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

NEW DYNAMO 7 i EXECUTIVE HEADS OF MOVIETONE IN | THIS COUNTRY AND FOREIGN LANDS , Following is the list of executive and editorial heads of the j various units of the Movietone organization in the United i States, Canada and foreign countries, as announced by Vice- $ President and Producer Truman H. Talley: UNITED STATES AND CANADA i Edmund Reek General Manager j J Steve Fitzgibbon Studio Manager 2 I E. I. Sponable Technical Director ! [ Lowell Thomas Chief Commentator | I Ed Thorgersen Sports Commentator ! j Vyvyan Donner Director of Women’s World | = Helen Claire Fashion Commentator 2 I Paul Douglas Alternate Sports Commentator ! j Hugh James Alternate News Commentator j j Harry Lawrenson Foreign Editor 2 1 Ben Loweree Chief Film Editor 1 2 Jack Haney News Editor | | Dan Doherty Assignment Editor and Publicity Manager | I Art Sorensen Manager Still Department j S A. A. Brown Ship News and Society Editor | Earl Allvine Special Assignment Editor 2 Jack Gordon Broadway Editor I 2 Joseph Farrington Political Editor | = A1 Panci Art Director 2 | Jack Darrock West Coast Supervisor i j Emile Montemurro Mid-Western Supervisor j \ Anthony Muto Washington, D. C., Supervisor 2 { L. E. Orr Rocky Mountain Supervisor J J Webber Hall Southern Supervisor | S James Molini Canadian Film Editor 2 j John Flaige Sports Film Editor ! j Albert F. Holst Librarian j ' FOREIGN I Russell Muth European Director J j Arthur De Tita Assistant European Director | I Fred Leslie Technical Supervisor 2 ) LONDON f 2 Gerald Sanger Producer 2 j Sir Gordon Craig General Manager j { Thomas Scales Production Manager j 2 PARIS j ! Frederic Fesneau French Supervisor s j BERLIN » 2 Robert Hartmann Central European Supervisor 2 S ROME ■ | Ettore Villani Italian and North African Supervisor I J STOCKHOLM j ! William Murray Scandinavian and Baltic Supervisor s 2 MADRID i 2 Luis Dias Amado Spanish Supervisor 2 ! SYDNEY - j Harry Guinness Australasian Supervisor I SHANGHAI } ! Eric Mayell Far Eastern Supervisor 2 j RIO DE JANEIRO j j Bonney Powell Latin-American Supervisor i S ELLING never was healthier than it is now. The field is getting better terms all along the line. Contract Manager Jack Bloom points out that the number of pictures averaged per situation closed on K-7 to date was something like 30 per cent higher than in the best previous sales season. This means a guar- anteed, basic increase in earning power. That plus better terms should produce the results that the sales chief anticipates and that he has pledged the company on behalf of his organiza- tion. • A LL indications are that there will be a trade preview of Zanuck’s Technicolor spe- cial, “Hollywood Cavalcade,” in every impor- tant exchange. Originally it was planned to hold such exhibitors’ screenings at district headquar- ters. However, the picture is of such importance and so rich in box office possibilities, Mr. Wobber feels greater justice can be done if it is shown at all the U. S. offices. This will enable more exhibitors to view it. The showings, however, are planned to take place in some local theatre. Jack Bloom • EXTENSION of airmail service to foreign countries from the United States and Canada should bring about a tremendous saving to this company. No longer is there any need for wholesale cabling to foreign branches, points out Executive Vice-President W. C. Michel. Evidence of the swiftness of this service is fur- nished by the schedule to Europe. An airmail letter written in New York on Friday arrives in England on Sunday and under usual circumstances will be at the London office on Monday morning. One-day service is also assured in reaching other important foreign countries. PROPER booking is going to be the deciding factor in the pres- A ent Kent Drive. In the eagerness to get playtime, it is folly to sacrifice potential good money-makers to get that time. Take the example found in one situation where “Elsa Maxwell’s Hotel for Women” was booked on the same bill with “Frontier Marshal,” the former going in on a percentage and the latter on a flat guar- antee. There may be exceptions to every rule, but it is not consis- tent with the company’s investment in a sizzling entertainment like “Frontier Marshal,” Mr. Wobber points out. ! On Her Wav Back Son]a Henie !i | vn ner yyuy dug*. ca bi e d the stu- 2 s dio that she is leaving in a few days and 2 ! will be back there late next week. She is ! j scheduled to start “Everything Happens at | 2 Night,” with Ray Milland, within the next 2 ! several weeks. Next will come “Shadows in [ 2 the Snow.” j 2 — — J Movietone News, in serving exhibitors in some 50 different countries with newsreels printed in 19 different languages, is in pos- session of a greater active working staff than all the other news organizations com- bined. It is no trade secret that the best in every phase of newsreel production is under contract to Movietone. Following are the best newsreel sound engineers in the business, who are under contract to Movie- tone: Heinz Blume William Jordan Ben Box Warren McGrath Henri Brisdoux.. William Pecora Henri Fabiani Claude W. Sheets Roger Fassin Willy Steiner James Foreman D. Stiles Louis Girolami Ad Tice James Gleason Charles Tice Philip Gleason . . Herbert Tice Heinz Gleemann L. Tregellas M. Gray Kel Vaughan Herbert Gunau Lew Walz Paul Heise . . Ernest Wiking Walter Hicks E. M. Williams