20th Century-Fox Dynamo (October 7, 1939)

NEW DYNAMO 11 BUFFALO SALESMEN MOST ADS-MINDED Samson’s Buffalo leads the field in film salesmen’s results on adsales for the past 13 weeks, or since July 1. Nationally, the film sales- men’s contribution to the 13-week departmental total adsales delivery amounted to just about 10 per cent. Buffalo’s salesmen Kempner, Rowell and Dickman have di- rectly sold more than 41 per cent of the adsales business credited Buffalo in that period, the offi- cial records showed this week. That was 12 per cent greater than the score piled up by Mor- rison’s Denver salesmen. Messrs, Paulson and Rennie are respon- sible for 29 per cent of Denver’s 13-week adsales delivery, just one-half point above the score that Reingold’s St. Louisans can boast. Least contribution of salesmen to adsales is charged against Sam Gross’ Philadelphians, whose combined score is only one-tenth of a point behind that of Walker’s Salt Lake Citians and one-half point behind the mark credited Wilson’s Atlan- tans. Following is the rating of the branches (with film salesmen) on salesmen’s percentage of then- respective zones’ total 13-week adsales delivery, as of Saturday, and the branches’ status on nine weeks’ K-7 adsales delivery and for the Drive: I WASHINGTON PLANS COUP IN THE DRIVE j S WASHINGTON — Sam j Wheeler’s Washington j | claims the Nationals’ j ! championship in the Kent j [ Drive! j This claim will be ! backed with an October- j j November delivery that is j i intended to serve as a j I “blow to the other as- | | pi rants.” j Bookings are mounting j I in a manner that leaves I | no doubt that the office is j ] getting unprecedented ? j support from exhibitors. ( Washington has set its | | coming releases in such a 5 I manner that revenue from j j the big - money accounts j J will be steady. The sub- s ? sequent runs were never | j better booked. That occupancy of first j ! place on advance among ! j the branches in the Na- j | tional group is no idle af- I fair, but representative of \ j where this office will fin- j j ish ~ | ENGLAND COMING BACK? REPEATS WAR HISTORY! HIGH MARKS FOR RE-ISSUES Western Division’s Results Prove Outstanding- Branches in the Western division are getting the greater re- sults on re-issuance of hits of past seasons. But, the Domestics have set a new record for amount of extra revenue and volume of playtime secured on re- issues. Outstanding are the returns obtained by branches in the Midwest and in the South. These, so far, have been ob- tained chiefly from such re-is- sues as “Jesse James,” “Alex- ander’s Ragtime Band,” “Banjo on My Knee” and others. Howev e r, every ex- change has been m ore active than in any past season with regard to re- vival of past hits. Exhibi- tors have been surpris- ingly recep- tive to such revival, judging from the quan- tity and calibre of playtime se- cured. In many cases, K-7 prospects I Paul Wilson FOREIGN DRIVE Sept. 30: 9/30 Country (Manager) 9/23 Japan (Doyle) 1 China (Lopato) 6 Hungary (Matzner) 3 Colombia (Day) 5 Trinidad (O’Gara) 4 Norway (Mathieson) 7 Fed. Mai. States (Goldsmith) . . 6 Puerto Rico (Zeno) 10 India (Newber.v) 6 Venezuela (Amodio) 0 D. E. Indies (Mayer) 12 Mexico (Mohme) 16 Argentine (Horen) 13 Australia (Hake) 13 Brazil (Bavetta) H Jugoslavia (Selan) 18 Denmark (Frandsen) 22 New Zealand (Rutledge) 19 Finland (Biornstad) 1? Latvia (Lurje) H South Africa (Bolle) 21 Panama (Sullivan) 20 Sweden (Isdalil) 21 Holland (Groen) 23 Egypt (Giordano) 25 Chile (Ruscica) 27 Philippines (Lederman) 26 Peru (Chiesa) ~8 England (Harley) 32 Portugal (Pariente) 29 France (Morgan) 33 Cuba (White) 31 Spain (Lopez) . . 3 * Czechoslovakia (Urban) 10 No reports available from Germany, oland, and Rumania. have marked time pending ne- gotiation of deals for this sea- son by playing re-issues. The amount of revenue thus ob- tained is of a surprising size. Wilson’s Atlanta is rapidly gaining on Oklahoma City, Kansas City and St. Louis in size of revenue earned from re- issues, with bookings for Oc- tober and November very prom- ising. SALESMEN'S ADS DELIVERY t-o-m Following is the standing of all sales- men based on percentage of film sales- men’s individual contributions to the total zone adsales delivery for the 13- week period as of September 30: PI. Salesman Branch 1 J. Feld St. Louis 2 J. Connelly Boston 3 M. Kempner Buffalo 4 W. Rowell Buffalo 5 G. Dickman Buffalo 6 T. McCleastcr Indianapolis 7 J. Holston Charlotte 8 L. Paulson Denver 9 H. Rennie Denver 10 H. Keilor Detroit 11 T. Hendrix Dallas 12 J. Erickson San Francisco 13 M. Simons Boston 11 J. Diamond Washington 15 J. Ebersole Charlotte 1<» S. Florin New York 17 J. Murphy Washington 18 R. Eskin St. Louis 19 F. Bernard San Francisco 20 W. Mussman Minneapolis 21 W. Kubitzki Kansas City 22 S. Riegelman Des Moines 23 S. Lichter Cleveland 24 H. Lyons Minneapolis F. Sliter Chicago 52 S. Gottlieb Des Moines PI. 53 58 59 60 01 62 63 61 