Exhibitors Herald (Oct-Dec 1920)

202 EXHIBITORS HERALD December 25, 1920 Californians Generous In Permitting Use of Estates for Pictures Walter Reed, location director at the Lasky studio, is doing his part in maintaining and strengthening the confidence of property owners in Southern California in the motion picture companies located in and about Hollywood. "The property owners of Southern California are no longer backward about allowing reputable motion picture concerns to use their homes and gardens as scenic backgrounds for film productions," he says. "A while ago, however, owing to the carelessness and negligence of some directors who represented small companies, and who would leave the property in a damaged condition, the industry as a whole was given a black eye and even the most reputable company was severely handicapped when trying to obtain permission to get a few scenes on some one's private property. This condition had to be overcome by conscientious producers. Reed recently gained permission to use the famous Banning estate, near Wilmington— reputed to be the most beautiful colonial home in Southern California — for scenes in a Paramount picture. "The Parish Priest" Now Ready, Reports Garfield Herman J. Garfield's announcement that Daniel Hart's drama, "The Parish Priest," is now ready for the screen, will be welcomed by the army of theatregoers. Played by Dan Sully, who has been seen in it yearafter year in very nearly every city and town that contains a theatre, "The Parish Priest" is associated in the minds of Americans with "Rip Van Winkle," "The Old Homestead" and other successes of their sort. In the Garfield production, the character made famous by Sully on the stage is played by William Desmond. The picture was staged by Joseph Franz and the direction was supervised by Robert Thornby. New Seattle House Opened SEATTLE, WASH.— The Winter Garden theatre, Seattle's newest motion picture theatre, recently was given formal opening. It is located in Third avenue between Pike and Pine streets. Salesmanship That Is Clean and Fair Is BeadelUs Policy Ben Beadell, Chicago manager for Stoll Film Corporatioti, and his staff, including Julius Alcock, Walter Altland, Lyman L. Ballard, John J. Delson, Charles Chase and E. C. Davies, are now busily engaged putting the Stoll product before the exhibitors in this territory. With the opening of his offices in the Pathe exchange, Mr. Beadell made known his policy, declaring he stood for clean and fair salesmanship. None of his representatives, he said, would sell by malicious attacks on other distributing organizations. Alcock will cover the North Side of Chicago; Altland the South; Ballard and Delson, Illinois, and Davies, Indiana. Reopens Kansas Theatre ARKANSAS, KAN— W. D. Fulton recently opened the old Gem theatre here. New Theatre Going Up SOUTH BEND, IND.— The Auditorium theatre, conducted for a number of years by "Daddy" Hines, was destroyed by fire on December 8. The building was owned by W. H. Robertson, who announces his intention to rebuild it at once with a $40,000 structure. Mr. Robertson will conduct the new house when it is completed. Originals and Scenarios; "Whik New York Sleeps" (in collaboration) "The Shark." "The Plunger" "Dynamite Allen" THOMAS F. FALLON Holiday Greetings to my friends the Exhibitors. Adaptations; A Pearl White Feature (in preparation) "Bride 13" — super serial (in collaboration) "Sacred Silence" "Miss Innocence"