The Film Mercury (1926-27)

Hollywood, Calif. THE FILM MERCURY, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1927 Page Seventeen Suit Charges New Film Trust Chicago — Suit to enjoin the organization of a motion picture trust which it is charged is planning to control an annual business of between $30,000,000 and $250,000,000 was filed in the Superior Court today by Leroy Myron Fulton, stockholder in E. E. Fulton Company, manufacturer and distributor of theatre machinery, equipment and supplies. Leading theatre owners of America, interested in approximately 5000 cinema houses, are among the defendants. They are: Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation ; Universal Film Manufacturing Company; Loew’s, Inc.; Publix Theatres, Inc.; Orpheum Circuit; Balaban and Katz; Universal Film Exchange, Inc.; B. F. Keith’s, Inc. ; Stanley Company of America ; Saenger Amusement Company; West Coast Theatres, Inc. ; Kunsky Enterprises, and Marcus Loew’s Western Booking Agency. The principal defendants in Production Started On Columbia Picture “Forgotten Women,” featuring Conway Tearle, is now in production for Columbia Pictures. The cast includes Dorothy Sebastian, Gibson Gowland, Harry Semeles, William Welsh and Eddie Harris. * * * Fox Leases House Fox has leased the Limes Square Theatre, Nek York City, for the world premiere of “Sunrise,” which F. W. Murnau directed. It will open an extended run early in September. the case, those against whom most of the litigation is directed, are Carl H. Fulton, president of the E. E. Fulton Company and brother of the plaintiff, and Albert G. Jarmin, vice-president of the company and father-in-law of the president. They are charged with trying to “freeze” the complainant out of the company before carrying out their asserted conspiracy with the other defendants to create a monopoly on the business of furnishing and supplying pictures houses. Short Subject Series Planned A new idea in short dramatic subjects is announced by Frank P. Donovan, who gave up the megaphone about a year ago to enter the publishing business. The series include a famous short story by a famous author. The first 15 announced are: “Marie Roget,” by Edgar Allan Poe; “Mr. and Mrs.” by Wilkie Collins; “A Night’s Lodging” and “Will O’ the Mill,” by R. L. Stevenson ; “The Bet,” by Chekhow; “The Lifted Veil,” by George Eliot; “God Sees the Truth,” by Leo Tolstoy; “The Deserted Village,” by Oliver Goldsmith ; “A Desert Passion,” by Balzac; “One Autumn Night,” by Max Gorky; “The Necklace” and “A Piece of String,” bv Guy De Maupassant; “Nobody’s Luggage,” bv Charles Dickens ; “The Cloak,” by N. A. Gogol, and “The Queen of Spades,” by Pushkin, with 15 more to follow. The demand for high class short dramas is said to be keen with film exhibitors seeking a short feature to counter balance their comedy program. Frank Capra Returns From Eastern Studio Frank Capra has returned to Hollywood from New York, where he directed Robert Kane’s last production for First National. The title of the picture is “For the Love of Mike.” The picture went into production under the title of “Hel’s Kitchen.” The cast included Ben Lyon, George Sidney, Ford Sterling and others. » * * Body of Scenarist Arrives Today Sylvano Balboni is arriving in Los Angeles today with the body of his wife, June Mathis, who died last week in New York. Funeral arrangements are being supervised by S. George Ullman, who was a close friend of the noted scenarist. Screen Title — The Prince of Wales should p r e f er a kingdom to a horse. It’s better to be seated on your throne than thrown on your seat. — James Madison. Adv. i I ABOUT THE NEIL McGUIRE New Method Settings That Reduce Pro£S.t,on RECENTLY COMPLETED “NIGGER HEAVEN” “TOPSY AND EVA” PROLOGUE — United Artists — The Screen’s Greatest Fantastic Spectacle “MOONLAND” The Picture Without a Built Interior and All Process Exteriors Allow me to explain how any set desired by you can be reproduced for a very nominal sum. A1 Rosen, Representative, Markam Building, Hollywood HEmpstead 4305 McGuire, Night Phone: GLadstone 7732 N % % % % % % fa? m S % k