The Film Daily (1928)

THE May, August 6, 1928 ■ssti DAILV New Theaters ikiahoma Citv. Okla.— Plans have been 1 for a $50,000 theater to he huilt in the :itol Hill district near Robinson and C. ,;S. jforth Attlehoro. Mass. — Work has started the theater being built by the New Eng1 Theater Operating Co. George Hans1. will be ill charge when the house op<"ns November. Vestiiekl Mass.— Ti.e new theater ucuit structed by the United States Whip Co. Main St. has been leased to A. A. Spitz of vidence. The house will seat 1,180. ilartford. Conn.— A theater to cost $2'00, will be built at 640 Albany Ave. by Community Theater Building Corp. Work start Sept. 1 and the theater will be ,3y about July 1, 1929. It will be opiied by the Roxy Theater Corp., and will icallcd the Little Roxy. IJapoleon, O. — Clarence Young, who op•es a chain of theaters in this state, has trded contracts for the building of a $100,; theater to seat 700. ian Francisco — Construction of a $500,000 Iter of Chinese architecture seating 2,000 occupying an entire block on Ocean Ave. A^een Fairfield and Lakewood Ave. is be planned by Samuel H. Levin who owns (•roup of large district theaters. Jobart, Okla. — A contract has been let Mabone & James, local theater men, for erection of a $75,000 theater. Memphis, Tenn.— Joseph D. Weiss, New rk architect, is drawing plans for a $50, I theater to be built on Main St., and to ready by September. A'^illiamsport, Pa. — The Capitol seating 00 has almost been completed. Vytheville, Va.— The Millward is nearing npletion and has been leased by D. W. Himore of Pulaski. It seats 700. :arrollton, Miss. — J. R. Sanders and V. Campbell will open the Liberty on Aug. Pacific Mo.— Gill & Jackson, 520 Budcr ilding,' St. Louis, are preparing plans for ^25,000 theater to seat 600. Medford, Ore. — George A. Ray of San incisco has leased a unit of the Montnery Ward Building in which he will open iheater to cost $20,000. London, Ont. — William Stewart has called ■ bids for the erection of a theater to ,t $20,000. Winnipeg — Orpheum Circuit has prepared .ns for building a $1,250,000 theater seat; 3,000 on a site close to the Hudson's y Company's stores. Other Orpheum ises are slated for western Canadian cities the general building program determined >n. London, Ont. — Hyatt Brothers have started $100,000 theater at 708 Dundas St. It II be operated by Samuel H. Marks. Cumberland, Md. — The Liberty is well der way on North Liberty St.. and will It 1,600. Thomas H. Burke will be the mager. Kansas City — A. Baier, owner of the Bag d at 27th St. and Troost Ave., has begun nstruction of another theater to seat 1,300 4011 Troost Ave. C. F. Cons is architect. Portland, Ore. — The Capitol has been ened by the Olympian Investment Co. at )urth and Morrison Sts., at a cost of 0,000. Tupelo, Miss. — The Staie Theater Corp. 11 open the State on Aug. 15 under manement of Glenn Ballard. Montreal — D. Lazanis has let contract to . Archamliault of 1584 Clarke St. for conruction of a $200,000 theater at St. Cathine St. and Morgan Blvd. The architect E. A. Doucet, 195 St. Catherine St. East. PLANS |INDtCA1!BRITISH« PHOTOTONf PRICE LOW By ERNEST W. FREDMAN Editar "The Daily Film Renter" London — Plans of British Phototone, Ltd., EngHsh sound device to be marketed by P. D. C, indicate that the price will be low, the cost on the entire installation not being over $1,500. All theaters equipped with the Panatrope have more than half the necessary apparatus, which means that the installation cost for them will be unsignificant, the company declares. Specially trained operators will not be required. A series of service stations will be equipped throughout the country to keep all apparatus in order. The Ludwig Blattner Corp. has contracted to make 12 special sound pictures for the company this year at Elstree in a studio specially equipped with panchromatic lighting. British Instructional Films is about to enter into a contract to produce a weekly series of one-reelers for Phototone, allowing the latter 60 per cent of the booking receipts. The public issue of British Phototone met with unusual success, the issue of $500,000 being oversubscribed in a little over an hour. According to the demand the company states it easily could have secured $15,000,000. A. George Smith, well known as a distributor in the British trade, is chairman of British Phototone. And Thafs That By PHIL M. DALY Simmon H. Fabian, vice president of the Stanley Co. of America, in the proud father of a ten pound boy. SPEAKING of reahsm. They're coming out of the Gaiety, New York, with overcoats on, after seeing "Lost in the Arctic." Speaking of that picture, it certainly arrived at the psychological moment, with newspapers the world over devoting space to the tragedy enacted near the North Pole. With characteristic tenacity, L. O. (Sea Lion) Lukan is clinging to the lead in First National's summer billing drive, which has passed its seventh week. However, his good friend Les Davis, who handles the reins at Portland is but two points behind. 25,578,169 Feet of Film Exported in May Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — May exports of motion pictures from the United States totaled 25,578,169 linear feet with a value of $677,974, according to figures compiled today by the M. P. Section of the Dept. of Commerce. Shipments of raw stock for the month totaled 6,118,700 feet valued at $136,290, negatives, 347,090 feet valued at $74,492, and positives, 19,112,379 feet valued at $467,192. Exports of raw stock and negatives were both lower than for the month of April, but our foreign trade in positive film exceeded April by nearly 2,000,000 feet. Our best market for positive film in May was Australia, taking slightIv over 2,000,000 feet, followed by Spain with 1,200,000 feet, Argentina with 1,170,000 feet, Brazil with 1,152,000 feet, and Germany with 1,110,000 feet. John De L. Vayi Epps, of the Fort Lee theater, Fort Lee, N. J., who closed down his "bridge studio" in June, and has been besieged by queries as to its reopening, advises that he will take on salesmen, branch and district managers et al in September. He adds that he will squelch some of the braggarts who are chattering of their ability. Halsey Raines, who devotes a lot of time to publicizing M-G-M talent, is in New Jersey, famous for mosquitos, M. P. T. O. conventions and vacations. Lou T. Rogers has been creating quite a stir on the independent market with "The Age of Lust," Emil lannings feature. The enterprising Lou arranged premiere of the picture at the State, Schenectady, N. Y. A. P. Waxman, director of advertising and publicity for Warner Bros., is back from two weeks vacation divided between Long Beach and Atlantic City. Buhler Transferred to Pittsburgh Philadelphia — Frank W. Buhler, who has been managing director of Stanley houses in this district, has been transferred to Pittsburgh, where he is to be district head beginning Aug. 10. Earl L. Crabb, who has been district manager at Pittsburgh, has been transferred to Philadelphia. Edward L. Hyman and John Firnkoess are added to the company cabinet as assistants to Abe Sablosky. Luporini Completes Ufa Deal Output Ferdinand V. Luporini, has secured the distribution rights for the new UFA Productions in the following territories: Mexico, Central America, Panama, Columbia, Venezuela. Cuba and Porto Rico. Lubitsch in Wisconsin Burlington, Wis. — Ernst Lubitsch is visiting for a month at Moore's Lakeside Resort. NEVER MISSES • ••••••••••• First Division Plans Three First Division Distributors will mfine activities to production and stribution of three pictures starng Noah Beery. The first is being rected by Fred Windemere under orking title of "Desert Love." ichmount, headed by David J. [ountan, has contracted with How'd S Hummell, sales manager, for istribution abroad of the First Diision product. J. H. Hoffberg will Dntinue to handle Latin America, le Far East, Africa and Australia. Missouri Partnership Dissolved St. Louis — The Lead Belt Amusement Co., operated by Dr. C. A. Tetley of Farmington, and John Karschof, Flat River, Me., will split up. Tetley will operate the theater in Farmington, while Karsch takes the Flat River and Bonne Terra houses. The theater at Elvins, Mo., has been closed Fight Film Injunction Syracuse, N. Y. — Charging violation of copyright. Gold Hawk Pictures has obtained an injunction restraining the Empire here from showing pictures of the Tunney-Heeney fight. 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