The Moving picture world (November 1926-December 1926)

November 27, 1926 MOVING PICTURE WORLD Detroit Qets More Kunskj'B, Illinois Moving Picture World Bureau, Chicago, III., Nov. 19. IN one of the largest life insurance deals in Chicago this year, Balaban & Katz have completed ararngements for a $750,000 policy on the life of Paul Ash, the Oriental Theatre headliner. Sam Katz, president of the Pulili-c Theatres, was in the city last week visiting tho executive staft of the Balaban and Katz circuit. The Great States Theatre Circuit plans to add a number of houses to their expanding chain of theatres in this territory, according to word from their head offices. Barney Brotman is adding to his tlieatre ■chain and last weel< took over the Moline Theatre from A. F. Shellbarger. This gives the Brotman circuit six houses; oihers will ie added from time to time. Eddie Rosecan has Ijeen named .as general manager of the Johnson circuit, headquarters at 84."> South Wabash avenue, and Earl Johnson, the head of the chain, will devote more of his time to his big theac-e on the west side. A. J. Meininger, known as "Happy," formerly with the Ascher circuit here and lately with the Fisher circuit in Wisconsin is now manager of the LaSalle Theatre at I>aSalle, 111., where his many friends in tlie trade hope he will be successful in nis usual way. Ben Beadell, well known to Film Row, has been named as manager of the Pearl and Alcyon Theatres at Highland Park, 111., ooth houses belonging to the Louis Laemmle circuit. Lou Weil has returned to the management of the Bryn Mawr Theatre of the Gumbiner circuit. Moline The Sussman and Lamm circuit have appointed H. L. Whelpley as manager ol their Moline Theatre. Denver Moving Picture World Bureau, Denver, Col., Nov. 17. *npHE Alladin, Denver's newest and most beautiful first run theatre, opened its •doors to the public last week. Modeled after the Taj Mahal Temple of Agra, India, it has decorations and novelties in keeping with the atmosphere of the Orient. The capacity 3s 1,200 seats. The manager of the new house is Harry E. Huffman, president of the M. P. T. O. of Colorado. Buddy Hooten, manager of Universal's first run here, the America, is creating unusual interest among theatre goers in the publication of what he has named ''The Rocky Mountain Canary." The paper is cleverly arranged, has good, pure reading matter, and has a real circultion. Salida Frank R. Kelly of Salida, Colo., owner and manager of the Empress Theatre, was reelected to the Colorado State Senate by the voters of his district. Mr. Kelly has served several terms as state senator and is a recognized leader in this branch of the state legislature. All Kansas Wanted to Get In on the Free Ad Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 18.— After several months of "thinking it over," the Kansas State Censor Board has taken the slogan tag "Kansas Grows the Best Wheat in the World" from films they have censored for Kansas. Requests had been pouring in from other industries besides the wheat growers, asking for the same fine, free space on the film for advertising and boosting their own projects. They could not all be accomodated, according to Miss Emma Viets, state Censor, and so the wheat was stacked away and a sunflower was substituted. The sunflower is the state flower and as sunflower growing is non-competitive it has been adopted for use in the future. Ohio Moving Picture World Bureau, Cincinnati, 0., Nov. 17. THE two outstanding events in central Ohio during the past week were the M. P. T. O. Ohio convention held at Columbus, and the formal opening of the new Keith-Albee Theatre, the Palace, in that city, both O'.-curing at the same time. The Palace, which represents a total expenditure of $3,000,000 and has a seating capacity of 4,000, is said to be the final word in construction, comfort and convenience. Cincinnati film and trade circles are extending congratulations to J. A. Ackerman. who was re-elected vice-president of the M. P. T. O., Ohio, at the Columbus convention last week. Ackerman is the riglit man in the right place, and there's no maybe about it. The Lyric Theatre, Cincinnali, is ' holding ''Stella Dallas" over for a third week. Gcneral Manager Libson reports a pheno'menal business wifh the picture. Minnesota Moving Picture World Bureau, Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 18. GRANITE FALLS, MINN., has at last triumphed over the blue law element and lias passed an amendment permitting motion pictures to be shown on Sunday, after three previous attempts to permit Sunday shows had been defeated at the polls. Joseph Flaa, manager of the Revillo auditorium at Revillo, S. D., was elected to the f'outh Dakota state legislature. Baudette Fire destroyed the Grand Theatre at Baudette, Minn., last week. It was owned by Al Peterson of International Falls, Minn. The theatre was a total loss. Fertile A. W. Hyland lias opened a new theatre at Fertile, Minn. 225 & K. Concerts Moving Picture World Bureau, Detroit, Mich., Nov. 18. THE Kunsky-Balaban and Katz interests will inaugurate their sixth season of symphonic concerts next week, but instead of giving them at Sunday noon, as in the past, they will be offered each Tuesday at 5 :30 P. M, Eduard Werner, conductor of the Michigan Theatre Orchestra, will continue to direct the concerts, with musicians picked from the five Kunsky-Balaban and Katz theatres and numbering about 90. These concerts have been instrumental in building business during the Capitol's weakest box office hours. After more than two months in which no picture remained longer than one week downtown, the Adams and Madison Theatres hit upon productions w'hich seem to be "in" for runs. They are "We're in the Navy Now" and "The Temptress." Pontiac A. J. Kleist is erecting a theatre to be known as the Eagle in Pontiac. It will seat 1,400 and will be ready for an opening early in the Spring of next year. All seats will be on one floor, with oflices upstairs. The building is to be ten stories high and represents an investment of more than half a million dollars. The Eagle will give Mr. Kleist five theatres in Pontiac. Old timers in the Detroit film trade are planning a celebration some time during the winter which will bring together in Detroit all the veterans of the trade who have held posts in the city. The affair is taking on an oflicial aspect and just as soon as the date is determined, entertainment features will get under way. Two Michigan theatre owners have already struck out for California to spend the winter. They are Hunter Robbins, of Robinhood Theatre at Grand Haven and P. S. Schram of Kalamazoo. They will return iii the Spring. Canada Moving Picture World Bureau, Ottawa, Can., Nov. 18. MANAGER RAY TUP.MAN of the Regent Theatre, Ottawa, published an edition of his famous newspaper, the Regent News, on Saturday, November 13, which contained reports of the three major football games at Ottawa, Toronto and Kingston during the afternoon. Copies of the theatre's four-page newspaper were distributed among patrons of the Regent during the evening and were also used as inserts in the daily newspapers sold by newsboys in the vicinity of the theatre. The edition also contained Regent announcements regarding coming attractions. The current attraction was "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse." Kingston Manager E. O. Smilbcrs of the Capitol Theatre, Kingston, Ontario, took advantage of the football boom locally to invite the three teams of Queen's University, Kingston, to a performance of "Tho Quarterback." About 7.1 players of the college attended in a body and, during an exciting sequence of the film story, the theatre resounded with the Queen's University yell for Richard Dix. Manager Smithers declared that it was the first time that his theatre had been turned into a football stadium