Moving Picture World (Dec 1917)

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1 51 8 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD December 8, 1917 Allied Exchanges Meeting All Officers Elected Except President— Meetings Continued Through Another Week. A DISCUSSION as to whether their recently organized buying circuit ought to release subjects to its members regularly or only as often as attractive subjects could be secured on the market marked the proceedings at the first formal meeting of the Allied Exchanges, Inc., at the Hotel Astor, Thursday, Nov. 22. The election of a president was postponed to next week, but it is understood that the man to head the organization has already been decided upon. The other officers are: Fred Nixon-Nirdlinger, first vice-president; J. L. Friedman, second vicepresident; Lynn S. Card, treasurer; A. J. Cobe, general manager. Due to the fact that the Astor meeting of Thursday was the first of a series of conferences between Allied members that will run through the coming week a complete report of its proceedings is not available, but an official of the organization said: "We have had to arrange several meetings, to continue over to and through next week, in order to suit the convenience of our members. They must come from all sections of the country, and we have laid out the meetings so that those who were best able to get away from their businesses this week could be on hand for the first session, register their views and immediately be off; while the sessions of the coming week are for members who could not leave their businesses the present week. "I can say this much as to our policy: all members abide by the decision of a majority of members. At the meeting just concluded we were equally divided on the question of whether the policy should be regular release or release according to when the New York buying offices "closed" a sale. Numbers of our members thought that releasing at stated intervals had its advantages, on the advertising side, inasmuch as better preparation for handling each subject could be made, but some of us think we shouldn't be hurried into buying by a regular release system, but ought to take our time and purchase only under the best purchasing conditions, which, of course, gives the reviewing committee more leeway. This committee consists of Messrs. Friedman, Nixon-Nirdlinger, Crandall, Lowrie and Jackson, and two more appointments are to be made. We necessarily will not announce the policy we have decided on until all our members have been heard from next wek." An informal dinner given at the Astor after the meeting of November 22 was attended by J. L. Friedman, I. E. Chadwick, J. E. Kemp, Eugene Felt, A. J. Cobe, Herman Rifkin, H. G. Kosch, Lynn S. Card, Robert Priest and others. A visit to a leading studio is one of the post-meeting events of next week. It is likely that offices for the purchasing committee of the new organization will be announced to the trade next week, the present one in the Godfrey building simply being a temporary headquarters. Moving eastward, the general manager will stop at Detroit and inspect the beautiful new headquarters which Select has established there for branch manager W. D. Ward. This luxurious suite of offices is in the newly constructed film exchange building. Kane to Make Extended Trip for Select Will Visit Exchange Centers in All Western Cities as Far as Omaha. LEAVING New York on the Twentieth Century Tuesday, November 27, Arthur S. Kane, general manager of Select Pictures Corporation, will make an extended trip in the interest of his company, visiting chiefly the cities in which the Select exchanges are established in the Central and Midwestern territories. Mr. Kane's trip will carry him as far west as Omaha, as far south as St. Louis, and as far north as Minneapolis. At Chicago, which will be the first stop, Mr. Kane will be in conference with Fred Aiken, the manager of Select's Chicago branch. There have been a number of territorial changes in this district, and Mr. Kane will confer with Mr. Aiken concerning these. Following his Chicago visit, Mr. Kane will proceed to Omaha, to which point Select's Des Moines exchange is :sr to be transferred. The object Of the Omaha visit will be to look over the new location chosen for the Select headquarters in that city. In Omaha Mr. Kane will probably be joined by C. E. Shurtleff, sales manager for Select Pictures, who will also be on the ground, at that time. C. W.. Taylor, whose present headquarters are in Des Moines, but who will be in charge of the Omaha branch after the transfer is made, will no doubt join Mr. Kane and Mr. Shurtleff. Kansas City, -Minneapolis, Des Moines and St. Louis will also be visited while Mr. Kane is in the West Mississippi territory. Claire Du Brey in Bluebird Leads GOOD looks and versatility have stood Claire Du Brey well in hand during the past year — for she had advanced from maids to leads, in the Bluebird brand, and has won distinction in several special productions made at Universal City. Among the scores of actresses who have played in Universal's stock forces during the past twelvemonth none have proven their adaptability in many varying roles with more convincing success J:han has Miss Du Brey. Joseph De Grass was directing Dorothy Phillips Bluebird a year ago when a maid role in "The Piper's Price" required more than the average measure of talent usually displayed by girls who carry on cards and take callers' wraps in society plays. Miss Du Brey had just joined Universal's forces and accepted the role, playing it with such cleverness that she was prevailed upon to become Miss Phillips' maid in another Bluebird— "The Rescue." In Miss Du Brey's care the role of a "maid" became something different than it had ever been before — proving that a minor character may be made essential under proper application of ability. "The Reward of the Faithless" was the next Bluebird in which Miss Du Brey shared, her role carrying the weight of the plot and developing new evidences of her artistry. When Joseph De Grasse was ready to produce "Pay Me," with Dorothy Phillips as star of a special feature, there was a part for Miss Du Brey — and she made it essential to the production. This role in "Pay Me" developed Miss Du Brey as a new type of "vampire" and Mr. De Grasse was quick to avail himself of her peculiar artistry in the first picture he made with Franklyn Farnum the star — "Anything Once," a comedy, in which Miss Du Brey displayed her gifts as a comedienne as well as a "villainess." Again she was designated as Mr. Farnum's leading lady in "The Winged Mystery," a Bluebird of current release (Nov. 26). That nature gave her the credentials of comeliness to begin with has been one reason for her rapid advance at Universal City — but Miss Du Brey has advanced nature by studiously applying her artistry to the opportunities she has had, with a resulting credit to herself and to the productions in which she has appeared "Madam Spy" has just been completed at Universal City with Miss Du Brey enacting a role opposite Jack Mulhall. Claire Du Brey. TO RUN M. P. THEATER AT "HERO LAND." Mrs. Henry B. Harris, head of the Entertainment Bureau of the Stage Women's War Relief and the following committee will run the moving picture theater of "Hero Land": Mrs. George Arliss, Constance Collier, Amelia Bingham, Bijou Fernandez, Florence Gerrish, Gladys Hanson, Mrs. Georgie Caine Hudson, Mrs. Shelley Hull, Daisy Humfreys, Olive Oliver, Florence Parker, Florence Roberts, Elizabeth Marbury, advisor; Rachel Crothers, chairman. Aside from the interest in the important films which have recently been released, there will be the novelty of an intimate view of the stars in person. The following will appear in the Stage Women's War Relief booth: Alice Brady, June Caprice, Kittie Gordon, Jane Grey, Orrin Johnson, Alice Joyce, Montague Love, Virginia Pearson.