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NATIONAL MIRROR
MEN OF REPUBLIC MEET IN CONVENTION AND AT A BEEFSTEAK DINNER
When the meeting of the Republic eastern contingent was held in New York last week, highlight was a beefsteak dinner, attended not only by the Republic men, but also by invited exhibitor leaders and The Exhibitor cameraman. In this photographic lay-out— running from the left, down and around the two center photographs, one finds Republic’s Walter W. Vincent, chairman of the board of directors, as well as the famed Wilmer-and-Vincent circuit; Harry Goldberg, advertising manager, Warner theatres; Joseph Bernhard, general manager, Warner theatres; Archie Silverman; Jack Bellman, eastern district sales manager; H: J. Yates, president-general manager. Consolidated Film Industries; Herman Rifkin, New England franchise holder; Morris Epstein, New York City branch manager; Robert Fannon, David Sohmer, David Black, Anthony Ricci, New York branch; Maxwell Gillis, Philadelphia branch manager; Frank Hammerman, Philadelphia salesman; Herman Gluckman, New York City franchise holder; William J. Harrer, Norman Silverman, Philadelphia salesmen; D. Whalen, advertising department; Alvin A. Adams, advertising and publicity director; Charles Jones, advertising aide to Adams; Morris Epstein, New York branch manager, and thing run smoothly); Morris Epstein, New York branch manager, and Gene Picker, with friend; Herman Rifkin, New England franchise holder, with friends; Max A. Cohen, president, Allied Theatres Owners of New York; Grover C. Schaefer, secretary-treasurer, Republic; Archie Silverman;
Julian Rifkin; M. Ed. Morey, district manager, Boston; H. J. Yates; Nat Lefton, Boston; H. J. Yates,; James R. Grainger, president, Republic; Al Steffes. exhibitor; Pete Harrison, publisher, Harrison’s Reports; Harry LaVine, central district sales manager; Samuel M. Flax, franchise holder, Washington; James H. Alexander, branch manager, Pittsburgh; the festive board; a shot of the New Englanders en masse. The conventioners heard, too, that "Man of Conquest,” the company’s big production, has its New York City premiere at the Capitol, a note for jubilation on the part of those present. Addresses at the sessions came from president James R. Grainger, board chairman Walter W. Vincent, Consolidated’s H. J. Yates, publicist Alvin A. Adams, franchise holder Herman Rifkin, Boston’s Nat Lefton, Washington’s Samuel M. Flax, Canadian franchise holder Paul Nathanson, Canada’s general manager A. W. Perry, Pittsburgh’s A. W. Perry, others. Republic plans 50 features for the coming season in addition to its serials, with 26 of the features "A” and the others in three eight-picture series of westeins, with the "B” product entirely eliminated. Among the guests of the company at the beefsteak dinner were Joseph Bernhard, Spyros Skouras, W. A Steffes, Joseph Pastor, Gene Picker, Aubrey Schenck, W. T. Powers, J. J. Sullivan, Fred Meyers, Max Fellerman, William White, Louis Webber, George Lynch, Charles Moss, Max Cohen, Al Suchman, Archie Silverman, Walter W. Vincent, Ed. Reed, all prominent in exhibition circles.
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