Moving Picture World (Jul 1920)

478 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD July 24, 1920 Baltimore J. J. Crandall in Monument City. Jean J. Crandall, formerly manager of the Washington. D. C., office of Goldwyn and now district supervisor for Goldwyn for Washington, Philadelphia and Boston, came to Baltimore July 8, accompanied by W. F. Hayner, manager of the Washington exchange, and called on several exhibitors. Easter Has National Franchise. A ten-year franchise from the National Exchanges, Inc., of New York City, has been granted George C. Easter, president of the Baltimore State Rights Film Company and secretary-treasurer of the Jans Pictures, Inc., to handle their productions in Maryland, Virginia, District of Columbia and the northeastern part of West Virginia. Forty features will be put on the market each year by this newly organized concern, besides comedies. B. J. Shea Visiting Baltimore. B. J. Shea, who has been in the film business for three years, is spending two weeks in Baltimore representing the National Pictures, Inc., of New York, another Selznick enterprise. Mr. Shea is engaged in selling franchises for the output of his company to theatres. Prior to his connection with Selznick, Mr. Shea was traveling with Sennett’s “Yankee Doodle in Berlin.” Looking for Exchange Location. In order to find a place to locate an exchange, Jerry Abrams, of the Masterpiece Film Corporation, of New York, visited Baltimore during the week of June 5. A pioneer in the film business, Mr. Abrams at one time operated the Great Northern Film Exchange in the American Building. Showman in Motor Collision. Milton Caplon, proprietor of the Clover Theatre, narrowly escaped injury on Friday morning, July 9, when the automobile he was driving and a motorcycle driven by Dewey Liehliter collided on the old Frederick road near Oak Forrest Park, Catonsville. Irvin First, who with Liehliter on the motorcycle, sustained a broken left leg and was taken to St. Agnes’ Hospital. Mike Siegel Visits Family. Mike Siegel, Universal traveling representative, spent a week’s vacation at Beterton, Md., with his family, including his nieces and sisters-in-law. While there he started a new fad by going in bathing with his glasses on. Harry Morstein on Vocation. A two months’ vacation is being taken by Morstein, proprietor of the Queen and Bunny theatres. He is dividing the time between Atlantic City and New York and is making the trip in his automobile. San Francisco Metro Official Visits Branches. E. M. Saunders, general salesmanager of the Metro Pictures Corporation, was a recent visitor here on a trip of inspection, accompanied by district manager Harry Lustig. This is Mr. Saunders first visit to the Pacific Coast and he has been greatly impressed with which he has seen. His present trip will include a visit to all of the exchanges maintained by this concern. New Distributing Concern. The Unity Features Company has been formed by H. C. Schmidt, Maurice Klein and George J. Roy, and is now engaged in the handling of “That Something,” to which rights were recently secured. The production has been booked into the Strand Theatre in this city for a two weeks’ run and Mr. Roy is now covering the southern part of the State, meeting with great success in securing bookings. All the principals in the new distributing concern were former exhibitors of long experience. Headquarters have been established at 191 Golden Gate avenue. Changes at First National. Carpenters have taken possession of the First National headquarters on Golden Gate avenue and are adding to the balcony and enlarging the office space. Vivian Preston, formerly of the shipping department, has been made head booker, and N. H. Brower is making a trip to Los Angeles, where he is giving the studios the once over. Pathe Adds to Salesforce. T. R. Richards has been added to the selling staff of the Pathe office and Fred I. Wescher, formerly the booker, has been promoted to the position of salesman. Kansas City Kent Will Confer with Show Men. S. R. Kent, general sales managar for Famous Players, is due to arrive in town from the New York office. The purpose of this visit is to hold some important consultations with exhibitors in this territory. Mr. Kent’s visit is expected to last for two or three days. Prepare for “Paramount Week.” A special meeting was recent held by R. C. Li Beau, J. H. Gilday and other heads of the departments of the Paramount branch offices in the Film Exchange Building. All the