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William Randolph Hearst Affiliates His Power
ful Film System With the Famous Players-
Lasky Distributing Corporation to Give World
Best Sereen Works.
NEW YORK, March 14.—A eombi
nation of motion picture interests,
unprecedented in scope, is announced
by C. F. Zittel, vice president and
Fnoml manager of the International
ilm Service Company, Inc. The deal
approximates $5,000,000, Its field is
the world.
The, %)‘nsummatlon of the plan
marks the advent of William Ran
doiph Hearst, president of the Inter
national Film Service, as a producer
of speclagfieature pictures of the first
water, from the works of the world's
foremost writers, supervised by the
greatest directors and distributed
through the largest film distributing
agency in existence, the Famous
Players-Lasky Corporation,
Biggest Concern of Kind.
In confirmation of the announce
ment by Mr. Zittel, representing Mr.
Hearst and the International Mim
Service, Adolph Zukor, president of
the Famous Players-Lasky Corpora=
tion, proclaimed the affiliation as “the
most Important co-operative union of
the motion picture industry’s his
tory.” "
Thé combination whereby big plays
by big people will be produced in a
big way reached its culmination after
years of intensive study ard analysis
of the industry’s neeris, its mission, its
future and its possibilities by Mr.
Hearst. With the unlimited literary
talent of scores of foremost authors
of the day in the service of his publi
cations, with the extraordinary pub
licity assets, the reaching of one
fourth of the population of the Uniied
States through the reading circalation
of his newspapers and magazines, and
with a public demand for stories con
tained therein to be presented in
cinema form, Mr. Hearst turned aside
many propositions for affiliation of
interests, awaiting the right moment
and the rlg‘m concern for such a co
operative merger.
= News Reels, Just the Same.
In announcing the new combination
yeaterdaywr. Zittel said:
“The s lal feature pictures to be
producce by us and distributed
through the Famous Players-Lasky
Corporation will be known as ‘The
Cosmopolitan Productions.” They will
in no way conflict with the news
reels or other features released
through the International Film Serv.
ice.
“Next year and the year thereafter
we will be producing twelve special
features and probably three speciaM
features and probably thiree specta
cles of the most elaborate and im
posing character. This year we will
produce nine nf\the former and possi
bly two of the 'latter types of great
featuve conceptions.
“The arrangement whereby the Fa
mous Players-Lasky Corporation will
reiease our special features involves a
contract covering a period of years,
Our first great production will be the
presentation of ‘The Dark Star,’ by
Robert W. CChambers. We have leased
the entire Paragon Studios in New
Jersey for the taking of this picture.
The story will require about 75 spe
cially built scenes. A crew of the
best talent along this line has been
procured to build the sets. Of an
elaborate nature, these scenes will be
constructed on the three great stages
of the studios.
Dwan Director-in-Chief.
“Allan Dwan, recognized as one of
the leaders in the supervision of film
classics, will be director-in-chief of
“The Dark Star.” In addltion to the
Paragon Studios lease, we have taken
the entire upper floor of the Biograph
Studios
“Beginning on April 1, Robert Z
Leonard will join our staff as a di
rector and will have charge of an
other big production as his pictorial
debut in our service. Fvery artist
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wovears INATLANTA 7
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
appearing in our casts, every director
and every scenario writer attached to
our very large system will bring with
him a wealth of experience and
world-wide recognition.
“On June 1 one of the best direc
tors in the United States will join us.
I can not mention his name at pres
ent, as I do not wish to have his pres
ent duties invite complications. His
name, however, is a synonym for
greatness in the realms of the shadow
play. &
“The spectaclesggvhich we contem
plate will set"i.fi’w r\c.grd in that
phase of the industry. They will con
sist of from eight to twelve reels. Our
organization will be without question
the biggest thing in the motion pic
ture business and will be run on a
strictly business basis. Mr. Hearst's
vast experience has, indeed, been a
good teacher. His enterprises always
have been the best of their kind in the
world. 1 have been in his service for
fifteen years and have watched the
motion picture industry with him as it
jerew from its early infancy to fits
present proportions,
“Perhaps no one in the world is
more optimistic or enthusiestic over
the future of the industry than Mr.
Hearst. That is one reason why he
has decided to enter the special fea
ture picture angle with his whole en
ergy and genius for co-operation and
organization.”
In commenting on the Hearst-Fa
mous Players-Lasky combination, Mr,
Zukor said last night:
. “Personally, 1 am very much sat
isfied to know that Mr. Hearst not
ogly cap publish the works of our
most eminent authors, but also can
put them into pictures. \This meets
a public demand. It makes possible
the producing of pictures that could
come only with the aid of Mr.
Hearst.
Means Industry Uplift,
“I know that the efforts Mr. Hearst
will make will spare no expense to
make the pictures wortuy of the au
thors and worthy of their stories. I
am glad, not alone from the stand
point of business, but for many other
reasons that mean Ihe upl”ting of
the film business as never before, that
we have the distribution of these pic
tures.
