Exhibitors Herald (1927)

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20 EXHIBITORS HERALD March 19, 1927 New YORK. — Roxy says the greatest thrill of his life was when the curtain rolled up last Friday night at the greatest theatre in the world, and why not? . . . . Harry Warner went to the coast last week, hesitating before his start long enough to challenge Thomas A. Edison, which challenge has not as yet been accepted. _ ■ ■ • Colvin Brozcn, after three months sojourn abroad, greeted the Statue of Liberty face to face and the old lady sure looked good to Colvin. . . . Harvey Day, who has l)een lying quiescent, (or some way) for a long time, is said to be working on an invention to keep water from leaking. . . . Frank Pope is back from a trip to St. Louis, Chicago and points W'est, looking little the worse for w’ear. . . . G. S. Yorke has been placed in charge of general publicity for the Fox Road Show'^ Department, vice Wells Hawks who has gone back to the circus. . . . Alarshall Neilan and his charming wife, Blanche Sweet, w-ere shopping on Fifth avenue last week, with Mickey carrying the bundles, and then he took sick. . . . Harold Lloyd, disguised as a regular human being without his cheaters, started the six day bicycle at Madison Square Garden. . . . Major Bowes will be director general of festivities at the Naked Truth dinner on April 2 so you can guess what you will get for your ten bucks. . . . Mysterious Harry Fields will be the manager of the new Fox Locust theatre, which opens in Philadelphia next Sunday night. . . . Joe Kennedy, big chief of F. B. O. will leave for the coast on April 3 for a stay of a month r r more. . . . Fred Quiniby is getting his picture in the trade papers with great frequency and it is an ornament to any printed page. . . . E. W. Hammons has gone to the coast to look over Educational production affairs. ... .S'idnt’v K. Kent says all rumors to the contrary, that he is figuring on remaining wdth Famous PlayersLasky for a long time to come. . . . Stanley Ji'aite, long with Pathe, has joined the short subject sales department of Paramount. ... F . A. Enders, managing director of F. B. O. in London, arrived from the coast last week on his way home. . . . Jack Keegan says he used to see pictures in his sleep, but since handling the Vitaphone publicity department it is talking in his slumbers. . . . Chester Beecroft, for the present will remain as manager of the Cosmopolitan Studio, purchased last week by Warner Brothers. . . . Herbert Brenon, who may or may not quit his job with Paramount, was ill at his home last week, but recovering. . . . L, .9. Diamond, has resigned as head of physical distribution of Pathe, and has become the assistant to Emmanuel Cohen at Paramount. . . . IV. C. Fields says he likes making pictures so well that he isn't even thinking about returning to the so-called legitimate stage. . . . Milton Cohen and Sidney Garrett sailed for London last Saturday to look after Tnter-Globe Export affairs. . . . Hal H ozve says he left Ben Lyon in Hollywood, Imt he won’t stay there and is coming back this week. . . . What has become of EDWIN TANNHAUSER once prominent in the film business? — SPARGO. “Rough Riders,'’ story of Roosevelt’s life in the West, began a run March 15 at the George M. Cohan theatre. New York. It is a Famous Players-Lasky release.