Variety (July 1919)

itrk-X- H 3 - ■ i ■■ mtg Safe Sis ' .• ' :•-■;,• POWERS RAW STOCK OVER. The P. A: Powers raw stock deal seems to be over. The latest quota- tions from Rochester show that the brokers handling the stock of the com- pany are receiving as high as $24 a share for a $10 par. The company has been paying a 5 per cent, dividend quarterly since it has been in exist- ence and now the Powers play is turning-out 750,000 feet of film weekly. P. A. Powers, in New York early this week, refused to comment on the* fact that an explosion in his plant last week had cost the lives of two of the employes and likewise remained mum on the question of the injunction that the Eastman people had obtained against him, restraining the Powers company, from taking any of the East- man employes into its plant. He stated that this injunction would be lifted within a few days and in the meantime the plant would -turn out 750,000 feet weekly until the new ma- chinery got working within the next few weeks, and that would mean that 1,500,000 feet would be the weekly out- put. This has all been signed for by two foreign companies, one in Zurich, Switzerland, and the other by the Garbaldis of Italy, who want to take the entire output of the. plant for for- eign use. As soon as the. present building in Rochester is turning out its maxi- mum capacity, Powers expects to have a new plant in operation in the Corona or Astoria section of Long Island, where he will be able to at least tripli- cate the output of the Rochester plant before the summer of 1920. The Long Island plant idea is to lay the scene of production near the consumption and foreign shipping center and inci- dentally to get away from the East- man influence in Rochester. - MARRIAGE ANNULMENT ASKED. Seattle, July 23. Bringing suit against Harry J. Ed- wards, the picture director, Gladys Brockwell, according to friends here, has revealed that she lived with Ed- wards only three days. They were married in Seattle July 1, 1918, and separated July, 4. t Miss Brockwell now declares that at the> time' her divorce from her first husband, Robert B. Broadwell, had not been made final. The present suit is for annulment' i Edwards and Louise Glaum were for- merly married. MOTHERS IN AUTOS. When Mary Pickford's mother, Mrs. Charlotte Pickford, was in town last week, some man ran into her car with an auto he was driving. He has threat- ened legal action. O'Brien, Malevinsky & Driscoll, Mrs. Pickford's attorneys, expect a summons and complaint this week. Mary Miles Minter's mother, Mrs. Julia Miles, while entering a Town taxi cab in front of the Hotel Marie Antoinette last week, had her hand crushed by the slamming of the ve- hicle's door. She has retained O'Brien, Malevinsky &' Driscoll to bring legal action for $10,000 damages against the T. T. company. Brenon Traveling: Abroad. • London, July 23. Herbert Brenon, picture director, left here recently for a tour through Spain and Italy. A Spanish firm has asked him to make a big production. Brenon has also received a definite order from Ambrosio to make a big production in Rome. They will meet in Turin. Zukor's Son, Father's Assistant Eugene Zukor has been appointed as- sistant to the president of F. P.-Lasky. The president is his father, Adolph Zukor's new job carries with it respon- sibility for important executive work. COLLINS EFFECTING AFFILIATION. Frederic L. Collins, president of Mc- Clure Pictures, scheduled to return from England July 15, has decided to lengthen his stay abroad until Sept. 1, to complete the details of an affiliation between McClures and one of the lead- ing British film producing concerns. Casting has begun for the new George Walsh picture, which Is an adaptation from a story by Frank L. Packard. It will be under the direction of Mr. Watsh'a brother, R. A. Walsh. MANY COMPANIES iA PORTLAND. Portland, Ore., July 23. Portland is now a film center—Amer- ican Lifeograph, Adventures Picture Corporation, Multnomah Film Co., Clove rio Comedy Co., and the Portland Producing Co. are already working; Tom Mix, Rex Beach Co., and Her- bert Heyes are to shortly start Cecil B. DeMille will shortly begin work on "Why Change Your Wffe," written by his playwright brother, William C. DeMille. INCORPORATIONS. Hellenic Art Producing Cos Manhattan, pictures, 150,000; D. Boras, A. Statho- poulo, H. D. Frankman, 148 W. 111th street, New York. J. 8. Tepper, inc., Manhattan, theat- ricals; A. M. Lev In e, R. Qreenbaum, J. 8. Tepper, 220 W. 42d street, New York. CAPITAL INCREASES. Picture Trade Directory, Manhattan. 120,000 to 160,000. DELAWARE CHARTERS. . Picture Producing Co., o( America, 1500,000; Joseph H. MacKenzle, Garret A. Storm, Richard H. Casey, all of New York. : V///4ti^{#fH^mt»t)M^M^ \i/vmoi//it-Q)n>\V Qomcdif feahuing^ egsz* <ssa> Mrs WMmmMmmr, s:"v/uimi/Mf(iiii/ ;f5 ►w ■'TFF» < Bunkered Under persons*? supervision of Mrs. Sidney Drew The New York Tribune says: « < Bunkered', is a charming little comedy which Mrs. Drew has filled with people who are exactly the kind of people you find in real life. Angie, the ingenue, is not too pretty and she is most convincing in the role. Thank goodness, Mrs. Drew is going to keep on writing and producing these comedies, for there is no other to take her place." Audiences all over the country are thank- ing goodness that .Mrs. Drew is to con- tinue the Drew comedies. Your audi- ences will thank goodness and you for showing them. By Emma M. Whitman. Produced by V. B. K. Film Corporation, under personal supervision of Mrs. Sidney Drew. m imm iffii m ■ FAMOUS PLAYERS -LASKY CORPORATION lMWIlllw»..i iwiiiiMr «.».«n ni. i«i ni ■ n j [ 5s)©Q?t '« O m \W 3& i-.