Paramount Pep (1923)

2 Paramount Pep B. B.— B. M. Adolph Zukor Celebrates Fiftieth Birthday Adolph Zukor’s fiftieth birthday was celebrated by executive and department heads of the Home Office, at Delmonicos, New York, last Sunday, January 7th. There were thirty-seven present at dinner, which was followed by an entertainment, the principal feature of which was a surprise visit by Mrs. Zukor and Mrs. Albert E. Kaufman, Mr. Zukor’s sister-in-law. In the course of the evening Mr. Zukor heard so many complimentary things said about himself that at the conclusion of the speech-making when he rose to talk, he was unsparing in his pledges of deep regard to his friends. Telegrams of congratulation were read from Mr. Jesse L. Lasky, Cecil B. De Mille, Herman A. Wobber, R. C. LiBeau, Louis Marcus, Phil Reisman, Harry A. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Newman, and from over seas came messages by cable from the four corners of the world, the signers being John C. Graham, John A. Hicks, Australia, Adolpho Osso of Paris, and Ingvald Oes of Copenhagen. Prior to the program, each person present made a speech limited to fifty words, each telling his own estimate of himself. Some of the remarks were very amusing, the heartiest laugh greeting Claud Saunders, who said: “You have all been with me for four years. I hope you are with me eight years more.” The toastmaster was John C. Flinn, who briefly sketched Mr. Zukor's early life. Mr. Albert E. Kaufman, who has lately returned from Berlin, presented a motion picture of animated cartoons and moving pictures made in the early days of the Famous Players. Mr. Emil E. Shauer, head of the foreign department, told of the ramifications of the Paramount organization, which Mr. Zukor founded, in distant parts of the world. Mr. Botsford spoke humorously about Mr. Zukor’s ability as a golfer, and Mr. Frederic G. Lee recounted his early dealings with the guest of honor. The other speakers were Mr. Eugene Zukor, who responded to the toast “how it feels to be the son of a distinguished father,” and Mr. Sidney R. Kent, General Manager of distribution, who concluded a splendid personal eulogy with the presentation of a gift on behalf of those who were present. The gift was a very beautiful golden picture frame, significant of the fiftieth anniversary, the frames containing recently taken photographs of Mr. Zukor’s two grandchildren. Among those present in addition to the above mentioned were : Robert Kane, Henry Salsbury, H. H. Buxbaum, Hugo Riesenfeld, Felix Kahn, George W. Weeks, John D. Clark, H. G. Ballance, R. W. Saunders, C. E. McCarthy, Mel Shauer, G. B. J. Frawley, G M. Spidell, W. E. Smith, George Schaeffer, Ralph Kohn, Theodore Young, H. B. Franklin, P. H. Stilson, Jos. Seidelman, O. R. Geyer, E. C. King, Dr. Stern, R. C. Montgomery, A. C. Kehoe, Julian Johnson, and Louis S warts. Hen Bloteky Ben Bloteky, Branch Manager of our Kansas City Exchange, is the gentleman on your left. Ben is a live wire from start to finish and is especially a great believer in putting Paramount in the smaller towns, and to this end has done a great deal in furthering distribution in this territory. Ben is a regular fellow— knows the business and is always boasting of the fact that he is a Paramounteer. Dixon With Us Again Norman Dixon is the first Exploiteer at Peoria. He’s now on the job. Norman is far from being a newcomer to the Exploiteering contingent, he having served long terms at Des Moines and Cincinnati. Recently he has been managing a Paramount theatre in New Bedford, Mass., but the lure of the road was too strong and so we welcome him back into the Saunders fold. Unique National Advertising Book Our Paramount National Advertising Book on the super thirty-nine will in a very short time be in the hands of our field representatives. This clever compilation of our national ads, supervised by A. M. Botsford, our advertising manager, is no doubt the best to date. It is bound with a beautiful heavy buff cover containing copies of all “Saturday Evening Post” ads on the super thirty-nine and also a Curtis circulation book for 1922 on the “Saturday Evening Post,” “Ladies’ Home Journal” and “Country Gentleman.” Aside from the advertising value of this book, it will be one of the greatest assets District and Branch Managers, Exploiteers and Salesmen have had for pertinent pointers on circulation. Those compiling this book deserve a great deal of credit not only for their hard work but their far-sightedness in the direct benefit of a compilation of this sort to our men in the field. A. M. Botsford, our Advertising Manager, supervised it and was ably assisted by A. O. Dillenbeck, the go-between of our corporation and Hanff-Metzger. The copy and art work were executed at the Hanff-Metzger plant and done in such a way that it will make new history for Paramount advertising.