The Moving picture world (Oct - Nov 1919)

3ULLSTIN SERVICE OF pVING PICTURE WORLD 516 Fifth Avenue, Ne.V York City Chalmers Publishing Ccnfipany — George Blaisdell, Editor Resume of Matter Submitted for Publication October 11 and IS AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD goes to it3 subscribers in its present form as the result 01 a battle'^in the direction of -vhich this journal .133 had no hand. It is not at odds vUth organized labor. It is a be- -i.ievor in trades unions. It is a believer in union contracts fairly made and entered upon «?ith intention of fulfillment. In the present instance the Moving Picture World has' been caught in a feud that for -some tiirs has been growing in intensity between the printing pressmen's and feeders' local unions and their interna- tional organizations. The latter have declared forfeited the charters of the two Ne^v York unions. The employing printers, in the belief that such action .vas necessary in the interest of assuring performance of contract, have sided with the international unions and declined to treat with outlawed locals. To give effect to tt'^ir decision they locked out the pressmen. t'lembers of the local typographical union, warned by their interna- tional president not to enter upon an unauthorized strike, resigned their situations. The printers ask for an increase of Sl^ a week and a decrease of four hours a week. The employers have conceded a raise cf $6 a week and offered to submit other claims to arbitration. Up to this /rriting the printers have refused this proposal. It should also be stated the pressmen are demanding the same increase as that asked by the printers. In its issue of October k- the Moving Picture World stated it ;aight not be published until the strike is settled. The World has made no effort to secure printing facilities elsewhere. If^instead of sitting tight with its fellows in other trades, in an effort to secure a return to reason on the part of those <vho "print" these journals, the World had disregarded /fhat it conceived to be the . interests of its patrons it might also have been in a positioa to boast of its "progressiveness." If other magazines in the motion picture trade were able to publish there is reason to believe the World also could have done so. The World leaves to its New York City •^.t^^ompetitors such satisfaction as they may be able to accumulate under jthe present circumstances. In the meantime the World is making no J HALLMARK ABSORBS EXHIBITORS-MUTUAL.EXCHANGES.-In the consum- y» mation of a deal sometime pending Frank Hall, of Hallmark, has pur- ■' chased the chain of twenty-six Exhibitors-Mutual Exchanges and comes into their possession October 11. The present system of Hallmark . exchanges ;vill be abandoned and all of Frank Hall's picture interests kvill be handled through the ne»/ly acquired offices, the system taking the name of Hallmark. The Exhibitors-Mutual will continue only as a corporation y.ealing in pictures, buying, selling and distributing through Hallmark. The Clark Sc Cornelius Corporation will distribute via Hallraark-^.twelve Chaplin reissues of original Mutual comedies. The last n^ed corporation liill produce or purchase twelve specials during the.e'nsuing year, also to be distributed through Hallmark. Separate sales"forces will be maintained in Hallmark exchanges by Clark Sc Cornelius, and Frank Hall. The deal involved an investment by Mr. Hall of gin amount of cash running into hundreds of thousands. NEW WORLD FILM OFFICIALS INSTALLED.-Milton C. Work,president,and ' Briton F, Buach, general manager, assumed their duties as new officials of World.Pictures October 1. They announced that the policies estab- lished by their predecessors vvill be continued,plans for the future embracing the continued release of Prizma Pictures and Kinograms,along with regular program features. Macauley Photoplays will follow "When Bearcat Went Dry" vvith six more productions, and the Lawrence Weber Corporation will furnish a six-picture series. Waldorf Films, pro- ducers of "Kismet", with Otis Skinner in his original role, will make five more pictures of similar nature and importance. REVIVING "CABIRIA".—Three years have elapsed since the last ap- pearance of the film version of "Cabiria," Gabriele d'Annunzio's famous story, and now it is being revised and abbreviated for an elaborate revival. In its original form it was 12,000 feet long. It will .be cut to seven reels. GOLDWYN TO PRODUCE IN LONDON.--Samuel Goldwyn has announced that plans are now well "under way for the establishment of a Goldwyn pro- ducing ceilter in London. Five directors have been selected and the organization is almost complete. He also said that his eastern studio Aill be as large and as complete as the studio at Culver City. Plans for producing in the east and in London will not curtail the output or interfere with the comprehensive scheme of production at Culver City. CONGRESSMEN HEAR ARGUMENTS AGAINST TAXATION.—The hearing before the House Ways 'and L^eans Committee in Washington on October 7 will be remembered as one of mixed disappointments and of hope that good may come of it. The chief argu.ment was that the pictures are fully as ed- (over)