Moving Picture World (Dec 1917)

December 29, 1917 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1967 Sales of the Week. Herebelow a Compendium of the Selling Activities Recorded in the State Rights Market the Past Seven Days. WH. PRODUCTIONS Company announces the sale on all . territories for the following seventeen two-reel reissued Hart subjects: "Dakota Dan," "Double Crossed," "The Last Card," "Knight of the Trail," "A Square Deal," "The Bad Man," "The Fugitive," "The Gentleman from Slue Qjttlcb," "The Silent Stranger," "The Marked Deck,"" "Horns and Hoofs," "The Convert," "Taming of the Four-Flusher," "Mr. Nobody," "Across the Great Divide." "Shooting Straight," "The Grudge," to the following exchanges: R. D. Lewis Film Co., Campbell Bldg.. Oklahoma City, Okla. : Exhibitors' Film Exchange, Inc., 420 9th street, N. \\\, "Washington, D. C. ; Liberty Film Renting Co.. 938 Penn avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.; A. Warner, Standard Film Service. Columbia Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio: Standard Film Corporation, 207 S. Wabash avenue, Chicago, 111.; Standard Film Corporation, 1305 Walnut street, Kansas City, Mo.; Standard Film Exchange, 406 Film Exchange Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn.; Standard Film Corporation, 1-117 Farnum street, Omaha, Neb.; Standard Film Corporation, 307 Empress Theater Bldg., St. Louis. Mo.; Regal Films, Ltd., 21 Adelaide street, W., Toronto, Canada; Boston Photoplay Co., 195 Pleasant street, Boston. Mass.; Western Feature Film Co., 180 Goldengate avenue, San Francisco. Cal.; Western Feature Film Co., care Peerless Film Service, 100 Goldengate avenue, San Francisco, Cal. (Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana). Furthermore, "Dakota Dan." "Double Crossed," "The Last Card," "A Knight of the Trail" and "A Square Deal" have been sold to the Exhibitors' Film Exchange, 286 Market street. Newark, N. J.; Masterpiece Film Attractions. 1225 Vine street, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mr. M. Simonds, Inn Hotel Bldg., Carondelet street, New Orleans, La.; Wm. Hart Feature Film Co.. 1920 Main street, Dallas, Tex (for Texas and Arkansas). Furthermore, "The Bad Man," "The Fugitive," "The Gentleman from Blue Gulch," "The Silent Stranger," "The Marked Deck," "Horns and Hoofs," "The Convert," "Taming of the Four-Flusher," "Mr. Nobobdy," "Across the Great Divide," "Shooting Straight" and "The Grudge" have been sold to the First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Atlanta. Ga.: Electric Theater Supply Co., 13th and Vine streets, Philadelphia, Pa.; Wm. Hart Feature Film Co., 1920 Main street. Dallas, Texas (for Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana). Furthermore the same series has been sold plus the one tworeeler, "Double Crossed" to the Foursquare Pictures Corporation, 1735 Welton street. Denver, Col. This indicates that the W. H. Productions Company is establishing records in the sale of territories for its various productions. The W. H. Productions Company announces the following territories sold on William S. Hart as "The Two-Gun Man" in "The Bargain" in six reels: Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming to the Foursquare Pictures Corporation, Denver, Col.; Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana. Iowa, Nebraska. Missouri and Kansas, Standard Film Corporation of Omaha, Minneapolis, Chicago and Kansas City; Wisconsin, to the Wisconsin Film Corporation; Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia. Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee to the Jake Wells, Inc., Richmond, Va. * * * The Merit Film Corporation, 130 West 4fith street, announce that they have purchased from the Export & Import Film Company, Inc., the exclusive rights for New York and northern New Jersey of the Franko-American Company's release, "The Birth of Democracy." This picture ought to prove a very big success at this opportune moment, when democracy is the great issue the world over. Over 5,000 people are said to have been employed in the making of the picture. * * * The W. H. Productions Co. announce that William S. Hart, In "The Bandit and the Preacher," with a supporting cast of the following stars, Robert Edeson and Rhea Mitchell (5 reels), has been sold for California. Nevada and Arizona to Sol Lesser of All Star Feature Distributors, San Francisco; Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana to Mike Rosenberg of De Luxe Feature Film Company, Seattle. * * * The Phladelphia-Ideal Film Exchange, of 235 North Thirteenth street, Philadelphia, has bought the rights to "Hate" for Southern New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Washington, D. C. The deal was consummated by Gus Mohme, of the Biograph Laboratories in New York, who has exclusive selling rights for this production. * * « The Animated Press Syndicate, who announce the Independent-American Weekly, advise that Nathan Gordon, of the Globe Feature Exchange in that city, signed a contract to handle this release in the New England territory. + * * Nathan