Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1924-Mar 1925)

March 7, 1925 EXHIBITORS HERALD 89 Prince Youcca Troubelzkow (left), scion of an old Russian family, who will be starred in pictures, and Laurence Trimble, Universal director, arrive in Chicago. The Prince and Trimble were on their way to Universal City, where he will first appear in "My Old Dutch.” was with Shuberts nine years, head rewrite man on the Boston Traveler, Manager of the Billboard for two years ; with Elbert & Getehell, Des Moines, when they controlled many theatres, and then returned to the Shuberts, managing their Washington, D. C., theatre. He had the ShubertGarrick theatre two seasons and then formed a Summer stock company, leaving there to join D. W. Griffith roadshowing “Way Down East” and a revival of “The Birth of a Nation.” Mr. Edwards spent some time with the W. W. Hodkinson company exploiting “Down to the Sea in Ships,” and later became Hodkinson’s publicity agent. He then joined Universal advertising “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” through the South, was appointed exploiter at Cleveland, and thence came to Chicago. * * * Morris Hellman, president Reelcraft exchanges, went to Peoria last Thursday to look over his branch exchange there and then hied himself to St. Louis where he is establishing an exchange to take care of the southern Illinois territory. It will be opened March 1. * :}c Herman Gorlick, who has been assistant booker at Fox exchange for some time, resigned last week to join the S. J. Gregory Company, at Hammond, Ind. * * * Since the Rothacker Film Mfg. Co. has taken over the Kinograms for the midwest territory, Chicago and environs have been well represented in this live weekly newsreel. Charles Geis is the local cameraman. His Chicago material was a lifesaver recently when Kinograms lost considerable footage in the Fort Lee studios fire. * * * New L. & T. Theatre Plans are being drawn by Fridstein & Co. for a 3,000-seat theatre on Milwaukee avenue, between Western and California avenues, for Lubliner & Trinz. It will be known as the Congress and is to be erected by G. H. Gottschalk Co. The new project will cost $2,000,000, it is said, and contain, besides the motion picture theatre, fifty apartments and nineteen stores. Work will start March 1, and it is expected it will be finished by Jan. 1, 1926. Hs * * Lubliner & Trinz, who have been operating the Windsor theatre, on North Clark street, have purehased the leasehold and building for a reported $145,000 through Fred Brons & Co., brokers. * 5|: * C. W. Lam PE and the Bergendahl Engineering Co. are preparing plans for a 3,000seat motion picture theatre, store building and 500-room hotel, for the northeast corner of 22nd street and 50th avenue, Cicero. The site fronts 300 feet on 22nd street and 120 feet on 50th avenue, and is just two blocks west of the Western Electric plant. Work will be started on or about March 1. * * “Those Who Judge,” a Banner production, is the attraction at the Rialto theatre this week. * * * Don McElwaine, of the Fox publicity department, stopped off one day in Chicago en route to the West Coast. * * * Clarence Phillips, salesman for P. D. C., is all smiles. The reason — a big baby boy arrived at the Lying-In hospital on February 16. A. G. Spencer, F. B. O. salesman, was confined to his home for several days under the doctor’s care. L. W. Alexander, manager of Universal exchange, has been made supervisor of the Kansas City office also. * * * Frank Zambreno of the Progress Pictures discovered that his exchange had been left out of the new telephone directory so he got out a neat telephone hanger which he is sending to all his friends. * * * Charlie Leist, well-known along Chicago’s film row, having been connected with Paramount and various other exchanges. is now bookkeeper with the Balaban & Katz Mid-West. Plan Texas Theatre Architects Giesecke & Harris, Austin, Texas, are preparing plans for a theatre for A. E. Heinen to be erected at New Braunfels, Texas, which v.'ill have a seating capacity of 750 and cost approximately $30,000. Louis Stahl Pioneer Theatre Man to Build Large St, Louis House (Continued from page 87) and one-half minutes. It will be absolutely fireproof throughout. The Sanford Amusement Company will operate the theatre. The officers of this company are A. Leventhal, who is the head of one of the largest mercantile establishments in North St. Louis; Ruby Laventhal, Louis Stahl and Maurice Stahl. y\s stated Maurice Stahl will become manager of the New Sanford. For many years he w'as associated with Skouras Brothers and the St. Louis Amusement Compan> and until recently was manager of the Tivoli theatre, the largest and finest of the St. Louis Amusement Company fleet of theatres. He is now connected with the Aubert and Chippew'a theatres, he and George Skouras owning those theatres, one located at Aubert and Easton avenues and the other on Broadway near Chippewa street. The architects for the New Sanford are Wedemeyer & Nelson with offices in the Wainwright building, St. Louis.