Motion Picture News (Apr - Jun 1927)

M a V / 0 1<>69 ional News from Correspondent^ B\l) 1k>. littTal and ligiiiali\ c, were pleiuiliil in the annual Kansas City l-ilni Hoard of Trade soil tournament over the Kxcelsior Springs course. There were fifteen prizes, even to the awarding of a liot water Iwttlc by "Curley" Wilson, manatier of the Beyer theatre, ICxcelsior .S])rings. The Newman theatre silver cup was won by West Dunlap, shipping clerk for txlucational. Other prizes: Midland theatre silver loving cup, won by Paul Heft, First X a t i o n a 1 ; Consolidated Aniusement Company poker set, won by (luy Navarre, United Artists ; Mainstreet theatre watch, won bv Fred Mcvn ; Reel Journal driver, won by'C. \V. Allen. P. D. C; Warwick theater golf bag, won by Lester Levy, Paramount; Exhibitors I-'ilm Delivery Service driver, won by C. A. Schultz, P. D. C. : Hooper & Jenks, Topeka, spoon, won by R. C. LeBeau. Paramount : Film Inn golf sweater, won by John Nolan, Fox ; National Screen Service driver, won by Roy Pearson, Pathe ; Advance Trailer Service putte* won by Harris Wolfburg, Metro-Goldwyn ; National Theatre Supply Company mashie, won by Ed Dubinsky, Twelfth Street theater; Midwest Theaters, Inc., one dozen golf balls, won by E. Bradley Fish, Fox ; ^MiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^iiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiinii^ I Kaesas City j liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiuiiHiiiniiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiuiiiuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiu h'inton Jones, one dozen golf balls, won by Joe Rosenberg, Universal ; "Sympathizers' " hot water bottle, won by "Curly" Wilson, Beyer theatre, Excelsior Springs. The tournament was followed by a banquet at the Elms hotel, Excelsior Springs, attended by 38 film men. J. F. McCurdy, former manager of the Harding theatre, Chicago, arrived in Kansas City this week to succeed Bruce Fowler as manager of Newman theater, first-run downtowti Publix house of Kansas City. Mr. Fowler will go to California. William Jacobs, former house manager of the Royal theatre, another Publix house, has been appointed general director of publicity and advertising for the Publi.x theatres in Kansas City. Oddly enough, Will Hays' reason for being in Kansas City Monday was not in the interest of the motion picture industry, but in behalf of his church — the Presbyterian church. Mr. Hays is chairman of the Presbyterian service pension fund, which seeks 15 mil lion dollars in providing pensions for ministers. Mr. Hays was on his way to Hollywood, where he will work on the matter, prior to attending the semi-annual convention of the producers June 1 at Hollywood. Why have a "dark" theater while building a new one on the same site? Construction work on the new Colonial theater, suburban house of Kansas City, will proceed until the four walls and the roof of the new structure have been completed. Then, and not until then, will the i)resent theater be dark — but only for a few weeks. The seating capacity is being increased from 660 to 1220 persons without the addition of a balcony, although provision will be made for an eventual balcony. H. H. Barrett is the manager of the theater. The Garden theater, Colony, Kan., has been purchased by W. J. Dchler and an .Xrctic-Nu-Air cooling system installed. F. Bradley F'ish has succeeded John Nolan as branch manager of Fox in Kansas Citv, Mr. Nolan having been transferred to the Buffalo, \. Y., I'ox branch. J. D. Stetson, of Atlanta, Ga., has joined the Kansas City Enterprise sales force and will cover Southern Kansas. Max Stalil, home office representative for Education, was a Kansas City visitor this week, as was J. Iv Jossey, vice-president of Enter|)rise l-ilm Corp., J. M. Corvillc and Arnold Lowery, home office auditors for P. U. C. The Midwest exchange in Kansas City is undergoing reiiuxleling work. A. M. Eisner, former president of the M. P. T. O. Kansas City and now representing Arctic-Nu.