Exhibitors Herald World (Oct-Dec 1930)

30 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD October 11, 1930 Erpi Engineering Reorganized; Three Units Meet Sound Need H. B. Santee Directs Commercial Engineering Department, G. E. Mather General Engineering, and H. M. Wilcox, Operating, Including Reproducing (Special to the Herald-World) NEW YORK, Oct. 9. — Reorganization of the engineering activities of Electrical Research Products into three departments has been announced by H. G. Knox, vice president. The new departments will include commercial engineering, general engineering and reproducing, the last being taken over as part of the scope of the present operating department. In commenting on the change, Knox pointed out that it involves primarily the effective consolidation into one department of services rendered one class of customers, exclusively. It has been made to meet the changes which have come into the talking picture industry and to best serve exhibitors and producer licensees under present day conditions. ment through a staff of 750 men over the country. H. B. Santee and G. E. Mather have been appointed directors of the new commercial engineering and general engineering departments respectively. How Departments Will Function With the new alignment, the commercial engineering department will assume charge of all matters pertaining to recording and studio relations with the exception of major engineering developments. Its work will also include the maintenance of financial relations with all producer licensees. For this purpose B. L. Glaser, assistant treasurer of ERPI, has been attached to the department. The recently announced acoustic consulting service, with S. K. Wolf as manager, also becomes part of the work. The general engineering department will be devoted to scientific study of practical recording and reproducing problems with a view to the betterment of present conditions. A staff of consulting engineers will be maintained for this purpose, the department having at its disposal the resources of the Western Electric Company and the Bell Telephone Laboratories. Field Engineer Group Taken Over A group of field engineers, specialists in reproducing, have been taken over by the operating department under the reorganization. H. M. Wilcox, named as manager of this department, has supervised the servicing and maintenance of theatre equip Sam Moscow Named Southern Sales Head For Columbia Pictures (Special to the Herald-World) NEW YORK, Oct. 9.— Sam Moscow, formerly on the Columbia sales staff in Boston, has been made southern division manager, replacing Leslie Wilkes, resigned. Moscow will have supervision over Atlanta, Memphis, New Orleans, Dallas, Oklahoma City and Charlotte, N. C, branches. His headquarters will be in Atlanta. Charles Johnson, who has been on the sales staff of the Columbia exchange in Buffalo, is the new manager of the Albany branch. He succeeds H C. Bissell, who will take charge of the Cleveland office. Paul Hunter to Head Screenland Magazine (Special to the Herald-World) NEW YORK, Oct. 9.— The Screenland Magazine, Inc., has announced Paul C. Hunter as its new president and publisher. Two magazines are published by the company, Screenland and Silver Screen. The latter is a new publication, while Screenland has been on the news stands for 10 years. Weshner Heads Publicity For all Warner Theatres Outside New York City (Special to the Herald-World) NEW YORK, Oct. 9.— David Weshner, general manager of Warner Brothers theatres in Northern New Jersey, has been promoted to director of advertising and publicity for all Warner theatres in the country excluding New York City. Harry A. Kalmine succeeds Weshner at the New Jersey post. The latter is now on a two weeks's tour, studying first run houses in the key cities. John Harris is the new zone manager of Warner houses in Pittsburgh, succeeding J. Reeves Espy, who goes to St. Louis in an executive capacity to assist Charles Skouras, zone manager there. Exhibitors to Get List Of Films for National Book Week Next Month (Special to the Herald-World) NEW YORK, Oct. 9.— The National Board of Review has prepared a special list of films for National Book Week which includes all pictures with tieup possibilities. Book Week is to be celebrated November 16 to 22, and the National Board of Reviewreports many exhibitors are billing short films on books for the occasion. Pantages Theatre Sued By Neon Electric for Alleged Infringement (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 9.— Claude Neon Electric Products has brought a suit for alleged patent infringement against Pantages Hollywood theatre and Metzler Corporation. It asks damages for the use of luminescent tube lighting. Honolulu Chain Bills W B (Special to the Herald-World) NEW YORK Oct. 9.— Arrangement for showing of the entire Warner Brothers product has been made by the Consolidated Theatre Circuit of Honolulu. Claude C. Ezell, general sales manager of Warners, consummated the deal. SECURITIES PRICE RANGE Week Ending October 8 NEW YORK, Oct. 9. — Strength of amusement shares was evidenced in Tuesday's trading when bear raids forced a number of leaders and specialties to new lows for the year, but several amusement shares made gains while only frac NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Sales High Low Close American Seating 400 7% 7% 7% Brunswick-Balke-Collender 3,900 14% 13 13 Celotex 3.000 10% 9% 10% Do. ctfe 1.600 10% 9% 10% Do. pfd 120 34% 27 27 Consolidated Film 4,400 16% 14% 15 Do. pfd 3,000 19 17% 18% Eastman Kodak 34,500 207% 189 196 Do. pfd 30 132 130 132 Electric Storage Battery 1,000 61% 58% 59% Fox Film "A" 251,900 45% 39% 41% General Theatre Equipment 51,200 30 25 25% Keith Albee Orpheum 100 100 100 100 Loew's Inc 125,500 73% 63 65 Do. pfd. ww 400 108% 108 108 Do. pfd. xw 800 99% 99 99 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, pfd 500 26% 25% 26% Mohawk Carpet 700 17 16 16% Paramount 88,900 54% 49% 50% Pathe Exchange 4,000 3% 3% 3% Do. "A" 800 8 7 7% Radio Corporation 654,200 30% 23% 24% Do. pfd. "A" 200 54% 52% 54% tional losses were experienced by others. Among those that gained were A. T. & T., one point; Eastman Kodak, 1%; Warner Brothers, %, and Westinghouse %. General Electric was off y%, and Radio also }i. This week's summary: Sales High Low Close Do. pfd. "B" 7,800 61 58% 58% Radio Keith Orpheum 359,900 27 22% 24 Shubert Theatres 3,000 12% 10% 10% Stanley Company 30 30 30 30 Universal Pic. 1st pfd 160 53 48 48 Warner Brothers 167,200 22% 20% 21% Do. pfd 300 36 36 36 CHICAGO STOCK MARKET Gen. Theat., Inc 5,600 29% 25% 26 Marks Brothers cvt p 722 8 7 7% Morgan Litho 1,800 8% 6% 8% U. S. Gypsum 4,950 41 38% 38% Do. pfd 189 120% 120 120 NEW YORK CURB Columbia Pictures 400 35% 34 35 Do. vtc 1,000 36 34% 34% Cons. Theat 100 2% 2% 2% Fox Theatres 8,400 8% 7% 7% Loew's war 500 9% 8% 8% Sentry Safety 200 2% 2% 2% Technicolor, Inc 8,300 18% 13 14% Trans-Lux 800 8% 6% 7 U. S. Gypsum 1,100 38% 38 , ; 38