The Film Daily (1930)

THE ■3&»h DAILY . Monday. August 25, :'io •• €> NEWS OF THE DAY e Minneapolis — Free picture shows are now being given in Watson, Danvers, Halloway and Clara City, all in this state. Pittsburgh — Fox's new exchange quarters will be located on the Boulevard of the Allies. Philadelphia — Plans are now being drafted for the new Fox exchange building to be erected at 132 Pearl St. The branch is now located on Vine Street. Charlotte, N. C— R. G. Wood, of Milwaukee, has succeeded Phelps Sasseen as manager of Warner Bros. Broadway. Sasseen is now with First National. Chesterfield, N. C. — Star has been reopened by Dr. James I. Lawson. Buffalo — Warner and First National exchanges will move to the new Warner Bldg. on Sept. 1. St. Louis — R-K-O plans to spend $75,000 for remodeling and redecorating the St. Louis. Dallas — Two Publix houses in this state will be opened next month. The New Plaza at El Paso is slated to be ready for operation on Sept. 12, while the Majestic at Austin is due to be reopened as the Paramount on Sept. 5. Cleveland — Mike Simon, local Paramount branch manager, states that new product sales is approximately 38 per cent of last year's sales at this time. Ottawa — Don Stapleton, manager of the Centre, sustained an injured knee while on a fishing expedition and was transported back to the city for treatment. Janesville, Wis. — The Meyer Opera House has been taken over from the Wheeler Theater Co. by L. E. Goetz. Buffalo — Universal is moving its exchange to 505 Pearl St. on Oct. 1. The branch is now located on Franklin St. Sheboygan, Wis. — George Herzog is the new operator of the Butterfly, which he has taken over from G. E. Radtke. Philadelphia — The Family has been reopened with a sound policy. Germantown, Pa. — William Graf has turned the Bandbox over to Leon Behall. York, Pa. — The former Scenic has been reopened under the name of New Ritz. During time closed the house was remodeled. Springfield, Mo. — Alterations costing $50,000 are being made by Publix on the Electric, recently purchased from the Springfield Theater and Investment Co. Philadelphia — Fred Loftus has resigned from the local First National sales staff. West Chester, Pa. — Samuel P. Phillips has leased the old Idle Hour, and, after completing renovations and installations of sound, will reopen the house. Des Moines — Fox has promoted Forrest E. Judd, former accessory sales manager at this exchange, to assistant booker. Philadelphia — The Cedar has been leased by Mike Lessy for 15 years. It will be renovated. Cleveland — Morris Kaplan, owner of the Arion and Camera, has reopened the Crown with Western Electric equipment. Cleveland — Harry Graham, Pathe district manager over the central district, is making his headquarters here. His territory covers Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and St. Louis. Philadelphia — Thomas Bagley, who formerly operated the Star on Kensington Ave. and Lehigh, will again be at the helm. House is now undergoing renovations and installations of sound equipment. Richmond — Mrs. Sarah Hurr Coulter, 75, mother of Walter J. Coulter, local theater owner, died recently. Cleveland — George W. Erdmann, business manager of the Cleveland Exhibitors' Assn., is laid up with an acute intestinal attack. Philadelphia — M. J. Levinson has taken over the Southern, formerly operated by Simon Borowsky. In The Heart of The New Film Center NEW 351 West 42nd Street (Bet. 8th & 9th Aves.) BedroomLiving Room combined. *250 For Room Bath and Shower Weekly $15 & up 400 Rooms 400 Baths 400 Showers electric refrigeration. Each room equipped with serving pantry and Gymnasium — Swimming Pool free. Phone: Penn. 5480 Seattle — Les Davis, formerly with First National in Portland, has joined the United Artists sales force here. Spokane — Opening of the Rex with sound has left the Majestic, Lyric and Unique as the only silent houses in this city. Kansas City — The Gayety, former burlesque theater, has been reopened as a talkie house. Philadelphia — Joe Bergen and Charles Dutkin are now operating the Model. Sam Blatt was formerly at the house. Middletown, Cal.— H. J. Richards has succeed S. E. Herrick in the operation of the Middletown. Minneapolis — Field publicity men for Publix houses here have been dropped with future work to be taken care of by house managers under supervision of the local headquarters. Grand Forks, N. D. — A new manager has been appointed at the Publix Orpheum. He is Hal Cuffel, former publicity man for the chain. Kenyon, Minn. — Following con tion of improvements at the L M. Joffe has reopened the h( Sound apparatus was also insta Burlington, la. — The Iowa is « being managed by Donald Ma who succeeds George Collins, tin was recently at the Ft. i strong, Rock Island. Rapid City, S. D.— With com sion of the old structure into a m theater and seating capacity n creased to 500, Jack Shearer an } L. Brown have reopened the m ' Berlin, Wis. — Acquisition of ht Opera House by Mr. and Mrs. Fak Eckhardt has been announced, h< exhibitors also operate the Ideal ml Palace in Wisconsin Rapids. Haverhill, Mass. — Under prov on of plans now being gone over, th reconstructed Academy of Music t Iding will contain a theater. Bristol, Conn. — Warners hagaf pointed Thomas Brown manag' c the Cameo. Maiden, Mass. — Manager W ren Harvey Brown of the Mystic h; resigned. // I saw th ese same scenes in the Universal N ewsree i LAST WEEK! a