Wid's Filmdom (1921)

et of FILMDOM er ern TheRECOGNIZED ahse ori AUTHORITY Sunday, July 3, 1921 eae nae Ae Vol. XVII No. 3 Price 25c. Copyright 1921, Wid’s Film and Film Folks, Inc. Published Daily at 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y., by 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 ; J. A. Cron, Advertising Manager. Entered as second-class matter May 21, 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, 1918, at the Poa office at Address all communications to WID’S DAILY, 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y. Telephone, Vanderbilt 455145525558. Hollywood, California: Editorial and Business Offices, 6411 Hollywood Boulevard. Phone, Hollywood 1603. London Representative: W. A. Williamson, Ronearonraph Weekly, 85 Long Acre, London, W. C. Paris Representative: Le Film, 144 Rue ees Features Reviewed Reginald Barker’s production..... THE OLD NEST BRAN TAG ge). ola aloo « «oo nw aeaetiede «Wid avl Page 2 Harley Knoles Production .......... CARNIVAL MCE UISES ga cP. oa wees ee Page 3 Sessue Hayakawa in WHERE LIGHTS ARE LOW MEP USC OLE. 2, c. 5. o.+-. antes vine + + a Page 4 PCE Tees. ee ee OVER THE WIRE eg ss ays ss esate mgt o + 22 obs Page 5 APPEARANCES Famous Players-Lasky oa Prodw...:% oe Pages Carmel Myers in .............++-+-e-eTHE KISS PMIVersdiesso-.te ene eee Page 9 Maurice Tourneur production THE FOOLISH MATRONS Associated Producers Page 12 <: 0 (el eotaMhelelieh’wi se) 0) 0's) 0" 0 Malcolm Strauss production . THE TWICE BORN WOMAN Sonora Pictures—State Rights Page 13 Edna Murphy and Johnnie Walker in ry ee LIVE WIRES Fox Page 15 Gt gic cise rele e/a a 5.6 6 0 © 6 6 Obe)w ays, 4 i © 6 © (0. ie Whitman Bennett production SALVATION NELL Associated First National Pictures .... Page 17 Buck Jones in STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER Cae eet. sciatic ars eit 248 Page 18 DEVOTION Associated Producers ........----++-:Page 19 Sit EY) Page 20 ae News of the Week in Headlines Monday Greatest gathering of ih ae in film history gather in Minneapolis Torus PS" ). Convention. N: A. Marr lareports. more tact are erecting own exchange buildings. Educational convention in Chicago July 18-20. Fox convention starts. Tuesday M. Pago establish $5,000 production and distribution. at convention. 000 fund to finance 1.000 exhibitors may Over First National acquires more foreign pictures. Wednesday Adolph Zukor grilled by M. P. T. O. committee at convention. Plan for production causes intense dis “Tab” men seek floor on Brulatour activ L. J. Selznick and B. B. Hampton make plea for centralized distribution in order to cut waste. National Review Board to operate independent of N. A. M. P. J. “Editorial Committee.” Six subsidiaries of European Film Alliance formed. cussion. ities. Thursday Sydney S. Cohen again heads M. P. T. O. tion and Zukor to draw up new agreement regarding Famous Players’ theater operations. ae men pledged support of exhibitors. Opinion about divided over production plan. Convention Conven evenly over. Independent producers and distributors form co-operative organization. M. H. Hoffman out of Pioneer. David Warfield to make “Music Master” Dempsey serial for Vitagraph release. in films. Friday Exodus from Minneapolis gains impetus. Four more Neilan Prod. for First National. Asso. Prod. foreign deals closed. Jesse L. Lasky to make immediate cut of 25% in production. “Studio improvements planned. Allied Laboratories urge M. P. T. O. to take up matter with Eastman Kodak Saturday Joe Brandt, president of Independent Distributors and Producers Association. National Association laying plans for launching of its “editorial committee.” Pardoning the bad is injuring the good”’—Benjamin Franklin. 1 \