The Washington herald., 1919-06-05
Flashes from Filmdom

The Motion Picture Exhibitors Of
America will hold their annual con-
vention in St. Louis this year. open
ing Wednesday. June Is for a two
day session. The headquarters will
be at the Hotel StatIer.
The reason that St. Louis was
picked for the meeting place is that
it rs centrally located and can be
reached more conveniently by ex-
hibitors all over the country than
any other city. The convention
committee has arranged for special
trains to run from New York. on the
Pennsylvania and New York Cen
tral lines, and will pick up exhibi-
tors all along the route.
National Secretary Rembusch and
the chairman of the conve ntion
committee. Hector NJ. Pasmezoglu,
held a meeting, with the rest of the
committee. in st. Louis last week
and completed plans and details for
the event.
President Clarence l. Bach. OF the
Johnny Dooley Film Comedies. an
nounced last week tnat the third OF
the series of two-reel Johnny Doo-
1 ley pictures is completed.
According to Business Manager
William Hart. the pictures are
among the highest class and best
comedies he has ever seen and will
prove the comedy sensation of the
year. In support of Dooley in the
pictures are Martha Mansfield. Tom
Blake Tom Cameron. Billie Ruge,
Edna Murphy, Tiny Douglas and
twenty-eight girls, who constitute
the Johnny Dooley Beauty Brigade.
. TuF6lk-R ~ these rnn16diaa will h.
made this year.
Harry Saks Hechheimer is secre-
tary and treasurer of the company.
The Fox Film Corporation has
completed arrangements for the
construction of a large motion pic
ture studio on a plot of 1ooxls5
covering the entire front on Tenth
avenue at Fifty-fifth- street
The building will be of brick and
concrete construction, three stories
high, and will replace a group Of
old one story buildings and a coal
yard.
A syndicate headed by r. F. Kill
patrick will undertake the build
ing project. This syndicate will
suitcase the completed structure to
the Fox Film Corporation. as they
had recently leased the site from
the Chandler estate. The plan and
designs of the building will be
crawn up by Somerfield and Steck-
Ter.
News of the new plant was dts
closed at a luncheon at Delmonico's.
Tuesday, given by Jay Cove, of the
Fox Offices, to newspapermen.
Hamilton. Ohio, June 3.-John H.
Broomhall. manager OF the Jeffer-
son Theater. and secretary OF the
Jewel Photoplay Company. which
operates the house. brought suit
this week against the principals of
the Hamilton Musicians Local No.
l3l for $4,000. The action was
caused by the recent installation Of
a pipe organ in the theater which
put the orchestra out of work. The
union took steps to put the musici-
ans back into the house, but was
not successful. Then. IL is alleged.
the union circulated letters brand
ing the house as unfair and tried to
prevent any musician from accept
ing a position there.
Albany. N. Y, June 3.-The court
of appeals decided against Henry
Carvill. a motion picture actor. who
had brought an action TO recover a
years salary from THE Mirror Film
Company. In his action in the trial
court, Carvill testified that he was
employed by the Mirror Film Com
pany at a salary OF 500 per week,
for one year. and that he was dis
charged at the end of three weeks.
The trial court awarded him q
judgment for . full years salary.