The Film Daily (1919)

Wednesday, January 29, 1919 ■»*.(i DAILY f— ti)jffi£ 'ol. Ill No. 28 Wednesdai, January 29 1919 Price 5 Cents v..,pyriBhi 1918, Wids Film and Film Folks, l.io. Pullisl.ed Daily at 71-73 West 44th St.. New Yoik, N. Y. by WID'S FILMS and HLM FL LKS. Inc. F C. t"Wid") Gunning, President and 'treasurer: Lynde Denig, Editor; Joseph bnnnenbeig, Vice-President and Managing ftditor : J. W. Alicoate, Secretary and Business Manager. entered as second-class matter May 21, 1918, •it the post oft ice 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 mouths, $3.00. Foreign J20.00. Subscribers should remit with order v idress all communications to WID'S DAILY, 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y. Telephone: Vanderbilt 4551-2 Cuts and Flashes Manager Kashin of the Broadway and Symphony is in Atlantic City where he will enjoy a week's rest. William Courtney and Jane Grey will supplant Fay Bainter in the seventh Stage Women's War Relief film, "The Inner Circle". "The Heart of Humanity" has been booked for a month's run at the Shubert, Minneapolis, beginning the second week in February J. Horace Mortimer who handled the publicity for "The Heart of Humanity" at the Broadway has gone to Chicago to do the press work at the opening of the film there. William Farnum, who is making a picture of jungle life in Miami, recently escaped serious injury in filmin •.:■ a scene in which he was trapped in a blazing hut. fobyna Howland, who is now playiii; the part of Mrs. Welch in "The Little Journey" at the Little Theater, is posing for the picture founded on "Nancy Lee," Eugene Walter's play recently purchased for Norma Talmadge. Who has secured Lewis Stone? Fkst Frederick Release. Goldwyn's first Pauline Frederick production scheduled for release on February 16, is announced as "The Woman on the Index," by George Broadhurst. "Ravished Armenia" as a Special. After being given in hotel ballrooms as a social charitable feature with tickets at $io each "Ravished Armenia" will probably go out as t special for exhibition in houses for at $1 top. Two New Metros Started. Two new Metro productions are under way at Hollywood. One with Bert Lytell called "The Blind Man's Eyes," directed by John Ince. Lytell is surrounded by a notable cast including: Frank Currier, Naomi Childers, Joseph Kilgonr, Mignon Anderson and Gertrude Claire. V ola Dana's new one is called "Jeanne of the Gutter" a Parisian story written hv June Mathis. Herbert Blache is directing. Rates Cut Sharply Ocean Freights Reduced one Third By Britain — America Follows Suit. The British Ministry of Shipping has announced a reduction of 66-2/3 per cent in existing ocean freight rates on vessels free from Government requisition, on shipments from the United States to Britain. The rul ing applies to boats with 20 to 30 per cent of cargo space available, the rest of the space being controlled by the Ministry. The reduction means that the rate per 100 pounds is now $1 as comlared with $3.50 before and the rate ner foot of space is now 50 cents instead of $1.50. Washington — The Shipping Board has cut ocean rates to meet the new charges of the British Ministry. The cut is 66-2/3 per cent between Atlan tic ports and the United Kingdom. Wonder when Mr. Clune will make his next speech on the "flu". Mr. Grauman says he isn't sure but it's pretty safe to say that it won't be soon. You see it was this way — Mr. Clune meetin' with considerable success as an orator and not wishin' to get out of practice, prepared a speech on the "flu" that was calculated to bring an audience to its feet. He told Mr. Grauman about it, who bein' kind, arranged for a hearin'. Mr. Clune thanked him and went home to put a few finishin' touches on his speech. The appointed hour arrived, Mr. Clune sailed forth to meet his audience. The hall in which he was to speak was dimly lighted. A hush of expectation pervaded the room. All was silence. He started his speech, and grew more and more earnest and absorbed as he saw that every face was fixed on his in close attention. He went on and on bringin' in the climax that was counted on to move the stoniest hear^and bringforth mighty applause. All was silence as before. The audience continued to stare at him. Not a movement — not a sound — only a chuckle from Mr. Grauman as he switched on the lights, revealin* the room full of wax figures. Evelyn Nesbit has a Belgian dog named "Refugee" that's worth $ioo a pound. Weighin' three pounds he is worth $300. He follows her everywhere and in the studio manages to spoil at least two scenes a day by runnin' into the picture. Haven't neard what vahe her director places upon "Refugee", Henry Lehrman says to make good pictures is simple. You just take a little plot, sprinkle it well with "gags", — dash in a situation or two, mix with beauty and comedy, season with "pep', boil sufficiently i.i the cutting room, roast ill the projection room, and when it is cool, sell itSounds easy. A candy box doesn't sound like much of a trophy to receive as a relic of the world war, but Muriel Ostriche prizes it very highly, 'cause it was kicked up by her brother, Major Thos. J. Brady who stumbled over it in a front line trench and then noticed his sister's picture on the cover. Maxwell Karger is so in earnest about his pictures, that he thinks about them by day and dreams about them by night. He awakened his little son the other night by talkin' in his s'een. sayin' "Oh. cut that — the scene awful — cut it" The little fellow called cit: That's right Pop, make 'em cut it out — it's rotten." What's behind Sid Chaplin's den that he is with F rst. National'. France. Italy, Belgium and Neth lands. "U" Export Man in New York. Thomas Cochrane, Orisntnl rep •entative for Universal, with he nuarters in Tokio, has just arri't ii New York, the first ti~ne in set" venrs. He reports conditions in Jaj ind the Far Fast a<= being satlj fory although, in Japan, censorshl very stringent. He believes tha fre near future, American films! play a vital part in the greater edtt 'ion of the Japanese and Chinese* pulace. Kent Returns From Cuba. ] Arch G. Kent, of the Central Alt ican Film Co., who left for atH tended trn through Central An i"a returned to New York ve^terr He did not carry out his plans] vW^ed Cuba only. Mr. Kent registered another against the pirates in Cuba, snid that the illegitimate b"siness: the Island is more flourish than t^e legitimate. He asserted 1 |->~ 'ething must be done', and I quickly. Pratchett Back in Cuba. A. L. Pratchett. general manage) the Caribbean Film Co., exclu holders of Paramount ArtcraftJ nut in Cuba and Central Amerii rived in Cuba yesterday. •ct Exporters Discuss Tax. Film Exporters of America, held a meeting yesterday in Red to discuss the half cent footage* Se^er-'! plans of action were vanced at the meeting which ■ attended by about 15 prominent porters. Another meeting will held on Saturday at which 't definite action w'll he taken on plans the exporters have in mind