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 78 79 80 81 82 Salesman Branch W. Miller Dallas N. Horwitz Milwaukee T. Baskin Memphis H. Iron field Omaha G. Halloran Omaha G. Spear Seattle II. Goodamote Chicago E. Westcott Detroit N. Houston Dallas W. Humphries Philadelphia G. McClure Atlanta C. Knickerbocker . . . .Kansas City II. Shallcross New Orleans G. Moore Pittsburgh N. Remer Albany G. James Oklahoma City C. Robinette Portland II. Laseter Atlanta W. Robison Los Angeles N. Scott Dallas R. Carrow Detroit W. Wall Los Angeles N. Thorpe Pittsburgh E. Burkart Cincinnati II. Alexander Boston ( ) Montreal M. Kurtz New York J. McElhinney . . . .Salt Lake City II. Mitchell Atlanta Y. Dugan Salt Lake City (*) Blank. INDUSTRY CHEERED BY IMPROVEMENT THERE BRITONS NEARING QUOTA! BUT EMBARGO ON TRANSFER OF MONEY FROM THERE IS STILL ON Harley’s Britons are beginning- to find the reaction of motion picture theatregoers and the general public to modern warfare exactly the same as did Chinese and the Spaniards! That was stressed by Overseas Drive returns from the British Isles when the fourth week’s returns were officially checked. In fact, British returns have been zooming for the past three weeks. It was the report of the British organization that enabled the Overseas department to enjoy its healthiest week so far in the Drive. While war restrictions forbid the transfer of money from England to other countries, the improvement in the British situation is the brightest news to come from abroad in months. Cabled reports indicate the industry’s situation i should continue to improve, for all companies, according to the Hays organization and the trade press, have been showing an in- creasing weekly revenue from the British Isles since the Gov- ernment there heeded public de- mand and al- lowed thef theatres to 1 re - open and ! to operate i under, of course, cer- tain war reg- ulations. In fact, the ’ O v e r seas Drive returns for the first month find two nations at war with each other for practical- ly the past two years, actually lead- ing the parade. -s R. S. Dawes Carlos Zeno F. L. Harley And both a over quota and have been estab- lishing new records. Doyle’s Japs, still pacing, came through with their fourth successive over-quota week. Their accumu- lated four weeks’ delivery is bet- ter than double quota. War-torn China, which under- went a vicious resumption of at- tack from the Japs last week, found the lap its best so far in the Drive and beat quota to such an extent that it leaped into the runner-up position in the depart- mental four - weeks’ standing, hurdling Matzner’s Hungarians. OTHER FACTS England jumped its fourth week’s revenue some 33 per cent over its total for the third lap, which showed an increase over the second. Three European countries— Frandsen’s Danes, Mathiesen’s Norwegians and Matzner’s Hun- garians—beat quota. Ten Over- seas branches exceeded their quota, according to the official cabled returns. The other seven were: China Mexico Colombia Trinidad Reports from Germany, the erstwhile Poland, and Roumania continue to be conspicuous by their absence, as there is no means of communications with those countries. Goodman’s Far East is still in command of the divisional race, being far ahead of Hake’s Aus- tralasians. South America is still third, seven-tenths of a F. M. States Puerto Rico Japan point behind the Antipodes and 2.8 above Central America. But, the British division edged its way out of the cellar, ahead of Mig- gins’ Europe, topping the conti- nent by 3.3. 39-WEEK RACE Japan also leads the Over- seas department in the 39-week race of the 1938 year, according to official returns. Day’s Colom- bia is still second, just one point above Mathiesen’s Norwegians. Ex-Albanian Goldsmith’s Fed- erated Malay States office is fourth on the 39-week effort, 6.7 behind Norway and 3 3 richer than Selan’s Jugo-Slovakians. Highest percentage of 39- week’s business for 1938 over the seme period last year has been effected by Japan, with Fed- erated Malay States second, Gus Mohme’s Mexico third, Isdahl’s Sweden fourth and Day’s Colom- bia fifth. Divisionally, for 39 weeks, Far East continues first, 3.5 ahead of Miggins’ Europe, which tops Harley’s British Isles by 5.3. In fourth divisional place is Central America, 2.7 to the rear of the Britons and one- tenth stronger than South Amer- ica. Hake’s Australia is sixth, six-tenths behind South Ameri- ica. Following is the standing of every foreign country on accu- mulated 39 weeks’ total delivery against 39 weeks’ quota for that period: 1 Japan 2 Colombia 3 Norway I F. M. States 5 Jugo-SIavia 6 Sweden 7 Trinidad 8 Spain 9 So. Africa 10 France 11 China 12 Argentina 13 Denmark 14 Egypt 15 Holland 16 Czeclioslov. 17 Puerto Rieo 18 Philippines 19 England 20 Hungary 21 Peru 22 Panama 23 Mexico 21 Germany 25 Australia 26 Latvia 27 New Zealand 28 D. E. Indies 29 Poland 30 Brazil 31 Cuba 32 Portugal 33 Finland 31 India 35 Chile 36 Venezuela