Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1918)

6 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. 18. No. 14 Directory of Los Angeles Exchanges and Supply Houses PAREX FILM CORP. FURNISHING WM. L. SHERRY SERVICE sAN FRANCISCO — 180 Golden Gate Ave., C. I. LUNTZ, Mgr. SEATTLE — 2022 Third Ave., L. A. TODD, Mgr. LOS ANGELES— 511 W. Eighth St., F. M. STEELE, Mgr. WM. ALEXANDER, District Mgr. Headquarters — LOS ANGELES LOUIS HYMAN Manager ALL STAR FEATURE DISTRIBUTORS, Inc. 514 West Eighth Street J. SLIPPER & CO. Projecting Machines Simplex, Baird, Motiographs Hertner Transverter Theatre Equipment and Supplies 728 South Olive Street Write for Catalog The George Kleine System E. H. SILCOCKS Branch Manager 209 Knickerbocker Building AMERICAN FILM CO., INC. William Russell Margarita Fisher Mary Miles Minter Productions C. J. CROWLEY, Representative Distributed Through Pathe Exchange 732 So. Olive St. San Francisco News Condensed WALTER S. RAND, newly appointed division manager of the General Film Company (Inc.), arrived in San Francisco from Los Angeles this week on a tour of inspection. He will be here about a week and goes hence to the Northwest, where a visit will be paid to the company's offices in Portland and Seattle. This is Mr. Rand's first visit to San Francisco, since he severed his connection with the Denver branch of the Goldwyn and joined the General. However, he is an old timer in the city by the Golden Gate, and like many others, he slept in Jefferson Square after the great fire of 1906. Mr. Rand has been in the mountain region about Denver and Salt Lake so long that he was almost satisfied to live at great altitudes until he again glimpsed the broad Pacific. Now he says he never wants to leave the sea again. The new division manager says he found the local office in firstclass shape. P. M. BRINCH, special western division representative of the W. W. Hodkinson Service, was a visitor to San Francisco this week. Mr. Brinch has been installing representatives of the service in the various offices of the General Film Company. While he was in San Francisco he appointed W. O. Edmunds, an old time motion picture man, as the representative in this city. Mr. Brinch says that he considers San Francisco his future home and to make this point clear he stayed over a day in this city in order to register at a local draft registration board. After attending to this patriotic duty he left for Los Angeles, where he will appoint a Hodkinson representative. FLOYD ST. JOHN, manager of the World Film Corporation in San Francisco and northern California, is on a trip through the San Joaquin. Before he returns to the city he aims to visit every exhibitor of importance in the valley and call to their attention the big things that the " World " is ready to offer them. H. S. Meyer, who was in charge during the absence of Mr. St. John, says that his company has some big pictures coming along. It has just finished a very successful campaign on the feature offering, " Inside the Lines," which proved a big box office attraction. The company has some treats, which are expected to make even greater hits, for future release. One, which will be released in a short time, is a seven-reel play, '* The Road to France." The big feature play, " America's Answer," will be distributed by the "World" in all states except California; and, according to Mr. Meyer, this is one of the greatest films of the year. THE TURNER & DAHNKEN THEATRE at Sacramento, which has been closed throughout the summer, is now about ready for reopening. During the time the theatre was closed it was practically rebuilt. Fully $40,000 was spent in the improvements, which include an increase in seating capacity from 1,000 to 1,600. THE MOTION PICTURE OPERATORS of Oakland have rented the T. & D. theatre of that city for the night of Tuesday, September 17, when they will give a performance for the benefit of the Red Cross. The theatre management donated the theatre at the cost of running it, and the employes have donated their services. Besides pictures, there will be a varied The Mountain-Plains Theatre Supply Co. 1514-18 Welton Street, Denver, Col. 106 So. 14th St., Omaha, Neb. 136 E. 2nd So. St., Salt Lake City, Utah Distributors for Simplex and Powers Machines. Everything for the Motion Picture Theatre. Also distributors for latest in Reels and Film Shipping Cases. Write for Catalogue UNIVERSAL FILM EXCHANGES, INC. Successor to California Film Exchange DAVID BERSHON, MANAGER. Distributors of Universal, Jewel and Lois Weber Productions, Blue Bird Photoplays, Century and Lyons 8b Moran Comedies 822 