The Film Daily (1929)

THE ■swmk DAILV Monday, September 9, 1929 FOX ACQUIRES CONTROL OF PRINCIPAL THEATERS CHAIN (Continued from Page 1) of the Principal firm. Name of the circuit is being changed to Fox Principal Theaters with Mike Rosenberg in charge. Fox W. C. Gets 3 Houses at Vancouver, Wash. Vancouver, Wash. — Fox West Coast Theaters has acquired leases of the U. S. A., Castle and Liberty from Mayor John P. Higgins, who will manage the houses for the new operators. Fox Taking Over 29 of Schine N. Y. Chain Today Gloversville, N. Y. — Fox Metropolitan Playhouses, Tnc. today will assume operation of 29 New York theaters, acquired from the Schine chain The houses are at Gloversville, Auburn, Oswego, Canandaigua, Carthage, Corning, Geneva, Herkimer Little Falls, Norwich, Newark Oneonta, Saranac Lake, Bath, Buffalo, Cobleskill, Ogdensburg, Syracuse, Utica and Watertown. Operating New Acquisitions West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — Houses in the intermountain territory acquired by For West Coast in its eastward expansion program) are to be operated from the home office here. Fox Gets Youngstown Interest Youngstown, O. — William Fox has acquired an interest in the Park, on which $20,000 is being spent for wiring and remodeling, with the theater slated to reopen Sept. 14. $10 Premiere for "Great Gabbo" Ten dollars will be top at opening of "The Great Gabbo" at the Selwyn. New York, Sept. 12. Other tickets are $3 and $5. The picture is to be roadshowed by Albert Grey, general manager of James Cruze, Inc., who is handling the New York presentation. After the opening prices will be from 50 cents to $2. Love Scene Barred Toledo, O. — Love scene between Anne Harding and Leslie Fenton in "Paris Bound" has been barred by Ohio censors. However, since the order from Columbus was tardy in arriving here, this scene was shown the first two days of its Toledo run at the Princess. Colorart Seeks Denny West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood ■ — Colorart is negotiating with Reginald Denny for a series of color talkers. Milhauser with RKO West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Bertram Milhauser has joined RKO as a supervisor. No Strings to be Attached^to Adjustments, Lightman Told Southeastern Exhibitors May Cast Lot with Allied (Continued from Page 1) Ass'n at the convention here, which continues today. The Georgia unit is expanding its membership to include theater owners of Florida and Alabama. The sessions, which opened yesterday, are slated to be addressed by W. A. Steffes, head of the Northwest exhibitor unit and a leader of Allied. He will outline the franchise plans of RKO and TiffanyStahl as well as the new reproducer being offered by RCA Photophone for houses up to 500 seats. Second Regional Meet in Ohio is Scheduled Today Columbus, O. — The second of three regional meetings of Ohio exhibitor? to hear outlined the franchise proposals of RKO and Tiffany-Stahl and the new reproducer being offered by RCA Photophone, is to be held here today. At the recent Cleveland meeting, the franchise plan was endorsed enthusiastically. Another Western Meeting on Today at Casper, Wyo. Casper. Wyo. — Exhibitors of this vicinity are slated to gather here today to learn details of the franchise proposals of Tiffany-Stahl and RKO and the new reproducer being offered by RCA Photophone for houses up to 500 seats. (Continued from Page 1) Lightman emphasized that distributors are determined to exert every effort to provide necessary relief. This was in answer to exhibitor allegations that distributors have been lax in the matter. Especial attention is being given to alleged attempts to make adjustments contingent upon sale of additional product, a practice which distributors declare they will not countenance. NEW ALLIED-AFFILIATED (Continued front Page 1) unit; \V. A. Steffes, Northwest exhibitor leader; Oscar Hanson, general sales manager, and Ralph Morrow, southern district manager of TiffanyStahl, and Sam Benjamins of RKO were speakers at th esessions. Old Ass'n to Continue with Allied Opposition Reported The majority of members of the existing organization of Oklahoma exhibitors intend to continue to operate independently, with much opposition to the Allied States Ass'n movement apparent, according to report received