Motion Picture News (Apr - Jun 1927)

May JO, I 9 2 J 1975 Balti imore I^^KAXK II AMI'.KMAX, presiideiit of the Ainoricaii Theaircs Corporation opcratiiiK the Imiihassy Theatre here, has just rceovered from a burned left thuini) which had to have the doctor's attention and was bound up for ahou' ten (lays. SiuiwinK the appreciation of Halt imore for the advertising that his work in orjianizing bands ckirin.< tiie past twelve years has given to the city, Saturday, May 7, was officially proclaimed Fred Robbins' Hay in the Monumental City by Mayor Howard Jackson, and on that day Mr. Kohbins. who has been con(iiictin;j; the music on the Garden Roof for dancin.u, took over the music for Carlin's Dance Palace. The Ri.Tlto and Broadway Thea tre>, operated under the yeneial inanaj.;enient of J. Louis Rome, will close Saturday. June 18. so that extensive improvements can be made. Hoth houses will be redecorated and reseated, have new concrete floors laid and new liKhting eciuipment installed. .-\t the Rialto the ticket ofTice will he placed in the front of the lol)by, the office will be moved upstairs, a I'ew organ and new lobby frames will be installed. The stores in front of the Broadway will be removed and the lobby will be enlarged. Minna Keyser, formerI\ program girl at Loew's Century and then assistant cashier at the Tivoli in Brooklyn, N. Y., has returned to Baltimore. I'Acritt Lee, formerly assistant maiKiger at Loew's Century Theatre, Baltimore, has been promoted to assistant to W. A. Finney, general manager of the Loew interests in Baltimore. ICxtensive renovations and redecorating are being made on the Elite and Leader the.itres, Washington, D. C, owned and operated by Sydney B. Lust. Addresses at the joint meeting of the Maryland, Virginia and District of Columbia film exhil)itors in the Washington Hotel, Washington, D. C, Wednesday, .April 14, were made by Herman .\. B|Mm, r resident of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Maryland, Inc., and J. Louis Rome, counsel for that organization. \mi i'.reillih.-irlh, fj.-iitgiiter of Leniy Breithbarth, manager of the New Theatre, Staunton, Va., died at their home in Staunton recently. She was eleven years of age and the funeral was held in Washington, D. C, where Mr. Breithbarth was formerly connected with the Pathe and First National Kxchangcs. A visit to friends in Denver, Col., was made by Harry Milsteii^ L'niversal salesman of Washftigton. D.C., recently. Due to having suffered a torn ligament in her leg. Miss Hattie Fo.\, of the booking department of Pathe, Washington, D. C, Exchange, was laid up at her home for a number of davs. 11^^ r^^ =^ lanada AIUUE '\\KI(inT ui Montreal, line of the foremost theatre men of Canada, has resigned as manager of the Princess Theatre, Montreal, after serving in that capacity for the past 16 years. Mr. Wright has become an official of the Canada Steamships, Limited. His successor as manager of the Princess is Eddie Charlton, formerly treasurer of the theatre, with experience also as an exhibitor in Ottawa, Ontario. F^ecause of the abolishment of the Amusement Ta.x on all tickets up to 25 cents by the Manitoba Provincial Government. Manager H. N. Jernbcrg of the Province Theatre, a leading cinema of W'innipeg, has announced a reduction in the adult admission price at the theatre to 25 cents at any time so that the people can receive the benefit of the ta.x relief. All seats on Saturdays and holidays are 25 cents but on other days the admission for children will be 10 or 15 cents. The Province therefore became the first tax-free moving picture theatre in any Canadian city insofar as admissions were concerned, Mr. Jernberg pointed out. Mr. Jcrnberg is the president of the Manitoba Exhibitors Association. Sid. Taube of Toronto, one of the veterans of the Canadian film exchanges, has sustained the loss of his six-year-old daughter through death from pneumonia. The financial report of Loew's Theatre, London, Ontario, shows that all mortgage indebtedness has been wiped out and the company has returned to the payment of dividends on common stock. Fred Jackson has been manager of this house for the past five years. The Toronto office of Cranfield and Clarke of Canada, Limited, has been moved from the Hermant Building. Dundas Street East, to new premises at 105 Bond Street, next to the Famous-Lasky exchange. In previous years the policy of Jerry Shea, proprietor of Shea's Hippodrome, Toronto, has been to close shop in May. re-opening late in August. This year the Hippodrome will continue throughout the summer with a combination policy of feature and short pictures and five acts of vaudeville, continuous performances being given in place of the previous two-a-day plan. Top price for the summer season is 55 cents. The merchants of Orangeville, Ontario, have been negotiating with T. H. Moorehead, proprietor of the Capitol Theatre in Brampton, a nearby town, for the erection of a similar theatre in Orangeville, which has suffered through lack of a mcxlern film house. The projected theatre is to have 600 seats and the business men of Orangeville are reported to be taking a financial interest in the undertaking. Pkil EIXEMAX and Seltzer are now making plans for the erection of a 1500-seat house in the 2800 block of Xorth Fifth St., Philadelphia. Hodgens & Hill are the architects. The house will cost approximately a quarter of a million dollars and will be ready for occupancy by late fall. The Elrae Theatre. Orthodox and Tacony Sts., Philadelphia, has recently been acquired by Lewis Greer from Harry Popolow, who has operated it for some time. First National representatives from Philadelphia who left on May 8th to attend the First National convention in Qiicago, were .\be Sablosky, vice-president of the Stanley Company ; Irving D. Rossheim, treasurer of the Stanley Com pany ; who are also members of the board of directors of First National: W'illiam J. Heenan, branch manager : William Mansell, assistant branch manager ; Frank Loftus. W. C. Cook, Phil Duffy, Frank Leonard and W. H. Schwalbe. Detroit I ONG discussed rumors that ■*— ' the Keith's-Temple would adopt a motion picture and vaudeville policy are denied by Luther E. Goble, representative of the Kcith-.A.lbee interests here. The theatre will continue playing vaudeville twice daily. However, a drastic reduction has been made in admission prices, bringing them below the rates charged in pre-war days. Tiffany recently sent its local manager. Al Moritz, to Boston, where he attended a peppy sales gathering. Ray Moon. Universal branch manager, and his entire sales staff, have arrived home safely from the annual Cliicago convention. They got down to business immcdiatelv when they gave a special screening for Detroit and state exhibitors. A complimentary dinner at the new Masonic Temple took place after the show, Mr. Allen at the Universal exchange making the arrangements. After seven years with Pathe, Jack Morgan has resigned and signed up with Metro-GoldwynMayer. He is devoting his entire time to short subjects, covering the city. At present his work is concentrated on M-G-M News. EMPIRE LABORATORIES INC. 723 Seventh Ave., N. Y. Bryant 5437-5736-2180 DEVELOPING AND PRINTING MOTION PICTURE FILM