The Film Daily (1930)

12 THE DAILV Tuesday, September 16, 1930 © NEWS OF THE DAY © * EAST * Mattapin, Mass. — Charles Bassin will manage the Oriental when it is reopened on Oct. 10. Amsterdam, N. Y. — M. A. Shea Enterprises has appointed William A. Bennett manager of the Strand, Rialto and Regent. He supplants J. A. Hutcheon. Spring Valley, N. Y.— The Strand will be sold at auction on Sept. 20. There are $48,000 in mortgages and claims to be satisfied. Utica, N. Y. — Changes in programs at the Stanley will take place on Thursdays and Sundays instead of Wednesdays and Saturdays. Allston, Mass.— Another promotion in the Publix ranks elevated J. O'Connell, formerly assistant manager of the Washington St. Olympia, Boston, to manager of the Allston here. Albany, N. Y.— The Empire has been reopened by Ollie Stacey with a vaudeville and picture policy. Little Falls, N. Y.— W. J. Woods is the new owner of the Hippodrome. Albany — Miniature golf courses will be installed in the Clinton Square and Hermanus Bleeker Hall, both owned by Christopher Buckley. Gardner, Mass. — The Uptown is under the management of Ralph Tully. The house was reopened recently. Geneva, N. Y.— Five midget golf courses are in operation here. Theater business has not been affected to any appreciable extent. Rariton, N. J.— The Empire has been taken over by James V. Angilione. :tne Of UIMIOM Congratulates: -a— UNIVERSAL for booking its serial, "The Indians Are Coming," not only in a Broadway house, but in the biggest de luxer of all, the Roxy No. 26 of 1930 "Good Deeds" Scries Jersey City, N. J. — Fred Schroeder is manager of the State, recently reopened by Fox. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.— R-K-0 has postponed opening of the Embassy until Sept. 20. A vaudeville policy may be inaugurated. Salisbury, Mass. — Paul Phillips, city manager for Publix, will be in active charge of the Victory, Strand and Capitol. Utica, N. Y. — Vaudeville has been dropped from the Stanley and Avon theater. The former house is operated by Warners and the latter by Fox. New Rochelle, N. Y. — Operation of the Hudson has been taken over by Mrs. K. Matron, who recently conducted the Model. Binghamton, N. Y. — Remodeling and redecoration work is now going on at the Laurel, which is expected to be reopened shortly. Utica, N. Y. — Walter League, manager of the Avon, has promoted Milton Bloom to assistant manager. Troy, N. Y. — Isabel Jarvis will reopen the King as the Ritz on Oct. 1. Lowville, N. Y.— E. J. W. Theater Corp. has acquired the Bijou from Schine Enterprises. Hudson, N. J.— Following remodeling and acoustic improvements, Samuel Hochstim and Edward Hochstim have reopened the Star. * WEST * Seattle — E. I. Hudson, manager of the Universal branch, has engaged J. T. Moran as salesman. Salt Lake City — G. H. McKenna has replaced Eugene Karlin at the Victory. McKenna was recently in charge of the World in Omaha. Denver — Frank R. Kelly, owner of the Empress, Salida, Colo., was nominated for lieutenant governor by the Republicans in the primaries. Salt Lake City — Universal has added Vincent J. Dugan to its sales staff. Denver — Sheffield Film Exchanges will open an office in Butte as soon as the new exchange building is ready. It has added Syndicate Talking Westerns and Continental Melodramas for its Northwestern territory. Hope, Ark. — Publix has given up operation of the Saenger. Denver — Louis Hellborn, manager of the Orpheum until it closed this spring, goes to St. Louis to manage the R-K-O house there. The local Orpheum will not open this winter and building operations will start soon on a 3,000-seat house to replace it. * CENTRAL * Sheboygan, Wis. — Edward J. Benjii, former manager of the Fox here and who has been recently managing two houses for Fox at Oshkosh, will be permanently retained here. • COMING & GOING * Keeping Up With Movements of Film Folk CARL I.AEMMLE is due in New York on the Century this Friday for his semiannual visit to the home office. JESSE L. LASKY arrived back at his desk at Paramount headquarters yesterday morning after a stay on the coast. W. RAY JOHNSTON has returned to I\cw York from Hollywood. E. L. HARVEY, managing editor of Fox Movietone News and of the Embassy, the Newsreel Theater, is back from abroad, where he supervised the opening of the British Movietone News Theater in London. EDWARD G. ROBINSON is expected nack Irom Hollywood in another week to start rehearsals for a new ISroadway play MARY DUNCAN in back in New York irom the coast. DOROTHY MACKAILL expects to be recovered from her attack of the grippe in wedc. f°r Ho,1ywo°d sometime next CHARLES (BUDDY) ROGERS is due in New York within another week on his way to Europe for a vacation with his mother. HARRY EDWARDS, husband of Evelyn Brent, is en route to London. SAMUEL GOLDWYN will be in New York for the opening of "Whoopee" on Wednesday evening of next week at the Rivoli. JOSEPH URBAN arrives in New York this week from Movietone City. , MIKE SHEA, Buffalo theater owner is in Manhattan for a few days. JOE FRISCO is due back in New York this week from Hollywood, where he appeared in First National's "The Gorilla " • E?^Y ECKLES of Fox West Coast arrived in New York yesterday for conferences with Gabe Yorke. publicity and advertising director of Fox Theaters A1?thtAtS f(lLDI^OW and HARRY ARTHUR of Fox Theaters return tomorrow trom a tour of the circuit's Upstate theaters H. CLIFFORD BROOKE, stage and screen director, is back in New York following a vacation in England. Cleveland — Paul Gusdanovic and George Palda state they will reopen the Moreland, Shaker Heights, with a straight motion picture policy the end of the month. Brainard, Minn. — H. Greenberg has replaced R. H. Emig as manager of the Paramount. Cleveland — William K. Selman, formerly with United Artists, has joined the local Universal sales force. Peoria, 111. — Publix has closed the Rialto indefinitely. Cleveland — Jack Lawrence, previously with Warner Brothers iin Pittsburgh, is now with the local United Artists branch as salesman. * SOUTH * Texarkania, Tex. — Frank Harting is now managing the Strand in place of Edgar Simonis. Goldsboro, N. C. — The Mason and North State, recently acquired by Publix, are being managed by Cecil B. Rosson Rosson was transferred from the Wilson, Wilson. Weslaco, Tex. — Fred Hartman, who recently resigned as manager of the Ritz, is back at his former post. Mercedes, Tex.— Hugo Plah, formerly managing the Ritz, is now in charge of the Capitol. Birmingham, Ala. — Publix has appointed Clint E. Lake manager of the Alabama. He supplants Robert C. Frost, resigned. Goldsboro, N. C. — Paramount has been designated as the name of the newly acquired Publix house, formerly known as the Mason. The North State is now known as the Carolina. Rocky Mount, N. C— The Rocky Mount has been changed to the Paramount. Wheeling, W. Va. — George Zeppos, partner with Publix in operation of the Rex, is managing the house. Driven Out Broadway show biz is so bad that flocks of performers are now looking for employment in other fields. The Fally Marcus office placed 28 performers in commercial jobs in a single week. Chain stores are understood to have approximately 300 actors on their job-waiting lists.