Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1937)

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KAYCEE OMAHA (Continued from page 136) this week: those of W. L. Norris, L. F. Dur-. land, Paul Humston, M. G. Shackelford, and even Stanley Goldberg at Monogram Pictures of Kansas City. The outfit moved from fifth back into third place last week — nationally. Prints on “13th Man” were expected in this week, the exchange’s first, which may have something to do with the pleasant physiognomies, along with the announcement from Hollywood that they’ve started shooting Dick Merrill in “Transatlantic Flight.” R. W. McEwan who distributes Bank Night, and Mrs. McEwan left Wednesday for Denver, where Affiliated Enterprises will convention June 26 and 27. The McEwans drove. Harry Wheeler, booker at Paramount, is on vacation where the fish are biting — he hopes. Miss Katherine Shafer of Metro left early in the week for a two weeks’ vacation in the Ozarks. Miss Ruth Taylor, UA, returned Monday from her vacation, and after two weeks was all plastered. However, it was court plaster, on her cheek. Norris B. Cresswell, prominent Filmrow photographer, is vacationing in Toronto, Canada, for two weeks. Mrs. William G. Formby, wife of the Boxoffice editor, returned home Wednesday from a two weeks’ stay at St. Luke’s Hospital following the birth of a sevenpound girl. Mrs. Hattie Gray Baker of the 20th-Fox public relations department was a local visitor Tuesday en route from California to New York. WEINBERGER SLATES 34 FILMS FOR YEAR New York — A program of 34 pictures for the coming season is announced by Mack D. Weinberger, general sales manager of Certified Pictures, who plans to distribute the company’s product through 25 franchise exchanges which he expects to close within the next month. Weinberger, who resigned as general sales manager of General Pictures to join the new producing and distributing organization, says that 12 of the company’s program will be produced by Certified, the balance by outside producers. RKO CURRENT SEASON NEARED PACT ZENITH New York — Nearly 1,000 more contracts were signed by RKO Radio with exhibitors during 1936-37 than in 1935-36, Jules Levy, general sales manager, said on his return from the national convention in Hollywood last week. Figuring the total possibilities for RKO at 10,021 theatres in the country. Levy said that 9,519 accounts were closed for the current product. The figure for 1935-36 was 8,833. Varieti] Luncheons Dropped for Summer Kansas City — The last bi-weekly luncheon of Variety Club was consumed on Monday. Arrival of hot weather, together with the vacation season, determined members to discontinue the affairs until fall. With Finton Jones hammering the water glass gavel, the final meeting produced a lot of fun for all of the 50 in attendance. Senn Lawler announced a drawing for four delegates to the National Education Association conference, and then submitted them to an intelligence test on the order of Professor Quizz and of the Fox Plaza’s Thursday night “question box” program. Those who won the honor of drawing and being asked five questions apiece were Robert F. Withers, Arthur Cole, Rube Finkelstein and Robert Carnie. All of them were definitely gun-shy, and Finkelstein was the author of a conspiracy of “I don’t know’s” in an attempt to throw the prize, a pint of fire water, donated by Finton Jones, to Arthur Cole. The audience promptly started prompting the contestants, until Lawler started replacing those on the floor with prompters from the audience. L. F. Durland replaced Withers, Freddie Meyn followed Finkelstein and R. R. Biechele went in for Carnie. Cole won going away. From John Harris, national VC president, came an invitation for local Variety to send its best golfer to a national tournament to be held in Pittsburgh in September. The Variety Club-Filmrow picnic will go over to September this year due to the heat. Among the guests at the luncheon Monday were Lou Schutte of the Schutte Lumber Co. (Leo Finkelstein) ; Earl Kerr, Council Bluffs, la. (Frank Hensler) ; Frank Weary, Richmond, Mo., (Ralph Morrow) ; A1 Tanner, 20th-Fox, (Gus Kubitzki) ; Howard Kinser, 20th-Fox, (Douglas Desch), and Ralph Abbett, Jam Handy Corp., Detroit, (L. F. Durland). DON DAVIS AND BOYS BUSY INSTALLING lOBS Kansas City — Don Davis and his RCA “hi fi” boys are busy again. Larry Larsen is installing 10 outlets, providing RCA equipment for 20 listeners who have difficulty in hearing in his Civic at Webb City, Mo. Theatres have found these good business builders, according to Harry Somerville of the RCA office here. J. K. Powell recently took over the Oliver at Palisade, Neb., and is installing new RCA equipment. RKO Delegation in K. C. Kansas City — RKO sales executives, branch managers and salesmen, who attended the company’s convention in Los Angeles, stopped off in Kansas City briefly Wednesday at 5 p. m. en route to the east. (Continued from preceding page) conditioning equipment. Now that the strike is over, however, the cooling should start within a week. A. J. “Jack” Rhodes, trust official of the Omaha National bank, is having himself a time in his role of theatre manager. With the Paramount in litigation he’s taken control and is reported prowling around the darkened house worrying about all the little matters which used to give District Manager Evert R. Cummings of Tri-States a headache. And still no customer for the house. Paramount Salesman Ike Rubin is flourishing the watch he won for being district leader in the sales drive and awarded at the Los Angeles convention. Evert Cummings, chairman of Variety’s entertainment committee, is seeking a name band for the club’s July dinner dance at the Fontenelle Hotel. Visitors sighted along the Row: R. V. Fletcher of Hartington, Neb.; Bill Lannon of West Point, Neb.; Charley Prokop of Wahoo, Neb.; Morton Troxell of Wilbur, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kugel of Holstein, la.; Herb Thomas of Kingsley and Moville, la.; Mr. and Mrs. John Nofsinger of Madisoji, Neb., and Frank Hollingsworth of Beatrice, Neb. Helen Baum, M-G-M’s biller, is vacationing in Indiana. AUGIE HERMAN AT FIGHT Omaha — Augie Herman, co-manager of the Muse Theatre, took in the Joe LouisJimmy Braddock fight in Chicago. Classes in Projection for School Operator New York — Apprehension over possible harmful reactions to theatres if an accident should occur during the showing of classroom films by untrained operators who are usually helpless in the case of fire has caused Des Moines and Cleveland exhibitor groups to ask city officials to institute projection instruction among faculty and pupil operators, it is learjied here. For the purpose of familiarizing amateur operators along lines of fire prevention. City Fire Marshal Charles Barker of Des Moines will supervise an inspection tour of schools, it was said by Arthur Dickinson of the Hays office here, who is in charge of this phase of work. Projection instruction will also be given at 29 schools in Cleveland, it was said. In that city two-reel films or serials are shown to pupils who remain in school during the lunch period. In New York and other cities operators’ unions have demanded employment of their members in schools using films, as a fire prevention measure. 140 BOXOFFICE : : June 26, 1937.