Hirsch, of the Pioneer Film Corporation, has bought the exclusive rights to John W. Noble production, "Shame," featuring Zena Keefe, for New York State and Northern New Jersey. Jules Burnstein arranged the deal with the Pioneer head. General Manager C. E. Wallace of the Cosmofotofllm Company announces the sale of the George Loane Tucker production, "I Believe," starring Leona Flugrath, and not Elizabeth, as erroneously staled in our last Issue, to Samuel Krohm, Dayton, Ohio, for the state of Michigan. It is surmised that the latter will conduct his bookings through the Dawn Masterplays Company of Detroit. • * . Killer & Wilk announce the sale of the two -'reel Douglass Fairbanks reissue. "The Mystery of the l..:,, [ng KiBh" to Jack Lannon. of Seattle, for the state of Washington. • • * A complete list of the state right holdi rt who possese the various territorial rights to "The Whip." as sold by Miller & Wilk, will be found on another page in this department of this issue. The Alma Hanlon-Irvlng Cummings feature Is now sold for the entire continent. • • • Exhibition rights to the new Thomas II. [m The Zeppelin's Last Raid," have been sold lor Japan, China India Burma, Ceylon, Dutch East Indies, Philippines and Hawaii Islands. • * • Rights to "The Zeppelin's Lasc Raid," "Those Who Pay" and "The Belgian," the three first releases of the l\ 8 itlon have been disposed of for Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. • * • Franklyn E. Backer, president of the Mammoth Film Corp announces the purchase of "Persuasive Peggy," the six-part Mayfair production for Greater New York, Including Westchester county and all of Long Island. Shallenberger and Priest engineered the deal. W. H. PRODUCTIONS OFFER KEYSTONE RE-ISSUES. On the heels of the successful exploitation of the Hart productions, W. H. Productions Company announces that they now intend to release on the state rights market twenty-eight of the most successful Keystone Comedies, featuring many of the standard comedians on the screen, viz., Charlie Chaplin, Mack Sennett, Sydney Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle. Mabel Normand, Mack Swain, Chester Conklin, Ford Sterling and Charles Murray The W. H. Productions Co. makes the following statement: "We are launching this campaign at this time for the purpose of helping the exchangeman and the exhibitor. It will be noted that we are first distributor to come out boldly and state the price we intend charging for these subjects to the exchange, $80 per reel. This price assures to the exchangeman the greatest galaxy of comedies and stars on the screen today at a price that will bring to them bigger profits than they have ever made before, and it will also assure a reasonable rental price for the exhibitor. In addition to this we also intend to pay the war tax on these subjects. We are getting up striking one and three-sheets, and careful attention Is being given to the titling on each of these productions. Hal Reld is doing this work." INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS IN CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT WITH EXHIBITORS. The attention of the followers of this department is herewith directed to another section of this Issue, further in the front of the book, where is to be found the story of last Wednesc (December 12) session of the joint exhibitors' associations, whereat Joseph Farnham, spokesman for Harry Rapf, president of the High-Class Film Corp.; William I.. Sherrlll, president of the Frohman Amusement Corp.; I. E. Chadwlck, president of the Ivan Film Corp.; Joseph A. Golden, president of the Triumph Film Corp., and Lester Park, general manager of the Ogden Pictures Corp.. was given the opportunity to lay before the assembled exhibitors a proposition of far-reaching' Importance to the industry in general, While moulded after the exhibitor-manufacturer co-operative idea already In vogue, the plan carries with it a purpose of further significance that makes it advisable for our readers to turn to the page in question as w.n as t.. read the report of the proceedings as presented on page 1919. The Moving Picture World will follow this movement faithfully and record all future developments. GOLDBURG EQUIPS OFFICE. Jesse J. Goldburg, state rights expert, now In business for himself, as announced in the last issue of the Moving Picture World, has finished the equipment of his office, which he took over from the Ogden Pictures Corp., on the eleventh floor of the Times Building. Comfort and efficiency are the striking features of his abode. HILLER AND SPITZER BACK AGAIN. L. L. Hiller and Nat. H. Bpltser, officials of the King-Bee Films Corporation. Inc.. have finished for the time being with the joint traveling that this pair have aging in the pasl ten days. Their visits took them to Ch "ton and Washington. WOLFBERG RETURNS HOME. Harris P. Wolfberg. head of the Harris P. ^>olfberg Attractions. Pittsburgh, has finished his tour, embracing the principal cities of the Middle West, and Is once again to be found in the home offices of his institution.