Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (Sep 1935 - Aug 1936)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1936 7 SUBJECTS FROM PHILLY By Nonamaker ARTHUR KEYS, formerly at the Palmyra, replaces DICK BELBER as manager at Varbalow's Savar, Camden. The latter is going into business for himself ... The LESTER WURTELES are infanticipating ... It looks like Masterpiece has nabbed a swell exploitation bet in "Gay Love" in which the robust SOPHIE TUCKER sings several red-hot numbers . . . MURRAY BEIER is vacationing up New England way. His operation has been postponed until he gets into better shape . . . First important Fox pic to play away from the Fox here goes into the Boyd today (Wed.)— first result of Warners recent acquisition . . . Rumor has it that Fox stage shows and orchestra will be switched to the Mastbaum with HERMAN WHITMAN going there as manager . . . MAURICE PHILLIPS (Upsal) motoring through Canada with friends had narrow escape from serious injury when car did a "Lucky" Teeter and turned over three tim:s after skidding cn the road to Toronto . . . Grand and Lincoln battle start Sept. 4th .. . Paramount housewrecking on Summer St. prior to erecting their new exchange . . . Rumored that the Hirsch's will take over Milgram's Lorraine . . . Deal is set between JIM CLARK and JACK GREENBERG, of the Roxy, Northampton to merge with BILL HUMPHRIES and CHARLIE KLANG, who have the Savoy, Catasauqua . . . Bank closed the Embassy, Jenkintown, Monday and it will remain shut until new owners or tenants take possession. Glenside, Glenside, expected to be closed by same bank . . . IZ BAROWSKY, whose Rex Theatre is sporting a new electric sign, s going on a motor trip towards Tennessee this week end . . . PETE WOODHULL in town conferring with CHARLES SEGAL, MORRIS WAX, DAVE MILGRAM and I.M.T.O.'s JEANNETTE WILLENSKY . . . Additional S-W downtown rumors have the Stanton slated for second runs like the Palace . . . The vaude out of the Earle with the Mastbaum the only vaude-pic house downtown. Musicians union no like this idea . . . JOE SUSKIN vacationing at Saratoga Springs . . . DAVE MOLIVER to marry a cousin of LEONARD EDDLESON in the Fall . . . We stand corrected on our crack of several weeks back: "It's not the heat — it's the humanity." One of Vine Street's sweet young things remarking: "It's not the heat; it's the humility!" "Not a dark house in more than 20 years of film delivery service!" NEW JERSEY MESSENGER SERVICE Member National Film Carriers' Ass'n 25 0 N. JUNIPER STREET, PHILA. LOCust 4181 RACE 4600 "finest Theatre Painting and Decorating" HARRY BRODSKY 2J 15 WALNUT STREET, PHILA., PA. RITtenhouse 7 828 • TRInity 1189 FROM BOSTON By Bruce NATE GOLDSTEIN of Western Massachusetts Theatres usually manages to visit Boston's film district once a week. This week was not an exception . . . HOLLIS G. REED has reopened the McKinley Theatre in McKinley, Maine for the Summer season . . . JOE COHEN, booker for the Pouzzner circuit, is the champion golfer among the film men of New England. Joe won the Boston Friars' Club tournament with a 76 and then went down to New Haven to annex the M.P.T.O.A. silver cup with a 74. ART HOWARD, business manager of Independent Exhibitors, spent several days in New York working on the cooperative insurance plan for Allied. A special meeting was held here in the Boston office shortly after his return . . . E. M. LOEW Theatres are expanding. Just recently they took over the Lancaster Theatre with other acquisitions imminent. Loew's now have thirtytwo theatres on their string . . . Both PHIL BERLER and MAX FINN, E. M. Loew executives, are summering with their families at the Breakers in Swampscott. They don't mind commuting to the office every day. A cool dip refreshes them after the day's work . . . The chief topic of discussion is — how will the Metropolitan make out without its traditional stage show. The Met is going on a single feature basis on Sept. 3rd starting off with "Anthony Adverse" . . . GEORGE KRASKA is making out very well at the Fine Arts Theatre. "Cloistered" is going into its eighth week. Incidentally, Geo. is going to take a trip to Europe shortly . . . ALBERT McEVOY motored all thru the Southland on his recent vacation. He has returned to manage his Union Theatre in Attleboro . . . JOE BRENNAN is very proud of his godchild, DOROTHY EAGEN. Dorothy has acted in over thirty pictures. She recently visited Joe and Boston coming directly from Hollywood . . . J. B. EAMES is not content with just opening one theatre. He reopened two for the summer: the Hall Inn Pines at Bretton Woods and the Colonial in Bethlehem, New Hampshire . . . Bank night is here to stay. The Massachussets Supreme Court ruled that "bank night" was not a lottery. More recently, in a test case for Suffolk County, JUDGE FISK of the Suffolk Superior Court found CHARLES S. WILSON, manager of the Hamilton Theatre in Dorchester, and ROY E. 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