The Film Daily (1930)

THE 12 &&>k 0AJJ2, Tuesday, July 22, 1930 €) NEWS OF THE DAY © Washington — W. Clyde Gardner, formerly assistant manager of Warner Bros. Earle, succeeds Carol F. Winchester as assistant at the Fox. Winchester has been transferred to the Fox house in Detroit. Lynchburg, Va. — The new Paramount will open November 1, instead of Labor Day, as was previously announced. Construction difficulties are said to have caused the delay. Richmond — Lyric, picture and vaudeville house closed recently. Indications are that it will remain so for the balance of the summer. Baltimore — Harry Reddish, former owner of the Patterson and Schanze's, is now associated with the Frank H. Durkee Theatrical Enterprises here in an advisory capacity. Baltimore — Frank M. Boucher, Maryland district manager for Warner Bros, houses, has transferred his headquarters from Hagerstown to this city, where he is directly in charge of the Metropolitan. With the transfer of Boucher, Alan J. Bachrach, manager of the Colonial, Hagerstown, becomes manager of the Maryland, and supervisor of the two other Hagerstown Warner houses. North Platte, Neb.— Charles Decker has leased the Alhambra theater here and will reopen it about Aug. 1 as the Luna DeForest sound. Cleveland — Publix Theater department has moved from the Keith Bldg. into the new Paramount Bldg. which houses the local Paramount exchange. Picqua, O. — May's Opera House has been sold by the Picqua Amusement Company to I. J. Collins and Thomas C. Fulton of Lancaster, O. :the nit NIWMAIfk Of fllMDQM Congratulates : -IBANN HARDING for the outstanding feminime performance so far this season in the role of Linda in Pathe's production of "Holiday" No. 18 of 1930 "Good Deeds11 Series Toronto— "With Byrd at the South Pole" has been withdrawn from circulation in Canada and bookings have been cancelled, other features being substituted for early dates. The picture had two runs in Canada, one here and the other in Montreal. Winnipeg — Five Winnipeg theaters are undergoing alterations. They are the RKO-Capitol, Gaiety, Strand, Walker and Dominion. Gordon C. Howderi" has leased the Dominion for five years. Saskatoon, Sask. — The Roxy Theater Co. has awarded contracts for the erection of a brick and concrete theater here. N. Rothstein of Winnipeg is president of the company. Chicago — Clyde L. Winan, Publix district manager, has had LaSalle and Spring Valley, 111. again added to his territory which includes Chicago Heights, Blue Island, Kanakee. Sheboygan, Wis. — A long lease on the Majestic has been signed by Warner Bros. R. W. Bollenbeck, manager of the Majestic, will take charge of both the Sheboygan and Majestic. R. W. Wood, manager of the Sheboygan, will be transferred, it is stated. Palace-Mexia, Tex. — Publix houses playing three changes a week are the Dreamland, Denton and National, Breckenridge. ERPI Divisional Personnel Announced by J. S. Ward ■ J. S. Ward, service manager of Electrical Research Products, has completed the executive personnel of the company's service department under the recently announced "plan by which the country is divided into three regions, and by which four new divisional units were created, increasing the total number of divisional units to 13. The three regional General Service Superintendents are: P. T. Sheridan, Eastern Region; A. J. Hodges, Central Region and N. A. Robinson, Western Region. J. C. Benjamin is Branch Office Superintendent di Service; D. C. Nickson, Service Planning Superintendent; T. K. Glennan, Assistant General Service Superintendent and H. W. Miller, Superintendent of Special Service. The divisional units of the Eastern Region and their personnel are as follows: — BOSTON: D. E. Crane, District Superintendent; G. R. Adams, Division Supervisor; F. H. Jennings, District Supervisor for the Boston-Northeast territory; T. A. Hurlburt, District Supervisor for Boston and W. R. Sherman, District Supervisor for Providence. NEW YORK: A. C. Millard, Division Superintendent; D. S. McLean, Division Supervisor; J. I. Nather, District Supervisor for Albany; S. N. Trent, District Supervisor for the Lower Hudson; A. V. Gregory, District Supervisor for Newark and F. S. Barnes, District Supervisor for New Haven. NEW YORK METROPOLITAN: W. S. Weatherspoon, Division Superintendent; H. S. Johnson and A. H. Carlsen, Division Supervisors; A. J. Rademacher, Broadway District Supervisor; J. A. Darrow, Brooklyn District Supervisor; F. J. Marlone, Long Island District Supervisor and Obie Hunt, Manhattan District Supervisor. PHILADELPHIA: G. Stringfellow, Division