Motography (Jul 1918)

July 6, 1918. MOTOGRAPHY Creel Stops Universal War Film HEARST INFLUENCE HELD RESPONSIBLE jj'PHE YANKS ARE COMING," Universale big airplane feature advertised for first public showing at the Broadway Theatre, in New York, Sunday night, June 23, was suddenly compelled to withhold presentation on the night of it> premiere by order of the Committee on Public Information, of which George Creel is chairman. The film was made, the Universal company states, at the request of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company, at the plant of that concern in Dayton, Ohio. Its purpose was to absolve America from the charges of laxity in air plane production. Officials of the United States Signal Corps detailed at the plant aided in producing the film, which, it is claimed, reveals no military secrets and is purely a work of patriotic inspiration. It is charged by the Universal Company that Mr. Creel, by whose order the film was stopped, has never seen the picture and, indeed, has refused to see it. W. R. Hearst is Blamed R. H. Cochrane, vice-president of Universal Film Company, issued a statement charging that the influence of William Randolph Hearst with the Creel committee was responsible for the stopping of the exhibition. Carl Byoir. asso H What's What and Where to Find It I REEL STOPS UNIVERSAL WAR FILM 1 v. V. M. P. I. VOTES VGAINST EXPOSITION 13 HORSTMANN LEADS IX RACE FOP PRESIDENT 14 BRADY WARNS AGAINST INCREASED TAX IS qrop: ro sei offici \i. war pictures is F. P.-L. ANNOUNCES IMPOSING SCHEDULE 1<5 WORK OR FIGHT INTERPRETATION HAZY 17 BASEBAL] ll VG1 E 'HITS; FILMS TO BENEFIT 17 NAZIMOVA STARTS ON "L'OCCIDENT" 18 VITAGR M'll TO DO FOUR SER] \I.S \ YEAR 19 SEVEN PAR Wl< IUNT FEATURES IN JULY 20 THREE BIG ARTCRAFT PICTURES IN JULY 27 I. MYSTERY IN NEW PARALTA PICTURE 28 "CECILIA" GOES WELL IN NEW YORK HOUSES 29 BIG CROWDS TO HEAR PETROVA IN THE SOUTH 30 GOLDWYN ANNOUNCES NEXT FOUR RELEASES 31 MASTERCRAFT COMPLETES FIRST PICTURE 52 HAYAKAWA SPECIALS AV \1L \IU.E SEPTEMBER 1 32 VITAGRAPH STARTS FALL PRODUCTION DRIVE 53 ESSAN W HARD AT WORK ON "YOUNG AMERICA" 54 EXHIBITORS HELP FARRAR CHOOSE PICTURE 55 ETHEL BARRYMORE GETS EXCELLENT CAST 36 DEPARTMENTS EDITORIAL §. 1 WHAT THE PICTURE DID FOR ME 4 CURRENT AND COMING RELEASES— VIEWED FOR THE BOX ' OFFICE 8 SPECIAL SERVICE SECTION ON "TO HELL WITH THE KAISER"... 21 CLEVER METHODS OF ADVERTISING 39 BUFFALO HOUSE USES BIG SETTINGS 39 ACTIVITIES IN THE 1 NDEPENDENT FIELD 40 LOCKWOOD-ALLISON FILMS TO BE RE-ISSUED 40 U. S. FILMS FOIL ENEMY IN SOUTH AMERICA 41 FOX MAN TALKS OF CONDITIONS IN BRITAIN 41 NOTES OF THE INDUSTRY IN GENERAL 42 SYNOPSIS FOR THE PROGRAM 45 COMPLETE RECORD OF CURRENT FILMS 46 ciate chairman of the Committee on Public Information and a former employe of Hearst, denied this, saying that the committee had refused to issue permission for the exhibition of the film because the Universal Company had not complied with certain requirements, and that to permit the company to exploit the film "would amount to discrimination against the Hearst-Pathe and other moving picture companies." Mr. Cochrane's explanation of the reason for the Creel committee's interference was made from the stage in an announcement to the spectators who filled the theatre. This sign was put up in in the lobby of the Broadway: THE YANKS ARE COMING, advertised to be TONIGHT Stopped by the CREEL-HEARST COMMITTEE. There was much confusion at the Broadway Theatre about the time the exhibition of the film was due to begin. Mr. Cochrane was there representing the Universal Film Company. Frank W. Atkins, a house manager of the DaytonWright Company, was also present and Mr. Byoir of the committee was discovered in the line of persons formed at the ticket window to purchase admissions. Mr. Cochrane and Mr. Byoir made statements for their respective sides of the controversy, contradicting each other in several points, but Mr. Atkins, although he discussed the situation with both of the others, refused to say anything for publication. Mr. Byoir said that George Creel was in the city, but that he did not know where he could be found. Efforts were made to find him by reporters, but they met with no success. Mr. Cochrane said that he had been attempting to get in touch with him all day, but had failed. The first statement about the difficulty was issued by Mr. Cochrane, and was as follows: This picture, "The Yanks are Coming," was made by the Universal Film Company at the st of one of the largest firms manufacturing airplanes in America. It was planned to show to the American public the progress that had been made by American airmen, to vindicate America from the charges that we had proved deficient in manufacturing airplanes, to prove that the Liberty motor is a gigantic success, and finally to inspire America anil Americans by the magnificent showing this country is making in the development and use of aircraft in the present war. No military secrets not already known to Germany and the world at large are shown in the making of this great picture, which is a patriotic glorification of America's share in the war in the_ air. (Continued on Page 37)