The Film Daily (1919)

M. P. E. A. Program (Continued from Page 2) present rates of compensation insurance of members (where such insurance is required to be carried) at least 25 per cent, and will make other rate reductions in various special lines of insurance. These reductions are claimed to be possible through handling motion picture theaters as subjects for class insurance" and applying to them the experience of various mutual organizations, such as hardware, lumber millers and allied mutual companies, which have, for many years past, save-d thousands of dollars annually in insurance premiums for their members. . The lever in the whole insurance proposition as far as the national organization is concerned, is that no exhibitor can obtain the reduction in his insurance rates covered by the contract until he has become a member of the M. P. E. A., Inc. News Weekly Snaps Every session of the convention, and every entertainment arraned for the delegates will be filmed by all of the weeklies, and exhibited throughout the country. Special pictures will be taken of the Municipal Theater and the opera. Metro Buys Another Metro has purchased "Along Came Ruth" staged about six years ago by Savage, and will make the production for neither May Allison or Viola Dana. Exhibitors Crazy (Continued from Page 1) ington. We spend $65,000 a year in newspaper advertising alone. But when it comes down to this booking proposition, well — it's another matter. "The biggest feature in pictures today is the director. If I know who the director is and I know who the star is I'll take a chance on the producer. I'd rather have the opportunity to be able to pass the buck back to him than to use my own judment regarding pictures and not be able to kick anybody but myself. I certainly don't want to book one picture made by one director or one star and advertise that picture and boost that director or star and then lose the following attractions made by these people to someone else. I don't want to be tied up with a lot of program stuff, either. I want to be independent. I am. "But when it comes down to looking over stuff three months ahead and trying to book my pictures for my Washington public, well I'll tell you it can't be done — successfully. I'm not going to try to do it either. I am going to operate as I always have and that is to book the best I can find and run them as I want to. The Big Four can go where they want. Famous Players can go where it is booked. So can First National. I'll have the pick of the market left and I guess I'll get some good pictures." Crandall said that he expected to go to St. Louis but couldn't do it. DAILY Wednesday, June 25, 1919 Guts and Flashes Marguerite Clark's new Paramount "Girls" will be released June 29. The first of the Joe Martin animal comedies titled "Monkey Stuff" will be released by Universal, week of July 6. D. W. Griffith's production of "Broken Blossoms" will reach its 100th performance at the Geo. M. Cohan Theater next Tuesday. In "You Never Know Your Luck" Frank Powell, Hodkinson release, House Peters has as his leading woman, Claire Whitney. Maurice Tourneur's "The White Heather," has been scheduled for general release as a Paramount-Artcraft Special on June 29. Jack Pierce, assistant to William J. Baumann, director of Vitagraph's big snew serial, "Perils of Thunder Mountain" was seriously burned about the hands and arms last week during the destruction of a hut while the twelfth episode was being filmed. Reed With Ince Luther A. Reed, long identified with Metro's scenario department, has joined the Thomas H. Ince scenario staff. Elizabethtown, Ky. — The New Li , berty is now in process of construetion. New Theaters Creston, la.— New $70,000 theate to be opened on Sept. 1 by Sol Pano1 and Abe Frankel. Detroit, Mich. — Anthony G. Grez inski to build theater to seat 600. Beverly, Mass. — Ware Theaters Inc.. to build $200,000 house to seal 1,400. Columbus, O. — William M. Jama Co. to build $600,000 house to sea over 3,000. Lima, Ohio.— Heringer garage ti be remodeled into picture house. Bridgeton, N. J. — First movn show to be in renovated Episcopal church. Chicago, 111. — Abraham and LouL| Buminer to build two theaters. Bettendorf, la.— J. H. Pabst t build $10,000 theater. Dallas', Tex. — Ed Foy to build fourth neighborhood theater. Torrington, Conn. — To have ne'» theater to cost $75,000. Buffalo, N. Y. — South Parli Amusement Co., Inc., to build $50,' 000 house. York, Pa. — Bentheum & Co. seeld ing property for erection of picj ture house. Buffalo, N. Y.— William F. Ml Donald to build picture house neaj| Norwalk. Helena, Mont.— P. H. Campbell til build $9,000 theater. PIONEER STATE RIGHT OFFERINGS THE BOOMERANG with Henry B. Walthall THE SINS OF THE CHILDREN with Alma Hanlon and Stuart Holmes VIRTUOUS SINNERS with Wanda Hawley THE GIRL FROM NOWHERE with Cleo Madison and Wilfred Lucas SUSPICION with Grace Davidson PIONEER FILM CORPORATION 126 West 46th Street New York NEW GRIFFITH PICTURES "BROKEN BLOSSOMS," now in its seventh week at the Geo. M. Cohan Theatre, New York, is registering a sensational success also in Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia. "THE FALL OF BABYLON," an expansion and amplification of the marvelously beautiful and thrilling Babylonian story in "Intolerance," will be produced in New York as part of the D. W. Griffith repertory season. This undoubtedly is the greatest spectacle of all time. "THE MOTHER AND THE LAW," with Mae Marsh, Robert Harron and other Griffith players, and conceded to be the greatest dramatic thundersbolt in twenty years or more, also will have the advantage of a Broadway, New York, introduction. The advertising campaigns these productions are receiving is carrying their name and fame to every section of the civilized world. For time and terms for "The Fall of Babylon" and "The Mother and the Law," address D. W. GRIFFITH SERVICE (Albert L. Grey, Gen. Mgr.), Suite 401, Longacre Bldg., 1480 Broadway, New York City.