The Film Daily (1930)

DAILY, Sunday, August 24, 193( \By JACK HARROWER UNIQUE LIGHTING EFFECTS FEATURE OTTOL SHOW An impressive demonstration of present day use of lighting effects is afforded by the current stage show at the Capitol billed as "Capitol on Parade." In the highlight number the ballet does a routine and various lights are played on the artists, producing a variety of colors which, to the audience at least, is little short of amazing. It's the sort of number that makes the customers aware of the technical end of a stage production. Opening the show the combined Capitol Grand Orchestra and the Capitolians, stage band, are presented with either Yasha Bunchuk or Don Albert conducting. The setting is simple, using a black backdrop. The musicians wear blue sport coats and white flannels. After this number the ballet works with its usual effectiveness, appearing in a sort of clown dance. Three male tap dancers follow with a turn which gets over with the audience. Another feature, worked from the orchestra pit on an mobile platform, is that of a singer, dressed in costume of "Romance" period, who sings Southern negro spirituals. Smash finale of the show is a parade of the ballet attired in .red, white and blue costumes and carrying drums. Striking background effects, including a girl symbolizing the dove of peace, are included in the fadeout scene. Ann Pennington at Paramount Ann Pennington is augmenting this week's stage show at the Paramount, the Boris Petroff revue, "Garden of Girls," held over with the screen feature from last week. The Roxy show also is being retained, making the fourth week for this program. AMALGAMATED VAUDEVILLE AGENCY Attractions for Picture Theatres Standard Vaudeville Acts j 1600 Broadway, New York City Phone Penn. 3580 N-E-W-S 0-F T-H-E D-A-Y Dallas — Arthur Swanke has been promoted to advertising manager for all Publix theaters in this city. Austin, Tex. — Publix has been granted a permit to remodel the Majestic. About $100,000 will be spent. Philadelphia — Dave Korson has joined the Columbia sales staff and is covering the New Jersey, Delaware and other territories formerly handled by Charles Martin. Texarkana— Wally Watlington has been named local city manager for Publix. Germantown, Pa. — The Orpheum is now operating a twice weekly change policy. Philadelphia — Morris Spiers has acquired an interest in the Admiral. Harper, Kan. — Harry Newton has leased the New from C. A. Botkin. Springfield, Mo. — Fox West Coast is remodeling the Jefferson and will reopen it next month as a second run. Atlantic City — A company, headed by James Fort, has leased the Garden Pier and will reopen the house with a grind policy at popular prices. German Cartoon at 8th St. A German sound song cartoon, the first produced by Paramount will be shown beginning today at the 8th St. Playhouse in conjunction with "Melodie des Herzens," first Ufa talker. The first Ufa sound shorts also will be on this program. Pacent Headquarters Move Headquarters of Pacent Reproducer Corp. have been moved from 630 Ninth Ave. to the Pacent Bldg. at 91 Seventh Ave., N. Y. u^5Si WJXWJl K\ft flTflJI | HOTEL LUDY I SOUTH CAROLINA AVE. AT THE BOARDWALK ATLANTIC CITY S NEWEST CENTRALLY LOCATED FIREPROOF * ft 'i\ Ml m H R S4 ra ^ IT itir rr, ; iaij u)ll| ■u COBB ■! 1 LSI 'm DAILY AND UP AMERICAN PLAN Washington — Harry E. Lohmeyer, manager of the Earle, has been transferred to the Tivoli, where he was located once before. Ed Mochary, formerly of the New York1 Cosmopolitan, is now managing the Earle. St. Paul, Minn. — The Park will reopen Aug. 22 after remodeling and redecoration. Springfield, Mass. — Walter B. Lloyd has been appointed Publix district manager with offices here. He was formerly manager of the Paramount, New Haven, and succeeds H. Smith. He will have charge of all houses in Chicopee, Northampton, Holyoke, Greenfield and Athol. St. Louis — Robert Smith has succeeded Leto Hill as manager of the Ambassador. Hill was recently promoted to managing director of the Warner theaters in Oklahoma City. Minneapolis — Brunswick Balke, Warner subsidiary, will move into the new Warner-First National Bldg. at 11th St. and First Ave. No., on Sept. 1. TtN YtARS AGO TO-DA^ THE Ilil NIWWUfK OF HIM COM Samuel Goldwyn resigns as heat of Goldwyn. * * * M.P.T.O. ask A. S. Black for facts regarding First National's alleged in timidation of exhibitors. * * * Independent exchanges to continui handling Triangle product. Nev deal arranged with Hallmark receiver Patents Injunction Denied Wilmington — The United Stated District Court here has denied the1 motion made by Cinema Patents' Co., Inc. in its suit for an injunction against Craft Film Laboratories, Inc., on the grounds of alleged infringement of patents. Publix Changes in Denver Denver — George S. Baker, formerly manager of the Newtom in Kansas City, has been named manager of the new Paramount, which opens Aug. 29. E. A. Patchen will be his assistant. R. R. Adams, formerly a treasurer at the Denver, succeeds Patchen as assistant at the Rialto. Lou Goldberg of the Publix New York office, is here supervising the publicity for the opening. The heading ATTRACTION No Manager Can Afford to Neglect This One " WRITE R.B LUDY M.D. A GREAT writer has said, "If you have charm, nothing else matters. And if you have not charm, nothing else matters either." In personal affairs, it is a leading attraction for which there can be no substitute. The same must be said for Living Music in the Theatre. No audience has ever fully welcomed a substitute for it. It is still the leading attraction regardless of the efforts of distributors to foist upon the long suffering exhibitor a woefully inadequate substitute in the form of mechanical reproductions. Thousands of hungry music lovers are staying away from the theatres avoiding canned music as they would avoid canned food. The public has not lost its appetite. Neither has it lost its scale of values. It still wants its money's worth from the theatre. The exhibitor is feeling the competition of other forms of amusement outside the theatre but in striving to lure his best patrons back to their accustomed seats once more, he turns to meretricious devices which are proving to be poor bait indeed. For, without the emotional and spiritual inspiration of living music, "nothing else matters either." THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS Joseph N. Weber, President 14-10 Broadway, New York, N. Y.