The Moving picture world (May 1922)

316 MOVING PICTURE WORLD May 20, 1922 MOVING PICTURE Arthur James, Editor-in-Chief Published Weekly by Chalmers Publishing Company lie Fifth Ayenue, New York City Telephone: Murray Hill 1610 Branch Office: Chlcagro, 28 East Jackson Boulerard John F. Chalmers, President Alfred J. Chalmers, Vice-President James P. Chalmers, Sr., Vice-President Bllsa J. Chalmers, Secretary and Treasurer Errln Li. Hall, Business Manager EDITORIAL. DEPARTMENT John A. Archer, Managing Editor Epes W. Sargent, Exploitation P. B. RlchardBon, Projection E. T. Xeyser, Accessories Frltx Tldden, Reviews Roger Ferri, Independent Productions ADVERTISING DIVISION Wendell P. MllUsan, Manager CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Dennis J. Shea, Manager Publishing as well: Cine Mundial — the picture authority tn Latin America. Technical books on projection, theatre construction, photoplay writing and allied subjects. BubflcTlpdon Price: United States and lt« posseealons, Mexlc* and Cuba. $3.00 a year; foreign countries (postpaid). $5.00 a year. Copyright, 1922. by Chalmerj Publishing Company. Copyright throughout Great Britain and Colonies under the pr» Tlsions of the Copyright Act of 1911. (All Bights Beserred. ) Member Audit Bureau Circulations Member National Publishers Association This publication is dedicated to the service of the moving picture industry in all of its elements. Its foundation is character, its watchword is enterprise, its aim is betterment. THE motion picture industry has lost one of its striking personalities in the sud(den death of Maxwell Karger, former Metro director-general, while en route to California. Possessed of an enormous vitality that met all physical demands on it, he was one of the hardest workers in directorial ranks, and achieved some notable results for Metro, with which he had been identified since its organization. His ability to work at top speed gained for him the nickname of feature pictures. During his career he •'the human dynamo." When Bayard supervised personally and directed no less \'eiller became Metro's director-general than seventy pictures, a mark which many Karger was assigned the production of of our leading directors have yet to equal. Fair Play SENATOR JAMES J. WALKER addressed the convention in Washington, and in two hours and twelve minutes called Sydney S. Cohen many varieties of a liar. S3^dney S. Cohen, president of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America, replied to Senator Walker, and for fortyfive minutes called his opponent a liar. The convention then gave a unanimous vote of confidence in both Walker and Cohen. The net result is that both men have received the vote of the jurv^ and are acclaimed as the champions in their class. This element of the situation is not without its humorous phases. In fact, the humor predominates. But the convention, in doing a humorous thing, also did a sane and a sensible thing because the controversy was taken off the floor and a program of harmony and progress was begun upon. Senator Walker was not in form, because his throat was in bad shape. Cohen was not in form because his voice was not equal to the difficult acoustics of the hall. What the convention wanted was peace and progress, and after giving both men a free chance in the fairest way, it settled down to the business in hand. A sense of humor is always a saving grace. Rarely does humor obtain in a political situation. The Motion Picture Theatre Owners are almost unique in being able to forget the bitterness and the rancor of combat and give a yes vote to both of the warriors. The producers and the distributors may well emulate this example. Even a ridiculous situation may be turned to advantage if the horse sense of the individuals is working. ARTHUR JAMES.