Exhibitors Herald (1926)

60 EXHIBITORS HERALD and daughter spent several days in Kansas Uty, last week, resting after a trip from Los Angeles. . . , Snowshoes were in style along Kansas City’s film row this week. R. E. Churchill, R B 0. branch manager, after giving his desk a burned last “once over,” left for Los Angeles, where he will attend the F B. O. sales convention. C. D. Hill, district 1 . D. C. manager, was another visitor. . A. H Levy, former Fox representative, has joined the Educational sales staff. . After a visit with Kansas City state right exchanges, Lou Rodgers, general sales manager for Arrow Pictures, left for Omaha. 'u' A, almost here ... and A. H. Chaffee, First National cashier, has purchased a marriage license. . . WE Iruog, assistant district sales manager;’ riarry Jaylor, branch manager, and Bob Cary, exploiteer, all of Universal, had to hurry to tttch a train to attend the Uni^rsal Middle Western sales meeting Hard work has earned W. C. Haynes" a promotion from city salesman of Universal to special representative. E. M. Saunders. Western sales manager, and J. E. Flynn district manager, Metro-Goldivyn, were recently Kansas City visitors. . . . The Paramount branch assumed a vacant aopearance with Ben Blolcky. branch manager,_K. C. Li Beau, district manager: Earl tumingliam, exploiteer, and the entire sales force left for the convention in Atlantic City. . . Lee Jones of the American Iheatres Company, who is associated With Jack Truitt in the operation of several a business Chy^ Chambers building, Kansas MIL WA UKEE oaum, 1^. B Q. sales representative for Northern Wisconsin and Northern Michigan, has accepted a similar position with ^ox. He has been succeeded by Bill yocey, formerly wth Pro-Dis-Co. Charles Bauman of the Oshkosh Star, which was severely damaged by fire two months ago, was in on business. . fAd weather report !) Mr. and Mrs. S. 'Olson came m from the Pastime theatre at Delavan last week to buy pictures and Easter bonne^ (the latter for next year?) J. G. Frackman. Progress branch manager’ hove into po^rt for the arbitration board session and then left town to herd in more • rv visitors in manager of the Pastime at Honcon; A/rr. Henrietta Eckart of .Wisconsin Rapids and B. no Sheboygan Falls. . . . Douglas D. McEachm, formerly of Fa^us Players' publicity department and a graduate of the Paramount managers' installed last week as manager of S^e s Majestic at Beloit. Wis., by Howard Waugh, district manager for baxe Amusement enterprises. . . . Billy i,’ been named assistant manager of Saxes new State at Racine where he will work under Waller League Hendricks for several years has been a lieutenant of Howard Waugh in “putting over theatres. He has beeS in chargTof floor ^se^ice and the training of ushers at Loew s Palace, Memphis, the Howard At Miiwaulel Alhambra, Salt Lake City First Runs (tPaek beginning Mareh 20 ) AMERICAN .• “Just Suppos*,” nssocialod First tVai,onal{ “Tko Rcea,” Fox; Fox News. KlNEMAs “As No Mon Has tovod,” FoxNews. ’ ORPHEUMs “Oao Year to Live,” Pirat Notional. PANTAGESs “Partners Again,” l/niieti Artists, EMPRESS: “Mi.., Brewster', Millions, Paramount; “Below Zero ” Edueotionol; Patho News. ’ VICTORY: ‘‘Dancing Mothers,” Para mount; “Tlio White Wing's Bride.” Patho; Palhe News April 10, 1926 poraiy dosing of the Scenic at Assump? iu • ^Wagner & Tobin has purchased the Rees at Cairo. Hi., Lyri? at Mounds, 111., and Palm at Mound City 111. . . . Spyros Skouras, president of Skouras Brothers, Enterprises, is on a four weeks vacation in California with Mrs Skouras. . . W. C. Gregg, owner of the Maj^tic at Mammoth Springs, Ark., who m off hours finds time to act as mayor city marshal, police magistrate and other mmgs for that city, was a visitor. Ldzvard Alperson, manager of the St. Louis blanch of Warner Brothers, was robbed wth his wife by two bandits after they left the Orpheum one night. The holdups took Mrs.^ Alpherson’s fur coat as well as the couples jewelry and cash. . . . The one week engagement of Willard Shy, St. Louis’ national Charleston champion, was stopped at the Grand Central when Shy and Gene Rodemich. orchestra leader, launched into ^ over the award of honors. . . . The Story of Gasoline,” a five-reel picture of f Company, was a feature of the annual meeting of the Service Managers Bureau of the St. Louis Automobile Dealers Association. Indorsers of Photoplays of Indiana, closing an all-day conference which included addresses hy Robert Lteber, president of First National, Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher of VNashington, one of the first to start chilJ-en s matinees. Miss Lucille Sullivan of the Indianapolis News, and Mrs. Thomas Demmerly. . H. 0. Stechhan, formerly 01 Indianapolis