The Film Daily (1937)

Monday, April 26, 1937 DAILY SEES ONLY NEW TYPE SHOW SUB FOR DUALS (Continued from Page 1) ion, this decision is not up to the producer, distributor or exhibitor, but entirely up to the public. The public, patronizing the average theater, demands a minimum of two and a half hours' entertainment. With but few exceptions it is quite impossible to produce successful entertaining productions of this length. "Secondly, insofar as producing some other form of entertainment to replace the so-called second feature, this again is a matter that depends upon public taste as well as the application of showmanship on the part of each individual exhibitor. It is quite an accepted fact that the public will not readily accept an hour or hour and a quarter of short subjects to replace the second feature. "We look back to the time when the majority of theaters were playing single bills, however overlooking that during this period the majority of theaters presented one or more of the following in addition to the feature picture: Overtures, stage shows, vaudeville shows, organ solos, one cartoon or a one-reel comedy, one two-reel comedy, which gave the public two and a half hours or more of diversified entertainment. "All of these accessories, if they can be called such, have now been replaced by the use of the second feature. This, I believe, was due to the fact that the second feature in the main offered better entertainment to the public, at a cost far less to the exhibitor, and as a result, a more nominal admission price to the public. "Why the matter of double bills should be of any real great concern to the motion picture industry is quite beyond me — any more than magazine publishers would be concerned about the fact that the reading public read more than one short story in one evening. The matter of controlling the general public's demand for quantity as well as quality entertainment at a nominal cost is quite an impossible task." Representatives of All Units Will Attend 20th-Fox Coast Sales Meet Pearl Buck Sells Two Two dramas by Pearl Buck, "The Empress" and "Flight Into China," are reported sold by the author to Katharine Cornell and her husband, Guthrie McClintic, respectively. McClintic, it is understood, will produce the latter play on Broadway next autumn, and Miss Cornell will star in "The Empress" du^jng the 1938-39 season 'Tache Honors for Slepicka Lincoln, Neb. — Ownership of the longest mustache in Nebraska has been credited to State Senator Carl Slepicka of Wilber, second oldest exhibitor in the state. He spofts an old-fashioned walrus-type mustache. (Continued will be Sidney R. Kent, W. C. Michel, Sidney Towell, Felix A. Jenkins and Spyros Skouras. Coast executives at the convention will be Joseph M. Schenck, Darryl F. Zanuck, William Goetz, Sol. M. Wurtzel and Col. Jason Joy. Domestic forces attending the convention will include the following; Clark announced: Home Office — General Manager of Distribution John D. Clark, William Sussman, William J. Kupper, W. C. Gehring, William J. Clark, Jack Sichelman, Martin Moskowitz, Edwin H. Collins, Clarence A. Hill, Theodore A. Shaw, Roger Ferri, Jack Bloom, Sam Epstein, Harry Mersay, Eugene McEvoy, I. Lincer and Deon J. DeTitta. Movietone News — Truman H. Talley, Edmund Reek, Lowell Thomas, Harry Laurenson, Lew Lehr and Ed Thorgersen. Production Department — Vice President in charge of production, Darryl F. Zanuck; his executive assistant and Vice-President William Goetz; Executive Producer Sol. M. Wurtzel, Col. Jason Joy, Joseph Moskowitz, Robert Fairbanks, William Dover, Fred Metzler, Ed Ebele and others. Educational Pictures — President E. W. Hammons, Jack Skirball and Harvey Day of Terrytoons. Advertising and Publicity — Charles E. McCarthy, Harry Brand, Arch Reeve and E. W. Wingart. Adsales Department — Lee Balsly, E. Hollander, Jerry Novat, W. W. Caldwell and D. Reed. Guests — Sol Lesser, Dan Michalove, Paul Terry, Joseph Pincus, Frank Underwood, Miss H. G. Baker, Percy Heiliger, Charles Skouras, Arch Bowles, William Powers, George P. Skouras, Martin Fox, Alfred McNeill and E. W. Holmberg. Foreign Department — W. J. Hutchinson, Clarence V. Hake, R. Sutton Dawes, Charles Munro, Delbert Goodman, W. W. Sullivan, L. Giordano, A. Paucker, T. Isdahl, Jr., Gus Mome, Irving A. Maas and Leslie Whelan. District Managers— T. H. Bailey, Northeast; Edgar Moss, Atlantic; George A. Roberts, Mid-East; J. P. O'Loghlin, Canada; M. A. Levy, Prairie; Herman Wobber, Coast; Harry G. Ballance, South, and Ward E. Scott, Midwest. Eastern Division Boston: E. X. Callahan, H. S. Alexander, J. Feloney, J. Cobb, H. Gold, M. Simmonds, Sam Berg, J. Connelly and S. Horwitz. Albany — Moe Grassgreen, T. Scheinberg, Ben Dare, D. Houlihan and E. Sichel. New Haven — Benjamin A. Simon, Earl Wright, Sam Germaine and Morris Weinstein. New York — Harry H. Buxbaum, Joseph J. Lee, Moe