The Film Daily (1937)

mtm J riday, Dec. 31, 1937 iw 'MP* ^m rtinv DAILY 21 IONDOR ABLE TO PAY IN FULL--ROTHMAN 'est Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Harry Rothman of ew York, chairman of the executive jmmittee of Condor Pictures, at a eneral meeting of creditors declared ,iat if his proposed plan for reor'anization is approved all creditors f Condor will be paid 100 per cent n the dollar. He said that Condor's ssets exceeded $500,000 and that abilities are not in excess of $200, 1)0. [' A. H. Lieberman, Philadelphia real state man, one of heaviest stock 'olders in Condor, voiced his confi?nce in Rothman. ! Richard Rogers of Consolidated ilm Laboratories, W. Atkinson of CA, Simeon Aller of SmithAller, '„)mprising the Creditors Committee ppointed by Federal Judge Cosrave, attended the meeting. . Rothman has made an offer to eorge A. Hirliman, former presiant of Condor, now with Republic, > head Condor's production activies on the Coast but Hirliman has lade no decision as yet. •k Happy New Year! ir Ted O'Hara to Coast Ted O'Hara, of Columbia's eastrn story staff, left New York this )eek for the Coast where he is to scome assistant to the story editor. nCUJS Of TH€ DflV Kansas City — The recently closed Brookside Theater has been turned over to the Fox-Midwest Circuit by Stanley Schwartz and W. D. Fulton who have operated it since its opening last March. Date of re-opening has not yet been set according to Lon Cox, city manager for the FoxMidwest chain. Kansas City ■ — Charles Esterly, operator of The Bijou and State Theaters has closed the Bijou. Mason City, la.— J. W. Moore of this city has discontinued the Luverne Theater at Luverne. The town now has no theater. North Bend, Neb. — Albert M. Bang has purchased the 300-seat Bend theater here from E. L. Jonson, who also owns the Roxie at Shelton, Neb. Omaha — Joe Rosenberg, Grand National manager here, will become Nebraska representative for National Screen Service effective Dec. 24. Murray Starr, former National Screen man here, has been transferred to New York. Chicago — Ray S. Nelson has been named manager of the Fargo Theater of the Anderson circuit located at Sycamore. Everett Sorenson has been transferred to the management of the Sandwich Theater of the ch'cuit. Homewood, 111. — M. Dickinson has been named manager of the new Joe Goldberg Theater opened here recently under Jones, Linick and Schaefer direction. Chicago — Bernstein Brothers have organized the State St. Theater Company with offices at 5311 Hohman Street in Hammond, Ind. It will operate theaters in that territory. Chicago — Bruce Godshaw, I. L. Lehman and A. L. Godshaw have formed the Miami Amusement Corp. with offices at 215 East Bronson Street, South Bend, Ind. to operate theaters. Chickasha, Okla.— The Ritz Theater, formerly operated by Consolidated Theaters, Inc., has been taken over by Southwestern Theaters, Inc. and placed under the management of C. B. Hudson. Southwestern's Ismo will be closed. Situation leaves Midwest and Ritz under Southwestern and Washita and Rialto under Consolidated, Griffith subsidiary. TAKE N. D. DIVORCE DEPOSITIONS JAN. 4 Taking of depositions in the North Dakota theater divorce case is now scheduled to start Jan. 4 in Minneapolis, it was learned yesterday in New York. Originally slated to start Dec. 21, deposition-taking was set back owing to the absence of Louis Schwartz, counsel for Allied, who has been in California. Witnesses will be branch and district managers of major distributors in the Minneapolis territory. Under the North Dakota statue, producers and distributors are prohibited from holding theater interests in the state. The suit to test the constitutionality of the law was brought by Paramount, Minneapolis Amusement Co. and the American Amusement Co. ■fc Happy New Year! if All Coast Vita. Shorts May Be Made In Technicolor West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Technicolor is expected to be used in all Vitaphone short subjects to be made here for the 1938-39 program, it was learned here yesterday. The next short subject lineup will be discussed at the Burbank studio next month by Norman Moray, Vitaphone sales manager, and Gordon Hollingshead of the studio. FRANCHISES STILL AVAILABLE! FOR SEVERAL LIVE-WIRE SALESMEN TO DISTRIBUTE TO THEATRES 0P American Mercury Arts & Decoration American Girl Blue Book Black Mask Short Stories Detective Book The Dignified Box Office Attraction MAGAZINE NDGIHUT w Partial list of magazines Charm College Humor The Commentator Current History The Forum Picture Play Harper's Monthly included in "Magazine Night" Travel Reader's Digest Screenland Scribner's Psychology Parents' Magazine Modern Movies Sports Illustrated Story Magazine Scientific American Popular Science Red Book McCall Fashion Book Mademoiselle McCall Needlework & Crocheting McCall Advance Paris Styles FOR COMPLETE DETAILS WRITE U* S. SALES 101 Park Avenue, New York City LExingron 2-2037 K.i*1