The Billboard (1920)

M ffc;,f FILM PRESS AGENTS. Lem Stewart la now Handling the publicity for the Triangle; Bert Adler is general publicity representa- tive for the Inter-Ooeon Film Corporation. Al. Strassman, for some time attached to the press department ot the Smith & Golden offices, has been engaged by .bouts Mayer to v take care of all the press work for the new Anita Stewart pictures, Ewan Justice, formerly with the Fox, and has Just recovered from a long illness, will go to Washington, where he may likely take up permanent work In his line. Henry MacMahon, In addition to writing the press matter for the Educational, is doing considerably special writing for numerous magazine* and monthly publications. \T. J. Maclnness, director of advertising for the War Division of Films, is a former Chicago newspaperman. The war films de- partment have leased three floors at 6 West 48th street, where Maclnness and staff were the first to move in last week. Maclnness is getting out all kinds 01 general and special etufr for the war film feature, "America's Answer." In the ^"Independent," with which is in- corporated "Harper's Weekly," appears a series of articles on "Confessions ot a Mo- tion Picture Press Agent." Tiio *.ml of the three contributions, deals with tue inner side of the industry, with some interesting revela- tions on things in the passing that happened but which heretofore were not published. The name of the press agent writing the articles Is withheld, but the writer appears to know all about it. ING P I C T U R Ueut Wells Hawks, commissioned to handle all ot the press work for the navy, and who is continually pulling all sorts ot stunts stimulating recruiting, especially In New xork, has the navy film publicity also under bis supervision, with a specially designated picture squad. H. R. Judge, now the general press agent for the United Theatres Pictures Circuit, .was With the George Arliss company for five years as manager. He Is also a former newspaper man, * Walter Sanford, recently general press' representative for Fox, is on the road with George Arliss, managing his tour. • Jack Grey is looking after the press work on the new Houdlni serial for B. A. Bolfe. COAST FILM NEWS. By GUY PRICE. Lon Angeles, Sept. 21. Jack L. Winn, formerly with Cohan & Har- ris, has been appointed assistant manager of Clune's Auditorium. v B. Helmlcb, general manager of the Co- operative Film Exchange, Ltd., Australia, was tiie guest of the Christie Film Co. Harry 8. Northrup has been engaged by Douglas Fairbanks to play Captl Hodgson in "Arizona." Frank O'Neill, the cinema commuter, has been rejected by the army for the twelfth time. O'Neill refuses to tell what Is the mat- ter with him. Charles H. Christie is chairman of the pic- ture industry's Fourth Liberty Loan drive. J. C. Jessen will operate the "tank" in Central Park. J. W. Jeffries has severed his business con- nections with Variety (Los Angeles office). . Frank Schroeder succeeds him. Jay Balasco has orders to report for mili- tary duty Oct, 2. Five Vitagraph oompanles are due here shortly. The Revlera has again changed hands. It is now the Victory. Fred Palmer is in the mountains gathering inspiration for another thesis on scenario writing. Otto Lederer is the oldest member of west- era Vitagraph Co/ Tom Bates, character actor, is out of Clara Barton Hospital after several weeks' Illness. While her husband is in France Mrs. Hank Mann is keeping herself busy knitting socks for him. ... -4*»!l!ISi*$tfc^ Chillicothe, 6., Sept. 25. The new Sherman was opened here last week, with the Fox picture "Salome." The house has a seating capacity of 1,000 and has a stage suit- able for legitimate productions. J. Elmer Redelle is the manager. COUNSEL T(f THE GOVERNOR. William Chilvers, vice-president and general counsel of De Luxe Pictures Corp., was this week appointed per- sonal counsel to Governor Charles S. Whitman. He will spend several days each week at Albany. _ Dlando has started work on "A Sawdust Doll" for Baby Marie Osborne, under the di- rection of William Bertram. Claire DuBray, Jack Connelly, William Quinn and "Sunny** Sammy are in the cast. <* N. RALPH CAMP DIES. N. Ralph Camp, until last June man- ager of Goldwyn's Boston office, died Sept. 24 in Boston of pneumonia, the result of Spanish influenza. He was ill less than, a week. He was 35 years old. Camp was connected with the film business about one year, and was un-. married. Thomas H. Ince'e "The Midnight Patrol" Is to be distributed by Select as a special release. FOUR-YEAR-OLD FOR KID FILM. Chicago, Sept. 25. Dorphia Browne, the four-year-old who was the conspicuous hit of "The Garden'of Paradise," lately at the Studebaker, has signed with Romaine Fielding to appear in a picture called "Mama's Angel Child," by Penny Ross, cartoonist of the Chicago Tribune., Bryant Washburn's next Paramount fea-" ture will be "Saturday to Monday," seen, last season on Broadway as a spoken production. KLAW & ERLANGER demonstrated to the "legiti- and the SHUBERTS mate" thktres the benefits of Circuit Booking. They stabil- ized the "show r business" by ensuring,regular, instead of haphazard, duplicated book- ings, and benefited both pro- ducer and theatre. * The U. B. O. stabilized its particular branch of the business both for the houses and the artists and set Vaudeville-where it stands to- day. UNITED g° es further. It brings the Picture Playhouses of America into a cooperative, Organiza- tion so that Exhibitor-Mem- bers own and control the Biggest Circuit in the World. 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