Motion Picture News (Jan-Feb 1922)

1109 e b r u a r y i 8 , 1922 [n the Film Centers Activities of Exchange Managers, Exhibitors, Salesmen and Others Kansas City ) D. BURDGE has been sucV. ceeded by Truly B. Wildman s manager of the Kansas City Enirprise branch office. Mr. Wildian formerly was manager of Realrt’s New Orleans office, coming to Lansas City following the consoliation with Paramount. He formerly was a special representative 1 the Middle West for Fox. Mr. lurdge has not definitely decided pon plans for the future. Phillip L. Ryan, division manager if Hodkinson at Kansas City, has eturned from a midwest tour with . brighter outlook for business. Mr. tyan visited the Minneapolis, St. x>uis and Omaha exchanges and s optimistic over the conditions in hese territories. George Hinton, formerly with Associated producers in Kansas City, has been appointed manager if the branch office of Peacock ’reductions, Inc., in Oklanoma City, iccording to Johnny Waters, genual sales manager. The Kansas City office of R-C Pictures stands second in film earnngs for the months of November ind December, according to Roy Churchill, branch manager. The Kansas City office also ranked third n the $1,000 prize contest for R-C mranches in film earnings. R. H. Fairchild, Metro representative out of Kansas City, reurned last week with a large number of contracts of “ The Four Horsemen,” “ Peacock Alley ” and ‘Turn To the Right.” G. W. Hartnan, Vitagraph representative, re: morts equal success in Missouri owns with “ The Little Minister,” which now is booked solid. Michael Kahn, Kansas City representative of Crescent-Federated, proved on his first trip out last week that business is far from depressed. “ Mike " returned with rontracts for Crescent-Federated's entire output of features from the Savoy, Nickel, Olive, Hickory, Empress, Star and Royal theatres of St. Joseph, Mo. Dubuque JAMES YIANNIAS, one of the managers of the Princess theatre recently became a Benedict. He married Miss Stella Poulos of Boone, Iowa. The marriage took place at the bride’s home. Mr. Billos, the other manager of the Princess, was among the guests. 'Continued in last column ) Pen Sketches FRED M. ZIMMERMAN is president and general manager of Nu-Art Pictures corporation, one of the largest state right concerns in New York. The exchange in Buffalo is located at 221 Franklin street. There is a branch office in Albany in charge of M. Cohen. Mr. Zimmerman is a veteran in the film business, being a salesFred m. Zimmerman man for many years with several of the leading companies, before entering the business which he established a few years ago. NuArt Pictures corporation has grown by leaps and bounds. Mr. Zimmerman is continually adding men to his sales staff. There are never any complaints on business at the Nu-Art office. Nu-Art is handling all the Clara Kimball Young productions in western New York, as well as the Tony Sarg and Prizma subjects. “Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight ” has just been added to the list of features. Mr. Zimmerman is both an exchange man and an exhibitor. He owns the Avondale theatre in North Tonawanda, where he has just installed a big Wurlitzer Hope-Jones unit orchestral organ. * * * HERE we gaze upon the charming visage of no less a personage than Henry W. Kahn, manager of the Buffalo Metro exchange and treasurer and director of the Film Board of Trade in the same city. Mr. Kahn has been with Metro for seven years in New York, Albany and Buffalo. Last summer he made a trip to Germany to visit relatives and put that country on its feet again. He has just purchased a Cadillac coupe and is seriously considering a silk high hat to go with it. Henry has booked “ The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ” in every city, town and “ willage in the territory and is now trying to break all booking records with “ Peacock Alley.” Mr. Kahn also announces that “ The Conquering Power ” will be shown at the new Loew State in Buffalo the week of Feb. 20. As the photo shows, Henry is having much trouble with his hair, which continually gets into his eyes. To avoid this he is now brushing his hair straight back. Mr. Kahn recently won the Buffalo “Film Row” beauty contest. Yes, girls, he is married. I * ❖ ❖ DUBUQUE’S popular theatre, the Strand, owes a large part of its splendid reputation to the manager, Frank Burlingame. This young man came to Dubuque a little over two years ago to take charge of the remodelled Strand. There were many drawbacks connected with the theatre. In the first place, the first Strand had been destroyed by fire. Then the building itself had been converted from a church into a theatre, and there was prejudice to combat. Lastly, it was situated in a section of the residence district which was not considered a very favorable location for a theatre. But Manager Burlingame was a live wire. He realized ( Continued on next page) Clarence Udelhof, one of Dubuque’s younger musicians, has been chosen to lead the Princess theatre orchestra this year. Mr. Udelhof succeeds Mr. C. Carney. The Princess orchestra is composed of five pieces. The only woman to lead an orchestra in a moving picture theatre in Dubuque is Mrs. Hazel Lynn, the conductor of the orchestra at the Grand. Mrs. Lynn, a graduate of the Dubuque Academy of Music, is reputed to be not only a pianist of exceptional ability, but a pipe organ artist as well. Just a few years ago she was attending school and wearing her hair in a braid down her back; now she plays the Kimball organ at the Grand in the afternoon and leads the orchestra in the evening. Mr. A1 Schollian, usher and ticket man, has been in the employ of the Grand theatre practically since the management began to show motion pictures, a little over eight years ago. Except during the time when he takes his annual vacations, Mr. Schollian is always at the door and his pleasant smile and genial manner has made him one of the most popular ticket men in the city. “The j oiliest and most capable little usher in town ” — that is what they say about Miss Harriet Hardy, head usher at the Strand theatre. J. E. Boyle has two theatres to look after. He’s manager of both the Dreamland and the Liberty and is making a success of both. Salt Lake City AT the suggestion of George Carpenter, manager of the Paramount Empress theatre, local managers have been meeting informally at a luncheon once a week. The purpose is to create greater harmony and a better understanding in order that competition may not create practices which would be harmful to the industry as a whole. Local labor leaders pretend to see a menace in these meetings. E. E. Tucker has been made the new manager of the Gem theatre by William H. Swanson, owner of the American and Gem theatres. It is understood that Mr. Tucker is planning some striking innovations in the way of picture exploitation. Gus Hager, manager of the Universal Film exchange, has just returned from a tour of Idaho towns. Many moving picture house ( Continued on next page)