Exhibitors Daily Review (1927)

2 Exhibitors DAILY REVIEW. MONDAY. APRIL 25. 1927 Published Daily Except Sunday FRED J. McConnell, Editor Geo. C. Williams, President; Fred J. McCon> nell, Vice-President: F. Meyers; Larry S. Harris, General Manager. „ ^ „ Hank Linet, Associate Editor; Randall M. White, News Editor: Herbert J. Hoose, StaS Editor; James A. Cron, Advertising Manager; Herman J. Schleier, Business Manager; B. F. Livingston, Circulation Manager. Norman Webb, West Coast Representative, 636 South Serrano Avenue, Los Angeles. Calif. Executive and Editorial OiEces, 45 West 45th Street, New York. Telephone Bryant 6160. Address all communications to Executive Of&ces. Subscription Rates, including postage paid, per year. United States and Canada, $10; Foreign, $15; single copies, 5 cents. Remit by check, money order, currency or postage. Entered as second class matter January 4, 1926, at the post office of New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published and ppyright (1926) by Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation. Most of our New York City subscribers are furnished their papers by carriers, in order that they will get a more prompt service than that given by mail. . , , If at any time there is failure on the part of a subscriber to receive the paper promptly, we shall appreciate immediate report of the matter, so that we can take the necessary steps to prevent its recurrence. ALONG FILM ROW By JIMMY This past week has been Mormon Conference Week in Salt Lake City, which brought flocks of people within the city’s gates, which brought lots of business to the picture houses. Abe Blumstein has left Hollywood Pictures to join the Capitol Film Exchange as a salesman. Severing his connections of many years’ standing with the Standard Film Service of Cleveland, Jack Soglovitz has joined the sales staff of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer exchange in that city. The cry of “Gold” lured several of our California film men to the Weepah district. A bit chagrined, they have returned to their changes but with that fresh viewpoint of contentment. The Jans Productions has completed its moving activities from 1540 Broadway to the new quarters in S6S Fifth Avenue. Disappointed that the baby can’t yet say “daddy,” Ben Koenig, secretary of the Milwaukee Film Board of Trade is impatiently waiting for his new son to get to that stage of life. There is a conspiracy abroad to keep a certain scenic off the screen. This is the first plot we have ever heard of in connection \vith scenics. Joe Weinberg has stepped in as Brooklyn sales manager for the “Big U,” while at the same exchange, Nat Goldberg rises from a booker to manager of the office. Universal’s Des Moines exchange has enlisted the services of D. L. Longtin, who comes from the West Coast, and will act as a special representative. The toughest part of the whole business of shutting up the Paramount Long Island studio, is the closing of L. H. Burroughs’ studio restaurant. Saul Traumer, treasurer of the Motion Picture Salesmen, Inc., and formerly salesman for the New York branch of Producers Distributing Corp., has taken up new duties as a member of the Hollywood exchange sales force. He was tendered a farewell luncheon by his ex-fellow workers. Jesse Fishman, who is vice-president and general manager of the Standard P'ilm Service, is home again in Cleveland very much refreshed after a two-week’s vacation in Atlantic City. Quick, Pierre, my handkerchief. Sprig has cub! REX INGRAM An eye for color — a taste for all forms of beauty — and brawn combined with brain, make Rex Ingram one of our most eminent screen producers today. Being a man of action as well as imagination has aided his flight to the top. All his earlier trials and tribulations were but as the dart of an arrow pointing the way to his place in the film industry and to fame. Born in Dublin, Ireland, thirty-six years ago, and the son of a university professor, Rex Ingram was given all the advantages of an excellent education. When he graduated from Trinity College in 1911 he sailed for America, but upon landing failed to find the streets paved with gold. In order to eat he became a night worker in the freight yard at Belle Dock, New Haven and then for eight months he was a tally man and a track man. Later he was able to