The Film Daily (1930)

THE •2&H DAILV Friday, October 24, 1930 © NEWS OF THE DAY © • EAST • Leonia, N. J. — Jack Muldoon has been made manager of the Leonia Philadelphia — Robert Hanover, who operates the Bell here, has taken over the Apex from Joseph Kaplan. Pottsville, Pa. — Three changes a week is the policy now being followed by the Hippodrome here. Philadelphia — Shifts among Stanley house managers involve the following changes: Art Frear from the Fairmount to the Park, Steve Bodine to the Felton, Arthur Bitzer Bridgeton to Millville, Ray Myers from the Earle to the Karlton, J. Sindlinger to the Earle, and L. Plough from the Karlton to the Stanley at Bridgeton. Newark — Simeon Marks has been promoted to the managership of the Terminal and will be assisted by Stanley Hala. Philadelphia — Keystone, Weatherly, has been taken over by Robert Rothrock, who acquired it from Frank Romano. * CENTRAL * Milwaukee — The Murray, local neighborhood house, has reopened with improved sound equipment under the direction of Ed Johnson. St. Louis — Ralph Heft has been added to the Universal branch here in the capacity of salesman, succeeding Jack Langan, who was promoted to the managership of Universale Sioux Falls exchange. Cleveland — The new two-story Fox exchange here is expected to be ready for occupancy in a few weeks. The building will be equipped with a SO-seat exhibition room. Tipton, Mo.— John J. Kline, 42, owner and manager of the Princess theater here, passed away in St. Joseph Hospital, at Boonville, Mo. Kansas City — Dickinson Theater circuit has acquired the services of Frank Regan, formerly with the publicity department of the RKO studios in Hollywood, to supervise its publicity and exploitation department here. Rockford, 111. — "All Quiet on the Western Front," on its opening dav at the Midway, broke the house's 12year record. Charles F. House is manager. Sound Logic "Liberal, truthful and wellplaced advertising is the most reliable tool any se'lincr force can have." — Roger W. Babson. Milwaukee — V. O. Tressider, sound technician for Warner Bros. Wisconsin theater, has gone East to marry Lillian Boos in Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Racine, Wis.— F. M. Westphal, formerly manager of Warner Bros. Kenosha theater, has succeeded Owen McKivitt as manager of the circuit's Venetian here. Westphal is succeeded in Kenosha by Harold Jannecky, formerly of the circuit's Appleton theater, which now is managed by Lon Ramsdell. * SOUTH * Moran, Tex.— Fred C. Smith and Thomas Webster have leased the Moran here and will operate the house silent on Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. Washington — Sidney Lust has reopened the Liberty and Family, which were closed during the summer months. He has also inaugurated an all-day policy at the Hippodrome, where previously only night performances were the rule. Baltimore — The Idle Hour, operated by Schleisner and Co. and managed by C. H. Franklin, has raised its admission price from 20 to 25 cents. Monterey, Va. — H. B. Jones, Jr., has taken over the former Arcade here and renamed it the Highland. Brownsville, Tex. — Clark Wright, manager of the Queen, comes here from the Rex, Abilene. Washington — Leo Garner, is back with Sidney Lust after 15 years spent in the service of Universal at Danville, Va. Garner succeeds George Payette, who served the Lust circuit for several months. Frost, Tex. — V. B. Young is clearing away property in which he plans to rebuild his theater. Newport News, Va.— Plans for a 1,400-seat local house to cost $225,000 have been drawn by the Frederick H. McDonald Co. The theater will be built by the Myron Engel interests, Birmingham, Ala., and it is reported to have been leased to Paramount-Publix. Baltimore — E. Steinbuch, formerly manager of the Paradise, New York, has succeeded Ray C. Brown as manager of the Stanley here. Brown has been transferred to Buffalo to manage the Great Lakes. Washington — Harry L. Kraft, is now assistant manager of the Tivoli, Warner neighborhood house. A LITTLE from "LOTS'7 By RALPH WILK ROY J. POMEROY likes to tell of the days when he was an artist, illustrator and cub reporter on several Eastern newspapers. Pomeroy says a front page illustration with a series of line dots representing the path of the murderer and an "X" to mark the spot where he was found, never fails to give him a reminiscent thrill. His ambition is to direct a newspaper story. * * * James Gleason, Spanish American War veteran, will revert to type as a K. P. in Pathe's new special "Beyond Victory." * * * Elissa Landi, who has signed a long term contract with Fox, will appear in the leading role opposite Charles Farrell in "Squadrons," which will be directed by Alfred Santell. It is a war aviation storv written by Elliott W. Springs and A. E. Thomas. * * * Paramount has cast Ernie Adams in Jack Oakie's "On The Snot," to b" directed by Edward Sutherland. Already in the cast are Jean Arthur, Wm. Boyd, Francis McDonald, Wynne Gibson, and Wm Morris. Fox will feature Beryl Mercer and Cecilia Loftus in "East Lynn" under Frank Lloyd's direction. * * * Chesterfield Motion Pictures has just signed Glenn Tryon to play the lead in their fourth picture, "The Midnight Special." * * * Robert Edeson has been signed at Fox to act as dialogue director, writer, diction teacher, and actor. He has been featured in several films on the Fox lot. * * * As soon as Dorothy Mackaill finishes work on Fox's "Once A Sinner," she will go to work under director Chandler Sprague on "This Modern World," the story of which is adapted "Basquerie" by Eleanor Mercein. * * * "The Painted Woman," will be Claire Luce's second picture for Fox under the direction of Irving Cummings. It is from Larry Evans' story in the S. E. Post. * * * Fox has signed William Holden on a long term contract. He was featured with Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor in "The Man Who Came Back." * FOREIGN • London — Maurice Elvey announced that he had negotiated the Continental patent rights of the Raycol color process, and a company will be formed immediately to be known as the Raycol Continental, Ltd. London — Plans for the erection of an up-to-date sound studio have been announced by the Patrick K. Heale Productions, on a site at Hayes, Middlesex. A new British j sound process is to be used. Glasgow — Exhibitors here have entered into an agreement establishing uniformity in newspaper advertising, whereby all display advertising is to cease, and nothing in excess of one and one-half inches is to be used. All the first-run shows and city houses are said to have signed the agreement. Howard Hughes Buys Into United Artists (Continued from page 1) the board of directors of Art Cinema Finance Corp., which finances U. A. productions. Amount involved is said to be between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000. U. A. this week took over "Hell's Angels" for immediate general release. 15 Companies Already Adopting Standard Prints (Continued from Page 1) ards. They include Fox, Paramount, Pathe, RKO, United Artists, Universal, Warners, First National, Christie, Columbia, Darmour, Educational, Hal Roach, Tec-Art and Tif-| fany. Publix-Saenger Reopen Crescent New Orleans — Publix-Saenger rel opened the Crescent with Pathe'il "Night Work." O. H. Garland Succeeds Sandler Pathe has advanced O. H. Garlanij to sales duty in the eastern territorl formerly handled by Nate Sandleil who is now branch manager in Del Moines, succeeding Lou Elmarl transferred to Milwaukee. Tovgh Propolition With the simultaneous opening of the Amos 'n' Andv picture throughout the country today, Sam Warshawskv of Radio pub'icity has phoned the local editors suggesting it be observed with one minute cassation of all office work. But suppose some dumb guy starts to pray and toll a bell? t_