Motography (Jan-Jun 1917)

274 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XVII, No. 5. EVERETT TRUE COMEDIES Featuring BOBBIE BOLDER as the Champion Pest Squelcher. Single reels that are reely funny You can purchase one or all. Beat your competitor to it. Write ns for particulars. Our Studios Can Be Rented by the Day or Week. Broadway at Granville Avenue, Chicago, /• E. Willis, General Manager, AMERICAN BIOSCOPE COMPANY features in connection with the Hutchinson Mutoscope Theater, chairman executive home is a fine little private ! projection board ; Tom Meyer, Show Theater ; John room. J Kleekamp, Arsenal Theater. costly furs, including a $5,000 cloak just imported from Russia. The educational department of the National Motion Picture Service gave a showing at the E. E. Fulton projection rooms on Lake street on January 15 of; '"Protect Your Daughters," a white slave film. The presentation was especially for the clergy of the city and about 25 were present. Their ^comments at the conclusion of the unreeling were varied. The film was made in New York. It has been endorsed by the Illinois Vigilance Society.. Another well known Chicago newspaper man has developed into a scenario writer. Walter Howe, city editor of > the Tribune, conceived the idea for the scenario entitled "Beware of Strangers," and collaborated with Gilson Willets, scenario editor for Selig, in the writing of the story. Colin Campbell produced the story with a notable cast, featuring Thomas Santchi and Bessie Eyton. The story includes many 6f Mr. Howe's experiences as a newspaper man. ST. LOUIS EXHIBITORS IN CHICAGO Fourteen live and energetic exhibitors from St. Louis, all members of the powerful St. Louis Theater Managers, and Motion Picture Exhibitors' Association, were in Chicago last week on business affecting all the showmen of their city. They came as guests of the Seaburg Organ Company and heard a number of demonstrations of the Seaburg instruments. Before departing for home a group of the showmen made a call on Motography and some interesting discussions were had between the organizers of probably the strongest showmen's association in the middle west and the ' magazine that is for the "showman first, last and all the time. The following made the Chicago trip: Fred Wehrmberg, Best Theater, vicepresident of the association; D. T. Williams, Ashland Theater ; Oscar H. Damon, Bf/emen Theater, secretary; Harry Blostoh, Virginia Theater; Eugene Freund, Cinderella Theater; Louis Herman, organizer; Wm. Slinger, Excello Theater; Joe Mogler, Mogler Theater, president; AL Wittmann, McKinley Theater; G. E. Loeffler, Arsenal Theater; Bill Savage, Hippodrome, Alton, 111.; Ed. Pohlman, N< [0 program on earth begins to measure up in any detail with the Mighty UNIVERSAL PROGRAM, pronounced by thousands of shrewd Exhibitors all over the country as the biggest and surest year round Box Office Attraction on the market — If you can get It now BOOK IT — if you can't get It now, watch your first opportunity. Write your nearest Universal Exchange or the UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING CO., CAUL LAEMMLE, President "TheLargut Film Manufacturing Concern In the Universe" ie»0 BROADWAY NEW YORK TOOMEY ASSISTANT TO FREULER William C. Toomey has been appointed assistant to the president of the. Mutual Film Corporation. The announcement is made by John R. Freuler, Mutual president. | This fills the vacancy left by the resignation of John, Cecil Graham, who has gone abroad for another, film concern. Mr. Toomey this week took up his work wjth the Mutual Film Corporation, establishing his offices at 71 West Twentythird street, New York Mutual headquarters. Mr. Toomey thus becomes Mutual's new "ambassador to Broadway," with the special mission of concerning himself with the Mutual's interest in. productions and stars. Mr. Toomey has for something more than a year past held the post of vice president of Mirror Films. He is particularly well known in film and dramatic circles in .New-York. , . ... . Manager Abeles of Pathe's New York booking office and his assistant, Mr. Hammel, were tendered a surprise party by the employees of that office the other day. Seats had been secured at the Palace Theater and after the show the party adjourned to a well known restaurant where an excellent supper was enjoyed. At the supper table Mr. Abeles was presented with a gold pen knife. Ellen Gierum, leading lad)' with the Warburton Stock Company in Yonkers, who is to play the leading role in Benjamin Christie's film adaptation of "The Wandering Jew" in Denmark next summer, is writing a comedy in Danish which she will present at the Peoples Theater in Copenhagen during her stay in that. city. The comedy will also be written in English and Miss Gierum will submit the manuscript to some American producer when completed. One of the features of ' George M. Cohan's first photoplay, to be released by Artcraft Pictures, will be the remarkable wardrobe worn by Ida Darling, who has just been engaged to portray the role of the wealthy Mrs. Gerard. Through the courtesy of C. C. Shayne and Company, the well known New York furriers, Miss Darling will disclose to feminine followers, of the screen many interesting displays in the way of the very latest and BUCK LEAVES WHARTON ' J. Whitworth Buck, for the past two years general manager, secretary and treasurer of Wharton, Inc., and associated with the firm since its beginning, has disposed of his stock in the company to the Wharton Brothers and has left for New business. In "A Corner in Colleens" Bessie Barriscale wore a skirt made of Irish newspapers. She says they increased her circulation. FILM MARKET QUOTATIONS Supplied by Butler, Small & Co., Chicago Bid Asked American Film Company, Inc 72 82 Biograph Company 5 14 Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 100 123 Lone Sar Corp., prefv ...... 98"/2 100 Lone Sat Corpi, com 37 41 Mutual Film Corporation, pref. ...: . .. .35 40 Mutual Film Corporation, com 26 35 North American Film Corporation, com. .... .-. ..... 24 29 States Film Corp., com 26 31 Randolph Film Corporation, pref. (with 50% com.) 75 90 Thanhouser Film Corporation 1J/4 2J/4* Universal Film Manufacturing Co 150 ... Triangle Film Corporation.. V/2 . 2J/2* *Par $5.00. (Exclusive to Motography.) The market in film stocks is broadening somewhat and there has been some demand during the past week for Frank Powell Producing Corporation, Lone Star common and preferred; Mutual Film common; New York Motion Picture and Triangle. Empire All Star Corporation is a pro ducing company recently organized -by John R. Freuler of -the Mutual Film Corporation and A. Hayman of Charles Frohrnan Company, to produce for the" screen, under -direction of Augustus Thomas, the past, present and future successes of the Frohrnan organization. Lone Star Corporation: Official announcement has been given out calling 20% of outstanding preferred and all fractional shares at 110 and accrueddividends February 26. Bookings for "Easy Street" are reported to be about the largest of any Chaplin comedy. Mutual Film Corporation: While the deal with the Charles Frohrnan Company has not as yet been reflected in the price of Mutual securities, this is expected to put Mutual pictures into the very highest grade of theaters, and should eventually result in increased earnings and higher prices for both common and preferred. Marie Cahill has joined the Mutual's array of stars. Triangle Film Corporation: In spite of the loss of David W. Griffith and Douglas Fairbanks (who is rapidly becoming the most popular actor in film) there has been trading to the extent of upwards of 2,000 share per day and market has recovered from below 2 to 2l/2. World Film Corporation: On small volume of business this stock has dropped below $1.00 per share.