The Moving picture world (Oct - Nov 1919)

Page Six LEVIN TOURING THE UNITED STATES.-- Samusl H. Levin, owner and dircclor of the Goliseurc Thestr'i, San Fianoisco, is touring the United States. He ^»fill inspect mrny lesding picture house?- and plane to make extensive chanfr.es in the ColiBcum Theatre on liis tectum. ' CRANE WlL'8'jR HCS EXECUTIVE POSITION.— Crane Y.'iiOur, the ioni.er lilit pj.ayer, who is noa in New York: on a "business trip, is expected to return to San Francisco soon to take charge of the recently err ganiz^d Diana Film Corporation, which is to erect a studio and prip- d\'Ce Tcjctures. i *ACK■•.R^^f,N & HARRIS CHOOSE SITE.-- A location for the magnificent new ho.:.;:e of Ackentan i Harris has been chosen at Taylor street aiia Croid^n Cate avenue, at the entrance to Film Rc.-j, San Francisco.^Thi'i is directly across the strett fro.T. the tentative site of a ne.^ Para- mount house, the ccnstruation of vvhich is practically assured. BRAY PICTURES TO HAVE COMIC CARTOONS.-- Through a deal ccnsu.'^- rcated recently between Eray Pictures Corporation and the Internaticn- al Film Company, the screen versions of Judge Ru.'thauser , Happy Hollij^an, Krazy Kat, Jerry on the Job and the Shennani^^an Kids, the /Jell kno'vn character^ that appear in the Kcaist new3p3.pers , vvill hereafter be sho.vn in GoJ.d.ryn-Bray Pictographs and oth^r Eray re- leases handled by Gcldwyj . RALPH BLOCK MADE AE'v/ERTISING AND PUBLICITY DIRECTOR--- After a recent meeting of the beard of d.i rectory of the Gcld.vyn Frcducinb and Distributing Corporation, Sar.-.uel Gold.Tyn announced the apccjnt- ment of Ralph Block as aa vei t is iij.-^. and publicity director. Txiis .ueans that Ltr. Block .<ill ho.ve supervioion of all iiatters iej.ative to the advertising, and exploitation of Gold.vyn pictures, including the direction of the press and service men in Goldvfyn's twenty-i-^'O exchanges. As director of publicity Mr. Block proved hir-.seli an able executive. aOLD7;YN WAKES TOM MILLS A DIRFCTCP.-- Gold.syn has added another director to his Culvdr City forces in the person of Thoi..as R- iiiH^. ILi. Mills' first assignment is the direction of Toiu i/^oore in "I)uds • He has had a wide stage experience both as an actor and as a director , ORIT!^FITH FILM READY FOR DISTRIBUTION.-- D. Griffith's ini- tial masterpiece for First National Exhibitorc' Circuit, '"The Great Question," a dra.natic portrait of home folks, will in the next fev» days be turned over to First National and prepared for distribution. CAPITOL THE/^TRE TO OPEN OCTOBER 2^-.-- The Capitol Theatre, Nev? York , is to have its premiere on Friday night , October 24-. The^open- ing film offering ^vas to be Douglas Fairbanks in ""His 'Jajesty , the^ American," suoplement ed by scenic, scientific, tr avel ■ ne ..s , co.nedy; reels and a company of the gir 1-and-music type staged by Ned Waybujf.n. This part of the program is to be knom as Wayburn's demi-tasse revue. The theatre represents an outlay of more than ^^,000,000. , JOSEPH ^. LEE LE/iVES MfvYFR 0PG;\NIZ/MI0N .— Joseph F. Lee has resigned as general sales manager of the Louis B. LILayir organization^ the Anita Ste^vart Productions, Inc., and thj Chaplin-Liayer Picture.-i Company, and has been succeeded by Paul C. Uocney, v-7ho for five years has been connected <vith the Fox Film Corporation. FOX SIGNS SHIRLEY EASON .— Fox Film Corporation has si^^ned Shirley Mason for a long-term contract. The popular artist .vill begin ;fork soon on her first feature. rr^-^^ it MRS, AD^MS TO FILli HOLY LAND FOR FOX.-- Mrs. Viviane Whittali Adams, .vife of Major John Quincy Adams of the United States Uarine Corps' is on her .7ay to tne Holy Land to obtain photcaraphs for Fox ■News.' She is a /vriter and photoj. rapher of note, and has traveled thousands of miles. She ^oes under the name of Viviane TThittaii- She .7ill follo.^ the route of the British array through lAesopctamia. ^ FIRST HALL'iARK-BUEL FIL'/ COMPLETED,— Kenean Buel, directing xCJ Hall.'ark Pictures Corporation, has completed the first production ol this series, at the Fifty-fourth street studio, Ne.? York. It .*iU. Do cat and edited in two «eeks and ready for November release. Anna Lehr has the orincipal role. The title has not been chosen. HALLMARK* OFFICE'S ARE ENLARGED--- Since the purchase of the Exhibitors' Mutual Distributing Corporation's exchanges,FranK G. Hall, president of Hallmark Pictures Corporation, has had the i-oor space of its offices at I30 West Forty-sixth street, Nj.; 3^^^' f^" lar.^ed to accommodate more clerical .workers. The New York exchange, of Vnich Hal Specter is .uanager , was recently r^oved to the o.lic. at 1600 Broad.^ay formerly occupied by Exhibitors' M'^tual. Executivj^^^ offices and the private offices for the g^ensral sales office- «.ll take SpqrgJ^'^intFr'^pAINFULIY INJURED.-- George Winter, a raen.ber of , Henrv^'ehr Lan Comedies, was painfully injured recently vvhen the tcnniau Sf iutomSbiie .vhich crashed through the railing of a p;e r ^^Jiik h?Las he fell mco the .-ater at Ocean Park. The scene nas _^ stopoed and the injured actor rescjed .itn a rope.