Motion Picture News (Oct-Dec 1930)

60 J/ otion P i c t u r c X e w s October 11. 19 3 0 Children Barred From Theatres as Result of Plague Kansas City, Kan. — Children under 15 years of age have been banned from local theatres due to an epidemic of infantile paralysis. Exhibitors have been warned that they will be closed by the police if they violate the ban. City schools have been closed for two weeks and all children have been prohibited from congregating in public places. There is no fear of a quarantine in Kansas City. Mo., according to health officials, but the Kansas children are asked n< >i to cross the state line into -Missouri. Boland in Tiffany Hollywood — Eddie Boland. who appeared in "One Punch O'Toole," Paul Hurst's first starring prizefight comedy for Tiffany, will repeat in the second of the series, winch Frank Strayer will direct. CLASSIFIED ADS For Sale 300 seats r 8200; fiv« h rsep wer three-phase generator. $200; Repn lue i mechanical electric organ an 1 piano combination $5C0, cost new $2,500; all equipment is in good condition ; will deliver. Poltodot Theatre. Fort Dodge, Iowa. For Sale or Lease THEATRE IX TOWN ERWIN FIVE THOUSAND, one competitor. Seats three hundred fifty. Write F. Perryman, Elizabethton, Tenn. For Rent Theatre completely equipped with Talkies. Seating 280 people, drawing from territory of 2500. Rent Reasonable. H. S. Tuthill, Secretary, Marlboro, N. Y. Situation Wanted PROJECTIONIST— Al— LONG EXPERIENCE ALL machines and sound. Address Fred T. Walker, 2291 Milwaukee Avenue. Chicago. Illinois. Situation Wanted EXPERIENCED SOUND PROJECTIONIST desires position, Massachusetts, Non-Union. Box 601, Motion Picture News, 729 Seventh Avenue, New Y n k equipment talking sound 'distinct stylet i o n a I cr«rn irrvicp Honest Anyway A producer and his director arguing. Director: "I think the story should be handled this way. Means more sympathy will be directed to the lead," etc. Producer: "You're wrong. That means directing the sympathy to the wrong character." Director: "Yes. but take Shakespeare. He proved I'm right." Producer: "Personally, I have no quarrel with Shakespeare, but you know," etc., etc. Seattle to Get Stock Company Seattle — After an entire season with but one legitimate stage attraction appearing here, Seattle is again to see the spoken drama make a bid for popular favor now devoted solelj to the spoken film. Beginning October 18, a stock company sponsored by A. G. Bainbridge, veteran stock producer of St. Paul and Minneapolis, will open at the Metropolitan, recently vacated by Paramount Publix after a brief season as its No. 2 film house here. In full partnership with Bainbridge, according to reports, will be the Erlanger Amusement Enterprises, owners of the lease on the house and which has been "holding the sack" for all the dark weeks that the theatre has had. Through arrangements with Erlanger, the Bainbridge group will also have a chance to present plays from the Shubert, William A. Brady, George Cohan and Brock Pemberton offices. "Let Us Be Gay," which stacked up big grosses as a film attraction here a fewweeks ago, may be the opening show. Fort Wayne Legalizes Paramount Theatre Sign Kurt Wayne, Ind. — The city council here quickly ended a disagreement between the municipal light company and certain members of the city administration concerning the lighting contract of the new Paramount theatre. When a private electric company obtained the contract there were intimations by the administration that the theatre's new sign was in violation of the city building code and its erection would be stopped. At its last meeting, which was a special meeting for that particular purpose, the city council passed an ordinance amending a section of the building code by unanimous vote. Under the amendment, it is legal to erect a sign the outer edge of which shall not project, except over a marquise, more than 7 feet over the public highway or sidewalk from the building line, and if hung over any alley, the lower edge shall be at least 18 feet above the grade level. Electric signs hung over a maiquise shall not project more than within two feet of the outer edge of such marquise. By the ordinance the new Paramount sign becomes legal. The city building inspector had refused its erection. Canada Trebles Censor Rate on American Films Toronto — Antagonism against American pictures, evidenced by proposed investigation of the film business in Canada and probe of the Paramount-Famous Canadian deal, broke nut in a new form when an order-incouncil was passed by the Ontario government raising the rate on censoring U. S. films to $10. The old rate was $3. The rate on British films was set at $7. This will prove costly for productions synchronized with discs which have been running 500 feet to the reel. The intimation is that the increased rates will bring an additional $90,000 to the Ontario treasury annually. Start $1,000,000 Theatre For Fox in Spokane, Wash. Spokane. Wash. — Work on Spokane's $1,000,000 Fox West Coast theatre has been started at Sprague and Monroe streets, on a site 1SS by 200 feet. The land is valued at about $350,000 and furnishings and fixtures will amount to $150,000. Robert C. Reamer, Seattle architect, designed the new theatre and Whitehouse & Price of Spokane have been named as resident architects in charge of construction. General contract has been awarded to Alloway & George of Spokane. The theatre which is to be modernistic in style, will embody all of the very latest scientific improvements and will be equipped with the new Grandeur screen. Colored glass will be used in part in the decorative scheme, and will be used by the Fox interests for the first time in their new Spokane showhouse. BUSINESS MEN stay at the *■ NEW YOKKEK The New Yorker has 2500 rooms, every one with radio, tub and shower bath, Servidor and circulating ice water. There are four popular-priced restaurants, including Coffee Shcp. Rates from $3.50 a day. 85% of the rooms are $5, or less. Manhattan's Largest and Tallest Hotel 34th Street at 8th Avenue, New York City RALPH HITZ • Managing Director UNIFORMS FOR HOUSE ATTACHES COSTUMES FOR STAGE PRESENTATIONS BROOKS SS