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Motion Picture News
Vol. 18 No. 14.
October 5. 1918
The Week in the Film World at a Glance
FEATURES
WAR! WAR! (WILLIAM A. JOHNSTON) 2165
EDITORIALLY SPEAKING 2166
THE HONOR ROLL 2167
INDUSTRY STARTS LIBERTY DRIVE 2167
CHICAGO GOOD ON WEEK DAYS 2178
THE COMPLETE PLAN BOOK 2243
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Zip! Liberty Loan Under Way 2167
Theatre Owners Meet in Albany 2168
Anderson Forms League for Mutual Benefit 2169
Division of Films Moves to New Quarters 2169
War Spirit Rules Exposition 2170
Well Organized for the Loan 2171
Three New Washington Theatres 2172
Newsy Reports from All Sections 2173
Adolph Zukor Obliges British 2174
Select Promotes Edith Koch 2174
Live News from the Producers 2190
In and Out the West Coast Studios 2212
Items of the Studios 2214
In the Independent Field 2223
Complete Plan Book 2243
OF SERVICE TO EXHIBITORS
Exhibitors' Box-Office Reports 2175
Exhibitors' Service Bureau 2178
Coming Program Offerings 2210
Equipment Service 2227
Studio Short News 2214
Projection Department 2230
Camera Department 2234
Music and the Picture 2237
Theatres Worth While 2241
Releases — Current and Coming 2262
Index of Complete Plan Book 2242
Complete Plan Book 2243
COMPLETE PLAN BOOK
Plan Book Index 2242
Advance Reviews 2243
"The Rainbow Trail" (Fox) 2244
"Laughing Bill Hyde" (Goldwyn) 2245
"Come On In" (Paramount) 2246
"Queen of Hearts" (Fox) 2247
"Pals First" (Screen Classics) 2248
" Out of a Clear Sky " (Paramount) 2249
" Kildare of Storm" (Metro) 2250
"Behind the Lines in Italy" (Kleine) 2251
"The Velvet Hand" (Universal) 2252
"Appearance of Evil" (World) 2253
"The Bells" (Pathe) 2254
"Diplomatic Mission" (Vitagraph) 2255
"Embarrassment of Riches" (Walker) 2256
"Vive La France" (Paramount) 2257
"Desert Law" (Triangle) 2258
"The Temple of Dusk" (Haworth) 2259
"The Border Raiders" (Pathe) 2260
Advance Reviews (continued) 2261
Newsy Announcements of the Week Found in the Ad' Pages
'• The Velvet Hand." a Bluebird. With Fritz Brunette
Starred .2098
Paramount-Artcraft on National Advertising 2099
Triangle Presents " Tony America." Featuring Francis McDonald 2100
Gladys Leslie on Vitagraph Program in "The Mating ".. 2101 Another Vitagraph Serial Ready, " The Iron Test," With
Antonio Moreno and Carol Halloway 2102-03
The Big V Comedies 2104
Records of "Over the Top" 2105
The Record Established by Norma Talmadge's First Series of Select Productions and Her First of the New Season, "The Forbidden City" 2106-07
A Telegram That Tells the Merit of Hodkinson Service .... 2108
Goldwyn Starts Season With Five Hits in a Row 2109
About Mabel Normand in "Peck's Bad Girl" 2110-11
Two Opinions on Goldwyn's " Laughing Bill Hyde " That
Are Worth Something 2112
Bill Parsons' Success 2113
Box-Office Value of "For the Freedom of the East " . . . . 21 14
On the Screen Telegram 2115
Harry Garson's Productions 2116-17
About Fox's "18 to 45" 2118
Evelyn Nesbit in "The Woman Who Gave" 2119
Fox's Two Big Patriotic Bets. " Why America Will Win "
and "The Prussian Cur" 2120
And Two Others That Are Soon Due. " Why I Would Not
Marry" and "Queen of the Sea" 2121
Gladys Brockwell in " Kultur " 2122
Jane and Katherine Lee, " Swat the Spy" 2123
Mutt and Jeff and the Sunshine Comedies 2124
Fox's Victory Pictures 2125
Gaumont News Reels and Its serial, " The Hand of Vengeance 2151
The Industry's Pledge to the Nation on the Next Loan. 2126-27 American Pictures — Four Winners — at Pathe Exchanges. 2128-29
On Pathe's Rolin Comedies 2130
Pathe's Latest Features, " Japanese Nightingale " and " The
Bells" 2131-32
The Official War Review 2133
An Announcement on S. L. Warner's Latest Production,
"The Kaiser's Finish" 2134-35-36-337
World Film Corporation's Latest Picture 2138-39
The Screen Classic Production. " Pals First," with Harold
Lockwood 2142-43
The Exposition 2144-45
A Message from the Committee on Public Information . 2140-41 Educational Presents the Ditmars' Series of Half-reel
Subjects 2153
United Picture Theatres 2146-47
Exclusive Offers " Who's Afraid of the Hun? " and Displays Some of the Paper on This Subject 2148
The Houdini Serial 2149-50
" The Woman the Germans Shot — Edith Cavell " Is Presented by Carroll and Plunkett 2158
" Lafayette, We Come," at Affiliated 2151
The Life Story of Lloyd George on the Way, in ten
reels 2154-55
Evelyn Nesbit in "Her Mistake" 2156
Robertson-Cole 2157
On the Latest Releases Through George Kleine System. 2160-61 A Message that State Rights Men Will Be interested in .2162 What Newspaper Critics Think of Chaplin in " Triple
Trouble" 2164
"Crashing Through to Berling " — Jewel 2202-03
"The Yellow Dog" Is Coming 2204
" Around the Clock With the Sailor," Another Universal
Attraction From the Y. M. C. A 2205
" The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin " Big Enough for a
Third Repeat 2206
"How Charlie Captured the Kaiser." a Sullivan Cartoon .. 2207 Universal News Reels I 2208
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Wm, A. Johnston, Pres. and Editor.
Henry F. Sewall, Vice-Pres.
E. Kendall Gellett, Sec. and Treas.
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