Wid's Filmdom (1920)

eA eRe’ hehehe RP n> ye ae SET Fhe BRADSTREET TheRECOGNIZED of FILMDOM AUTHORITY Bee eae es DAIL Yasneasannien Vol. XIII No. 59 Sunday, August 29, 1920 Price 25c. Copyright 1920, Wid’s Film and Film Folks, Inc. Published Daily at 71-73 West 44th St., New mere Nas. (DY WID’S FILMS AND FILM FOLKS, INC. F. C. (“Wid”) Gunning, President and Treasurer; Joseph Dannenberg, Vice-President and Editor; J. W. Alicoate, Secretary and Business Manager. Entered as second-class matter May 21. 1918, at the post office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States, Outside of Greater New York, _ $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to WID’S DAILY, 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y. Telephone: Vanderbilt 4551-4552-5558 Hollywood, California: Editorial and Business Offices: 6411 Hollywood Boulevard. "Phone, Hollywood 1603. London Representative: W. A. Williamson, Aimee rank Weekly, 85 Long Acre, Lendon, W. C. Paris Representative: Le Film, 144 Rue rae ae Features Reviewed Maurice Tourneur Prod. THE GREAT REDEEMER PALL LMR PrP FS ka eee oe 8 Page 2 Pra vVe,critith Prod... ... 5; . THE LOVE FLOWER UE Pe PRISE Set coe seo 3S wees Page 3 PAULO CRIME Y La ie ec ein rey ee os THE TRUTH A UGA MMT S82 Os crag cca ee pees Page 4 Georeg Fitzmaurice Prod.. THE RIGHT TO LOVE Paramount me Page lt Sette el wre 9, O1.6) oe: o ay. ey orené \o) 6 Shee ¢ mae © Democracy Photoplay Co. DEMOCRACY, THE VISION RESTORED SS RELTEGE OT ES mmr remal te, Weta iether oy. Page 13 Corinne Griffith in..... THE WHISPER MARKET Vitagraph Page 15 Se MLena e¥a (elie 6 © 6's 0 0 6 0 608 ©) 6 iv 6 6) 6i6 Maurice Tourneur Prod..... THE WHITE CIRCLE PEACOAT ele a ara: «chile 6 cbd TR fia ae Page 18 Set CAASSICS ts Ratti. oie + 0.4 Sg5 igen tie» THE HOPE Wi GUi CM Tee ee Ree. 5. hale, ak Do «e'ed es Page 21 ae Ede te OU at. es e Betietiatae es niet LAHOMA a ELMO Meee ar e's ta hs at. aPald See tldlere!e Sle 0 8 Page 24 Dem Weave IN eo ie co 3,008 oF 8h HITCHIN’. POSTS PUES ORE MIS hes wc. 5 doth tleidie 6 2 a's Page 25 DEPT EIS MATS araie sir a os. « 8% « fais oe THE UNTAMED OS ae nee sia an d's al ook ates. Page 27 OTS Rs RS oo ot ag Sg aA SA Page 39 News of the Week in Headlines Monday New York public schools experimenting with films as mode of instruction. Alfred S. Black’s New England chain totals almost 70 theaters. Exhibitors League of Eastern Penn., Southern N. J. and Delaware convenes at Atlantic City. Tuesday M. P. T. O. plans to eliminate star and director “stealing” in order to stabilize rentals, Cohen tells Atlantic City convention. Famous Players seeks more theaters in California. *zas six in ’Frisco. North Carolina exhibitors hear about workings of Lynch organization. Situation improved there as result of meeting. Pathe to distribute Tom Santschi two-reel westerns. Wednesday First National and Willard Patterson answer A. S. Black’s charges regarding them. Messmore Kendall to head Goldwyn. wyn to retire. Pioneer by three-cornered deal gets additional product. Samuel Gold Thursday S. A. Lynch breaks off all conferences with M. P. T. O. regarding theater corporations in the South. Famous Players and Goldwyn settle with Theater Owners’ Chamber of Commerce regarding last year’s contracts. Harry Crandall refutes Tom Moore’s statements regarding lst National and National Booking Co. Special Pictures sign Ford Sterling. Friday Famous Players still after distribution. Samuel Goldwyn resigns as head of Goldwyn. M. P. T. O. ask A. S. Black for facts regarding First National’s alleged intimidation of exhibitors. Independent exchanges to continue handling Triangle product. New deal arraged with Hallmark receiver Premiere of “Way Down East” calls for $10 seats. outside productions for : Saturday 70 per cent of U. S. territory sold by Harry Garson on series of five new Clara Kimball Young productions. Stockholders of Powers Film Products Co. of Rochester district attorney. Independent Studios incorporated to build large studio near New York. seek aid “Pardoning the bad is injuring the good”—Benjamin Franklin.