enroll as a student of sculpture under Professor Lee O. Lawrie at Yale University and in time became his assistant. It was while at Yale that Ingram became interested in motion pictures through witnessing screenings there, and realized how the principles of sculpture could be applied to this new art. . His first actual picture experience was as an actor and scenarist for the Edison Company, after which he became a member of the old Vitagraph stock company, acting and writing scripts. Since his “The Four Horsemen” for Metro-Goidwyn, his success has been unquestionable, and one of his marked characteristics is that he selects unknown players in whom he has faith to star in his features just as often as tired and proved veterans, and carries them along on the same crest of renown. In fact, it was he who first brought out Alice Terry in “Hearts Are Trumps,” Rudolph Valentino in “The Four Horsemen,” Ramon Novarro in “The Prisoner of Zenda” and Barbara LaMarr in “Triflng Women.” His most recent productions have been “Scaramouche,” “The Arab” and “Mare Nostrum.” At present he is in France making “The Garden of Allah” for Metro-Goldwyn. It was during the filming of “The Prisoner of Zenda” that Rex Ingram married his “find,” the beautiful Alice Terry. She now appears in the leading roles of all his productions. “SUBJECT TO CHANGE” HAS NO PLAC^SAX PLANS Gotham President Says Titles and Plans for 1927-28 Are Definitely Fixed Calendar of Coming Events UFA WAR PICTURE (Continued from page 1) been selected for release in this country by either Paramount or M-G-M. The picture is in three parts, each timed to provide an evening’s entertainment. The first installment bears the title of “The People’s Heroism.” The entire production, claimed to be based upon official German archives, is said to present war as glorious, rather than dirty and brutal. Two former officers of the Imperial German staff are responsible for the direction. Fourteen productions are listed by Sam Sax as definite subjects for Lumas release during the coming season wnth the possibility of one or two additional special features to be added. Twelve of the subjects will be Gotham productions made under the personal supervision of Sam Sax who will return to the W'est coast very shortly and two will be known as Mrs. Wallace ReidGotham productions with Mrs. Reid starring in each subject. The names of well known contemporary authors appear in nearly every instance as responsible for the stories and such popular writers as Owen Davis, Gerald Beaumont, George Randolph Chester, Reginald Wright Kauffman, Howard Rockey, ■ Leon De Costa and Edward Rose are to be noted. The complete list of Gotham titles and authors includes: “United States Smith” and “The Rose of Kildare,” both by Gerald Beaumont. The first being the unusual character study of a fighting marine treated in a radically different manner than the usual story of this type. The second Beaumont story will be a romantic drama of old Erin with an epilogue laid in California. Reginald Wright Kauffman contributes his most powerful political drama “The Man Higher Up,” based upon Mr. Kauffman’s well known novel, “The Spider’s Web.” “The Chorus Kid” by Howard Rockey deals with an angle of theatrical life and emphasizing the human side of the “merry merry” girls. In striking contrast is “Through The Breakers,” a drama of the Coast line by America’s most prolific and well known playwright, Owen Davis. The ever growing popularity of the college story will be catered to in “The Cheer Leader,” by Lee Authmar and for lovers of real passionate romance, “The Girl From Rio,” by Norman Kellogg, will appeal. “The Fruit of Divorce,” a drama dealing with one of today’s most important social problems, comes from the pen of Leon De Costa, famed as author of “Kosher Kitty Kelly,” “The Blonde Sinner” and other stories and plays. OUTLAWS OF RED RIVER” Fox Produced by Lew Seiler Featuring Tom Mix Marjorie Daw, William Conklin, Francis McDonald. What the public has grown accustomed to expect from a Tom Mix western is exactly what they’ll get in “Outlaws of Red River.” Plenty of western action, providing thrills of a hair-raising qualit}’, exciting stunts and a thrilling climax. In addition. We have the element of romance effectively interwoven in the plot and the beauty of the lovely Marjorie Daw' which