Exhibitors Herald (Oct-Dec 1920)

October 2, 1920 , EXHIBITORS HERALD 53 Confident of Organizing Strong League in Alabama Convention Already Has Been Called by H. C. Farley For September 29 and 30— Meetings Will Be Held in Exchange Hotel Montgomery (Special to Exhibitors Herald) MONTGOMERY, ALA.. Sept. 21.— The independent exhibitors of Alabama will convene at the Exchange hotel here on September 29 for a two-day convention. The call for the meeting has been sent out by H. C. Farley of the New Empire theatre, who is a member of the executive committee of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America. According to the organizers of the national league who have been working through Alabama the time is ripe for the formation of a strong state league that will become an official unit of the M. P. T. O. A. Other States May Cooperate Present indications are that adjoining states will unite their efforts with those of Alabama and awaken a more active interest in the movement. A representative of the national association will attend the sessions for the purpose of aiding in the launching of a state organization on a sound basis. Mr. Farley was one of the first advocates of exhibitor organization and he never has been idle in his efforts for a state league. Since the great success of the Cleveland convention he has redoubled his efforts in this direction, with the result that the independents of Alabama urged him to issue the call for the forthcoming meeting. Other States Organized Other states in the South, including Georgia, North Carolina, Florida and jiii minimi i m iiiiiiiinim— — — ^mm^^— —j_ I CALENDAR OF I | CONVENTIONS | | KENTUCKY — Hotel La j | fayette, Lexington, Sept. 22, | | 23 and 24. | NEBRASKA— Rome Hotel, j | Omaha, Sept. 22, 23 and 24. | INDIANA— Hotel Severn, J | Indianapolis, Sept. 27. | KANSAS— C h a m b e r of | | Commerce Auditorium, Kansas | | City, Sept. 27 and 28. | ALABAMA— Exchange Ho | | tel, Montgomery, Sept. 29 and | | 30. | ILLINOIS— Hotel St. Nich | I olas, Springfield, Sept. 29 and | | 30. | | IOWA— Oct. 1. Place not | | yet decided upon. | WISCONSIN— Hotel Beau | | mont, Green Bay, Oct. 5. 1 MICHIGAN — Downey | | House, Lansing, Oct. 5 and 6. | | CALIFORNIA— Civic Au | | ditorium, San Francisco, Oct. I j 5, 6 and 7. | MIAMI VALLEY — Hotel § 1 Gibson, Cincinnati, Oct. 7 | | and 8. WEST VIRGINIA — Oct. | | 11. Place not yet decided upon. | Louisiana, have been decidedly active since the national convention in organizing. Each of these states has affiliated with the M. P. T. O. A. For years the Southern exhibitors have been compelled to light for their rights and while there has existed the need for state organizations, not until the Cleveland convention were their activities directed almost exclusively in this direction. Many important issues will be considered by the theatre men immediately an organization is affected. Censorship, booking agencies. F. I. L. M. clubs and other matters will be brought up for action. Goldwyn Gets Story From E. P. Oppenheim (Special to Exhibitors Herald) NEW YORK. Sept. 21.— Goldwyn Pictures Corporation has purchased from E. Phillips Oppenheim the screen rights to "The Lighted Way." Oppenheim is one of the most prolific and popular of English writers, and his novels have a vogue in England and in this countrv. Ray Has Completed His Latest Feature (Special to Exhibitor' Herald) LOS ANGELES. Sept. 21.— CharleRay has completed "Nineteen and Phyllis." his third independent production for issue through First National. Three months have gone into production. Two months will be devoted to editing and titling. Kansas Manager Promoted In Junction City Change JUNCTION CITY. KAN— N. H. Gibbons, who has been resident manager of the Columbia theatre since shortly after its opening, under the direction of M. B. Shanberg. will be succeeded by T. W. Dorn. well known here. Gibbons is being advanced in the Midland Circuit of theatres. Dorn also will continue to be manager of the opera house, which he has had on and off for the last twentv years. R. Holderman, manager of the Hazlehurst, L. I., air mail field, handing Pilot E. C. Davis pouch containing the Paramount film, "The Right to Love," which was shipped to San Francisco via the first daily air mail from New York. Wisconsin League' To Meet at Green Bay Quarterly Convention Called For October 5 — Baumann Stirs Up Interest (Special to Exhibitors Herald) GREEN BAY. WIS., Sept 21.— The Wisconsin Exhibitors Association have obtained the Hotel Beaumont in this city for the purpose of holding its quarterly meeting here October 5. Two hundred exhibitors from all parts of the state are expected to attend. Takes Meetings to Members Calling the session here is in compliance with the decision of the officers to "carry the meetings" to the members, and not make the members travel the length of the state to attend. Four meetings are to be held annually, three outside of Milwaukee. The meeting October 5 is especially for the northern Wisconsin exhibitors, although all of the state officers and leading exhibitors from other parts of the state will be in attendance. Baumann Works Up Interest Walter F. Baumann. executive secretary of the organization who last week attended the exhibitors convention at Minneapolis, will spend the next two weeks in the northern part of the state working up interest in the meeting and will open headquarters here several days before the session is held. Beban Rejects Offer To Return to Stage George Beban has rejected an offer to return to the stage as the star in a new English production which will open in London next season