Variety (Sep 1926)

VARIETY PICTURES Wednttdajy September 1, 1926 SAXEANDF^R. -HAY MERGE Conferences On — Over ) 200 Houses lf|lwauke«, Atit. tt» Ittgotlatiomi now on hero contom- ■pi|te .-^'iiiigi crouplnc of pte- ijp^ ff^TolvSns about 200 properties all concentrated In Min- JMaota, WiBconsin and the neighbor- ing states of the northwest. Tho objective of conferences now in progress here Is to bring together under control of Minneapolis and Milwaukee capital the 50 or so the- atres of the Saxes in Wisconsin and the 160 theatTM of the Northwest Theatres Co. In MlnnaioU Md ueighboring states. ParUyt On for Wook Conferences have been In XM*ogre8s for more than a weelc, with the par- ties in attendance being Thomas and John Saxe. Oscar Brachtman, representing the Saxes; M. L». Fin- kelsteln, of Finkelstein A Ruben, who control the Northwest prop- erties; Fred Hamm, milUoiialre brewer of Mlnneapolla, aad Kiehard Lleber, of New Twk. repreaeatliig ^» First National picture orgaBlia- tloB. Basim la understood to be looked upon as the heavy backer of whatever enterprise is undertaken. He is said to have millions already invested In theatre properties. The negotiations were initiated here after Lfcber and the Minneap- olis men had inspected the Saxe properties in Wisconsin, but they decliiied to comment upon their de- liberations. "1 have nothing to make public," said Thomas Saxe. "These things don't grow over night.'* N. AHEMCAII'S SUBSIDIARY PacHle Northwest TheetreSf Inc. plans Booking Dept..for Acta Portland, Ore., Aug. tl. Nertli Amerloaa Tlieatrea, Inc which recently purchased the entire Jensen Von Herberg string of S8 houses, has formed a subsidiary oorperatloB to ba kMfWB as tiM Pa- cific Northwest Theatres, Inc.. of which Harry C. Arthur, Jr., Is listed as president. Tha BOW eorporatloB takes in all of the Jensen Von Herberg chain, as well as the new Broadway here and the Fifth Avenue. The main headqnartem will h% located la the Liberty Theatre bulldlnflr, Seattle. A booking department for the signing of stace acts will immedi- ataly tf epaiiad there, and the cir- cuit will be In a position to offer standard acts considerable time in this territory as well as optional bookings for its California string. EMdle Hitchcock, formerly man- ager of the Criterion, West Coast house, Los Angeles, has been ap- pointed advertising and publicity director for North America's the- atres npmUw —siMfsd to tbla tar- Htorr. There win be a central publicity bureau, to the Liberty Theatre building, whara Hitchcock wfU su- Duncans Not Signed with F. N. for Topsy and Eva' Los Angeles, Aug. tl. The Duncan Sisters have not signed with First National to make tha aaraea TorslOB of *7opsr and Eva." The girls are both away, Rosetta in New York and Vivian in San Francisco, but are expected here about Sept. 11. At that tima Blaadha Marrill wttl have completed the screen concep- tion of the story and the girls are then expected to sign the contract, which will provide for $50,000 salary and p iSBBsatsge of the prsjlKs. . Work 11 to commence Ocit. IS, and it is expected the plctuiba will be completed in five weeks. Firei of the FOX giants itdickcd I Based on Herman Whltokar'a Naval "'■with GEORGE O'BRIEN GUVE BORDEN J. FARRELL MmPOI^ALD wpw from begimung to end !^ Mtys Fred Shader in VARIETY, and goea on: ' .There are scenes m it at efectiirie at die wifoa train in *11ie Corned Wafon,*' and die dionsandt in f^nt mmi net aeraii ooontiy iviieB die t^vmnent loidt am opened to die puUie ii bigiar dMumqydiing of its kind dint has been diown m a picture.... Joiin Ford, ivlio directed, hat turned out a special in the fullest aente of the word—a picture that certainly will be a winner at the box office of the picture houtet.—^Thit it a tuper-w^tern and every bit at big at "TJie Iron Horte.** / ^ ''One of the great thrills of the screen P ^ ^ Msrs William A. lolntloii •ditoriaUr ift IIm^ TURE NEWS. lU oontimieas The, camera's sweep givet the impression of a mile-long line of closely packed wagont, hortet. men, nwami and children—^raring lo go In ihe gold fieldt. Fif- inen diousand eitru wm cnqdosmd, say die Fok piete dki^ F«liii flit dBMin pioit theet hittoiy dm number •eenied'imdeiettimale4^^^^^ 1^ pictm it eonMii tially taid to haim cost $800,000. John Ford spent a year at it... It hat big- nett, beauty, dramatic power and enduraliing interest ■ ■■ \ '.