The Moving picture world (November 1922-December 1922)

December 16, 1922 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 637 Many Pies for the Same Finger R. D. Craver, of the Broadway, Charlotte, N. C, recently attended the annual convention of the American Association of Bottlers (which is entirely different since prohibition). Craver, besides owning and operating the Broadway, handling the executive end of the First National office in Charlotte and spending a goodly portion of time on a million dollar hunting preserve in the Carolina mountain fastnesses, owns the Midas Mineral Springs, on his extensive farm near Charlotte, and operates a dozen or more delivery trucks, supplying pure drinking water to Charlotte and surrounding suburbs. Detroit "Omar, the Tentmaker" goes into the Capitol the week of January 7. Sam Barrett, of Metro, and Jake Schrieber, of the Blackstone Theatre, Detroit, left on November 25 for Grayling, intent on getting their share of the deer in that part of the state. Sam promised the head to the Michigan Screen Club. A bold daylight robbery of the Fuller Theatre at Kalamazoo was recently frustrated on the afternoon of November 28, when Lee Tilson, manager of the house, recognized one of the would-be robbers as Benjamin F. Steers, former president of the Kalamazoo Exchange Club, and refused to be held up. Police captured the robbers before they could make their escape from the foyer of the theatre. At police headquarters they gave their names as "Big Dick" Steketee, Frank Stikes, alias "Gyp, the Dud," "Coal Ben" Steers and "Long John" DeRight, all members of the Exchange Club of Kalamazoo, seeking funds for the poor kiddies' Christmas tree. They obtained their release from custody after collecting contributions from the staff at police headquarters. Canadian Exhibitor Exchange to Undergo a Reorganization ration, has gone to Winnipeg from Montreal to conduct the Capitol there temporarily. Mr. Thomas is the resident manager of the Montreal Capitol, and during his rru / J T i 1 T-. . ... . absence in Winnipeg the house The Canadian Exhibitors Ex The house had been taken over there will be directed by S. Dunchange, Ld the film distributing by the c.ty some time ago for non ,0 assistant manager, agency established five years ago payment of taxes, by the Motion Picture Exhibitors Protective Association of Ontario, Frank Gilbert has sold the Announcement has been made with headquarters at Toronto, is Manitou Theatre, Manitou, Mani by the Famous Players Canadian to undergo a reorganization, the toba, to John Buckham and has Corporation, Ltd., that the Regent board of directors to have a num moved to Souris, Manitoba, where Theatre, Toronto, formerly the ber of new faces. The name of he has purchased the picture the parent house of the corporation's Meyer Fisher has been linked up atre from Alex Mclntyre, who has chain in Canada, will be reopened with the report that the company retired from business, is to have a new general manager. Tom Scott, originally the secre Oral Cloakey, manager of the shortly as a straight picture theatre. The exhibitors of Winnipeg, tary of the exhibitor association, Capitol Theatre, Winnipeg, for has been manager of the Toronto two years, has been transferred Manitoba, have decided to postbranch exchange and will likely to Hamilton, Ontario, by the pone their "Go to Theatre Week" continue in that post. Famous Players Canadian Cor poration to take over the man until the early spring. Arrangements had been made to hold this The reopening of the Hippo agement of the Capitol Theatre in celebration before Christmas and drome at Toronto as the leading that city. The Hamilton Capitol Will Hays had been invited to at Iheatre of the chain of houses con was formerly Locw'^s Theatre, the tend. The shortness of time for trolled in Canada by the Famous latter having been taken over by preparation and the fact that vari Players Canadian Corporation, N. L. Nathanson interests two ous local houses were doing good proved to be a gala event. The months ago. H. M. Thornas, gen business as it was induced the feature was "The Young Rajah," eral supervisor of theatres for the managers to postpone the event this being shown during the week Famous Players Canadian Corpo until later in the season. of November 27. Official an