Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (Sep 1935 - Aug 1936)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1936 11 SUBJECTS FROM PHILLY FROM BOSTON By Nonamaker By Bruce The latest to be disked out from the red hot rumor fires has Warner's finally taking over the Publix Tower-Roosevelt-Nixon houses this Fall . . . The Variety Jubilee bathing beauty thing has reached the semi-final stage in the S-W houses with finals scheduled for the Earle on September 3rd . . . SAM WALDMAN leases the Lorraine from DAVE MILGRAM . . . PERRY LESSY and DAVE TITLEMAN plan a stag party for ANDY SCHECKMAN who is about to go and do it . . . LEO POSEL bought most of the furnishings at the Embassy, Jenkintown, auction sale last Tuesday . . . W. H. WILSON, Rialto, Williamsport, seen on the street for the first time in quite a while ... So were HARRY SWAIN and HARRY TAYLOR, of the Twain Theatre, Mansfield, Pa. . . . JIM CLARK and OSCAR NEUFELD were the only localites to attend 'Pete' WOODHULL's funeral last Saturday at Dover, N. J. . . . That "talk of the film row" golf match took place on schedule at Ashbourne C. C. last Sunday in the terrific heat with the following harrowing results: OSCAR NEUFELD's Lu Lu team walked away with 7 of the 9 matches! JOHN BACHMAN won from JEFF DAVIS; "Mac" McFADDEN, won from JIM CLARK; BILL WOLF bested GEORGE LESSEY; JOE SCHAEFER took over HARRY WEINER; SAM LEFKO defeated DAVE MILGRAM; LARRY DAILY lost to MAC LEVEN; OSCAR NEUFELD lost to PERCY BLOCH; AL DAVIS won from CHARLES ZAGRANS; and BILL DOYLE won from LOU SEGALL . . . Oscar suffered slight sunstroke or humiliation at defeat at the hands of BLOCH and WEINER likewise bows his head at the defeat of his team and his personal defeat at the hands of SCHAEFER! And that's the end of that! . . . SAM ROSEN goes with Grand National as N. J. salesman . . . HERMAN GLUCKMAN in town Monday helping Republicans put over trade showing of "Follow Your Heart" at the Aldine. HARRY LA VINE had a major smile on his face . . .SAM STIEFEL has that Locust Street Theatre proposition all ironed out. We understand it will be a night club hot spot ere long . . . MIKE LEVINSON is visiting the famed Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minn. . . . Horlacher's will have a startling announcement for the industry within the next week or two . . . ALBERT C. JACKSON, W-B exchange cashier, is out. Replaced by GEORGE HUTCHEON . . . JOHN GOLDER has an interesting free reel titled "We Drivers," which played the Fox and Earle day and date this week . . . HERBERT COPELAN, gn. mgr. of Atlantic City's Warner houses, and JOSEPH QUITTNER, mgr. of the Globe, had a narrow escape from death Tuesday night when they jumped overboard from a blazing fishing boat just a few moments before it exploded. Backfire had set the oil ablaze and the boys realized that they would have to get out quick, so they pulled on life preservers and jumped. The blow-off followed almost immediately. They swam ashore . . . Aldine opens September 4th with "Last of the Mohicans" . . . CHARLES DONOHUE leaves Preferred Saturday to become office manager at Grand National, where he will become re-united with JOHN BACHMAN, his co-worker years ago at both Educational and Tiffany . . . "Romeo and Juliet" road showing gets going Sunday at the Chestnut. MARTIN TUOHEY always manages to come up from Pawtucket once a week. That's consistency. Incidentally, he has closed a deal with PHIL SMITH for Chesterfield-Invincible pictures during the coming season . . . And while we are on the subject, AL ANDERS has also signed up, first run, for the Bijou in Springfield . . Business seems to be getting better all around. Maybe it's the cooler weather or perhaps the fact that the beano games have been shut down or maybe we are all trying harder . . . "Romeo and Juliet" opens August 3 0th at the Colonial Theatre for a long run. BERT McKENZIE, M-G-M's veteran publicity man is in charge of the publicity ably assisted by NAN COHEN. You should see the useful mirrors they are distributing for publicity purposes . . . JIMMY POLLARD thinks business is better too for he has opened the McAllister Theatre in Andover, Maine . . . The Wholesome Film Company is going in for the 16 MM very seriously . . . HARRY SEGAL, branch manager for Grand National, has returned from the convention in New York and is rarin' to go . . . NATE GOLDSTEIN is vacationing now and then at Spofford Lake while his brother, Sam, prefers his farm in Longmeadow. They probably swap around at times . . . The dirigible "Hindenburg" passed directly over the film district and it seemed as if the entire film colony were out on the streets craning their necks . . . The R-K-O Boston Theatre will close for alterations the first couple days in September. They will open on the 3rd with an elaborate stage show. It seems that the Metropolitan will not leave the field clear for the R-K-O Boston after all. Despite the fact that it had several pictures all lined up the Metropolitan is going to stick to its traditional stage shows . . . RALPH TIBBETTS, Paramount's assistant advertising manager, does not believe in witches but he does believe in bewitching JANE FAY. Just recently he let us in on the news that he had married this maid of Salem. That's getting ahead of the picture . . . LESLEY BENDSLEV is following in his father's footsteps. Rarely does he miss a preview and his judgment is quite sound. The Community Playhouse out in Wellesley reaps the benefit of his careful booking . . . We have always wondered when E. M. LOEW was going to take a vacation. The time has come. He left on the 2 5th for a trip to Europe . . . Republic is confident that they have a good thing. Accordingly, they are holding a special preview on "Follow Your Heart" at the Fenway Theatre, Tuesday morning, August 2 5th. A luncheon will be served at the Cocoanut Grove afterwards according to HERMAN RIFKIN . . . EDDIE POLLARD left his Opera House in Rumford, Main, the other day to take his annual fishing cruise. How many did he catch? Eddie won't tell . . . WALTER YOUNG, who owns the Strands in Farmington and Pittsfield, is taking on another theatre in the Granite State. He is remodeling an old theatre, closed these many years, in Milton. Walter hopes to open up on November 1st ... E. MARKEY has gone West . . . for two weeks and then he returns to run his Ioka in Exeter, New Hampshire . . . CHAS. H. BEAN is playing politics now. The former owner of the Pastime in Franklin, New Hampshire, is running for County Commissioner for Franklin. 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. 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