The Moving picture world (November 1921)

690 MOVING PICTURE WORLD December 10, 1921 Say It in the Anniversary Number We have hired the hall for you. We have supplied the audience. The house is filled, paid-for, and waiting to hear what you have to tell them about your films or equipment. Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Cuba, Central and South America look to the Anniversary Numbers of CINE-MUNDIAL as the directory which tells them what to buy for the coming year. Tell these markets about your pictures or your policies, your equipment or your 'plans for 1922 in the Sixth Anniversary Number of CINE-MUNDIAL. 30,000 copies. Issued for January, 1922. Forms close December 15. Write for the combination rotogravure rate on MOVING PICTURE WORLD and CINE-MUNDIAL. This rate permits you to sell to the markets of the entire world at a price so reasonable as to startle you. Chalmers Publishing Company 516 Fifth Avenue, New York City Kansas City With the opening of the Main Street Theatre several weeks ago, Kansas City now has eight first-run houses. The Main Street offers feature pictures and six acts of vaudeville at 50 cents top prices and a 28 cent matinee charge. Now one wonders if this will lower the admission prices of exclusive picture houses, which charge 35 and 50 cents admission, with the exception of one house which asks 50 and 75 cents. The new Pantages Theatre, opened shortly before the Main Street, charges slightly higher prices than the latter theatre, but comparatively lower than those asked by the picture houses. The Pantages also features first-run pictures and several acts of vaudeville. * * * The theatres of Springfield, Mo., are being threatened by the Sunday closing law, backed by the Sunday Blue Law advocates. The exhibitors of this territory are deeply concerned with the situation and a meeting was held in Kansas City recently in order to confer and advise on the situation. It developed that a traveling evangelist has stirred up the town. S. E. Wilhoit and A. F. Baker, Springfield theatre owners, were present at the meeting and made known their intentions to pursue a course of action that would defeat the Blue Law measure. * * * Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Barron, who formerly operated the Isis and Mecca theatres in Augusta, Kas., have bought a half interest in the Kansas Theatre, formerly known as the Star, at Wichita, Kas. In acquiring half interest in the Kansas Theatre, the corporation is to be known as the B-C Amusement Company. J. H. Cooper, W. D. Jochems, Charles Barron and Mrs. Barron represent the executive board of directors. * * * E. M. McGray, home office representative for the F. B. Warren Corporation, visited the local office last week. * * * Tom Leonard of Pioneer, St. Louis, spent a day at the local offices of that company. * * * R. B. Browning, formerly with First National, is covering this territory for Realart. * * * W. B. Vaughn announces the opening of his new Viola Theatre at Viola, Kan. * * * The Star Theatre. Yates Center, Kas., is now under the management of Elmer Case. New equipment was installed by the Cole Theatre Supply Co. * * * Hunsley and Chears have purchased the picture theatres at Kiowa, Kas., from Mrs. Robinson. * * * W. H. Carson has sold the Peoples Theatre at Garnett, Kas., to the Central States Theatres Company. * * * J. P. Kelly of the Cozy Theatre at Pratt, Kas., has taken over the Liberty Theatre at Newton, Kas. He dropped around to some of the film exchanges last week and booked a few big releases. L. S. Cook has opened the Liberty Theatre at Augusta, Kas. * * * Mr. Barbour of the Ideal Theatre at Joplin, Mo., has close-i his theatre for extensive remodeling and redecorating. * * * M. J. McGinnis, owner of the Liberty Theatre at Nevada, Mo., has purchased the Star Theatre from J. E Haggard. * * * Out-of-town visitors during last week have been: William Cuff, Strand Theatre, Chillicothe, Mo.; W. H. Weber, Echo Theatre, Great Band. Kas.; J. J. Newcomb, Newk's Theatre, Burlington, Kas.; Mr. Homey, Gem Theatre, Guthrie, Okla. ; C. W. Hunt, Rex Theatre, Higginsville, Mo. ; Bert Byler, Bixman Theatre, Clinton, Mo. ; John Slapp. Lyceum Theatre, Platte City, Mo. ; Albert Jackson, Jackson Theatre, Pawhuska, Okla. ; "Kit" Carson, Empress Theatre, Osawatomie, Kas., and H. G. Ramsey of Eldorado, Kansas. * * * Ralph Simmons, recent manager of the W. W. Hodkinson branch in Kansas City, has been transferred to the more responsible post of Chicago branch manager of the same corporation. * * * R. C. Li Beau, district manager for Paramount, has recently returned from a district managers' convention held in New York. * * * Sam Stoll has been appointed Kansas City representative of Associated Producers' productions for First National, by E. C. Rhoden, branch manager. * ♦ * C. W. Rodebaugh, who covered the Missouri territory for Metro during the past two years, is now traveling the same territory for the United Artists. * * * Harry Melcher, formerly connected with the Pathe staff in "Omaha, has been appointed sales manager for the W. W. Hodkinson Corporation in the Omaha territory, according to Phil Ryan, Hodkinson district manager assigned to theNorthwest. * * * J. M. Duncan, division manager for Vitagraph, was in Kansas City last week. From here -he and Burt King, local manager, went to Chicago to meet John N. Guinn, who is general manager of Vitagraph. » * * J. W. Jenkins, new division manager of Enterprise, was a visitor at the local office recently. » * * Stanley Mayer, local Paramount representative, has received word from the home office to the effect that he was the winner of a gold watch awarded to the high salesman in this territory for sales during Paramount Week. * * * S. L. Haldeman, local Metro manager, left November 21 for a short trip through the Kansas State territory.