stands out in bold relief against the swarthy rangers. The story gets away a little from the regular western formula which, of course, is very welcome. The hero seeks a girl whose parents had been killed many years back. He gets on her trail when he finds she is a member of a gang of bandits. How he rounds up the gang, and rescues the girl is told in a series of stunts that will have the kids howling and everybody on edge. Tom Mix is his usual virile self and Marjorie Daw is very charming as the heroine. A fast western with box-office punch where this type of entertainment is popular. April 24 — National Forestry Week. April 24-26 — Seventh Annual Convention of M. P. T. O. of Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia at William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh. April 25-28 — Spring meeting of Society of Motion Picture Engineers at Hotel Montieello, Norfolk, Va. April 26 — Party given by Big U Club at Cafe Boulevard, New York. April 29-May 1 — Warner Bros. Sales Convention at Pennsylvania Hotel, New York. April 30 — Pathe Club entertainment. New York and Philadelphia clubs, at Hotel Knickerbocker. May 1-4 — Universal Sales Convention at Drake Hotel, Chicago. May 1-7 — National Music Week. May 2 — Film Banquet and Get-Together at Fontenelle Hotel, Omaha. May 2-5 — Paramount Eastern Sales Convention in New York. May 2-6 — Annual Convention of Educational Film Exchanges at Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. May 2-3 — Meeting of M. P. T. O. of Nebraska, Loyal Hotel, Omaha. May 4— First Annual Movie Frolic of Exhibitors Association of Chicago at Stevens Hotel. May 6 — Paramount Middle West Sales Convention in Chicago. May 11 — Spring Film Golf Tournament. May 11 — Fox Sales Convention at Hotel Ambassador, Atlantic City, N. J. May 19-24 — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sales Convention at Hotel Biltmore, Los Angeles. May 19-23 — First National Sales Convention at Burbank Studio, Calif. June 7-9 — National Convention of M. P. T. O. A. at Columbus, Ohio. June 15-16 — -Tournament of Midwest Film Golf Association. NEW INCORPORATIONS MANHATTAN. — Doloff & Wainwright Pro ductioiis. Theatrical. 400 shares common. M Chopnick, 17 East 42iid St., New York City Willart Productions. Vaudeville. 10,000 shares, A. N. Gnissner, 51 Chambers Street, New York City. NEW JERSEY CHARTERS TRENTON. N. J. — Lincoln Amusement Co., Newark. 1,200 shares common. Joseph Steiner, Newark. TAPE AND TICKER Week Ending April 23, 1927 Sales Low American Seating (c) .... 12700 44% Columbia Carbon 900 78% Eastman Kodak 2300 140% do. pfd 90 121 Famous Players ' Film Inspection (c) .... First Nat. P. 1st pfd. . . Fox Film “A” Fo.x Theatre “A” (c) . , General Electric Loew, Inc Metro-Goldwyn pfd. . . Mot. Piet. Cap. Corp. . Para B’way (b) Pathe Exchange “A”.. Trans Lux (c) Unit Art Thea. (c) . . . (b) Bond market, (c) Curb market. . 2200 107^ 1081^ 100 S%z 5'Z 200 101 101 . 20700 57 61% . 11000 18% 20% .141400 90% 98% . 19800 S4H 56% 600 25% 25% 700 11 13 34 100 100% . 22100 45 SO . 1000 5 Vs 6 100 99 99 . 17900 23% 27% . 67900 33% 41 . 14300 73Vs 75% LITIGATIONS Suit of Bell & Howell Co. vs. Duplex Machine Co. in the United States District Court — Eastern District of New York — before Mr. Justice Mosco%vitz. Suit of Co-Optimists vs. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. in the Supreme Court — -Special Term, Part III — before Mr. Justice Geismar. Plughes, R. S. & D. for plf. Ernst F. & C. for def. Suit of Clements vs. Eighty-first Corporation in the Supreme Court — Trial Term, Part X — before Mr. Justice Glennon. A. Bangser for plf. Reed, J., D. & F. for def. Suit of Galland vs. Shubert, Theatrical Co. in the City Court of the City of New York, County of New York — Special Term, Part I — before Mr. Justice Wendel. Suit of Craw'ford vs. Bershof Theatre Corp. in the Supreme Court (Bronx County) — Special Term — before Mr. Justice Mitchell. Suit of C. Russo vs. Prudential Film Distributors Corp. in the supreme Court (Bronx County) — Trial Term, Part I — before Mr. Justice Hatting. Canter & P. for plf. A. W. Andrews for def. Suit of A. Russo vs. Prudential Film Distributing Corp. in the Supreme Court (Bronx County) — Trial Term, Part I — before Mr. Justice Hatting. Canter & P. for plf. A. W. Andrews for def. High 46^^ 80 142% 123