Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (Sep 1935 - Aug 1936)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1935 15 from Philly by Nonamaker FEWER PRINTS — Casino Theatre had a six-hour show last Monday when RKO kept feeding them film (three two-reelers and "West of the Pecos") to kill time until they could round up a print of the regularly booked feature, "Powdersmoke Range." This is doubtless evidence of the fact that exchanges are using fewer prints on lots of features — a serious situation so far as the exhibs are concerned — when they find no prints available on dates when the picture is supposedly available for their playing. PERSONALITIESBILL HAYNES (Warner's) sends regards from Utica through son Kenneth, of Quality Print . . . HERMAN TUCKER, Quality Print, will be married January 12 to BESS GORDON . . . CHARLES and MRS. GOODWIN left for a Bermuda holiday cruise. Back January 2nd . . . PHIL (Colonial) GERSON had a birthday, and STEVE BODINE celebrated his WE GUARANTEE PROTECTION PLAY SAFE PLAY OVER 400 "LUCKY" THEATRES ARE NOW MAKING MONEY WITH THIS BOX OFFICE BUILDER SIMPLE TO PLAY AND OPERATE SHUFFLE IF YOU LIKE YOUR AUDIENCE WILL ENJOY "LUCKY" AND SO WILL YOU be LUCKYplay LUCKY OUR NEW ADDRESS 1235 VINE ST. Or Phone LOCurt 2412 DENNIS GAMES CO. FRANK HAMERMAN Exclusive Representative wedding anniversary Xmas day . . . GEORGE FISHMAN seems to make a habit of trying to turn corners in his auto from the wrong side of the ttrect — then bawling out the other driver . . . Leader Theatre, entirely remodelled, reopened Xmas day . . . NORMAN LEWIS closed down the Montgomery last Saturday night after an eight weeks' try . . . MEMO ON PICS— So many foreign names evidently have Columbia worried lest the general public gets the idea that "Crime and Punishment" is a European importation — so they added a line "Made in Hollywood" after featuring Dostoievsky, the author; Von Sternberg, the director, and Peter Lorre, the actor . . . Quick ins and outs were Radio's "Annie Oakley" four days at the Stanley, and G-B's "Mr. Hobo" five days at the Boyd . . . STUFF 'N' SUCHCHARLIE DUTKIN'S daughter, Marci, 9 years old, danced at the Broadway Theatre, Camden, last Sunday. Charlie, prouder than a peacock, press-agents her as "a dancing marvel for her age" . . . For some reason or other we have been requested innumerable times by our spy, No. 303, to stick in the column that SALLY FISHMAN, Upsal Theatre, is THAT way over BEN FRATKIN . . . Keswick Theatre has flashiest 3-sheets seen in a long time . . . XMAS MAILJOE (Egyptian) CONWAY'S one sheets . . . ABRAM F. MYERS' tremendous, stupendous, gigantic, colossal prevue of Christmas wishes . . . And many, many others — some days late in the congested mails . . . OTHER XMAS THINGS— Kiwanian HARRY FRIED'S Wayne and Seville Theatres' toy matinees with a Christmas gift to a poor child the admission . . . Many other houses ditto . . . Those charitable food basket-giving Variety Clubbers got their fingers scratched like the deuce pushing grub into 500 baskets last Sunday morning . . . HARRY THOMAS came into town Tuesday to say "Merry Xmas" to the First Division bunch . . . The gals in both National-Penn and Quality Print made their usual big gift haul this year . . . Horlachcr's Friday evening pre-Xmas party was a howling success, with the howling going full blast until 4 A. M. . . . First Division's affair at the Majestic Monday night ditto . Such doings! . . . And last but not least — Holidays Greetings to you from me. HOT OUT OF TODAY'S HEADLINES! 9s (greetings WM. H. SKUCARD J. STEWART SILVER EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER Several earlier motion pictures have depicted the exploits of Uncle Sam's Federal Agents — the courageous G-Men — in the war against criminals . . . None, however, has given so thorough an "insid;" on the operations of the racketeers, who have made a Big Business of their unlawful activities, as this powerful melodrama of one daring G-Man fighting, sin^lehanded against a dangerous gang of racketeers... THE INSIDE ON THE NUMBERS RACKET' ! — In the Cast — DONALD COOK WARREN HYMER EVALYN KNAPP J. CARROLL NAISH ■ COLD MEDAL FILM COMPANY 203 EYE STREET, N. W. Washington, D. C. Gifts For Games LESS THAN WHOLESALE PRICES BORROW NOVELTY CO. 1319 VINE STREET The Largest Gift Distributors in America Come in and Be Convinced