Exhibitors Herald (1926)

18 EXHIBITORS HERALD July 10, 1926 NEW YORK. — Louis Brock, asked if he knew Brussels, replied that he knew it from sprouts to carpets. . . . Dick Weil denies that he and Ray Johnston offered to take on all comers at tennis and insists on a weight limit of 225 pounds being set. . . . Walter Eberhardt says presiding at closed A.M.P.A. meetings is not nearly as much fun as at the open ones. . . . Charlie Pettijolm had his picture taken recently with Farina, the Our Gang starlet — the one on the left being Pettijohn. . . . Bob Dexter leaves First National next Saturday on a four months furlough, during which time he will look after business affairs for his father, a prominent publisher of Australia. . . . Joe O’Brien is issuing such breezy invitations to F.B.O. showings that the projection room box office is looking up. . . . Jack Woody chased out to Chicago last week on a business trip. . . . Jimmy Grainger celebrated the glorious Fourth on a train headed for Los Angeles, but he lives so much on trains that they seem like home to him. . . . Irving Berlin and his famous bride may be induced to make a picture for Columbia and again they may not. . . . A]be Gore, vice-president of West Coast Theatres, arrived in New York last week for conferences with MetroGoldwyn and with Famous. . . . Adolph Zukor holds his annual golf tournament next Saturday at his Mountain View Farm, New City, and about 100 Paramount executives and near executives will compete. . . . Sidney R. Buchannan, formerly with Warners, left last week for the Coast to join M-G-M. . . . Nathan Burkan sailed Saturday for a vacation in Europe and will be away until about Sept. 1. . . . Niles Welch, film actor of parts, opened last week in vaudeville and will quit the screen for a period. . Harry Warner says Ethel Barrymore will be the next big stage star to join up with Warner Brothers. . . . Aaron Jones is in New York for a two weeks vacation from the arduous labors of playing golf in the South. . . . Ben Grim and Bill McGrath have traded jobs, Grim going back to Associated Exhibitors and McGrath sitting in at Columbia Pictures. . . . Herb L. Weil, Michigan theatre man, is in New York and stopping at the Commodore. . . . Nick Schenck has settled a lot of gossip about “Rose Marie” by buying the picture rights for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. . . . Milton Cohen, of Inter-Globe Export, returned from Europe last week. . . . Irwin Willat, who turned over the job of finishing “Paradise” to Howard Higgin, left for the Coast last week to make a picture for Famous Players. . . . Harry Buxbaum sails next week for a vacation in Europe. . . . Louis Pincus, manager of Fox’s Detroit theatre, spent last week in New York. . . . Bruce Johnson, First National foreign chief, is expected back from a long European trip next week. . . . Dick Rowland was the first man to arrive at the Astor for the Earl Hudson dinner last Wednesday night, being on hand half an hour before schedule. Something to Worry About A1 Feinman says he will produce a picture if he can find a good story, some good actors, a good distributor and good financial backing. — SPARGO. Dorothy Dodd receives a check for $500 given her by Paramount for having been the first to suggest Frank Hopper as Theodore Roosevelt in “The Rough Riders.” Hermann Hagedom (right) presents the check. Left to right (above): Frank Hopper, Mrs. Dodd’s son, Mrs. Dorothy Dodd, her daughter, and Hermann Hagedorn. At left is facsimile of the check for $500 presented to the Los Angeles Housewife. Eddie Cantor and the rest of the Cantors arrive in Hollywood, where Eddie is planning a debut in motion pictures. From Eddie left to right are Mrs. Cantor, Marjorie, 11, Natalie, 10, Edna, 7, Marilyn, 5. His first film will be “Kid Boots,” for Paramount.