Exhibitors Herald (1927)

26 EXHIBITORS HERALD September 24, 1927 No Town Is Too Small for a Theatre ( Special to the Herald ) ANDREWS, IND., Sept. 20.— They don’t make towns too small to have motion pictures. Andrews, Ind., a little village of only 800 inhabitants near Wabash, Ind., soon is to have a motion picture theatre. Elizabeth Fite of Knox, Ind., has purchased the equipment of the former James Grant theatre at Lafontaine and will move it to Andrews. The equipment was purchased from John Kaiser of Wabash, who acquired the equipment through foreclosure of mortgage. Gerety and Beatty Cart Away Honors at N. Y. Film Tilt Turn in Tivo Lowest Net Scores — Christy Deihel, Y oungstoivn Exhibitor, Makes Lotv Gross at Bonnie Brier (Special to the Herald) NEW YORK, Sept. 20. — Tom Gerety, of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Jerry Beatty of the Hays organization, newcomers in the ranks of tournament winners, carried off the honors at the 13th semiannual film golf tournament, which was played last Tuesday at Bonnie Brier. GERETY and Beatty did not make lowest scores of the day, but they did canter away with the two lowest net scores. For turning in the low net Gerety won a leg of the Film Daily Trophy, and permanent possession of the Artie Stebbins cup. Gerety shot a 92, with a handicap of 24, giving him a low net of 68. RUNNER-lIP IN FLIGHTS S. S. Braumberg, Frank Pope, M. Brandon, Arthur G. Whyte, Lou Metzer, Arthur Ebenstein, A. L. Pratchett, W. E. Raynor, Geo. Byrnes, Walter Putter, M. Wittendorf, M. McLaughlin, Wallace Ham, Harry Brandt, M. McDonald, C. E. McCarthy, M. Stearns, R. V. Anderson, Joe Hornstein, Charles Moses, Wm. Evarts, Eugene Walsh, Geo. Berry, Walter Wagner, Stanley Waite, J. E. Storey, Geo. Blair, Wr. B. Frank, H. Eysman, Abe Warner, M. Schilt, Rex Beach, Ben Goetz, Eidward Liebernian. Beatty. Wins Pathe Cup Beatty’s gross score was 94 and with a handicap of 24 this brought the net down to 70, which made him the proud possessor of the Pathe cup. The low gross of the day was made by Christy Deibel, exhibitor of Youngstown, who turned in a card of 80 for the afternoon play. J. V. Ritchey, Jr., came through with a low gross of 81, and won for himself the Motion Picture News cup. Following is a list of the winners: AFTERNOON ROUND Low net (Leg of THE FILM DAILY cup ami permanent possession of Arthur W. Stebbins cup) Tom Gerety. Score 68. Low net runner-up (Pathe cup) — Jerome Beatty. Score 70. Second low net runner-up (John J. McGuirk cup) — J. V. Ritchey, Jr. 'Hiird low net runner-up (J. P. Muller cup) — H. S. Tierney. Score 72. Low gross (M. P. News cup) J. V. Ritchey, Jr. Score 81. Low gross runner-up (A1 Ruben)— Sumner Taylor. Eagle (Jules Brulatour trophy) Stearns. Birdie (F B O cup)— W. B. Frank. Low exhibitor score (Jules Mastbaum Memorial Trophy )— Chris Deibel. Score 80. Driving contest (Jack Cosman cup)—— Cy Fields. 295^2 yards. Runner-up (Eastman Kodak) N. C. Stearns. 287 yards. Putting contest. William Massce. Booby prize, H. Eysman. Score 134. MORNING ROUND — NINE HOLES Low gross (Morning Telegraph cup) Chris Deibel. Score 34. Runner-up (Columbia Trophy) Ed Curtis. Score 36. Low net (National Theatre Supply cup) — Arthur W. Stebbins. Score 29. Runner-up ( Hedwig M. P. Lab. Trophy) — Paul Gulick. Score 30. FLIGHT WINNERS James Milligen, Tom Gereity, M. Hatschek, M. McConnell, Ed Johnson, Irvin Stolzer, M. Bellows, J. V. Ritchey, Wm. Frankel, Jerome Beatty, A1 Grey, A. La Hines, John Spargo, Bob W >lf, “Doc'” Golden, Nat Rothstein, Billy Wilkinson, H. S. Tierney, Dave Chatkin, S. R. Burns, Raymond Pawley, J. S. Dickerson, Sy Fields, M. Fisher, M. Cook. First National Signs Allan Dwan to Direct Five Big Productions (Special to the Herald) NEVV YORK, Sept. 20.