The Moving picture world (November 1921)

December 24, 1921 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 959 News in Brief from Everywhere Buffalo Frank Davidson, assisted by Mrs. William Bork, former manager of the Buffalo store of the Rialto Theatre Supply Company/ is receiving exhibitors at the new Independent Movie Supply Company branch in North Pearl street, across from the tiew exchange building. The branch is the agency for the Powers projection machine. * * * O. T. Schroeppel, former assistant manager at Realart and recently manager of the Star, a General Theatre Corporation house, has resigned from the L. R. Steel Service Company and is contemplating a return to the film business. * * * George Falkncr and William M. Myers, both from the home office of Wid Gunning. Inc., have arrived in Buffalo to take charge of the local exchange in the Warner Building', Franklin street. Mr. Falconer will be office manager and Mr. Myers will have charge of exploitation and sales. Mr. Myers was formerly in Detroit with the old Warren organization. * * * At the get-together meeting of First National franchise holders in the Western New York territory November 29 and 30, A. C. Hayman, Harold B. Franklin and Edgar Weill were appointed members of the advisory board for the district. This board will meet at the end of each month at the request of the branch tnanager in Buffalo to hear any complaints from exhibitors. Reports were given on the national get-together meeting in Chicago by Fred Elliott, Albany; C. C. Fitzgibbons, Long Island; J. H. Michael, Buffalo; Harold B Franklin, Buffalo, and Doc Hall, Troy. Malcolm Williams has resigned from the Buffalo F. N. offces to join Realart. F. J. McKenna, formerly with the Allen interests in Canada, is now •covering the Southern tier. H. L. Levy won the first prize in the state sales contest last week. Business continues excellent and Manager Hayes is now preparing for the anniversary week. February 18 to 25. * * * A. W. Moses, manager of the Buffalo R-C Pictures branch, denies that C. E. Faust will leave his organization to take over the Albany office of Screen Attractions Distributing Company, of which Charles P. Saunders is the head. Mr. Faust will remain with the R-C Pictures, Mr. Moses declares. E. H. Arnold, formerly with F. B. Warren Corporation in Buffalo, has been engaged by Mr. Moses to cover the northern part of the state. * * * Harold B. Franklin, managing director of Shea's Hippodrome, is sporting a new Cadillac victoria. Harold is having an extremely hard time these days making both ends meet. * * * Al Beckerich, manager of the Buffalo Loew State, has been ill for a week but is improving rapidly. Business continues capacity at the new theatre. * * * A new stage setting is being installed at the Elmwood Theatre, Buffalo, by Manager Bruce Fowler. * * * Harry T. Lotz, manager of the Realart exchange, is showing Buffalo his new Haynes brougham. In order to keep folks away from the veh'cle, Harry has also purchased a police dog. The dog will carry a gun and a club. * * * Henry W. Kahn, Metro branch manager, announces that Dr. J. Victor Wilson has resigned as exploitationist in the Buffalo district, to accept a position with the Robbins Amusement Company, of Utica. Nate Robbins recently took over Papyanakos' interests in Watertown, N. Y. "Doc" will probably handle publicity for the company in Utica and Watertown. He has been exploiting "The Four Horsemen," in the Western New York district. * * * Sidney C. Allen is giving his patrons in Medina some great picture bills for the holidays. Mr. Allen operates the Allen and Scenic thea'res in Medina. Such pictures as "Ana^ol," "The Sheik" and several big Universal offerings are on the schedule this week. * * * Managers have agreed to stimulate the sale of Christmas seals by flashing on screens reasons why Buffalonians should buy health stamps and thus aid the Buffalo Tuberculosis association in its warfare against the great white plague. * * * M. P. Ryley has opened a theatre in Clarence, N. Y., in a new brick block which faces on Main street. The house has 700 seats. A large organ furnishes the music. The building, which has four stories in front, cost $60,000. * * * Captain Hyland of Belleville, Ont., has leased the Crown Theatre in Bridgeburg, Ont., and will open it as a picture house. * * * Elmer C. Winegar, Western New York representative for Pathe News, accompanied a large delegation of Buffalo Shriners on a trip to Washington last week. * * * Manager Rice of the Oatka Theatre in Warsaw, N. Y., donated the use of his theatre to the Wyoming County Farm Bureau last week for a showing of "Spring Valley," a farm bureau film dealing with the wool industry. * * * There have been many changes at the Buffalo Realart exchange. George Canty, who has been shipping clerk, has succeeded Norma Kratt, resigned. Joseph Shea, formerly with