Exhibitors Herald (1926)

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26 EXHIBITORS HERALD September 4, 1926 * NEW YORK. — Douglas Fairbanks, just back from there, is so sold on Russia that he may substitute caviar for breakfast food. . . . Glen Allvine says it is pronounced either Beau Geste or Beau Geste and has started a contest to see which way is the correct one: . . . Frank Pope has suc ceeded Charlie Geigerich in handling publicity for P-D-C, Geigerich being transferred to other important work. Barrett Keisling, heavy Los Angeles property owner, had to get up and walk about while a Californian was boosting the climate and people out there. . . . Eddie Carewe keeps crossing us up every week, setting a date for his departure for the Coast and then not going. . . . Ro'bert Kane spent last week in a hospital giving the doctors a chance to find out whether or not he had typhus Abe Bala ban, motion picture impresario from Chicago, sailed last week for three months on the other side — his first trip. . . . Charlie Rogers dropped in from Hollywood one day last week, bringing prints for Pathe and First National. . . . Dick Rowland is another arrival of last week from Hollywood and he opines First National is going to have SOME studio when the Burbank plant gets to work. . . . Pat Garyn has rejoined his old college chum, Herman Robbins, at National Screen Service, and now watch it go. . . . Bobby North sailed last Monday for a trip to the European capitals on what he says is a vacation, but there is a tip out that he will give a thought or two to business matters. . . . Joe Schnitzer returned last week from a trip to New Orleans and other southern seaports. . . . Carl Laemmmle, now entirely recovered from his recent illness, plans to sail for home within the next few weeks. . . . C. F. Chandler, First National advertising and publicity chief, returned last week from a vacation and says he came back to get rested up. . . . Charles Whittaker left last week for Berlin where he will represent Paramount in UFA production. . . . C. C. Pyle is the busiest man in town with three companies trying to dicker with him for Red Grange’s services for the next picture, and says he will likely sign up with one of them this week. Ozven Moore reached New York in time to take in the premiere of “Beau Geste.” . . A l Feinman takes us to task for saying he was with Red Seal when all the time he is drawing a salary from Bray Productions, and now that that’s squared let us hope the salary keeps up. . . . Herbert Brenon was so busy Thursday reading the press notices of “Beau Geste” that he didn’t have time to keep an engagement as guest of honor at the A. M. P. A. . . . Charlie McCarthy of Paramount, figuring on a vacation and not getting it, has begun to think the only place he will find rest is in the dictionary. . . . Joe Seider, who has been vacationing for the the past few weeks, is expected on his job early this week full of wim and wigor. . . . Joe Hornstevn is in the Maine woods on his first vacation in several years and expects to take a few lessons in trout fishing. . . . George Morris, erstwhile press agent but now picture producer, is receiving many felicitations on his “Safe Haven,” and it isn’t every man who breaks into a Broadway first run with his initial production. . . . Nathan Burkan came back from a vacation abroad just in time to butt into the wage controversy between the operators and the T. O. C. C. Kathleen Collins appears opposite Ken Maynard in his First National production, “The Unknown Cavalier.” Charles Rogers is in New York where he went last week with R. A. Rowland, general manager of First National. Below: Big premieres for big pictures get big notice from the press in Los Angeles. Batteries of cameras confronted incoming patrons at the door of Grauman’s Egyptian theatre at the opening of Warner Brothers’ “Don Juan.” — SPARGO.