The Moving picture world (May 1924-June 1924)

June 21, 1924 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 697 YOUR INVESTMENT PROBLEMS Have you invested wisely? Should you take a profit ? Should you take a loss? Should you add to your holdings? Should you exchange your securities for others where a greater opportunity exists for enhancement in market value? To aid in the solution of such problems, we offer the facilities of our Investors' Service Department. Inquiries addressed • to our offices at 1531 Broadway, second floor, Astor Theatre Building — Telephone, Lackawanna 7710 — will receive prompt attention. NEWBURGER, HENDERSON and LOEB Members New York and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges 100 BROADWAY BRANCH OFFICES: 202 Fifth Avenue at 25th Street 1531 Broadway at 45th Street 511 Fifth Avenue at 43rd Street PHILADELPHIA: 1512 Walnut Street Moving" Picture WORLD ROBERT E. WELSH -------- EDITOR Published Weekly by CHALMERS PUBLISHING COMPANY 516 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Member Audit Bureau Circulation John F. Chalmers, president; Alfred J. Chalmers, vice-president; James P. Chalmers, Sr., vice-president; Eliza J. Chalmers, secretary and treasurer, and Ervin L. Hall, business manager. Branch Offices: 28 East Jackson Boulevard, Chicago; W. E. Keefe, 1962 Cheromoya Avenue, Los Angeles, Cal. Editorial Staff: Ben H. Grimm, Associate Editor; John A. Archer, Managing Editor. Manager of Circulation : Dennis J. Shea. Subscription price: United States and its possessions, Mexico and Cuba, $3.00 a year; Canada, $3.50; foreign countries (postpaid), $10.00 a year. Copyright, 1924, Chalmers Publishing Co. Copyright throughout Great Britain and Colonies, under the provisions of the Copyright Act of 1911. (All rights reserved.) Other publications: Cine Mundial (Spanish). Technical books. VOLUME 68 NUMBER 8 Features Editorial 695 News of the Week Binderup Gives Sensational Testimony in Federal Court 699 Largest Theatre Circuits Will Give Public Benefit of Tax Reduction 701 Pathe News Scores Beat in Filming Republican Convention 701 M. P. T. O. A. Directors Approve Membership and Financial Scheme 702 Orchestra Forty-eight Miles from Screen 702 F. B. O. to Hold Sales Convention in Chicago June 14 and 15 704 Carl Laemmle Signs Noted European Director 704 T. O. C. C. Hears M. P. T. O. A.'s New President 730 Educational Convention Will Be Held in Los Angeles July 1 to 5 731 Warner Convention Results in Better Plan for Distributors 731 Departments Exhibitors News and Views 711 Straight from the Shoulder Reports 718 Selling the Picture to the Public 733 Reviews 741 Pep of the Program 744 Releases 746 Equipment, Construction and Maintenance 749 Projection 751 One of a Series The Hamilton National Bank 130 West 42nd Street Many men who later rose to positions of real importance in their industry, made their first step — The day they acquired that "bank-y" feeling. And the first step is not difficult. It may often consist of becoming acquainted with the Compound Interest Department of a large bank. Through the years, as your interests widen and develop, you reap the benefits of long friendship with that particular institution. Hamilton National's Compound Interest Department is at your service. Its service is in every way on a par with that of all departments of Hamilton National — the Utmost in Service. Start today— "Have a Bank For a Friend!" iamilton National Bank 130 West 42nd Street (Bush Terminal BIdg.) New York City Open 9 A. M. till 10.30 P. If. Our Deposit Vaults — open at the same hours — are admitted to &• the best equipped in the etty.