Exhibitors Herald (1927)

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58 E X H I B n' O R S HERALD March 26, 1927 CHICAGO PERSONALITIES — = By D. H. , Gloria SWANSON, riding in a special car and her luggage taking . another, arrived in Chicago March 18. After she had disembarked and dusted the flashlight powder and smoke from her eyes she received a formal invitation from Ludwig Siegel and Eddie Grossman of Chicago to attend the May Fourth Exhibitors Frolic. ESTVN'ARD liound she plans to reside in Los Angeles as a result of a general shutdown of production plants in the East. W'ith her were a dozen friends and associates to say nothing of her husband, Marciuis dc la Falaise de la Coudray. La-la-de-la ! * 5}: Harold Lloyd’s vacation is all over and he has returned to Hollywood to work. That doesn’t mean, he told me, that he will begin shooting another picture at once ; it means he will try to find a story for his next picture, try to find an idea for one or try to find someone with an idea for one. He stopped in Chicago, with his wife, Mildred Davis, and also with a St. Bernard dog that pulled Harold along at will, each on one end of a leash. Others making the Westward trip that day included J . D. Williams, one time head of Associated First National, and Mrs. Williams, Lois Wilson and Frances Agnew, scenarist. Miss Wilson has finished her role in “Broadway Nights’’ for Bob Kane and is cast as the leading player in “The Gingham Girl,” which Film Booking Offices started March 22. ^ ^ I could write a column about people who were here from production places but space is inelastic. Betty Bronson was here though a week ago and now we’ll talk about exhibitors and film exchange men awhile. Jjc 5}c For instance Max Balahan’s wedding (you didn’t know he was engaged?) came off March 23 and Max and Mrs. Max left immediately for a trip which was quite a novel thing to do. Jjc J{c ^ A lot of talk went around that the deal between Ascher Brothers and Balaban & Katz was signed and sealed but you couldn’t get Nate or Max Ascher to confirm it. Nate left late last week for New York for a meeting and so did several exchange men. Roy Seery, First National district manager, left March 18. Harry Ross, Paramount’s chief in this district, returned about the same time. At Jack Miller’s office, 845 South Wabash, you hear exhibitors unraveling great stories about the meeting in New York that the Cooney Brothers attended but you don’t hear Jack and Ben say anything about it. ^ ^ ^ Charles Pettijohn, legal mentor for the Hays organization, was in Chicago last week and left March 18 for New York. * ^ * Pat Dowling said when he was here last William H. Jenner, business manager for Harry Langdon and formerly a Chicago First National chief, stopped in the old home town on his way East with a print of "Long Pants.” Jenner, right, is expected back in Chicago this week. A1 De Gaetano on left. week that he will be in the big towm three weeks and will then come back to Chicago to spend three days before he returns to the Christie Studios on the Coast. ^ ^ ^ Len Ullrich accepted a position on the sales staff of Warner Brothers and your neighborhood house will be showing Warner pictures next week. Eddie Silverman, sales manager of Warner Brothers, returned to Chicago and home for a day or two last week. ^ sK * Tom Gilliam says he played press agent to Ben Lyon when the actor came to Chicago last week and Ben emoted awhile for Steve Montgomery’s Daily News Screen Service and then got his nails filed and his hair cut a little. ^ ^ ^ Bess Meredyth, scenarist, was on her way back to Hollywood last week and had to stay in Chicago two days to buy 731 souvenirs of New York for her Hollywood friends. Margaret Ettinger who is the best publicity representative Marshall Neilan has was with Aliss iMeredyth. sK * jK Then in a special New York Central car came Richard A. Rowland. The car was hooked on the 20th Century and in it were Elorence Strauss, head of the scenario department of First National, a newly signed player from Europe and a number of relatives of Mr. Rowland and Mrs. Strauss. * * * Paul MeVey came to Chicago a week ago and signed up with Jack Sampson and Jack is always the lucky fellow. So is Paul. Mr. MeVey is formerly of Boston. * * * Twelve detectives stood guard when the Chicago Moving Picture Operators’ union elected Thomas E. Maloy to succeed himself as business manager by a margin of 400 votes over Henry Gusenburg, brother of Peter and Frank Gusenburg, police characters. Others elected were : Thomas J. Reynolds, president; James Sloneker, vicepresident; Hal Johnstone, secretarytreasurer; Jack Wolfberg, Dave Day and Arthur Lyons, trustees. “TONGUES OF SCANDAL” with MAE BUSCH, W’H.LIAM DESMOND, RAY HALLOR, LLOYD CARLETON, DE SACIA MOOERS A PICTURE of many angles of interest and appeal is the new Sterlingr production, “Tongues of Scandal,” produced and directed by Roy Clements. Aside from :■ poignantly dramatic story that stirs the emotions and a serie.s of powerful situations, it is acted by one of the most eapaltle easts of the season. MAE BUSCH finds in the role of the Governoi-’s wife one of the most picturesque appealing parts that she had and acts it in a manner that is convincing through her intelligence as an actress and her power to get at the emotions of spectators. WIELIAIM DESMOND is well suited to the role of the Governor, making it sympathetic and appealing. The story cannot be told in detail without spoiling the enjoyment of the many who will see the picture, but it concerns the Governor of a State who is up for re-election just following his marriage and the breaking of a scandal about his young brother For Illinois which is suppressed for political reasons. After his marriage he finds his young bride entirely different from the loving and adoring fiancee she had been. Her roorn is perpetualiy locked against him. She arouses the gossiping tongues of scandal by her apparent encouragement of the interest taken in her by her husband's young brother, and of a gay young Uothario. The scandal about Governor's wife, and the sums paid to keep stories concerning her from breaking into print, wreck his political prospects and bankrupt his machine. The climax comes when she auctions off her jewels and the very garments from her body, at a big charity bazaar. The solution of this dramatic situation, with its social and political crosscurrents is brought about naturally and convincingly. A picture of genuine appeal, ten.se drama, powerful climaxes, brilliantly jieted. For Indiana GREIVER PRODUCTIONS r^^TTrWTTT tir 4 -rfc A f-HTT A ^TTT'VTTTTT' > INDL/^NA. • 831 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE CHICAGO, ILL. INDIANA. 218Vl?immefBuil<lln^ INDIANAPOLIS