nouncement was made that paid * . t i T> • T 1 admissions for the first day's per Atlanta BUSmeSS IS (jOOd formances totalled 7,325, which dPs^'atrnince^Vrnnxc^isf: With About Two Exceptions picture theatre in Canada. The „ . , , , r .i n rv . • i , i_ i i j artistic and luxurious furnishing Business, on the whole, for the unusually effective obby helped, of the Hippodrome, as compared past two weeks, has been good in The Fighting Streak drew well, with its simplicity of appearance Atlanta theatres despite weather The Tudor enjoyed good busiwhen under the control of M *"at has not helped the show ness, the best being for the week Shea, aroused wide interest and business to any great extent of November 27, when the feacomment For the week of De ^^^be Howard Theatre played tures were The Girl Who Ran cember 4 "The Masquerader" was "Clarence" to a weeks good Wild," on Monday and Tuesday; the f^lm attraction. business, folowed by The _ Im Another Man s Shoes, for Wed possible Mrs. Bellew. Business nesday and Thursday, the week Manager Hazza, of the Capitol 'o'' 'be second week was immense, closing with "De Luxe Annie." Theatre Calgary, conducted a but due credit must be given to At the Grand, "Always the fencing' competition for local tbc "extra added attraction," a Woman," "The Man from Downswordsmen for a large silver cup jazz band ing Street," "The New Teacher" during the week of November 27 The Metropolitan played A and The Man with Two in conjunction with the presenta Fool There Was" to good busi Mothers" played to uniformly tion of "To Have and to Hold" "ess, and likewise on "Rags to good business, as the week's feature. Riches. _. , , . . At the Rialto business was just jhe most interesting announce The Princess Theatre, Calgary, fair, "The Top of New York,|| „e„t of the week is that made by has been reopened as a municipally followed by 'Anna Ascends, Howard and Metropolitan owned playhouse under the man drawing average houses. The agement of W. J. Reid. The name management expected something Ellsworth Harmon, manager of the Strand Theatre at Lansing since last May, has assumed charge of the Franklin Theatre at Saginaw. Mr. Harmon was recently married to Miss Gladys Apgar, who has been serving in the capacity of treasurer for the Strand and Arcade theatres. theatres, of an advance in admis' _5 ... _ u t sion prices. Heretofore, these of the theatre has been changed of a reaction from the almost two theatres have had a 40 cent to "Variety Theatre" and it has sensationally successful two been leased from the city by D. weeks' run of ''When Knighthood G. Walkley under an arrangement Was in Flower," and so they whereby a percentage of the re faced the "just fair" business ceipts, week by week, will go into calmly. the civic treasury. For the re At the Strand "Moonshine _ ^ _ _ opening the Variety was thor Valley" was the most successful est— uniform good business." The oughly renovated and redecorated, picture of the two weeks and an personal appearance of Virginia Pearson at the Grand recently packed them in until the sidewalls of the theatre seemed to bulge. top price, but during the past week the admission ha* been raised to 50 cents. Manager T. R. James, of the Grand, reports "nothing of inter George Trendle, of the Kunsky Theatrical Enterprises, was in New York last week where he conferred with Richard Rowland and the finance committee on First National affairs. Mr. Trendle was later appointed a committee of one, to act with Robert Lieber, president, on a number of big financial projects. Not that we are unduly curious, or like to be inquisitive — but we wonder why it is so extremely difficult to ever "catch" Mr. James Jackson, manager of the Tudor, on the telephone? It's great hunting weather, nowadays, and Mr. Jackson is quite a hunter — so perhaps — Manager Sol Samuels, of the Alamo No. 1 reports that business has been "on the bum" for the past several weeks, and believes that the weather is to blame. A Titaijraph Release. THE JAUNTING CAR GAVE A NICE LOBBY TOUCH This is the lobby work of Pantages Theatre, Memphis, on "My Wild Manager W. T. Murray, of the Irish Rose." The car is sufficiently different from the rest to give a Alamo No. 2, has worked up a distinction to a pretty but not otherwise unusual display. (Continued on following page)