20th Century-Fox Dynamo (August 26, 1939)

NEW DYNAMO 3 Official , K-7 TOTAL DELIVERY THREE WEEKS’ STANDING Following is the standing of all branches, districts and division on accumulated three weeks' total delivery against the 1939-40 total delivery quota for that period, as of August 19: BRANCHES 20 Aug. Aug. Aug. 19th Branch (Manager) 12th 19th 1 Los Angeles (Dillon) 5 2 Detroit (Sturm) 1 3 Denver (Morrison) 3 4 Chicago (Eckhardt) 10 5 New Haven (Simon) 24 6 Albany (Grassgreen) 11 7 San Francisco (Ballentine) ... 7 8 Oklahoma City (Clark) 21 9 St. Louis (Reingold) 13 10 Washington (Wheeler) 6 11 Kansas City (Fuller) 17 12 Atlanta (Wilson) 16 13 Seattle (Edmond) 26 14 Milwaukee (Lorentz) 14 15 Toronto (Bailey) 2 16 Boston (Callahan) 31 17 Montreal (English) 22 18 Calgary (Skorey) 4 19 Dallas (Beiersdorf) 15 DISTRICTS Aug. Aug. 19th District (Manager) 12 th 1 Coast (—) 2 2 Great Lakes (—) 1 3 Midwest (Scott) 5 4 Northeast (Bailey) 6 5 Atlantic (Moss) 4 DIVISIONS Aug. Aug. 19th Division (Manager) 12th 1 West (Kupper) 2 2 Central (Gehring) 1 Branch (Manager) Aug. 12th Portland (Powers) 19 21 Indianapolis (Landis) 29 22 Cincinnati (Grady) 33 23 Salt Lake (Walker) 9 24 Vancouver (Patterson) 8 Philadelphia (Gross) 18 Cleveland (Schmertz) 28 Pittsburgh (Cohn) 12 New York (Buxbaum) 20 Minneapolis (Podoloff) 30 Des Moines (Mayer) 25 New Orleans (Landaiche) .... 34 Memphis (Young) 23 Omaha (Scott) 35 St. John (March) 32 Buffalo (Samson) 27 Winnipeg (Huber) 36 Charlotte (Longdon) 37 Aug. 19th District (Manager) 6 Canada (O’Loghlin) 7 South (Ballance) . . . 8 Mideast (Roberts) Aug. 12th . . 3 . . 7 . . 8 Prairie (Levy) . * 9 Aug. Aug. 19th Division (Manager) 12th 3 East (Sussman) 3 LOS ANGELES NABS DELIV ERY TH RONE Coast And West Command As Result Of Start In The Kent Drive! SHOWMEN KITE HOTEL" “Stanley and Livingstone” gener- ally continues to smack “Jesse James” and “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” grosses, according to official reports this week from the branches. In every situation this thrilling spec- tacle is being hailed the best picture of its kind ever produced—and is drawing raves from all types of theatregoers and from exhibitors. Seven situations were holding it over for a third week, according to branch wires Friday. In 38 other situations “Stanley and Living- stone” was holding over for a second week. In 53 spots it was being held from three to four extra days. In Chicago, where “Stanley and Livingstone” was sensationally exploited, it started its third Loop week at the Apollo theatre. In its two weeks at the Chicago it did SRO business. It is booked for an indefinite run at the Apollo. Meantime, a dramatic, breezy advance campaign was being climaxed Friday with the opening of “Elsa Maxwell’s Hotel for Women.” Everything r By outdelivering their 36 rivals in the introductory stanza of the sev- enth annual S. R. Kent Drive, John Dillon’s Angels not only acquired leader- ship in that campaign, but also found themselves sitting on the throne on ac- cumulated three weeks’ total delivery for the new season! Despite the fact that it, too, beat quota, Lester Sturm’s Detroit was pulled down into the runner-up berth, while Bailey’s erstwhile runner-up Toronto was whammed down to the 15th notch. Spectacular, indeed, were the changes in the three-weeks’ standing, with all resulting from the Drive’s first week activities. In fact, leadership in every section of the 1939-40 total delivery race underwent a change. Coast went to the top at the expense of Great Lakes. This is exactly the way they stood at the end of the first lap in the Big Push. Kupper’s West pushed ahead of Gehring’s Centrals for divisional leadership, topping the latter by 2.1 points. Outstanding over-quota three-weeks’ total delivery score is held by Los Angeles, which led Detroit by almost 10 full points. Morrison’s Denver held third position, but they are only five- hundredths of a point richer than Eckhardt’s 1938-39 champion Chicagoans who biffed their way from 10th to fourth place. But, right behind the Breezers are the International leaders in the Drive, Simon’s New Haven. The Connecticut crew went from 24th to fifth place, within 2.1 points of Chicago. Grassgreen’s Albanians, too, covered more ground in the season’s race. Their three-week’s total rushed them from 11th to sixth place, within three-tenths of a mark of New Haven and the same distance ahead of Ballentine’s San Franciscans points to a big engagement, for considerable newspaper publicity has been obtained. Fashion shows at department stores, introducing Linda Darnell, and numerous tieups have maximized ad- vance interest. From all parts of the country continued to come evidence that where “Elsa Maxwell’s Hotel for Women” co-operative ads were being supple- mented with vigorous exploitation, this Cosmopol- itan production did an outstanding business and, invariably held over. “Stanley and Livingstone,” on the first day of its second week, did almost as big as that of the initial stanza, according to a letter from the Chi- cago exchange. From Manager Morrison of Denver came this report: “ ‘Stanley and Livingstone’ opened to the best gross any picture since ‘Alexander’s Ragtime Band’, beating ‘Jesse James’. This continued to be the case all week and the picture holds over. It should play four weeks at the first-run houses here.” In Indianapolis “Stanley and Livingstone” closed at a figure comparable with that earned by “Jesse James.’ a second week. 1939-40 ADSALES DELIVERY! Following is the standing of all adsales managers, branches, districts and divisions on accumulated three weeks’ adsales delivery against 1939-40 adsales delivery quota for that period, as of August 19: BRANCHES DIVISIONS Aug. Aug. 19th Division (Manager) 12th 1 West (Kupper) 3 2 East (Sussman) 1 Aug. 19th Division (Manager) 3 Central (Gehring) . . Aug. 12th . . 2 It has gone to the Apollo for Out in San Francisco way it continued to do SRO business, according to word from Branch Manager G. M. Ballentine. Despite the fact that the opening day was moved up two days on short notice, “Stanley and Livingstone” at the Hippo- drome in Cleveland did an out- standing business. The picture opened on Aug. 17 with the 24- sheets around town splurging the Aug. 19 date. In Toledo, 0., it did sensation- al business and brought almost daily rave wires from Manager Ralph Lawler there. Notwithstanding a torrential rainstorm, in Boston “Stanley and Livingstone” did the big- gest Sunday business in years and a third week was easily earned. In Worcester, Mass.; Provi- dence, R. I.; Lawrence, Mass., and Portland, Me., it also did remarkable business that brought congratulatory wires to Boston Manager Callahan from enthused showmen. Des Moines reported an SRO week for the picture at both the Roosevelt and Des Moines the- atres, which played it day and date. Up in Chicago, B. & K. pulled a “sneak” preview on “Hotel for Women,” getting advance newspaper and column raves. John Dillon who clung to the seventh post. Clark’s Oklahoma City added 13 brackets, be- ing formerly 21st and now ranking eighth, one point below the Golden Gaters. Another Drive first-week over-quota star, Reingold’s St. Louis, rushed from 13 to 9, 2.4 under Oklahoma and three-tenths above Wheel- er’s Washington, although the latter was defi- nitely best in the National group of Eastern ex- changes in the first round of the big campaign. Washington dropped four, being almost caught by Wilson’s Atlanta, which hopped four, to vir- tually tie with Fuller’s Kansas Citians who an- nexed six neater places. Edmond’s Seattle hopped 13. In 13th place it is right now, one-hundredth of a point be- hind Atlanta. Lorentz’s Milwaukee held No. 14, topping Toronto by one-half point. Callahan’s Bostonians helped Tom Bailey’s Northeast go from sixth to fourth place, when they jumped from 31 to 16. English’s Montreal did not reach quota, but on the three-week’s showing they advanced from 22 to 17. Skorey’s Calgarians took it hard on the chin, kerplunking from fourth to the 18th slot, one-tenth ahead of Beiersdorf’s Dallas which gave up four. Powers’ Portland lost one, but was almost caught by Landis’ Indianapolis. Grady’s over-quota Cincinnatians swung their way from 33 to 22, within 1.2 points of Indianapolis and easily hurdling Walker’s Salt Lake City and Patterson’s Vancouver which dropped 14 and 16 pegs, respectively. Gross’ Philadelphians lost seven and are now two-tenths of a point above Schmertz’s Cleveland which raised a pair, while Cohn’s Pittsburgh forfeited 15, Buxbaum’s New York eight. Podoloff’s Minneapolis did not get quota, but in strength of pre- Drive figures it moved up one, while Mayer’s Des Moines ker- plunked five. Landaiche’s New Orleans gained three i SHUTTLE SHEETS MEETINGS START ON THE W EST COAST LOS ANGELES—The first meeting in Drive Leader M. A. Levy’s second swing around the branches was scheduled for the Los Angeles exchange Saturday morning. The session had to be postponed from Thursday because of unfinished business at the studio where Levy has been all week with General Manager of Distribution Herman Wobber, Overseas Sales Director W. J. Hutchinson and Western Division Mana- ger W. J. Kupper. Monday morning a meeting was to be held at Ballentine’s San Francisco exchange. Tuesday night they were to leave for Portland, Ore., for a session there on Wednesday with thA Portland, Seattle and Vancouver dollar delivery crews. From there the Drive leader was to head East, Mr. Wobber going as far as Denver. 1