The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-03
Manager Princess Theatre
Answer Charges Against
SaengeT Amusement Co.

admission price. That's the corner
stone of Saenger success ald that S
really what has worried some people
into seeking the airing Of our affairs
before the trade commission. We're
glad of it; we did not realize our
own strength until we heard the howl.
latter the recent exhibition | an
ticipate considerable effort to discredit
our company either through censor
ship or otherwise. We will appreciate
the publics Investigating purported
facts in obviously prejudiced publica-
tons
"'Mr Abrams is the only one in the
United Artists Cooperation who die
tateS where and how and when the
United Artists Corporation films shall
be shown He said fatty that he had
made no overtures of any sort toward
getting the Tulane Theatre in New
Orleans. He added his relations with
the Saenger people had been very
satisfactory and very friendly, and
that he expected soon to conclude con1
tracts that would show all of the Big
Four's pictures in New Orleans
through the Saengers.'
New Orleans has not been the vic
tim of discrimination. But falsehood
has been used literally in order to
create the impression that the city
has been Disseminated against. These
facts tell the story
In regard to the above clipping from
the Item of the 24th, and as an AT
FILlATED sAENGER THEATRE,
will say that at no time have we, or
any Saenger theatre, to our knowledge,
run any pictures that have ever been
shown in this city before. Our pic
lures are new and service direct be-
hind the New Orleans Strand, Liberty,
Globe or Trianon theatres. Since our
utilization with the Saenger Amuse-
ment Company we have shown moth
ing but the best, biggest and latest
productions at a price far below the
prices charged in most theatres for
the same class Of productions.
Had we been compelled to buy direct
from any producer or exchange we
could not afford to show you such
productions as we have in the past
for the regular price of admission, or
on our special productions at the price
of 35 and SO cents.
The buying in volume by the Saeng-
the affiliated. or Saenger Theatres, to
show the BEST at all times, giving
er Amusement Company enables all
the public pictures they want before
they are old and worn out, and every
town in our community has had op-
portunity to show them before we are
ever offered a play date on them,
thereby causing US to pay exhorbitant
prices, which would mean higher price
of admission to the public.
II believe that ! can truthfuIly say
that the pubiiG of Jennings and its
vicinity has Seen some of the best
productions on the market at a fair
price of admission, and will let them
be the judge of GOOD PICTURES,
and not the New Orleans States.
will further venture to say, and
offer $4,000 to the man, woman or
child who can say that we have at any
time since our utilization with the
Saenger Amusement Company, shown
feature, comedy or news reel that
has ever showed in the city of Jen-
nings before. That's what we think
of the Ssenger Amusement Company,
service FIRST, LAST and ALWAYS.
PRINCESS THEATRE
Jennings, La.
Affiliated with saenger Amusement
Company.
benefit Jennings readers: This
article was given to the Times-Rec0rd
on the 18th of March, but for reasons
best known to the editor it was taken
off of their file, instead of being pub
lished, as requested WONDER
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