Exhibitors Herald (1927)

32 EXHIBITORS HERALD October 22, 1927 Public Group Praises Industry for Outlining Policy of Cleaner Films Leo Meehan’s Second Son Is Bom on Sunday Also ( Continued from page 18) of Better Films, Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. F. H. Handsfield, Long Island Federation of Women’s Clubs. Mrs. Charles T. Owens, Civic Club of Norristown, Pa. Mrs. J. A. Selden, Chairman, Selected Performances, Macon, Ga., Better Films Committee. Mrs. Belle Harlam, League for Protection of Riverside Drive, and The Theatre Club, Inc. Dr. Christian F. Reisner, Pastor, Chelsea Methodist Episcopal Church, President, Broadway Tabernacle Corporation. Dr. A. Rose, Universalist Church, Newark, N. J. Rev. George Reid Andrews, Director, Church and Drama Association, Federal Council of Churches. Rev. Leland P. Cary, Pastor, Jackson Heights Community Church. Rev. James Yard, Representative of West China University in U. S., Methodist Episcopal Missionary Board. M. E. Head, Director of U. S. Veterans Bureau, 2 Coordination Area. Dr. Robert Hill, Council for the Adult Education of the Foreign Born. John R. Norton, Research Director, National Education Association. H. S. Braucher, Secretary, Playground and Recreation Association of America. Miss Marilla W. Freeman, Cleveland, Ohio, representing the American Library Association. Dr. Clinton Wunder, Pastor. Baptist Temple, Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. L. Grant Baldwin, Chairman Committee Better Films, New York City Colony, Nat. Society New England Women, Representing Mrs. Chapman, D. A. R. Mrs. Piercy Chestney, President Better Films Committee, Macon, Ga. Mrs. Frances Smith Dean, Motion Picture Editor (Youth’s Companion). A. L. Frederick, Secretary Motion Picture Bureau (Y. M. C. A.). Arthur Gale, Amateur Cinema League. Mrs. Harry G. Grover, Chairman Rutherford, N. J., Better Films Committee. Mrs. Edmund W. Kingsland, Chairman Department American Citizenship, New York Federation of Women’s Clubs. Mrs. Malcolm Parker MacCoy, Motion Picture Chairman, New York Federation of Women’s Clubs, Representing the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. Mrs. Thomas A. McGoldrick, Chairman Motion Picture Bureau, International Federation of Catholic Alumnae. Mrs. E. F. Miner, Rutherford, N. J., Better Films Committee. Mrs. Charles T. Owens, Pennsylvania State Chairman Better Films, D. A. R. William C. Redfield, American Arbitration, Church and Drama Association. Mrs. Alonzo Richardson, Secretary to Chairman Board of Review, State Federation and General Fed. of Women’s Clubs. Mrs. George Stake, Motion Picture Committee, New York City Federation Women’s Clubs. Miss Amelia Summerville, National Democratic Club, Inc., (Women’s) Motion Picture Chairman. Owen C. Torrey, sent to represent Mr. McComb of the Marine Office of America. Mrs. Dudley Van Holland, Motion Picture Chairman. New York City Federation Women’s Clubs. Col. Roy W. Winton, Managing director. Amateur Cinema League. Mrs. George M. Young, Chairman Motion Pictures, North Dakota Federation of Women’s Clubs. W. K . Howard Honored by Picture Salesmen (Special to the Herald) NEW YORK, Oct. 18.— Mr. W. K. Howard has been given a silver engraved membership card by Motion Picture Salesmen, Inc., an organization of Metropolitan motion picture salesmen, for his admirable work and pleasing personality. Tilden in “Gallagher” ( Special to the Herald) <( HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 18.— William T. “Big Bill” Tilden, former world tennis champion, has been obtained by Cecil B. DeMille to appear in “Gallagher.” Jones Ends Fox Contract (Special to the Herald) HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 18. — Buck Jones, Fox star, is in New York having completed his Fox contract. Leo Meehan’s Second Son Is Bom on Sunday Also ( Special to the Herald) HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 18. — A son was born to Mrs. J. Leo Meehan, wife of the director, October 9. He will be called John Edwin II. He is the second son of the Meehans, both sons being born on Sunday. “ Beauty -makeup” Club Prize Winner Gets Test (Special to the Herald) LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18.— Gerda Mann will have a try at pictures as a result of winning a “beauty-makeup” contest at the Deauville Club last week. She won by the use of Allura, the new Doraldina method which has lately been adopted. Edwin Carewe Productions will assign her for a screen test this week. Sennett Forces Await Three Months Shutdown (Special to the Herald) HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 18. — Players and staff employes at the Mack Sennett Studios are expecting a three months’ shutdown of the plant. It is reported the period will begin in December, but John A. Waldron, general manager, states the present studios will be working until the middle of January, when there will be a brief vacation before moving to the new lot at Studio City. Warners Sign Condon (Special to the Herald) HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 18.