The Film Daily (1935)

THE Friday, Dec. 13, 1935 ;%ft* DAILY u HEUOU LATECOMERS! RUSH THAT FUND CHECK (Continued from Page 1) the year. But it is before December 25th that the funds are most urgently needed. It must not be said that any worthy brother in distress was overlooked at the Xmas season. So, fellows, lend a helping hand. Send your check for what you can afford. If every gent with a check book would do his bit even in a very nominal way the aggregate would be more than enough to take care of a score of emergency cases that are confronting the Committee right now. Are you with us? Let's go! Get YOUR name on the Honor Roll. We're counting on you — and You — and YOU! THE HONOR ROLL "YOU Should Be Here!" A. M. P. A. Harold Hendee Jerome J. Cohen Mrs. Edna Sussman Miss Addie Dannenberg Leo Klebanow Ray Johnston City Photo Engraving Corp. Ben Amsterdam William German William Massce Richard Brady Moe Streimer H. D. Behr E. B. Hatrick Phil Reisman Max Stuart Jack Alicoate Don Mersereau Maurice Kann Al Lichtman H. M. Masters Wm. Barnett Arthur Israel, Jr. Stella Hamlin Tom Hamlin Harry Weltz Herbert Berg Winfield Andrus Louis Nizer Man Freedman Anonymous Sardi's Restaurant Don Gillette Renee Carroll George Gerhardt Chas. A. Leonard Edward McNamee Quigley Publishing Co. Morris H. Kinzler N. D. Golden Charles A. Rossi "Chick" Lewis Marcus A. Benn Morris Goodman J. A. Tanney Cresson E. Smith C. C. Pettijohn Edward Curtis William Orr Eddie Edelson Leon Bamberger Paul Lazarus Eve Unsell Benjamin W. Solomon Jack H. Skirball Harvey B. Day Harry L. Gold A. Schneider Gabriel Hess Walter Futter David Palfreyman John C. Flinn J. R. Grainger Sophie K. Smith Albert Warner Rube Jackter J. S. MacLeod Charles C. Moskowitz Felix F. Feist E. M. Orowitz Eugene J. Zukor H. D. Buckley Louis K. Sidney Thomas J. Connors Sam E. Morris Emanuel Silverstone M. Van Praag lohn D. Clark Silas F. Seadler J. Kessler Jay Emanuel Ben Y. Cammack Herbert Ebenstein Saul E. Rogers W. R. Ferguson L. J. Schlaifer W. P. McCartney A. F. Cummings David Barrist Joseph R. Vogel David A. Levy Toby Gruen Ed Finney B. K. Blake Jules Levy David Bernstein Amusement Supply Co. Irving Chidnoff FACTS A80UT FILMS The Egyptian government is using films in the country's schools. First projection machine wa« installed in the government's Commercial High School. * « Short Subject Reviews « « SYDNEY S. COHEN DIES ON HIS WAY TO WORK "Joy of Living" Metropolis 11 mins. New Animation Technique This English animated drawing by Anthony Gross and Hector Hoppin is a study in the poetry of motion, of rhythm, and is as far removed as possible from the comic appeal of American cartoons. Two slender girls, clad in flowing robes, going along a walk by the sea, display their joy in the mere fact of being alive by the airiest, most graceful of dancing. The laws of gravitation are repealed for them, and they bounce and fly, curvet and cavort, like butterflies in a wind. One of them kicks off a slipper and it lands before the door of a young man who gives chase on a bicycle and is caught up into the spirit of rhythm that pervades the entire drawing. The chase interrupted by a water interlude, ends in the signal room of a railroad station where switches are pulled indiscrimnately, by the trio, sending the scurrying trains into a rhythm of motion that the laws of mechanics never dreamed of. A new and charming style in animation — and one that has much to be said for it. Story, background are sacrificed to grace, litheness, charm and the poetry of motion. "Screen Snapshots" (No. 4) Columbia 10 mins. Very Good Here is a splendid Will Rogers Memorial Tribute, done with plenty of human interest through a presentation of Will Rogers taking part in his last polo game before a distinguished audience of Hollywoodites, with closeups of the various celebs. Rogers is seen in action on his pony, and then the presentation of the cup to him as the head of his winning team. The film opens with intimate scenes of a dozen Hollywood players who have died within the past year, including Lilyan Tashman, Lew Cody, Ernest Torrence, Russ Colombo, Marie Dressier, Alec Francis, Lowell Sherman and Sam Hardy. Buffalo Briefs Buffalo — Nicholas J. Basil, president and general manager of the Basil Brothers community film theaters, is sailing Sunday for Europe. He will fly from Berlin to Athens, where