Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (Sep 1935 - Aug 1936)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1936 7 SUBJECTS FROM PHILLY By Nonamaker FREE SHOW — Republic's HARRY LA VINE will be host to an invited audience of exhibitors, critics, their friends and others at trade showing of "Follow Your Heart," next Monday, August 24, 193 6, at 11.00 A.M. at the Aldine Theatre . . . WILLIE FRIEDMAN recovering slowly from nervous breakdown. Will be away for about another month . . . BERT HUSTLER on the street with broken arm cast very unusually in a brace worn on his hip. Caused by automobile accident over a month ago . . . Horlacher's now servicing CHARLIE STEIFEL's theatres — the Venice and the Regis . . . JOHNNY BACHMAN in New York at Grand National convention . . . AL BLOFSON on vacation at Atlantic City . . . A new theatre may be built at West York, Pa. . . . GEORGE AARONS back on the street with bandaged eye, after weeks of illness . . . JOHNNY ROBERTS, Comerford booker, recovering from illness . . . LOU BLAUSTEIN on the street Monday after long illness. Everyone glad to see him . . . AL DAVIS mourning temporary absence of his wife, who is away . . . CONNOLLY'S has girl soda jerker . . . Renovations at Horlacher's gives JIM CLARK a closed in private office and OSCAR NEUFELD a private secretary . . . JOE BURKE, Fox auditor and JOE LEON, Universal, organized a fishing party at Atlantic City last Sunday . . . CLYDE McCROK, sound experts and record dealers, moving soon to Summer Street, from their present 13th Street location . . . BILL WOLF and wife back from motor tour of Maine . . . HENRY MURDOCK, Ledger, and JEFF KEEN, News, Philly critics, back from vacations . . . GEORGE SOBEL going to Saratoga Springs . . . FRANK BUEHLER away on vacation. To remain associated with AL BOYD enterprises upon his return . . . Fay's opens Sept. 4th. So does Nixon's Grand with Ethel Waters; and the Lincoln with Bill Robinson, billed as "Shirley Temple's dancing teacher" . . . This Robert Taylor feller has exhibs breaking their necks trying to date in anything and everything he has appeared in . . . HARRY WAXMAN is raving about biz he did on U's "There's Always Tomorrow," a Taylor opus, at the Hollywood, A. C. WARNER NOTES — HARRY GOLDBERG, Warner ad ace, in local area promoted to similar job in their N. Y. office . . . STEVE BARUTIO, former manager of the Boyd promoted to district managership for Warners . . . MAURICE GABLE moves over to the Boyd from the Palace . . . with DICK KIRSCH coming in from the Imperial to handle the Palace . . . W. RALPH AIKEN, National Theatre Supply, just returned from a motor trip to Canada and the Quintuplets . . . GEORGE CALVIN LEWIS from same place vacationing at Alexandria, Va. and FRANCES PAUL also from there, just back from vacation at A. C. . . . Paint ducking season is on as Vine Street gets annual coating . . . JOHNNY EHRLICH'S white shirt was f uturistically streaked with green the other day . . . CHARLIE GOLDFINE got mad at a pin ball machine to the extent of requiring 4 stitches in his hand . . . Rumor of the week has S-W re-opening the Met to give North Broad Street some more competition. FROM BOSTON By Bruce JACK RABINOWITZ came up from Woonsocket the other day to do some booking. It is his proud boast that he "never pulls his dates." We couldn't make out whether his eye twitched or not . . . Gaumont-British is going places. Leave it to JOHN SCULLY to sign up the entire Schine circuit on his recent visit to Gloversville, N. Y. He sold fifty-three situations as against only nine last year . . . WELDON WATERS has been in Boston the past few weeks struggling with the Paramount poster rental service. Matters seem to be pretty well in hand for he goes back to the home office shortly . . . HY YOUNG seems to be perfectly spotted in his new position as office manager for Columbia. Paramount's loss is Columbia's gain . . . Warner's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" did exceptionally well in Boston last season. Reason: NAN COHN was handling the publicity. Accordingly, it seems that "Romeo and Juliet," M-G-M's outstanding picture, is in for big grosses when it opens at the Colonial on August 3 0th. Reason: Nan Cohn . . . ABE SPITZ, one of the oldest exhibitors hereabouts, is due for a pleasant surprise very soon . . . BILL McLAUGHLIN had a birthday not so long ago. Ask to see what his wife gave him. It's a beauty . . . PHIL BERLER is spending his vacation at the Breakers in Swampscott. Max Finn is still commuting. Bet Phil rubs it in . . . PHIL SMITH of Academy Pictures was in good humor the other morning. Why shouldn't he be. NATE YAMINS has bought the first four runs of Chesterfield-Invincible product. Interstate and E. M. Loew have purchased all over. It looks as if the independents are signing up fast. Anyhow, "it looks like a good year," remarked Phil. A New Haven office has been opened by Phil to handle Chesterfield-Invincible product. HARRY GIBBS is in the managerial chair . . . Tireless E. M. LOEW is business tripping in New York for several days. His secretary MRS. JOHN TRAGER, the former Ada Hurwitz, has resigned to make a career of her home life . . . NATE YAMINS can get them for you wholesale. Ask MAURICE WOLF. Nate got him a pair of slacks for $2.15 down in Fall River the other day. Maurice sent him a check a few days later but Nate is not fulfilling his agreement if such it was. Mr. Wolf contends that Nate is not "standing behind the pants" as he said he would . . . "Cloistered" is now going into its third month at the Fine Arts Theatre and every indication points to a run until Labor Day. Manager GEORGE KRASKA and his wife are in Europe on pleasure and business son LEONARD is filling his father's shoes meanwhile . . . MAX LEVENSON has returned from a trip to Maine and what a tan he has to show for it . . . FRANK LYDON, owner of the Hamilton Theatre in Dorchester has taken care of all his work for the next two weeks. You will find him vacationing at Buzzards Bay. He admits he isn't making any money . . . Drive-in theatres are proving popular. There are rumors of two more, one at Providence and one at Saugus. The Weymouth Drive-In theatre is doing great business. Their major problem is to get the patrons to leave. Floodlights usually do the trick . . . ANDREW TAGUE is opening a Spanish villa restaurant at New Port, Vermont. Ho already has one in his home town, St. Johnsbury. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Ten cents per word, including initials, address, or box number. Minimum insertion 1 5 words. Cash or money order with each copy. Yearly contract rates are lower. Send for contract scale. Address communications to FILM BULLETIN, 1323 Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. INSURANCE All forms of special insurance applying to theatre operation handled on minimum rates. 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