Superintendent; D. C. Ferguson, Division Supervisor; J. M. Florio, Buffalo District Superintendent; H. J. Brown, Philadelphia, District Supervisor; H. Clarke, Philadelphia-Suburban District Supervisor and W. R. Widener, Scranton District Supervisor. WASHINGTON: L. J. Patton, Division Superintendent; H. J. Halstrick, Division Supervisor; R. E. Cooper, District Supervisor; L. A. Patton, Charlotte District Supervisor; C. H. Thonsen, Pittsburgh District Supervisor and M. G. Thomas, Washington District Supervisor. The divisional units' of the Central region and their personnel are as follows: — ATLANTA: K. A. Pitt, Division Superintendent; V. T. Cashman, Division Supervisor; N. L. Mower, Atlanta District Supervisor; E. J. Griffin, Jacksonville District Supervisor; A. W. Stevens, Memphis District Supervisor; E. T. Brown, New Orleans District Supervisor. DETROIT: C. L. Stong, Division Superintendent; E. F. Hemberger, Division Supervisor; K. A. Carmin, Cincinnati District Supervisor; C. G. Schiffer, Cleveland District Supervisor; C. R. Mundinger, Detroit District Supervisor; L. S. Johnson, Detroit District Supervisor. CHICAGO: J. A. Cameron, Division Superintendent; E. F. Kennedy, Division Supervisor; N. T. Moody, Chicago District Supervisor; R. C. Gray, Chicago-Suburban District Supervisor; E. C. Rohr, Indianapolis District Supervisor; C. S. Perkins, St. Louts District Supervisor. CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN: H. T. Bogle, Division Superintendent; A. Fiore, Division Supervisor; L. A. Larson. Des Moines District Supervisor; L. E. Ziders, Milwaukee District Supervisor; O. E. Maxwell, Minneapolis District Supervisor. KANSAS CITY: R. S. Barnes, Division Superintendent; R. E. Warn, Division Supervisor; S. R. Langwith, Denver District Supervisor; D. L. Thomas, Kansas City District Supervisor; E. O. Sundquist, Kansas City-Wesfern District Supervisor. DALLAS: N. D. Russell, Division Superintendent; D. M. Chambers, Division Supervisor; A. A. Ward, Dallas District Supervisor; S. D. Baker, Oklahoma City District Supervisor; J. D. Bohan, San Antonio District Supervisor. The divisional units of the Western Region and their personnel are as follows: — PORTLAND: H. J. Bergan, Division Superintendent; A. C. Knox, Portland District Supervisor; M. O. Overmire, Salt Lake City District Supervisor; J. S. Briggs, Seattle District Supervisor. LOS ANGELES: G. M. Grosjean, Division Superintendent; S. M. Pariseau, Division Supervisor; H. J. Barnicoat, Los Angeles District Supervisor; H. P. Minor, Los Angeles-South District Supervisor; R. E. Crouch, Los Angeles — Suburban District Supervisor; D. Knowlton, San Francisco District Supervisor. In addition to these divisional and district executives, the service department consists of more than 750 trained technicians and resident engineers located so as to be available to exhibitors in every part of the country at not more than half a day's time and, in most instances, within a half hour. Philadelphia— Morris Wax and Lewis Linker have leased the Bronson, West Philadelphia, from the Upright Building and Loan Ass'n, with an option to buy the theater. The house, opened by A. Brown a few years ago after having been built at a cost of about $375,000, has been closed lately. Ocean City, N. J.— W. C. Hunt has taken over the Park from the Strand Properties. The house is equipped with RCA sound apparatus. Philadelphia — Simon Borowsky has acquired the Southern from John Spiers. Mays Landing, N. J.— Saul Frank and Clyde Stowers are the new operators of the Victoria, which they took over from Joseph V. Strash. Lawrence, Kan. — C. M. Patee, pioneer exhibitor and owner of the Patee here, is dead. He started in the picture show business back in 1898. San Antonio — Pictures of the Sharkey-Schmeling fight were shown at the Empire here without any trouble from the guardians of the law. The Empire is an independent house. Cleveland — Martin Brown of the New Lorain, is recovering from a dislocated shoulder and internal injuries resulting from a recent automobile accident. Warren, O. — Charles (Chuck) Kopperman has resigned as manager of the Ohio, and is now with Civic Art Productions, covering the Pennsylvania territory. TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY IN Sydney Cohen writes D. W. Griffith complaining of "hostile and arrogant" attitude of Hiram Abrams toward exhibitors. * * * Laboratory situations in Greater New York rapidly approaching a crisis. Special meetings held by N. Y.A.M.P.I. and Laboratory Union. * * * W. E. Shallenberg appointed general manager of Federated Film Exchanges of America, Inc.