The Film Daily (1930)

THE HE NEWSPAPER IF FILM DOM AND WEEKLY FILM DIGEST OL. LIII No. 46 Sunday, August 24, 1930 Price 25 Cents Major Chains Resist Golf Salesmen's Pressure ROSPERITY PLUGGING GAINS MOMENTUM !/. M. Warner Scores Petition for Receivership Mismanagement Allegations Declared to be Malicious fi M Warner, in a statement on being informed that one Ira Nelson, stockholder owning 300 ares of Warner Bros, stock, had d a petition in the Chancery ■urt of Delaware praying for the aointment of a receiver for the •poration on the ground that the airs had been mismanaged, de >;red that the allegations are false h apparently maliciously made for (Continued on Page 2) 10 WIRED IN FRANCE WITHINJNOTHER YEAR (By Cable) — Wired theaters France have passed the 400 mark d, at the present rate of installas, there will be about 700 equipI for sound within another year, n Electric and RCA Photoone are getting the bulk of the Uracts. About a dozen French npanics are doing business with aller houses. ' i-State Exhibs Open Offices in Memphis phis — Local offices have been hed by the M.P.T.O. of Ar Tennessee and Mississippi, ' li Annie Mae Day in charge as 1 secretary. Miss Day is f the "Film and Radio Re The offices are located across t from M. A. Lightman, na ■ • tinned on Pane 2) Twin Cinemas ^ Manchester, Eng. (By Cable) — Two cinemas in one building are planned for this city, with the opening expecti to take place before winterThe theaters will present :ontrasting programs, probibly one for the masses and °ne for the classes. Film Courses at Michigan University Ann Arbor, Mich. — Motion pictures have been added to the curriculum of the University of Michigan, extension division, in the form of a course of lectures conducted by Prof. Ray K. Immel. The lectures, which start Oct. 2 and continue for 10 weeks, will cover technical as well as academic phases of the talkers. OPERATOR CUT SOUGHT BY MILWAUKEE EXHIBS Milwaukee — Local exhibitors have joined in the attempts being made in various cities to obtain a reduction of one operator in projection booths. This point is one of the snags encountered in drawing up the agreement for the coming year. If the theater men and musicians' union reach a settlement, organists may return to 25 local houses without the necessity of putting four other musicians in the houses. Paramount Reorganizes Personnel Among Western Canada Theaters Winnipeg — Wholesale appointments have been made in the reorganization of the Famous Players chain in Western Canada under the direction of Paramount-Publix. Western Division headquarters have been opened in the Capitol Building here witli H. M. Thomas, Western general manager, in charge. Moyd Dearth, manager of the Vancouver Capitol, is now district manager for Maniinil Saskatchewan. A. (;. Ritchie, manager of the Capitol and Strand at Brandon, goi to British Columbia as district manager fin i Ik Pacific Coast. (harks Weincr, manager of the R-K-O, is appointed district booker for Manitoba anil Saskatchewan, Mike Goodman, formerly with the Capitol, succeeds him as manager ..I the R-K-O. E. A. Retallick of the Metropolitan hecomes manager of the Capitol anil Strand in Brandon. Victor Armand of Winnipeg, projection authority, has been appointed superintendent of projection and maintenance for the new district of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Norman Code is the supervisor of buildings mil construction. A (',. Ritchie will make his headquarters at Penticton, li. C. Ceorge Rotsky, manager of the Palace, Montreal, has been offered the post of supervisor of exploitation for the whole Famous Players' chain of 190 theaters. Makers of Minnie Golf Courses Try Hard To Sell To Circuits High-pressure salesmanship applied to theater chains by agents of midgel golf course manufacturers for the last several weeks has failed to make any headway, with practically all hut one major chain having decided to forget the minnie golf idea, a checkup by THE FILM DAILY discloses. The upturn in theater business now under way is largely responsible for circuit executives deciding to stick to show business. Fox is experimenting with the golf thing, but has not definitely committed itself to a policy. Paramount Booster Week Timed With Spread of Optimism In line with the indications of an upturn in theater attendance reported several days ago, which is regarded by industrial economists as a sign of betterment in conditions and sentiment, further expressions of a favorable nature with respect to the business outlook have been made in the last few days by several leading bankers and economists. Chief among these is Col. Leonard P. Ayres, of the Cleveland Trust Co., (Continued on Page 2) 38-HOURliHNLA FOR "THEMWN PATROL" West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — Thirty-eight hours of continuous showing was given First National's "Dawn Patrol" at the R-K-O Orpheum here marking the first time that a local first-run house has remained open all night. The stunt grabbed a load of publicity in addition to the extra b.o. coin. Five Branch Changes Announced by Tiffany Five transfers and promotions in the Tiffany sales forces are announced by Oscar R. Hanson, general sales manager. C. A. Gibbs, recently in charge of the Charlotte exchange. has been re-appointed manager of the Oklahoma City branch, succeeding Roy Avey. transferred to St. (Continued .01 Page 2) Bi-Lingual Previews Preview of "Melodie des Herzens," ("Melody of the Heart"), first Ufa talker, at the Eighth St. Playhouse on Tuesday morning, will be presented in bi-lingual form, half of the German version and half of the English edition being shown.