Motion Picture News (Jul - Sep 1930)

July 5, 1930 Motion Picture News 42g MANAGERS' ROUND TABLE CLUB Charles E. Lewis Qhaltman and £ctitat. O7 c/Vcdionat of^focccdwrv QfcThon'men cyrfeetina ir, MOTION PICTURE NEWS C^e4y QVeek^fot.c\{utual Sefu/tt and ^Ptotrbeff/ en ^ Conducted By An Exhubitor For Exhibitors A Day Off? XT 7E hit on a rather novel idea a \\ short time ago when we selected letters and contributions to the tune of about fifty. These were divided into two groups. Half from apparently happy managers and half from those whose letters carried a sort of, well, you know what we mean, unhappy or disgruntled undercurrent. To these groups we dispatched letters asking whether they had regular days off and also, whether they were going to get a vacation with pay this summer. Here is the answer : almost every one of the "happy boys" were getting their regular days off and most were scheduled for a vacation of either one or two weeks. The "unhappy group" in about seventyfive per cent of the answers hardly ever had a day off and what they called us, for bringing up that remote possibility of a real vacation, is nobody's business. Then this morning our mail included a letter from a real honestto-goodness showman. A man we would stand up for on the record of his experience and ability any day. His state of mind has reached the point where he says : ". . . if any of the executives, near executives, stool pigeons or checkers ever blow in and you're not right on the spot .... it's just too bad. To ever have your assistant say, 'You're down to the newspaper office.' Instant dismissal. TABLE OF CONTENTS r Zigmond Dresses Up His Stunts « Walker Says It With Pen and Ink f Ralph Phillips Getting Along Fine f Chris. Georgas Stages a Parade f Glasman Promoted Free Printing * Frost Has a Novel Ballyhoo | "Civic Contacts"— By O. Fred Glass If Cahill's Gag Was Good ^f Leonard Grossman Talks About Cuba ^f All About Lenny Freund! « Krier Put On the Ritz '\ Mumford's Matinees Clicking f Ray Meyersick Pulled a Corker "|f Howard Digs Out a Couple If "An Open Letter"— By P. A. McGuire If Harrison Hit Waco 1 Blue Ribbon Month in Tampa ' Bamberger's Tie-up Profitable 1f "Theatre Management"— By H. A. Fol 1 Hick's Food Show Clicked If Mahoney Tied Up Golf Courses 1f Fleet Robinson Sold Them If "Buddy" Webber Got a Thrill ff Merritt Cashed In on Graduation ?f Rudy Born's Flower Tie-up If "Advertising's Priceless Ingredient" 1f Damon Has a Stellar Quartette If Merle Blair Reports f Oscar Is Very Active f Swanson Creates Fine Fronts ,f Sherred Sold "Journey's End" If Irving Cohen Uses Good Mediums If Murphy Takes Local Movies f Earle Holden Packs Them In If Bert Bickord Makes a Catch If Fulton Boosts Theme Songs 7 Howe Says "I'se Regusted!" If Cohen Goes After High B. O. If "Some Good Pointers" f Bucholtz Introduced Star If Charles Copperman's Tie-ups If Helbig Receives Paper Co-operation f "Latest New Members" And you and I both know damn well that you CAN profitably spend a hell of a lot of time around a newspaper office. How about tieups ? I don't pretend to exploit any more. Why? Simply because I'm expected to be right on the spot .... mornings, noon, afternoon and nights. I had an excellent idea that I could have tied up 40 local stores on. I called the division manager of the territory, got it OKed, but it would have been necessary for me to call on each local manager to explain the idea. Did I do it? Not on your sweet life Do I go out to luncheon clubs .... masonic meetings, etc? No, sir. I stick right on the stool, work my floor, collect my salary. AND when they sneak in on me, I'm right on the well-known job." Now don't make a mistake, boys. This chap is not a pessimist or chronic kicker. He's peppy, a corking showman, and loyal as a man can humanly be ; but the shake-ups, reorganizations, etc., have left him high and dry when it comes to a day off every week or so, and as for a vacation .... he will probably have to go to the hospital to get away with it. . . .and then they'll probably take him off the payroll until he returns. To quote him again, "If circuits can't trust their managers to take off a few hours once a week right in the town where he is working, they ought to dig themselves up some new managers." Amen. "Chick"