•\ir in Omaha, Neb., was a Kansas City visitor. Qiurchill, V. B. O. branch manager, and "Red" Jones, Educational branch manager, departed for Los Angeles, where they will attend meetings of their respective organizations. Property at 4009-15 Troost Av-.. Kansas City, purchased by A. Baier from B. O. Murray for ?25,000 this week, including store rooms, will be developed into another suburban theater ,it was announced by Mr. Baier, who formerly managed the Bagdad theatre: Kansas City. II Des Moines Jl'.. l"kV. l\irmer!> an Iowa . exhibitor, has joined the sales force of Universal. Mr. Fry, who was the owner of the Rex and the Orplieum at Ottuma, will cover Zone D for the film company. Complete equipment for the Shrine Temple, contract for which has been a matter of long debate in the committee in charge, is being installed by the National Theatre Supply Company. This includes equipment for the stage, the generator and machines for the booth. This is one of the first houses in the state to use the new high intensity lamps. Harry J. Cramer has named his new theatre at Chariton, the Ritz. It is a 600-seat house and was just started a month or so ago. The National Theatre -Supply Company has been given the contract to furnish the complete equipment without chairs or organ. Mr. Cramer expects to open his house by the middle of July. Ruby ^Iorgan. stenographer at the Universal office, is back at work after her appendicitis operation. Mr. Wintrob of the Tiffany Productions will be in Omaha for a week. Mrs. May Burke will be in charge of the Des Moines exchange during his absence. E. C. Hill from the home office of Fox. was here for three days. V'isitors in Des Moines were E. G. Slater, of Grundy Center, Mr. and Mrs. Connor, of Milton, Howard Bell, of Cantril, H. G. .Siin|iMiii. ni .Siiiouiiicy and MacGregor, John Waller, of Osceola, and Mr. Michael, of Jefferson. Mr. Holmes, of Scranton, who operates the theatre at Scranton for Waller and Michael, C. R. Cokns, of Seymour. ^I. A. Brown, of Forest City, Tom Arthur of the Cecil at Alason City, R. C. Hoadley, of Garden Grove, F. W. Curtis, of Redfield, F'rank Wewerka, of Osage, and William Youngclass, of Perry. F. G. Sterns, of Corydon, Mr. Hake, of Bclmond. Jane Miller, daughter of W. J. Miller, theatre broker, has been ill for some time. Now that she is well on the road to recovery, Mrs. Miller has been taken quite seriously ill. and requires a nurse's care all the time. Mr. Miller has been (.uite worried for the past few months about his family and their health. F. G. Sterns, of Corydon. was in at the film exchanges last week. This was his first trip to Des Moines for three months. Roads have been bad. not only making for bad business for the smaller theatres, but also making it impossible for the exhibitors to come in on film business. Alice Gannon, biller for Universal, was unrecognized when she returned to the office after having secured a lot of curls per a permanent wave. She looks different, but verv nice. \\"illiam Youngclass, of Perry, was in Des Moines last week. Mr. ^'oun^cl■ls^ <in<l Mr. Latta. luwa'> "honest" movie man. are now in partnership in the houses at Perr}'. The Rex Theatre at Perry was bought from J. C. Collins, and the Youngclass and Latta partnership also own the other house at Perry. The two were previously in business together. Mr. Mattock has bought the thenounce that their New Isis Theatre will probably be opened within thirty days. The new theatre replaces the old Isis which was completely destroyed by fire. The New Isis is a 450-seat house, at Webster City. The Colonial Theatre at Cedar Rapids l^ uuw under tlie nianagement of F. E. William, formerly of Dubuque. Mr. Mattack has bought the theatre at Garwin, Iowa, from E. H. Dickinson. C. D. Hill visited the Des Moines office of Fox last week for three days. He comes from the home office. Carroll, Iowa, is to have a new theatre. E. C. Neu has announced that he will open a new theatre there. He has bought a store building which he w-ill reconstruct for the new house. Plans for the theatre indicate that it is to be an exceptionallynice theatre. _^^%Aip^^*- _ The neviesl most liuurouslY furnistied and cotwenienttY iiluated hotel in the metropolis The town home of mjny dst;niui5hed authors, producers and stirs of the slaftiscttn 46=? STREET WEST y BflO^OWW, (Kcsr T.mcS 5oua^cJ Lar^ room, pf ivale baUi for one four Dollars • for Two Five 0oll»r5( serving pintrv Optior«l ) * ~ * Restaurant CL'ai.s *. ' vr-. ?^ ^