Exhibitors Herald (1927)

22 EXHIBITORS HERALD October 22, 1927 NEW YORK. — Broadway moved over to the Trade Practice Conference for the week; Denny Harris, of Pittsburgh, an “orphan” the first day, moved along among the affiliated exhibitors and became a “step-child”. . . . Billy Connors put Marion, Ind., on the map by showing himself a livewire talker on every resolution that came up. . . . Jack Miller, Chicago, also proved his retiring nature by allowing no resolution or anything to get by without talking on it. . . . Jules Michaels and Charlie Hayman, of the Buffalo zone, were the Siamese twins, Damon & Pythias, Castor & Pollux, or what have you. . . . Fred Desberg, silver tongued orator from Cleveland, proved himself a Demosthenes as chairman of the affiliated exhibitors. . . . Meyer Schine, finding himself tainted as an affiliated, got peeved and didn’t show up for a full day. . . . Harry Bernstein, of Richmond, Va., showed up for a day, left his proxy and pulled out for home. . . . Ben Berenstein almost lost a bet on whether or not the press would be allowed to attend the meetings of the exhibitor group. . . . Glenn Cross, of Michigan, looked more like a successful banker than a successful theatre owner, but what’s the difference when they both have money. . . . Sidney Samuelson, of Newton, N. J., prepared a resolution on trade paper advertising but the resolutions committee wouldn’t let him introduce it. . . /. Robert Rubin, Ned Depinet and Felix Feist broke even on a vote of the feminine visitors on the handsomest man among the distributor group. . . . Mike Comerford was a regular attendant at every session and if he had anything to say didn’t say it out loud. . . . S. H. Borisky, of Chattanooga, early evinced a desire to work and after that wasn’t given any opportunity to loaf. . . . Jack Harwood, of Cleveland, was the sartorial star of the conference, wearing a different suit every day and some of them very ice-creamy. . . . Harry Suchman, of New York, chairman of the resolutions committee of the exhibitors group, was about the busiest bird at the conference. . . . Joe Quittner, of Middletown, couldn’t see why Sydney Cohen shouldn’t speak if Will Hays was granted that courtesy. . . .Col E, A. Schiller, of Loew’s, surprised his friends with a regular Ciceronian philippic in speaking against a proposed exhibitor resolution. . . . Harold Franklin told the commissioner that he was manager of a chain of 235 theatres and was asked if he was afraid of competition. . . . Fred W ehrenberg, of St. Louis, was' there with a fine baritone voice in seconding many of the motions. . . . Joe Walsh and Joe Shulman, competitors in business at Hartford, Conn., stood shoulder to shoulder in every vote in the exhibitor group. . . . /. Louis Rome, dapper attorney for the Maryland League, held the proxies and did all the voting for the Baltimore delegates. . . . Louis B. Mayer served as chairman of the producers divisrion and got most of his resolutions through without any objection on the part of the exhibitors. . . . Fred Beetson, the Hays Coast representative, was the proxiest delegate present and voted early and often on every roll call of the producers division. Commissioner Myers became so exasperated over dilatory tactics that he almost said “damn” in open meeting. — SPARGO. “Jesse James” at Rialto Fred Thomson’ s newly completed production for Paramount marks his first appearance on Broadway in an extended run. Likewise it is the initial appearance of a Western in one of large houses on the Big Street.