The Film Daily (1919)

Thursday, January 23, 1919 mtfcji^E K^Ei£LOSb*tKa Vol. (II Ro. 22 Thurs., January 23, 1919. Price S Cents Copyright 1S18, Wid's Film and Film Folks, Inc. Published Daily at 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y. by WID'S FILMS and FILM FOLKS, Inc. F C. ("Wid") Gunning, President and Treasurer ; Lynde Denig, Editor ; Joseph Dmnnscberg, Vice-President and Managing Editor; J. W. Alicoate, Secretary and Business Manager. 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; 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. Y. Telephone: Vanderbilt 4551-2 Cuts and Flashes Select reports that the net rentals of the company for the week ending January 4 represent a high peak in the company's history. Matt Moore, Tom's brother, makes his first appearance in Goldwyn films as the leading man for Mae Marsh in her latest picture, ''The Bondage of Barbara." 'The Border Legion" gets blanket booking on Poli Circut ; to play Moore theaters in Washington. Six hundred wounded soldiers will see "The Fighting Roosevelts" to-day at noon ; at the Strand. The first trade, or organization and press showing of "Made in America" will be given late next week. The entire series, eight reels, will be displayed. Leo Feist is bringing out a new song entitled "Heart of Wetona", with words by Sidney D. Mitchell and music by Archie Gottler. The song is dedicated to Norma Talmadge and bears an autographed photograph of the Select star on the cover. It seems to be getting the fashion to dedicate songs to Norma Talmadgre. This is the third time she has been so honored. How the Combine Started. (Continued from Page 1) the big combine idea started as a joke I with the idea of getting some publicity. It began in a little squib item and the first thing you know it had spread to | big type, first page stories and extras, and then the big stars began to take 1 the idea seriously. What's going to be done I don't know. But it started 1 as a press story only. O'Brien Conferring With Stars (Special to WID'S DAILY) Los Angeles — Denis O'Brien, per I sonal representative and attorney [ for Mary Pickford, Douglas Fair j banks and others of the new com 1 bination, arrived here last Saturday and immediately went into conference with Fairbanks and others interested in the new combination. It is expected that any day a statement will be issued announcing the officers of the new corporation, and the distributng plans. New Theaters Redmond, Wash.— W. W. opened Victory. Van Mete St. Helens, opened. Ore.— W. H. Bower Grandview, Wash. — C. Van Winkkle and O. Sutton re-opened theater here. Enterprise, Ore. — O. now open. K. theater Wilmington, Del. — A a recent meeting of the City Council, the question of charging Immanuel P E. Church for a license for a motion picture theater was discussed. Church members have been giving shows once a week, the proceeds being applied to the church debt. QUOTATIONS Bid Asked Sale Famous Plavers 33 38 World % y2 Triangle 5/16 Y% Wonder why Jondee Williams is staying over in Los Angeles? They say the only things that will make a girl cry, are men and money. Alan Holubar discovered that in very little girls it's only money 'cause in "The Heart of Humanity" he had to make a group of children cry — and they just wouldn't or couldn't. He finally had a bright idea and holdin' up a silver dollar promised it to the child who cried the hardest. The children only giggled. One little girl wanted the dollar very much — but didn't want to cry for it. He held it away from her hand and she got so mad at him that she stamped her feet and raved and finally burst into angry tears. She cried so long and so loud that the other children became frightened and catchin' her spirit, started in to cry too — and he had his scene. All for a dollar! Priscilla Dean says that she has scrubbed more square feet of floor space than any office janitress of her own age in the country. I haven't been around much in offices so I can't say but the office janitresses that I have seen are far from Priscilla's tender age. Hugh Jeffrey is just gettin' over a telephone conversation he had the other day. He wanted an artist to come up to the studio to do some drawin'. When he got the number, this was the conversation: — "We'd like to make arrangements to have you come up to the Metro studio at once and bring your para phernalia with you." "What size box do you want?" "Oh, I don't know about that. Use your own judgment." "But who's dead?" "No one's dead. We want you to draw a picture for us." "Guess you've got the wrong number. This is the undertakers." When Fred Stone was makin' that circus picture "Under the Top," he | says he heard strange noises and had a feelin' that some one was hoverin' near him all the time. We don't need Sir Oliver to tell us it was P. T. Barnum wantin' to shake hands with him. After the success of "Skinner's Dress Suit" I guess Bryant Washburn •■ glad he's goin' to do another Saturday Evenin' Post Story. It's to be "Venus in the East" by Wallace Irwin. Faire Binney says "I want to do everything there is to do, whether it is pleasant or unpleasant. When I die, I want to feel that I have not missed a single pleasure, or a single pain. Ruth Roland is busy on her new .serial — between accidents. Paul Scardon has sent all his bull dogs to a boardin' school or somethin' up town. Hear Fred Warren is going to Edsel Ford to Los Angeles fo "jaunt." PUBLICITY Hy Mayer, cartoonist, has beenj cured to provide a series of illus tions for stories on "The Red Glc! Universale latest serial featuj Marie Walcamp. The Mayer ill trations with the stories will bell lished by leading daily newspaper' all parts of the country as parij Universale plan to co-operate ' exhibitors booking the serial. Universal has sent G. Ho* Mortimer to Baltimore, Washinjj and Cleveland to assist exhibitor! launching their publicity and adl tising campaigns on "The Heari] Humanity." In Washington, Mortimer presJ 1 "The Heart of Humanity" beij Secretary of War Baker, 'and o{ high government officials at the Pj Club and secured some valuable I operation for exhibitors by so doi Pathe Gets New Serial. Pathe will handle the new sej which is now in course of pro< tion by Western Photoplays, Aim Luther and Charles Hutchij play the leads. Exhibitors Wined and Dined Motion Picture Exhibitors Le; 1 of Brooklyn and Long Island he I Victory Dinner at the Impel Brooklyn. Tuesday evening at w| were present 250 guests. Professii] talent entertained the theater 11 Among the speakers were Bore Prsident Riegelman, County C Kelly. Health Commissioner C: land and Audrey Munson. Once Upon A Time HENRY WALTHALL was a lawyer in a small soutli town.