The Moving picture world (January 1926-February 1926)

4 MOVING PICTURE WORLD Canadians See Favorable Year for War Films Five Already Set For General Release (Special Disfatcli to Moving Picture World) Toronto. January 12. Judging by activities in moving picture and government circles, Canada is in for a season of outstanding war record pictures, practically all of which have not been publicly screened in tne Dominion before. Of unusual interest is the announcement at Toronto that Regal Films, Ltd., will releas* ithe Imperial war picture, "Ypres," as a special production starting in February. This is to have its first runs under brilliant auspices. It shows many activities of the Canadian Corps in Flanders during the war years. Another indication of the trend toward official war pictures in Canada at this date is the tact that the first presentation of a "new" subject, "The Canadians at Mons," had its first special screening at Ottawa on January 5 before a large gathering of military officers and representatives of the government. This picture, about 2,000 feet, is the property of the Canadian MllUia Council, but is to hava public showing. Still another big war feature, "The Battle of Arras.'' belonginij ■ to the Canadian Archives at Ottawa, is ready for public release. This is a five-reel record of the fighting in that sector. It was given a special pre-release 6, after which the print was sent screening at Ottawa on January 6. Two features that hav'j made excellent headway during recent months in Canada have been "The Battle of Zeebrugge" and "Canadians in Action," a review of the war insofar as the Canadian corps was concerned from the Battle of Langeniarcic to the occupation of Cologne. "Mike" Shea Opens New Buffalo House iSfccial IHsfatch lo .Movi.vo PlCTLHE World ) Buffalo. January 13. With a di.«tinguished audience of city officials, theatre celebrities, motion picture magnates, exchange officials, exhibitors, newspaper men and guests. Shea's new Buffalo theatre will open with a private presentation on Friday evening, January 15. A special train from N'ew York will bring Adolph ZuI<or, Marcus L.oew, Richard H. Rowland, E. F. Albee, J. J. Murdock. Sam Katz, Harold B. Franklin, several screen stars and others. The Shea interests in Buffalo have recently been merged with the Publix Theatres Corporation. The guests will be received by Jlichael Shea, president of the Shea Operating Company, and Vincent R. McFauI, manager of the new company recently organized to operate the houses under the Shea-Publix banner. |inniiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu{iiii!i{iiiiiiii{iuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM^ I De Mille to Study \ I Wishy Film Plan | THE Wisby Plan, presented to the motion pic | ture industry by Moving Picture World, has | I so interested Charles Behan, of Producers Dis | I tributing Corporation, that he will introduce | I Hrolf Wisby to Cecil De Mille on the latter's | I arrival in New York City in about two weeks and | I afford the master director the oppottunity to ex | I amine it. .This plan of production, Mr. Behan | I beleives, has two especial benefits — the production S I of more original pictures and the saving of much | I money. . He has given it what he calls "as surface | I examination," and he is satisfied that it has much | I of value. I I Such a plan, assuring, as it does, a continuity l I of effort on the part of all human units engaged | I in producting a picture, should particularly appeal | 1 to Mr. De Mille because of the magnitude of every u j picture he makes. De Mille pictures, because of 1 I their unified plots, striking backgrounds, careful jj i attention to detail and wealth of imagination re | I quire much preparation and much personal super j 1 vision by Mr. De Mille himself, and the Wisby 3 I Plan, it is felt, would make it a more simple mat | I ter for him to keep his fingers at all times directly i I on the pulse of the picture. | Fleischer Succeeds Fadman at Red Seal Edwin Miles Fadman has resigned as president and general manager of tlie Red Seal Pictures Corporation, short reel distributors. His resignation in no way affects the policies of the company, which will be carried on as heretofore, nor does it affect his personal stock holdings in the Red Seal Pictures Corporation. Mr. Fadman will sail for Europe to enter there on a projrram of novelty productions for .\merican distribution. .Ma.\ Fleischer, creator of the Out of the Inkwell product, the Ko-Ko one-reel antics and the Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes, was elected president of Red Seal immediately after Mr. Fadman resigned. Saxe Building More Theatres (Sfecial Disfalrh lo .Movisr, PicrcRE World) , Milwaukee, January 13. Saxe .