The Film Daily (1919)

7/?BftADSTREET of FILMDOH < 74REC06HIZED KA mr AUTHORITY VOL. VII No. to Saturday, January n, 1919 Price 5 Cents Cut Weeklies Again Canadian Censors to Reduce Percentage of American Films. (Special to WW'S DAILY) Toronto — The Canadian Censors have recalled all American news weeklies for five weeks back to eliminate the "over-percentage of American news." The Canadian people have become antagonized because of the surplus of war films and as a result the Censor Board has been ordered to put into effect M. McGarry's order cutting American film about 50 percent. The Canadian despatch telling of the cutting of news weeklies did not occasion much comment from news weekly men. It did develop that the original ruling was a civil and not military one applicable to Ontario only. However, officers of other provinces report that they can do no business with the American weeklies and so are cutting them. Famous Players is distributing the Gaumont Graphic in Canada. Universal Current events and the Screen Telegram are entirely American. Pathe is showing a mixed edition of its British and French weeklies. News weekly men said it is impossible to secure any British or Canadian film to show in the weeklies. F.. B. Hatrick, manager of International News weekly service said that it was because of this Government's liberal policy and the conservative policy of the Allies that no British film appeared in the weeklies. English film appeared in the Official War Review only. All told about eight prints circulate in the Dominion. Gaumont and International expressed indifference as to whether their weeklies circulated in Canada. Branham Moves Assumes Management of Majestic, Detroit— C. C. Perry His Successor. Charles G. Branham. prominent for several years among Minneapolis motion picture exhibitors, has resigned as manager of the Strand. Mr. Branham has gone to Detroit and has assumed management there of the Majestic, with a seating capacity of 2100. Mr. Branham managed the Strand .Theater first for Saxe Bros, and later for Ruben and Finkelstein, when that concern assumed the lease. He has also been advertising; representative for the Strand, New Garrick, and New Lyric, the three big downtown, Minneapolis houses in the R and F string. Charles C. Perry, formerly ass'stant manager of the St. Paul New Garrick succeeds Branham as manager of the Strand. Mr. Perry comes from Camp Codv, N. M., where he has been managing the Liberty. Would Prohibit Sunday Pictures. Woonsocket, R. I. — A move is afoot in this city to prohibit the showing of pictures on Sunday. The agitation started as a result of a sermon in one of the leading churches here. After the sermon, a committee was appointed to take action on the question. Rainey Back in America. San Francisco — Paul J. Rainey, the African explorer who took pictures of his adventures in the Dark Continent has returned from Asia. He has with him films of the Czechs protecting the Trans-Siberian Railway and others showing the Bolsheviki at work. He is on his way east. Plans of New Exhibitors Organization Announced by Schaefer and Rembusch — All Through With N. A. M. P. I. — First Meeting Next Mont.i. — Dues, $25 a Year. No More Expositions. (Special to WID'S DAILY) Chicago — At last the exhibitors of America are to have a real organization, if the plans of Messrs. Schaefer and Rembusch materialize, and there is every reason to believe that they will. The late president of the Exhibitors Branch of the National Association of the Motion Picture Industry, and Secretary Rembusch, following a lengthy session with a number of prominent exhibitors, announced that plans had been "I could be happy with either were t'other deaf charmer away" perfected for a new and stronger organization of exhibitors. It will be known as the National Exhibitors Association. The N. E. A. is the result of a scheme upon which Messers. Schaefer and Rembusch have been working ever since the break with the producers body following its repudiation of the exhibitors request for a fifty-fifty represent tion in the N. A. M. P. I. The moved marks a definite ste away from the manufacturer's organi zation and will give the exhibitor greater scope and a free hand to work out their own destinies, for it "will con trol its own destinies and not be COD trolled," Mr. Schaefer announces. Every exhibitor and every theaterma in ibis country will be asked to paitiejpate in its government and shape its policies. The forming of the new leagiu has welded together the two former bodies— the M. P. E. A. and A. E. A. The new Association will be governed by a committee of 48 men, chosen from each state One of th unique planks of the N. E. A.'s nev platform is that there will be no mor moving picture expositionis, such have been held in the past. Though not definitely settled, it is tr tentative plan to assess each exhibitor member $25 a year dues. Out of this fund incidental expenses of the Association will be paid as well as financing any fights against adverse legislation, and it will be used to protect its members in other ways from unjust and burdensome local taxes. The new j association will be self sustaining through membership assessments. The representative from each state will be elected by the exhibitors from that s*~.te and from the men so chosen a competent man' to handle the affairs ', of the organization willbe elected. In d scussing the formation of the I new 1 -sociation Mr. Schaefer said: "The negotiations looking to a merger with t .. N. A. M. P. I. are dead and forgott n The idea has been entirely discard d. We have been busy for some time la ing plans for the campaign just launche 1 We have promised to give the e: rs a real, live, progressive organization and we are going to do it. We are going to demonstrate the actual ; dvantages of membership and we havf no doubt with these advantages apparem the membership will roll in very ra, idly." The fi st meeting of the new body will/'" be held :'bout the first week in February it is anr.Dunced.