Pat Wyand NEWSREEL ACES OF MOVIETONE NEWS In addition to the several hundred local ! correspondents and freelances who regularly I serve Movietone News, Producer Truman | Talley names the following famous camera- j men as his aces under exclusive contract to I that newsreel: Jack Barnett Pierre Luck Eric Bierre Georges Mejat A1 Brick Paul Martelliere 2 Fernando Delgado Jack Painter ' Maurice de Wilte Sol Roizman Larry Ellis Hans Scholz N. Fisher Chalmer Sinkey j Karl Freymann William Storz ! Alfred Gold Walter Sully Webber Hall John Tondra R. Harris A. Tozer Larry Kennedy Billy Trerise j Jess Kizis A. A. Tunwell i Irby Koverman A1 Waldron ! Carl Larsen Denny Welsh | Charles Lehmann . Paul Wyand > “SHERLOCK” LAUDED ON COAST! HAILED BESTMYSTERY CRITICS, EXHIBS SAY IT OUT-THRILLS “HOUND” Los Angeles—According the great- est of detective thrillers a tumultuous reception that demonstrates its extra- ordinary appeal as mass entertain- ment, a “sneak preview” audience greeted “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” the other night with applause and rave opinion cards auguring big box office returns. Zanuck’s showmanship in following “The Hound of the Baskervilles” with a far greater picture and with the same stars in the roles of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Wat- son, was given rousing tribute when the main title burst on the screen at the Cali- fornia Theatre in Huntington Park to the accompaniment of cheers. From then on mystery, romance and comedy vied as the characters unfolded a gripping story which kept the audience in suspense until the sensational climax. . . uuuiieb, wiifi pel- mission of the executors of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s estate, the screen story pits the king of sleuths against a criminal genius worthy of his steel—-the notorious Professor Moriarty. In ever- mounting thrill fascination, the plot leads to the solution of a series of murders and the thwarting of the century’s most incredible crime—the at- tempted theft of $15,000,000 worth of British crown jewels from the Tower of London. How Holmes saves the life of a beautiful client threatened by the underworld czar, reunites her with a sweetheart suspected of being in league with assassins, and finally hurls the diabolical Moriarty to his doom from the battlements of the London Tower, provided the preview crowd with an unforgettable entertainment experience. A grand love story runs through “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and laughs galore in lighter phases of the story. Basil Rathbone is again superlative in the role of Sherlock Holmes, infusing the detective with the color, mystery and genius which have made the character a byword all over the world. Nigel Bruce likewise is outstanding in the same character he portrayed in “The Hound of the Baskervilles”—the grumpy, lovable and sometimes blundering confidant of the master criminologist PLAYERS LAUDED Lovely Ida Lupino plays brilliantly the chief feminine role of the cultured girl who finds her- self marked as a victim of mad murders who already have killed her father and brother. Handsome Alan Marshal does a grand job in the romantic role opposite Miss Lupino, and young Terry Kilburn, George Zucco, Henry Stephenson, E. E. Clive, Arthur Hohl, May Beatty, Peter Willes, Mary Gordon, George Regas, Mary Forbes, Frank Dawson, Holmes Herbert, William Austin and Anthony Kemble Cooper are prominent in the supporting cast of hundreds. Directed with dramatic punch by Alfred Werker, “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” was brought to the screen under the skillful associate producer guidance of Gene Markey whose record includes such hits as “Kentucky,” “The Little Princess” and “Second Fiddle.” Sharing other creative and technical honors were Edwin Blum and William Drake, authors of the screen play; Leon Shamroy, director of pho- tography; Richard Day and Hans Peters, art di- rectors; Thomas Little, set decorator; Robert Bischoff. film editor; Gwen Wakeling, costumer; W. D. Flick and Roger Heman, sound recorders, and Cyril J. Mockridge, musical director. The Los Angeles daily press critics agreed with those on Daily Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Motion Picture Herald and Film Daily that “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” is the best Holmes story ever transferred to the screen. The Los Angeles Examiner, for instance, said: “If you enjoyed Basil Rathbone doing his Sher- lock Holmes sleuthing in ‘Hound of the Basker- villes,’ you’re sure to enjoy even more the new chapter, ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.’ Definitely the swankiest of the whodunits, ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ has excellent production value, in fact Gene Markey and 20th Century Fox have given the picture so much class that it is difficult to recognize another of those ‘who got the jewels?’ plots. Rathbone is smooth and suave. Nigel Bruce continues the best Dr. Watson of either stage or screen. Ida Lupino is appealing and Alan Marshal well helps her carry the love interest.” The Los Angeles Times carried the following: “Basil Rathbone outshines his previous per- formance in ‘Hound of the Baskervilles.’ With this second picture, it looks as if the series will prove to be well established. It is clever and the sus- pense holds up effectively throughout the picture,”