The Moving picture world (November 1926-December 1926)

MOVING PICTURE WORLD 3 Will Kill Tax Premier Hon-ard FeremMon of Ontnrlo, formally announced darlnir the course of his opening election speech nt Kemptville that the amaaemeDt tax oa tickets of 'in centn or less nonld be abolished, the reduction to become effective after the Provincial electlonii on December 1 If the Fcrg^uMon government is re-elected. The tax aJIeated ransi t>ne cent on ticket*) up to 15 cents, and 2 cents on tickets from 15 to 25 cents ii:clusive. The tax on higher-priced tickets Is not affected. Deny Any Deal Reports have beaa current that Warner Bros, are negotiating for the purchase of Sid Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood where "Don Jaan," the Warner road show, is In tor a long run. Albert Warner has made an emphatic denial of the story when approached. He .stales that with ;he Insiallaticn of the Vitaphouo in the Egyptian the interest :)f Warners and Grauman would be brought closer together, but there had been no talk of purchasing by Warners or sellinir bt/ Grauman. W.C.T.U. for Censors The Women's Chri^itlar. Temperance Union of New York State has injected itself into the moving picture censorship situation to the e,-id that the organization, whiirh has .Hi,uoo members in this state, will !ile a protest with Governor Smith against the proposed abolition of the Motion Picture Censorship Commission. Lasky Made Chairman Jesse L<. L,asky of Famous Plaj ers heads as volunteer Red Cross Roll Call Chairman a special motion picture group to enlist the maximum response throughout the motion picture indu.stry of New York for funds to maintain the organization's relief work and public health program. Spearing with F. P. .fames O. hpearinK', formerly dramatic editor of tne New "Vork Times, and more recently a'.ithor of a number of morion picture stories, has been appointed assistant to Julian Johnson at the Paramount Long Island studio In the editing and titling of pictures, according to Associate Producer William LifBaron. Paul Joins Sam P. M. Saraztn, of United Artists Corporation has become Samuel Goldwyn's Now York' press representative. He will handle the publicity of Mr. Goldwyn personally, Director Heni-y King, Ronald Colman and Vilma Hanky. Jazzbo Club Prizes The annual meeting of the Jazzbo Club, the social organization of P. U. C, was held at Keen's Chop House, New York City, on October 28. Dinner was served and there was a theatre party at the Winter Garden. Eschmann Heads New Feature Department Formed by Pathe Action Necessitated by Taking Over of Associated Product — New Salesmen Pathe has created a new Feature Sales Department with E. A. Eschmann, widely known as a sales executive, at the head, according to Vice-President and General Manager Elmer Pearson. It is necessitated by the large number of feature productions now to be "s ributcd throtrgh ihe organisation. Negotiations have been" completed whereby Pathe is taking over the sale and all the physical handling of all the Associated's product. Pathe. itself, has a number of feature series, together with 21 Associated pictures which were acquired on June 16. It was to handle this large program of feature attractions that the Feature Sales Department was organized with Mr. Eschmann to directly supervise the selling of all Pathe and Associated features. The only exception in feature selling will be that feature versions of serials will be handled by the regular Pathe salesmen. Under the new arrangement fathe branch managers are lelieved of the responsibilil;,' of feature sales, to be thereby permitted to concentrate their sales efforts on the selling of two-reel comedies, short subjects and serials. At each branch office a feature sales manager will be appointed who will work directly under Mr. Eschmann and be responsible for the selling of th^' feature product in his respective territory. It is also likely that additional feature salesmen v/ill be taken on to handle the increased business. E. A. Eschmann Two New Executives Thomas Allen Moore, trust officer of the Guaranty Trust Company, has resigned to become vice-president, treasurer and financial executive of the Swanson Producing Corporation, Gloria Swanson, film star and producer, announced yeslerday. Another banker, Pierre Hedard, former^,' in charge of the new foreign business department of the Bankers' Trust Company, also will be associated as assistant treasurer. Sheehan Supervising Howard J. Sheehan, who has manager the Fox San Francisco branch for several years, will now supervise the Coast district for Fox. including Los Angeles, .San Francisco, Seattle, Portland and Salt Lake City. Fred W. Voight is now in charge of the Frisco office. Berger With Fox Dr. Lud>vie Berjfer, the (ierman dire-tor. who produced the linelj-receivcd "Waltji Dream" for li. F. which ran two Mceks at the Caiiltol theatre, \ew Vork. has been sl!;:ned to produce in thl-s country for Fox. He i i expected to arrive in March at Hollywood to besin his llrst American' picture. Riesenfeld in West Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld has arrived on the West Coast to prepare the musical score for Pola Negri's latest Paramount vehicle, "Hotel Imperial." He will remain at the studios for some time to arrange the musical scores of several other importnnt productions. Named Title Editor PJdwin .Justus Mayer, author and plaiywright, has been made title editor of all Paramount West Coast productions under a contract announced by B. P. ■Schulberg, Opens in Boston Warner Bros.' production of Syd Chaplin in "Don Juan." with Vitaphone acconip;, n imen t and prelude, opened October 211 in the Colonial Theatre, an Krianger house, in Boston. Smeltzer in New York Robert Smeltzer, manager of First Natioit.il s Vvashington exchange, visited the home office this week. He reported excellent business in the caj)ital. Miller Proud Papa Walter Miller. I'.i i hcserial star, is a proud papa. Richard Scofield Miller is the iicw<'Oiner. He weighs eight p iiiimIs, ■ .Mrs. Miller, known In I iie sliiHe and vaudeville world as Klleeii Scofield, is doirjg ri;-ely. vore /ortL _ Preferred Pictures J G.BACHMANN Sou lovti^n 'DifLnbuUiyt lNTEIk,-OCEAN FILM COKP