Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (Sep 1935 - Aug 1936)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1935 1 1 SHORT SUBJECTS from by Nonamaker VAVDE IS BACK— ON WEEK-ENDS! Saturday stage shows are back — and how! The following houses are all vaude-film on that day: State, Circle, Midway, Colonial, Logan, Cross Keys, Kent, Alhambra, Keystone, Allegheny, Oxford and Tower . . . Earle has started Sunday midnight shows . . . Leonard MacClain in at Commodore as organist . . . Strand at Germantown and Venango has new seats . . . Ogontz cuts prices to 15c and 25c . . . JOE (Egyptian) CONWAY ran "Ghost Show" one evening last week with spook stuff starting at 11.30 P. M. and his ad copy "daring" his customers to attend . . . Lincoln and Fays also Sunday midnighting . . . rush openingLou Berman and Phil Wolfson had a little trouble getting Nixon's Grand ready in time for opening last Friday . . . The Building Inspectors and the Fire Marshall added considerably to their headaches; but, according to Berman, everything was straightened out and from Saturday on they were okeh . . . Low-priced dual bills are the Grand policy . . . SEGALL'S TONSILS— First Division's SAM ROSEN mighty pleased in getting an endorsement on "Mimi" from Mrs. Arthur Goldsmith, motion picture chairman of Philadelphia Federation of Women's Clubs and allied organizations numbering 28 . . . I. LITWIN, Metropolitan Printing executive, got himself married Sunday, October 27th . . . CHARLES SEGALL is resting up for a tonsil operation which may happen at the end of this week . . . JACK BLUMBERG eagerly looking forward to that blessed event in February. HARRY GRIECO had his paint slingers coating most of the fronts of exchanges, supplv houses, premium dealers, etc., in the 1200 block of Vine Street with dark green paint . . . Plenty of exhibitors and others, including OSCAR NEUFELD, got too close and were wet ^ERVING theatre needs with a knowledge * of theatre business. SSISX1NG theatre owners with a staff of trained clerks and office files. No [ missouts. -REEING theatre owners of the worry that they may have forgotten part of their show. ■ FFICIENTLY operating the largest film ■ delivery service in the world. IAKING CARE of every possible need in the delivery of film. FIELDING the epitome of safety, service and efficiency at a minimum cost. ORLACHEQ Delivery Service n INC. PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE 1228 Vine St. 206 N. Bond St. WASHINGTON NEW YORK 1031 Third St., N. W. 518 W. 48th St. M. Lawrence Daily, Notary Public, Phila. H M-C-M News Panned En Baltimore BALTIMORE. — A campaign directed against Hearst-Metrotone News is being carried on here by the League Against War and Fascism. Letters terming the publisher "a fascist" are being received by theatres which play the reel. Each letter usually contains a number of names and urges the theatres to stop showing the news. Blofson Reports Printing Boost Al Blofson, of National-Penn Printing Co., reports a great increase in the volume of theatrical printing being used by movie houses since the opening of the season. "Optimism seems to be the keynote," the popular printer stated, "and exhibitors are doubling the quantities of their programs, heralds and posters in order to reach wider potential audiences." Harmony Lane' Gets Astor Run Mascot's special, "Harmony Lane," opened Tuesday night at Broadway's Astor Theatre, N. Y., for an extended run. Jack Fier, vicepresident of Mascot, handled the arrangements. Picture is expected to have a two or three weeks' engagement at the Astor, which recently housed "Crusades." $1.75 Per Seat For C-B Picture WASHINGTON. — The Belasco Theatre charged $1.75 per seat for the opening performance of G-B's "Passing of the Third Floor Back" last Friday night. Billed as the "world premiere," the first night's show was for charitv, the Children's Hospital Fund. One of A. P. Waxman's ballyhoo artists gave the picture a great send-off with a big campaign. ted . . . Quality Premium expansion of DAVE BARRIST and CHARLIE GOODWIN has them taking additional space to store their myriads of dishes, ovenware, gifts, etc. . . . JOE PIERCE, Viola Theatre, died suddenly October 24th. Our sincere condolences . . . MRS. ALLEN LEWIS is not well . . . Resumption of vaudeville at the Fox and Earle has cut heavily into the biz at Fays . . . We hear that a local film man who died recently left next to nothing for his family. Why not a film men's emergency insurance fund? . . . MOE VERBIN dropped in to say hello and add that the Europa is booked solid with tcp Rues p:x . . . ELI GINSBERG back with MURRAY BEIER handling Jersey, Delaware and Harrisburg territories . . . "Not a dark house in more than 20 years of film delivery service!" NEW JERSEY MESSENGER SERVICE Member National Film Carriers' Ass'n 250 N. JUNIPER ST. LOCust 4181 PHIF A RACE 4600 "Fittest Theatre Painting and Decorating" HARRY BRODSKY 2315 WALNUT STREET, PHILA., PA. RITtenhouse 7828 • TRInity 1189 Everything in Equipment NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY CO. 1315 Vine St., Phila. SPR. 6156 Shouts Broadway 'HARMONY LANE" Opens an Extended Engagement At the Famous Astor Theatre The Blase Main Stem Has Gone Sentimental Humming "OLD BLACK JOE" "SWAN EE RIVER" "MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME' "OH, SUSANNA" And All Those Other Stephen Collins Foster Songs 'HARMONY LANE' An epic in music of an immortal man's life — With — Douglass Montgomery EVELYN VENABLE ADRIENNE AMES JOSEPH CAWTHORN WILLIAM FRAWLEY COLD MEDAL FILM COMPANY 203 EYE STREET, N. W. Washington, D. C.