Exhibitors Herald (1927)

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52 EXHIBITORS HERALD December 24, 1927 By Their Product You Should Know Them H. D. Buckley D. Leduc Leo Blank W. J. Gammer J. L. Merrick S. A. Chalu Carnmer Began With Goldwyn; Served in War W J. CAMMER, manager of the Ok• lahoma City branch of Educational, entered the picture business as traveling auditor for the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, working out of the home office in New York. He decided on a career in the film trade after returning from France, where he had served through the principal battles of the world war. Carnmer had gone overseas with the first unit to land in Italy, after training at Plattsburg, N. Y. After two years as. auditor, he went to Oklahoma City as a salesman for Goldwyn, later joining United Artists in St. Louis. He resigned from this company to go into business for himself, but abandoned the idea after six months, to go with Fox. Born in New Rochelle, N. Y., Carnmer received his primary and high school education in Boston. He attended Boston University and Northeastern College. Carnmer is adept at football, baseball and bowling, but baseball is his real hobby. Leo Blank Quit Optometry For Selling Films T EO BLANK, manager of the Omaha branch of Educational, started out to be an optician but was “sold” so thoroughly on learning the film business that he became a salesman for First National in 1923. He served in this capacity both in Omaha and Des Moines. He was in Omaha when he was appointed branch manager for Educational in October, 1926. Blank was born in Mondovi, Wis., but moved to Sioux City, Iowa, while a youth. He attended school in that city and was graduated from the Sioux City high school. He won a diploma .from the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago with a degree of doctor of optics. He practiced optometry for a few years before entering the motion picture industry. Blank’s favorite sports are horseback riding and swimming. Maurice Joseph and Leduc of 4 U 9 Long in Industry TWO Universal branch managers who A have had considerable experience in the business are Maurice Joseph at New York and D. Leduc at Montreal. Maurice Joseph has been connected with the Carl Laemmle organization for twelve years. For six months he was a salesman in the New York Office. The remainder of the period he has been manager at Springfield, New Haven, New York. Leduc has held the managership at Montreal ever since March, 1920. He started with General Film in February, 1912, as reviser, worked through the poster shipping and booking departments and was on the road for the company when he left in 1918 to go with Universal as a salesman. Mitchell Assists Universal Western Director of Sales T~A S. Mitchell, who now has left the ■ rank of Universal branch manager at Los Angeles, to become assistant sales director of the Western division, first connected with Universal in 1914 in the position of assistant shipper. After a period of one year, he was promoted to the booking department, spending two years as chief booker. Then he was given the position o f Arizona salesman. This position he held for one year, when he severed his connection with Universal, and spent three and a half years in selling for other organizations. Sidney A. Chalu Of Educational Had B & K Post OIDNEY A. CHALU, manager of Educational’s Winnipeg branch has been only a year or two with Educational but has spent about six years in the motion picture business. He was three years with Balaban & Katz, Chicago, being assistant to Barney Balaban during the construction period. He was two years with Fox in Montreal as salesman and assistant branch manager. Chalu has an enviable war record. He served three years overseas, was wounded twice and won the rank of major and four medals. He was in the infantry, field artillery and Royal Flying Corps. He is a graduate of Trinity college, Dublin, and took a post graduate course at McGill college, Montreal. Buckley Gave Up Dry Goods Trade To Sell Pictures TLT D. BUCKLEY, manager of Educational’s St. John branch, left the dry goods business to become a salesman for Vitagraph, covering the Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland. He entered the wholesale dry goods business with a high school education and left that trade after six years, in which he filled every position from a shipping clerk to a salesman on the road. After two years with Vitagraph, he was made branch manager of their Montreal office. Merrick Started As Exhibitor But Turned to Sales JL. MERRICK, manager of the Los * Angeles branch of Educational, became acquainted with the motion picture industry as an exhibitor in Missoula, Mont. Then he went with the sales organization of General Film Corporation. Joining Universal, he became West Coast representative of that company. He handled the Seattle and Los Angeles business for Mutual next, and then he became salesmanager for RobertsonCole. D. S. Mitchell