“l am ready to say that we are
confident we can do justice to the
undertaking. [ talked personally with
Mr. Hearst, and 1 am convinced that
he will produce pictures on a very
elaborate scale to make them as big
and as impressive as money and tal
ent can make them.
“Mr. Hearst's genius is supreme in
many spheres. 1 know the public will
be delighted to know that this affil
iation has been completed. Everyone
knows that Mr. Hearst represents the
ultimate in the publicity world, that
stories by the famous authors are ac
corded the largest ecirculation in
newspaper and: magazine fields. It is
only natural they should want to see
these stories in picture form.
“The public also knows that pic
tures produced under these circum
stances will find their best ecirculat
ing medium through the company
which is a distributory medium for
Paramount and Artcraft - Pictures.
We are in our sphere commensurate
with Mr. Hearst’'s Cosmopelitan, his
New York Journal and American and
his other great publications.”
Great Distributing System.
Mr. Zukor is the originator of the
“feature picture” He. was the first
producer to recognize the public de
mand for photoplays that required an
hour or more for presentation, por
traved by eminent directors and acted
by foremost artists of the stage. In
justification of his prophetic vision it
is said that the Famous Players-
T.asky Corporation, the biggest or-
Sl i ee i i e
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In This Story You
See the Characters
You have read a few stories, no
doubt, in which the author suc
ceeded in portraylng the charac
ters so vividly that you felt as
though you were personally ac
quainted with them. Just as
though they were real friends, or
enemies, as the case might be, and
as you read along and become
“intimately” acquainted, you prob
ably reached that stage where you
could almost hear them speak, see
them act, reach out and shake them
by the hand.
Few authors have this power, or
gift, to a marked degree, but if any
writer ever had it certainly Sir H.
Rider Haggard possessed it when
he wrote “Moon of Israel,” which
will be published serially for the
' first time beginning March 16, in
- Hearst's Sunday American.
‘ This story brings you face to
face with biblical characters, and
does it so cleverly that vou become
deeply interested in them at once.
- You seem to see them as thy wre,
meet thm on thir own ground, be
come interested in their every word
~and act, and at last you are so ab
sorbed in the picturesque people of
the time of Pharaoh and the en
~ slaved Hebrews, that you can hard
1y ‘wait for the next installment.
‘ In short the *“Moon of Israel”
is a story that will grip vou fast,
and in the years to come von will
&c.read it, and discuss it with oth
ers, and marvel at the magic ge
nius of Haggard's pen.
ganization of its kind in the world,
supplies regularly 10,000 theaters a
week with service and their pictures
are viewed by between 5,000,000 and
6,000,000 persons daily.
Included in a partial list of authors
who will bend their efforts toward
supplying the Cosmopolitan Produc
tions are the following:
Robert W. Chambers, John Gals
worthy, Elinor Glyn, Rupert Hughes,
Peter B: Kyne, Samuel Merwin, K.
Phillips Oppenheim, Gouverneur Mor
ris, Edwin Balmer, Down Byrne, Cos
mo Hamilton, W. W, Jacobs, Owen
Johnson, William J. Locke, Amelie
Rives, Elizabeth Robbins, Arthur
Somers Roche, Cynthia Stockley, Ar
thur Stringer, A. 1. R. Wylie, anad a
staff of scenario writers of both the
Hearst interests and the Famous
Players-Lasky Corporation staff.
Stirring Stories for Filming.
Among the motion picture rlgh!s
owned by the International #ilm
Service and which are to be drawn
from for production in the Cosmo
politan Productions are the follow
ing:
“The Dark Star,” by Robert W,
Chambers; “The Career of Katherine
Bush,” by Elinor Glyn; “The Twin
Sisters,” by Justice Miles Forman;
“In the Dark,” by Arthur Some:rs
Roche; “Door of Dread.” by Arthur
Stringer; “What Would You Have
Done in Her Place?” by Edith Mac
Vane; Jack London's short stories;
“The Restless—Bex,” by Robert W.
Chambers; “Miracle of Love,” by Cos
mo Hamilton; “Kingdom of the
Blind,” by E. Phillips Oppenheim;
“The Gray Hair,” by Arthur 8. Roche;
“The Crimson Tide,” by Robert \\‘.l
Chambers: “What Do You Think?"
by Adele Burleson; “April Folly,” by |
Cynthia Stockley: “The Juryman,” by
John Galsworth, and by the same au
thor the following: “The ‘Apple
Tree,” “A Stoic,” “Indian Summer of |
a Forsyth,” “Beyond,” and “Saint’s
Progress.” \
Also included im—this list are the}
following. Oppenheim works: “Mr. |
Blunt's Three Clients,” “The First of
the Fools,” “The Singing Bird” and!
“The Uncertain Element.”
