Exhibitors Herald (1926)

April 10, 1926 EXHIBITORS HERALD 59 PDREDf PERSONAL ■ ■ 1 PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA, PA.— Salesmen of F. B. O. gave a luncheon for Jerome Saffron, manager, before his departure for the Hollywood convention. Jack McFadden. assistant manager, was master of ceremonies. . . . Edgar Ivloss, Fox branch manager, was called to St. Louis on account of the death of his mother. Charles Zag~ riiis acted as manager during his absence. Ben Tolmas, formerly of Independent Film Corporation and later with Sierra Pictures, has returned as special representative for DeLuxe. . . . Mike Landow, salesmanager, Carl Suelke, salesman, and Ulric Smith, booker, were elected members of Paramount Hundred Per Cent Club at the Atlantic City Convention. . . . Bill Henan, First National manager. Miles Gibbons, Pathe manager, and Gene Marcus of Twentieth Century are exchange mernbers of the Arbitration Board for April. . Pro-Dis-Co recently filed a complaint with the Arbitration Board against Doughty’s Pier, Cape May, N. J., charging that of 13 pictures booked by it last summer only two were played. The house closed at the end of the resort season in September. The board ruled that on the opening of the house next summer the eleven remaining pictures must be paid for and played. . . . Moe Greenwald (Uncle Moe), head of Stanley Advertising Company and for many years affiliated with the Stanley Company, died recently after a brief illness. . . . Extensive improvements are being made in the offices of Pro-Dis-Co. . . . Hiller Innes has joined the sales force of F. B. O. and will cover territory adjacent to Philadelphia. DENVER DENVER, COL, — Actual construction has begun on the new Aladdin theatre, Denver’s new suburban house on Capitol Hill. The new theatre will be patterned after the Taj Mahal Temple in India and will contain about 1200 seats. Harry E. Huffman, builder, announces work will be rushed so that all will be in readiness to start off with the new fall season.^ Huffman is also ovner of the Bluebird and Bide-a-Wee theatres here and is the president of the M. P. T. O. of Colorado. . . . Max Roth, special representative for James Grainger, general sales manager of the Fox Film Corporation, arrived in Denver a few days ago for a short visit with Mel Wilson, local Fox branch manager. While here Roth wll complete negotiations for the erection of b. new building which will house the Fox and Educational exchanges, the new exchange building to be erected near the present Film building. . . . Gerald Whitney, salesman for Pro-Dis-Co, underwent a serious operation recently. Many exhibitor friends in the territory, as well as exchange members, wish him a speedy recovery. . . . Exhibitors visiting Denver last week were A. H. Stewart, owner and manager of the Rex and American theatres, Casper, Wyoming; James Lynch, president of the Wyoming Theatre Managers Association and operator of theatres in Laramie, Wyoming; C. A. Mulock of Philadelphia First Runs iWeek of March 21) STANLEY: “Danclcg Para mount; Slanle? Magazioe; Warlng's PennayivcDiss; Ovorlupe— “Deotttlful Galosea,’* Slants^ S^iDphoB}' OrchosCra. FOX: "Soa! Motes,” fi!etro-Golduiyn~ Mayer} Fox Theatre Screen Kagctice; Overture— “Herbertiena,” Fox Theatre Grand Orehosirni Violin Solos^‘‘Blae Baouba Waltz” and “Trautnerel,” Nathan Franko; Watson Sisters, Fanny and Kitty t The Ingenues, women's orchestra of 20. STANTON ; “The Sea Boast,” Warner Brothers, ABCADIA: “JeanBo,” Paramount. KARLTON: “Miss Brewster’s Millions,” Paramount. PALACE: “Lady Windermere’s Fan,” Warner Brothers. VICTORIA: “Sea Horses," Paramount. CAPITOL: “ISetnory Laao,” First NafionaJ; “Monkey Business,” Oar Gattg, Pathe, ALDINC: “The Big Parade” (Final week), Metro-Coldyn-Mayer, the Iris theatre, Thermopolis, Wyoming; and Paul H. Happen of the American theatre, Longmont, Colorado. . . . S. D. Weisbauvi, manager of the local branch of F. B. 0., has left to attend the annual sales convention of his organization which will be held in San Francisco. He expects to be gone from his office about ten days. . . . Charles R. Gilmour of Warner Brothers has returned after a three-week sales trip in the Northern part of the Denver territory. ALBANY ALBANY, N. Y.