Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1921 - Mar 1922)

tnuary 21, 1922 ettlement in Wage Controversy Pendi greement with Operators in Chicago Is Expected at Jan. 16 Meeting Final settlement of the wage conoversy between motion picture theatre vners of Chicago and operators is exited at a meeting to be held Monday ternoon, January 16. The meeting is e third to be held, during which a >mmittee representing theatre owners ■ive reported to exhibitors the progress ;ing made on the matter. 15 Per Cent Increase Asked Union agents are seeking a 15 per cent crease in salary for operators and have, itil recently been standing pat on this ;mand. Some modifications, however, -e now being considered. That exhibitors are firm in their stand ot to submit to an increase in wages as demonstrated at one of the meetings •hen the suggestions that houses be losed rather than pay the increase hrew the meeting into an uproar of pproval. Union Officials Confer Chicago union officials will confer with ieir international headquarters, after .hich they will again meet the repreentatives of the exhibitors, at which |ime it is expected an agreement will be rrived at to be presented at the Monday aeeting. IBITORS HERALD Directors Association Holds Annual Election (Special to Exhibitors Herald) NEW YORK, Jan. 10.— The annual election of officers of the Motion Picture Directors Association for the coming year resulted as follows: Director, sidney Olcott; assistant director. Robert Vignola: technical director, Kenneth \Yebb; scenarist, William Haddock; inner guard. C. Jay Williams; outer guard, John Joseph Harvey; trustees, Oscar A. A. Lund and Ashley Miller. The trustees were elected for three years. During the absence of Mr. Olcott in Europe, J. Searle Dawley will continue to act as director, having finished the last term for the previous presiding officer, .Charles Miller. Theatres Alternate in Plan to Effect Savin (Special to Exhibitors Herald) . COLUMBUS, MO., Jan. 10.— A working agreement which will be in effect until business conditions have reverted to normal here has been perfected between the owners of the Hall and Columbia theatres. The plan will reduce expenses materially. The plan is to operate the Hall everyday for a time and the Columbia only on Saturday and Sunday. Later, this plan will be reversed, the Columbia operating everyday and the Hall on Saturday and Sunday. Usher Missing After Trouble with Patron (Special to Exhibitors Herald) ST. LOUIS, MO., Jan. 10.— Adolph ismith, usher at the New Shenandoah theatre, has been missing since his fight £st week with Jone Jones, brother of Uamel Jones, whom Smith had ejected 4£mT h0Use on the Prev'ous night, ine Jones brothers were arrested. 29 New Distributing Company Formed by Warren, Greene Operation of Company Will Commence Late This Month— Productions for Early Publication Are Being Prepared in New York (Special to Exhibitors Herald) NEW YORK, Jan. 4. — A new national distributing system to be known as American Releasing Corporation has been launched by Walter E. Greene and F. B. Warren. The company, whose operations will be extended throughout the world, will handle the pictures of independent producers. The company, according to its organizers, is exclusively a mercantile sales organization which will not enter production or ownership of pictures. Greene President, Warren Vice-President Mr. Greene is president of the company and Mr. Warren is vice-president. There will be no general stock issue, the company being owned by the two principals. An announcement from the officials states that they will lay the groundwork for taking over later the sales and physical distribution of other distributing companies. Headquarters of the organization are at 15 West 44th street. A number of productions are being edited or printed in Eastern laboratories for early publication by the company. To Have Weekly Publication American Releasing Corporation expects to issue one picture a week from late this month to June and in its first calendar year will have a total output of twenty-six productions. More than half of this number either are completed or in the making. Announcement of the initial product to be offered through the new company will be made within the next few days. Prominent in Industry This alliance brings into association and ownership of the new company Mr. Greene, who was prominently identified with the founding of Paramount and Artcraft, and also president of Artcraft, which controlled the productions of Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, D. W. Griffith and others. Later, he was vice president in charge of distribution of Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, and Mr. Warren, formerly vice president in charge of distribution of Goldwyn and later organizer and general manager of Associated Producers. Two Music Tax Suits Are Pending in Kansas (Special to Exhibitors Herald) KANSAS CITY, KAN., Jan. 10.— In the federal court at Kansas City there are two suits pending, which were filed ))y the Jerome Remick Company of New York against John G. Hiatt, owner of the Gladstone theatre. A hearing will be held shortly. Mr. Hiatt is charged with infringmcnt on the copyright of the music tax concern. Both suits involve $500. Exhibitors from both Kansas and Missouri are watching the result of the suit closely. Attorney General Richard Hopkins, counsel of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Kansas, will be present at the hearing. Pola Negri Going West After Arrival in U. S. (Special to Exhibitors Herald) LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10.— Pola Negri, it is said, will come 4o Hollywood soon after her arrival in this country. }iat Sxkibitovs are saying ^ouy^X "It certainly is a pleasure to an exhibitor to read and receive the HERALD. You certainly have built up a paper that is valuable to the exhibitor and I trust you are receiving the subscriptions and support your paper deserves." — L. A. PlLLIOD, manager, Photo Play theatre, Grand Rapids, Ohio. "What are you trying to do, close my house? I haven't received a HERALD for several days." — Mack JACKSON, manager, Strand theatre, Alexander City, Ala. "I certainly enjoy the HERALD very much and want to extend my heartiest congratulations to the entire staff."— Roy A. GRAHAM, Motion Picture theatre, Haysville, Ontario, Canada. * * * "I would not be without the HERALD." — F. R. MEIERBACHTOL, Elysian theatre, Elysian, Minn.