The Film Daily (1930)

THE Thursday, July 31, 1930 ■c&2k DAILY Rouses Point, N. Y. — The new Lyric has been opened by William Kennedy. Seating capacity is 365. Kent, O. — B. C. Steele has closed the Opera House until further notice. Cleveland — Educational will build its own exchange at Payne Ave. and East 3rd St. Fox is adding a second story to its present building. Akron, O. — George Ridell has opened the Art Service Display to do theater advertising. Cleveland — Jack Flanagan, of the Tri-State M. P. Co., is back from California, where he assisted in establishing a branch office in association with C. H. Quackenbush. Dallas — R-K-O Southern Corp. will operate the Capitol beginning Oct. 1. Strawn, Tex. — B. E. Garner is closing his Cozy here and reopening in Ranger. Hornell, N. Y.— About $200,000 will be spent by Warner Bros, for remodeling the Shattuck. Bowie, Tex. — The Majestic Airdome has opened. Aggieville, Kan. — Blair Cook has leased the Miller. Denver — Ben Dare, of the Fox exchange, is the first booker to be placed on the Fox roll of honor. Binghamton, N. Y. — Leon Ross, operator of the Cameo, announces that the Cameo, now closed will be remodeled and improved with reopening set for the fall. Denver — Tenants have been ordered to vacate offices in the old Orpheum and construction will probably start on the new Orpheum by RKO this fall. Herkimer, N. Y. — Work is expected to be completed shortly on improvements now being made at the New Incorporations Speak-O-Phone Recording Studios, talking machines; Berg & Berg, 949 Broadway, New York. 200 shares common. Shulrov Amusement Corp., motion pictures; Steinberg & Levin, 11 West 42nd St., New York. $10,000. Modern Film Sales Corp., motion pictures; H. G. Kosch, 303 Madison Ave., New York. 200 shares common. Morningside Theater ; C. Segal, 570 Seventh Ave., New York. 120 shares common. CORPORATE CHANGES Amateur Movies Corp., name changed to McCallum, Inc., Philadelphia, and capital increased from 5,000 to 10,000 shares on par. Liberty. Fox will spend about $30,000 on this work. Denver — J. T. Sheffield has sold the Gothic and George Perrin is managing. Winnipeg — James Richardson & Sons announce that a new company has been formed to operate the Dominion, closed since last May. Ottawa — Unemployed musicians have formed the Canadian Musicians' Benevolent and Educational Ass'n and a campaign against canned music is planned. Lowell, Mass. — The Merrimack, Publix house, is closed for extensive alterations. Reopening will occur sometime in August. Troy, N. Y. — Warner Bros, has shifted Ben Stern from the Troy here to the Stanley, Utica. He succeeds John Allen. Kennebunk, Me. — William Littlefield is planning erection of a motion picture house and dance hall here. Allison, Tex. — Guthrie Brothers, operators of the Rogue at Wheeling, are building a house here to be opened in August. Dallas — T. H. Duckett, formerly supervisor of houses at Vernon for Publix, is now associated with Griffith Amusement Co. of Oklahoma City. Boston — W. H. Le Valley, recently manager of the Strand, Stamford, Conn., has been promoted to director of publicity for the Goldstein chain, recently acquired by Publix. William Brooker succeds LeValley at the Strand. Greenfield, Mass. — Management of the Garden, Publix house, is now in the hands of George Moffat, who succeeds George Elmore. Dallas — Pantages Theater Co. have assigned a 99-year lease on the Pantages here, to Charno Amusement Co., newly formed corporation headed by A. A. Mack of the Mack Amusement Co. Mr. Charninsky, manager of the Pantages for the past several years, is secretarytreasurer of the new organization, and continues in the capacity of manager. Victoria, O. — A stock company to be known as Frels Theaters is being organized by Rubin Frels. Van D. Mercer has been taken into the organization. Seattle — Jay A. Hass has been transferred to Paramount's western publicity department. Holyoke, Mass. — First assignment of Harry Feldman, Publix training student, is the management of the Victory here. He succeeds Charles Costello, resigned. Austin, Tex. — Publix will spend $100,000 in remodeling the Majestic. Work will include new floors, fireproofing changes, refinishing, and rebuilding the marquee. Breckenridge, O. — G. L. Wood has been transferred from Paris to succeed T. H. Schmidt as manager of local Publix Houses. Dallas — ■ Arthur Swanke, former manager of the Arcadia in Ranger, has been transferred to the local Publix advertising department. Kansas City — Henry Sanders is now working for RKO in Eastern Missouri. He was formerly with Universal. Alice, Tex. — Hall Industries has taken over the Texas and Queen from Charles Bros. & Goldberg. This makes 16 houses in the circuit. Pittsburgh — Entries are being accepted by Abe Schnitzer of RKO for the Film Golf Tournament to be held at Wildwood Country Club. Original date of the meet has been changed to Aug. 4. Greenfield, Mass. — Irvin A. Moffet of Ardmore, Pa., is now manager of the Publix Garden, succeeding George F. Elmore. Boston — Sanford Theater Corp. has been granted a charter, with a capital stock of $50,000. Incorporators are Sadie Block, Roy Marr and Miriam L. Baker. Lewiston, Me. — Leo Donovan of this city, is now owner of the Seaside in South Harpswell. Duluth, Minn. — Building permit for construction of a Spanish atmospheric house has been granted C. A. Carlson, and work is now under way. The project will represent an expenditure of nearly $125,000. Pittsburgh — Earl Bell has been named as Warner circuit representative to the local rezoning conference. Glenville, W. Va.— C. W. Marsh has purchased the Pictureland here from J. Wilbur Beall. The American, Rowelsburg, has also changed hands. Sioux City, la.— Frank D. Charlton, formerly of New York, has been made assistant manager of the R-K-O Orpheum, succeeding Norman Green. Pittsburgh — John McGreevey, former Harris circuit booker, is now associated with the local Warner Theaters booking office. Ambridge, Pa. — Warners' Ambridge and Prince are now under the management of W. C. Dodds. Norwich, Conn. — Having only recently taken over the lease of the Breed from Nejime Brothers, Warners have ordered the house closed. Forest City, la. — For the third time, Sunday movies have been voted down here. Washington, la. — The Fox has been wired with RCA Photophone equipment. Lawrence, Kan. — Dr. Harry D. Patee and Henry C. Patee will operate the Patee and will carry out the policies of Clair M. "Dad" Patee, who died recently. Chanute, Kan. — Glen Wickinson Theaters has taken over the Plaza from Ralph E. Mills. Western Electric equipment will be installed. Olathe, Kan. — S. C. Andrews is planning a 1,000 seat house here. Trenton, Mo. — Fox Midwest has leased the Plaza from Charles Sears and Lee Jones. L. B. Sponsler has been transferred from Kansas City to manage the house. Seattle — Cy Danz will take over the Auburn on Aug. 1. Roslyn, Wash.— Harry Ulsh has closed the Rose indefinitely. Portland — B. Mulligan, former manager of the Blue Mouse in Seattle, has joined Warners and will cover the Oregon territory. TCN YEARS AGO TO-DAY IN ITHE IHI M»M\llk Of fllMDOM «*E VII IHI WV* All INI IIMI ^%-DAILY Harry Reichenbach denies any knowledge of fake suicide publicity to District Attorney Swan. * * * A.M.P.A. nominate officers for coming year. Paul Lazarus to be president. * * * Bernard Shaw writes Jesse Lasky on scenarios. * * * Is Zukor in new Franco-American Co.?