Variety (October 1919)

YORI^ MAY JOIN EAIHHIS PLW'BIG &im . ]>MJIoiiifli),i)ct. St.. Ir* tat also tbeatrt betnc attacked g^iH>rted Purdbate for $3,200,000 Causes Comidmble ' Talk on Aroadway—^Znlror^s Activitieft in Buildmg Line ABsmning Great Piroportions—Houses, Further Building and Stock, Increase to Be Dit- ciiHied at Meeting November 10. 1:. The main topic of eoBTersatlon In flim fefiroles Wednesday waa th« reported pur- p^aae by Farnoua Players-Lasky inter- : ests of the New York Theatre property iSttt jm oo.OOO. All efforta. to secnre a ^fitfiniation of the story proved Cmit- .;iiM, but indications were that the nte .bad gone through. It is known, however, that Mr. Salla- Ibory. who is In general charge of theatre L^ftrations for' Fanous-Lasky. has been ^9pry active at late wtth respeet to the ^^bci^ullaitlai gofaiK into the ttMalMt.«aa ■Mil eatate Investment Ifne cA' WWUt .Boston, Oct. 29. r ' Woilc on dismantling and demoliahing Siegel Store here wlU be commenced as soon as the labor aitnation Is clarified. A S.OOO-seat theatre la to be erected on the site by Pamona Playera-Iasky, in „«ii^.nctlon with prominent local flnan- Chicago, Oct. 29. The Secord-Herald here announces . that Famous Players has acquired the :IUiBW Hooae^te.ler the oonstmotioii hoUding and purchase op- ^Katkns oC'JtaMim-Ladiy are: assmntaw. c^jnvorttooa o< nagnftnde. It has Men >ePcially announced at various ttanea |bat they have secured the Pntnaih ' Bonding site in New York, Graumann'a in IjOS Angeles, the Stlllman and other theatres in Cleveland (the Cleveland deal in association with Marcus Loew); a substantial interest in the S. A. Lynch theatre operations in the South, which now Include the Hulsey holdings in Texas and elsewhere, with others al- ready closed and not yet announced ar for which negotiations are now on. A special meeting of the stockholden it Famous will be held in New York Nov. 10 next, at which, it is understood, lAdoIph Zukor will lay before those prea- ;ent his plans for a farther extension of 'theater holding <9eiatlo«w in mcii places ^ where it la daMMtf aJwntawiwii t> tfci ^jWrporatlon. I^/Other matters to be brought up will be plhe. anthorixing of the increase of the |anmber of shares that may be issued by I-|h* oorporatlon from 200,000 shares, all - aC which are common without nominal ' ar par value, to 650,000 shares, of which '4tO,000 shall be common stock without . par value and 200.000 shall be 8 per cent. : cumulative convertible preferred stock. With a par value oC flMl aad tba la- of its stated owllal tnm IMMl- . MO to 122,600.000. ' Tbo board of directors has reoom- the issue of |10j>00,000 par value abck iana adaiicieinenta- te.flM andannEttlBK o< to tta'atodAiMan tar a I^TiSs BUlsuSii * On. SMJUMtltai wifli Koh^liMlb « Oa. pweada «C Um tlflgWMM oC to be «f tte 1911, certified by Price. Waterbouse 4k Co., shows net assets, not inclndlns any good Mta, of t2Z.Z2S.U%, «r 2U of the total amount of fba- ■tOGk-talMj Hi T. tho ot the Neir Toilc iwpo p w iy. la the orig- inal eompaay hoMlag stock in the prop- erty was Klaw, A. li, Krlanger, Wm. Harris, Sr., the Rogers Brothers, Charles nohnoan, and the Haymans. There were but 1,000 shares lasued at the time that the theatre was first taken over by those interests, about IS years ago. TiM price at that time was said to have been 11400.000. with, the M, Y. Life Insurance ,0a. hOUUngalaiseBNrtgage.. ' 'Then have,been 'Various affera aiads •tot the propMvty.fkcni tJaia to . wliHe tha pdoe oOaraA «i that oC «l4MyMtkf.