Moving Picture World (Jun 1919)

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1790 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD June 21, 1919 Meyer Banqueted on Eve of Departure for Chicago MEMBERS of the Minneapolis Film Board of Trade gave a banquet at the Radisson Hotel in honor of Fred S. Meyer on the eve of his departure for Chicago, where he was called to enter the home office of the American Film Company. Mr. Meyer was one of the oldest Minneapolis exchange managers in point of service. He is succeeded as manager of the Minneapolis American office by Henry Fischer, formerly of Toronto, brother of A. H. Fischer, manager of the Mill City Metro Exchange. Mr. Meyer came to Minneapolis in 1912. Since that time he has managed his own exchange, operated the Minneapolis offices in Minneapolis and Milwaukee and also the General Film Company in Minneapolis. He returned to Minneapolis last October after an absence of one year to take charge of American Film interests in that territory. "A Dangerous Affair" to Open at the Broadway CHARLES MILLER, Charles Miller Productions, Inc., announces as the title for the first of the series of four special productions to be released by Frank G. Hall, vice-president of the Miller company, 'A Dangerous Affair," with Herbert Rawlinson, supported by Florence Billings, Stuart Holmes, Warren Cooke, Charles Stevenson, Vinton Friedley, Regina Quinn and Ernest Torrence, in the leading role. "A Dangerous Affair" is in six reels and Mr. Hall announces it will open at the Broadway Theatre, Sunday, June 15, for an indefinite run. The release date for the country will follow. This is the first of the series of the Miller production coming under the banner of the Charles Miller Productions, Inc. World Signs Lillian Hall. Following a six-weeks' engagement as the ingenue lead opposite Evelyn Nesbit in her current Fox release, "My Little Sister," Lillian Hall has been signed by World Film to play the ingenue lead op posite June Elvidge in the star's latest picture, now under production at World's Fort Lee studio. The screen version is an adaptation from a play by Philip Lonegran and Will S. Murphy, under the working title, "A Tangled Romance." Miss Hall is portraying the role of Kathleen, the daughter of a jurist masquerading in the guise of a maid. Hall Special at the Park. "The Other Man's Wife," Frank G. Hall's six-reel special opened at the Park Theatre, Columbus Circle, New York, Sunday, June 8, to a packed house. The picture features Stuart Holmes supported by Ellen Cassidy. Precedent Set When Rialto and Rivoli Bill Same Film FOR the first time in the history of the Rialto and the Rivoli theatres, of New York City, the same production has been scheduled for a week's engagement at each house. The picture to which Managing Director Hugo Reisenfeld is according this honor is the Paramount-Artcraft special, "The Knickerbocker Buckaroo," starring Douglas Fairbanks. In the case of the repeat engagement of "The Red Lantern," the Nazimova subject was returned to the house of its first appearance. The production of the Fairbanks film played the week of May 25 at the Rivoli. Despite the warm weather, it packed that big house throughout the week, and. thousands who could not gain admission were disappointed. Public demand for an immediate return date of the film became so insistent that Dr. Reisenfeld had no choice but to rebook it for the week of June 8. Buys Foreign Rights to Outing Chesters Australasian Films, Ltd., has purchased Outing-Chester picture rights for Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania. The deal was negotiated by Harry G. Musgrove, managing director of the company, on his recent visit to New York. Famous Players Salesmen Hold District Conventions FOLLOWING the recent convention of district managers and special representatives of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation held at the home office in New York, meetings of the exchange sales forces have been held during the past week in six cities throughout the United States. These meetings have been for the purpose of disseminating complete information concerning next year's distribution plans to the entire sales organization. One of the largest meetings was the one held early in the week at the New York exchange, 729 Seventh avenue. This embraced the organizations of the New York and Buffalo offices, comprising District No. 2. General Manager Al Lichtman, F. V. Chamberlain and Arthur G. Whyte led the discussions which extended over a period of days. Many at Boston Meeting. The personnel of the Boston, New Haven and Portland, Me., offices was fully represented at the Boston meeting which was presided over by District Manager Harry Asher, while at the same time, down in Atlanta, the sales organizations of the Atlanta, Dallas and New Orleans were getting their information on the new sale plan from District Manager C. E. Holcomb. In Chicago the sessions were presided over by Special Representatives John W. Allen and Myron H. Lewis, the offices represented being Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis, Des Moines and Omaha. Big Meeting in Pittsburgh. A big meeting in Pittsburgh was in charge of Special Representative H. H. Buxbaum and Manager W. E. Smith, of the Philadelphia district, the sales forces of the Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington, Cleveland and Cincinnati exchanges being present. The salesmen of the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast States, representing the San Francisco, Los Angeles, Salt Lake, Denver, Seattle and Portland, Ore., exchanges, met at Los Angeles, District Managers Herman Wobber and Louis Marcus presiding. Nazimova's Art Shown in Her Dual Role as Mahlee, the Eurasian Without Caste, and as the American Girl. She is seen holding converse with herself in the scene at the right, one of the most touching of the Metro picture.