Motion Picture News (Nov-Dec 1925)

2580 Motion Picture News • "'4 LA. CAHILL, formerly asso• elated with the Mutual Film company, is now with Warner Brothers, covering part of the Iowa territory. Clarence Lacey, who has had four years experience in the motion picture business, principally with C. J. Latta at the Empress, Shenandoah, Iowa, has gone in business for himself. He is proprietor of the Palace, at Exira, Iowa. He was a caller at Omaha exchanges this week. The World theatre is being shorn of a big canopy adorning the front of the theatre, on order of the state supreme court. Mrs. Cora Mortensen, inspector for Universal, has resigned, and Mrs. Cal Horton has taken her place. Mrs. Horton was formerly with Universal. D. Scott, manager of Blaine Cook's theatre at Le Mars, Iowa, was in town Tuesday. John McBride, salesman for Universal, is home on account of illness. The Universal exchange here has started a new plan to make its staff thoroughly acquainted with new releases. Every Wednesday a new film is shown before the personnel of the office. The plan has a second feature in that every employee makes out a report on how he or she likes each release. These reports are sent to the New York office. F. A. Van Husan, manager for the Western Theatre Supply company, has just returned after a three weeks' trip to the east. M. S. Colletan, auditor for Metro-Goldwyn, was here last week. C. E. Williams, manager of the Park theatre here, has just purchased two new arc controls. The Metro-Goldwyn office shines brightly after undergoing redecoration. The office furniture has all been refinished and the entire place has been made to look like new. G. H. Bradford is a new salesman for the Producers Distributing exchange, coming here from Kansas City. He will cover the Iowa territory. B. R. Greenblatt, salesman for Universal, who was in an accident recently, is back on the job and will be going out on the road in a few days. O. B. Hullinger, who was recently connected with Universal in Des Moines, is covering part of the Iowa territory for the Warner Brothers exchange of Omaha. J. J. Sullivan has arrived from Chicago to become salesman for the Western Supply company. C. T. Lynch, manager of Metro-Goldwyn, has iust returned from Fall City, Nebr. T. Y. Henry and his "flying squad," Harry Stern and W. R. Barker, from the United Artists home office, are here for a few weeks. J. J. Rogers, manager for the Enterprise Distributing corporation in Omaha, has been transferred to St. Louis. W. H. Hoffman, who formerly operated theatres at Le Mars, Iowa, is opening a new theatre at Fairfield, Iowa. He is installing new Simplex projectors, new upholstered opera chairs, new Peerless lamps and a quantity of other equipment supplied by the Exhibitors Sunoly company. M. G. Rogers is a new two-reel comedv salesman for Pathe. Nellie Deal has been made secretary to James Patrick Shea, manager for the Associated Exhibitors here. Mr. and Mrs. J. Douglas, Pierce, Nebr., were here on a recent shopping tour — downtown, not on film row. H. B. Tyler, manager of the Victor Varconi, signed by Cecil B. De Mille for the leading male role in "The Volga Boatman," for Producers Dist. Corp. Royal theatre, Ainsworth, Nebr., was in town this week. C. T. Lynch, manager for Metro-Goldwyn, has been selected the best fire preventor for October. J. A. Martens, and W. E. Dyer were here from Gretna, Nebr. J. L. Stern, manager of the Independent Film company, is having bachelor days, his wife and kiddies having gone south for the winter. The Liberty Film exchange is the center of a Charleston craze. Every noon the girls of the office dance the fancy steps to the tune of a handy phonograph. Gertrude and Stella Norwich of the Liberty office seem to be carrying off the honors. The district offices of Famous Players of Omaha, Des Moines, Minneapolis and Sioux Falls will hold a convention at the Fontenelle Hotel, Omaha, November 10 and 11. The chief visitors will be John D. Clark, western division manager, from New York. Jimmy Clark, advertising representative, will also be here from the home office. Salt Lake City is the present scene of operations of Jack Edwards of the Omaha office of Universal. Fred Walters is taking his place during his temporary absence from Omaha. H. A. R. Dutton, president of the Exhibitors Supply Company, Chicago, spent two days here last week visiting his