The Moving picture world (Oct - Nov 1919)

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BULLETIN SEP'^'IC? 0? MOVING -iCfUHE XORLD . 516 Fifth Avenue, Ne.v York City. Cnalmers Publishing Company — Goo-ge Blaisdell, Editor. x^esj.Tie of Matt.sr Rut.nitte-. tc r Pablicj.aon October 25, 1919- THE sT:.i::r axTUATijN The situation in-ths o-A-l? uYdn^ bv'ii'-.e33 in Naw York City is aii- ohanged—in any even;; it hardly can^be sa .d at the ti^.e of thi3 v;rit- ing, October 15, that it hrs a'Jtexea .'or ..he better. The preasinen ana leeaers continue their mem'-er3}up in Unio iS I^o. and 23. ■'^-^ t..^ cnarters of these or-ranisa :: onr have "-jecn revoked bv their interna- tional chiefs the eaployi..-jg printers, Cc 'iv/.ng out their policy ..i dealing only vvith men in accord wii th their international neadc, .-.t^xiu pat on their lockout of the members of the outlawed locals. ^ ^-^.^a The members of Typ'/graphic il Union No. S who collectively wa.-Keu out of their situationV /declar mp, their action ^as as .naividucxib are still out. The 3e^-clement of the difficAl^.y has not been ac.v:.n._ea oy the action of the Jerttra] Federated Union in declaring itti cVJ.;.-a. ^ thy .vith the members of Nos. y.. and 23 and tendering them their m^ra^ support. The international crintmg chiefs ha^'e af-Ked the American i-ederation of Labc .• to compel the central body no aisavo^- n-^ o.cCxa.ici tion on pain of forfeiture of charter. -^-..^^, r-n Tne employing orirters are ctill willing to submit to artit.arion the claims of tae compositor's. The latter, at tleir meeting t.aou banday, insist they //ill not arbitrate the forty-.'our-»icur wecK. Ao ■vvill be seen, ho./ever. the c ettlenent of the dispute t-^^ween ube em ploying printers and their c;ompo3.;.torB will bring no reliel to tne puDlishers. There will still ren.ain the feud bet.veen tho xocai ana international unions of pressmen and feeders. ■ it i - It is pc.Taible the situation may be cleared up overnight- -t' 1° prooaJDl^ the end 01 thi^ deplorable oondition of affairs is some distance away. $ETTIJOHW JOINS L, J. SFLZNICK.—CO. Petti.iohn, who lately dis- posed of his interests in Exhibitors-Mutual, has been engaged by L, J. Selznick as his personal representative. !vlr. Petti:,ohin s title .vill be assistant to the president. In his grovfing interests Mr. Selznick declares he has found it increasingly necessary to have an assi-itant v«ho can share- with him the details of the di.t.les that fall to ivir. Selznick, and in selecting Mr- Pettijohn the decision has been based upon the special fitness of that ..ell knov/n organi.".er for the poeition. FRANK HALL GETS INTO ACTION.—Following his purchase of the Exhibitors-Mutual Exchanges, tv;enty-3ix in all, Fran/. Hall began full operation of the Hallmark exchanges in the_fcrmer Exhibitor--iVlatual quarters throughoux the country, October 1^. By an arrangement *>ith Sterling Films, Ltd., of Montreal and Toronto, the Canadian^distribu- tion of all Hallmark releases will hereafter be handled by Sterling Films. This arrangement gives Frank Hall a complete distributing system for his product in this country and Canada. In addition to pro- ductions he has" already made I'r. Hall'wi^.l distribute through Hallmark t.velve Chaplin reissues of origina?. Mutual comedies. Then, too, Mr. Hall vrill make further productions of serials and features as pre- - viously anno'onced. ROBERTSON-COLE ESTABLISH DISTRIBUTING OHGANIZATION.— From A. S. Kirkpatrick, vice president and general manager of Robertson-Cole Distributing Corporation, comes the statement that on Cctober I3 that firm began operating its o.vn sales and distributing system in t.venty- six branch offices scattered throughout xhe country. Assisting I/Ir. Kirkpatrick as field manager is Joseph L. Merrick and 0. R. Hanson, Ne\^.ton E. Levi and Fred G. Slitsr are exchange supervisors. The sales and distributing organization vvill be under the supervision of these , experienced men. The product that has previously been distributed by Exhibitors-Mutual branches will no-v be directly controlled by the now Robertson-Cole ore;anizar. j on. TEXAS THEATRE TIGHT IiCTTER THAN EWR.—The ne/u United Amusement Company, the Hulsey concern, has purchased the Strand, Hippodrome, and Byers Opera House in Fort Worth from Pierre L. Levy for ^4-15,000. The S. A. Lynch Enterprises h.ave been granted charters for three concerns v/ith a capitalization of ^;510,C00. The Lynch interests have unleashed five trained Nsa York nevvspaper men on the state and page ads and yards of ne-vs column space are appearing in the border county dailies. Kulsey has acquired a half interest m the Erie Theatre, Hugo, Oisla. and is building a ^^'^■O .G.~'0 house at Nacogdcoeo , Texaci. The Lynch con- cern has bought the Cryotsl, Dallas,, and the Stor, Denison. To is estimated that up to date tne Lynch and Hulsey factions have each spent ^'^00,000 for theatre control, .vhile building operations call for the expenditure of more than f 1,000^000 eaGii. SOL LESSER BU^S HE^AN PIClURii ---Sol Lesser has bought the world rights for the next George Bebc'n prcductjcn, noiv in process cf corcple- (over )*