Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1937)

A M T €> W IE ^ACATION days are here again. Chief of Service Robert Nelson at the Majestic is enjoying a well-earned leave of absence . . . Mrs. Edna Deets has returned to duty at the Paramount exchange after taking her resting period . . . Manager E. E. Collins of the Majestic has taken up golf . . . Eva Garza, Santone gal, is with the Sally Rand Unit show now playing up in Canada. Eva was a softball team member before joining the revue last winter. Associated Pictures made screen tests of several players of the Diamond Horseshoe last week in the studio set up inside the Municipal Auditorium. Director Jack Sherry and Cameraman Jack Hooper are here from Hollywood making the free voice tests . . . Vivian Hanks, candy girl at the Majestic and E. H. von Scheele of this city, tied the marriage knot here May 1 . . . Inez Heard, daughter of Mrs. Hazel Heard of the Interstate city office, and Bruce Weatherly were also wedded on that date. Travelers: Jack T. Adams jr., has gone back to the Adams Film Exchange in Dallas. His business here will be taken care of by the Latin-American Film Exchange as usual . . . J. J. Jimenez jr., has returned from a business trip to Ft. Worth. Recent visitors: Ben Piazza, Major Pictures, Hollywood; Jack Karmi, Karmi Pictures, Hollywood; Theo. Roudte, J. G. Long circuit booker. Bay City, Tex.; Louie Novy and Williams Heliums, Austin; Sr. Ramiro Cortez, Azteca, Dallas; Sr. Ramon Escojido, Capitol, Fort Worth, and Sr. M. Benitez, Nacional, Weslaco. Three more all-Spanish talking pictures have been announced for release by LatinAmerican Film Exchange here, distributors for Azteca Film Dist. Co. of El Paso. The new product includes a short titled “Despedida De Gaona,” “El Rosal Bendito,” and “Honraras a Tus Padres.” Dallas NTSC Sales Dallas— Among the many Texas exhibitors who have installed new equipment from the National Theatre Supply branch during the past few days are the following: S. H. Dianda jr., low amperage lamps with IOV4" arc controls and rectifiers; S. J. Hodge, Grand. Stamford new wool carpet and padding; O. B. Laird. Lyric, Odessa, carpet and padding; Hall Industries, new Rialto, Kingsville, which will open on May 21, low amperage lamps with 10%" reflectors and a three-unit ticket register, and tower flood lights; George Jones, Harlem, Austin, new proje tion machines with 5-point pedestals and double reel magazines; Capitol and Queen Brownsville, conversion lamp units; Aggie and Texan, Arlington, modernistic ticket boxes and a new screen; Majestic, Houston, new screen; Interstate circuit, Dallas, film measuring machine installed in their screening room; D. B. English’s Theatre, Tahoka, new cooling system; Palace. Snyder, now 10% " conversion lamp units; Elmo Hegman, Ritz, Austin, lobby frames; Roy Stallings, Star, Forney, new screen; Mexican Amusement Co., El Paso, new cooling system; New Martini, Galveston. new 3-unit ticket register and chopper new model machines with new super one-piece bases and two-reel magazines, hand rewinds and automatic rewinds, changeover devices with fort switches, porthole optical glasses, film splicer and measuring machines, curtain controls with track, interior lamps and fixtures and transverter with panel and rheostat, steel storage cabinet and super lenses. REAMS & MANGHAM PROVE ABLE SEAMEN Atlanta — Out of the group of filmites who made the fishing trip from St. Marks, Fla., last weekend, only two proved themselves seamen, on the rough water encountered. Sid Reams of Theatrical Printing Co. and John Mangham, of southern Film Exchanges, proved they could take it. It was, to be, a fishing trip but the stormy weather intervened and it turned out to be, according to all reports, a marathon on who could hang over the rail longest. Hubert Lyons was the “winnah.” The seamen were: Riley Davis and Sid Reams of Theatrical Co.; Hubert Lyons, RKO; John Mangham, Southern Films; Jimmy Crockett, Affiliated; Fred Coleman, Fairfax Theatre; Howard Schuessler, AlDun Amusement Co.; Jack Barrett, Consolidated Accessories and Jack Miller, ad sales manager at Paramoimt. And they still believe Sid Reams and John Mangham had a box of “Mother Sill’s Pills” in their pockets. Karrh Into Sylvania Sylvania, Ga. — W. H. Karrh, operator of a chain of middle Georgia theatres, has purchased the Strand here from Mrs. Fred Houser and will remodel into a modern type theatre. B. E. FRY PROMOTED Nashville, Tenn. — B. Etheridge Fry, former assistant manager of Loew’s Vendome Theatre here, has been promoted to assistant manager of Loew’s Theatres in Louisville, Ky. Frank Leatherman of Atlanta Dies Atlanta — Frank A. Leatherman, 64, one of the pioneer sound equipment inventors and manufacturer, died Monday, at a local hospital following an extended illness. Born in Springfield, 111., Leatherman came to Atlanta in 1906 and until his retirement from active business in 1931, maintained offices at 150 Walton St. He was the inventor of the Champion Talking Machine equipment, and established the Champion Talking Pictures, one of the first companies in Atlanta. He also installed the first theatre organ in Atlanta in the old Forsyth Theatre at the corner of Luckie and Forsyth streets. He is survived by his widow, a sister and two brothers. Dyer Sells 8 Coolers Oklahoma City — Recent sales made by the Dyer Theatre Supply, Inc., for complete United States air-conditioning systems, include the following theatres: Oklahoma: Antlers, Antlers; New, Antlers; Atoka, Atoka; Crown, Bartlesville; Palace. 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SERVING THE EXHIBITORS OF THE SOUTH Stebbins Theatre Equipment Co. 1804 Wyandotte (Member ITSDA) Kansas City, Mo. BOXOFFICE ;: May 8, 1937. 91