The Film Daily (1919)

In the Courts important decision concerning lability of the lessee of a motion e theater lias been handed down Appellate Division of the Su , Court in a suit of Cecile Seidlitz st Mayer S. Auerbach and Leo Weil involving a theater at 104 J6 West 110th street. The plain ued to recover $7,003 as the bal : of $7,500 remaining as security j ;ited when the theater was leased 14 at $.V)00 a year for 21 years. [e evidence showed that the de unts tore down two five-story instone houses to erect the theater because of the expense of $15,000 vtd the tenant was compelled to nit the $7,500 as security that the ■ would be carried out. The ten'iras evicted in 1017 and the propi sold and remodelled so that it i no longer be used as a theater. ,plaintiff contended that the de; remaining should be repaid for Reason and got a verdict in the I court. [)e Appellate Division in reversing • udgment for the plaintiff and disshg the complaint said : the tenant performs the lease landlord has a valuable property. lowever, the character of the ■ iborhood changes, or the motion ire loses its vogue, so that it no itr appeals to the public fancy, and property can no longer be leased •he purpose for which it is desigII and the property thrown back le landlord, he might be requirlarge expense to alter the build»to meet the changed conditions 't compelled to allow the build[O remain unoccupied for a long i of years, or at best accept a i rent." . jr this reason the Appellate Diviilrules t^at the defendants should ill the deposit. application to vacate a judg. by default for $44,312 obtained \fy a year ago by Leonce PerIgainst the Clara Kimball Young I Corporat'on on the ground that I ce of papers in the suit has been luide bv Federal Judge Knox, been made in the Supreme it by Karl W. Kircbwey, presiof the Clara Kimball Young . Corporation, in order to give : to the Federal court order, suit was brought nearly a year Jor breach of contract and when defendant did not answer suit dVau't judgment was entered, the C. K. Y. Film Corporagot an order from Justice pbaum transferring the case to ted States Court, where an „nn has just been made _ by ierendant for an order setting I the service of paners in the a^d vacating the judgment on {round that the service of the rs was not legal. Couns-i for £ opposed the amplication and I that the we be sent back ..se Supreme Court, but JiHge k decided for the d"fendant. The [fctifT must now bring a new aci and serve papers on a pro-er Per of the C. K. Y. Film Corwtion. iMi DAILY Tuesday, January 28, 1919 Comedy and Romance are Well Combined in First Rate Story Louise Huff in "HEART OF GOLD" World Pictures. DIRECTOR Travers Vale. mtt"OR L.ucyS&i*ei SCENARIO BY Clara S. Baranger. CAMERAMAN Philip Hatkm. AS A WHOLE Will interest on account cf human qua'ities and first rate production. STORY Old theme broug'-t up-to-date and developed with complications that hold suspense to the fini=K DIRECTION Good in making scenes seem natural most cf the wry, but rtns a bit wild in cour* room sequence. PHOTOGRAPHY Very good. LIGHTINGS Show vr> star to advantage and have enough variet'. CAMERA WORK Reveals discrimination in choir* cf an^le-. STAR Prettv and natural in sympathetic role. SUPPORT Johnny Hin-s stand out in comedy character; others suitable to parts. EXTRR'ORS Don't figure n-uch. INTERIORS Nothing distinctive but fill requirements. DETAIL CorreHy business gets across; slangy sub-titles responsible for a number of lau^s. CHARACTER OF STORY Wholesome enter tain-' en*. LENGTH OF PRODUCTION 5,134 feet. Fundamentally there's nothing new about the plot theme in this, but they've brcgM it up-to-date, or rat'er up to t^e summer of 10*8, and supplied a treatment that lifts the film out of the ordinary role. In several rejects it i= a bet*e*--than-aver^ge World Pict'T-s offeri-g and thoroughly well suited to the personality rwid scope of tue s*ar. The scenario development is expert, in that the sympathetic little s^ero's mis'ortrres pre mad" decideHly "intrikrt" and as one piece of bad luck follows another, no reasonable way of extricat'ng the g:rl from h°r diffio-Hes suggests itself to a crowd that hasn't been taken into the author's confidence. Sus penre