Moving Picture World (Aug 1919)

August 2, 1919 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 697 Pathe Announces Winners of Big Salesmen's Contest FIVE of Pathe's crack salesmen are to take a comprehensive fling at Broadway during the week of August 4 as a result of the salesmen's contest instituted by Director of Exchanges Fred C. Quimby during the month of lune in honor of their chief, Charles Pathe, who was at that time on a visit to America. The winners of the contest have just been selected and they are Jack Auslett, of the New Orleans branch ; H. P. Calloway, of the Cincinnati branch ; March Wood, of the Oklahoma City branch ; D. C. Sterns, of the Cleveland branch, and Harry Taylor, of the Kansas City branch. These men topped the entire list of 200 Pathe salesmen during Pathe Honor Month and are now to reap the fruits of their hard labor. They will arrive in New York on Sunday, August 3, and starting Monday morning, August 4, they will be the guests of the Pathe home office on a continuous round of gaiety which has been planned to include every point of joy on Broadway. As it will be the first visit to New York of each of these men they may be expected to have the time of their young lives. The Reception Committee will consist of Elmer R. Pearson, feature sales manager; Walter S. Wessling, short subject sales manager, and Frank V. Bruner, manager of serial publicity. Van Runkle Visits New York. S. L. Van Runkle, of Van Runkle Brothers, Chicago, is now in New York where he is inspecting some recent productions. He is anxious to land some good pictures that has advertising value and publicity exploitation of a novel and an attractive character. Mr. Van Runkle has been associated with the moving picture industry since the palmy days of the General Film as an exchange man and exhibitor. Alexander Gaden Returns to the Screen. After a year in vaudeville, Alexander Gaden has affixed his signature to a contract with Arthur F. Beck, president of the Arthur F. Beck Serial Productions, Inc. Mr. Gaden's initial appearance on his return to the screen will be as leading man for Doris Kenyon in the first Dietrich-Beck production, starring Miss Kenyon, "The Bandbox," by Louis Joseph Vance. "Fit to Win" Shows in Dallas. "Fit to Win," the venereal disease film which is being exploited as a moneymaking proposition in this territory, will be shown in Dallas at the Jefferson Theatre late in July. After weeks of argument the film, which was boosted by the board of health, got by the censors after the shears had been used freely. Miss Aleicia Brown, Dallas welfare director, has given orders that no minors shall be admitted to any performances held here. Kirkland to Direct "The Bachelor" David Kirkland, who directed "A Temperamental Wife," the first of Constance Talmadge's Emerson-Loos Productions for First National, has just been signed by Joseph M. Schenck to direct the second Constance Talmadge Production, "The Bachelor" which has been adapted for the screen by John Emerson and Anita Loos from the Clyde Fitch play by the same name. Conway Tearle will play opposite Miss Talmadge in "The Bachelor." Frances Mann Signed by Beck Arthur F. Beck announces the signing of a long term contract with Frances Mann, to star in a series of productions, which will be released through the Pathe Exchange. Miss Mann is the third woman star to be signed by Mr. Beck within the past four weeks, Leah Baird and Doris Kenyon being the first two. The initial production for Miss Mann is already well under way at the Crystal Studios, in New York. Title First Louise Huff Picture. The title of Louise Huff's first picture, which she is now making for the American Cinema Corporation at its studio in Glendale, L. I., is "The Stormy Petrel," which is from the pen of George Middleton, author of "Polly with a Past." Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Will Have $225,000 House UNIONTOWN, PA., is to have a theatre, in the near future, that will book road shows as well as special picture attractions. C. H. Gorley, a prominent real estate owner and coal operator of Uniontown, has purchased a lot, 80 by ISO feet, in the heart of the business district at a cost of $150,000, and expects to give Uniontown a theatre that will eclipse any in the state seating 2,500. It will cost $225,000. Mr. Gorley is now arranging to take an extended trip for the purpose of inspecting various theatres. He will visit prominent cities and bring back the most modern ideas and conveniences for the completion of a house that will be a credit to the picture and theatrical enterprise. Work on the theatre will commence in the early spring, and it will be ready for an early fall opening. Noble Becomes a Vitagraph Director John W. Noble has been added to the staff of directors at Vitagraph's eastern studio in Brooklyn and will direct Gladys Leslie's in "Fate in the Balance." Mr. Xoble, known to his intimate friends as Jack, was born in Virginia and educated at West Point. He served for nearly eight years in the army as a lieutenant, seeing active service in the Philippines and China, and later was an engineer in Mexico. Later he spent a few years on the "legitimate" stage and then began his career as a director. He has been at various times employed by Thanhauser, Biograph, Universal, Mutual, Metro and Frohman. Woodruff on Select's Exploitation Staff. Lorenzo F. Woodruff has been appointed exploitation representative for Select. His headquarters will be at the Atlanta branch, but he will serve exhibitors throughout the Southern territory. Mr. Woodruff brings to his new post a wide range of general newspaper and publicity experience, covering a period of seventeen years. Did You Say "A Favor to a Friend?" Emmy Wehlen, when she isn't disporting with giddy female things, is certainly not favorably inclined toward chaps with hats and white cuffs. Still, we must say that this is "A Favor to a Friend," her next Metro.