Moving Picture World (Jan-Feb 1927)

544 MOVING PICTURE WORLD February 19, 1927 Pathe Promotes Executives Left to right: Upper row — S. Barret McCormick, Harry Scott. Bottom row — F. C. Aitkin, W. A. V. Mack. U.S. Projector Exports Show a Steady Increase Exports of motion picture projectors from the United States during 1926 totalled 1,943, valued at $510,207, representing an increase of 436 projectors, valued at $163,961, over the total of 1,507, valued at $346,246, in 1925, according to preliminary figures compiled by the Motion Picture Section, Department of Commerce. Europe replaced the Far East as the best market. The Far East as the best market. The Far East was second in importance. Canada ranked third, with a slight increase. An increase in shipments to the LatinAmerican market placed it in fourth place. While the Near East and Africa are comparatively small markets, in 1926 they more than doubled their imports of American projectors. Natural Color Films Sold C. Lang Cobb, general sales manager of Color Cinema Prod., has closed contracts for a series of six natural color single reelers for Wisconsin, Indiana and Northern Illinois with Capitol Film Exchanges, Inc., of Chicago, Indianapolis and Milwaukee. Similar contracts have been made within the past fortnight with Supreme Film Corp. of Boston for the New England States and the Standard Film Service, Harry Charnas, president, for Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania. The series will be made at the Color Cinema Production plant in Fort Lee. “Stark Love” Date Set “Stark Love,” Paramount’s photodrama of the natural life of America’s hidden race, the mountaineers of North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky, will be presented at the Cameo Theatre on Sunday, February 27. Corrigan Again Signs Lloyd Corrigan, who for the past year has been attached to the writing staff of the Famous Players-Lasky West Coast studio, has been signed to a new long-term contract, according to B. P. Schulberg, Paramount associate producer. Howard to Atlanta Frank Howard, star P. D. C. salesman in Detroit,’ has been appointed manager of the Atlanta office by John C. Flinn. He succeeds Joe MacHenry, who resigned last week. Important promotions of several executives to high stations in the organization were announced by Pathe Exchange, Inc., this week. J. E. Storey, assistant general manager, in charge of short subject production, has promoted S. Barrett McCormick, director of exploitation and publicity, to the editorship of Pathe Review, and has placed Phil Ryan, who has held various executed positions with Pathe in the past, to be temporarily in charge of production of Pathe units on the Pacific Coast. Harry Scott, general sales manager, has appointed W. A. V. Mack, Mid-West Division sales manager, to the post formerly held by S. Barrett McCormick. F. C. Aiken, assistant sales manager of the Mid-West Division, has been promoted to succeed Mr. Mack to the managership of this district, which includes the Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, Detroit, Des Moines, Milwaukee and Double “I” branches. These important changes have already taken effect and the various officials are already busy at their new desks. With the promotion of S. Barrett McCormick to head the Pathe Review, exhibitors can look forward to a greater magazine reel, for there are few other people in the motion picture business who have had the exact training and wide background of experience that the new editor brings to his assignment. Foreign News Rene le Prince, a well-known film French studio manager, has been decorated with the Cros3 of the Legion of Honor. His latest film production is “Titi I, King of the Street Arabs.” * * * Turkey has informed the French Government that French films will only be accepted in Turkey via aerial transport. France is asking whether the same restriction is applied to other countries. * * * The epic story of Joan of Arc is the subject of a big picture to be made very soon in France, under the management of Marco de Gastyne. * * * A question of far reaching importance and gravity has arisen in France in connection with the payment of scenario writers. The Society of Film Authors is advocating the payment of royalties to scenario writers in the form of a percentage of the bookings at the Cinemas boxoffices. The French courts are in favor of this but it is a question whether the cinema will stand for it. The scheme is to be backed financially by a bank and the part of this bank will be to advance the necessary funds to enable the writers to write their scenarios independently and so demand their own terms. This bank will be allied to the Society of authors. * * * The film industry in Germany is undergoing reorganization as far as concerns the big firms such as UFA. Russia also is making big strides in the film industry. • * * The race-horse is the latest hero of the film, in a story depicting the life of race-horses. This film is being made in France and the scenes will be laid in the Parisian hippodromes. * * * The French Association of Cinema Managers holds its annual General Convention on the 23rd of March. The meeting will be followed by a fete, presided over by Monsieur Poincare, the French Prime Minister, and M. Herriot, the Minister of Public Instruction. * • * “Make-up” is the title of a film being made in the Moulin Rouge, the famous French Music-hall. The work was interrupted by the angry protests of the professional music hall artistes. Morris Gest, producer of “The Miracle,” as the guest of Raoni Walsh on Fox Films “Carmen” location. In the center are Dolores Del Rio, Mr. Gest, Victor McDaglen and Director Walsh.