is created and sympathy beig' tened for the young woman who is bc.ng cheated cn.t of her rights. It is the sort of a picture that fol cs must see through to tl e finish if they want to get the story right, and my g ess is that most of them will be in ercstcd enough to sit out the five reels. I oui c Huff is pretty and tie e is a child-like ingem 01 s appeal to her acting in the ro'e of the lit'le art'st-seamstress, who is robbed of her prize-winning des'gn. T> e star makes fn; ch of a heart interest characterization, whereas t' e comedy end .of the production is well l~o' ed af'er by Johnny Hincs as a hungry, jobless, slangy, impert'nent Irish youth, who unintentionally adds to the troubles of his sweetheart and then uses his w;ts and a good left hard wallop to stra'ghtcn mat'ers out. Pood direction is evidenced in mak'ng the come 'y interb'd-s a nat"nl part of the story an 1 the sub-ti'les work in smoot' ly with the characterization. No nlot_ bared on the t'-eft of an artist's prize-winning drawing can be termed sfrictly novel, hut the ang'e ta'-en here is fresh. Before the signing of the armisti e, t1,e standardization of women's apparel had been proposed as a part of the conservation program. The author assumes that a prize of $5000 hrs been offered for the best design of a khaki suit and builds up the story on that premise. Louise Huff, a g'rl w:th artistic aspirations, but no money, comes to New York as an apprentice seamstress for an avaricious modiste. Using the letter head of her employer, fee'i-g that an unknown would not be recognized, she submits a draw'ng which is awarded the prize. The model is credited to the mod:ste. who accepts it as her own, despite the protests of the g:rl Under the name of "Heart of Gold" the "conservation s"it hcorres all the r~ge and every effort of Loose's to establ'sh her rie'-t to the prize proves unavai'iner. Johnnv Hines thinks that he is doing a bright t'-ing when be engages a shyster lawyer to handle the rase for bis sweetheart, but instead of playing fair, the lawyer goes into partnership with the modiste. There's a l-'velv courtroom mix-up before they wind things up with th° $5 oco in tue p-oper purse. Among those in tve case a>-e Orace Harton, Marion Barney, Roland Fischer and Anthony Merlo. A Safe Bet. Mention Johnny Hines Along With the Star Box Office Analysis for the Exhibitor. This is my idea of a safe program picture, sufficiently general in its appeal to sa'isfy pretty nearly any sort of a gang and something that you can offer without being afraid of disappointing your regulars. I happened to see this run as the Saturday feature at a Broadway house and it sure did go over nicely. The matinee crowd paid close attention to the story and there was no walking out until the entire picture had been screened. The comedy supplied by Johnny Hines proved to be a b:g factor. Most tans will get a laugh ort of his broad humor helped considerably by the sub-titles. How much Louise Huff may be depended upon to draw customers to the box office is a question, for her pictures, on an average, have not been much to brag about; but now that she has something really entcrtaimng I world give the star every chance to make good with your crowd. It wouldn't cost a great deal to distribute little gold hearts with a picture of Miss Huff in the renter and publicity of the kind would be of value in the future, if you expect to handle World Pictures releases. Treat this as a comedy-romance with a lot of emphasis placed on the comedy. It will be worth while to let folks know that Johnny Hines has an important part in the story. In selecting your paper, pick out something that shows bim in comedy incidents with the star. For a catchline try :"Supposing you won a $5000 prize when you didn't have a penny, and somebody came along and stole both the glory and the cash, what would you do? Would you kceo your nerve like Louise Huff in 'Heart of Gold'? Perhaps, but see the picture." Another might read: "The resources of craftiness and wealth are against her; but the little countrv girl won out because she had a 'Heart of Gold'."' put a wallop! in your ADS ! ! Omon pandall ES&SK. gML TITLE/; AD /KETCHE/ C O M I C/ ep NEW VOOK VANDEOSUttT A 5 S I