Variety (September 1919)

A'. •/'■'I'V.i'A j/aV. ii V't** Vaa Jtsjtitf i ^Vrit A T O V, I N G P I C T U R E S NEWS OF THE FILM WORLD David O. Rodgers, former manager of the American, has b^n appointed manager of the United office In Minneapolis, Minn. The Horkheimers have sold the foreign rights to 14 of their pictures to the Export & Import Film Corp. A reissue Is being made of the Metro fea- ture, !*The Shooting of Dan MoOrew," starring Ftound Breese. ■-"The Sins of the .Children," to be produced by B, 8 . Moss, will be directed by John S. Liopez. Work began this week. D. W. Griffith’s "Hearts of the World,” which opened at the 44th Street April 4, will end -.4 lts"Tun Oot. 6 . For the first time Mae March will play a dual role In her coming Ooldwyn feature, "Hidden Fires." ' Florence Turaer arrived in San Francisco last Week. She goes to Los Angeles, where she wlH-do a war film, "The Patriotic Mother." ' : Bessie Barrlseale has entered Into an ar- fangement with Robert Brunton Productions Co. for appearanoe in eight pictures, to be dis- tributed via Hodklnson service. . Carmel Myers has started work on her latest Biiiehlrd feature, ‘The Beautiful Mongrel." Rodolphe de Valentina will he Miss Myers’ leading man and Paul Powell will dlr^ . “The Lure of Luxury," the Bluebird feature formerly entitled "The Bargain True," fea- turing Ruth Clifford, has been scheduled for release Oct. 7. ; 1 : Thomas A. Persons has been engaged as Mudio manager, and in the future he will ,be In direct control of all productions in which Doris Kmyon appears for De Luxe Pictures. Barbara Castleton, a former World star, has been engaged to support William Faver- sham In the Artcraft feature, ,"The Silver King.”; The Uberty Feature Film Co., of San Fran- olseo, began work on Its second feature, which they have titled for working purposes, "Don’t ,Blte the Hand That Feeds You.” I , . . ■ 1 .The picture rights of "The Belle of New '"York’’ has been purchasedby Select. Thelead- |lng rolF will be played by Marlon Darles. |Work-on the scenario will be started immedl- lately. : f William S. Hart came Into NeW York this Week fropa Chicago, where he stopped off tor A short ;nay. Hart’s Jump East at this time Is stated as being officially arranged In be- half of the new loan drive. George M. Cohan is about to undertake his second Artcraft picture under ihis second y^r’s contract with Famous Players-Lasky. There Is some talk about it being “Forty-five Minutes from Broadway."' With the completion .of "Sick ’em Sam" for the next Liberty Loan Drive, Douglas Fair- banks has started work on a propaganda pic- ture to be used during' the Fifth Canadian Victory Loan. Robert Marks will put on the dances in "Listen Lester,” the forthcoming musical farce by Harry Cort and George JB. Stoddard, with music by Harold Orlob, which John Cort has in preparation. It will feature Emma Oarus. Owing to the difficulties attending the pro- duction of "The Goddess of Lost Lake,” a Robert Brunton production starring Louise Glaum and scheduled for release Oct. 80, a Bessie Barrlseale feature, "The Heart of Rachael,” completed for several weeks, will be released In Its place. "The Birth of a Nation” syndicate, or- ganized to handle a series of special features, has purchased the rights for the United States to “Mickey," with the exception of New York State, which was sold to the Magnet Film , Exchange. The picture was owned by W. H. ■ Productions. Emmy Wehlen is working on a Metro pic- ture called "Sylvia on a Spree." In her \ support are W. I. Perclval, Frank Onrrler and Eugene Acker. Another Metro picture In the pocess of filming Is "Kate of Kentucky." May Allison bus the stellar role and Robert T. Thornby Is directing. Evelyn Nesbit, In "Her Mistake” and the rest of the special productions released by the Prildhcer’s Distributing Corporation, embodying; Frank Hall’s plan of features at fixed rental prices of ten, twenty and thirty dollars per day, win be distributed through Independent • exchanges In the east and through the Gen- era] Film Company in the west and south. Bert Lytell has started work on "The Spend- ers,” his sixth under Metro. The picture la being made In Hollywood, Cal. It is from u story by Frederick Orln Bartlett, which ap peared in the Saturday Evening Post. In the company are a young woman called Clara Mor- ris, Thomas Jefferson and William V. Mong. Charles Swickard is directing. Forthcoming Metro releases are "Little Miss Moneybaga” starring Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne, Charles J. Brabln, direc- tor; "Oh, Annice!” starring Viola Dana .and directed by John H. Collins, and “Five Thou- sand an Hour," starring Hale Hamilton In a plcturlzatlbn of the George Randolph Chester novel and directed by Ralph W. Ince. /■ ' " '■ / "Wilson or the Kalsert" will be the title of a new propaganda picture made as a Screen Classlo, Inc., and released through Metro. .It deals both with the war and reconstruction. Charles Miller Is directing. The leading role will be played by Creighton Hale. Others In the company are Margaret Aston Jamcs^/Mag- gie Weston and Charles Edwards. ^ Norma Talmadge’s next picture to be re- leased Is called "The Forbidden City." . It will be shown at the Rivoli Oct. 6 . It was made under the direction of S.