S. OLIVE ST. H. F. CHARLES VITAGRAPH District Manager So. California and Arizona W. H. HEPBURN American Photo Player Co. Branch Manager Knickerbocker Building 737 South Olive Street 643 South Olive Street program. Cross. It is expected that at least $1,500 will be realized for the Red JAMES BEATTY of San Jose, who owns the Liberty theatre in that city and a theatre of the same name at Fresno, was a visitor at the exchanges this week. CHARLES KAUFMANN. owner of the Gem theatre at Colusa, was a San Francisco visitor last week. B. R. DAVIS, manager of the Lyric theatre, Stockton, was in San Francisco arranging for films this week. He says his town is booming. O. V. HOUSTON, manager of the Star theatre, Klamath Falls. Ore., was one of the visitors to Film Row this week. H. W. SMITH, local manager of the General Film Co. (Inc.), is making a business trip through the Sacramento Valley. THE LOCAL THEATRES of Richmond, Cal., have been complaining of the itinerant shows which visit that city and by the payment of a nominal fee are allowed to compete with the people who have spent large sums in building theatres and constantly contribute to the support of the city by the payment of taxes. The agitation became sufficiently strong for the City Council to take cognizance of it and during the past week it voted to tax all tent shows $20 per day. It is believed that this fee will keep away the undesirable ones and the theatre men look on the action of the council as a victory for them. E. O. CHILD, manager of the Pathe Exchange. Inc., leaves for New York on September 18 to attend the convention in that city of Pathe managers. Mr. Child says that he expects to be away from San Francisco about three weeks. During his absence, his assistant, Mr. Hoeing, will have charge of the local office. Mr. Child promises some treats for the movie fans during the coming winter. W. N. KOLFELDT, formerly manager for Pathe at Seattle, and L. A. Samualson, formerly booker in the same office, were in San Francisco during the past week, en route to Manila. Some time ago these two motion picture men enlisted in the Government service and were assigned to the merchant marine. Kolfeldt is now chief steward and Samualson is oiler on one of Uncle Sam's new ships, which are doing their part to help win the war. I. P. ARNOLD, formerly manager for Pathe at Salt Lake, has recently accepted a position with the Paramount people and will go to work for them as road man running out of San Francisco. RALPH QUIVE. San Francisco manager for the Vitagraph, says that the Rotary Star system which the company will inaugurate October 1, is making a hit with exhibitors on this coast. He asserts that orders for Vitagraph features are pouring in at a rapid rate. H. H. HICKS, who has been manager for Select Pictures in the California territory for some time, left for Seattle on September 10. In this latter city Mr. Hicks will have charge of not only the state of Washington, but also of Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Seattle is regarded as the most important distributing center on the coast by the Select people and Mr. Hicks' friends showered him with congratulations on his promotion before he left for the Northwest. He has been succeeded in this territory by H. L. Knappen. Mr. Knappen comes to San Francisco from the management of Select Pictures in Denver, Col. However, he is no stranger on the coast. He opened the office of the International Film Service for W. R. Hearst in this city several years ago, and previous to that he was with the Pathe Company here. When he was asked what his program was in his new position, Mr. Hicks harked back to his newspaper days and paraphrased a famous saying of Charles Dana, the great editor. " I am going to raise hell and sell pictures! " was his reply, and he said it as if he meant it. Los G. C. PARSONS, manager of the Goldwyn Company. Angeles in the interests of his company. is visiting O. L. OLSEN, who says he has sold bonds, red herring and other things, but is new in the motion picture game, has recently joined forces with the Goldwyn Company and will cover the Southern territory. If appearances go for anything the exhibitors are going to grow fond of his sunny smiling face. T. L. HAINES, manager of the Atlas Educational Film Company, says that he is taking more orders for the De Vry motion picture projector than he can fill on immediate delivery. There is a constantly increasing demand for the projector among industrial concerns, he reports. _ I. R. REHM, president of the Atlas Educational Film Company, of Chicago, recently paid the local office a visit.