salesmen were called in off the road to attend this meeting, including F. A. Wasgien and J. J. Curran, who have just been added to the sales staff of this exchange. The meeting was held to get ideas and affect plans for putting over the third annual Paramount week, nationally given over for the first week in September. Cutting Ready for Projection. In two weeks or less the projection room of the Pathe exchange of this city will be ready for use, and when it is the other exchange men better watch their step. Wicker chairs and summer upholstering are to make it one of the prettiest of miniature theatres. In addition to the comfortable chairs, electric fans will combine to make it a delightful place for exhibitors to rest and look and buy. Fred Sliter Visits K . C. Branch. Fred G. Sliter, eastern supervisor for Robertson-Cole, was the guest for several days of Roy E. Churchill, branch manager of Robertson-Cole. Mr. Churchill was quite delighted with his visitor, who is a big man in the motion picture business. Fred Martin, formerly in the film business in Kansas City, and at present with the United Artists in Chicago, will come to this city soon to travel for Manager Churchill in the branch office of Robertson-Cole. Goes from K. C. to St. Louis. Morris Fink, special representative for Peacock Productions, Inc., in this city, has been transferred to the St. Louis office; so, where Kansas City loses St. Louis gains. Ben Blotsky with “Big Six.” Ben Blotsky has returned from his motor vacation to Chicago and Minneapolis and announces that his headquarters will be in Kansas City when he begins to solicit for the Big Six. Pittsburgh Stahl Gets Screen Shots. Max Stahl, local exhibitor, has wired that he has acquired the rights for Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia to Screen Snapshots. Mr. Stahl expects to be in Pittsburgh within a few days, when he will make all arrangements for the releasing of the production. Offers Ben Turpin Comedies. The S. & S. Film & Supply Company, Pittsburgh, have secured a series of twenty tworeel comedies, starring Ben Turpin. These are already heavily in demand. Standard Employes Plan Outing. The employes of the Standard Film Exchange, Pittsburgh, will hold their second annual picnic at Rustic Park on the Harmony Line, Sunday, July 25. Special cars will leave the corner of Duquesne Way and Stanwix street at 9 a. m. The fare for the round trip is $1.50 and tickets are on sale at the Standard exchange. The employes of other film exchanges are especially invited to attend. Megowan Visits Home Folks. Eldred Megowan, assistant manager of the Cleveland Cameraphone Theatre, spent a few days recently in Pittsburgh with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Megowan. Harry Megowan is manager of the Hatch exchange here. To Pittsburgh for Vacation. Manager Barach of the Goldwyn exchange spent his vacation in Pittsburgh the week of July 5. It’s a safe bet that Nat didn’t miss any of the ball games staged by the Pirates with other National League clubs. Goldwyn Adds Salesman. Sam Jacobson is the newest addition to the Goldwyn sales force. He was with the Select the past two months, prior to which time he was in another line of business. Berger Takes Health Trip. Morris Berger, of the Craft exchange, who has been ill for the past few months, has gone to the Catskill Mountains for the benefit of his health. Cleveland Educational Opens Exchange. One of the important announcements of the year as regards new exchanges in Cleveland, came when the Ohio exchange for Educational Films Corporation made final preparations for opening. The office is located on the fifth floor of the Standard Theatre Building, and a branch has also been established in Cincinnati. H. R. Skirball, formerly of Pittsburgh, is general manager. To get an increased impetus, Manager Skirball succeeded in booking his first Chester comedy for two weeks at Loew’s Euclid Theatre and his first Mermaid comedy for two weeks at the same house. Exchange Personals. Lew Saks, formerly with Equity Pictures, has joined the Cleveland sales force of Robertson-Cole. George Erdmann, manager of Select and Selznick, Cleveland, had his car painted, and the day he was to take it out of the shop it burned up. Art Erlich has resigned from Republic and accepted a position selling Metro pictures in Cleveland. ^ y Kisses? Clothes ? Jewels ? CaveTTlen? ^ wr Home ? Children ? Romance ? adoration?^^^ filat dsllioion mh a Watch for the Big First National Special & ^