Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-23
MOVIES To WORK
FOR FOURTH LOAN

Final plans for the distribution OF
Motion Picture Films for the Fourth
Liberty Loan campaign have been
completed to such an extent that even
at the present date bookings are be-
ing made by every motion picture
house in the country for a different
film, featuring a well-known star, for
every performance during the entire
three weeks of the drive.
Frank r. Wilson of Washington. di-
rector of publicity for the Fourth Lib
erty Loan. visited the Zukor Commit
tee yesterday and approved the
method by which these films will be
distributed. 1t is the committees In
tentfon to send a specified number of
prints of every picture taken for the
Loan to the various central exchanges
throughout the United States. From
the exchanges they will be forwarded
to every house in the district covered
by the exchange, n will be furnished
gratis to the exhibitors, so hat there
picture house in the country should
not be we'll supplied with Liberty
Loan films during the drive.
The plans for distribution of the
films were determined upon by Adolph
zukor, National Chairman of the Ma
tional Association OF the Motion Pic
ture Industry: John c. Finn, chair
Ia Va l4i6 l4lOllOn PtCluIt COAhAAAAAbLCO
for the loan; Walter w. Irwin, chair
man of the distribution committee and
AL Lichtman, who is In direct charge
of the distribution of the pictures.
This committee is cooperating with
the United States treasury department.
The work of the motion picture
people will be h most stupendous
ever undertaken by this industry for
any governmental end, and will be
nna NJ Shn M nof i'm M rtan nj features nf
the entire campaign. Practically
every manager of the film corpora
tons throughout the entire country
has signifed his intention of cooper
ating with the government to the full
est extent of his ability, both in the
production of the pictures and in the
time devoted by his staff.
Each picture will be about. three
hundred feet long, with the excep-
ton of that featuring Pauline Freder-
lex, which will be one thousand feet.
Every picture will be given one hun-
dred per cent. showing. Altogether
three thousand prints will be made,
supplying each of the fifteen thousand
motion picture houses in the country.
Every house will have a different pie
ture for every performance.
David w. Griflth has announced
that he will personally write the see
mario featuring Lillian Gish. That for
Jack Sheriff. has been written by Ar
thur Brisbane. -
Among the stars who will be seen
are Enrico Caruso. Mary Pickford,
Harold Lockwood. Madame Nazimova,
Emily Stevens. Charles Ray. Dorothy
Dalton, Enid Bennett. Marguerite
| Clark. Elsie Ferguson, Wallace Reid,
| Lillian Gish, Jack Sheriff. Alice Joyce,
Earl Williams, Harry T. Morey, Cor
Inc Grif1th, william and Dustin Far
num-. Ruth Roland. Douglas Fair
banks, Alice Brady, Norma Talmadge,
William s.. Hart, Charles Chaplin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew, Sessue
H~ayakawa, Mae Murray, Dorothy
Phillips, Mac Marsh, Pauline Fred
erick. Mabel Normand. William Dun
can. Mary McLaren. Harry Carey,
Monroe Salisbury. Gladys Leslie. LII
Ian Walker. Fannie Ward and Baby
Marie Osborne.
The fact that Mr.. and Mrs. Sid
ney Drew will be seen in a picture
for the government is of particu-
lar interest as Mr.. Drey Is the father
OF &. Rankin Drew. the first OF the
motion picture players to be killed in
the war.
Another picture which should do
much to convince the public of the
friendship of Japan will be hat shown
by Sessue Hayakawa, the Japanese
star, who will be seen in a particular
ly convincing film.