Motion Picture News (Mar-Apr 1923)

1696 Motion Picture News Portland Exchange Items and Oregon News CHARLtS FELDMAN, for three years manager of the Portland First National exchange, is now in charge of the Seattle office in a field with which he is thoroughly acquainted. Feldmar, one of the oldest exchange men in the Northwest in point of service, is succeeded in Portland by C. W. Koerner, formerly with Universal here and more recently manager of the Butte, Mont., First National offices. L. \V. Barclay, exploitation representative from the Goldwyn studios, Los Angeles, was in Portland last week putting over " Mad Love,"' the Pola Negri feature opening at the Liberty theatre March 24. Barclay succeeded in landing some valuable " Mad Love " features with the newspapers. All pictures heretofore sold to the Columbia theatre, under Jensen & Von Herberg management, have been booked for exhibition at the People's theatre, where Charles E. Couch is house manager. The Columbia, now owned and operated by Universal Film Company, is booking independently. First National has sold its " Mighty Lak' a Rose *' to Manager Paul Noble of the Liberty theatre, where the production will be exhibited during Easter week. George Jackson, for several years identified with Metro and Vitagraph, being manager of Portland and Seattle exchanges for the latter, is now road man out of Portland for Universal. Trade Flashes THE Pictorial Photographers of America have placed on exhibition in the northwest gallerv, Arts and Industries Building of the National Museum, a selection of 70 original prints, where thev can be viewed daily until April 15. They are representative of the best work of the 'year in pictorial photography. Such scientific camera men and art experts as Dr. A. D. Chaffee, John Paul Edwards, G. \\ . Harting, Dr. Arnold Genthe, color photoand movie producer of distinction : Gertrude Kasebier and O. C. Reiter are on the committee. Ralph de Foix Edmunds of the First National. Washington, is severing his connection and is going to the New York office. The Saint Patrick Players of Washington, now producing the Passion Play at the President theatre here, announce the sale of film rights in their production to the Pathe Exchanges, Inc. Henry Duffy of the President Plavers, who arranged the billings of the Cathrlic Amateur Thespians, announces that he will tour the youthful Passion Players in nearby cities, so screen and stage will co-operate. Funds from this enterprise will go towards a new stadium for outdoor stage dramatic productions. Holv Week, always an unknown quantity to theatre managers, brings out the announcement that following the week of George Arliss in '• The Green Goddess " Manager Leavitt will close the Poll's for a week. Mr. Leavitt is well known in New York's Rialto and Film Row, as he gave up connection there last fall to represent the Shuberts and Erlangers in the operation of the Washington interests of the theatre trust. A visitor from the Al Lichtmann offices in New York to Washington. Baltimore. Carolina and Atlanta offices of the Lichtmann exchanges was V. P. Whitaker, formerly of the Thomas Ince units. Culver City, and since last January with the Preferred Pictures. J. A. Bachman and his staff in the local Educational exchanges moved into their new suite over the Fox and Vitagraph sections of the new Kirbey-Fox building on New Jersey and K street, N. W., Saturday. March 24. The new suite is decorated in Parisian gray enamel, simply and effectively, and is well illuminated by The Majectic theatre has booked for a return engagement " Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood," which the same theatre put over for four weeks first run. A. C. Raleigh, best known as former manager of the Columbia theatre here, but more recently in charge of the three theatres in the Guthrie chain at Salem, is the new manager of John Hamrick's Blue Mouse theatre. He succeeded Fred W. Teufel, who was transferred to the Astoria Blue Mouse. Raleigh, also known as " Zack Moseby " has, under that name, titled many films shot in Portland, the most notable of which are the W. L. Finley nature pictures. He was for some time editor of Screenland magazine, the Jensen & Von Herberg house organ, and also editor of Screenland News, a local news weekly. Mrs. Frances Knight and her ladies orchestra, has been engaged to replace Antone Stechele's orchestra in the Blue Mouse theatre pit. Mrs. Knight and her musicians are more than locally popular, for they spent 18 months recently on a tour of the nation. The innovation of an all-women's musical unit has proved a big attraction. H. H. Brownell, Oregon cameraman for International News, is in Alaska as a cameraman ior the American Lifeograph Company, shooting " The Great White Silence " under contract for the Alaska Motion Picture Company. large east windows, supplementetd on dark days by numerous light fixtures. Mr. Bachman's suite is located at the rear of the office room with a door direct to the shipping and poster sections and film vaults. Mr. Parker, formerly of Pathe and with Universal the