The Film Renter and Moving Picture News (Nov-Dec 1922)

November 4, 1922. FOUR NORTHERN COUNTIES. ’ (By our Newcastle Correspondent ) HERE has been another change in the management of the Empire Kinema, Newcastle. Owing to the unforeseen illness of Mr. W. H. Fenwick, who had agreed to accept the position of manager, which was vacant, it-has been found necessary to appoint another gentleman to the office, and Mr. R. H. Dalkin, of Chester-le-Street, who is well known in the trade, has taken over the reins. From Renter to Exhibitor. Mr. George Gruby, who is well known on the renting side of the business, having been connected with Walker’s Pictures, itd., as traveller and manager for many years, has gone on to the exhibiting side. He has taken over the management of the Stanhope Grand Kinema, Newcastle. Reopening. The Jesmond Picture House, Newcastle, which was purchased recently by a new company, is to be reopened in November. At the present time the kinema is being redecorated, necessitated through the building having been closed since the early part of the year. Jury’s Pictures. Mr. J. C. Read, the local manager for Jury's Pictures, is finding a steady demand for the large selection of subjects he has on hand at the present time. He has done exceedingly well with ‘* Fascination,’’ which he screened tc the trade during this week. A New Synopsis. A novelty in the way of a synopsis has just been issued by Messrs. Butcher in connection with ** The White Hope.’’ It is in the form of a small photo-frame, with a calendar at the bottom, while the upper part contains photos of Violet Hopson and Stewart Rome, who are featured in the production. This firm has also secured ‘‘ Pages of Life.’’ It will be remembered that in connection with the production of this picture there Was a prosecution in London in consequence of some of the scenes being taken in the West End. The film will be screened to the trade in Newcastle on November 23. WALKER’S WIRELESS. 31, WEsTGATE Roap, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. To the Editor of the Film Renter October 30, 1922. and Moving Picture News. IR,—We note your reference to our firm on page 46 of your S latest issue of the Firm RENTER AND Movina Picture News, and, as it is not our desire to trade under false colours, we submit the following facts. Tn the usual course of business we have in stock Marconiphone wireless sets, purchased direct as traders in wireless from Messrs. Marconi, in addition to the General Electric Company's output, with which we have been experimenting; and, as a result, as mentioned in the lay Press and your own valuable weekly, have been drawing large crowds to the extent of blocking the streets in the vicinity of our warehouse. But in addition to the Marconiphone we have the various sizes of the Magnavox, which is the most powerful loud speaker yet produced, and as it was the Magnavox which was causing the bigzest sensation, it should really have been mentioned in your issue of October 21. To put matters upon a correct basis, we invite your local representative to call at our showrooms, when we will give a special demonstration of the Marconiphone, also General Electrie Company's Gecophone sets with the Magnavox. Yours faithfully, p-p. Walker’s Wireless Supply Co., CHARLES WALKER. Digitized by Goc gle THE. FILM RENTER & MOVING PICTURE NEWS. un uv CARPENTIER AS “A GIPSY CAVALIER.” PHYARILS, apparently, is as much interested as London in P Carpentier’s film, ‘*A Gipsy Cavalier,’’ produced by Mr. J. Stuart Blackton, in which the famous boxer plays a dual réle—that of a dilettante young nobleman and a picturesque boxing gipsy. This film has been privately shown to the Press and to kinema exhibitors in London, and is soon to be released throughout the world. Boxers have before this engaged in filin work, but usually in mere boxing parts with no effort to develop into serious film artists. Carpentier, being a man of culture, intelligence and dramatic ability, played his réle seriously as an actor, and this caused a lot of criticism in boxing circles. Mr. Stuart Blackton plans to make another film with Carpentier in the leading rédle soon after completing ‘* The Virgin Queen,’ which he is now producing, with Lady Diana Manners in the role of Queen Elizabeth. SCOTLAND TAKES TO ITS OWN. Great Rush for ‘‘ Rob Roy.”’ S showing the immediate popularity which ‘* Rob Roy has achieved in Scotland, the Gaumont Co, received last week the following letter from A. E. Watson, manager of the Picture Salon, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow : ‘We have much pleasure in informing you of the wonderful success of your film, * Rob Roy.’ We have had more gratulations from patrons over this film than any other film we have ever run before. cone Many patrons have already seen the film twice, and one lady has seen it fire times already. Every night we have turned hundreds of people away, and at every performance the film is applauded (a rare thing for a picture in Glasgow). The picture lends itself to special presentation, and any theatre that govs out for this is sure of great success, ‘““We consider ourselves extremely lucky in securing this film at a time when things are so quiet in Glasgow, and other theatres are doing such bad business. We only hope you will secure more pictures of this standard in the future, and that we may be the lucky theatre to run them. As we write we have just received five telegrams asking us to reserve scats for parties of 7 to 44 for this evening. MR Tate BA Stir THe Roya Scots FUSILieRs LINED UP OUTSIDE THE SaLon, GLASGOW. | Original from NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY