The Film Daily (1937)

10 SEE "UNITED FRONT" FOR THEATER UNIONS (Continued from Page 1) tion of theatrical field not as yet organized, improved conditions in organized fields and a "united front" against any attacks, it was said yesterday by Kenneth Thompson, executive secretary of the Screen Actors' Guild. Thompson expects that an agreement in writing will be made between the groups. He cited the vaudeville field as one where the council might aid in an organization drive, and the radio field as one where a drive will get under way. Wanda Hale to Wed Wanda Hale, motion picture critic for the N. Y. Daily News, will be married Saturday to J. P. Coutard at Larchmont, N. Y. The couple will go to Maine on their honeymoon. Fawcett Merges Screen Mags. W. H. Fawcett, President of Fawcett Publications, Inc., announces the merger of Screen Play with Screen Book effective with the October issue under the name of Screen Book Combined with Screen Play. Deaf Ask Silent Pix Chicago — Eighteenth Triennial Convention of the National Association of the Deaf passed a resolution urging film companies to make silent films with appropriate sub-titles and cut-ins for the deaf. Mellaphone Installed Atkins, Ark. — A new Mellaphone sound system is being installed at the Royal here, C. L. Matthews and Harry Odom, managers, have announced. SICK REPORT West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Due to illness of Lewis R. Foster, the William Rankin newspaper story, "Mightier Than the Sword," will be postponed a week by Edmund Grainger. When it starts, S. Sylvan Simon will direct. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Illness has forced Claire Trevor to withdraw from the feminine lead in "The Great Diamond Robbery," production of which had just begun at 20th CenturyFox studios. Phyllis Brooks replaces. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Claudette Colbert, ill for several days with influenza, is expected to return to the Warner Bros, lot at Burbank, today to resume work in "Tonight's Our Night." THE ■c&£ DAILY Thursday, Aug. 5, 1937 NEWS of the DAY Morton, 111. — William C. Fitzgerald, C. F. Guery and P. C. Hauted have formed the Morton Theaters Company with offices at the Morton theater. Herbert M. Livingston of Bloomington handled the legal details. Chicago — The Symphony theater is now installing a General Electric air-conditioning system and will modernize all house equipment. Chicago — A. L. Meininger, Jr., son of "Happy" Meininger, manager of the Berwin theater of the B. & K. Circuit, has been named assistant manager of the B. & K. Manor theater. Norman Brown, whom "junior" succeeds, has been advanced to the United Artists theater in the loop as assistant manager. Detroit — R. L. Miller, general manager of Wilding Picture Productions, Inc., has returned to Hollywood studios of the company, following a visit to headquarters here. Indianapolis — Mars Hill, suburb to Indianapolis will have a new 325seat theater. The house will be built by Russell Lower. Harrisburg. Pa. — No time extension for the filing of applications to operate theaters under the new chain store tax law will be granted, according to Secretary of Revenue J. Griffith Boardman. Indianapolis — Edward Haverskamp is now representing the National Screen Service Corp., in Indiana. He came from Chicago. Lebanon, Ind. — Cary and Alexander are building a new 650-seat theater here. Indianapolis — Elmer Dumas, formerly with Columbia branch St. Louis, has joined the sales force of the Indianapolis branch. Lima, O. — Gratton Johnson, formerly at the Lyric theater, Portsmouth, has been named manager of the Sigma theater here, replacing •Tohn LaDue who recently was transferred to Akron as manager of the Strand there. Lincoln. Neb. — Mrs. Bob Livingston, wife of the manager of the Canitol, will stay on at Lake Okoboji until early fall, and Mrs. Milton Overman, spouse of the Westland Theaters city manager, will make a month of it in Texas. Washington. N. C— C. N. Turnage, of Washington, is constructing a new motion picture theater here. The contract has been awarded to J. T. Hardison and Son, of Washington, on a bid of $19,100, and work is to begin at once. The theater will be of re-inforced concrete and concrete slab construction. Tacoma — Kay Street and Sunset Theaters