Variety (September 1919)

“ »-r*i "* ».-*•.« - ’* / ■ «•■>•» ?•,* vW4 FILM PRESS AGENTS. Lem Stewart la now Handling the publicity lor the Triangle; Bert Adler Is general publicity representa* live for the Inter-Ooeon Film Corporation. At. Straasman, for some time attached to the press department of the Smith & Qold^ offlcea, has been engaged by JjouIb Mayer to*^ take care of all the press work tor the new Anita Stewart pictures, Ewan Justice, formerly with the Pox, and haa Just recovered from a long lllneaa, will go to Washington, where he may likely take up permanent work In his line. .Henry MacSiahon, In addition to writing the press matter for the Educational, la doing oonalderablo, apeolal writing for numerous magkzlnM and monthly publications. ^W. J. Moolnneas, director of advertising for fHp War Division of Films, la a former Cfclcslgo newspaperman. The war films de- partment have leased three floors at 6 West . 48th street, where Macinness and staff were the first to move In last week. Macinness Is getting out all kinds of general and special stuff' for the war film feature, ‘‘America’s Answer." In the ^‘Independent." with which Is In- coiponuod ‘‘Harper’s Weekly," appears a series of articles on "Confessions of a Mo- tion Picture Press Agent." The ^.rst of the throe contributions deals with tue inner side cd the industry, with some interesting revela- tions on things id the passing that happened bat which heretofore were not published. The name of the press t^ent writing the articles Is withheld, but the writer appears to know all about It. Ideut. Wells Hawks, comnUsslohed to handle all of the press work for the navy, and who Is continually pulling all sorts of stunts stimulating recruiting, especially In New t ork, has the navy film publicity also under . his suiiervislon, with a specially designated picture squad. H.' R. Judge, now the general press agent for the United Theatres Pictures Circuit, .was With the Qeorge Arliss company, for five years as manager. He Is also a former newspaper man. * Walter Sanford, recently general press representative for Fox, Is on the road With Oeorge Arliss, managing his tour. ' Jock Orey la looking after the press work on the new Houdlni serial for B. A. Rolfe. COAST FILM NEWS. By GUY PRICE. Lon Angeles, Sept, 21. Jack L. Winn, formerly with Cohan & Har- ris, has been appointed assistant manager of Clune‘s Auditorium. v B. Helmlcb, general manager of the Co- opefutive Film Exchange, Ltd., Australia, was Oie guest of the Christie Film Co. BArTy B. Northrup baa been engaged by Douglas Fairbanks to play Cap^ Hodgson in ‘‘Ariaona,” Frank 0‘NellI, the cinema commuter, has b^ rejected by the army tor the twelfth time. O’Neill r^ses to tell what Is the mat- ter with him. Charles H. Christie is chairman of the pic- ture industry’s Fourth Liberty Loan drive. J, C, Jeasen will operate the "tank" In Central Park. X W. Jeffries has severed his business con- n^pns with Vabibtt (Los Angeles ofifioe). . Frank Bchroeder succeeds him. Jay Belasco has orders to report tor mili- tary duty Got. 2. Wive Vltagraph companies are due here shortly. The Revlera has again changed hands. It la now the Victory. Fred Palmer Is in the mountains gathering Inspiration for another thesis on scenario writing. Otto Lederer is the oldest member of west- ern Vltagraph Co.^ Tom Bates, character actor, is out of Clara Bartmt Hospital after several weeks’ Illness. While her husband is In France Mrs. Hank Mann Is keeping herself busy knitting socks for him. Ciiillicothe, 0., Sept. 25. The new Sherman was opened here last week, with the Fox picture “Salome.*’ The house has a seating capacity of 1,000 and has a stage suit- able for legitimate productions. J. Elmer Redelle is the manager. COUNSEL T& THE GOVERNOR. William Chilvers, vice-president and general counsel of De Luxe Pictures Corp., was this week appointed per- sonal counsel to Governor (Jharles S. Whitman. He will spend several days each week at Albany, Dlando has started work on' "A Sawdust Doll for Baby Marie Osbomop under the dl» rectlon of William Bertram. Claire DuBray. Jack Connellyp William Quinn and “Sunny*' Sammy are in the cast. N. RALPH CAMP DIES. N. Ralph Camp, until last June man- ager of Goldwyn's Boston office, died Sept. 24 in Boston of pneumonia, the result of Spanish influenza. He was ill less thkn. a week. He was 3S years old. Camp was connected with the film business about one year, and was un-. married. ‘Thomas H. Ince’e ‘The Midnight Patrol" Is to be distributed by Select as a special release. FOUR-YEAR-OLD FOR KID FILM. Chicago, Sept. 25. Dorphia Browne, the four-year-old who was the conspicuous hit of “The Garden 'of Paradise,” lately at the Studebaker,' has signed with Romaine Fielding to appear in a picture called “Mama's Angel Child,” by Penny Rogs, cartoonist of the Chicago Tribune., Bryant Whshbum’s next Paramount fea- ' ture will be ‘‘Saturday to Monday," seen, last season on Broadway as a spokoi production. KLAW^ & ERLANGER demonstrated to the **legiti- and the SHUBERTS mate” theatres the benefits of ized the “shoWfbusiness” by ensuring .regular, instead of haphazard, duplicated book- ings, and benefited both pro- ducer and theatre. « The U. B. O. of the business-both for the houses, and the artists and set • Vaudeville'where it stands to- day. UNITED goes further. It brings the Picture Playhouses of America into a cooperative, Qrganiza- tion so that Exhibitor-Mem- bers own and control the Biggest Circuit in the World. UNITED PICTURE THEATRES OF AMERICA, he. 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