Exhibitors Herald (Jan-Mar 1920)

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He staged the affair and it went over big. — -A maniac, said to be a picture actor, cut loose with a knife at Broadway and 42nd Street and slashed six women, one of whom was badly injured. The nut said he liked to see the women run. * * * It was a dull week at the Astor, but the Newark Athletic Club staged some heavyweight bouts and drew good patronage from the film ranks. * * * Atlantic City was the scene of the First National convention, and from reports at hand the boardwalk was enlivened considerably by the thoroughbreds of that circuit. * * * Marion Davies, George Baker, et al., were mixed up in "The Cinema Murder" at 729 Seventh Avenue. The reviewers will hand down a verdict this week. * * * Taking all in all it was a live week. * * * Congratulation to M. Tatsuno of Shisakashima — Seirenjo, Ochi — Gun, Iyo, Japan, on his selection of Exhibitors Herald. Thank you, M. Tatsuno. * * * Arthur E. MacHugh has tendered his resignation to B. S. Moss and will join the Hammersteins. * *■ * Two of Marion Davtes' most popular camera men, Shaddie Graham and James Sweeney, became benedicts at a double wedding Sunday afternoon when Helen Miller became Mrs. Graham and Rita Cherry, Mrs. Sweeney at St. Chrysostom's church, Miss Davies attending. The boys have been with Miss Davies since she began work in pictures, prior to which they worked together at the Biograph studio with Mroe. Olga Petrova and with Metro, always being attached to the same company. * * * C. Lang Cobb, Jr., general sales manager of the Art Color Pictures Company, will not sail for Europe next week. It was rumored that C. Lang would be abroad for about two months but he says he can find plenty to do right here, and is doing it. * * * Joe Dannerberg was presented with a bottle of sparkling Pluto water while dining in the Traymore grill, Atlantic City, last week. The early morning stimulant came in a champagne bottle and Joe nearly fell for it. * * * Wally Van is the supervising director of the Benny Leonard serial and between times he will make six comedy dramas. * * * Lubin and Sawyer are working at top speed on the preliminary details of the first of their forthcoming productions under the Metro banner. * * * Yancey Gonja arrived in New York last week from Cadiz, Spain. Mr. Gonja represents the Cadiz Distributing Company. He left for Denver, Colorado, on the Century on Friday en route for California. * * * Harry Baylis has joined the A. H. Fisher Company at New Rochelle, N. Y., as cameraman. * * * "Thanks for the trombone," Osip Gabrilowitch wired Hugo Riesenfeld, director of the Rialto and Rivals theatre, from Utica last Friday. No, it wasn't a Christmas present. Gabrilowitch was in Utica for a performance and his trombone player was sick. Mr. Riesenfeld sent L. de Bernardis, the trombone player of the Rialto orchestra, to the rescue. * * * John P. McCarthy held the premiere showing of "Out of the Dust" at the Broadway Theatre on Tuesday, Jan. 13. The picture was well received. * * * Miss Lillian R. Gale, press representative of the Motion Picture Directors Association, has been confined to the house for the past week owing to an attack of the grippe. Rubye DeRemer is at Alexandria Bay, together with Eugene O'Brien and a large company, working on exteriors for the Lewis J. Selznick production, "A Fool and His Money." * * * Arthur Searles Kane looks fine and fit since his return to New York. * * ♦ The Parisian Fashion Frolic ended its engagement at the Broadway on Saturday night, after a ten weeks' run. The Moss offices have records on display to show that 375,000 persons have seen the Frolic. * * * The staff of the Exhibitors Trade Review will perspire copiously from now on as they have gone to Swetland. * * * Morgan Bryan, president of Bryan and Smith Illustrating and Designing Company, has found business coming in so fast that he has been compelled to enlarge his force. Last week he engaged three designers and one commercial artist. * * * The Radio-Soul Film Company, Inc., has opened offices in the Knickerbocker Theatre Building. Alexander K. Miller is president of the new company. * * * H. Elkan of the Clinical Film Company has opened offices at 110 West 40th Street. New Waterloo House WATERLOO, IA.— A. J. Diebold and M. Ford, who own the Strand theatre in Cedar Rapids, la., and the Palace here, announce plans for a new motion picture theatre for this city which, it is said, will be the superior of anything in its class in the state. The Strand is the name tentatively chosen. "River's End" Troupe Ready for Rockies MARSHALL NEILAN and his company of players just before departing for exteriors where they were snow-bound for two days without food. Mr. Neilan, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Daw and Matt Moore, who are in the foreground, brought back a rescue party. At the extreme left is Eddie O'Hara, studio publicity man, who wept bitter tears because Pete Smith in New York refused to make capital of the story. 79