Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1928)

82 EXHIBITORS HERALD and MOVING PICTURE WORLD January 21, 1928 CHICAGO PERSONALITIES By Whit ALTHOUGH the late affair between the operators and exhibitors has been settled, there are still some details to be worked out and a meeting to l accomplish this will have been held by the time this is read. The agreement reached calls for a five per cent increase this year over last year's wages and an additional five per cent during 1929 over the new 1928 wage scale. Under this two year contract, the lowest paid operators will receive around $65 a week this year and the highest paid will draw down a sum averaging around $115 per week. During the meetings between the exhibitors and operators held to reach an agreement, the exhibitors were represented by Jack Miller, chairman; John Balaban, Emil Stern, Mort Singer, B. J. Cooney, Jack Cotter, Henry Schoenstadt, Tames Coston, Louis Marks, Frank Schaefer, Joe Pastor and Aaron Saperstein. The union was represented by Tom Reynolds, president ; Tom Maloy, business agent ; Hal Johnstone, secretary and the executive board. As a part of Paramount's Lasky booking drive, the week of February 5 has been set aside as H. A. Ross Anniversary Week, for division number two, which is Ross'* division. Ross is celebrating his tenth anniversary in the service of Paramount, and the special week is staged as an especial honor to him for his ten vears of service under the Para mount banner. . Plans for the drive were set in motion and Ross knew nothing of it until all plans were worked out. The Paramount boys in the division are set for a real drive in honor of Ross. * * * William Brumberg has been succeeded by Robert Funk as country sales manager at the Universal exchange. Brumberg is now in charge of country sales for Columbia in the Chicago territory. With Henri Ellman and Roy Alexander at the head of the Columbia exchange and with the organization they are building, Columbia is taking on a new meaning in this territory. * * * Paul Busch is now working the country territory for Universal. He began work Monday. Lee Marcus, general sales manager for F B O, was in town last week, and according to him, F B O will soon score a picture for use with the new talking equipment acquired BANNIR PRODUCTIONS. PRESENTS rjfliiiinfs WITH Cmghton Halt Lois Boyd Wpndham Standing Vera Lewis For Illinois G REIVER PRODUCTIONS 83 I SOUTH WABASH AVE., CHICAGO, ILL. For Indiana MIDWEST FILM CO. OF INDIANA 218 Wlrnmir lildg., Indianapoli* as a result of the new connection with the Radio Corporation of America, Westinghouse and General Electric. We missed Joe Lyon, Len Ullrich, Sam Gorelick, and Walter Brown on our weekly pilgrimage to F B O last week. All three of them are out' in the country and alleged to be hard at work. * * * Harvey Day of the home office of Educational was in town last week. * * * Jack Miller and his wife and son left Sunday night for a fine vacation trip to Cuba and the Isthmus of Panama. They will be in Havana during the Pan American exposition, and Florida and other points have been listed on their itinerary. * * * And others are lucky enough to rate vacation trips. Frank Schaefer and his wife left this week for a six weeks' visit to California, and Fred Gilford left Wednesday of last week for Havana where he will take in the sights at the Pan American exposition. * * * May McAvoy was in town last week and made a personal appearance at the Garrick where "The Jazz Singer," is running. She is the feminine lead in the picture. * * * The national convention of the Xational Theatre Supply Company at the Stevens Hotel began last Wednesday. The first week is devoted to salesmen and the second to managers of the organization. * * * With people going on all sorts of wonderful vacation trips, we have been thinking how nice it would be to take one ourselves, but why should anyone want to leave old Chi when the weather man is handing out such wonderful weather? Department stores are complaining that the bottom has dropped out of the sale of red flannels. * * * W. H. Rudolp arrived from New York Thursday to take charge of the United Artists theatre here. He will also be connected with the company's theatre in Detroit. LET US MAKE YOUR SPECIAL. TRAILERS We Specialize in Making Trailers from Your Copy ALL ORDERS SHIPPED SAME i DAY RECEIVED Send Us Your Next Order OUR ropy WRITING DEPARTMENT WILL WRITE YOUR TRAILER COPY ABSOLUTELY FREENO OBLIGATION FILMACK Co | 730 S.WABASH AVE. • CHICAGO IL.U. Programs prepared by us get the public interested in your shows. Let us send you some samples. THE NATIONAL PROGRAM & PRINTING CO. 729 So. Wabash Ave. • Chicago