The Moving picture world (January 1926-February 1926)

MOVING PICTURE WORLD 3 Many Pathe Employees In Service Long Terms Just 434 Faithful Over Five Years, 353 From Five to Nine, 64 From Ten to Fourteen, 17 Over Fifteen — Award Emblems giiiiiii;iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii:iiiiiii!iii!iiiiiiii!iii>iiiiii I First in 1926 j -1 The first names lo ap g 1 pear on the new marriage J 1 license book in the office | j of the clerk and recorder i i of the City and County of i S Denver, Col., are those of S 1 A. H. Vincent, assistant 1 1 manager of the Paramount M i theatres in Denver, and 1 1 his bride, formerly Miss 1 1 Ruth Fuqua of Denver. 1 1 Determined to be the g § first to secure a license to M 1 be married in 1926, Mr. 1 i Vincent and his bride p p routed out the clerk and 1 i recorder at 3 a. m. on New § g Year's morning. They i 1 were married that day and 1 1 are now living at the Mills g f Hotel in Denver, but plan 1 g to leave in the near future 1 g for a honeymoon trip in 1 I the East. 1 lllllllllllllllllillillilllllllllllllllllillllllllllliillllliliiililllilillllliiiillllliiillllillilllil'^^ Nevins, Typical American Boy, Likes Movies Prefers Theatres to Broadway Lights The typical American boy likes the movies. Josei)h Nevins, 13 years old, chosen tlie most representative American boy by the Boys' Club of "Washington, D. C, showed his preferences plainly on his visit last week to New York City, his reward for winning the honor, by attending the movies instead of marveling at Broadway. The boy not only spent the first evening in a picture theatre, but visited them regularly the following days of his visit, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. .John Nevins. Dad is with a Washington paper. Hoffman New Manager Of Paramount Studio The appointment of Milton E. Hoffman as executive manager of the Famous Players-T^asky studio in Hollywood is announced by B. P. Schulberg and Hector Turnbull, associate producers. Mr. Hoffman, who is now production manager at the Ocil B. DeMille plant in Culver City, will join Paramount immediately to carry out plans for the installation of the production forces in the newly purchased quarters — the twenty-six acre United Studios. Bie Omiilin iiroNS Motion picture Hlms distributed by the combined exchanges of f)maha during the year totalled a business volume of 13,500,000, The remarkable record of Pathe Exchange, Inc., in having 27 per cent, of its employees in service with the firm for five ysais or more, proves conclusively that there is stability in the motion picture business. Twenty-seven per cent., or 431 of approximately 1,600 employees, have been with the house of Pathe for five years or more, while 353 Patheites have from five to nine years of service to their credit; 64 have from ten to fourteen years' record, and 17 have fifteen years or more of continuous service with Pathe. To celebrate the terms of long service and express appreciation of its employees' loyally, Pathe presented diplomas and gold emblems to those in service five years or more in a ceremony unique in motion picture annals. Seventy-five of the 'home office staff were summoned to the office of Vice-President and General Manager Elmer Pearson where each was presented with a gold emblem and a diploma. The presentations were made by Mr. Pearson, who signed each diploma with Paul Fuller, Jr.. president of Pathe Exchange, Inc. Following the home office ceremonies, the presentations were duplicated in every one j)f the thirty-four branches throughout the United States and in the la Charge Soldiers With Burglary (Sf^CLial Disfialcli lo Moving Picture World) San Francisco, January 12. The attempted burglary of the safe of the Monterey Theatres Company at Monterey, Cal.. on the morning of January 4 has resulted in the arrest of Lieutenant Clarence Aikin and Supply Sergeant Charles Barnes, of the United States Army, stationed at the Presidio, Monterey. Earlier in the evening'. Mark G. Keller, manager of the theati-o company operating these houses, went to the office to place money in the safe and was held up by a masked man in the hallway. Instead of complying with the demand that he hand over the cash, he slipped into the office, locked the door and shouted out of the window for help. The men fled and the money was placed in the safe. Later a patrolman passed the building, and hearing a noise ascended to the second floor. Here he saw two men drop a kit of tools and attempt to hide in a closet. Not until he had fired a shot through the door did they come out. On tlie way 1" the police station the men broke and ran, but one was recaptured after a chase and the other was located shortly afterward at the barracks. boratories in Bound Brook and Jersey City. Leon Franconi. manager of the Film Editing Department, a seventeen-year man, is the oldest employee at the 'home office. Others at this office with longtime service records are: Samuel Macknovitch, 15 years; Gaston L. Chanier, 13; Brendan P. Egan, 13, Mario Frcjmann, 13; P. Allen Parsons, 12; Manuel Rivera Regalado. 