\musement Enterprises, headed by Tom Sa:;e, will have two more large picture houses added to their list of Milwaukee theatres in 1926, according to announcemenl. ^Milwaukee's theatiegoers have centered their interest on the opening night of the Tower Theatre, set for March 1. The Tower. located at seventh and Wells Street, will be a show fiouse equal to any of the' downtown theatres oiid one of the largest neighborhood theatres in the city. -Architects are working on plans for the Saxe house to be located at Farwell Avenue, near North .\venue. Construction work will begin soon and the theatre is expected to be opened before 1927. The cost is estimated at $800,000. It will seat 2.500. The most recent addition to the Sa.xe theatres is the Kellaw at Fond du Lac. Wis., which was opened December 26. This open ing brought the total of theatres operated throughout the state bj Saxe -Amusement Enterprises to twent.v-nine. SKOIR.4S STOCK -VCTIVK The annual report of the St. Louis Stock Exchange show." that during the year 1925 11,2»9 shares .>f Skouras -\ stock ihanged hands on the exchange while 4.504 shares of .St. Louis .Amusement Compan.v stock was bought and sold. The records of the stocks for the year were: .St. Louis .\ iiiusement, $63 high, *5fl low. an<l $54.40 close for the year; Skouras .A, $68 high, $36 low. and i:<Z close. TO IMIM)I<T FILMS The .Vational .Vdmlnistraii ve Council of L'ruguay. states American Consul O. Gaylord Marsh, at Montevideo, in a recent report to the Department of Commerce, has appropriated 2.000 pesos to purchase moving picture films showing modern agritultural methods employed in the United States. Theje films are to be displayed by the Information and Educatio :al Section of the Direction of Agriculture of Uruguay. I'L.W .\H\V C'K\'«iOKS Following the reorganization of the Board of Moving Picture Censors for New Brunswick, announcement hns Ijeen madf at H.Tlifax that the Censor Board for Nova Scotia has been dissolved and new members are to be appointed for 1926. The inference is given that there has been no complaint regarding the Nova Scotia board as previously constituted. Several Houses Opening Soon In Windy City 1926 Outlook for New Theatres Beats 1925 {Srccial Disfal.li lo Moving Picture World) Chicago. January 13. The outlook for new theatres in the Chicago territory for 1926 is ahead of that of the past year. The following new theatres are scheduled for early opening this year: Balaban & Katz will open the new Randolph street theatre in the Masonic building in March, and the new Howard avenue theatre, which will bo operated by the Clark Howard Theatre Company, about two months later, -Andrew Karzas says that the new North Center Theatre will open early in February. The house has been built in horseshoe shape and will have some very attractive interior decorations. Pictures and stage presentations will be featured, and a large orchestra will be used for the musical programs. The -Ascher circuit opened the Terminal Theatre this month at I.,awrcnoe and Spaulding avenue, and the other houses under construction by this circuit will be opened at the earliest possible moment, according to Ralph Kettering, publicity manager. Lubliner & Trinz is pushing completion of the new Belmont Theatre at Belmont and Lincoln avenue, the new Crove on the South Side and the new Tower on East 63d street, and plans to have the houses oi)en before the summer. The .Schoenstadl circuit is pushing the work on the new Piccadilly in Hyde Park and the reconstruction of the .Vtlantic. . The National Theatr' S Corporation is rushing work on the -Avalon Theatre on the South Side and the new Paradise Theatre on the West Side. This last house will be the largest of the circuit. Ottawa Papers Grant Reviews (Special Dispatch to Movi.vc Pictcre World) Ottawa. January 2.1. The leading exhibitors of Ottawa. Ontario, have lieen grant'-<i an important concession by the two newspapers, the Journal .ind the Citizen, in the way of a permanent arrangement for staff reviews on all picture jirogram.s. While the lo<^al press has always granted s|)ace for criticisms of dramatli! presentations anil recitals, this is the first time that the papers have conceded th«point of giving reviews on picture presentations. Those who now benefit iiicliirte .Manager ,1. .M. Franklin, B. F. Keith's Theatre: .Manager Leonard Uishop. Regent Theatre; -Manager O'Regan, Imperial, and -Manager Don .Stapleton of the Centre. These are the ones who are advertising regularly with display announcements in the local dailies.