Paramount Around the World (1927)

'm T H E S foreign! LEG IONSPLEDGE Division One Thunder Challen “GREAT THINGS DURING 1928” Says HARRY D. NISBETT (Branch Manager, Liverpool) I am proud to say that the I.iverpool Boys and Girls always look forward with keen anticipation and are thrilled when they read the inspiring messages of the wonderful progress of the Paramount Foreign Legion so ably put forward by Mr. E. E. Shauer. We are more enthusiastic than ever in displaying that fighting spirit which has placed Paramount where it rightly belongs. With the help and guidance of Mr. J. C. Graham and his Executives, and with such wonderful productions as "The Trumpet Call,” “Barbed Wire,” "The Way of All Flesh” and “Chang,” we have no hesitation in saying that we will not only maintain the tradition of Paramount, but make 1927-28 a year of great achievement. THE TRUMPET CALL By D. GILPIN (Branch Manager, Leeds) The Trumpet Call has been sounded, and the Leeds Branch has now one fixed determination, and that is to beat the figures which were delivered as the total business of the 1926-27 year. With the advent of Short Features, we are already being amply repaid by obtaining contracts from theatres which run all our regular releases, and consequently we shall have the satisfaction of seeing complete programmes made up of Paramount Productions, and by that, still further cementing our wonderful Trade Mark. As the Paramount Building acts as a beacon light to ships entering New York Harbour, so do Paramount Pictures when billed in Yorkshire Theatres act as a magnet for the Public. Look to Yorkshire making the New Year A BIG YEAR. THE PARAMOUNT SENTIMENTS OF DIVISION MANAGER, BEN SIMMONS (Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Dublin territories) From the Branch Manager to Errand Boy, at the Paramount Offices of my Division, one can readily recognize speed and efficiency. This is due to the ability of Mr. J. C. Graham and his Executives who have spent many years in training each one of us to have the Paramount initiative. Our Salesmen are striving hard to keep up the standard we had built for many years and I am confident that at the final check-up my Division will measure up to the expectations of our Chiefs. Efficiency is our pass-word and we cannot fail. WHAT 1928 SHOULD FIND By HAROLD WALKER (District Manager, London, Birmingham and Cardiff territories) To all my fellow Legionnaires I send warmest good wishes. Looking back over the past year with its aftermath of the General Strike, I am more than delighted with the wonderful enthusiasm shown hy Branch Managers and Salesmen. Undaunted, they have kept attacking and I feel sure that in the new offensive in the coming year they will sweep forward over a very wide front. They assure me that the advent of the new high explosive “Chang” is already having a most satisfactory effect, aided by the new grenades of the “Senorita,” “Knockout Reilly” and “Way of All Flesh” type. 1928 should see the Paramount Banner floating over citadels that have hitherto proved invincible. MEL JOINS THE RANKS OF FAME. We know of no spot in all of London which has witnessed the photographing of more famous people than the entrance to 166 Wardour Street. This spot happens to he the entrance to London’s Paramount House, and on or near its doorstep there have faced the camera hundreds of princes, emirs, wazirs, potentates, sultans, stars, statesmen, authors, rajahs, presidents, featured players, marajahs, premiers, executives, czars, kings, studio officials, earls, dukes, baronets, barons, viscounts — and now Melville A. Shauer, Ad sales Manager of the Domestic Department, now in Europe making an acute and accurate survey of conditions prior to assuming the Ad Sales Managership for the entire world. He is photographed in company with Frederick Martin, director of publicity and advertising for Great Gritain. GREAT BRITAIN’S (Division One) P. F. B. DRIVE RESULT GLASGOW 114.62 DUBLIN 101.28 Cardiff 98.75 Leeds 94.28 London. 93.19 Birmingham 92.68 Newcastle 89.95 Manchester 84.51 Liverpool 76.69 SALESMEN LEE 122.34 COWAN 118.65 Barnard 113.76 Supper 109.87 Savage 108.31 Goldman 108.18 Gogan 105.38 Murphy 104.06 Morris 102.73 Gross 102.23 Mitchell 101.86 King 97.53 Larson 96.67 Bays 96.23 Marks 93.76 Birley 92.10 Wild 88.20 France 85.69 Jay 84.35 Hyman 83.88 Gray 83.65 Abbey 79.97 Gillick 79.20 Goodman 77.80 Dickinson 76.94 Terr. GLASGOW 2 GLASGOW 3 Glasgow 1 London 3 London 4 London 2 Dublin 2 Dublin 1 Cardiff 1 Leeds 3 Leeds 1 Cardiff 2 Newcastle 1 Birmingham 1 London 6 Birmingham 2 Manchester 1 Manchester 2 Leeds 2 London 7 Newcastle 2 London 5 Liverpool 1 Liverpool 2 London 1 ge to the World THE SENTIMENTS OF DIVISION ONE Expressed by Mr. E. AYRES, Secretary Greetings and Good Wishes to all serving under the banner of Paramount, whether they be on land or water. The British Legion at the moment has its special difficulties, but, stimulated by the Spirit of Paramount we shall surmount them, and prove ourselves a worthy section of the great organization to which we all have the honour to belong. “MY BRANCHES ON THEIR METTLE” Says DISTRICT MANAGER I. COLLINS (Newcastle and Glasgow territories) The outlook in my division is substantially better than has been the case for a considerable time, and the underlying strength of my two “Lieutenants” gives me encouragement. There are indications that during the following months things will become still better. The 1927-8 Programme is being embarked upon on an extensive scale, and good results have been shown through the activities of Messrs. T. Ledger and J. Hamson of Newcastle and Glasgow respectively, who are possessed of an indomitable will to excel each other. According to the figures last printed, Glasgow held the foremost Branch position, and since then Newcastle has gone ‘all out’ to oust them from their coveted position. Both branches are on their mettle, and I have every confidence that I shall see them at the top of the ladder when the final results for this year are published. “WE ARE ON THE RIGHT ROAD!” SAYS NEWCASTLE BRANCH MANAGER, T. LEDGER With our 1927-8 Programme now well under wajq I feel that we are on the right road, and it is a reasonable assumption to assert that success has attended the efforts of this Branch during the past few weeks, and also that the results we have shown will be surpassed. It is our intention to transform hopes into realizations, and we are going forward into the future with a grim determination to accomplish record results. We are all desirous of seeing this Branch on top, and are equal to the task. The principle demands the best, and in that direction lies the realization of our wishes. “ARRAH!”— Says J. J. BELL (Branch Manager, Dublin) “Attaboy” is an expression used in the PTnited States. Mr. Simmons, our District Manager, when he visits our Branch will not use this word, although he has only recently returned from the New York and Chicago Conventions. His slogan is “Arrah.” This is Irish for “pep” and I must say that we in the Emerald Isle put so much "Arrah” into our work that ultimately we will prove to the English Branches that we are miles ahead of them. Watch Ireland, and “begorrah” we mean to top the list. “CHANG” HAS CAPTIVATED BERLIN When Mr. Ike Blumenthal wrote from Berlin on November 1st his comprehensive letter contained, among other items of interest, the information that “Chang” was then in its 10th week at the UFA Pavilion Theatre. The acehigh jungle melodrama was still at the Pavilion when these lines went to press. Page Fifteen