Sanders, Morris Kurtz, William Schutzer, Richard Gledhill, Abe Blumstein, Seymour from Page 1) Florin, George Blenderman, Al Mendelsohn and E. McManus. Philadelphia—Sam Gross, Alfred J. Davis, William Humphries, Ben R. Tolmas, C. Glenn Norris, F. J. Kelly, J. Howard Smith, Alfred True and George Fleischman. Pittsburgh — Ira H. Cohn, C. S. Kellenberg, Austin Interrante, George Moore, Joseph Davidson and J. Vandergrift. Washington — Sam N. Wheeler, Sam Diamond, Fred B. Klein, Jerry A. Murphy, John Skillman, Mrs. Sara Young, Joseph Cohan and Ira Sichelman. Buffalo — Sydney Samson, W. D. Rowell, G. E. Dickman, Maurice Kempner, L. E. Blumenfeld and E. Stamp. Cincinnati — James J. Grady, Edward A. Burkart, John A. Needham, L. J. Bugle, E. C. Naegel and Annabelle Kelly. Cleveland — I. J. Schmertz, David S. Davidson, Edwin R. Bergman, Sam N. Lichter, Frank J. Hunt and Nathan Scott. €€ REVIEWS SHORTS » "Game Trails" (Paragraphics Series) Paramount Fine Delightful jaunt through the Canadian wilds with two sportsmen who shoot their game entirely with cameras. Gorgeous scenic shots of forest, rapids, lakes and mountains. Close-up shots of wild life include various specimens of deer and moose. One close-up in slow motion of an enormous bull moose swimming across a lake and disappearing in the forest is fascinating. Gayne Whitman does a fine narration. Central Division Chicago — Clyde W. Eckhardt A. M. Van Dyke, E. P. Grohe, Harold Loeb, Harold Goodamote, Fred Sliter, Milton Simon, Fred Wagner and A. L. Monette Detroit — Lester Sturm, A. D. Knapp, E. A. Westcott, Ray Car^o^, Leo Sanshie and Floyd Kellor. Indianapolis — George T. Landis, J. R. Neger, H. L. Hancock, Gaylord J. Black, P. McCleaster, J. L. Dotterer and E. Orsenigo. Milwaukee — John H. Lorentz, Horris Horwitz, George Edgerton, C. R. Michel, Meyer Kahn and S. S. Kohlberg. Des Moines — Stanley J. Mayer, H. J. Gottlieb, A. Riegelman, E. P. O'Neil, Edward Canty and G. F. Hallowell. Minneapolis — Joseph M. Podoloff, Earl Lorentz, J. S. Cohan, W. G. Mussman, Louis Cohen, N. F. Hall, Harold Lyons, Paul Lundquist and William Clayton. Omaha — Joseph E. Scott, Fred C. Miller, Carl Reese, Harold J. Ironfield, R. A. Wagle and R. A. Buell. Calgary— V. M. Skorey. Montreal — Edward English, Walter J. O'Hara, and J. E. Pearson. St. John — Reginald G. March. Toronto — Harry J. Bailey, William J. Reid, Lionel Lester, James W. Powis and Sam Glasier. Vancouver — James E. Patterson and Ernest E. Teel. Winnipeg— Joseph H. Huber and Charles Krupp. Western Division Kansas City — George W. Fuller, W. J. Kubitzki, Joseph E. Woodward, Charles Knickerbocker, Harold Kinser, M. A. Tanner and Charles D. Crawford. Oklahoma City— Charles W. Clark, M. W. Osborne, J. L. James, W. P. Clark and Jack Whelihan. St. Louis — Benjamin B. Reingold, Joseph A. Feld, George H. Ware, L. J. Williams, Abe Eskin, Miss Florence Patke and Arthur McManus. Atlanta — Paul Wilson, R. G. McClure, M. Mitchell, R. H. Fairchild, F. R. Dodson, H. P. "Swing, Hurton, Swing" (Headliners Series) Paramount 11 mins. (Hot-Cha) Ina May Hutton, with her Melodears, offers a swing program along with her femme charms, as she does curvy contortions while the ork plays. Ina is also there with the fancy costumes which show a lot of her. The music is almost incidental to Ina's charms, but that seems to be the general Idea. The pop numbers include "Stardust," "Organ Grinder's Swing," "The Suzi-Que," and "The Melodears' Swing." Miss Hutton finishes by singing and dancing the latest swing craze, "The Suzi-Que." Laseter, R. H. Ford and Edward Tucker. Charlotte— Phil Longdon, J. E. Holston, G. E. Ebersole, Sam Hinson, J. O. Mock and C. T. Harden. Dallas — Herman R. Beiersdorf, W. S. Miller, Neal D. Houaton, Dan Scott, D. T. Rathbone, T. P. Tidwell, J. R. Gribble and Clyde Miller. Memphis— Thomas W. Young, Nat Wyse, I. T. Baskin, Mark Sheridan and R. M. Bandy. New Orleans — Ernest V. Landaiche, H. P. Shallcross, George R. Pabst, G. J. Broggi and Malcolm Johnson. Denver — R. J. Morrison, Hugh Rennie, E. M. Loy, C. A. Larson, J. J. Larsen and Miss A. K. LeGendre. Los Angeles — John N. Dillon, W. T. Wall, B. F. Robison, Morris Sudmin and Elmer Youngs. Portland — Charles F. Powers, C. L. Robinett, V. A. Whitcomb and Herschel Fox. Salt Lake City— Charles L. Walker, Joseph D. McElhinney, J. L. Tidwell, V. J. Dugan, Carl J. Hallstrom and C. A. Blasius. San Francisco — George M. Ballentine, Al Laurice, Walter H. Cree, Floyd C. Bernard, J. W. Flanagan, J. M. Westergren and Ray Telfer. Seattle — Herndon Edmond, A. Gollofon, H. A. P. Frederick, J. W. Brooks and A. Filigno. Find Violin 'Stolen' 15 Years Denver — Fifteen years ago, Charles Scheureman, playing in the Center Theater orchestra, reported the 'theft' of a $250 violin to police. This week, workmen tearing out boxes as part of a renovating job at the Center, uncovered the missing instrument.