but for some time publicity man for the Pasadena Community theatre ^d now secretary of the Art theatre of Hollywood, recently visited relatives here. QA AT 1!?JD A . . . Pathe cameramen made pictures for ^AliV Jj the Jame-Wolf and American theatre style r. . — . . show, one of the cooperative efforts between theatrical managers and women’s apparel store owners in Terra Haute The pictures were made in the ballroom of the largest hotel in Terra Haute and are to be used m augmenting a style show with hvmg models to be staged in the theatre, interior views of the store and scenes about the entrance of the theatre also were filmed. OTTA WA INDIANAPOLIS were guests of Berry, general manager ® advance show .of , Tramp. Tramp, Tramp,” a First ^ V? shown through coopera tion with Floyd Brozon, branch manner. L:?-’ ^ program was given pre ceding the screening of “Grass” by the OTT^AWA, ONT. — A picturesque figure m Eastern Canada passed away in the death of Georges Vezina, proprietor of the theatre at Chicoutimi, Que. He was a bnlliant hockey player. . . , Walter F Davis, manager of the Empress at Edmonton, returned from five weeks in Alabama where he visited his aged mother, who had been ill. . . George A. BalsLn has been appointed general manager of Vital Exchanges of Canada, Ltd. R James is Vital manager at Winnipeg; James Anderson is n^nager for the Maritime Provinces, with offices at St. John, N. B Harry Kauf man, general manager of Premier Films, loronto, announced the obtaining of die franchise for the British picture, The Tour of the Prince of Wales in Atnca and South America.” . . Elzear Lauzon, employe of the Sun at Montreal, was fined $10 and costs on a charge of admitting juveniles unaccompanied by guardians. . . . After recovering from influenza, Manager Tommy Daly returned to the livoli at Toronto in time to offer “The On y Way starring Sir John Harvey. Daly played up the name of Sir John because the latter played Toronto many times with roadshows. United Artists is releasing The Only Way” in Canada. . . Mayors of 25 cities and towns in Ontario w^ted on Premier Howard Ferguson to ? * a share of the Ontario amusement tax but rerguson said the government needed the money. ST. LOUIS twenty-two story hotel apartment to be erected by Stuyvesant Realty Company at LmdeU boulevard and Spring avenue. . . , iffuTu ^5)o,^anages theatres in Griggsyille, HI., and Vandaha, Mo., is attending the Paramount school in New York A wave of scarlet fever has caused tem SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. -General Manager Aaron Goldberg of the Silver Unique theatres has engaged William N. Allen to assist Joseph Enos in the management of those houses. The EiJver Palace is one of the city’s oldest houses. It was the first house opened on Market street followng the quake C. A. Natimn of Univerki headed a group of employes recently attendmg the opening of the Grand Lake. Oakland, a West Coast house. ... To conduct his rapidly growing business more emciently, bam Levin, owner of the Alexandria and Coliseum, who is building s^eral new houses, is to establish a central office in the Marshall Square building. . Paul Sprague of Quincy and Clay Powers ot _ Dunsmuir were visitors at the local Universal exchange recently. . . . Sam Du P^,*’^ner of Dos Palos and Chowchilla have bought the Riverdale theatre, which will be added to their circuit in ull Blumenfeld has installed Harry Payne as manager of the new San Mateo theatre in San Mateo. . . . E W. Fisher, for several years operator of the Rialto theatre, Oakdale, has discontinued the house. He contemplates operating an airdome in Oakdale next sumJ ■ ■ Norvin Haas has announced his intention of leaving the San Francisco office of Pathe and returning to Los Angeles. SALT LAKE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.-C. John £ representative for “Sieg ^led, the UFA superfilm, announces that Continental Feature Film Corporation is figuring on opening an office in this city, ifieir next production is said to be “William Tell. . . . Maihezu Aparton, Universal manager, returned from the territory with fiis gloves all torn from picking cactus in Arizona to send to his friends in California. . 1. H. Harris Is reported to have aodsd to the Voellsr circuit three new houses, the Iris at Murray and Xialto and Empress at Magna, . . . Dad Xand, owner of the Isis, is making an extended trip to California with Mrs. Rand. ’ £ '^^Fsten Dahnken, one of the owners ot the American, was here in the interest ot their new Boise theatre to be constructed ^n. A baby contest is to be held at the Amencan starting April 13. . . . Seth D. ferkins, district manager of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, has returned to his head