The Film Daily (1937)

THE 2^1 DAILV Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1937 LOEWS EXTENDING CHECKER SERVICE (Continued from Page 1) vice in those territories, Portland and Seattle. With staffs operating in these additional zones, Loew's will have a total of 17 offices in service. By Spring, it intends to be operating 20 offices. U. S. Rescinds Levy On Amplifiers, Loudspeakers (Continued from Page 1) amplifier tubes remains in force. Commissioner Bliss made his ruling on a test cast instituted by J. A. Tanney, president of the S.O.S. Corp., equipment supply dealers of New York. Warner Men from Three Branches at Kenosha Meet Chicago — Seventy-five salesmen and executives from the Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin branches of Warner Bros, attended meeting of the sales staff at the Elks Club in Kenosha yesterday. Charley Ryan, assistant Chicago zone sales manager, headed the Chicago staff who went up in a special chartered car on the North Shore railroad. Al Kvool, Milwaukee district chief headed the Wisconsin delegation and Harry Stein, district manager at Hammond, Indiana headed the group from that territory. Plans were completed for the 13 weeks' sales drive. Cash prizes totaling $1,000 will be distributed to the winners. Dicto. Empowers Exec. Com. Frederick E. Moscovics, chairman of executive committee of Dictograph Products Co., Inc., announces that stockholders at an adjourned special meeting have empowered executive committee of the company with full powers to treat with the Securities Exchange Commission to iron out existing differences between them so that company may continue its normal industrial development. Moscovics states that in 1936 firm's business was profitable, with financial position much improved, and volume largest in five years. NEWS AS SEEN BY THE PRESS AGENT Una Merkel has started a collection of miniature perfume bottles. — M-G-M. • • • THE SALES force of United Artists is stepping out with their first national sales drive in the history of the company under the leadership of general sales manager Andy Smith, it will be known as the George J. Schaefer Sales Drive the boys in the field have a good head start for this Drive for the past 30 weeks have been the best in sales volume for the last five years the campaign will run for 14 weeks from Jan. 24 to May 1 T T T • • • FOR THE Drive the United Artists' exchanges will be listed under six divisions with Jack Schlai f er handling the west Harry Gold the east and Haskell Masters in Canada t hey will work under supervision of Andy Smith the three main awards will be radio cocktail bars such as Schaefer received at the convention last June ..... these will go to the leading branch manager in the east and west and the leading division manager the winning salesman will cop four weeks' salary they are not sup-' posed to drink, so what would they be doing with cocktail bars? ▼ T T 9 O • CREDIT MUST be given to the astuteness and vision of Jack Cohn of Columbia who again scores another entertainment scoop with the completion of negotiations for the release of a series of shorts built around "Community Sing," the radio Sunday eve feature the short subjects will feature Wendall Hall, music master of radio fame also such entertainers as Ernie Jones and Billie Hare, the "Happiness Boys" 10-year-old Judy Barton, Andy Sanella and his ork of course Hall will invite the theater audience to join in the singing this spreads the feeling of camaraderie among the audience in your theater and makes the hoi polloi and the cognoscenti feel as if they are brothers under the skin even though they never will be "Community Sing" will be released nationally on Jan. 24 the radio program is on the air every Sunday eve over station WABC at 10 o'clock. • • • TO THE two Hamlets of the season a third will be added this time a woman, no less on Sunday eve at 8:30 the Museum of Modern Art will present three reels of the Art Film produced in 1920 in Germany, directed by the Danish Svend Gade and starring Asta Nielsen, who in this film plays the role of Hamlet • • • A SERIES of articles on the Coronation will be written by John Drinkwater for the Foreign Press Syndicate and will be syndicated in American newspapers Drinkwater wrote the play, "Abraham Lincoln" and did a biog of Carl Laemmle ... • Harry Buxbaum, distribution head for 20th Century -Fox in the metropolitan territory, had a birthday yesterday he got the congrats and his pals got the drinks fair enough. ...... • • • THE FIRST novel of Clarke Robinson who writes for the mags and sells typewriters for a main line has just been brought out by Godwin Press they say the material is a natural for the pictures book title is "Fate Is A Woman" ... • Lee Tracy, appearing in RKO Radio's "Criminal Lawyer," will be the guest star on the Bing Crosby hour tomorrow eve ... • Borrah Minevitch, seen in "One In A Million," will make personals at the Roxy for the week starting this Friday « « « » » » DIVIDEND ORDERED ON FOX THEATERS' CLAIMS A 5 per cent dividend totalling $285,693 was ordered paid yesterday to all holders of allowed claims against the Fox Theaters Corp., by Judge Martin T. Manton of the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The allowed claims total $5,713,858 and the undetermined claims amount to $6,873,354. The "Court directed that $343,667, five per cent of the amount of undetermined claims, be set aside pending determination. The company had on hand as of Dec. 1, 1936, sums totalling $704,799 and ancillary receivership funds amounting to $33,453. Sale of property since has added $155,000 to available funds. Herman Konnis Heads New Boston MP Salesmen's Club Boston — A Motion Picture Salesmen's Club has been organized with Herman Konnis of Universal Pictures as president; Thomas Duane of Paramount, vice-president; Harry Rosenblatt, M-G-M, treasurer; Sam Seletsky, Republic Pictures, secretary; and Nat Ross of GB, sergeant at arms. The Board of Directors includes James Kennedy of Affiliated Enterprises; Tom Donaldson, M-G-M; Harry Worden, M-G-M; Harry Goldman, GN; and Jack Davis of Republic. The next meeting is scheduled for Feb. 6 at the Grand National off fices. Plans are being made for social function early in April. "Lloyds" Stays at M. H. "Lloyds of London", playing foij the first time at popular prices, will continue at the Radio City Music Hall for a second week beginning tomorrow. "Black Legion" Held Over Warner Bros.' "Black Legion' stays at the Strand Theater for t\ second week, the management announced yesterday. FACTS ABOUT FILMS 75 of Colombia's 200 sound theaters yield 80 per cent of the total box office receipts.