Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1924-Mar 1925)

58 E X H I B 1 T O K .S HERALD February 14, 1925 PUREDf PERSONAL T NDIANAPOLIS, IND. — A building per1 mit has been taken out in South Bend by H. G. Christman to erect a theatre with a seating capacity of 2,000. ... At the point of a gun an intruder took $415 from H. S. Cohen, treasurer of the Palace theatre, South Bend, Ind., and walked away leisurely past the police headquarters. They get nervier from time to time. . . . Announcement was made last week by Mrs. David Ross, president of the Indiana Endorsers of Photoplays, that this city is the typical American city in which to test the drawing power or the quality of a production. . . . Governor and Mrs. Ed. Jackson, and Mrs. O. D. Oliphant, national president of the American Legion Auxiliary, will be guests at a dinner this week when a picture’s qualities will be tested at a preview. . . . The funeral of Robert Harlan Cole, Starland theatre cashier, who is said to have gone to his death heroically in rescuing the life of a woman, was held in Anderson, Ind., last week. . . . Jason Joy will attend the Photoplay Endorsers dinner as the personal representative of Will Hays next week. Members of the General Assembly will likewise attend. CT. LOUIS, MO. — R. R. Russell, general manager of the Strand Amusement company of Owensboro, Ky., has been appointed to membership in both the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary club. . . . V. F. Grubb, manager of the Vernon theatre, Mount Vernon, Ind., has come out with a “Hup roadster Eightinline.” Can’t say business is bad. . . . Manager Hayes of the Princess theatre, Henderson, Ky., tied up with the Woman’s Club to put over his film programs for the week. ... A new theatre will soon be opened by O. A. Hall at Bowling Green, Mo. . . . Business has demanded that C. C. Calvin, owner-manager of the Calvin Opera House, Washington, Mo., begin operation of an additional bus on his line which he operates between shows. . . . The fifth son was born to Joe Feld, assistant manager of the local Pox exchange, January 21. Little Norbert is nine pounds and has husky lungs, said Joe. . . . Amanda Moessing of the Pox exchange staff, went to Yates Center, Kan., last week to become the bride of Rev. Carl Lobitz. Surely there’ll be one minister’s wife now to befriend the films. . . . Baker & Dodge's new Grand theatre, Keokuk, la., opened January 27 with a dedication show Philadelphia First Runs STANLEY “A Thief in Paradise,” First National. STANTON^— “North of 36,” Paramount. KAHLTON — “The Snob,” Metro-Goldwyn. ARCADIA^— “Janice Meredith,” Melro-Goldwyn. PALACE^— “The Goldfish,” First National. CAPITAL^— “The Silent Watcher,” Paramount. FOX— “The Deadwood Coach,” Fox. VICTORIA— “Hot Water,” Pathe. ing for prominent state officials. . . . Plans for a $75,000 theatre have been announced by Grant Martin, Chaffee, Mo. ... A reopening of the Gem theatre with $20,000 improvements is planned by Bill Simons. . . . Joe Maxwell who recently closed his Photoplay theatre in Hamilton, 111., opened another in Sullivan day before yesterday. . . . Friends of Harry Weaver will be pleased to learn that he is convalescent after severe illness at a New London, 111., hospital. . . . First National lost a salesman last week with the resignation of Fred Wasgein, of the northern Missouri territory. ... A small blaze in the Liberty Music hall here put an abrupt end to the midnight show. . . . William Goldman, owner of the Kings, Queens, and Rivoli theatres, has bought a beautiful new home near Forest Park. . . . His daughter, Mary, will look after the theatres when H. C. ISfeale, managing director of the Princess and the Dixie at IMayfield, Ky., takes up his duties as district manager for a leading life insurance company there. ... -A. mystic forseer was used by klanager J. Bailey of the Charles H. Ryan, one of Chicago’s best known theatre managers, now at the Milford theatre. North Crawford Ave. Orpheum theatre, Paducah, Ky., in an exploitation for “Signal Tower,” which played there last week with great success. . . . Nat Burst of the local Universal staff, working Central Illinois, piled up a total of $3,053 in short subject contracts in addition to his regular run of feature contracts. The young man is ambitious. . . . C. E. Parker will open his house in Brownsville, Tenn., in a short time. A LBANY, N. Y.—Mike Kallet, of Oneida, who has been sick, is on the road to recovery, and is now talking of spending a few weeks in Florida. . . . C. R. Halligan, of the Universal exchange, taking a week’s vacation in New York, by reason that he has been ten years or more with the same company, telephoned the other day that he felt perfectly at home in the metropolis, as there was lots of snow there. . . . William Smalley, with a chain of a dozen houses in New York state, is offering a cash prize of five dollars as well as free admission tickets to his theatre in Sidney for solutions to crossword puzzles. . . . E. J. Smith, district manager for F. B. O., was in town last week. . . . George Trilling, associated with Arthur Whyte, booking for Peerless, in Albany last week, was afraid he couldn’t secure accommodations at any hotel on account of returning legislators, and hustled back to New York city. . . . Mrs. Walter Roberts, wife of the manager of the Troy theatre, is in New York city. . . . The Antique theatre in Watertown, had troubles of its own last week, with a couple of patrons engaging in a fist fight. Later each paid $15 in city court. . . , Art Goldsmith is back with the local F. B. 0. office, as a salesman. . . . Winnie Allen, cashier at the local Fox exchange, is back on the job after a brief illness. . . . H. B. Olds, of Newport, has sold his theatre to Schultz and Wright. . . . There was a slight fire at HarmanusBleecker Hall last week, but the blaze was confined to one room. . . . Steve Bois clair, organist at the Leland, in Albany, has resigned. . . . The orchestra at the Mark Strand in Albany, is broadcasting twice a week. . . . Ernest Tetrault is the new manager of the Grand theatre in Watervliet. . . . The Albany Zone committee has moved into its new headquarters in the Mark Strand building. . . . H. C. Bissell, mired in Malone, with seven feet of snow on the level, sent back reports to the local Universal exchange, but no contracts. . . . Rae Candee and Nate Robbins, of Utica, spent several days last week at the Robbins camp in the .Adirondacks. . . . Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Shearer, of Cohoes, went to Florida last week.