past two months, has been promoted to be service manager in charge of thi service department of the Universal here. Virginia Exhibitors are to have their annual convention and get-together at Washington April 16 and 17, 1923. Eugene T. Crall. of Newport News, prominent Hampton Roads exhibitor and member of the executive committee of the Virginia Exhibitors' Association, who was here last Friday, negotiating with Washington hotel men for space for the convention sessions and accommodations for the two or three hundred Virginians and their wives. The Washington Paramount Club is to hold its annual invitational Subscription Dance April 7 at the City Club. The original PeacockOrchestra, brought to New York by its Deauville reputation, is to provide the music. The home office announces the attendance of several stars, including Tom Meighan, and probably others. Officers of the Paramount organization from the New York home office are expected to be down to join in the after-Easter gaieties. Invitations have been extended to the leading exhibitors and exchange men of the territory, according to announcement of Exchange Manager Harry Hunter and Jerry Boucher of the Paramount Club's social committee. Other new faces on film row are Miss Ruth Simpson of the First National, who now presides over the console of the P. B. X. phone board once operated by Mrs. Reed: and Miss Herbert of the secretarial staff at Vitagraph. D. H. Thomas of Strand Features has just returned from a successful trip to Wilmington. Del. He reports great satisfaction by exhibitors in that part of the territory with his product. John J. Payette, assistant manager of the Crandall theatres, returned from a three-day trip to Martinsburg, W. Va., and Cumberland. Md. The policy of these theatres, the Apollo and Strand at Martinsburg and the Strand at The work will keep the company in the north ior three months. Mayo Methot, who grew up on Portland stages as a stock actress, has left the company at Maiden, Mass., to join her husband, John La Mond, cameraman for Robert C. Bruce, who is, for the present, shooting a Lionel Barrymore picture at Banff, Canada, according to word to her family here. Premium Production, Inc., whose huge studios at Beaverton, a Portland suburb, have been inactive since last fall, will resume production on a feature picture early this spring, according to Local capital controls Premium Productions, the announcement of President J. J. Fleming, which has sold its first three features to Independent Pictures of New York. Wesley Barry arrived in Portland Saturday morning, March 24, and spent the week making personal appearances at the Rivoli theatre. Barry has been in the Northwest for six weeks, visiting the leading cities on his personal appearance tour. From Portland he returned to the studios to commence work on " David Copperfield." Mrs. Frank Lacey, wife of the manager of the Majestic theatre, is recuperating after a serious operation at Good Samaritan hospital. Gus A. Metzger, managing director of the Rivoli theatre, has engaged Francis Richter, Portland's blind pianist, for a special concert on Easter Sunday. Cumberland, was determined for the rest of the current season. F. J. Monroe, former film showman in the Washington field, is now classed as an inventor, coming capitalist and successful manufacturer. His invention, a parking and headlight device, is being manufactured and sold from his offices and plant here in Washington. The annual stockholders' meeting of the Crandall Theater Company was held last Wednesday at the office of Harry M. Crandall, being followed immediately by the regular monthly meeting of the board of directors. Frank L. Wagner, Washington contractor and builder, was elected to the vacancy caused by the resignation of Secretary Barry Bulkeley. The remainder of the board was re-elected, including H. M. Crandall, Captain C. C. Calhoun, A. E. Beitzel. Peter E. Drury, Joseph P. Morgan, William Henry White. Nelson B. Bell, Augustus Gumpert. Fritz D. Hoffman. Howe Totten, and F. L. Wagner. Messrs. Crandall, Calhoun and Beitzel were re-elected, thereafter, as president, vice-president and secretary-treasurer, respectively. Crandall's music department, headed by N. Mirskey, announces special Holy Week and Easter Week programs at the Crandall theatres. Messrs. Breeskin. Rhoades and Thompson will assist Mr. Mirskey of the Metropolitan in carrying out the program at the respective theatres, the Savoy, Apollo and Central. Harry M. Crandall and Mrs. Locher are to entertain two tables of film stars and authors at the Authors' Breakfast, to be given in the large ballroom of the Willard Hotel by the League of American Pen Women, Saturday, April 21. Mrs. Locher of the League of Pen Women was appointed to its Motion Picture Committee by Mrs. Louise N. Geldert, the national president of the league. Miss Rachel Sewell, a Marionette disciple of tbe Tony Sarg-Alice Owens school, was a guest of Mrs. Locher's recently, speaking on the revival of puppetry, the most ancient form of mechanical amusement enjoyed by man. from Washington Film Circles