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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1921)
3 ariff on Foreign Films Calls Forth Protest. TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 23, 1921 kierlcan Chamber of Commerce 1 London Takes Action. IE American chamber of com--,' m in Tendon has issued n nrotest as-aJnat the proposed j er cent tariff on foreign films. In j f.tai- t th chamber of commerce he United States the British or zation, on behalf of its film trade sory committee, sets forth sev arguments againet such a tariff. M.m rxt th ifstrer have been for ded to Saul E. Rogers, chairman : the taxation commiuee ox ine .-.n.i on&niatlnn of the motion ,i inHnitrv And to members of r,mtm finonr committee and the ke ways and means committee. ... I!- A nrAtt In sis-ned bv lert Frothingham Jr., secretary of American chamber or commerce xmdon and reads in part: am the American tandpolnt It prae y amounts to "aklui for trouble." .reln film could pay 40 per cent, ad enu and live. The duly would ob ely atop tli trade. The natural re- fur the Juropn countries aueciea i i be to rntailate again it American The reauitant stoppage woum uun rlca much more thaa It would any r country. r Instance, na per ceni or ina pic , flhown on British screens are Amerl On the other band. It Is understood only about 1 per cent of the films n In America are foreign. The effect ls present tariff proposal, whether Us nue from this 1 per cent of Imported i, win realty oe 10 iay iur Amwm open to lose up to 85 per cent out d. might be arg-ued that retaliatory duty A not stop American films from com nto Great Hrltain because their popu y and the demand for them would , t. tnr t ti tmnorter to nass i the Increased charge to the exhibitor. In turn, couid maae it up u ion charges. This not so, because a recognized fact in the Importing that they are now getting the hlgh- oaaible Income iroru me exniuiiur, .. .i .u. in th mntlnn nlr.rur tera is already too high and must be ced. thereby reducing aiso mo mhiui capacity to pay high prices for films. i nv,u.i-r.. ihut ih fUmHnri of Lhe rlcao public for high-class film pro ions has made It necessary to Increase production expenditure to a point, re only a world income will repay the s Strictly domestic income no longer oes. American producers count on world Income and If a large portion of ere to be cut off through retaliatory n on tho part of foreign countries1. It d bo impossible for the American pro r t j expend the present sums on good i i . iDin t' rpaiill would be m. re blow to the domestic American film aess. e American chamber of commerce in r, f it m film t ri1 ad- ry committee, desires therefore to em- lie the basic un wisaom oi me pro d tariff and have the chamber of com- e of the united PtiaTes laae every that may be open to It to make this known and to oppose the present Klux Picture Opposed by Movie Men. vhlbltorM Ohjcrt That Film la Mublc to Stir lp llow. KU KLUX KLAN states rights picture, now being made by k Dintenfass, circulator with the ner Bros, of Gerard's "Four Years lor ma n v. In nald to be meeting h opposing influence from many rces. I'ho Dintenfass Ku Klux picture blnatlon. which does not inciuae Warnora IricH to tret the HBhtS i Ihn o-ur York World to the i ld's current expose of the secret y whose Inner status is now being stlKated by congress. The worm, eh gleaned no profit from the Ger- ii.rlul'i Hlminir pxnresseii A. will- ness for the Ku Klux expose' re duction in celluloid, but would not sent to any relation of any sort h any 111m version that rnigni oe :)lrlenfass sent an answer quick :card to about 1000 exhibitors ana exchanges that had handled tne ard picture, asking the prospective nces for a peaceful presentation he KU Klux miDject in ineir ler ry. The replies contained a sur Jng number of refusals to handle subject on the ground it must ;ssarily excite censorship opposi karaiiGA nf ttiA nuhlln Miritajtton .miM urrtnHA in the vicinities rils- ved, with adherents of the Ku Klux one side and tne opposition on tne er. Dintenfass' efforts to bring these btra Into line by follow-up ref- nces to the opposition the "Birth a Nation excited when first pre ted and the big profit that later rued because of this very opposi- availed in some instances, but in major cases influenced no change Judgment. Dintenfass found a thy recoil to hta inquiries ad- ssed to territory south of "Wash- ton, D. C. The producer la now 4hing up the subject and, censors no censors, proposes to slam it rn with court injunctions against rferonce where necessary. woman, a dog and a waJnut tree: i more you beat em. tae better they be!" "he supposed truth of that old say is put to test In Gloria Swanson's V starring vehicle, "Under the h," adapted from the South African r novol, "The Shulamlte." And !ly enough. It is a handsome young llshnian. played by Mahlon Him- ii, who disproves the saying eo far vlngland is concerned when he finds ntlcal Boer husband beating his fUtlful young wife with a rawhide ip. 11 LAST TIME TODAY, TONIGHT 1 AUDITORIUM 3d and Iny. Phone Main 7SO. TOUtV, TONKiHT. LAST TIMT KOIKT1I STORI. tOSTIiilOlK 3 TO 10t.K P. M. KKATI KB Ill-:ilS 2:ill. -i-.M. :;il. 8tSO AC'COt'XT. LARfiE CAPACITY Ch lldren I n n CkUdrra O ft , lndrr-IUu t lo H.tW ADULTS 30c Stsr ZtL7't'.: What You 've All Been Waiting For! A Laughing Thunderbolt Fit to Follow "The Kid" V r1' ' . Xi j&X&A v 1 V , Ik 1 NO'' Ui i J ?u vi h 7'V " . ' " Ar.: Sc.. v 4 : ?a 1 w Vs-7 n .5? -A The Worlds Master Comedian, His Latest Two-Act Satire on Society Folk and Foibles a ANOTHER FEATURE Ethel Clayton in William D. Taylor's Production BEYOND 99 Leaving the joy of her honey moon, she journeyed half . around the world to save her brother from ruin. And after storm and wreck, was stranded so long on a des ert island that the world thought her dead. Then, home at last, she found her husband married to an other woman! . A story of all the greatest things in human hearts, and some things beyond! FROM THE STORY By HENRY ARTHUR JONES We know the attendance is going to be so great that for your comfort and conven ience we urge you to attend the matinee You 11 see him double and he's ei;ery bit twice as funny as ever KEATES " SUNDAY CONCERT AT 12:30 P. M. 1. "Kismet" Herschel Henlere 2. "Naughty Waltz" 3. "Nola" Felix Arndt 4. "Make Believe" Jack Shilkret 5. "Everybody Sing" Arr. by Henri A. Keates SOMETHING ABOUT "THE IDLE CLASS" Five months in the making! Thirty thousand feet of film used! Close to 200 players in the cast! Original story by Chaplin. EDNA PURVIANCE and MACK SWAIN, two old favor ites, back again. LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL NEWS SCENIC No Advance in Admission No Adva nee in Admission Now Playing i
