Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1937)

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Variety Tourney (Continued from page 119) was a roulette wheel and a set of poker chips, presented by Ohio Villa, night club. The prizes were: 1 Berio Vending Machine, by Max Shenker „ Overnight Bag 2 Uindowcratt Valance and Drapery Co „ pair frill curtains 3 BOXOFFICE Electric Clock 4 Frankelite Co Lamp 5 Erie Golf Studio Golf Sticks 6 Irving Berku 1 doz. pipes I JacobsonArnoff, Inc. •• order for 1 pair golf trousers S Bernstein-Fellinger pen & pencil set 9 Superior Motion Picture Co. Motion Picture Camera 10 Deutsch Jetvelry Cigarette case.. 11 General Register Rubber Fan TO Theatre Supply Indirect lamp 13 National Screen Service ,, Hammond Synchronous Clock 14 Independent Towel Supply Towels 5,°®® Cigar Store, Film Bldg.... Box of Cigars Barber Shop Five Dollars 17 Ohio Villa, night club 1 0 " ■ A ■ ■ ■ Boulette Wheel and Poker Chips IQ Traveling Kit 19 Frank^ Brothers Box of Cigars 20 A. C. Exterminating Co. 01 h'-' i ■ ’-A' • V . 2-qt. cans Dri-Bite 21 Dick Deutsch Printing Co...Eiec. Coffee Perc - Exhibitors Poster Rental Service .. Loving Cup Tanner Smoking Stand 0^ ^ balls RCA RCA Extension Speakers, golfs balls, „ and one golf club 4 Palfreyman Comb and brush set <-8 Midland Electric Co Coffee Brewer, and 00 W Ti Dover Electric Iron 29 W. D. Proudfoot Golf hallc: M Onil7 Theatre Supply Co...3 Smoking Stands 01 Quigley Publishing Co. 19 cigarette Case Chemical Mfg. Co... Women's Beauty Kit ii Setron Printing Co Golf balls 34 Filmack Trailer Co Golf Balls Because of the success of this tournament, it was Skfki cum TWO PITT WEDDINGS ATTRACT FILMITES Pittsburgh — Numerous exhibitors and distributors were among the hundreds present Sunday evening at two weddings here. First wedding was at Adath Jeshurun Congregation where Edwin Paskoff and Mirian Alderman took the vows. Bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Alderman, former city theatre operators. Later in the evening at Webster Hall, Abe Rottenstein, West Aliquippa exhibitor, and Pearl Annette Gordon were married. Louis Rottenstein, brother of the groom and an exhibitor at Cambridge Springs, served as best man. Abe and his wife are honeymooning in New York state. Visiting Monogram Pittsburgh — E. B. Derr, producer of the Crescent Pictures’ historical dramas starring Tom Keene, and Bernard Moriarty, vice-president of the company, were visitors here Wednesday with D. J. Selznick, manager of Monogram Pictures exchange. Derr and Moriarty were en route to New York in connection with their plans for new season product. Coyle Installs Cooling Charleroi, Pa. — Carrier air conditioning equipment is being installed at the Coyle Theatre here by the Dravo Corp. of Pittsburgh. Robert S. Coyle, local showman, states that the system will be in operation the first of July. HARTMAN RAMBLERS ON PERSONAL TOUR Pittsburgh — Dick Hartman and his Tennessee Ramblers, who have appeared in Republic’s “Ride, Ranger, Ride’’ and “Yodelin’ Kid From Pine Ridge,’’ both Gene Autry musical westerns, are being booked for personal appearances here by the Republic exchange. Tennessee Ramblers on Tuesday inaugurated a schedule of two morning broadcasts daily from a local radio station. Hartman’s boys viewed “Yodelin’ Kid Prom Pine Ridge’’ for the first time this week. They will make further picture appearances with Gene Autry. DIETZ AND JOSACK HANDLE FIGHT FILMS Pittsburgh — Irving Dietz and George “B” Josack are distributing the BraddockLouis fight films here, having made their headquarters at the Monogram Pictures, Inc., exchange. Exhibitor interest was unusually favorable and numerous deals were concluded Wednesday, with practically every circuit having made booking arrangements and with