Show FILM IS MS ANTITRUST ANTI TRUST CRY IS S HEARD AS BIG FIGHTING FUND IS CREATED IN MILWAUKEE many stars are reported as s favoring independents dally daily conferences are now being held by picture leaders milwaukee wis creation of a fighting fund and tile the diversion of contracts of exhibitors from the so called film trust to tile tho independent producers was tile tho program of tho the second session of the motion picture theatre owners of america mooting meeting hero here joint conferences between members of tile the directorate of the exhibitors and tho the independent producers started early in the evening and lasted into the next day conferences brought out the following that mary pickford douglas fairbanks charlie chiplin chaplin and the tal madges aro are likely to throw their weight toward the independents tills this was indicated by the arrival of hiram abrams head ot at united artists under whoso choso banner these stars release pictures A tentative plan for tile tho pooling of by exhibitors and by independent producers OB as the first years fighting fund as well as a plan for newspaper paper advertising all over tho the country on a large scale possible selection of some outstanding figure in american life to guide tho the destinies of at tho the now alignment of exhibitors and independent producers names of Cli charles arlei evans Ilu glies general pershing and herbert hoover were mentioned wore more conservative men of the picture industry however wore were inclined to favor some battle capable man of their own industry hollywood cal calif I 1 f representatives and executives of the warner brothers motion picture interests even opened their national convention hero here amid echoes of the antitrust war cry in tile tho atmosphere from the film theatre owners in convention at milwaukee while independent exhibitors at tho the wisconsin gathering were denouncing the tactics of at the so call lot ed trust warner Brot brothers bers fired a broadside in support of tho the move for independents in fit production and dis by announcing a countrywide newspaper advertising campaign to cost and plans for the erection of a first run theatre in every large city where such a course Is necessary to break the of the trust |