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—_ OF FILMIND {, “(Continued From First Page.) Bab expoutive is unquestioned and be- ) Wall Street indorsed him is no way of ascertaining | Protecting It from foreign competition how far a number of the leading Pinanolal institutions of New York— Chieago as well—have gone ta) moving picture producers | RA moving picture thertre projects. | Man whose knowledge of the wigatecd picture industry ought to be as ac-! gorate as anything is about a busl- fabs that foots on a sea of gossip re of the opinion that Wall Street War bought into the Wame to the extent of more than 400,000,000. Among the individual financiers who ‘fre known to be interested in mov- | img. picture productions and theatres | Otto H. Kahn and T. Coleman} 4 Pont. Banks known to he inter-| esied are J. P. Morgan & Co, and dhe Guaranty Trust Company. haifies of a score of Wall Street millionaires and a dozen banks in the Gnancial district are familiarly men- tloned in the screen world ‘The interests of Otto H. Kahn are Jargely in the Famous-Lasky Com- pany, in the directorate of which Is) * ancier. The Guaranty Trust Com- pany and T, Coleman du Font are| @ommonly associated with Fox Films, | the Selznik Corporation and the) Goldwyn Corporation. The house of) and some of its clients are| eaid to be interested in the enter-| priges of Marcus Loew, whose real) estate theatrical enterprises are the most extensive in the amusement world. Mr. Loew is the President of) fo,Jess than ninety-nine corporations in presenting moving plc- Senor vaudeville or both to the ic. WALL STREET GOT IN WHEN PROFITS WERE BIG. Wall Street went into the movies back in the days when profits were phenomenal and it appeared as though they would never decrease. Returns @f from 500 to 700 per cent. on serial Pictures were not uncommon, Invest- faents were pyramided ‘The slump set in a little more than @ Year ago, and it has been pro- gressive. Sidney Cohen, President of the Theatre Owners’ Association of n with a claimed membetship "18,000 motion picture tfgatre own-| said the other day that the for November, 1921, were 000 under the receipts for | » 1920. he added, “the producers 000,000 more for the films in November, 1921, than they charged in November, 1920." The man who is credited with originally suggesting to the motion! ploture magnates and their fluancial | r that Will ™tys might be a to lead them out of the wilder- | is C. C. Pottijopn. The public not know Mr. Pettijohn, Lut he| te highly regarded in top motion pic- ture circles. He came to New York from In- ianapolis about fifteen vears ago. | He bad been a lieutenant of Tom Taggart, the Democratic boss of In- diana, and was considered in that State a qualified politician. Entecing the motion picture business as a gal adviser, he gradually enlarged his! uphere, became identified with tho| Selznik interests, and gave to the big producers their first ideas of how relitios can be used in business, } Mr. Hays and Mr. Pettijohn, com- ing from the same State, were natur- | aly @rawn to each other when they! met In New York, and Mr. Pettijohn} ‘wes trying to impress upon the Re- publican National Committee the idea that motion pictures could be utilized tm the spread of political propaganda. Whether Mr. Pettifohn has aban- @oned the Democratic prineiples he from Tom Taggart is his own geeret, but he was a Nght bower of ‘Will Hays in the last national cam-; PERSUADED MOVIE MEN THEY NEEDED POLITICIAN. To Mr. Pettijobn, working in the Yackgsround, is ascribed fhe success ef the negotiations which brought Mr. Heys into his $100,000 job. He 4s believed to be the man who | eenvinced the heads of the nine great reducing and distributing corpora-! that they needed a politician in ement of their interests, *Taken as whole, the motion igieture industry is the most perfect yeorganization in the world in its ma- chinery for the distribution of films: It Would be the most profitable in ithe world but for the lack of faith which permeates it and the dissen- fons Which have marked its admin- ‘tation. Mr. Hays is relied upon to ‘establish faith and remove dissen- ‘stone. By so doing, he will have justified the frst two of the four principal ‘peamons why he was selected. This (amet his task should be the one yromiging the highest measure of suc- cone Decause of the self-interest in- In the field of politics Mr. Hays will ‘De called upon to exert all the super- qualities he is supposed to possess, Not only is he depended on to save ‘the motion picture industry but to jmave the Republican Party. The great financial interests that backed the candidacy of President Harding haven’t realized anything on their in- vestment as yet. Just now they see all their plans endangered by the strength of the Agricultural Bloc— which threatens to embrace active or- gested _tabor interests. They see control of Congress loom- ing up over a vista of ten months. big