Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1924-Mar 1925)

58 EXHIBITORS HERALD March 21, 1925 sales force. He is now in the Georgia and South Carolina territories. . . . De Sales Harrison, once manager of the Howard theatre, under the regime of Dan Michalove, and more recently Public Relations representative in Atlanta for the Hays organization, is now connected with the adxertising department of the Nunnally company, local candy concern. /^TTAWA, ONT. — The reopening of the Franklin theatre here last week ended abruptly a few days later, when the lack of advertising, it is thought, and the Lenten season proved too great a handicap. . . . Bert Brouse, son of the millionaire theatre man, Harry Brouse, and formerly director of Associated First National, was married to A'liss Williams of this city. . . . The Grand theatre, Kingston, Ont., will be purchased, it is reported, by a newly organized company. It is now operated by R. E. Meagher. ... A three-inch naval gun was lugged into the Regent theatre here, where it was used for a special prologue demonstration with the presentation of “Zeebrugge,” historical feature. Fronian and Petigorsky, two local business men, have taken over tbe Majestic theatre, formerly known as the Casino. They have adopted a two-a-day policy, charging 35 cents, top price. ... A protest of the Child Welfare Association, Calgary, to the showing of “Greed” at the Palace theatre, resulted in the management offering the picture “for adults only.” Incidentally the “stir” brought reams of free publicity, beneficial to Manager Ray Tubman. Ralph W. Thayer has resigned as manager of the Capitol theatre, Montreal ; Harry S. Dahn has been named to replace him. Thayer has left for the United States. SEATTLE, WASH.— P. C. Hill, member of the sales force of Kwality Pictures, who fell and broke his ankle during an icy spell, several weeks ago, is back, a bit lame, but coming along fine. Hill is an active boy and will soon limber up. . . . R. C. Montgojnery, better known as “Monty,” formerly with Producers’ Distributing, has become general business man ager for Mile. Valentine, now booking in the Pacific Northwest. . . . Warner Bros. Productions has leased a site in the University district at University way and East Forty-fifth street to construct a theatre costing $100,000, it has been announced. . . . Charles Harden, manager of United Artists, has been chosen to captain the Seattle team in a golf tournament. The tournament is the creation of Clyde A. Walker, who has provided a silver trophy for the Film Journal Annual Championship. The Portland team will be captained by Lou Rosenberg, manager of the Rose City branch of De Luxe Features, it is stated. Three events will be held, first a handicap match, second match play, and third the championship classic. Play is open to anyone in the film business in the Northwest. . . . L. K. Stradley is receiving congratulations from local film interests on the opening of his Cheerio theatre on Queen Anne hill. The new house cost $60,000 and seats 700. “Peter Pan” was chosen for the theatre’s premiere and drew a big house. . . . Fred Burmeister, head of the poster department in the Pathe exchange, has been promoted to city salesman, and A I Carlson, formerly poster clerk in the Portland Pathe offices, is now associated with the poster department. . . . Fred Burmeister, an artist who wields a fascinatingly wicked brush, has created a sales poster in the Seattle Pathe offices for “Idaho,” the new Pathe release, that is a dinger. . . . Plenipotentiary Geo. P. Endert of Famous Players-Lasky in Portland on a business trip, reports a big deal with F. A. Graham and A. F. Cormier, proprietors of the Twin City show firm. "Butch” Wingham, of MetroGoldwyn, is the first salesman out of Seattle to make the Alaska territory. Last year Manager Seth Perkins of MetroGoldwin was the first executive of the local exchanges to take that selling trip. r^ES MOINES, I A.— It’s only been a ' couple of months since Harry Mitchnick took over the house managemeent of A. H. Blank’s Rialto theatre here but he has certainly succeeded in putting the Locust Street theatre on the theatrical map. He has gone in for extensive publicity and exploitation. . . . Jack Edwards has ar rived from Chicago to take charge of exploitation and publicity for the local offices of Universal Film Exchanges, Inc. Harry Ward, formerly of Des Moines, now resident manager of the Rialto theatre, Clinton, la., recently inherited the bulk of a $75,000 estate left by a favorite. Harry insists he is going to stick right on the job of providing photoplay entertainment for Clinton theatre goers. . . . W. E. Troug, new division manager for Universal, in charge of the Omaha, Des Moines and St. Louis exchanges, is making his first swing over the circuit. . . . A. H. Blank returned this week from a brief eastern visit. . . . Art Johnson has resigned as office manager for F. B. O. in Des Moines to take a similar position with Metro-Goldwyn here. Art is a popular man on film row. . . The Des Moines theatre was the scene of an attempted holdup Saturday evening. As Glennie Rader, 20-year-old cashier, was taking the night receipts to the manager’s office two well-dressed young men pointed guns at her, demanding the bag of cash. Miss Rader fought, and her screams attracted patrons, who rushed to her assistance. The men escaped. ^1—— — 1-^— ^ TRANSAS CITY, M.O.— Roy M. Burchett, who operates the Electric, a iwo-aweek house at Greencastle, Mo., declares such a theatre will pay by following his example to present home talents and other features on nights when there is no picture. . . . Film salesmen were moving hither and thither and branch managers rubbing the palms of their hands in Kansas City last week. Business was good. Russell Borg, educational booker, smiled and held up three fingers, meaning his company had three first runs in down town houses. E. O. Brooks, Patheserial manager from New York, found business moving forward at the local office, while /. C. Leivis, special representative for Aesop’s Fables, spent a week in Kansas City in behalf of his product. . . . D. L. Martin, branch man ager of Associated Exhibitors, was granted a month’s leave of absence to go to Chicago, where his wife is ill. . . . C. E. Mayberry, district manager of P. D. C., was a visitor. . . . Tom Byerle, First National branch manager, announced that his company’s new “Leader Group” has been sold in practically all towns of 5,000 and more in the Kansas City territory. . . . C. F. Senning, educational branch manager, and Charles Knickerbocker, P. D. C. branch manager both are making a tour of the key towns, while G. A. Hickey, Metro-Goldwyn district manager, is about town in a new Parkard. . . . Jos. Sil verman, manager of the Independent Film company, announces his concern has obtained distribution rights for six Bud Barsky productions, featuring Kenneth McDonald. ... So long and frequent are the “jumps” bein" made in Missouri and Kansas by C. E. {"Doc”) Cook, business manager of the M. P. T. O. Kansas and Missouri, that he is being touted as an entrant in the next Olympic marathon event. . . . Having made a 3-reel home talent comedy last year, which played to “S. R. O.” business, William Leucht, manager of the Savoy theatre, St. Joseph, Mo., is now building a small plant for developing, printing and finishing motion picture film. . . Charles Sears, Star theatre, Nevada, Mo.; William Sears, Lyric theatre, Boonvilie, Mo. ; Bert Bylar of Clinton, Mo., and Jack Truitt of Sedalia, Mo., were away from their respective towns last week, just on the day that Lee Balsley, manager of Western Pictures company, traveled several hundred miles to see fhem. Balsley claims it a record in “hard luck” runs. NOW BOOKING Cfiorence Wdor the GIRL of GOLD iVUh Malcolm MacGregor, Claire DuBrey, Alan Roscoe, Bessie Eyton Charles French Directed by ; . . .John Ince Released by PRODUCERS DISTRIRUTING CORPORAr/ON