Exhibitors Herald (Apr-Jun 1922)

\Iay 20, 1922 EXHIBITORS HERALD 95 CHICAGO PERSONALITIES | By Mac. rHAT cloud o'dust travelin' along the Dixie highway, bright and early last unday morn, May 7, was caused by big ill Brimmer's Westcott hittin' it wide open )r St. Louis. Yep, Bill is the new chief >r the American Releasing out that a-way. * * * The way the boys are crowding about ie Chin Chin Gub each noon looks like Hank'' and "Chub" will have to give out ckets for the billiard and pool tables, fter dining, there's a grand rush for the bles and the line forming at the right reinds one muchly of a typical Saturday ight "standout" around our very best film eatres. * * * J. S. Jossey, of the Arrow Film Cornany, was sighted doing a Marathon along ir Row the other day. Arrived here May id and stayed a couple of days before aving for the Washington convention. * * * We arise to announce another independit exchange is in our midst — the Popular hoto Plays, Inc., with C. VV. Spanuth, esident, at the helm. Understand the itial feature offered is the big interna)nal feature, "Sacrifice." * * * E. C. Bostick, former general manager ixe enterprises of Milwaukee, writes his il F. P. Ishmael, of Metro, that he and mily safely arrived at Los Angeles on ay 3. * * * Talking about Metro, you should all get slant at that "smile" our ol' pal "Daddy" oses is showing the folks up around their :cbange these pleasant Spring days. Guess e roguish ol' dear is giving 'em all a real ce for stellar honors on the Rozelle week .d May sales totals. * * * We thank you, Clyde, for that flock of ondax smokes. Rather a novel way to turate the local territory with the Clyde liott Amusement idea, say we ! Straw >s an' all that sort of stuff. * * * Floyd M. Brockell. manager of exanges for First National, arrived here ay 3 for a sales siesta at the local exange. Always delighted to greet this nial ex -Westerner. * * * After that mixup that Maynie Schwartz joyed in company with his Hup and the her fellow's Hudson the other day. the ppy manager of the local Educational exange agrees there are two propositions he absolutely sold on, Educational offerings d Hupmobiles. * * * E. C. Manx arrived here a week ago to en a Chicago branch for the Automatic cket Register Corp.. making his headlarters with Manager Benson of the ^lusement Supply Company along the Joe Bernstein, manager of the local onarch Theatre Supply branch, is sure all ped up about that new G. E. Mazda uipment they are now handling, having st been appointed authorized distributors r the product. * * * Jack Miller of the Plaisance theatre Is us he had his partner, Simon Simsky, another aristocrat from Austin, out the Harlem Golf Club the other day holes, forty-seven being chalked up for the water jump. Not bad at all, wadderyer say, Tom Greenwood? * * * F. W. Seymour has just been appointed sales manager of the Central West district with offices at New York. We would like to have been at the home office when F. W. blew in with that "Cleveland sky-piece" he purchased before leaving for the BIG CITY. * * * Clyde Eckhardt and Mrs. C. E. left on last Saturday for the big Washington affair and will go on to New York at the conclusion of the convention. * * * Emmett J. Flynn, director for Fox, passed through on his way East, spending a few hours at the local branch between trains, May 2. * * * W. Van Gelder, erstwhile Vitagrapher, is now on the firing line for the local Educational exchange in the Illinois territory. * * * Two of the handsomest beaus of theatrical note were spied dining in the local Astor hostelry the other evening. We are positive Bill Rogers was one and someone informed us the other was Jack Abrams of the Arrow Film Corp. * * * J. P. Gruwell, publicist for the Progress Pictures, has been kept very busy entertaining Mrs. Gruwell for the past few weeks. Mrs. G. agrees there is much more to see here than back home in Three Rivers, Wis. * * * Now that Charles Schaefer is convinced that he can trim Perce Havill with regularity in three cushion billiards, he might take on Brother Bond of the local First National. Tell us he plays a mean game, Charley ! * * * Chicago has the only projection room in the world equipped with a radiophone, where the baseball scores and other news is received every afternoon. The boys of First National, Universal and other exchanges in the building "chipped in" and bought a first-class receiving set which is installed in the First National projection room, at 831 South Wabash avenue. Big Array of Stories And Plays Scheduled for Production by Warners For the coming season Warner Brothers plan to produce what they declared to be the biggest array of popular stories ever secured by a state-right organization. In addition to the three Harry Rapf productions being made at the Warner west coast studios, Harry M. Warner has purchased the rights to four other stories — two novels and two stage plays. The following will be known as Warner Brothers productions: "The Beautiful and Damned," the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. "Main Street," the novel and stage play written by Sinclair Lewis. "Broadway After Dark," a melodrama of the Great White Way. "Little Church Around the Corner," adapted from the stage play of the same name. The Harry Rapf productions, the first of which is now being produced, include: "Rags to Riches," featuring Wesley Barry; "Little Heroes of the Street," also featuring Wesley Barry and "Brass," Charles G. Norris' novel. Federated Gets Last of Hallroom Boys Comedies With the completion of the twentysixth of the Hallroom Boys comedies for publication through Federated Film Exchanges of America, Inc., under the title "No Money to Guide Them," the production work on the present Federated series is finished. Federated contracted a year ago for twenty-six of the two-reel comedies, to be ready for publication at the rate of one every two weeks, and, with "No Money to Guide Them," takes over the last of the series which has, according to the exchanges in territories having a Federated franchise, been extraordinarily successful. This also rounds out the third year of the production of Hallroom Boys Comedies based on the cartoons by H. A. MacGill. South Africa Locale of Next Stanlaws Feature Penrhyn Stanlaws is in production on his next picture for Paramount, "Pink Gods." South Africa is the locale of the drama. Bebe Daniels and James Kirkwood will head the special cast. Eckhardt at Washington /Clyde Eckhardt, local manager for Fox. left last Saturday for Washington, D. C, to be an hand during the exhibitor congress. From the capital he goes to New York for conferences at the Fox home office. OWEN MOORE in one of the comical scenes from "Reported Missing," his gets away with a 191 for eighteen latest Selznick picture. Seerey Completes Tour R. C. Seerey has returned to his headquarters here after a turn around the exchange centers included in his territory under the revised selling system inaugurated by First National.