The Film Daily (1929)

THE Monday, September 16, 1929 End of Daylight Saving Awaited in Canada Exhibitors in cities in eastern Can>ada are looking forward with eagerIness to termination of daylight savling for the present year on Saturday ■ night, Sept. 28, on which occasion Ithe railways resume their regular I schedules and the people, generally, return to normalcy. The theater business in Canada during the past I summer has been the greatest on id, thanks to talkers, but the daylight saving situation did not help I matters because it encouraged patronage for the second performance leach evening when theaters were un duly crowded. The chief effort of managers was to induce people to attend the matinee or early evening shows. Theaters in western Canada are not afflicted by daylight saving nuisance. Elkhart Theater in Court Action Goshen, Ind. — Suit has been tiled in local courts to restore lease on the Bucklen, at Elkhart, to the new inactive Popular Amuse. Co. former lers. Flora S. Kempner, plaintiff, names Harry S. Lerner, et al., charging irregularities in management. Columbia Exchange Moves Cleveland — Columbia Pictures has moved into its new office on the sixth floor of the Film Bldg. Herbert Kaufman is manager. Operating on Split Week Toledo — B. F. Keith's theater here opened recently with a split-week talker policy, instead of the full week run previously announced. "Fox Movietone Follies of 1929" started Sunday and will be followed by "The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu" on Thursday. Both films have been here before; the "Follies" at the State, and "Fu Manchu" at the Paramount. Century Manager Changes The following managerial changes in houses of the Century circuit have been made, states Edward L. Hyman, supervisor. Fred Dollinger, manager of the Freeport to the Grove; Charles Green from Avalon to the Queens; Harold Garfinkle to the Avalon; Charles Shcrrin, former assistant manager of the Patio, now is manager at the Midwood. "U" Author in Newsreel Erich Maria Remarque, author of "All Quiet on the Western Front" was photographed in pictures for the first time at Carlhad, Germany, together with Carl Laemmle, president of Universal. The pictures are now being shown in theaters in the Universal Newsreel. McCormack Film Under Way Frank Borzage is in Ireland directing John McCormack's picture for Fox. The story is by Tom Barry. Some of the scenes will be made on the McCormack estate near Dublin. Blankenship Appointed Birmingham, Ala. — The Marvin Wise circuit, of which Frank V. Merritt is general manager, has appointed George Blankenship as managing director. Blankenship has acted as manager of the Capitol for several years. Bert Hollowell, former manager of the Empire, is acting in an advisory capacity to Wise officials Bond Issue for Paramount Theater Glen Falls, N. Y. — Paran^unt will ii rate the new 1,200 seater to be erected in Glens Falls' main business section, under a 25-year lease. Reserve Security Corp., N. Y., is offering a $150,000 ten-year bond issue. Empire State Theaters and Olympic Theaters, Paramount wholly-owned subsidiaries, will operate. Radio Show Tie-up Toledo — The Paramount here and local radio dealers have joined in a publicity stunt. The fall radio show will be held in the grand lounge of the theater, which will be specially decorated for the occasion. In addition to the latest radio models, old radio equipment and a photographic exhibit will be displayed This will be furnished by Frank Buter, who worked with Dr. Lee De Forest. "Applause" to Play Criterion Premiere of "Applause" is scheduled at the Criterion, New York, Oct. 1, and not at the Embassy as previously reported erroneously. Sees Pictures Promoting Modernistic Furniture Not only are film influencing fashions, they also have been instrumental in exploiting modernistic furniture and furnishings, says Frank Namczy, art director at Warner Bros, eastern studio. He believes that the increased attention art directors are paying to the new-style furniture is exercising a tremendous influence on the home. At the eastern Vitaphone studios where most of the Warner shorts are produced, the sets are nearly all designed and drawn by Namczy in the modernistic manner. Tom Darby constructs the sets according to these designs, and William Stein, scenic artist, follows out Namczy's color specifications. New Jolson Record Cleveland— "Say It With Songs," the Al Jolson picture, is still holding a record at the Hippodrome where it has just concluded its third week. The first week broke the record by about $10,000. The second week was several thousand dollars ahead of the old record. Centre House Ready Nov. 1 Birmingham — Work is progressing rapidly on the new Cherokee at Centre, Ala., and Glover B. Johnson feels certain the house will be completed by Nov. 1. It will seat approximately 600 and be equipped for sound. THOMAS MEIGHAN IN "THE ARGYLE CASE"— A VITAPHONE PRODUCTION Abel in Variety: " 'The Argyle Case' is good box office as a talker. It possesses all the elements of popularity fortified by the added significance of this being Thomas Meighan's first talker. As the star-detective hero Meighan more than sustains his end." Mae Tinee in The Chicago Tribune: "Thomas Meighan does a good deal more for 'The Argyle Case' than 'The Argyle Case' does for him. Mr. Meighan (looking yummier than ever, girls) comports himself in businesslike and realistic fashion, and, by the way, is mighty pleasing." The Chicago Daily News: "It is a safe bet that this picture portends a number of excellent talking pictures by Thomas Meighan, who already has scores of silent pictures to his credit. His well modulated voice will make him more popular than ever." PRODUCED BY WARNER BROS.— DIRECTED BY HOWARD BRETHERTON