The Film Daily (1930)

rhursday, July 17, 1930 DAILV 11 © NEWS OF THE DAY €> Reading, Pa. — An ordinance is beng drafted by the Fireman's Union >roviding that a paid fireman be tationed in every theater. Firemen lave only been guarding legitimate heaters. The proposed bill will be ent to the city council through a ommittee. Exhibitors are protestrig it vehemently. St. Louis — Community Theaters, nc, has been incorporated at $25,00. Officers are Geo. A. Kelly, Ger■ude A. Kelly and N. H. Hartenack. Minneapolis — William Gould has een added to the local Fox staff. Ie will work under manager Moe evy. Oklahoma City— W. A. Ryan, Fox ranch manager, has returned from Dnferences with J. R. Grainger in ew York. St. Louis — Milton Harris, publicity rector for the Fox St. Louis, is route to Hollywood where he will >end his honeymoon. Oklahoma — Glen Thompson is a »w addition to the local Fox sales rce under manager Tony Ryan. Des Moines — Remodeling of the dx exchange has been completed, he branch was also repainted. Chicago — C. Knapp has resigned manager of the Crystal and is placed by P. Solomon. Atlantic City — Bob Long is manning the Globe, which has been opened for the summer. Geneva, N. Y. — Construction of e Smith Opera House has been irted. Kansas City — Max Meyers, on the ithe sales force for the last two ars. is now handling the Midwest lm Distributors product. New Incorporations I Melotrraph Disc Corp. of America, sound producing machines; Harris & O'Grady, 5 Fifth Ave., New York. 1,000 shares mon. an Buren Amusement Corp. theaters; K. Weher, 370 Seventh Ave., New York. 0,000. Heart I„ake Association, .motion pictures; angan & Mangan, Binghamton. $10,000 Mew Ier~cy Theater Corp., Point Plea mt J.; James J. Myers, Lakewood. $100,000 20,000 shares common. 15th Avenue Amusement Corp., Ih irhman & Samuels 11560 Broadway, New ■rk. $20,000 Pollard Enterprises, motion pictures: C. 'vy, 1440 Broadway. New York. $100,000. Seymore Amusement Co., motion pictures; Rosenzweisr, Rochester. 100 shares torn•n. CORPORATE CHANGES ' pnsolidated Film Industries, Inc., New •rk. 800,000 to 1,000,000 shares, no par. Boston — Changes in the local Fox branch include the addition of Jack Jennings and William Snyder to the sales staff. Jennings will cover territory handled by Irving Shiftman while Snyder replaces Harry Alexander who has been transferred to the company's Albany exchange. Denver — Fox West Coast Theaters is preparing to construct new theaters at Boulder, Colo., Casper, Wyo. and Sterling, Wyo. Dallas — The National, Breckenridge; Palace, Alexia, and the Dreamland, Denton, Publix houses, have changed their policies to three changes weekly. East St. Louis— Paramount Publix has acquired the Orpheum here. Minot, N. D.— The Publix Strand has reopened after being closed for three weeks to permit remodeling. Gardner, Mass. — Due to extensive street repairs now going on, Publix has closed the Uptown until Sept. 1. Erie, Pa. — P. D. Demas, formerly of the Rialto here, is now with the sales division of Tone-o-Graph. Pittsburgh — Fred Solomon, former Phototone representative and now partner with Chuck Kiefer at the American Poster Supply Co., has been appointed sales agent for a new low-price sound-on-film equipment. Marion, la. — H. R. Brome is the new owner of the Garden. Plainfield, N. J.