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February 23, 1924 EXHIBITORSHERALD 45
Quinn Funeral Held in Chicago
Vitagraph Chief Brings Body East From Los Angeles
Industry in Tribute to Dead
General Manager of
Company
Chicago is the last resting place of John M. Quinn.
Funeral services for the late general manager of Vitagraph were held Tuesday morning, February 12, from the home of his sister , Mrs. Margaret Hanly, and the Church of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Interment was in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
A silent tribute to their dead chief was paid by Vitagrapli workers tliroughout the country. Operation of all exchanges was suspended for the day. with the e-xception, of course, of those departments upon which exhibitors depend for their service.
This silent tribute was exemplary of the high esteem in which General Manager Quinn was held by those who came in direct contact with him as well as those who knew him for his fairness in his relationship with employes.
Mr. Quinn died suddenly last week in Los Angeles from a heart attack. While en route to the Coast and during a stopover in Chicago he was indisposed. At that time his sister, Mrs. Hanly, urged him to remain in Chicago for a brief rest prior to resuming his trip. Displaying the stamina and forcefulness which had made him a powerful factor in the Vitagraph organization, he refused and continued the journey which was to end with death.
The body, on its return to Chicago, was accompanied by Albert E. Smith, president of Vitagraph, with whom Mr. Quinn had been associated for more than five years.
In addition to Mr. Smith a number of other Vitagraph officials from New York and other cities were in attendance at the funeral. Among these were John Rock, son of "Pop" Rock, one of the founders of the producing and distributing company. Mr. Rock came from Florida to attend the services.
Attending from the home office were A. J. Nelson and G. A. Balsdon, assistant general managers, J. H. Young, department manager, and John Peck, purchasing agent. From Cleveland was J. E. Beck, manager of the company's branch in that city.
Mr. Quinn, who came to the motion picture field from the publishing business where he was prominently connected with the Western Newspaper Union, was a man who shunned pub
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licity. Seldom did his name appear in the trade papers and for that reason he was known only casually by others of the industry than his close associates.
By his associates, however, who knew of his big achievements in the Vitagraph organization, he was admired and respected. An illustration of this is the
statement of J. M. Duncan, district manager with headquarters in Chicago.
"Mr. Quinn was the fairest man I have ever been associated with," was Mr. Duncan's tribute to his dead chief.
This sentiment was unanimous among his superiors and among those worked under his supervision.