20th Century-Fox Dynamo (September 2, 1939)

NEW DYNAMO K-7 SALES RUN AHEAD '38 IN MORE BRANCHES Speedier Selling National Rule—Many Long Jumps Are Made—Salesmen Alert—Central Du e For A Splurge Friday’s threat of a general war in Europe found division, district and branch managers here proceeding more cautiously than ever in the effort to get the best possible circulation in every situation for the K-7 product. That the company will have to rely more than ever on proceeds from Domestic distribution was generally conceded. Friday thorough analysis of the sales situation was being made, hut while this step was being taken, the need for speedier selling became greater. Exhibitor reaction was along the same lines, for they realize now more than ever that delay in purchase of their 1939-40 wares may be disastrous.. This reaction found fair-minded theatre men fully aware of the fact that any spread of the situation resultant from Friday’s hostile German-Polish relations would place an added responsibility on their shoulders, if the production end of the in- dustry is to proceed with its ambitious 1939-40 project. As for this company, its output, remaining un- changed, is far ahead of that of any other producer- distributor. But the need for speedier moving pic- tures must be obvious. K-7 FEAtURE SALES LJ Following is the standing of every branch, district and division on the sale of the 1939-10 (K-7) feature product, based on total contracts (including record franchises) sold, against total possibilities, as of August 29: BRANCHES Aug. Aug. 29th It ranch (Manager) 22nd 1 Pittsburgh (Cohn) 1 2 Memphis (Young) 2 3 Washington (Wheeler) 5 I Dallas (Beiersdorf) 1 5 Atlanta (Wilson) 3 0 Salt Lake City (Walker) .... 7 7 Oklahoma City (Clark) 6 8 St. Louis (Keingold) 8 9 Philadelphia (Gross) 9 10 Winnipeg (Huber) 10 11 Albany (Grassgreen) 11 12 Charlotte (Longdon) 12 13 Minneapolis (Podolofl) 14 14 Cleveland (Schmertz) 18 15 Kansas City (Fuller) 13 16 Boston (Callahan) 15 17 Milwaukee (Lorentz) 17 18 San Francisco (Ballentine) ... 16 19 Indianapolis (Landis) 27 Aug. Aug. 29th Branch (Manager) 22nd 20 Denver (Morrison) 24 21 Cincinnati (Grady) 19 22 New Haven (Simon) 20 23 Los Angeles (Dillon) 22 24 St. John (March) 21 25 Seattle (Edmond) 23 20 Omaha (Scott) 26 27 Des Moines (Mayer) 28 28 Buffalo (Samson) 30 29 Vancouver (Patterson) 25 30 Portland (Powers) 29 31 Detroit (Sturm) 32 32 New Orleans (Landaielie) .... 31 33 Calgary (Skorey) 34 34 Toronto (Bailey) 33 35 New York (Buxbauni) 35 36 Chicago (Eckhardt) 36 37 Montreal (English) 37 Aug. 29tli District (Manager) 1 Atlantic (Moss) .... 2 South (Ballance) . . . 3 Midwest (Scott) . . . 4 Northeast (Bailey) 5 Coast (—) DISTRICTS Aug. | Aug. Aug. 22nd 6 22nd 20th District (Manager) . 1 I 6 Prairie (Levy) 7 Mideast (Roberts) 7 8 Canada (O’Loghlin) 8 9 Great Lakes (—) 0 Aug. 29th Division (Manager) 1 West (Kupper) 2 East (Sussman) DIVISIONS Aug. I Aug. Aug. 22nd 29th Division (Manager) 22nd . . . . 1 3 Central (Gehring) 3 Midwesterners Worrying Atlantics In Faster Sales Race on Shorts! 1 I Clark’s Oklahomans and Reingold’s St. Louisans enabled Scott’s Midwest to nab the runner-up place in district stand- ing on sale of the K-7 Movietone-Terrytoon product. They are now teasing the Atlantics who are still showing the way- in all selling tasks. Oklahoma City went from 19 to 7. St. Louis is now fourth, but Pittsburgh still leads, 8.2 ahead of Memphis. | ; K - 7 NEWS SALES | Following is the standing of all branches, districts and divisions on total 1939-10 (K-7) Movietone News contracts sold against total possibilities, as of August 29th: BRANCHES Aug. Aug. 29th Branch (Manager) 15tli 1 Pittsburgh (Cohn) 1 2 Washington (Wheeler) 3 3 Memphis (Young) 4 4 23 26 Atlanta (Wilson) Cincinnati (Grady) 5 6 Philadelphia (Gross) 10 7 Cleveland (Schmertz) 7 8 Albany (Grassgreen) 6 9 Winnipeg (Huber) 9 10 Charlotte (Longdon) 11 11 St. Louis (Keingold) 12 12 Portland (Powers) 3 13 Minneapolis (Podolofl) 14 14 Los Angeles (Dillon) 13 15 San Francisco (Ballentine) ... 