Moving Picture World (Nov-Dec 1927)

6 MOVING PICTURE WORLD November 5, 1927 MOVING PICTURE WORLD ine Showman's Business Paper BOUNDED BY J. P. CHALMERS. 1907 HERBERT KNIGHT CRUIKSHANK. Editor PuDllsh'd weekly by CHALMERS PUB. LISHING COMPANY. 516 Fifth Avenue. New York. N. Y. Telephone: Murray Hill 1610*1 -2-3. Member Audit Bureau of Ciroulations. John F. Chalmers, president: James P. Chalmers. Sr., vice-president; Alfred J. Chalmers, vice-president ; Eliza J. Chalmers* secretary and treasurer; Ervin L. Hall, busi ness manager. Managing Editor— Epes W. Sargent; Associate Editor — Sumner Smith, Advertising Manager — James A, Milligan. Equipment Manager— Gus Fausel. Circulation Manager — Dennis J. Shea. Branch Offices; Jones & Sale. 64 West Randolph Street. Chicago: Tom Waller. Taft Building. Vine Street and Hollywood Blvd.. Hollywood. Cal. Subscription price: $3.00 a year to countries where stamps are not necessary for posting: $3.50 to Canada; $6.00 to other countries requiring stamps for postage. Copyright, 19 26. Chalmers Publishing O. Copyright throughout Great Britain and Colonies, under the provisions of the Copyright Act of 1911. (All rights reserved.) Other publications; Cine Mundial. Published in Spanish and circulating In all Spanish s phasing countries of the world Spanish and English boefci. 5 VOL. 89 NO. 1 PIERSON TO HEAD “IT ROAD SHOWS With 4 road show pictures to be marketed within 2 years, Carl Laemmle has established a road show department for Universal. As general manager of this he has engaged Wayne Pierson, formerly booking manager and assistant to J. J. McCarthy, and more recently general manager of Fox road show department and of “King of Kings” road shows. Mr. Pierson's first show will be “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” which opens at the Central on November 4. Mr. Pierson is making his offices at 730 Fifth avenue. He hasengaged Warren Lewis as special publicity representative for the “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” show. LONDON CABLE Moving Picture World Bureau, London, Nov. 3. The Films Bill battle reopens •with debates and deputations raging around the question of British control. Another new English producing company has a million dollar flotation. United signs Camilla Horn for Hollywood. Mr. Shauer and son disembark from the Aquitania. English production is planned for the mammoth picture, “Peace of the World.” Haymarket Capitol is expected to present “King of Kings.” Berlin is strongly impressed by the picture. Mercedes Gleitze is signed for films. Betty Bronson is proposed for the Kipling and Barrie films. OHIOSHOWMEN TO HEAR NEWS OFCONFERENCE Trade Commission Promises a Report At Nov. 16 Meet The anxiously awaited report of the Federal Trade Commission on the Trade Conference recently held in New York City will be heard at the November 16 convention of the M.P.T.O. of Ohio in Columbus, according to a statement by Business Manager P. J. Wood. Wood declares that Commissioner Abram Myers, who presided at the Conference, has promised him the full report in time for the convention. Speakers at the convention will be Charles C. Petti john of the I Hays organization, R. F. Woodhull, president of the M.P.T.O. A.; I Congressman J. T. Begg of Sandusky and Governor Donahey. New Chillicothe House Cincinnati — A new house is scheduled for Chillicothe, Ohio, to cost around $200,000. The project is being sponsored by Meyers Bros, and Laconey Greenbaum. ! COMBINE RUMOR (Continued from preceding page) Albee Theatre in Brooklyn and the Metropolitan in Boston, it is said. While Keith-Albee has announced that the Poli sale removes it from any franchise obligations as to vaudeville, in some sources it is felt that the Boston syndicate, if it completes purchase of the Poli houses, can at least make trouble by bringing the question before the courts. Of Moss it is said that many of his leases are about up and that he plans changes in his theatre holdings. If he does enter the New England field competitively it will complicate matters considerably, since Adolph Zukor is said to own | 50 per cent, of the Moss circuit. Moss, according to Broadway, borrowed from Zukor in order to buy out Sol Brill, his partner, who is credited with owning more first mortgages on theatres in the New York territory than any other man, and gave Zukor half of his theatre stock as security. Up in New Haven Poli told newspaper men that he may take up sculpture and fishing when “I drop the theatrical business.” “The old sculpture tools with which I made images in Italy, in Paris and in New Haven 40 or 50 years ago are still up in my attic,” he said. “So is my fish pole. I am going to bring both down as soon as I get out of the theatre business.” Inquiries from the parties involved elicited no comment. A RELIC OF THANHAUSER STUDIO DAYS The photo was taken in New Rochelle in 1915. The following can be recognized: Leon J. Rubenstein, Thanhauser advertising manager; Thornton Fisher, N. Y. Evening World cartoonist; Rose Dugan, Morning Telegraph representative; Lyn Denig, Moving Picture World; Gladys Hulette, starring in the picture; Tom Kennedy, Motography; Pete Milne, Motion Picture News: Jim Milligan, Billboard. GERMAN NEWS By Correspondent Nr OW “The Big Parade” is on at the UFA Kurfurstendamm, west of Berlin. The success at i the opening night was marvelous. 1 But — haven't we got enough of war and terror? We have seen 1 “Barbed Wire” and found it very good ; we saw “What Price Glory” j and admired the acting of McLaglen and Dolores Del Rio, but after ! all, the German people ask : “Isn't that enough?” * * * We have several famous musi I cians conducting in first-run I houses. Especially one ; Otto I Stenzeel, who was formerly con | nected with Emo Rapee. He is only a young fellow, but he has j learned a lot from the musical master of the Roxy. And now we have a guest here: Frederick Stahlberg, who came from New | York to conduct the Riesenfeld score of “King of Kings.” * * * “King of Kings” will be soon 1 the talk of the town, when it will have its premiere at the Tauentzien Palast. The house will be decorated as no house in Berlin has been decorated. A special audience will attend the gala opening. > The performance starts at 10 o’clock. Among the guests will i be Reichspresident Hindenburg. | Reichskanzler Luther. Reichsaus A senminister Stresemann. All of i the churches will be represented i by officials. . * * * “Napoleon,” now at UFA Pal ” ast am Zoo, is a real box office success. Albert Dieudonne plays i the part of Napoleon and Susi Yer j non is in it too. The picture will ' come through Metro Gold wyn next » March to New York for special presentation. Albany Booking Renewed Albany — The hesitation on the part of exhibitors toward booking new product, which prevailed in Albany for a number of weeks, has now entirely vanished, according to statement made during the past week at practically all of the dozen or more exchanges in the city. All of the big exhibitors have booked product for months ahead and some for the complete ; year. HOUSE BOMBED (Continued from preceding page) Later. Inspector William Cross found 4 cans of nitroglycerine at 1 the rear. It is his belief that the explosion was premature. Damage to the building is esti' mated around $100,000. Cosco would not comment on the explosion. In addition to the Tivoli he operates 7 other theatres.