The Film Daily (1931)

THE ■sm. DAILY Sunday, January 4, 1931 EAST New Rochelle, N. Y. — Kathryn Nf at r< in has transferred the Hudson to Fagin and Rosenbaum. Orange, N. J. --Mm Kreidell has a<l<U-<l tin Palace and Colonial t<> his i in nit. Caldwell, N. J. — The Park is now operated bj the Drafalk Amusement i orp. Newark, N. J. — Schwartz and Lehrer have turned the American and Cameo back to the former owners, Stern and Gottesman. Syracuse Morton Shenkman has succeeded James .1. Moore as manager of the Fox-Eckel Moore has taken over the Central and Maxine theaters in Buffalo. Elmira, N. Y.— Keeney's, a Warner house, has dropped vaudeville for the first half of the week for an allpicture program. The las! half will be both vaudeville and pictures. * NEW YORK CITY * Jacobson brothers have acquired I he York. They recently took over the Chelsea and the Village which i now being demolished. Sam Wormser is now operating the Rose. Sound equipment has been installed. • CENTRAL * Sheboygan, Wis. — The Van de Y'aart ha' been released by the B-JM Amusement Co. and reopened. The house had been dark since 1929 when it was closed by the N. J. Blumberg Theatrical Enterprises. Oficers of the new comany, capitalized it $5,000, are Timothy Johnson, ^resident; Nick Mailers, vice-president, and John Berles, secretarytreasurer. advertising accessory manager in the Universal branch office here. Hancock, Mich. — The Orpheum has been leased by R. Rosenblatt and ' M. Lloyd. Cleveland — Walter Brandt, former local branch manager for First National, is now in charge here for Warner Bros, in the theater expansion department, succeeding Morris Levinson, who has gone to Chicago Chilton, Wis.— John Steenport is erecting a theater here to replace his Auditorium burned several months ago. _ The new house will seat 500 and is expected to be completed by April 1. Kansas City — C. C. Knipe has reurned to his old posit on as national Windom, Minn. — The Wonderland has reopened with Western Electric sound. Cleveland — Standard Film Service has moved into its new office on the fifth floor of the Film Exchange Bldg. Peshtigo, Wis. — The Lyric, damaged by fire seven months ago, reopened New Year's Day. Tuscola, 111. — Control of the Lvric here has been taken over by Kennett Kinkle. W. H. Rector was the former operator. Golden City, Mo. — Laverne Woody has purchased the Palace from H. B. Wilson. Duluth — The Blackmore brothers have opened the Granada. Cleveland — Business at local firstrun downtown houses during the week before Christmas was better this year than last year, according to W. A. Finney. The Major is being wired and will reopen with Edward Sogall as man ager. A H. Crandall is now operating the Xew Ideal, Brooklvn. B. Frank has taken over the Normandy in Brooklyn from David Man heimer. :THE Of IIIMCOM Congratulates: FREDRIC MARCH whose deft, agile and highly humorous characterization in Paramount's "The Royal Family of Broadway" is one of the choice performances of the season. No. 1 of 1931 "Good Deeds" Series Detroit — Theater changes in this territory include the sale of the Star C Presentations C By JACK HARROWER VAL & ERNIE STAR ON PARAMOUNT BILL Val and Ernie Stanton, versatile veterans of the vaudeville stage, are the stars of the current stage bill at In Xew York Paramount. The presntatioii. a Marry (iourfain production, is titled •'Miniatures" and also features Julia Curtis. The Three lacks. Blanche and Elliott and the Bobbi San ford Ensemble. Frank Jenk again does honors as master of ceremonies, with the Paramount Stage Hand providing a snappy musical background for the varied activateon the boards. In the pit, Leo Reisman conducts the big orchestra n three enjoyable selections, "My Baby Just (are for Me. "Dark Eyes" and I'll Be Blue Thinking of ^ on." There i a pleasing vocal ■>y Helen Gilligan, while Jesse Crawford's organ concert includes "Personally I Love You." "Home-made Sunshine" and "Cheerful Little Earful." The screen attraction. "The Right •o Love." starring Ruth Chatterton. was reviewed in THE FILM DAILY on Dec 21. ANOTHER DANCE SPECTACLE PRESENTED AT THE ROXY The second edition of "Rhythm" is at the Roxy this week as the stage attraction. If anything it is even more elaborate and charming than the first dance revue that Roxy offered. Opens with an exotic Indian scene, with John Gurney as the prinipal, and the Roxycttes in some fine routine work. The ballet corps appears in an old English interpretative number, supporting several principals. The liavotte is a beautifully costumed bit in the days of the -owdered wigs and crinolines. The Polka is done by Patricia Bowman and Leonide Massiue with charm and grace. Then comes the Tango, featuring Caperton and Biddle. with a rroup of Spanish senoritas and their "its in brilliantly colored cosHuues in the background. It finishes • ith Jazz Rhythm, with four clever colored boys stepping, and the bal'et corps, and the Roxyettes on for the flash finale. All the numbers elaborately staged, and the costuming throughout is magnificent. lin at Stackbridge to S. F. Flint of Battle Creek and purchase of the Rae at Ann Arbor by Harry Smith. Cedarvale, Kan. — After installation of sound equipment, the Mystic has been reopened by Manager W. W. Leonard. Lanesboro, Minn. — The local theater management has been taken over by H. S. Hoff. Cincinnati — Mark Goldman, manager of the local Tiffany exchange, was married last week to Ruth Mylott of Cleveland. St. Louis — The Cameo and Mountain Grove, and the Van Buren, Van Buren, reopened recently, while the Star at Louisiana has closed. Mahnomen, Minn. — Charles C. Vondra and Joseph A. Lovchik, formerly operators of the Rainbow, have dissolved partnership. Cleveland — Warner's Lake will oresent a weekly change policy starting on Thursday of each week, ihursday was selected to have tlv? iump on the State, which opens Friday. Another innovation will be the simultaneous first-run shows of pictures at three Warner houses, namely the Lake downtown, the Uptown on the east side, and the variety, west side. * SOUTH + Panama City, Fla. — The Panama plans to spend around $8,000 for new equipment, including a Western Electric sound system. Huntsville, Ala. — The Lyric, destroyed by fire Christmas Day, will be replaced with a better theater, according to Manager Charles A. Crute. TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY IN :the nKNtwMffa of niMroj* Hiram Abrams returns from Europe. Says American pictures of quality will always secure bookings in England. * * * Playwrights and producers' new film contract becomes operative. * * * Walter Greene forms Walgreene Distributing Corp. Will release 12 a year.