Paramount Pep (1923)

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8 Paramount Pep Denver Darts By Rick Ricketson Combining business with pleasure, that’s Hugh Braly all over. Manager Wilson sent Hugh to Los Angeles on a vacation trip. En route to Denver Hugh forgot he was on vacation and stopped over at Albuquerque long enough to take a record-breaking contract. Incidentally. Hugh secured the highest film rental on “WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER,” of any picture that has ever played New Mexico. The Denver Pep Club welcomes Misses Myrtle Slater and Marie Weirick to the organization. Miss Slater has joined our Contract Department and Miss Weirick is Secretary to the Booking Manager. E. I. Reed, Booking Manager, made a hurried trip to Salt Lake. The “SUPER 39” will start off in Denver with a bang! Mr. Ellison, Manager of the Princess and Rialto Theatres, declares the picture is too big for one house and will show it at the same time at both theatres. Another new flivver coupe has been tied out in front of the Exchange. Accessories Manager “Foxy” Fox has promised to take us for a ride. It’s one of those nifty ones, brightly painted disc wheels, etc. Cleveland Chatter By R. Labowitch The Paramount Club held an election of officers at their meeting last Tuesday and the following new officers were chosen : Mark Cummings is our new President and John MacGreevy, Secretary, and Miss Bessie Ipe retains her office of Treasurer. We expect some real results now and look forward to having some mighty good times. Mr. A. A. Kreier, Traveling Auditor, has been with us for a few weeks. Mr. H. A. Ross, our District Manager, accompanied by Mr. G. Knox Haddow, dropped in to see us this week. Mr. Ross has not been here for so long a time we thought we had been forgotten by him. Miss Theiss, formerly of the Cincinnati office, is now in our Auditing Department and has made many friends during her short time with us. We all hope she stays a good long time. Cincinnati Chatter By Samuel Cohen Gene Custer, Salesman in Zone 3, relates an amusing experience with an exhibitor in Agis, Ky. Custer introduced himself as a representative of Paramount Pictures. “Ain’t never heerd of them,” was the exhibitor’s reply. Taken somewhat aback, Gene mentioned several of our popular stars but was met with the same response. Finally, in desperation, he showed him a picture of Wm. S. Hart. “Ain’t never seen or heerd of him,” said the backwoods exhibitor. Such is fame! Another exhibitor wrote a letter to our Booking Department, requesting a date on “THE WORLD’S APPLESAUCE.” That handed everyone a good laugh. When you stop to think for a minute, the exhibitor wasn’t very far from the truth. Isn’t it a fact that ninetynine out of a hundred of the world’s applause is merely applesauce? Which reminds us that Ann Keck, Booking Stenographer, innocently inquired (but with a twinkle in her eye) if “JAVA HEAD” was a story of a coffee fiend? Of course everyone has heard of the exhibitor who asked that “THE GILDED LILY” be booked to him for the first week in April because he felt sure that it would be an ideal picture for Easter ! Birdie Caldwell and Elizabeth Withrock are getting real ambitious. Both are studying stenography and typing at night. After they finish their schooling, we suggest they take a post-graduate course with Sammy Cohen. Tom Lindsay walked into Mr. Milligan’s office just as the latter was about to light his cigar. Very deliberately, Mr. Milligan took off the cigar band and dropped it into the waste basket. “What’s the big idea?” Tom asked. “I’m going to play all by .myself,” was the wise crack, “I won’t need the band.” An exhibitor sent in a letter, the first sentence of which almost gave Manuel Naegel, Booker, heart failure. “Had a complete missout last night (the letter read) not a single patron. It was on account of the rain and storm and not thru any fault of yours.” Manuel heaved a deep sigh of relief as his face was wreathed in smiles. If ever there is established an accessories’ HALL OF FAME we are going to nominate the entire sales force of this exchange for a conspicuous place of honor therein. Everyone of them is cooperating with Sammy Cohen in making 1923 a banner year for the sale of accessories. (Mel Shauer, please note!) Depends on Viewpoint She — I never saw much in those georgette crepe dresses. He — Well, you’ve never looked at them in the right light. Harry Antin, Colorado Sales Representative, declares the days of miracles are still with us. He recently sold “KNIGHTHOOD” to the Isis Theatre, Boulder, for four days, which is one day longer than average run of big pictures, and on the fourth day of its exhibition, the manager called over long distance telephone to arrange for a fifth day showing.