he will pass Christmas. The Regent, midtown theater, has been closed for two weeks by Mieczlaw Konczikowski for installation of new sound equipment and new seats. Konczikowski also operates the Marlowe and the Senate, west side neighborhoods. Louis Isenberg, long with the Elmwood, now a Shea house, and later manager of the Colonial and the Columbia, and operator of the New Ariel, has been named manager of the Gayety, scheduled to open Christmas Day with vaudeville and independent pictures. Dewey Michaels will operate the house, a Shea estate property. Variety Club is moving into new quarters in Delaware Ave. Ned E. Depinet E. A. Schiller Arthur Loew Willie Wang Arthur A. Lee Mrs. Joseph R. Miles Bertram Mayers Jack Glucksman Lou Blumenthal Lee Leventhal Fred Quimby Leopold Friedman S. S. Braunberg William A. Downs Sam Dembow, Jr. Lester Ketner A. C. Snyder James P. Clark A. J. Dash Sam Shain Paul Benjamin N. H. Brower W. F. Rodgers Ben Shlyen Joseph Bernat H. J. Glick Hap Hadley Charles J. Sonin George Orth Arthur W. Kelly W. A. Scully Al Christie Arnold Rittenberg Arthur Eddy Herbert T. Silverberg Harry C. Arthur Irving Lesser Kenneth A. O'Brien "amuel Cohen A. Fishman Victor J. Morris Charles M. Mersereau Pittsburgh Briefs Pittsburgh — Warner's Stanley is instituting a new feature this Sunday by previewing next week's film in addition to the showing of the regular screen program. This is a move to stimulate business on the day when its regular stage show is not presented. Lester H. Hutcheson, manager of Shea's Orpheum in McKees Rocks, has been named manager of the Shea houses in Dover and New Philadelphia, 0. Duke Prince came in from Bradford to succeed Hutcheson. Arthur Low, Nixon treasurer, off to New York to spend a week with his family. The Fulton will reopen Christmas Day with Shirley Temple in "The Littlest Rebel." San Antonio News San Antonio — Alfred N. Sack of Sack Amusement Enterprises, is out in the territory on a business trip. Sam Woolford, "The Light" film critic and theatrical editor, is confined with a heavy cold. Marvin "Red" Bowman is holding down the desk while he is away. The Prince has two new cashiers — Mary Grimes and Pauline Bugg. Manager 0. B. Thomas of the State, bagged a 14-point buck on his recent hunting trek. Sophie DeMatteis, Auditorium cashier, was operated upon recently and is expected back at work soon. Menjou's Home in WMCA Talk Listeners to the "At Home With Janet Wilson" program over WMCA tomorrow at 6 P. M. will hear a description of the model home of Adolphe Menjou. (.Continued from Page 1) hibitor association affairs was through the T.O.C.C. which he served as president. From 1921 to 1925 he was president of the M.P. T.O.A. during the period in which James J. Walker was general counsel of the organization. With several other leaders, he was credited with having inspired the Federal Trade Commission to investigate theater holdings of major producer-distributor companies in 1922. At the time of his death Cohen was advisor to the Roxy Theater bondholders' committee. He also operated the Beacon Theater on Broadway and owned the Apollo on 125th St. Cohen was also interested in department stores in Stamford and Trenton. He is sm-vived by two children, Richard Sydney, 24, and Dorothy Louise, 21. He was 50 years old. Funeral services will be held Sunday morning at the Central Synagogue. Tri-State Exhibitors Form Buying Combine (Continued from Page 1) group. Members of the board of directors, which represent independent exhibitors of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, are: Dale Goldie of Cherokee. la., R. E. Kehrberg of Sheldon, la., H. F. Kennedy of Broken Bow," Mons Thompson of St. Paul, Mrs. Jennie Wickman of Tekamah and Oscar Johnson of Fall City, all of Nebraska, and H. H. Tammen of Yankton, S. D. 143 Xmas Dates on "Capt. Blood" A total of 143 Christmas dates have been set to date on the Warner-Cosmopolitan production "Captain Blood," according to an announcement from the company's home office. The film will have its New York premiere at the Strand Theater Christmas morning. Whitman Assisting Maj. Lambert William Whitman has been named assistant to Major I. Lambert of the RKO legal department, succeeding Robert Myers, who went to NBC. SHOWMAN'S REMINDER Give your lobby a holiday dress; help create the season's good cheer for your patrons.