12; John W. Kyle, 11; Sadie Gilde, 11; Arthur Rosseau, 11, and John Humm. 11. At the Bound Brook Laboratory the leaders in point of service are: Antoinette Despland, 18 years; Thomas Fellows, 18; Katherine Furtner, IS: Josephine Bullock, 1&: Reba Kershner, 18; Edward IMa'ngeot, 18; Alex Pluhar, 17; Walter Conklin, 17; Andrew Hoagland, 16; Katherine Gulicit, 16. At Jersey City, Juliette Champion is just what her name states, with a record of IS years of service. At Pathe News, Nettie Kuver and John A. Bartone top the list with records of 11 years, followed closel.v for honors by Editor Emanuel Cohen, who has headed the pioneer newsfilm for ten years. Five, ten and fifteen year emblems and diplomas have been awarded to those named above in recognition of their respective length's of service. Denver Film Men Elect Officers fecial Dis/'atch to Movi.s-c Picture WoRin ) Denver, January 12. As 'a result of a semi-annual election on January 4, the following new officers were installed in the Denver Film Board of Trade for the first six months of the new jear: President, J. H. Ashby, First National: vice-president, \V. E. Matthews, F. B. O.; secretary, A. P. Archer, Educational; executive secretary, treasurer and general counsel, Duke W. Dunbar. Members of the Board of .\rbitration who will represent the Denver Film Board of Trade for the coming period are Charles R. Gilmour, 'VV'arner BrothersW. B. Matthews. F. B. O.; S. B'. Rahn. Pathe. The new Fire Committee is composed of G. E. Rosen wald. Universal; Charles R. Gilmour, Warner Brothers; W. E. Matthews, F. B. O. Rossman Appointed Earl Rossman, producer of Pathe's "Klvalina of the Ice Lands," has received the notable distinction of being appointed official photographer of the Detroit Arctic expedition. yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu I No Soft Pedal I i There is a unique endur | g ance contest these days at g g the Albany Theatre in Al g I bany, N. Y., due to the g g fact that bowling alleys J g have been installed on the g g floor above the theatre. g g The only music is fur g g nished by a pianist. When 1 g the crash of the balls is g M loudest she crescendos with g 1 might and main. g g The noise of the bowlers g g is so great that it has been g 1 necessary to rearrange the g g playing schedule of the g g two pianists so that there g g it now no interval when g 1 the piano is not heard from g g 10 a. m. until 11 p. m. g llllllllllllllllillllllllllliilllllllllilillliilililllillllllllllllllllililiiililililllililillllllllllli Balaban & Katz Transfer Many House Managers Zetterholm Made Assistant to Immerman {Special Dispatch lo Moving I'lcruRE World) Chicago, January 13. Several changes were made during the past week in the managers and assistants of the various theatres of Balaban & Katz. M. E. Zetterholm has been named assistant to Manager Walter Immerman of the Chicago Theatre and Harry Potter has been made treasurer. R. L. Davis has been transferred from the Rcosevelt to be assistant to Manager L. H. Dally of the Tivoli, who was form?rly at the P^iveria. J. B. Casey has been advanced to treasurer. H. DeRonchi has been named assistant to Miles Concannon, manager of the Uptown, and C. D. Krepps is now treasurer of that theatre. Frank Chamski has been named assistant manager of the Central Park and A. Berg, formerly treasurer of the Chicago, has been advanced to managership of the Roosevelt, with J. G. Si'uve as assistant and Carl M. Eggers as treasurer. G. R. F'ouche is now manager of the' McVickers, with Hoy Bruder as assistant and Earl Doob as treasurer. Jesse Crawford, i)remier solo organist of Balaban & Katz, has gone on tonr and opened last week at the State Theatre in Detroit for a limited ongagomont. He will be away for some time on an extended lour of the larger eastern houses of the Publix circuit. liiiMkj' u Major Jesse L Lasky. first vice.preaident of I'^nious PlayorsLasky Corporation, in charge of production, has been sworn in as a major of the Officers' Reserve of the United States Signal Corps.