Exhibitors Herald (Apr-Jun 1922)

.pril 29, 1922 EXHIBITORS HERALD 95 CHICAGO PERSONALITIES | We just received a broadcast from gay ■ ree informing us that "Doc" Arthur >wy is doin' the boulevards. The vin inc and amber fluid seemingly must be ■od, for "Doc" tells us the scales give him e grand total of 110 pounds now. He ntinues, he is bringing back some wonder ms for his large following to thrill over. * * * Freddie Martin, formerly of the Tisdale lm Corporation, has forsaken the indiis ial films and for the future will cover idiana, Illinois and Wisconsin for the :al Vitagraph exchange, handling public ■ and sales in and about the "key" cities. * * * Frank Rembusch of exhibitor renown in e Hoosier state was quizzed during a rent visit to the Row, if he was going to e Washington convention on May 8. V ill be a pleasure, but Maurie Choynski .s got to come along." Go ahead, Maurie, :'s make it a real reel affair. * * * Carl Fulton of Fulco-Schaffer Co., other Ralph and their wives returned st Saturday, completing a round-trip to :. Louis in Carl's big Chandler car. * * * It's mighty fortunate that the charming iss Gertrude O'Leary and Lee Eacan of :lebrated Players brought those matzos to e office last Thursday or Johnny Medni)w and George Weinberg would have ine hungry for the day. * * * Al Hoffman, former city representative ir Superior Screen Service, is now visiting ie south side exhibitors for "Pop" lough's R-C Pictures exchange. * * * George Balson, assistant general manager f Vitagraph, passed through April 12 en )ute for the home office from western )ints. * * * Didya all see Roderic Ross galloping up id down the row the other day? Looked ke a youngster with that coat o' tan he 'ought back with him from sunny Florida, ells us he and Johnny Rock, our oldme Vitagraph buddy, are chumming about liami like a couple of schoolboys on a acation. After Roderic gets his tax afairs okayed and checks the ol' bank balnce he is going right back again. S'long, " pal — heave us a line or two once in a hile. * * * Just landed a heap of sob stuff from Unity" Frackman from Canton, 111., Un J.E.WILLIS By Mac.-—' — — — — — — — tion of the local Fox exchange admit with the new "Over The Hill" drive but a few days' old, this time they are going to hang up a record that will make the sales total of any two exchanges look like a circle with the rim knocked off ! TlM CRAFT TRAILERS ONLY -ORIGINAL-FILM-TRAILERS DONT BE FOOLED BY CHEAP IMITATORS. QUICK SERVICE -OUR MOTTO —WE MAKE EM WHILE YOU WAITON EVERY PICTURE RELEASED. WRITE -WIRE -OR RHONE. TELEPHONE HARRISON 2278 34 EAST EIGHTH ST. CHICAGO o derstand that J. B. Ross, manager of the Garden theatre, shipped "White Sox," his faithful canine to the happy hunting ground. Bands played, with all the prominent "cits" in squad formation trailing the hearse. As you know, "Unity" was one of the best "K. P.'s" Uncle Sam's army boasted of, so he was selected to blow taps over the remains. Can you imagine it? * * * We have no intention of running a matrimonial column, but we have been informed that the daring, debonair, dashing Harold Gollos has lost his girl. Ever try Oak Park, Harold? * * * With Thornton Phelps of Unity leaving for Indiana to give the exhibitors an opportunity to greet him back and Tom Mitchell all dolled up in a new Norfolk suit of light tan, Stetson fedora and tan brogans, so busy the shine boy is forced to come to his office and clean the brogans, one easily concludes Unity and Progress are putting on the rainbow sketch. * * * J. Charles Davis, the 2nd, returned to Chicago, April 17 after his week-end trip to Toledo, where he put Arrow's "Ten Nights in a Barroom" opening over. He admits the Chi opening is giving Toledo some battle to come anywhere near the crows that are packing Barbee's Loop theatre. * * * Carl Harthill, manager of the local Cosmopolitan-National exchange, is all fussed up the way their new offerings are being picked off by the local theatre men. * * * Have you all seen that blonde boy, Phil Tyrell, yet? Sho-nuff!! Well, he's calling on the city trade for the Clyde Elliott Productions, and listen to us— he's burning 'em up. Hot dog ! ! * * * Apparently many "relatives" were buried last Wednesday when the Sox were pushed aside by the St. Louis ball tossers, but it must have been a rattling nifty game, judging by the many happy faces noted alone the Row all day Thursday. * * * Golf is next and then we know Spring is with us. In the meantime hold on to those Spring Benneys and be comfortable. * * * E. E. Van Pelt, general field manager, Sacred Films, Inc., spent a few days in the city with his friend, Joe Friedman of the Celebrated on his way westward to Burbank, Calif. Looks like Joe has landed another flock of live films, eh wot? * * * H. A. R. Dutton, president of Exhibitors Supply Co., spent a few days at the home office and is off again for a long swing around their circuit of branch offices, arriving home about the latter part of June. * * * With all the big companies concluding in the midst of or about to offer the exhibitors "special weeks," commemorative of varied subjects, we overheard a gathering of exhibitors "whispering" all about it and suggesting an "Exhibitors' Week." Further details later but we must thank Chas. H. Ryan of Garfield theatre fame for "whispering" so softly, as it were! * * * Clyde Eckhardt's peppy sales organiza Bigots Abscond With Money of Taxpayers (Concluded from page 65) confined strictly to standard moving pictures—no vaudeville or theatrical acts. "A vote on the matter of closing the moving pictures on Sunday, taken in this city several years ago following a period of bitter agitation resulted in an overwhelming defeat for the ordinance to close the movies here on Sunday. There have been numerous other striking evidences of a prevailing sentiment here for moving picture programs on Sunday so long as these programs are of the present high standard. "THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT THAT THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY ARE AGAINST THIS AGITATION TO FORCE THE MOVING PICTURE HOUSES TO REMAIN CLOSED ON SUNDAY. Another election would prove this conclusively. "When statements are made to the effect that the church people of this city are united in this campaign against the movies they are made without foundation of truth. Several of the leading churches of the city have refused to participate in the agitation and in EVERY church there is a divided sentiment. "WHY KEEP THIS THING UP?" "Why shall a MINORITY persist in trying to dictate to a majority? "Why must Grand Junction be torn continually by some issue like this? "The truth of the matter is that the people really responsible for this agitation and bent upon keeping up this fight at the expense of the already over-burdened taxpayers number less than a dozen. * * * "This agitation is not justified. It does not have general approval. It is directly against the sentiment of the majority of the people. Why keep this thing up? "A lot of citizens of Grand Junction are getting extremely tired of hearing a few people going around trying to make it appear that 'conditions are awful in Grand Junction,' that everybody needs reforming, that everything needs to be controlled and regulated by this particular crowd and clique, that every organization and every individual needs its censorship. A lot of the sensationalism preached at the Kramer revival naturally has added fuel to this effort on the part of some people who try to paint Grand Junction in colors like unto those of Sodom and Gomorrah. "The truth is that Grand Junction is one of the cleanest towns in the West and the conduct and deportment and ideals of its citizenship will compare most favorably with any city of its size in the entire nation. "The people are getting tired of seeing continual "agitation for agitation's sake." "The movie fight is simply one feature of this program. It is neither timely nor justified and yet it is sufficient to split a community into two camps, to cause a lot of unnecessary bitterness. "The result of the trials this week make clear one thing — the agitation can result only in a long, hard fight in the courts of the state, extending over a year or more. Can we afford to keep it up?"