New Comedies Planned. |
Mr. Zittel announced that short
two-reel comedies produced by the
International Film Serviee will not
conflict with the Cosmopolitan Pro- |
ductions, and added that the former
probably will produce new comedies
in “Abie the Agent” and “Bringing
Up Father,” not as cartoons, but with
Events, and maintained that these
had been careful reorganization of
the Hearst news reels, the purchase
of the Mutual Screen Telegram and |
«laboration of Universal Current
Events, and maintained taht these
features were Sweeping the country
through their excellence and popular
ity as released through the Universal
Film Company,
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\’\'Amél,\'(‘.T(\N. D. C., Mareh 14— |
Three Georgians are mentioned in the |
t'a*u“ny list given out this afternoon, |
which totals 135, Other Southerners men
tioned follow: )
DIED FROM ACCIDENT AND OTHER
CAUSES,
HUNT, Thomas G Alert, N. C
DIED OF DISEASE.,
HANEY, Cpl. Seuter.....Greenville, Tenn
AUSBON, L. L Robersonville, N. O
CREWS, Warren G Fort Denand, Fla
GATTIS, Robert . Aurora, N. C l
CORRECTIONS, ‘
The following cabled corrections are is
saed as an appendix to the regular cas- |
ualty lists at the request of the several
press associations:
RETURNED TG DUTY, Previously Re
ported Killed in Action,
NEEL, Emmet O ... Blountsville, Ala
KILLED IN ACTION, Previously Report
by ed Missing "u Action,
MORELAN, Cpl. Thos. W., E. Chattanooga
DIED, Previonsly Reperted Missing in
Action.
MeGINNIS, George .. Cave Springs, Ga.
(Alrs. Zera D. McGinniss, )
WOUNDED, Degree Undetermined, Previ
ously Reported Missing in Action.)
MILLICAN, Pyvt. Fred L. Kensington, Ga.
(Mrs, Mary L. Millican, R. F. D. 1.)
RAYNER, Alvert Dunn, N. ©C
SICK IN HOSPITAL, Previously Reported
Missing in Action.
POSEY, John W Dothan, Ala
ROSS, Robert L Gibhson, N, C
RETURNED TO DUTY, Previously Re
ported Missing in Action,
DAVIS, David C Chesterfield, 8. C
ROBINSON, Josenh E Rogersville, Ala
TEAGUR, John F Hays, N. C
MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES,
DIED OF DISHASE.
WEBSTER, . A McMinnsville, Tenn
MISSING IN ACTION.
TINSLEY, Melvin D, Atlanta, Ga.
(Fannie Tinsley, 227 E. Fourth street.)
WOUNDED, Degree Undetermined, Previ
ously Reported Missing in Action.
ROBERSON, James N.. Saxapahaw, N. O
‘Two Georgia Men
On Early List
WASHINGTON, March 1 Two Geor
gia men are mentioned in the army cas
waity list given out this morning
Other Southerners are
KILLED IN ACTION,
HENNING, Sgt. 8. 8. E,
Coal Creek, Tenn.
COYERS, Davis Brookgreen, 8. C
FENNEIL, Jenkins .Ivanhoe, N. C
DIED FROM WOUNDS,
FARLEY, Cpl. James Northport, Ala
CHATMAN, Ophelia . Milan, Tenn
LANEY, 1 A Mercer, Tenn
SOUTHERLAND, Thomas Q..
Cedartewn, Ga,
(Mrs. Alma Southerland, 109 Marietta St.)
DIED OF DISEASE,
HARRISON, Clarence I\'vwnnv. Tenn,
HAYWOOD, Sterling / Dadeville, Ala
HICKS, Joh O Mulga, Ala.
HUGHES, Harvey Swan, Ga.
(James M. Hughes.)
JAMES, John Orangeburg, 8. C
REGISTER, John I. _..Bishopville, 8. (
SPIVEY Fred E ...Maggle, N. C
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Fire on U. S. Hospital |
. .y
Ship I'mperilied Many
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, March 14—The story
of how wounded American veterans
fought and put out a fire which en- |
dangered many of their bed-ridden
comrades on the hospital ship Com- |
fort while crossing the Atlantic was |
related upon the arrival of the ship
here Thursday with 417 sick and
wounded aboard. |
The conflagration occurred in one
of the surgical wards belaw decks |
where there were 60 patients, and
wias caused by the explosion of a mo- |
tion picture machine with which they
were being entertained. Most of the |
patients had suffered the loss of arms
or legs \
Private Fred Hofer, of Falls City, |
Nebr,, who left his left leg at Ver
dun, and Private George Henry, of
Philadelphia, who lost his right leg in :
the Argonne forest, hopped to the fire |
and smothered the flames with their
bed clothes
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Second Lieutenant Kmer W Mills
311th Infanty For extraordinary hero
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October 1918 Lieutenant Mills
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against strong enemy machine-gun nests
which were blocking the advance of the
battalion He not only led his platoon
in a daring and extraordinarily success
ful attack, but personally wdvanced
ahead of his platoon and captured two
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