in New York from the Oklahoma unit by the Hays association. Merger of Birmingham Suburbans Held Planned have been operating the past season under the handicap of industrial depression in these districts. The Wise circuit houses are located, for the most part, in strictly residential sections. Such a merger is held simply to be the forerunner of some . national chain stepping in to buy or control these theaters. A. Page Sloss is one of the majority owners of the Southern Theaters, Inc., circuit and Frank V. Merritt, as general manager oi the Marvin Wise Circuit, would be the principals in such a deal. Birmingham, Ala. — Merger of the Marvin Wise circuit and Southern Theaters, formerly the Joe Steed Amusement Co. is reported planned These two chains are all that is left in Birmingham today of eight independent circuits that existed two years ago. Neither circuit touches upon the other's territory and together they would control the neighborhood situation almost 100 per cent The Steed houses are immediately adjacent to Ensley, Fairfield, North Birmingham and Wylam, but they On Broadway Cohen Sails to Sell Sterling Reproducer Abroad Milton Cohen of Inter-Globe sailed for Europe on the Lapland Friday night to launch an organization in England to sell the Sterling reproducer, a disc synchronizer manufactured by Sterling M. P. Apparatus Corp. of New York. Herman C. Schlicker is the inventor. Exclusive sales agency for England and America has been obtained by Cohen and his associates and rights for Continental Europe by Sally Isenberg and Arthur Reichlin of Berlin. Equity Council Meets on Films but Takes No Action Meeting of the council of Actors' Equity Ass'n was held last Friday to consider the Hollywood Equity Shop situation but no action was taken. "Flight" Opening Sept. 13 Sept. 13 has been set as opening date of Columbia's "Flight" at the George M. Cohan, New York. The picture is slated to be roadshowed. Sherwood House Changes Hands Sherwood, O. — Mrs. Lowell Miller has sold the Crescent to E. L. Peeper. Astor — "Hollywood Revue" Cameo — "Seeds of Paradise" Capitol — "Our Modern Maidens" Carnegie — "Spy of Madame Pompadour" Central— "Fast Life" Colony — "Broadway" Criterion — "The Four Feathers" Fifth Ave. — "Honor" Embassv — "Hallelujah" Fifty-Fifth— "Three Lovers" Film Guild — "Richtofen" Gaiety— "The Black Watch" Globe— "Street Girl" Loew's New York— Monday, "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney;" Tuesday, "Should a Girl Marry?' and "The Man from Nevada; Wednesday, "Broadway Babies;" Thursday. "Midstream;" Friday, "Chasing Through Europe" and "The Girl in the Glass Cage." Mark Strand— "The Hottentot" Paramount — "The Lady Lies" Rialto — "Bulldog Drummond" Rivoli — -"Dance of Life" Selwyn — "The Great Gabbo" Warners— "Say It With Songs" Winter Garden — "Go'd Diggers of Broadway" Short Shots from New York Studios By ARTHUR W EDPl^^i 1>URR COOK, who gets (plenty) *-* of publicity for Herbert Brenon, is now knocking out radio sketches for WEAF. He's writing stuff for the Tuesday night feature known as "Harbor Lights" and "The Eternal Question," Friday evening number. Michael (Mike) Simmons and George Pardij, who is credited with having written the first motion picture review, are collaborating in editing and titling a series for British International. Frank Muchmore is doing the art work at American Sound Recording Corp. He was associated with Cosmopolitan Prod, and the Biograph plant for a long period as well as other companies which you've heard about. Lucia Backus Seger, who recently finished work in "People Born in October," James A. FitzPatrick Horoscope scries, has gang-planked for Bermuda for a vacation. She has worn make-up in Eastern studios for some years, playing with Richard Dix, Dick Barthelmess and various stage stars, including Mrs. Leslie Carter. The kind of bridge you ought to play will be demonstrated by Milton C. Work, world authority on this indoor sport, in a Vitaphone short tc be made at Warner Bros. Eastern studio. Coastites temporarily hibernating in the East include Ben Turpin, he of the bewitching eyes, who is about to embark on another vaude tour. Hall M. E. of "Photoplay" Leonard Hall, veteran newspaper critic, on Oct. 1 becomes managing editor of "Photoplay Magazine" succeeding Frederick James Smith.