Wid's Filmdom (1921)

NERNEY fay ERE (gy Uy, ae Fhe BRADSTREET TheRECOGNIZED of FILMDOM Bi AUTHORITY on aay === DAIL Yaamacnasem Vol. XVII No.9 Sunday, July 10, 1921 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; W. Alicoate, Secretary and Business Manager; J. A. Cron, Advertising 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, 85 Long Acre, London, Le Film, 144 Rue Montmartre. Kinematograph Weekly, Cc. 2. Paris Representative: Features Reviewed Rex Ingram’s production THE CONQUERING POWER ol THE BRONZE BELL Thos. H. Ince Prod.—Paramount ...... Page 3 Constance Binney in....SUCH A LITTLE QUEEN PPA, CRMC e aM cc sfaty 2c «2s io bo oe cmeneimee Page 5 Che mmmiay CON cy. ec cst ee ees 2 WEALTH Patamount'>.... Derrislcrs «sole «' Chae Bee Page 7 Tom Mix in....... THE BIG TOWN ROUND-UP | POR aie Piet e a. yes + ericrs. <<: sete eneee Page 8 GladyseWaltonvin......-......... SHORT SKIRTS MEM Gdlite wes ee ese ce omeee es Page 9 SNGGEICIS TS eis Covers orc ee cee hemeeys Page 10 Dorothy Daltonin..... PA eae BEHIND MASKS RMMMETTIOUELG ene Venice 6. 5 oterals sos + iifesiaee _ Page 12 TRADITION Sonora Pictures—State Rights ..... rage. 13 WHO AM I? Selznick—Select ..........wc teeeeage 15 Shirley Mason in ...........+-ssee0e LOVETIME QS ces ve eee PP ide. siatss 0-2 a aden Page’ 17 News of the Week in Headlines Monday Legal holiday. Tuesday Independent Producers and Distributors Association to seek Federal law in order to fight piracy of films. “Editorial Committee” of National Association to be ready shortly. Three alternates from each company on committee. International Reform Bureau announces intention of “cleaning up” New Jersey. Wednesday Governor Miller fails to appoint censors for New York State. Six companies in non-theatrical field perfecting important combine. Metro convention under way at Astor, New York. Thursday No relief from film and admission taxes in sight. Government still needs large sums of money. Postmaster-General Hays promises National Association committee to facilitate film shipments by mail. Australian Government increases import duty from four to six cents a foot. Gilbert M. Anderson again to produce. Sam Zierler sponsoring organization of independents. Revives what he attempted at Cleveland conven tion in 1920. Sydney Jarvis to produce. Royal Pictures of Philadelphia to pay interest on all exhibitor deposits. Friday F. B. Warren Corp. to release product of Reginald Barker, Lois Weber, Victor Schertzinger. Also has “Quo Vadis” and series of foreign films. Federated Film Exchanges promise Allied Film Lab. Ass’n to combat activities of Jules Brulatour. Sydney S. Cohen hopes to end producer-exhibitor menace through new agreement with Adolph Zukor. Film men at sea over failure of Governor Miller to appoint censors. Saturday Hepworth to release English films here. Tom Moore reported through with Goldwyn. Eastern Pennsylvania theaters shutting down. Pardoning the bad is injuring the good”’—Benjamin Franklin.