Exhibitors Herald (1925)

26 EXHIBITORS HERALD Harry Scott Pat Campbell Elmer Pearson J. E. Storey Story Is Named Assistant General Manager of Pathe New Post Created by Business Demand — Harry Scott New General Sales Manager — Pat Campbell, Feature Sales Manager (Special to Exhibitors Herald) NEW YORK, Aug. 4. — Announcement was made yesterday of the promotion of three executives in the Pathe Exchange as a result of the creation of a position, assistant general sales manager. The announcement came in a statement made by Elmer Pearson, vice president and general manager, which cited the cause for the move as increased business demands. 'T'O THIS post has been appointed John -*■ E. Storey, formerly general sales manager. Storey will be succeeded in his office by Harry Scott, who has been serving as feature sales manager for two years. The post of feature sales manager will be filled by “Pat” Campbell, special feature representative. The promotions became effective on Monday, August 3. To fill the position of assistant general manager, the board of directors and company officials selected the logical man in J. E. Storey. He is well qualified to assist Pearson in the directing the sales and production affairs. J. E. Storey, in his early business career, spent a number of years in the executive offices of Middle West railway companies. In 1915, Storey decided the motion picture business was a coming industry and made up his mind to break into it. He entered the employ of Vitagraph as a salesman in Kansas City under Pearson. He joined Pathe and served for a year as Pathe branch manager in Kansas City. Afterwards, he was called to the home office to act as assistant manager of exchanges. When Pathe took over Associated Exhibitors, Inc., Storey was selected for the post of sales manager. Later, when Arthur S. Kane and his associates took control of Associated, Storey returned to Pathe as general representative with field supervision over branches, from which position he was promoted to be general sales manager. The new general sales manager, Harry Scott, was appointed feature sales manager in October, 1923, after a long career in amusement enterprises. For a number of years he was actively identified with theatrical interests and for five years was press representative for Ringling Brothers’ Circus. Later, joined First National and for four years managed its Detroit office, resigning to become Detroit branch manager for Pathe. After nearly a year in this capacity, he came to New York where he was appointed New York branch manager for Educational, and later was made manager of distribution for Ritz-Carlton Pictures, from which post he rejoined Pathe as feature sales manager. The new feature sales manager signs his name P. W. Campbell, but is known the country over as Pat Campbell. In 1914, Campbell served as general manager for his aunt, Mrs. Pat Campbell, the famous English actress, on her American tour, and later as manager for George Tyler Productions in association with A. L. Erlanger. Then he entered the motion picture business and became affiliated with D. W. Griffith. From the Griffith organization, he came to Pathe as one of the special feature representatives. Finis Fox Marries ( Special to Exhibitors Herald) HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 4.— Finis Fox, director, has married Loris Wiseman, of Montana, it has just been announced. Slow and Regular Motion Shown at Same Time in Reel ( Special to Exhibitors Herald) NEW YORK. Aug. 4.— Slow and regular motion pictures are shown on the screen at the same time in Educational’s news reel Kinograms No. 5105, released August 1. A special camera was used by John J. Blythe, Kinograms cameraman for the Southeastern district, in photographing cavalry practice at the Citizens Military Training Camp at Atlanta, Ga. In an exhibition over hurdles Blythe Erst exposed the film on the upper half of the screen showing regular motion. Then he wound back the film and exposed the lower half in slow motion. The result is to permit the viewer to see simultaneously a horse jumping naturally and also eight times slower than normal. When the horse in regular motion disappears from the screen before the slow motion horse has departed, other horses follow to prevent the leaving of a blank space on the top half of the screen. August 15, 1925 Picture Exports Show Big Gains in Fiscal Year ( Special from Department of Commerce) WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 4.— Positives exported from the United States in June totaled 20,803,969 linear feet valued at $598,199, or 2,000,000 feet more than in May and double the quantity for June, 1924. There were 926,944 linear feet of negatives exported in June, 1925, at a declared value of $142,284, or 100,000 feet less than for the same period last year. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1925, exports of positives totaled 210,452,587 feet, valued at $6,739,786, a net increase of 67,000,000 feet. Most exports were to the United Kingdom, with 47,000,000 against 13.000. 000 the year before ; Canada, 22,000,000 against 18,000,000; Australia, 22,000,000 against 17,000,000; next Argentina, France, Brazil and Japan, these getting 10,000,000 to 16,000,000, all gains, except Japan, which took 7,000,0000, a slight drop. France took in more than double its previous years’ total. Exports of negatives for the fiscal year reached 9,393,589 feet valued at $894,314 contrasted with 7,319,635 feet rated at $1,187,093 the year previous. France, Germany and the United Kingdom were the heaviest buyers. American exports of positives topped by over 40,000,000 feet the exports of positives in 1924 and exports of negatives were 1.000. 000 feet higher. Barbecue Marks Start On Paramount Building ( Special to Exhibitors Herald) NEW YORK, Aug. 4.— With E. J. Myrick, of Paramount’s Theatre Managers’ School, officiating as master of ceremonies assisted by Claude Saunders and Trevor Faulkner, Famous Players-Lasky staged a barbecue in the “wide open space” of Times Square to celebrate the breaking of ground for the new Paramount theatre and office building. Eugene J. Zukor sponsored the funfest, suggested by Ed Omstead of the Rialto and Rivoli theatres. Whitman Bennett Gives Glendale Studio Frolic ( Special to Exhibitors Herald) GLENDALE, L. I., Aug. 4. — “A superspecial in 12 reels and a stagger.” That’s the way Whitman Bennett’s house warming party was billed in celebration of the acquisition of the Glendale studios. Special buses left Times Square, New York City, Friday night, carrying loads of merrymakers to the studios here for the frolic. 123 Picture Cameras Exported in Month ( Special from Department of Commerce ) WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 4.— A total of 123 motion picture cameras valued at $29,271, was exported in June compared with 59 in June 1924, costing $12,192. Exports of cameras for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, amounted to 1,140 valued at $289,057 as against 1,039 costing $343,062 the preceding year. Shapiro Going East ( Special to Exhibitors Herald) HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 4. — Victor Shapiro of Samuel Goldwyn’s publicity staff leaves for Omaha and the East Thursday.