion picture films of various kinds. Capital, $2,000. Directors: Harry Wolfe, F. Lipnick and A. Kocrner, 55 Liberty St., New York City. Lynn Film Company, Inc., New York City. To manufacture and exhibit motion picture films. Capital, $10,000. Directors: A. Goldberg, Joseph Greenberg and Morris Seltzer, 11 East 112th St., New York City. Takes Brooklyn District Recent appointments to the sales and field forces of United Picture Theatres of America, Inc., include that of Ben Levine to the Brooklyn district where Mr. Levine enters upon his duties the coming week. Mr. Levine is well known among Brooklyn exhibitors through his association, since the inception of that body, with the First National Exhibitors' Circuit. Claud Patin, of the Beacon Films, plans to sail for France shortly after Christmas. He is making the trip to try and Americanize some of the French productions, and will probably be in France three or four months.