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Big Carnival Week Crowds Learn Turtle Derby Aims
Darden and Schmili Open Houston Firm
HOUSTON — Charles E. Darden and A. J. Schmitt opened the Houston Popcorn & Equipment Co. here at 1315 Palmer Wednes
Chas. E. Darden, left, and A. J. Schmitt
day last week (25) on a partnership arrangement.
Besides the partnership arrangement, Darden will continue with the company bearing his name at Dallas. Schmitt will be manager of the new concern. It will operate its own warehouse and maintain an equipment sales and service display room.
Schmitt formerly was cargo supervisor for American Airlines, then with an Alaskan airline but returned to Texas because of the Alaskan weather. The Houston company will serve theatre accounts in south Texas and bordering states.
Joe Rock Rents Army Comp For Filming in Texas
MINERAL WELLS, TEX.— Hollywood Producer Joe Rock has leased part of the army surplus Camp Wolters near here, in which to start filming a picture within the next four months. He has a three-year lease on the officers club, which will be converted into a stage and studio, and has several warehouses and barracks also to be used. He believes he can start making a picture here by spending $3,000 to get ready where it would cost a quarter of a million if he had to start from scratch.
Rock owns several Red Clark stories written by Gordon Ray Young. He is figuring on a story about the quarter-horse and his first picture will probably be a prison break film, “Cellblock.” He said the industry needs new scenery for western and outdoor pictures and Texas has it.
Rock is associated with Hooker Bros. Enterprises of Hollywood, and was director of the Joe Rock studios in Elstree, Eng. He made Vitagraph comedies in 1916 and several Stan Laurel and Chester Conklin comedies and other features.
'Sittmg Pretty' Held Limit
DALLAS — The Knox Theatre, one of the lesser Interstate houses, held “Sitting Pretty” over for an extra two days and a total of five. This theatre hadn’t shown a picture over three days in several years.
Gloria Henry in Major Role
A major role in “Law of the Barbary Coast,” which Wallace McDonald will produce for Columbia, has been assigned to Gloria Henry,
National Allied Meeting Reservations Pour In
NEW ORLEANS — Reservations for the national Allied convention to be held here November 29-December 1 are increasing daily. Among the important figures of the industry to write M. J. Artigues of the reservations committee are H. M. Richey, MGM; E. D. Martin, Columbus, Ga., vice-president and board member of Motion Picture Owners and Operators of Georgia; J. H. Thompson, Hawkinsville, Ga., president of MTOO of Georgia, Oscar Lam, Rome, vice-president, and W. Snelson, Atlanta, board member. Mrs. -Lam and Mrs. Snelson will accompany their husbands. Although Allied has no unit in Cleveland, Ernest Schwartz, president of the Cleveland Motion Picture Exhibitors Ass’n, Inc., has made reservations for a delegation of 20 persons.
Phil Isley io Operate New Duo in Houston
DALLAS — Phil R. Isley, owner and operator of four de luxe neighborhood theatres here, has signed a lease on two 1,600-seat theatre buildings to be erected by Leo P. Corrigan, multimillionaire real estate owner and developer. Isley will equip both houses.
The two theatres will be centers of new neighborhood shopping villages. One will be located in Pasadena on the southeastern rim of Houston and the other on the Humble road, leading northward. The Pasadena center will be near the ship channel tunnel now under construction and will be started in 60 days by the Curlee Construction Co. Plans were drawn by architect Darrel P. Walling of Houston. The J. G. Long circuit operates two theatres in Pasadena and two on the Humble road.
By V. W. CRISP
DALLAS — The seven-night Carnival week, conducted in the Variety Club quarters as a buildup for the Turtle derby, was one of the brightest spots on the club’s calendar of recent activities. Certainly it was more successful in its objective than Carnival weeks of other years, according to Chief Barker Julius Schepps. The nonmembers and friends of barkers who attended were gratified by the entertainment they were given and were amazed to learn about Variety’s charity program. Many tickets on the derby were sold on this score alone.
Showmen were impressed at the ease and natural ability of George Schepps in handling the crowds and keeping the different departments going without a hitch and getting prizes out to happy winners. Some said he had the talent of a Bob or Bill O’Donnell in getting this job done.
The best entertainers from hotels and the night clubs entertained guests at noon time and twice each evening. Big Roland Drayer, singer de luxe from Pappy’s Showland, brought down every house with his bigtime voice and skill as master of ceremonies.
The biggest night was Associate and Allied members night on Friday, and here again George Schepps was in charge. Manley Popcorn Co. set up a machine at the club all week with a pretty young blond in playsuit passing out boxes of the theatre’s favorite confection to all tables that wanted it. It is estimated 17,000 visited the club during Carnival week.
Bill O’Donnell, in charge of the Turtle derby committee, this week sent out a final appeal to barkers to get all turtle books and the money back to the club office now. The big derby is all set for Fair Park ice arena all afternoon and night, Saturday, September 11, with a few of the races to be run the previous day.
USHERETTES IN FORaiALS AT SNEAK PREVIEW— Color was added at a recent preview of “A Date With Judy” at the Don Theatre, Shreveport, La., by formals worn by the usherettes. Shown above with the Don manager, M. V. McAfee, they are, left to right: Patsy Williams, Jane Stubblefield, Mrs. Myrtle Freeze, Betty Jane Albritton, Mrs. Martelie Stephens and Ann Miller.
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