brother, H. O. Dutton, Omaha manager for the same company. On his way back home he spent one day at Des Moines at the branch office there. A. Novitski and "Curley" Calvert have joined the ranks of the Associated Exhibitors force. Mr. Novitski was with Universal here, and Mr. Calvert was formerly a* Des Moines. Henry Hower has just sold his theatre, the Victoria, located at 24th and Fort streets, Omaha, to Tom Freeman. The buyer operated the Palm theatre here for years. Gus Harms, manager of the Apollo theatre, failed to produce any evidence of success after a recent duck hunting trip to South Dakota. Like the fish which got away', so the South Dakota ducks eluded Mr. Harms' shots. Park Agnew, booker for MetroGoldwyn, recently had the misfortune of losing his father. Mr. Agnew attended funeral services at Billings, Mont. The Western Theatre Supply Company has just installed a new Daylite screen at the Strand theatre at Hastings, Nebr. HARRY NOLAN has returned to Denver after six weeks absence during which he has traveled throughout the middle west, eastern, and southern sections of the United States. Mr. Nolan is one of the pioneers of the film industry in the Denver territory. At present he is an exhibitor owning theatres in Greeley, Pueblo, and Grand Junction, Colorado. Business among all Denver theatres suddenly jumped away up last Thursday and continued through the balance of the week when hundreds of Colorado school teachers came to Denver to attend a convention. Up in La Voye, Wyoming, at the edge of the great oil fields, C. H. Reeder has disposed of his interests in the operations of the well known Castle Creek theatre. Four business men including the druggist and the postman have bought Mr. Reeder's interest and employed Frank J. Painter and Lee Wade to take over the active management. Robert J. Garland, manager of Metro-Goldwyn has left for a two weeks sales trip. He expects to visit all exhibitors in western Nebraska, and in the Big Horn basin country of Wyoming. The Rialto theatre, a Paramount first run house on Curtis street will soon undergo rather extensive alterations which will be made along with the installation of a new organ. Most of the improvement beside the installation of the organ will be the building of a large orchestra pit, something new and novel in this line. W. F. Reilly, auditor from the Metro-Goldwyn Home Office is in Denver working in the local branch of his organization. Jack Krum, manager of United Artists made a short trip to Raton, New Mexico and Trinidad, Colorado last week. Eugene Gerbase, Universal manager returned Sunday from a business trip to Raton, N. M. and Sante Fe, N. M. Dewey Spoor, manager of the Critcher theatre, Besemer, Colo rado, came to Denver yesterday on a combined business and pleasure trip. While here he will be treated for an infection in his hand which has become rather serious. E. J. Drucker, manager of the local independent Deluxe Feature Film Exchange has resigned as a member of the local Film Board of Trade. Frank Harris, former Denver film man and now District Manager for Pathe is visiting the local Pathe exchange. Mr. Harris arrived in Denver last Thursday for an indefinite stay. Hugh Braly, manager, and his entire local sales force left early this week to attend a western sales convention. They will return the latter part of the week. C. M. Van Horn, local Pathe branch manager for the past year has resigned to return to the coast, where most of his interests are at the present time. He will become affiliated with the San Francisco branch of Pathe enter ing upon his new duties sometime next week. S. B. Rahn formerly associated with the Minneapolis branch of Pathe has arrived in Denver to assume the management of the local branch of Pathe Exchange Inc. Mr. Rahn succeeds C. M. Van Horn whose resignation became effective November 15th. A. P. Archer, local Educational manager, is making a sales trip to Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and other southern points, returning Saturday, November 15. R. J. Garland, manager of MetroGoldwyn is away on a sales trip into the western Nebraska and Wyoming territories. Exhibitors visiting the city during the past week were J. J. Goodstein, Palm Theatre, Pueblo, Colo.; B. P. McCormick, Liberty theatre, Florence, Col. ; Grant Beach of the Variety theatre, Akron, Colo. ; Ed. Marquard, Longmont theatre, Longmont, Colorado.