Year book of motion pictures (1925)

Lausanne Premiere Film, Place St-Francois 2. Paclie-Ettret, Enseignement et publicite. Montreux Agence Suisse du Cinema. Armand Massimelli, Royal Biograph. Zurich Alpen Film, Abteilung, Neptunstrasse 99. Carola Konstfilm, Feldstrasse 12S. First National, 69 Stampfenbachstrasse. Leo Film, 69 Stampfenbachstrasse. Producers Aiglon Films, 58 rue de Carouge, Geneve. Alpen Film, Fribourg-Villars s/ Glane. S. A. F. Societe pour la prise de vues cinematographiques an Suisse, rue Daniel Colladon 3, Geneve. Dimitri Zoubaloff, Avenue de Rosemont S, Lausanne. Oine, Journal Suisse, 15 rue du Midi, Lausanne. Geneva Film, 2 rue de Neuchatel, Geneve. Petra-Film, Lowenstrasse, Zurich. Lambert & Kursner, 2 rue de Neuchatel, Geneve. URUGUAY Montevideo Teatro Apolo, Grecia 182; Teatro Artigas, Andes 1392; Teatro Colon, Cerrito 745; Teatro Roma; Av. 8 de Octubre 352; Teatro Stella d' Italia, Mercedes 1805. VENEZUELA Caracas Teatro Calcano, Teatro Caracas, Teatro Munical, Teatro Nacional, Teatro Princesa, La Guaira Teatro Morejon. CABLE ADDRESSES First National Pictures, Inc. — "Firnatex" Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. — "Edfilm corp." Famous Players-Lasky Corp. — "Famfilm." Film Booking Offices, Inc. — "Robcolfil — New York." D. W. Griffith, Inc.— "Grey-grit, New York." Universal Pictures Corp. — "Unfilman." Vitagraph, Inc. — "Vitgraph" (London only. No code for New York). Warner Bros. — "Wanewar," New York. United Artists Corp. — "Unartisto" for America, So. America, Japan ; "Allartisco" for England ; "Unitartaus" for Australia; "Utartistic" for Paris, England. Producers Distributing Corp. — "Flamornot" (Wm. Vogel). Arrow Film Corp. — "Arrofilm." Metro-Goldwyn Pictures — "Metrofilms New York." 1924 IN HEADLINES (Also on page 552) Sept. 15 Detroit M. P. Corp. faces receivership. Stockholders indignation meeting to discuss $245,670 deficit. Sept. 16 D. W. Griffith returns to New York. Declares he is "free" of United Artists upon completion of "The Dawn." Opening sessions of Federal Trade Commission in Boston. Testimony shows that Famous theater houldings are all negligible. September 17 Allied exhibitor unit meets in Topeka, Sept. 22-23. Kansas M. P. T. O. meets at the same time. Joseph Henabery finishes Famous contract and joins Ritz as Valentino's director. September 18 Popular Pictures start. Will have 52 a year. Harry Durant, Ike Schank and Sydney Cohen reported interested. Producers Dist. Corp. breaks up Mid-West territory. Creates new posts there. September 20 Tampa, Fla. promoters plan $10,000,000 film city. English ban on "America" lifted. Titles changed. September 22 Government won't reveal incomes of stars and directors in report of Internal Revenue. September 23 Paramount will release two for R. T. Kane. Hiram Abrams back from Europe, silent on Griffith matter. September 24 F. I. L. M. Club of New York handled 3,207 cases for arbitration during fiscal year ending Aug. 31. Only 183 were contested. New Inspiration unit formed to handle future Barthelmess pictures. Sam Grand and Harry Asher resign from Grand Asher. Company on inactive list. Allied States Organizations will seek new members. Steffes re-elected at Topeka meeting. M. P. T. O. A. of Kansas and Missouri, meets ; to raise $7,000 fund to seek new members. September 25 Hugo Riesenfeld offers gold medal to producer of best short subject made from Sept., 1924 to August, 1925. September 26 Piccadilly, Broadway's newest, opens. B. F. Keith Greater N. Y. Theaters Co. buying back 43% of its stock held by Orpheum Circuit, Inc. M. P. T. O. selects May 14-15 as dates Ur annual convention, to be held in Milwaukee. Sept. 27 Paramount to release forty pictures in second 1924-1925 group. Sept. 29 Famous to build six theaters in the South. St. Regis pictures formed. Plan to release first series through Associated Exhibitors. Sept. 30 Michigan M. P. T. O. reports producers in accord to corral play dates. To fight against block bookings. Paul N. Lazarus resigns as president of Imperial Oct. 1 Treasury Department permits exhibitors to use old tickets until supplies run out. Frank Tilley resigns as editor of Kine Weekly, important British publication. Oct. 2 Harold Lloyd and Rudolph Valentino to release through Famous. Latter to work under new contract. Special sales force to handle picutres. Balaban and Katz spending $21,000,000 on four Chicago theaters and one in Detroit. Invading John Kunsky's territory with $5,000,000 house. Michigan M P. T. O. to meet at Saginaw Oct. 14-15. Oct. 3 Carl Laemmle returns from Europe. Failed to find one picture suitable for release here. Oct. 4 Warners select Chicago theater site. Important Mid-West theater plans under way. Oct. 6 Erich Pommer, production head of the Ufa. en route to New York to study American production methods. Oct. 7 I. M. P. P. D. A. abandons plans to establish own exchanges. Declare conditions are so improved the step becomes unnecessary Oct. 8 Emil A. Shauer, Famous foreign manager, returns from long trip abroad and declares foreign business will soon exceed domestic returns. 694