— Allan Dwan has been signed by Robert Kane to direct five big productions for First National Pictures, and Ben Hecht has been engaged to write the first story to be produced by the new producing combination. Kane announces that he has arranged with Elinor Glyn for a realistic romance of the present day which will be the second of the five pictures directed by Dwan. The third will be based on the “Harold Teen” comic strip which he believes offers material for a big feature. Material for the other two is now under consideration. Cleveland Sees 5 F. N. Films Simultaneously (Special to the Herald) CLEVELAND, Sept. 20.— Five of First National’s first run pictures recently ran in Cleveland all in the same week and all on Euclid Ave. The pictures were : “Breakfast at Sunrise,” Allen theatre ; “The Life of Riley,” Cameo theatre; “Hard Boiled Haggerty,” State theatre ; “Three’s a Crowd,” Keith’s 105th Street theatre and “Convoy” at the Monarch. Bairnsf other Speaks (Special to the Herald) TORONTO, Sept. 20. — Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, official with the British Em-, pire Film Company, Toronto and Trenton, Ont., was the speaker at a directors’ luncheon of the Canadian National Exhibition, held here recently. The Captain said that his company would start its first production at Trenton late in September. President Coolidge and Wife Attend Theatre Opening (Special to the Herald) WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.— A distinguished audience, which included President and Mrs. Coolidge, was present tonight at the opening of the Fox theatre in the National Press club’s new building. Working Agreement of Metro and U-A Seen in Buying of “Clown” Film Purchase of “Laugh, Clown, Laugh” by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from United Artists “seems to augur that we shall soon see a working arrangement between these two companies in the future that will mean an imposing array of directors, scenario writers and stars,” says Louella O. Parsons, in the Chicago Herald-Examiner. The fact that Miss Parson is motion picture editor of Universal Service, a Hearst newspaper service, and that William Randolph Hearst’s motion picture production activities are practically all linked with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, except the International Newsreel, a Llniversal release, lends significance to the comment by Miss Parsons. It will be recalled that an M-G-M and United Artists merger came close to completion a year ago. Many Theatres Book Excellent9 s Products (Special to the Herald) NEW YORK, Sept. 20. — According to reports from Excellent Pictures Corp., many theatres throughout the country are booking the company’s 18 pictures. Contracts closed for first runs in major New England cities on the entire 1927-28 product are : Fay’s theatre, Providence ; Allyn theatre, Hartford ; Strand theatre, Haverhill ; Capitol, Lynn ; Victory, Lowell ; Strand, Stamford. Similar reports are coming in from Excellent distributors all over the country, it is claimed. Fox Winners Arrive (Special to the Herald) NEW YORK, Sept. 20.— Lia Tora and Olympio Guilherme, winners of contests held in Brazil by Fox to find the most beautiful woman and most handsome man of the country have arrived in New York and have been given long term contracts to appear in pictures by Fox Films. All’s Well With Motion Pictures in Ontario, Says Public Investigator (Special to the Herald) TORONTO, Sept. 20. — Motion pictures were given a clean bill of health in the Province of Ontario in an official investigation by Hon. J. D. Monteith, treasurer of the Province. The inquiry was conducted by Dr. Monteith as a result of public criticism regarding the alleged offensive character of a number of recent releases, including “Don Juan” and “ The Secret Studio.” In his statement. Dr. Monteith declared that, after a personal and thorough investigation into censorship, film exchange management and theatre direction, “ the survey might well warrant the assumption that no place in Canada or elsewhere is the moving picture theatre-going public so well safeguarded and protected and nowhere are films of a higher order or of a less objectionable type. It is hoped that the public may thus obtain a fairly accurate conception of the true status of Ontario in the realm of filmdom.”