The Film Daily (1937)

THE ■am DAILY Thursday, Aug. 5, 1 937 20TH-F0X TO SET UP SO. AFRICAN DISTRIB. {Continued from Page 1) closes the last frontier and gives 20th-Fox an unbroken world distribution setup. Bolle, who will assume full charge in South Africa, has been in the distribution field for 18 years with Paramount and 20th-Fox. Philadelphia Truck Strike Hits Picture Deliveries (Continued from Page 1) shows themselves. Indications are that a settlement may soon be reached. Bookers and shippers are working to straighten out the differences. Local delivery units have agreements with the union but the men walked out on a sympathy strike. A state of emergency to combat violence and preserve the public peace was proclaimed by Mayor S. Davis Wilson and a city-wide "peace patrol" of 1,500 automobiles, each carrying four policemen, was ordered by Police Superintendent Edward Hubbs. An attempt made yesterday to end the strike resulted in failure. Warners Set "Zola" Ads in 23 National Magazines Twentv-three of the nation's most important and influential magazines, reaching a total of 17,000,000 readers will carry full page ads during the months of August and September, announcing the Warner Bros.' release "The Life of Emile Zola" starring Paul Muni. This national magazine ad campaign is one of the largest set by Warners on any of its productions. Schreiber Shifts Personnel Detroit— W. C. Pate formerly with various Detroit theaters, has been appointed manager of the Majestic Theater by Jack Broder, generalmanager of the Jacob Schreiber Circuit. He succeeds Arthur Prock, who resigned. Mack Behrendt has been appointed night manager of the Colonial Theater, with H. R. Byerly remaining as day manager, while Sam Carson has succeeded Jack Daly as manger of the Forest Theater for the circuit. Janitors Contract Signed Detroit — Contracts have been signed with "practically all major theaters" in the territory, Ray Carroll, representative for the Detroit Theaters and Amusement Janitors Association, newly organized local of the Building Service Employes International, an A F of L constituent, said Monday. • • • GOLD IS where you find it, they say so is film biz for which thought you and you and you are indebted this Thursday a.m. to E. M. Loew's new Drive-in Theater at Providence, R. I. theater, occupying the site of the old Cycledrome there, is clicking in a fashion to warm a showman's heart the Providence folks taking to the idea of "moonlight movies" like Scotch takes to soda ▼ ▼ T • • • IMAGINE A "playhouse" spanning 10 acres and ushers patrolling their territories on bikes.. and a screen 50 by 60 feet and a 20,000 candle-power projector, installed 225 feet from the screen at about the "third row" and housed in a semi-underground booth that's Providence's up-to-the-minute Drive-In which may be one answer to that query of the times "Whither are we drifting?" • • • NOT ONLY does the Drive-In get the common garden variety of fan it also is attracting those who can't otherwise go to the movies Invalids, for instance, who can sit at ease in their cars and infants and their mothers for Junior, if he must, can sound off without bothering anyone but mama and papa and auntie and uncle, if they happen to be along so if there's nothing new under the sun there's still something new under the moon in dear, old Providence T ▼ ▼ • • • IF YOUR vacation plans are still indefinite you might consider the example set by Milton Harris who directs Loew's publicity in Cleveland Milton utilized his furlough to sell a play plot to Max Gordon . . Penny Pemberton will collaborate with Harris in developing the piece which so far is dubbed "Corrigan and Cohn" ▼ ▼ v • • • QUEEN CITY Cincinnati to you Variety Club has lined up prizes valued at three grand for that third annual golf tourney set for the Hillcrest Country Club on Aug. 16 Col. "Pop" Wessel and J. J. Grady of 20th-Fox garnered the awards Tourney will draw exhibs. and exchangeites from Indianapolis, Columbus and Pittsburgh T T ▼ • • • COMES THE word that "The Great Goldwyn" has gone into a second printing at Random House Sam himself, 'tis said, is on his second thousand of gift volumes .... and Random House confides that the producer hasn't yet finished compiling a list of personal friends to whom he wants to send copies of the saga T T T © • • CLINT WEINHOLT, manager of The Bagdad theater of Seattle is passing the cigars over arrival of a brand new daughter who came by weigh (9 pounds) of Swedish Hospital. . . • Wire congrats, too, to Paul Klein, Blaine-Thompson ad exec. his missus just presented him with a 6 and % lb. baby dotter, named Merle Ann. . . • Sid Zins of the Criterion managerial staff is feeling great these days reason being that his brother Lester, a southpaw, is working out with the Jersey City Giants . and has been promised a berth soon by Travis Jackson. . . • A grand time was had yesterday by the 175 persons who turned out for RKO Radio Pictures' fifth annual golf tournament 150 entered for the tourney, with the others voyaging to the Fenway Country Club at White Plains for the dinner and dancing Milton Berle did the emceeing at the surprise entertainment in his customary polished manner best and worst golfers of the day came in for prizes that were honies, plus considerable ribbing « « « » » » ATTACKS ATLAS CO^ .■(] IN RKO STOCK BUTT' {Continued from Page 1) Atlas in proposing the plan anc claimed that Atlas and RCA be tween them hold 84 per cent of the debentures and 48 per cent of the stock of RKO. Today Special Mas ter George W. Alger will decide whether or not to go into the mattei of how Atlas got control of the stock. Sears Completing Details of Warner-FWC Film Dea (Continued from Page 1) will open at the Carthay Circle, prob ably about Sept. 15. Warners are working on film deal with the Butterfield circuit in Mich igan and M & P Theaters in Bos ton. b: .!» ill! Mi HIS for, a i. ■■ fin Court Will Rule Today On UMPTO's Exceptior (Continued from Page 1) the temporary writ obtained bj Paramount to block the playdaU fe "strike" called by the exhibito:,ls group. Counsel conferred with th court yesterday. Hearing on Paramount's applica: tion to make the temporary injunc tion permanent is set for next Wed nesday. Li! ,, 111 1(10 I' Exhibs. Battling Press Lincoln, Neb. — All relations witl newspapers were severed this wee! by the Lincoln Theaters Corp. anc the Westland Theaters, a total oi seven houses here. Battle is oveji ad differences and the recent jacl in column inch price from $3.70 t< $3.80 with a promise of $4 being the price in the near future. "Eagle's Vengeance" Set Arrangements have been completed with Preferred Pictures Inc of Philadelphia, for the territory of Philadelphia and Washington, D C. for the release of the "Th<! Eagle's Vengeance" produced by William Steiner. Jerry Marks oij Chicago, will handle the release for the territory of Northern Illinois B & K's Dual Celebration Chicago — Balaban and Katz nex month will celebrate the first anni versary of their newest house, the Will Rogers theater on the north west side, and their oldest house the Central Park theater on Roose velt Road. Burton Ofstie wilL^ n die the publicity for both e\Fn ,. "Blonde" for Criterion Paramount's "Blonde Trouble' starts at the Criterion with a preview tomorrow night.