financial interests are not particularily concerned over the + LL HAYS WAS MADE HEAD USTRY OF COUNTRY the motion pleture industry can be utilized to that end, they would be disposed to pars the word to their} friends in Congress to help the mov- | ing picture industry In the matter of | § and abating the censorship nutsance, MOVE FOR FEDERAL CENSOR NEVER SO STRONG. Never has the movement for a Federal censorship of the movies been better organized than it is to-day, The Rey Wilbur Crafts, the leader, has drafted some of the most powerful of the battalion of Anti-Saloon League lobbyists who forced the adoption of the Prohibition Law, ‘There is no possibility of legislation along that | motion picture|line in this Congress, but it will be | Democr: forced in the next. | How could Mr. Hays, supposedly | eliminated from polities, be of ser- vieo in this emergency? Before proceeding to explain, let us | take a birdseye view of the motion picture indastry branch which is de- | voted exclusively to the showing of pictures. According to the Motion Picture Di- | 10,000,000 persons at cach showing. |—but it so happens that the moving Except in small towns and villages] pictur theatre ownrs at this time feel two showings are given ily, The! the same way toward the distributers minimum number of persons to be|and producers as ex-salounkeepers reached by the motion pictures daily | feel tow: Congressman Volstead. is 20,000,000. The present Chairman of the Re- In the great centres of population | publican National Committee, Mr. four ov more shows are given daily,) Adams, has no outstanding qualifica- seven days In the week. The motion|tions as a practical politician in picture theatres have the capacity to| national affairs. He will have to seek entertain the equivalent of the popu-|and take advice in the forthcoming lation of the United States every | Congressional elections. week | leaders of the Democratic Party Motion pictures have attracted the | anticipate that the fountain ‘of ad- devoted adherence of millions of per-| vice will be Will Hays) The antici- who never go to the theatre. | pation was voiced the other day tn They attract millions who cannot or|the Senate by Senator Harrison of the newspapers or maga- | Missixsippl. They appeal not only to the! HOW IT ALL LINKS UP TO AID to the imagination, “ REPUBLICAN PARTY, 4 NOTHING UNCERTAIN ABOUT) vit: will Hays advising the Re- | PULLING POWER. | a National Committee and ati is onthing uncertain aboat ‘ommittees, and acting at ig power of motion pletures me as ezar of the moving nda work. They proved | picture industry, the mation pfeture in the various "i theatre owners would naturally look Previourl gratetuily in his direction if a large used on political wort. | number of candidates for Congress on ively used by thelthe Republican ticket would come out nal Committee inl} against Wederal censorship, better the campaign of 1916 and by the R-|moying pictures, better treatment of publican National Committee*in the’ the evhibitors There the pull in prop their val THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, JANUAR a4, 1922 campatan of 1920 | It ian't necessary for propaganda Assuming Mr. Hays will have | purposes, if the object is to boost th | accomplished the task set by the first | Candidacy of the Hon. Hiram Hard. | two principal reasons for his appoint. , to throw on the ment, the moving picture industry should be a working cohesive unit by Jate summer this year. By that) time, it is anticipated the nine big} 1. ‘The best prop: anda that does ni paganda, Theye are rectory 42d Street, |concerns which made the contract ot doing things with | there a with Mr. Hays will » been joined x pictures and moving picture tre lby all the import: produders and | theatres | Cani This is of date Jan, 20, The | distributors — in organization) ‘The leaders of the oppositips will | Canadian theatres are supplied by | “which will be formed.” view with inte and perhaps ap-| American distributers, but they do not| If Mr. Hays is showing fesults in| prehension, the use that is made of | fizure in statistics bearing upon the for propaganda United States. Purposes in the (six months, b potential influence of motion pictures | picture busin jtriets in At the lowest estimete these thea- | Congressional district has more moy-| ganda is Felix E, Kahn, a relative of the fin-| tres accommodate in the aggregate ing picture theatres than newspapers | la friends in the moving | the s will be surprised, 483 Congressional dis- United “States. Each more than 17,000 moving picture i thatres of the United States aext Oc- tober | particularly im small cities and | towns and in villages where propa. | more efficacious than in| There are the Annual Sale Wednesday of Entire Regular Stock Boys’ SHOES Sizes 10 to 13%, and 1 to 6 The First Reductions of the Season $7 00 to $8 ,00 BOYS’ SHOES Reduced to 6 we 84,50 9 $6, BOYS’ SHOES Reduced w 