«M(li ii :mb that tha to cany waa audi that tiiam was bat Utfte cash to be pasaed.: Kartiball VtMi ot Chicago^' laade ;u!i offer of |S.B0O;;0O0 at one time, and t.!:c "Herald" is said to have top]}ed that Ouc-r hy a qmrter of a mlflloa, but as there waa inaufflcient cash to be i down. JUDGE WITH UNIVERSAL. . JMca^'vho has been tho.tt- ihm liaiviMK aad Joined fhoaidvwtWbg staff- of tho UnlversaL Judge went with the United from the legltiinata^eatrlcal field. He had been associated with Charles Dillingham, Klaw & Erlanger and George C. Tyler for a number of years and handled such stars aa Frltzi Bchefif, Frank Daniels, Elsie Jania. Alexandra Carllale •K. T. i«>^iieijiA8r rmpum tri. .OdAi^ent with the resignation < of Perehral !>. Waters as president of the Triangle Films and the Triangle Dia- trlbutlng Company, comes the announce- ment that a new corporation, known as tho K. T. DlstrlbuUng Co., will release their, product through the Triangle. As much as could be learned of the •K. T., they are in business to release the old Chaplin features as produced bgr Keystone years ago. Hany XL A!itk«aa continues as chairs, man <rf the Board ol Staaeton «( fha Triaagla. ' * TRUEX HAKES FILM. Chicago, Oct 29. White Bmest Truex's appearance here In *The Bashful Hero" was mora or less of a casualty, the little comedlaa.dldift waste his time altogether. , Every morning Emle wended his way to the Rothacker studios, where "Pull Yourself Together," a Paramount com- edy featuring Truex, was being made. The Van VllssingeA dM W K s irtTtlrtiTfltnl in one exterior. . " tag 9t a aeries of parltaa and aShto hi ishioh young gbe^ and hoys fiKUtaS as jrhKslpals has led to a vfalwt ocMia agatast conditlbns. Clergymen are preaching sermonay school ofOcijals blaming parents for con- ditions, and parents, in turn, blaming theatres, dance halls and avtoaaOhUa parties. The clsisysMn are laytaf tto' blame on *%nggeBtiT» films." That the pietursa hooked loeaUjr aro' Ja irtUch are diOtbaa by .tts -aOeoaa *no>aiK "A SertaM ta' tho OT^t," .OMMwarrent," "The Iila ot Oonqaeir «ad Regular Girl." The former two pictures are said to be "An Star" <jast productions, while the other two are a Noma TaJmadge production and the Elsie JSnla picture. The Talmadge and Jania features are expected to carry the other two^ahmg and therefore the - plan was evolved. GeoTBe BoMlasi.- tto ftniMr'lhi»tHcji>l. manager, who haii been in Barfs Ibr . the past.two years looking attfer tta. exploitation in France of the D. W. Griflflth special features, arrived in New York last week. He sails for England Nov. .8 on the Inland and proposes to BSiUs jOr- BttiMiitly in X^midon,. -' '■. {-^ FEIZIUl XOBES M. Hernandez has'won an important patent suit in the United Statea Sa; preme Court against Prizma. The decision is undorstood to be based on the rl^it:^to. use double coated stock In die process—that Is the patent ris^t to uae color oai both sldsa oC .tha mm.. ' ■ V V -■' HOHTJS WMKER TUK STAB. ^ Pittaburgh. Oct. 29. Hans Wagner, the world's greatest . haaeMill player, has decided to enter' pksturea A scenario is being vHUmi by Havey J. Boyle^ sporting odUSoCwvC tho "ChrnMlnli). Trthgiiiih " . HBa a> .Ja.siDif. s w g sgwd hi .tt tarn soods-hnrfnesa, sad appeara as aettvs as ever, though nearini^i•.'