— Charles Condon has signed a new contract to write scenarios for Warner Brothers. AFFILIATED EXHIBITORS ( Continued from page 19) West Coast Theatres, //. B. Franklin. West Coast Theatres of Northern Cal., Elihu Root , Jr. Pacific Northwest Theatres, Frank Wilson. Frank Amusement Co., Mr. Hindler . Hollywood Theatres Co., John Dillon. West Coast California Theatres, A. C. Thurman. Stanley Company, H. M. Crandall. Syracuse Strand Theatre, George A. Pottinger Strand Theatre Co. of New England, M. A. Silver. Stanley Mark Strand, J. M. Levenson. Stanley Efflinger Co., Sidney Jacobs. Stanley-Fox Theatre Co., Jacob Fox. Stanley Stiefel Co., Nathan Stiefel. Stanley-Shapiro Theatre Co., J. K. Kirner. Nixon-Nerdlinger Co., Earle Forte. Cosmos Theatre Co., Samuel Blaskey. West Chester Amusement Co., Jack Frere. Atlantic City Vaudeville Co., Alexis Carlin. Garden Pier Theatre Co., J. H. McCarron. Sylvania Amusement Co., Chas. Thomson. Agonz Theatre Co., Alex Myers. Stanley Fabian Corporation, Joseph Stein. Montclair Amusement Co., Samuel Rosen. Lincoln Amusement Co., Bergen County Amusement Co. W. C. Delaney for Henry Hecht. Ritz Theatre, Newark, S. Pearlman for A. Dowllinger. Continental Amusement Co., S. Braskin. Consolidated Amusement Co., H. W. Dewsnap . Crandall-Stanley Theatres, Lewis Sabmonsky. Marcus A. Benn, Marcus A. Benn. Morris Spiers, Morris Spiers. T. G. Nixon-Nerdlinger, Joseph Forte. Joseph Snellenberg, Joseph Jordan. David Bortin, David Bortin . United Artists Theatre Circuit, //. D. Buckley. Roxy Theatres Corporation, Charles Levine. Fox Theatres Corporation, Percy Heiliger. Rental Agreement Gives Redress to Exhibitors ; Contract to be Revised ( Continued from page 15) into Mr. Myers’ private office and talked for a few minutes. Mr. Hays then had earnest talks with several of the members of the distributors group, and a report soon spread over the building that some agreement on block booking would soon be reached. In the meantime the exhibitor group was in session, and soon after Commissioner Myers and Mr. Hays got busy, Mr. O’Reilly, chairman of the exhibitor members of the block booking joint committee, appeared before the exhibitor group and announced that a proposition had been made by the distributors to yield concessions on six points in connection with block booking, which six points he enumerated. Causes Much Discussion This caused a lot of discussion, much of it of a rather excited nature, several of the exhibitors voicing their belief that they were in reality getting little or nothing in the concession. During the discussion Commissioner Myers sat in the back of the room and listened with apparent interest. Finally Mr. O’Reilly succeeded in quelling the arguments by an announcement and with a few protests the exhibitor group decided that, as they couldn't get anything else at this time, it were best to accept what was offered. The general conference was then called, and J. Robert Rubin, for the distributors, read the six points to the gathering. This had originally been prepared in the form of a resolution, but Mr. Rubin in presenting it, made it clear that it was simply a statement of the future policies of the distributing companies. Comes As Surprise to Myers This came as a surprise to Commissioner Myers, who had expected the matter to be in resolution form, as then it would become a matter for the Federal Trade Commission. He explained that in the form it was presented — simply as a statement of company policies — he and the Federal Trade Commission could have nothing to do with it. He also pointed out that if the exhibitors cared to accept it, it was a matter for them alone to decide and act on. The matter was put to a standing vote, and the conference decided to accept the six points. This practically closed the business of the conference and an adjournment was taken. Commissioner Myers and his aides returned to Washington Saturday evening. Lee Marcus Marries , Honored by F B O Staff (Special to the Herald) NEW YORK, Oct. 18.— Lee Marcus, general salesmanager for F B O, was given a congratulatory dinner recently in honor of his marriage to Miss Claire S. Warner, which took place yesterday. T. L. Lawler, Theatre Circuit Owner, Is Dead (Special to the Herald) GREENFIELD, MASS., Oct. 18.— Thomas L. Lawler, 59, for 30 years a prominent owner of a group of theatres throughout the state, died here recently after an illness of over two years.