The Film Daily (1919)

I^BRADSTREET PILHDOM jSeHKOCm AUTUORIT IX i>lo. 73 Saturday, September 13, 1919 Price 5 Centi le Film Delivered :h Has Finished First Picture 1 For First National was learned yesterday from National that Griffith had fin his first production for that any and that it was being cut 5 present time. It is said that Im will be of the rural type ir to "The Romance of Happy /" which went out via Famous, ■t Harron and Lillian Gish are ed. Griffith's contract with National starts December 15th. St !Natio;ial is the authority ie statement that a minimum (Continued on Page 2) 1,000,000 Hearst Go. ipaper Magnate Reported After liack Sennett and Another Producer |e> fFire to fFJD'S DAILY) > Angeles. — William Randolph ;t,, millionaire newspaper owner a $40,000,000 film corporation, iding to well informed circles irst is after Mack Sennett, the IS comedy producer as one of oducers to be affiliated with him. itt's contract with Famous irs, however, has one year to s yet. the same time, Hearst is after er internationally known pro F. Zittel, of International Film, inot be reached for a statement Nay. No. 196 Little Ad Talks By Jack Alicoate UCCESS is apt to make one careless, to pay less atten n to the smaller details, to well enough alone — Richard '?n<oley, in Newspaperdom 'ys, "In lean times, the far 5r sows and reaps with su ;rlative care and winnows ptjy grain. With harvests ;fiP* burst his graniers, he is t to grow careless. But prin les are principles, just the ■ne, and every advertising liar should be made to do je hundred, cent's worth of 'rk, more than ever now that opportunity is so wonder The fighting face of "Wapi, the killer." the hero of James Oliver Curwood's "Back to God's Country," the big special to be released by First National. 'Advt. Film Again Switched "The Miracle Man" will be switched to the Broadway when its run closes at the Rivoli a week from tomorrow. The Famous Players offices plan to run the picture lor at least 4 weeks at the Broadway, where the film was originally scheduled to open. , Last Wednesday the day of the parade, the picture did $5,800, it is understood, at the Rivoli. O'Brien Traveling West Dennis O'Brien, attorney for Mary Pickford left Thursday afternoon for California where he will tay for a month. The nature of the trip was not revealed. To Film Play Before Stage Showing Metro has purchased the screen rights to "The Cave Lady" by James Cullen co-author of "Please Get Marj-ied." May Allison will be featured. The picture will be produced before the fall showing of the play. Goldwyn Gets Walter Goldwyn has signed Eugene Walter, well known playwright to act, for the present, in a cooperative manner to the members of the company's scenario staff on the Coast. He leaves today for Culver City, where he will merely "look in" on production activities. His Goldwyn arrangement is for an indefinite period. Elk Takes Harris Theater Elk Photoplays which have distributing rights in New York and New Jersey of "Are You Legally Married?" have taken the Harris theater and will show the film beginning today. Lew Cody is featured in the production which wil' ' for one week. Lynch in San Antonio (By Wire to fVID'S DAILY) San Antonio. — S. A. Lynch will build a theater here at a cost of $150,000. Site has already been bought. "U" Plans Big Special Levey to Film Ad Club Convention —Taking Entire Staff South Harry Levey, manager of Universal's Industrial Department will leave next Friday with 4 cameramen, 4 directors and a technical staff, for New Orleans where he will make a big special for his company. The production will be of feature length, with a cast of about 20,000 people and is believed to be unique in that the actual filming must be consummated in the 4 days the Associated {Continued on Page 2) Off on Trip "Winnie" Sheehan and Arthur James On Month's Trip to Coast — To Visit Exchanges Arthur James of the Fox publicity department, leaves tomorrow night to visit a number of exchange points and finally end his visit in Los Angeles. He will look things over in Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Omaha and other points. "Winnie" Sheehan will leave on Tuesday and meet James in Chicago after which they will make the trip together. They will return in about a month. Terriss Has "Ruby" Vitagraph Will Make Special Production—First Reported F. P.-L. Had Play Tom Terriss states that he will make a Tom Terriss Special Production of "The Great Ruby," the Drury Lane melodrama for Vitagraph. It was first reported that Famous Players had secured screen rights to the play. Fox After Big House Reported Deal on for the "Woods" of Chicago It is understood that negotiations are on for the big "Al Woods" theater in Chicago by William Fox. The negotiations started when the actors strike was on, but have been temporarily tied up. In the absence of John Zanft, who has charge of the Fox theater operations no one at the Fox offices cared to discuss the report. Zanft, however, is away on an extensive trip for the obvious purpose of securing more theaters for Fox.