^-A. Franklin and tells a Chinese story. Thomas Mplghan Is her leading man. The picture was taken all over the state, part of It In Chinatown, where 100 Chinese girls were unearthed (prob- ably more or less literally) for extra work. Upon completing "Allies," Carlyle Blackwell and Evelyn Greeley, ..now working on that World feature, wil], be starred In "The Forest Rivals," the next World feature In which they will appear. With them In the cast will be Jack Drumler, Johnnie Hines and Albert Hart. Dell Henderson will direct. Other -World pictures being made are "The Love Defender," with June Elvidge, Madge Evans and Frank Mayo, Tefft Johnson directing, aqd "What Love Forgives," starring Barbara Cas- tleton and • Including Mme. Myrtle Wagner White of the Chicago Opera Company. Lieut. Cleaves KInkead, U. S. A., author of “Common_Clay,” the Broadway success of two years ago, filed suit In the Supreme Court Sept. 21 against A. H. Woods,' the producer, for an accounting in the royalties of the play mentioned. The author- alleges that (no. ac- counting of the receipts from his play had been rendered him in the last-year or so. In the motion picture rights, he had half inter- est, also the stock production rights, and lastly, the Yiddish rights, which Max Gabel acauired. KInkead Is certain something 1s coming to him. > ORDERED TO TAKE OUT UCEHSB. Joft JermoR was brought before Magistrate Corrigan in the West S4th Street Police Court Monday morning on complaint of the Commissioner of Licenses. Attorney Jacob Weissberger, acting for Frank Cook and James Savo, filed the complaint at the Commissioner’s office and the charge was preferred by Deputy Commissioner Whalen. Attor- ney Weissberger acted as the Cpm- , missioner’s counsel. Defendant was represented by Attorney Joseph Den- nenberg. It was alleged that Cook and Savo signed a managerial contract with Jer- mon to represent them in securing^the- atrical employment. The latter book- ed them with Jacobs & Jermon, charg- ing Savo five per cent, commission and Cook $10 a week. It developed Jer- . mon had no agency license. The 'magistrate ordered defendant to take out a license forthwith or he would accept the comi>laint.. .By advice* .of his attorney defendant immediately applied for an agedey li- cense. Attorney Weissberger says he wiin^ on behalf of his clients, sue for the reqovery of the moneys paid Jer- mon by kis. clients, amounting to about $ 1 , 000 . TOURNEUR’S NEW ONE. . Maurice Tourneur's second produc- tion will be ready in a fortnight, when it will be given a Broadway showing. The picture is tentatively called “The Woman.” In. the cast are Paul Clerget, Ethel Haller, Faire Binney, Gloria Goodwin, Chester Barnett, Flora Eevalles. 1 It is in seven reels. FOUR-MINUTE MAN HELD OUT. Providence, R. I., Sept. 2S. Last week" when the Four-Minute men awarded the Government certifi- cates to the various theatres here where Four-Minute Men had been permitted to speak, the Gaiety did not receive one of these, Jacob Conn, man- ager, has made a vigorous protest claiming, the Four-Minute Men have used his theatre at all times, and " claims that order by which he fails to get a cerfificate is a slap at his pa- triotism. The Gaiety is rented on Sunday nights^ to the People’s Forum where Socialists and other speakers give ad- dresses followed by brief five-minute discussions. The People’s Forum has caused the. Department of Justice of- ficials here much concern in the past. According to Mr. Conn, the explana- tion given by the chief of the Four- MinutivI^fiD is that this th'eatre is not given over to the exclusive use of the Government.^ Mr. Conn, however, is not satisfied with the explanation. INCORPORATIONS. S?.** Manhattan; $10,000: N.J^ankeL C. W. Amea S. B. Rogers, 628 West 141at Street, Manhat- tan.; . / Manhattan. |60.- (Seller, B. Reubens, T. Kear- ney, 128 Broadway. New York. fManhat- tan, 828,000; M. Sulzberger, E. Bgan. I, Bnselman, 88 Park Rowf New York. ^nhattan, amuse- ments, 86,000; W. & W. Morris, Jr., A. ^Lastfegel, 5 5 Len ox avenue. New York. ADYHOaiZATIONS. . OrapliBMone Development Co„ Ine,. Delaware, picture films, 8,000 shares pro- ferred stock, 8100 each; 8.000 shares com- mon, no par value; active capital not given; representative, R, o. (toughlan, 80 East 42d street. Now York. A billboard campaign that ^covers almost every town in the United States from 5,000 population up, gives to every exhibitor ready-made audiences on LEAH BAIRD “WOLVES OF KULTUR with SHELDON LEWIS This serial is as vivid as a flash of lightning in a midnight sky. It strikes high A in thrills, punch, story and acting. Arrange to see the first episodes today. Released Oct. 13 th ^ Pr&duced by Western Photoplays, Inc. Written and directed by J. A. 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