The Moving Picture Weekly (1919-1922)

Vol. 15, No. 14 The Moving Picture Weekly 33 What Other Houses Are Doing Joins Sales Staff Howard G. Phinney, for several years a commercial salesman, is a new recruit to the motion picture business, having joined Universal's Chicago Exchange sales staff. Inaugurates Policy The Empress at Decatur, Illinois, has inaugurated a motion picture policy and will offer its program at prewar prices; children ten cents and adults eighteen cents. This house, which is operated by Hyman and Levy, had been run as a vaudeville theatre for many years. Make Inspection Tour C. S. Jensen and J. G. VonHerberg are making a tour of inspection through Montana, visiting the various theatres controlled and owned by them. Two-Thousand-Seat House It is reported that Elgin, Illinois, is to have another motion picture house, A. C. Muntz and Charles L. Garrison having purchased a site on which a two thousand seat house will be erected. AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT— We are indebted to Exhibitors Herald, Exhibitors Trade Review and Motion Picture News for many of the testimonials and notes of exhibitors' activities which appear in this issue of The Moving Picture Weekly. Visits "U" Exchanges Herman Stern, Universal's district manager, with headquarters in Chicago, is on a trip to Kansas City and St. Louis Exchanges. George Levine, Universal's Milwaukee manager, spent a couple of days in conference with Manager Stern before the latter left Chicago. Installs Radiophone Emory Rylander, manager of the Rylander Theatre, Americus, Georgia, is having a radio receiving outfit installed in his theatre. The set will be equipped with a magna vox attachment of sufficient strength as to make radio messages received audible throughout the auditorium, which is the largest in Americus. Buy Arcade Theatre Alexander Brothers, who have conducted the Grand Opera House at Lansford, Pa., for many years, have acquired the Arcade and now control the theatre facilities of the Pennsylvania coal borough. To Head Delegation Joe Rhode, of Kenosha, president of the Wisconsin Motion Picture Theatre Owners, was a Chicago visitor this week. He reports his organization id very much interested in the theatre owners national convention, and that he will head a large delegation from Wisconsin, which will attend the Washington meeting. Fighting Sunday Amusements Carbondale, Pa., ministers are fighting Sunday amusements and have demanded that the Blue Laws be invoked to halt Sabbath day performances in theatres for charitable and church benefits. A Difficult Task It would be a difficult task to convince Burlington citizens that horns sprout from the "dome" of an exhibitor. Tasmanian Theatre's Tasteful Display for Universal Picture Ever Hear of Launceston, Tasmania? Well, if You Haven't, Here Is the Majestic's Lobby Display for Universal's "The Rage of Paris," which Shows that Exploitation Has Spread All Over the Civilized World. Have You Entered Universal's $7,000 "Robinson Crusoe" Contest Yet?