■',/*■■'"'■. ., i ■ !■ ' • , ■ /' *'Bigf«r than The IRON HORSE P My« John & SiMVf» ia EXHIBITORS HERAIA mad fiwthwi * • It it tafe to tay that dot it the motl ambitSout and cosdy Western diat has yet been put on the tcreen.^ The sets are not only massive, but artistic to the ex- treme, and the whole production abounds in beautiful and remarkable photog- raphy. . . . The entire story of the three bad men who turned good for the pro* tection of a lone girl and her tweedieart it pictipod with nauMiaUy fait ncliAif and there it ncm a dull TOM SANTSCHI ijOUTELtEGEN FRANK CAMFEAU ALEC B. FRANCIS FRISCILLA BONNER '^We heartily recommend it as a moiijey maker !" •aya Artlmr Jumm ia MOTION PICTURES TODAY, and continues: If "The Iron Hone*' was a great picture then **3 Bad Men** is a tremendout picttee... • It makes flo^xyNi all the talet promitet that Jji and tuitt everybocly conclmed. MAX SPIEGEL SELLOIG SIOCKIN MIAMI Promoting New Theatre in BooiiH-Busted Town—Biiti* ne$s Dull; CoHeotions Slow Miami. Aug-. 81. Max Spiegel, late ot New York, haa been in Miami aa the promoter of a chain of Strand picture houses, the first of which, an Qpen air theatre, at Miami Beach, is la dparatton. Another houae to ooat 14 the neighborhood of $250,000 ia an*/ nounced for the exclusive Mlramar section of this city, as soon as the money la forthcomina. It will bo called the Mlramar Strand. The one-time vice-president of the Mitchell H. Mark Realty Com- pany, ewnera and operators of tha Strand, New York, is selling: stock to the public here in his latest ven- ture. Spiegera name does not ap* pear aa sm ofllear of the eoif>ora* tlon. He is a member of the board, of directors however and his offi- cial position and title ia that of general manager. Conalderabla streaa la being laid on his former connection with the New York Strand in publio announcementa of the projeet. The venture is capitalised iilh 1300,000 and the stock Issue com- prisea t.OOO shares of 8 per cent oumulaftiTa preferred atock,- par valna flOO, and 6.000 shares of com*,. mon, no par* This method of capt« tallxation la a popular one under tha Blorlda Incorporation lawa. In* aamuch as it leaves the Totlnc«on» trol in the hands of the promoters granting but one ahare of common is given as a bonua with each alMliin; of preftorad aold. 9p1aaet "Kn^Mia. In rafarring to the ajnount of Issue, prospective investors are in* formed in the company's prospeo* tna that '^t la baUaired that tho amount available for outside invaa* tors—meaning the amount not pur* chased by the dlrectora->la not large.' That Tpiegel knows his stuff when it comes to selling his stock to the public is attested in a ra« eant oonlldantlal letter t» iJ ia f » holders in which it was announced that stock sales ''actually sold and signed for" totalled <17i,200 aa ci June li. and that llM^ «alal ante* scription had been augmented to $216,200 as of the end of that month. Elxpensea of the corpora* tlon aa of tho earlier dnto frare given as foIlow;s: selling expenses, including commissions on stock sales, 123.600; architecta fees, $9,000; legal organlaatlon faea, l aa a a h old and rent of theatre . ilt% MJ^Mt total of $51,000. It wotild appear, however, firom the tone of tha final paracrapb of this communication, that Spiegel and his associates are up against the same proposition ■ that most of tha local real aatata davalopere are, when it comes to collecting on de- ferred paymenta* This paragraph says in part: It ia Imperative that the inb* (Continued on page 16) CAPFTOL NOW PLAYING BUSTER KEATOM ■ '"BATTUNG BUTL1»'» Metro-Qol(i%vyn-Mayer Picture CAPITOL GRAND OHCHnSTEA Won«*s Larff«at Thsatre OeeUog Plant STATE and MCTROPOLITAN n'way at 46th St. Btottkiya NOW PLAYING RUDOIPH VALENTINO in "The Son of the Sheik'' VAVDmwuiLm-^ New Cooling MftHtm' A lways If D«V* SMAW rv nnOADWAT TRANU ,rrftV NOW PLATtNO DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS In ''THE BLACK PIRATE" MARK STRAND SYMPHONY OROII. Nrw roollnc IMiint—10 UfKrrcn Alwajm yiTAPWONE^ . BARRYMORf DONJUAN' Am A Wt l« w MJ«i Mm M» m •! * RKrRIO- CWATCO WARNER i T »1 i; A T R C