the picture booked into all key cities in the territory. Lottery Charge Dismissed Pittsburgh — A lottery charge in connection with the operation of Bank Night at the Roosevelt Theatre, Elkins, W. Va., was dismissed when Sol Goldberg, operator of the theatre, was found not guilty as charged in Randolph county court, the Elkins exhibitor stated while here booking new attractions this week. Daughter to Stahls Cincinnati — A daughter was born here Sunday evening to Mr. and Mrs. Max Stahl. Stahl, local manager for United Artists, returned here from a New York convention just before the child was born. Mrs. Stahl is the former Estelle Goldberg, long identified with the United Artists exchange in Cleveland. Clevelanders at Fight Cleveland — Local film folks who went to Chicago for the Braddock-Louis fight included Nat Holt, RKO Great Lakes division manager; Saul Bragin, head booker for the Warner theatres in this zone, and Julius Lamm, manager of Warner’s Uptown Theatre. Bulow's House Damaged Brooklyn, Mich. — The heavy rain and windstorm which swept Michigan last Sunday caused considerable damage to the Brooklyn Theatre here operated by Glenn Bulow. The house was closed for several days for repairs. BURNS-ALLEN RKO FILM Hollywood — Paramount has loaned George Burns and Grade Allen to RKO, to appear in supporting roles in Fred Astaire’s solo starrer, “A Damsel in Distress,” which goes into production early in July. CINCINNATI (Continued from preceding page) nets. He was formerly with M-G-M as hooker. Mary McHugh, formerly with 20th-Fox, has joined Republic as a booker. Elmer Fritz, operating Lyric and Clifford theatres at Urhana, O., has remodeled both theatres and installed cooling plants . . . Mrs. M. Lively, operating the Rialto and Margaret theatres in Huntington, W. Va., has also installed a new air cooling system. N. Nally of the Lyric in Nitro, W. Va., visited Pilmrow. Other visitors were Dan Guhila of the Strand in Cambridge, Bill Meyers of the Mayflower and Jewel theatres in Troy, O. The Fifth Annual Bookers Drive for shorts began June 5 at Warner’s and will end on August 28. The Warner Club held a hamburger fry at Mt. Airy Forest on Tuesday. The party was arranged by Yarrow Miller, president of this employes club at Warner’s, and by George Baumeyer, chairman of the entertainment committee. Walter McLay, Irene and Deddy Hecker are on Warner’s vacation list. A Paramount regional meeting with representatives from Pittsburgh, Columbus, Cleveland, Philadelphia present was called for Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Netherland Plaza. Jack Kendall, formerly manager of Vitagraph, is traveling in Kentucky for Big Features . . . Miss Aileen Steinhauer of Paramount is vacationing. The many friends of Don Duff, head booker for Big Features, will be happy to know that he is back feeling much better. Duff is back at work again after an absence of a month during which time he underwent an appendix operation. John Dugan, formerly of the Hippodrome in Springfield, O., has just been appointed Duff’s assistant. Helen Cain, who is assistant to Joe Getz, booker for RKO, was married Saturday, June 19, to Harry Bohman of Covington, Ky. The formal opening of Monogram at 1634 Central Parkway took place last Monday. Mr. Onie kept open house. PITT BOWLING PLANS SET FOR NEXT SEASON Pittsburgh — New Club Bowling Alleys, 20 McMasters Way, in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, again has been selected and reserved for the 1937-1938 season by the Filmrow Bowling League. It is expected that the league will have eight teams in the field and a schedule of 28 weeks or more will be arranged. Filmrow nights will be Fridays, as in the past, with eight alleys reserved on the third floor for 8:30 o’clock. 122 BOXOFFICE : : June 26, 1937.