Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1921)

October 2g , i 9 2 i 229^ TERRITORIAL SALES AND PURCHASES In the Independent Field ST AT E RIGHT AND EXPORT N EfF S AND F I E fF S Equity Closes for Canada Rights for Entire Dominion Are Sold on " The Black Panther's Cub " W. E. Shallenberger, president of Arrow Film Corporation Arrow Film Celebrating Eighth Birthday Arrow's Eighth Anniversary occurs in October. It was in that month, 'way back in 1913, that the corporation opened its small offices in the Times Building — from that small beginning it has blossomed into one of the biggest concerns of its kind in the world, and it is still growing. Arrow is celebrating its Eighth Anniversary by issuing the biggest Arrow Bulletin it has so far published, a sumptuous volume, full of pictures of stars, producers, reproductions of stills, and a long list of forthcoming pictures. Aywon Series Received With Enthusiasm Nathan Hirsh, president o£ the Aywon Film Corporation, is elated over the reception accorded to the Snowj' Baker and Big Boy Williams series by the State Right ex-, changes throughout the country. The following territories have been so far disposed of : Standard Film Exchange, of Pittsburgh; Apex Film Corporation, of Minneapolis ; Federated Film Exchange, of Omaha ; Federated Film Exchange, of Kansas City, Fine Art Pictures, of St. Louis ; W. A. Kayser Enterprises, of Cincinnati; R. 'D. Lewis, of Dallas, Texas; Federated Films, of Atlanta. 0.\E of the biggest indepciulcnt deals of the season was consummated last week in the transaction closed with the Equity Pic < tures Corporation Ltd. of Canada in their purchase for the entire Dominion of Canada of Equity Picture Corporation's " Hlack Panther's Cub." Mr. Arnovitz, president, and Mr. Stewart, general manager, were highly enthusiastic over the prospects of this unusual independent production in the Canadian territories. " Canada," says Mr. Arnovitz, " has had a siege of tough breaks during the past season and no country has suffered more from the depression than has our country hut that hasn't caused us to let down a single iota in our efforts, in fact it has prompted us to redouble our efforts and we have been well repaid." "The light of prosperity is beginning to shine again and Canada will recover just as fast as the rest of the world in fact faster because Canada is going ahead and will within the next few j-ears be the center of the limelight in many resi)ects where we have been dormant in the past. In our purchase of 'The Black Panther's Cub' we have secured a production that towers head and shoulders above anything in the independent field now being released in Canada. That's what this country needs in independent pictures. Big, clean, worth while productions that can compete with the largest national distributors. Our offices in Montreal and Toronto ha\e orders to go ahead full speed to make this picture the biggest independent winner Canada has seen in years and we have no fear but what the results will more than justify our expectations the same as the results ha\e been elsewhere throughout the States. " Equity Pictures Corporation Ltd. of Canada, is progressing with extraordinary rapidity in spite of all supposedly existing depression and as soon as things adjust themselves, this growing live wire outfit expect to open offices in every prominent city throughout the Dominion, and be identified as the largest and foremost independent releasing concern in Canada." A Business-Grabbing Name Harry Warner Discusses Drawing Power of Whv Girl's Leave Home " AFTER two big territorial deals had been fully consummated, and these two — the selling of Northern Illinois to the Celebrated Plaj-ers Film Corp-, Chicago, and Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois to the United Film Service, St. Louis — are said to mark_ the closing of fully three-fourths of the entire country on the Warner Brothers production, " Why Girls Leave Home," featuring Anna Q. Nilsson, Harry M. Warner gave his views on the value, of the production. "What's in a name?" began ^Ir. Warner. " The answer is, everything if it's the right name and it would be hard to find a better name for a business getting photodrama than is attached to "Why Girls Leave Home.' A generation of thetregoers were thrilled with the stage play of the same name and millions of people will see the screen version where but thousands saw the original play. " The production was made with the . dual purpose of providing the public with the best of entertainment and pulling the maximum amount of business for the theatre showing the production. Something was done with this picture that I believe has never been attempted before in the history of the industry. ■' We believed that the production was one that would be, in the parlance of the show world, ' a clean up.' But naturally our opinion was more or less biased. Therefore we sought the actual opinion of the public in two widely contrasted instances. ' Why Girls Leave Home ' was presented before the public of a large cosmopolitan city and also in a small town. The results were the same — capacity business — and the reason the results were the same is because human nature is the same the world over. '^The question of ' Why Girls Leave Home' is one of vital importance and of late has assumed such magnitude that it has attracted the attention of every big newspaper, social welfare organizations and police departments throughout the country." Harry Warner, senior member of Warner Brothers, the well known independent distributors Cohn Will Start Two Novelty Subjects Jack Cohn, of C. B. C. Film Sale Corporation, announce that he will start production wheels moving shortlj' on two short novelty release features. The exact nature of these releases is not yet divulged, but Mr. Cohn, says that plans are all set for two separate releases that will be distinct novelties and unlike any short releases on the market. " \\ bile the plans are all set for two releases that are unusual in every way, and that are, I think, just what the exhibitors and the public want," said Mr. Cohn, " there are always one or two details that must be re-vamped when one is actually on the ground. For that reason, I don't want to make any definite announcements until production work has been actually started on them." That these short releases are of feature calibre, is shown by the fact that Mr. Cohn is making a trip \^■est for the special purpose of rounding off the last details and superintending the production of the initial issues himself. W^hile he is in the West he will also work out exploitation details in connection with these releases. Arrow's New Serial Is Nearing Completion .Arrow's new serial called " Nan of the North " is being completed in Yosemite National Park. Popular Ann Little plaj-s the lead. Leonard Clapham, a well known Western leading man, plays the part of a Canadian Northwest mounted policeman.