. 8IELLA XAIHEWS nUf CO. tha ^nna- wtdi her hi tlM .-i«atift« .«iD hs A.:'aL and R R. Riskin. 'WiUisoi Di Davldsan, screen leading man, wUl also be dated with co-director. FOX'S KAMMOTH TRIO « «bjmt ta sBkiiaA an a t k at tha- It Is elalnwd- by those In a pedthm ■ to know, that tho trio of produeUoiiB referred to win ecUfwe anything here* tofore attempted by the Fox concern. Maurer Managing Strand, Louisville Cincinnati, Oct 29. OoMgo Mailer, fomorly aaleamaa tot vAflMaoial datad Swt. M. ts tfks aitant ot 161.- Carron, Iiie« Ksith-Barrls tbeatroa. hi onder the general- fliaDn. nf ClBolBiiati* "tor tha >W«»ti^^^| WM Is mi Hm o( miner war tax laws. This is with; apoct to the owners and managof* sC theatres, mostly the picture houses, who haye been lax about displaying tho proper signs denoting the price of adarfs» sion to the theatre. *> " " :^ A great many houses have signs read> ing a apecilled amount of money includ- ; ing the war tax. This, Collector McEI- ligott atates Is a violation, and according to the provisiona of the tax law. legally calls for a petwUy bahig JUflteted. 'thOv^Miiitiiia -^vo hen^^^ I to tha lawiilag at the Ooa- mcasuio hi tUI ieBpeet, tho* they must print the aatoont of the r«ir*: ular admission, then alongside ot it^ state what the Government tax amo.unts to and total the two, but they have no right to display any signs which simply call for the admission price with war tax included. The Inspectors who are working oat of his ofDce liave been Instructed to - note those vtolatioiis and a penatts will bo inflicted ou all those who are lax la,: dlQiayiiig tho|gipK algpa. Vhe penalty: Is a flno of Utltartlia j tors/to a term ot hn p tls o a Bieiit «ot ti^ exceed one year. ^. With respect to the collection of war tax OD theatre tickets given to review^ era. Collector McElligott declared the Government does not want this money, is not entitled to it and the theatre own- ers must desist in this practice. He stated that on account of -the shortage of his force, he la unable to have bis Is-' specters visit all theatres to Inform the managers ot the law covering this subr _ Ject. but tliat the theatre manageny -V'^^r K^^^j of whom have been supplied with Uia ' ' ' admission, tax regulations should suit tho book and obtain the proiwr stmetiioa ot ttao.4wt hi,this TWiMiAin/t TOM SOT. IL ■ ■ . Paris, Oot- jkr- . ,^.^„. "Xbm Heritage of France," shown harOr^ ' iHdvately at tho 3%eatre du CbaHfg, Klyaees, wiU be presented in New ToilCr > ^. j Nov; 11 trndar Oeaenl FersUng^^M^:^v''''' ';^i iCIialotto iBartOfi'tUs^ hnacli'ii^ oiiiifHusl,"' °lflss:Burtojii'i that yibai refused to iday-,1m'iqi^': deafraMo cmnedy part the l^'Mpq^Ufar;: dienlssed her. ^' ■ '-• '.s -!)^ She was under contract at'fM^'wy SSI ' 'Tait~of Building in Cincinnati ^:^^:.;v^ Cincinnati, Octi Xfc^^L > : - S There Is talk of the Paramount-Arfe»i;;.^^ ^, .^^-^^^ craft people building a npw theatre wrl^H^iJ'^^ Peebles Corner. TThe Orpheum has. sty^^i^^^j monopoly on the ptetture field, .at.. t|^^^^;^.(^^ point, one of Vb» wUUL "adranlsiiBiWalwi^fi'^^^a! OtadimaiL . ;V.C:." . ' ; v^"^^?^ 'to VHait:wUl0llii/tiitr'»r^^ . Harry Raver baa brought suit In t|ii.'v Supreme Court of New York agaliui^~ Arthur Beck tor t2,fi00. aU^hig ail* him the sum as the result ot jir Suing Over Stock ction. od Iho