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EXHIBITORS HERALD
November 13, 1926
"VTEW YORK. — Harvey Day, discussing ’ the Tombs riot, says a law should be passed prohibiting prisoners from carrying revolvers. . . . Rufus J. Cole, once
prominent in the picture business as Cole of Robertson-Cole, is now general sales manager of the Hupmobile automobile company. . . . Fred Elliott, also once prominent in film circles, is devoting his time to furthering the safety first movement.
. . . Joe Seider says Frank Rembusch
is one of the best publicity seekers that ever hailed, or did not hail, from the wilds of Indiana. . . . Bill Atkinson is kept
busy denying the signing up of the opening picture for the Roxy theatre. . . . Dick Rowland is due back from Europe this week and is said to be chaperoning an Austrian director and a Russian actress. . . . Julius Cohen, demon film critic, has opened offices at 229 West 45th street, completely furnished except a corkscrew, which he hopes will be given him by grateful friends.
. . . Harry Reichenbach took a day off
last week to discover whether or not he had pleurisy and he didn’t. ... Arthur Loew is due back this week from a long sojourn in foreign climes looking after Metro’s export business. . . . Joe Bur
ger has been re-elected president of the Jazzbo club, with George Harvey as his chief vice, Joe refusing to name the others.
. . . W . K. Boothby, comptroller of First National, spent part of last week in St. Louis on business for his company. . . . Abe Lehr sailed last week to represent Sam Goldwyn in opening “Barbara Worth” in London, Paris and Berlin. . . . Jack
Dempsey and Estelle Taylor, film luminaries, departed last week for the West Coast to begin work in pictures.
Gene Tunney, also a film luminary, is still with us until the 29th ult., when he begins work on the Loew circuit at 7,000 iron men per week. . . . Eddie Saunders,
sales manager of Metro, has gone to the Coast with a few stops between hither and yon. . . . Jack Coogan, Sr., who has also had his hair cut, arrived from the Coast last week, bringing a print of Jackie’s latest picture. . . . IV. R. Hearst has
invited Mr. Coolidge to visit California, and does he want to get him in pictures?' . . . Arthur Brisbane editorially advises
Mr. Coolidge to accept Mr. Hearst’s invitation. . . . Mayor Jimmy Walker has
promised to help open the new Paramount theatre, and hopes the whole works will close before his 3 o’clock curfew rings, or whatever it does. . . . Harold Franklin gave the writer some good food and then a personally conducted tour of his new Paramount theatre and it’s some theatre.
. . . Joe Kennedy, F. B. O. big chief,
returned from Hollywood last week, chipper and happy over what he saw of his picture making. . . . Russell Holman is busy receiving deserved felicitations over his new “Paramount Date Book,” and it’s a hummer. . . . Sam Sax hied himself
off to the Coast last week to look after production matters, but Lon Young is still with us. . . . Robert Lieber, president
of First National, hurried to Indianapolis last week to look after his theatre interests and then hurried right back again to welcome Dick Rowland. . . . Ed Olmstead has moved his office over to the Rialto theatre to be near the new Paramount building when it opens. — SPARGO.
GOD
GAVE ME TWENTY CENTS
Tlie new Herbert Brenon production will open the Paramount theatre in New York November 19. Lya de Putti, Jack Mulhall, William Collier, Jr., and Lois Mor a n head the cast. John Russell did the scenario.