— First signs of spring and the enforcement of traffic rules worked to the detriment of Edmund MelluHo, local salesman for Pathe, who was forced to plank down a five dollar bill for ing his car in the wrong place. . . • Matthews, well known exhibitor in Plattsburg, last week presented his daughter a new car. . . . HGlloTdtt, secretary of the Albany Film Board of Trade, has been seriously ill at her home. . . . Business should be good on West Indian trips next year, for Louis Buetlner, of Cohoes, once more back home, is telling everyone that Los Angeles First Runs (Week Beginning March 20) CRITERION: “Chip of FSylng U," t/niverial. FIGUEROA: “Tho Sea Beast” (fifth week), Warner Brothers, FORUM : “The MDSIoq Dollar Hamdieap, P. D. C. GRAUMAN’S EGYPTAIN: “The Big Parade” (20lh week), M.-C.-M. LOEWS STATE: “The Barrier,” M.-G.-M. METROPOLITAN: “The Wanderer,” Paro mount. MILLER’S: “The Unehastened Woman, Chadteick. MILLION DOLLAR: "Irene” (third week). “For Heaven’s Soke” opened March 25. Paramount. RIALTO: “Moana” (fourth week). Paramount, there is no trip in the world quite equal to the one on which he visited the Tropics for nearly a month. . . . C. H. Buckley, of the Leland and Clinton Square theatre.s in diis city, showed up at his office one day last week, following an absence of several weeks, during which he has been convalescent following an operation. . . . Feldman and Son of the Lincoln and Schenectady, are using super-specials on Monday and Tuesday, and say that they arc successful in bracing up the two worst days of the week. . . . Austin Interranle, former manager for Warner brothers here, has leased the Astor theatre in Troy, and reopened the house April 3, playing a daily change. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hellman, the former being the owner of the Roriil theatre, observed their twentyfifth anniversary last week. One of the features of the occasion was a telephone call from their daughter in Chicago, v7ho also presented them with a beautiful silver service. . . . William Smalley, of Cooperstown, owner of a chain of houses, spent several days in Albany last week booking pictures. Mr. Smalley organized several old fiddlers into a road show and with a barn setting, has been using the show over his entire circuit. . . . Charles Sesonske, of Johnstown, who easily ranks as the best dressed exhibitor in this part of the state, was along Film Row during the week. He is now splitting his week with vaudeville and pictures. . . . Abe Stone had a conference last week with a local architect, and announced that he will build his new theatre in Albany city this spring. . . . Mrs. Arquette announces that she has reopened her theatre in Parishville. . . . J. C. Gerner will operate the Opera House in Lowville. . . . The Playhouse in Hudson, formerly operated by A. A. Elliott, is closed for a week or two, during which time the interior will be decorated by the new owners, Breeder and Grossman. . . . Mrs. Walter Roberts. wife of the manager of the Troy theatre, is still ill at her home. KANSAS CITY KANSAS CITY, MO.— Downtown exhibitors are campaigning against taxicab drivers who monopolize parking space m front of the theatres at the close of performances, causing much annoyance to Patrons with private cars. The police have been requested to help solve the problem, which is becoming more acute each \veek. . The Byers theatre, Elxcelsior Springs, formerly owned by R. B. Christian, now is under the management of A. H. Kloepper. former United Artists salesman. . . Bruce Fowler, manager of the Newman theatre, Kansas City, has literally been head-over-heels in routine work since returning from the Publix convention m Atlantic City. . . . Among the out-of-town exhibitors in the Kansas City market last week were I L. Bruenninger, Lawrence rheatres Company, Topeka: 0. P Eulhvan, West Theatre, Wichita; T. S. Wilson Casino, Excelsior Springs. Mo.; Frank Weary. Farris theatre, Richmond; Carl Cummings, Community theatre, Gower; Willard Frazier, Paola. Kan.; F. W. Meade. Meade theatre, Kingman. . . . Mrs. Tom Mix