Exhibitor's Trade Review (Sep-Nov 1921)

1436 EXHIBITORS TRADE REVIEW Volume 10. Number 21. Live News of Exhibitor Organizations Larry Goldman's Great Work for Organized Exhibitor In Lawrence E. Goldman of Kansas City, who for the past year has served as counsel, and who at the recent convention was elected secretary of the Motion Picture Theatres of Missouri, the exhibitors of Missouri and Kansas have a champion who without compensation has taken up problems of the exhibitors. Mr. Goldman's accomplishments since the organization of the M. P. T. 0. M., about a year ago, have Lawrence E. Goldman ceased to be of local character, but are attracting national interest. Having been influential in obtaining the passage of the Missouri Deposit bill, of which he was the author, and the defeat of the drastic censorship measure, Mr. Goldman is now working on a plan whereby non-members of the American Society of Authors and Composers will become banded with the exhibitors, thus dealing a telling blow to the music tax. Internal revenue problems, dealing with the technical details concerning the issuance of Calendar of M. P. T. O. A. Conventions and Events October 19-20 Annvxil Convention, Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Iowa, Hotel Chamberlain, Des Moines. November 29-30, December 1-2 Southeastern Motion Picture Exposition, under auspices of Motion Picture Theatre Owners of North Carolina, Charlotte, N. C. (Editor's Note. — Officials of M. P. T.O. A. State Units are urged to send Exhibitors Trade Review advance notices of conventions and other events for listing in this calendar) . tickets from the box office, the methods involved in keeping check on the exhibitors by revenue agents, are only a small portion of the tasks which confront Mr. Goldman. Recently letters were sent to the American Society of Authors and Composers, stating that exhibitors refused to be "brow beaten" into paying a tax on music, and that in the future only non-taxable music would be used by theatre owners. Following this, Mr. Goldman's office was literally "swamped" with offers from nonmembers of the music tax organization, and many letters were received from members of the American Society of Authors and Composers, asking that some arrangements be made whereby their productions could be used by exhibitors; also asking that they be allowed to send a representative to Kansas City where the matter might be considered. The latter request was granted by Mr. Goldman. As secretary and counsel for the exhibitors, Mr. Goldman faces a busy winter. Utah Exhibitors Organize; Pledge M.P.T.O. Allegiance Exhibitors of Utah met in convention at the Newhouse Hotel, Salt Lake City, October 6, and organized a State body of exhibitors under the name of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Utah. Affiliation was made with the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America. Stuart Gould, secretary of the Nebraska and Iowa association, represented the national organization at the convention. H. E. Skinner of the Alhambra Theatre of Ogden, Utah, was elected president of the new State association. Other officers were Vice-President, C. M. Stringham of the Echo Theatre, Price, Utah; SecretaryTreasurer, R. E. Sutton of the Strand Theatre, Provo, Utah. The executive committee consisted of the officers and A. L. Stallings, Richfield, Utah; S. B. Steck, Ogden, Utah; B. G. Thatcher, Logan, Utah; Ed. Diamond, Salt Lake City, Utah; George Mayne, American Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah. Resolutions indorsing . the actions and policies of the national organization were passed and immediate plans made to organize the other exhibitors of the State into the new association. A feature of the convention was the good feeling displayed between the film men of Salt Lake City and the visiting exhibitors. The Salt Lake exchange men invited the entire convention to a luncheon in the Oak Room at the Newhouse Hotel on Thursday. Following is the resolution of allegiance to the national organization: Whereas, the motion picture exhibitors of Utah have been advised of the activities of the national association of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America, and Whereas, this convention approves of the plans and purposes of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America as expressed in the resolutions adopted at the Cleveland and Minneapolis conventions and in the actions taken by its various officers and committees, and Whereas we have full confidence in the integrity and ability of the officials elected at the national convention, therefore, Be it resolved that the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Utah do hereby declare allegiance to the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America. Panoramic view of delegates and visitors to the second annual convention of the Motion Picture