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IEXHI B I TORS • HERALD)
According to a statement from Irving Mack, the irrepressible dispenser of Universal facts and fiction, all past records for attendance at the Ziegfeld Theatre were broken last Sunday when "The Kaiser," the Jewel propaganda production, featuring Rupert Julian, was shown.
A forty-piece band played selections in front of the theatre. A number of Chicago's aldermen were present, it is said, and General Dickinson, former secretary of war under Taft's regime, was present and delivered an address.
linois rights for the feature, 'Tilly's Punctured Romance," featuring Marie Dressier.
I. L. Leserman, general manager of Chicago Universal's salesmen, announces the appointment of Joseph Roderick and H. W. Peters, to cover Chicago territory with Jewel productions.
Julius Stern, president of L-Ko comedies, was a visitor at the Chicago Universal office, Sunday, also, ostensibly to arouse enthusiasm among exchangemen for the comedies whose destinies h guiding.
George L. Levine, connected with Universal Company for some four ye has been appointed manager of the serial department for Chicago.
C. R. Seelye, on tour of all the important cities in the United States for United Theatres, stopped off in Chicago Saturday of last week, enroute to Cincinnati.
* Frank Dempsey, after serving in the trenches for a year and a half has returned to Chicago and will appear at several of the theatres on the Ascher Brothers chain, with an interesting lecture on his experiences.
Norma Talmadge, Joseph Schenck and Myron Selznick spent last week Wednesday in Chicago on their return from the west, where Miss Talmadge has been visiting her sister, Constance. They have gone on east where Miss Talmadge expects shortly to start production on her next feature, "De Luxe Annie." <
Harold Bolster, one of the vice-presidents of the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, making a tour of the middle western states, spent a good part of the week in Chicago.
We find another ex-Paramounter safely ensconced in a new position. His name is Frank Harris and he will make himself conspicuous in Chicago territory preaching the gospel of the United Picture Theatres, Inc. C. H. Sedell, formerly of Pathe, is another pillar added to the selling strength of United.
On the Firm' Line
Al Kahn, formerly Universal salesman and well known to exhibitors in the Chicago territory, paid Chicago a visit last week. Mr. Kahn is the proprietor of the Elma Film Exchange at Kansas City and is on his way east for the purpose of purchasing some state rights features.
Manny Silverman, who has sold films for a number of prominent exchanges throughout this territory, has opened his own exchange and has purchased the II
United States Exhibitors Booking Corporation, has discontinued sales in this territory and has turned over its productions to the Chicago office of Foursquare Pictures corporation. All bookings for United Exhibitors productions will be made at the Foursquare office.
C. E. Almy, formerly city salesman for the Metro Chicago office goes to Cleveland this week as manager of that office for the same company. Can't keep a squirrel on the ground, eh?
Joseph Skirboll, district manager of the middle west territory for Metro, has resigned to look after the interests of the J. C. Clark Theatrical Enterprises in Pittsburgh. He will also manage the ""tsburgh office of the First National hibitors Circuit.
A Pair of Sixes"
With Taylor Holmes To be Issued April 1
The Essanay Company is in receipt of reports from exhibitors that show that Taylor Holmes' last feature, "Ruggles of Red Gap," is making a bigger hit than any of his pictures. His forthcoming film, "A Pair of Sixes," written by Edward Peple, which will be published as a George K. Spoor Special April 1, is said to be even a stronger production than "Ruggles."
It has an unusual cast, including besides Taylor Holmes, Maude Eburne, Robert Conness, Alice Mann and Edna Phillips Holmes, all well known both on. the screen and stage. \ /
Rothacker Film Mfg. Co. / \ Complimented on Work
The Rothacker Film Manufacturing Company of Chicago, which concern did the printing and developing on the "Tarzan of the Apes" feature which is being distributed by the First National Exhibitors Circuit, has been the recipient of many congratulatory letters concerning the excellence of the work done on the film.
The Rothacker company is particularly pleased, as the officials of the concern had entertained the idea that some unusual results had been obtained in the developing and printing of this big feature.
Gordon Buys "Hypocrites"
In a deal just consummated between N. H. Gordon, of the Globe Feature Flm Company of Boston, and Manager of Sales Herbert R. Ebenstein, representing Arthur F. Beck, president of the Sterling Pictures Corporation, the Globe exchange secures the rights to features being distributed by the Sterling organization.
The initial pitcure for the New England territory will be "The Hypocrites," the George Loane Tucker production, to be published by the Sterling Corporation April 1.
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Pan-American Gets
Toronto Studio
The motion picture studio at Trenton, Ont., has been taken over and reorganized by the Pan-American Film Corporator which intends to produce, it is said, high-grade photoplays, both dramatic and comedy.
A series of Canadian Northwest mounted police stories is now under way, the first entitled "When He Brought Back His Man." One and two reel comedies by well-known authors, said to be out of the ordinary and away from the usual "slap-stick" variety as much as possible, will follow. The first comedy to be published is "Fowl Play."
The company will also publish a coast to coast Canadian weekly, to be known as Canada's Own Weekly News Reel, including educational, scenic, historical special event and class cartoons by Bert Cob, the New York newspaper cartoonist.
Late Chicago Blizzard
Figures in Comedy
There is a touch of satire on the late lamented coal situation in "She Couldn't Grow Up," Billie Rhodes' Strand-Mutual comedy which is scheduled for April 2. The comedy opens in "the frozen east," with a glimpse of shovelers digging their way through five foot drifts. The second scene is the interior of a freezing apartment, its occupants huddling on top of an extinct radiator.
The "atmosphere" for the opening scene was filmed in Chicago where a Screen Telegram cameraman took the shot during one of the January blizzards.
Billie Rhodes is supported in the comedy by Cullen Landis and Eugenic Forde, the latter of whom recently joined the Strand-Mutual company.
Brenon Film Co.
Restrained by Court
The Herbert Brenon Film Distributing Company was ordered by the New Jersey Court of Chancery to appear at a session held in Newark, last week, to show cause why an injunction should not be issued to restrain the Film Company from bringing suit against Arthur W. Moore, proprietor of the Forest Hill Theatre, Newark, and Mrs. Lillia H. Webb, manageress of the Goodwin Theatre, Newark, for alleged breach of contract.
The complaint arose over the payment of $1,500 for the showing of "The Fall of the Romanoffs," the theatres mentioned wishing to cancel their contracts before the completion of the ruh of the picture.
John Mcllheran Joins General
John R. Mcllheran of Dallas, Texas, for eight years prominently identified with film exchange interests of the southwest, has been appointed manager of General Film's Dallas exchange. For several years he has been in the employ of the Consolidated Film & Supply Co. of Dallas, as manager of its New Orleans and El Paso exchanges and more lately as manager of the Bluebird feature department of the Dallas office. For more than a year he was assistant 'I manager in the Mutual Dallas exchange.