93, franklin Simon & Co. REGULAR FIRST TIME whadow of « Federal censorship, But they are concerned over Keeping the Republican Party in control. And, 1: Annual Sale Wednesday of Boys’ Wearmoor Clothes PRICES BY WIDER MARGINS THAN EVER! $18.75 524,50 Boys’ Wearmoor Reefers Reduced to 5] 0,°° Sizes 2 to 10 years $14.50 015,75 Boys’ Western Mackinaws Reduced to $Q,75 Sizes 8 to 18 years Similar.Reductions on Boys’ Furnishings and’ Hats franklin Simon &Co. | Boys* SHOPS—Fifth Floor Fifth Avenue, 37th and 38th Sts. Boys’ SHOPS—Fifth Floor Fifth Avenue, 37th and 38th Sts. STOCK REDUCED FOR THE THIS SEASON FROM REGULAR eer 2A INES DANI a ptetene roe Final Clearance Sale ° WOOL SCARES, $5 LOVELY soft scarfs — wide and long and all-enveloping, in charming color combinations, such as orange and black, two shades of rose, lavender and blue, and so on. GROUND FLOOR Millinery Clearances . French Room Hats, $4.95 FINAL clearance of all our model hats. A wonderful ‘opportunity to secure a model hat—smart and entirely distinctive—for an unbelievably low price. Present-Wear Hats, to Clear, $3.95 OUR entire stock of Winter hats—the season's best styles —Hats for every occasion. Tailored and Dress hats for children and hats for matrons. Regardless of original selling price, marked ac one low price. Clearance Sports Hats, $2.95, $3.95, $4.95 FINE quality sailors, tricors and Continentals — the kind that are always in style. Untrimmed Hats, 95c ALL our untrimmed hats of fine silk velvet in black and colors, both bright and more sober street shades. " FOURTH FLOOR Clearance! 1,500 Pairs Kid and Cape Gloves, 95c ALL colors black, white, tan, mode, beaver, grey, champagne — made of fine quality kid and capeskin. Excellent workmanship at every point. One and two-- clasp styles. Values of extraordinary merit! Not all sizes in every color. GROUND Frog cA Clearance of Brushed Wool Sweater Suits, $4.95 TAN, brown and white, 2 to 6 years. Not all sizes in all colors. * Jersey, serge and taffeta frocks for the 2 to © year old, marked aticlearance prices, $5.95, $7.50, $10.50 FOURTH FLOOR Clearance of Men’s and Women’s Linen Handkerchiefs DOZENS of fine linen handkerchiefs radically re- duced for the four days that remain of Clearance Week. For Men At 75c Each—Colored linen handkerchiefs, and assort~ ment of designs and colors, ’ At $4.50 Dozen—Pure linen- handkerchiefs with block initials, 4 At $9.50 Dozen—Pure linen handkerchiefs, with assorted tape borders. For Women At $2.25 Dozen—Plain linen handkerchiefs. oF good quality. At $3 Dozen—Pure linen handkerchiefs with em- broidered corners. GROUND FLOOR Lord & laylor FIFTH AVENUE A The Sale of FILET LACE THE Sale womenShave been waiting for—for’ many weeks—the Sale they have inquired about again and again. At last we have been able to secure all of the widths we wanted and at wonder: ful price concessions. The values offered now are the best we have seen in several years. A glance will convince you of their unusual merit. Real Irish Crochet At 45¢ Yard—Irish crochet laces and insertions—- the popular narrow trimming widths. At 75¢ Yard—Irish crochet edges and insertions, a special purchase, 114 inches wide. At $1.25 Yard—Irish crochet laces and insertions, 2 inches wide. ° At $1.75 Yard—Irish crochet laces and _ insertions, 214 inches wide. At $2.75 Yard—Irish crochet laces and insertions, 3 to 415 inches wide. At 18 Yard—Hand made lace finishing edges. At 15¢ Yard—Irish crochet picot edging, the kind that is so much used for dainty lingerie. Real Filet Laces At 50c Yard—Filet laces and insertions, rose and leaf and other good designs, 114 to 2 inches wide. At 85¢ Yard—Filet laces and insertions in popular collar widths chat have so many uses. At 22c Yard —Filet laces in narrow finishing widths. At $1.50 a Dozen Yards—Filet picot edges—sold by the dozen yards only for this Sale. At 50c Each—Filet lace motifs, 6x6 inches square, a very fine quality. At 12c Each—Filet motifs in dainty butterfly designs. GROUND FLOOR Clearance of Glove Silk Underwear Vests—Bodice and shoulder picot edge, heavy weight. . . + $2.50 Pantelettes—Black, navy, taupe, brown, Pekin 3.25 Swiss Ribbed Cotton Union Suits, $1 BODICE and shoulder strap styles, tight or shell knee. Vests —Swiss ribbed, bodice and - shoulder straps... + 8 3 for Union Suits—French band top, wool and cot- ton mixture. 1.00 1.95 ee ee GROUND FLOOR cA Comprehensive Clearance of . Toilet Articles, 95c . 2 Days*Selling AT the one price we have grouped dozens: of articles from our Toilet Goods Department—all greatly fe. duced in price for this event. Celluloid Boudoir lamps, tooth brush stands, ‘hat brushes, For Vanity—Kewpie Doll powder jars, leather vanity cases, large cans an, silk covered, And other things—Atkinson’s Pot Pourri, 2 quart hot water bottles, dainty china incense burners, cuticle scissors, rubberlined tourist cases, Atkinson’s guest room soap (6 in box), smelling salts. GROUND FLOOR