Paramount, is the new shipping clerk. Malcolm Williams and Frank E. McAvoy arc new salesmen. San Francisco Harry Schmidt, well known in local film exchange circles, has been made head booker in the Selznick exchange. * * * Newton Levi, for seven years with the Mutual Film Corporation and Robertson-Cole, and who for several years has been the Pacific Coast manager for the latter, has given up this position. He will go to Los Angeles shortly for a brief stay and then plans to go to New York to form new connections. * * * Eddie K. Fernandez, an exhibitor of the Hawaiian Islands, sailed for home recently, following an extended stay on the mainland. * *. * Joel C. Cohen, of the Consolidated Amusement Company, Honolulu, T. H., returned early in December from a business trip to New York where he made arrangements for film service for the coming year. Shortly after his return he was tendered a banquet at Tait's by local film interests, an event that was largely attended. He will leave for the Islands at an early date, reaching home before the Christmas holidays. * * * A. Wiley Mather, of the People's Theatre, Honolulu, T. H., has returned home from a brief business visit to the mainland in connection with plans for rehabilitating this amusement enterprise. * * * The First National Exhibitors' Circuit and the All star Features Distributors have arranged to move from their present lo.-ations on Golden Gate avenue to the new film exchange district on Turk street as soon as a building can be erected for their requirements. They will have as neighbors in the new location the Pathe Exchange, G. A. Metcalfe, Wid Gunning, Inc., the Educational Film Corporation and the W. W. Hodkinson Corp. The Pathe Exchange has moved to its new building on Turk street, near Leavenworth, where one of the finest film exchanges on the Coast has been fitted up. The former quarters at 985 Market street have been taken over temporarily by the W. W. Hodkinson Corp. which is also making use of its film distributing plant. * * * L. Ernest Ouimet, president and general manager of the Special Film Import, Ltd., Montreal, with branch exchanges at St. John. Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver, was a recent visitor here, having come to California to spend the holidays with his family, which is wintering in this state. He plans to return home in January and will make a business trip to New York the following month. * * * , G. L. Metcalfe has furnished projection equipment to George Kirchof, who is opening a theatre at Westport, Cal. A. C. Karski, of the Royal Theatre, located in the Polk street district, has been made chairman of the Polk street lighting committee, which is seeking to have a distinctive system of illumination adopted. * * * Alexander Pantages, who recently arrived here on a tour of inspection, announces that new Pantages Theatres will be erected in Greater San Francisco, one in the city proper and one in Oakland. * * * C. C. Kaufman, of the Gem Theatre, Colusa, was a recent visitor in town and was besieged by nimrods on Film Row seeking information in regard to duck hunting. Colusa is located in the center of a fine hunting district and the Kaufman home is the center of many gatherings of film men during the season. * * * A. McDonald, of the Rialto Theatre, Yallejo, has taken over the Strand Theatre at Dixon. * * * Al Sather and Barney Fenebock have leased the Star Theatre at Maricopa. * * * The Auditorium Theatre at Grass Valley is now beins; operated by a co-partnership consisting of William V. Tamblyn, Gerge H. Calanan, A. L Gill, William Williams, James C. Tyrell and A. H. Mooser. * * * James Beatty, of the Liberty Theatre, San Jose, announces that work on the theatre to be erected on South First street will be commenced shortly after the first of the year. Upon the completion of this house the present one will be remodeled and enlarged. * * * Joseph M. Schenck, producer of moving pictures starring Norma Talmadge, Constance Talmadge and Buster Keaton, addressed the members of the Northern California division of the First National Exhibitors' Circuit at a meeting held in Knights of Columbus Hall on the morning of December 7. Mr. Schenck came to this city on the invitation of Joseph Bauer, . of the Wigwam Theatre. * * * K. Mikaldo, a producer of Tokyo, Japan, is a business lvisitor in San Francisco. * * * Pantages Circuit is making a wider use of moving pictures than ever before, and in order to have proper music for the interpretation of these is having Robert-Morton organs installed in all of its houses, many of which have already been so equipped. * * * Among the recent visitors at the Pacific Studios have been James Davis, director of Mack Sennctt comedies; Harry Williams, director of Chester comedies, and Harry Revier, who will use this studio in the production of four pictures for C B. G, of which Joseph Brandt is president.