Exhibitors Herald (Jun-Dec 1917)

46 EXHIBITORS HERALD BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM MEN PLAN A STRONG ORGANIZATION Vancouver, B. C. — There has been a strong and united effort by both exhibitors and exchangemen in the past toward organization in British Columbia, but up to the present time very little has been accomplished. The association has taken on new life, however, and the exhibitors and the exchangemen hope to be soon able to boast of an organization second to none in Canada. There is a much better feeling and stronger co-operation among the exhibitors now than ever before. The exchange managers had a general meeting on June 1 and adopted the name of the Film Managers' Protective Association, and plans for a permanent organization were made. The following officers were elected: C. R. Bippie, Mutual Film Company, president; W. P. DeYVees, Triangle Film Company, vice president; N. R. Fowser, Fox and Metro, secretarytreasurer. The executive committee comprises the three named officers together with two other members to be selected. These early steps for a new association drafted in part from the ideas adopted by the Winnipeg association point strongly to better conditions in the Vancouver field and to the film interests at large. Representatives from the Universal, Famous Players, Mutual, Metro, Fox, Triangle, Pathe, General and Regal exchanges were present at the meeting. Montreal, Que. — The Majestic Theater Company is advertising preferred stock at $10 a share with a bonus of 15 per cent common stock in the Montreal papers. The money is to be devoted to erecting a new motion picture theater to be called the Majestic Theater. It will be located in Westmount, a suburb of Montreal. Toronto, Out. — The Regal Film Company, with a home office in Toronto and branches in all the large Canadian cities, arc to be the Canadian distributors of Goldwyn productions. Toronto, Ont. — "The Submarine Eye" now is playing its second week at the Grand Opera House, Toronto, and reports good business. NEW PICTURE THEATER SEATING 10,000 PERSONS IN NEW YORK, IS PLANNED BY A SYNDICATE Xew York city is to have the world's largest motion picture theater, if plans , of a syndicate headed by Felix Isman are carried out. The new amusement place will be erected on the site of the New York Railway's car barns, on Eighth avenue between Forty-ninth and Fiftieth streets, and will seat 10,000 persons. The syndicate has secured a longterm lease on the property from the Railway Company, it is reported, on terms involving several millions of dollars. Situated as it is in the heart of Xew York's densest population, the project should be a money, maker, and it will be easily accessible to elevated trains, subway and surface' lines. Attend the Chicago Convention — make the voice of square-dealing heard upon the floor of that assembly. ^iimiiiiM|[|iii;iiiiiiiiiLLy^~-aiu^^^ ^ -MY. World t/ -MY. World JULIUS SIEGER'S Pro due with ton o1 a^nd her Sor\ _}A Story of Life Depicted witt] Relentless Truth Now playing Fifth WeeK in NewYorKlbfull Capaajy af Dollar Scale of Prices Exhibition rights for the State of New York and Northern New Jersey: Bought by: Pioneer Film Co., New York Exhibition rights for the New England States: Bought by: Hiram Abrams, Pres. Paramount Pictures Corp. Exhibition rights for the State of Illinois: Bought' by : Jones, Li nick & Schaefer. Exhibition rights for Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey: Bought by: Stanley V. Mastbaum. FOR OTHER STATE RIGHTS APPLY DAVID BERNSTEIN PUTNAM BUILDING 1493 BROADWAY SIXTH FLOOR -BiiitiiiiuiHniiiiiimf££^g^ ft THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY Mailers Building Talk is cheap — Results are what count. W hat are you buying? See me for lobby display — interior decorations — frames. HAMBURG Chicago, 111.