16 16 Dallas (Beiersdorf) 15 17 Boston (Callahan) 21 18 Salt Lake City (Walker) 17 19 Kansas City (Fuller) ..... 18 Districts Aug. Aug. | Aug 29th District (Manager) 15tli 1 Atlantic (Moss) 1 2 Mideast (Roberts) 2 3 South (Ballance) 3 4 Northeast (Bailey ) 5 5 Midwest (Scott) 6 DIVISIONS Auk. 29th Branch (MaiuiKPr) ‘-•n Indianapolis (l.andis) .. . 21 Milwaukee (I.orentz) ... 22 New Haven (Simon) Oklahoma City (Clark) . . Denver (Morrison) Bull'alo (Samson) Des Moines (Mayer) .... 27 Seattle (Edmond) 28 Omaha (Scott) 29 New Orleans (Landaielie) .'10 New York (Buxbauni) . . 81 Chicago (Eckhardt) .... 82 Detroit (Sturm) 33 Montreal (EiiKlish) 31 Vancouver (Patterson) 35 Calgary (Skorey) 30 St. John (March) 37 Toronto (Bailey) Vug. 15th 23 13 28 19 21 29 20 20th District. (Manager) (i Coast (—) 7 Prairie (Levy) 8 (ireat Lakes (—) 9 Canada (O’Loghlin) Aug. 15th 4 Aug. 29tli Division (Manager) 1 East (Sussman) 2 West (Kupper) Aug. 15tli . . 1 Many branches this week be- gan running well ahead of sales as the same date last year. Wheeler’s Washington, for in- stance, had more than 40 con- tracts in excess of K-6 at this time, Tom Young’s Memphis had 61, Wilson’s Atlanta 38, and others that went well ahead were St. Louis, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, St. John, In- dianapolis and Winnipeg. There were others, too, in that healthy condition. Washington advanced from fifth to third place on K-7 fea- ture sales status, only 4.6 be- hind Memphis which trailed Ira Cohn’s pacesetting Pittsburgh by 5.7. Walker’s Salt Lake City, almost 50 contracts ahead of last year, at this date, ad- vanced one. Landis’ Indianapolis keeps climbing in all departments and is now 19th. That is a gain of eight places. Morrison’s Den- ver went from 24 to 20. Mayer’s Des Moines added two and De- troit and Calgary each im- proved one. The district ratings on K-7 features selling remained un- changed, with Moss’ Atlantics 7.8 above Ballance’s South and 5.5 ahead of Scott’s Midwest. Bailey’s Northeast trailed Mid- west by just eight points, but still led the Coast by 2.7. Levy’s Prairies needed only one-half point to parallel the Pacifies and topped Roberts’ Mid-East by 1.6. O’Loghlin’s Canada and Great Lakes were parted by only seven-tenths, with the Dominion 7.8 below the Mid- East. Divisionally, Kupper’s West maintained first place, five points wealthier than Sussman’s East which paced Gehring’s Central by 11.5. In the making this week were a number of important deals that were bound to substantial- ly increase the Centrals’ score as well as the individual rating of such exchanges as Chicago and Montreal. Salesmen maintained about the same pace as in the prior week, which was the fastest since general K-7 selling got under way insofar as individual effort goes. r Aug. Aug. 29tli Division (Manager) 15th 3 Central (Gehring) 3 Get Extra Playtime! MEMPHIS TEASING PIRATES i Below are Tom Young and his Memphis personnel, which moved forward promisingly in practically all races this week. They are still giving Pittsburgh the strongest competition for first place on K-7 feature sales and short subjects. On News, Memphis is third. 2.6 behind Washington. 1 K - 7 SHORTS SALES 1 Following is the standing of all branches, districts and divisions on sale of 1939-10 Movietone short subjects product ami Terry-Toon (K-7), based on con- tracts sold against possibilities, as of August 29: BRANCHES I SELL RIGHT -AND j | LIQUIDATE FAST! {