— Russell B. Terhune is now in charge of the Strand for Publix. Henderson, N. C. — A. P. Barry has replaced A. C. Kincy at the Rex. San Francisco — Robert Hicks, recently manager of the Paramount, Atlanta, is now in charge of the California. He replaced Stanley Brown. Joliet, 111. — District Manager Clyde L. Winans of Publix-Great States Division has moved his head quarters from the Rialto Bldg. to the I. una Bldg. in Kankakee. Fostoria, O. — Paramount-Publix v ill operate the new house which is planned here. Atlanta — A. (". Bromberg has signed with Windsor Picture Plays tdr distribution of "Her Unborn Child" in eight southeastern states. Bristol, Va. — A theater to seat -cat 1,200 persons is to be built here by the Bristol Theater Corp. Hammond, Ind. — The New Paramount, now under construction here, will be ready for opening on Aug. 2, it is announced by J. J. Rubens and Morris Greenberg. Chicago — Publix theaters in Illinois and Indiana now making four change weekly are the Riveria, Anderson: Princess, New Castle; Strand, Crawfordsville; Princess, Bloomington" Starland, Michigan City, and WysorGrand, Muncie. State, Anderso-i and the Palace and Broadway. Gary, have gone to three changes weekly. Minneapolis — Recent Publix changes find Eddie Kuppers transferred from the Paramount. St. Paul, to State, here, replacing Gene Fox. Cliff Gill is the new advertising manager at Minnesota. Milwaukee — Frank Dau has replaced Reinhold Wallach as manager of the Downer, Warner house. Baltimore — The Ideal, residential house in Hampden, owned by Julius Goodman, is closed for the summer and before it is reopened will be rebuilt and be much enlarged. Lynchburg, Va. — A theater to cost about $20,000 is to be built on Rivermont Ave. by W. W. Averett, Jr. Atlanta — Doc Wadkins is now manager of the Paramount here. He formerly was in Montgomery and Birmingham. Natchez, Miss. — Publix is now operating the Hamilton on Saturdays only. Chelsea, Mass. — The Chelsea and Broadway have been shut down for the summer. Baltimore — A new member of the staff of the Frank H. Durkee Theatrical Enterprises is Harry Reddich. formerly owner of the Patterson and Schanze's theaters in Baltimore, which he sold. St. Louis — Nate Sunley has been promoted to city salesman for Progressive Pictures here. Pittsburgh — Ben Rosenwald, formerly salesman in this territory, has been transferred to Cleveland. Pella, la.— Now that the "flu" epidemic has passed here, the Strand has been reopened. Milwaukee — Warners, Vitaphone and First National have moved into their new quarters at 952 W. Ave. N. St. Louis — Distribution of Big Four and Epic pictures in Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois has been taken over by Progressive Pictures Corp. Kansas City— Tom Smith, RKO traveling auditor, will make his permanent headquarters here to handle supervision of this district. Greensburg, Pa. — Mike Manos, who recently sold his Manos, Strand and Grand to Warner Bros., is now associated with that organization as supervisor over these and other Warner houses. Newburgh, N. Y. — Under negotiations now going on, the Park is to be sold to a syndicate. Charles S. Duryea has been managing the house. Farrnington, la. — Bids are being taken for erection of a $30,000 theater here. Eldon, Mo. — J. Thomas Ghosen is erecting a $15,000 theater here. Lees Summit, Mo. — E. L. Hersperger has purchased the Douglas. Windsor, Pa. — Daniel Kough has transferred the Opera House to his son and daughter, Wenard Kough and Mrs. Elva Shumaker. Utica, N. Y. — The Colonial has been closed for the summer. Kansas City— H. E. McManus, assistant manager of the Newman for the last four years, has gone to Rochester, N. Y., as assistant manager of the Eastman. Martin Anderson has come here from the Publix training school to succeed McManus at the Newman. Steubenville, O. — J. Reeves Espy, Pittsburgh division manager for Warner Bros., announces that the Olympic and Capitol here are now under the jurisdiction of his office. A "Chaser" As a commentary on the showing of commercial films in theaters, when a style short was thrown on the screen of the New York Strand last Sunday, no less than 30 persons got up and left, according to a FILM DAILY representative's count, and almost as many others were heard suppressing something in the nature of a groan. New Yorkers, at least, don't seem to care for commercial advertising as part of their screen bill-offare.