have been completely renovated and re-decorated by Louis Perunko, owner. Chicago — Joe Goldberg, Inc., reports the Woodlawn theater will be ready Aug. 14 for reopening by George and Harold Gallos after an investment of $100,000 for rebuilding the house and equipment. Motiographs and Brinkert Suprex lights are going into the booth. Autovent air-conditioning is being installed and 700 Ideal chairs, specially designed, are also going into the house Gajlos Brothers also own the Ray and Midway theaters. Cincinnati — F. Deane has opened The Best Theater, Kanawha, W. Va. Detroit — Russell Johnson Theatrical Post No. 371, American Legion, is establishing headquarters at the Stage Door, in the Fox Theater Building. Lebanon, Va. — J. C. Horney has purchased a site on North Church Street and is having plans drawn for a new movie theater. Emmittsburg, Md.— Harry T. Bollinger, of Littlestown, Pa., has purchased The Gem Theater here and has appointed Ernest Rosensteel manager. Wilbur Raffensberger, who conducted the theater during the past 10 years, will return to his former home in York, Pa. Springhill, La. — Construction of an 800-seater here at the cost of $22,000 has been undertaken by Barton McLendon of the Tri-States Theaters. The new house will be called the State. Mansfield, La. — Instead of building here, as originally planned, Southern Amusement Co. of Lake Charles, La., has bought the Palace Theater from Mrs. Susie Brownfield. An extensive remodeling program is to be put into effect shortly. Wynsboro, La. — A. J. (Slim) Higgenbotham, Saenger Theaters partner in Baton Rouge, is remodeling the house he has acquired here. The total cost is expected to reach $8,000. Boston — Frank Petrone, head of the shipping department for Columbia Pictures, has returned to the exchange after two weeks' vacation in Maine. St. Louis, Mo. — Loew's, Inc., has renewed its lease on the exchange building at 3010 Olive St. for a tenyear term. Building is owned by ihe Fulton Investment Co. Boston — Meyer Marcus, assistant to Harry Browning, publicity director for the M. & P. Theaters in TO CALL PARA. SALES r EXECS IN PHILLY SUIT (Continued from Page 1) motions to make permanent a stay against the planned playdate strike in that territory. No further postponements of the hearing, originally scheduled for last Monday, are indicated. Counsel for the defendants are preparing answer which will be filed sometime before Wednesday. Want 10 P. C Pay Boost Alliance, O. — Union projectionists here have requested a 10 per cent increase in pay, effective Sept. 1, when the present contract with the three theaters here expires. Present pay of projectionists is $42.50 a week. Only one man is required in a booth. Theater operators are said to favor granting the increase to union projectionists, it was said. Walden Re-opens House Atlanta, Ga. — The Georgia Theater reopened yesterday as an inde, under the management of E. M. Walden, who has subleased it from Lucas and Jenkins. New England, leaves next week for a two-week Canadian motor trip. Mercy Building Wigwam Toppenish, Wash. — The Wigwam Theater is the name of a new theater to be constructed here for Fred Mercy. Costing $15,000, it will seat 450, and sport a front and facade of black glass. Phil Hauter to Build Morton, 111, — Phil Hauter has let a contract to Joe Goldberg Co. of Chicago for the erection of a new 650-seat theater here, work will be rushed so the house will be ready before the end of the year. St. Louis, Mo. — Samuel W. Fordyce was personal attorney for George J. Schaefer, vice-president and general manager for United Artists, during the anti-trust cases against Warner Bros., Paramount, RKO, etc., here in the fall of 1935 and early in 1936, has been appointed mayor of the recently created town of Berkeley in St. Louis County. Portland, Me. — Harry Smith, head booker for RKO, Boston, is vacationing at Hampton Beach, N. H. His two sons are spending a few weeks at Camp Gregory on Crystal Lake. Elmhurst, 111. — Joseph Engel has been named president of the Movie Fun Co., which is trying out a £_ • film contest plan at the Lom^ Theater. Portland, Me. — Construction on a new Graphic Circuit theater, to be built by Newell Kurson at Ellsworth, will begin about Sept. 1. The house will seat approximately 700. I ".-l-A'-i*