Exhibitors Herald (Apr-Jun 1920)

36 EXHIBITORS HERALD June 12, 1920 □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□a □ : : □ □ I □ c Heraldgrams □ c □ □ 0 G C □ :_~ -Z-----zzzzz.cn a E. M. Asher. personal representative of Mack Sennett, passed through Chicago on .Monday, May 31, en route to New York. Mr. Asher brought on to the Rothackcr laboratory a print of Mack Sennett's latest feature production, "Married Life," which he describes as being "not a war picture." This production is to be issued by the First National. * * * Alfred A. Cohn of Los Angeles is in New York on a business trip. Mr. Cohn was formerly western manager for Photoplay Magazine and is now supplying literary material for a number of producers on the West Coast. * * * John Sinopoulo, owner of the Lyric theatre at Oklahoma City, who went to Greece for his honeymoon after being married last fall, is expected to return early this month. He will spend two weeks in New York before going to his heme. * * • Ben Blumenthal, president and general manager of the Export and Import Film Corporation, has sailed for Europe in the interests of the new Jans Pictures special "Madonnas and Men." « » * Harry E. Lotz, Realart manager at Pittsburgh, and Henry E. Wilkinson, Buffalo, have exchanged posts. * * * Tom Bourke, for several years connected with Chicago's largest daily newspapers, has been appointed general publicity representative for Ascher Brothers, owners of a large string of theatres in the Central West. * * * Harry Levey, manager of the Educational and Industrial department of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, is at Indianapolis preparing for the convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, June 6-10. * * * C. A. Meade, sales manager of C. B. Price, Inc., is on a trip through the Middle West stopping at Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh. At the various centers, he will screen "His Pajama Girl." * * » Miss Rose Shl'lman, formerly of the W. H. Productions exploitation department, has been engaged by Murray W. Garsson, president of Fine Art Pictures, Inc., to supervise all exploitation and publicity for "Up in Mary's Attic." Marshall Neilan has received an invitation from Miss E. S. Ayrcs in behalf of the Cinema Composers of the Columbia University, to address that body some evening during his visit to New York in August before he sails 'for London. » * « Mr. and. Mrs. Harry J. Nolan of Denver, the former First National franchise holder for that territory, announce the arrival of the "newest star" — Mary Jane Nolan. * * ♦ Robert F. Rodex, assistant to John C. Brownei.l, Universal's scenario chief, has resigned to devote his time to the writing of original stories, continuity and reconstruction work. * * » S i ■ Si iii u.Kk, personal representative of J. Parker Read, Jr.. will leave Los Angeles on a second tour of the United States within a few weeks, in the interests of Read productions. * * * Sylvia Bkeamer, who played the title role in "Athalie" for Mayflower, is suffering from a nervous collapse, according to word received from Los Angeles. She will go to the mountains to recuperate and then return to New York for a short visit. * * » II \rry D. Bailey, originator of the "Silly Hoct' animated cartoons for Paramount Magazine, is receiving congratulations on the birth of his second son, Donald Stvles Bailey. * * * Jack Eaton, managing director of the New York Strand, has resigned, effective this month. He will return to the producing field. * * • Leonce Perret, who has been producing pictures in France, is expected to arrive in the United States June 15. * * * Louis B. Mayer is expected to arrive in New York for a long stay July 1. It is possible that he will go to Europe in the late summer on business. * * * Jesse L. Lasky, first vice-president of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, has sailed for Europe on the Adriatic. » ♦ * Frank A. Lacey, who manages the Majestic theatre, at Portland, Ore. — one of Jensen & Von Herberg houses — paid Exhiuitors Herald office a visit. May 25. □ Re -Takes t0hfe News By J. R. M. □ All set for the big show-down. Looks like a history-making session. * Ballyhooing and side-shows are a thing of the past. * Have Money in the Bank — It's a safe bet the Cleveland hotelmen won't support a censor bill that will legislate films out of business after counting up their receipts next week. • Oberholtzer Is Out — Pennsylvania, it is rumored, is going to substitute Wood for concrete in the make-up of its censor board. * Too Much for the Swedes — Who says pictures haven't a good influence? In Cosmopolitan for May, Frank R. Adams says when they raised the price of picture shows from fifteen to twenty cents in Whitehall, Mich., it drove a lot of people back to prayer-meetings. • Hand-Played Oratory — Tad, the creator of "Indoor Sports," when interviewed regarding the coming Cleveland pow-wow, muttered, cryptically, "You tell 'em, Izzy, my hands arc cold." * Ain't No Such Animal — If there is a salesman in these dear old United States that hasn't attended a convention in New York this spring, he's a rarity. * How About It, Pete? — Colleen Moore has been "discovered" again. This time by Pete Smith, who writes pieces for the papers for Marsh Neilan. Pat Downing, the Christie p. a., says this makes the fourth time Colleen has been discovered. Col. Selig was first. D. W. Griffith next and then Al Christie, and she can be found any day on the Christie lot if anybody else wants to be a Columbus out on the west coast. * Hard on the Bald Heads — But speaking of Colleen Moore, didja know she has started a "No Hats for Summer" Club in Lo» Angeles? Yep, and if her director doesn't stop her, she'll have everybody doing it. T HE R1TCHEY poster has a genuine advertising value, — as much as it is possible to get into a poster. The degree of it is as yet unmeasured, for the auditorium has not yet been built that will hold all the people that RITCHEY posters will sell tickets to. RITCHEY LITHOGRAPHING CORPORATION 406 West 31st Street. New York Phone: Chelsea 8388