The Film Daily (1931)

THE DAILY Wednesday, March 4, 1931 Theater Changes Reported by Film Boards of Trade MISSISSIPPI Re-Openings Houston — Houston ; Newton— Palace ; Sumner— Strand ; Tutwiler — Tutrovansum. MISSOURI Changes in Ownership Cabool — New Cabool, sold to F. A. Lane by O. L. Gentry ; Galema — Electric, sold to O. A. Dickson by Kahler & Weaver ; Jackson — Palace, sold by Fox West Coast Thea. ; Joplin — Sun, sold to Joe Allard by Gibbens & McAbee ; Kansas City — Beaufort, sold to Henry Dieter by Telgemeir & St. James; Lindberg, sold to Hughes Franklin Thea., Inc., by A. Baier; Kennett — Ford, sold to E. B. Vandiver by Tom Ford ; Kohuka — Kosy, sold to A. T. Blum by J. McLoughlin ; Knox City — Cozy, sold to Mable Anderson by Frank Anderson ; Portageville — Lyric, sold to J. C. Shannon by G. & V. Cronan ; Reed Springs — Liberty, sold to D. C. Emerson by Howard Claybough ; Stanberry — Princess, sold to I. W. Maple by L. E. Maple; Vandalia — Orpheum, sold to Cecil E. Mayberry by J. A. Wade. Closings Bernie — Elite ; Ellington — Imp ; Hayti— Maxy ; Kansas City — Maple ; Kennett — ■ Ford ; Lilbourne — Rex ; Madison — Princess ; Steele — Steele; Union Star — Waldo. Re-Openings Marthasville — Morhaus ; Oran — Majestic. New Theaters Louisiana — Lumo, Cecil E. Mayberry, owner. MONTANA Changes in Ownership Red Lodge — Iris, sold to J. N. Cornelio by O'Keefe & Fregger. NEBRASKA Changes in Ownership Ashland — Isis, sold to W. E. Dyer by Naomi Becker ; Big Springs — Seaman, sold to A. C. Bratton; Blue Hill — Sterling, sold to Commercial Club by O. W. Persons ; Falls City — E'ectric, snld to G. L. Hooker by J. F. Mullen ; Sun, sold to G. L. Hooper by Rugg & Hoberson ; Miniatare — Grand, sold to Ernest Holcomb ; Osceola — Auditorium, sold to F. E. Klein by M. E. Will. Closings Decatur — Goldlight ; Ewing — Quality ; Gibbon— Gibbon ; Grainton — Powers ; Rising City— Star. Re-Openin?s Bassett — Kozy ; Bruno — Operat Hoiuse ; Campbell — Community ; Crofton — Crofton ; Deshler — Empress. NEW HAMPSHIRE Changes in Ownership Dovet — Broadwav sold to Lloyd Bridgham by M. White; Portsmouth — Arcadia, sold to P. Markell & D. Sherman by C. Morse. NEW JERSEY Changes in Ownership Camden — Standard, sold to David Shapiro by Solomon Amuse. Co. ; Lyndhurst — Lyndhurst, sold to Eugene Woodhams bv Colbro Amuse. Corp. ; Mi'lburn — Millburn, sold to Ervin H. Burns, Morris Jacobs by Thos. Gorman ; Newark — American, Cameo, sold to Stern & Gottesman by Herman Stearns : Mindlin's Playhouse, sold to Ben Knobel by Mike Mindlin : Rosell Park — Park, sold to Sam Cocalis by Twin Boro. Amuse. Co. Openings Paterson — Grand ; Lyceum ; Union City — City. Re-Openings Newark — Playhouse. NEW MEXICO Changes in Ownership Hobbs — Fawn, receiver, Robert A. Estes. Closings Bernalillo — Crown ; Fort Sumner — Granada j Hagerman — Hagerman ; Loving — Rodeo. NEVADA Changes in Ownership We'ls — Nevada, sold to Winifred Goble by Inez Mackley. NEW YORK Changes in Ownership Buffalo — Circle, sold to F. Ullman, Jr. by B. B. Krystaniak; Keith's, sold to Pratt by Circle Thea-. Corp.; E.. Syracuse — Steele's Roxie, sold to E. Syracuse Thea. Corp. by L. Steele ; Geneseo — Rex, sold to Anthony Aprile by Carrie Aprile ; Hammondsport — Park, sold to Gaby & Cohen by Mr. and Mrs. Grimaldi ; Jordan — Hippodrome, sold to Frank Bryant by Stanley F. Harris ; Middletown — State, Stratton, receiver, O. S. Hathaway by Quittner Thea. Ent. ; Millbrook — Strand, sold to A. J. McKennan by Ira Beach ; Niagara Falls ■ — Rialto, sold to Joe Chapponeby Orphane & Domura ; Rochester — Lake, sold to Elmer Loritz by Lake Thea. Corp. ; Roesselville — Fireman's Hall, sold to Harry Lamonte ; Salem — Star, sold to Grace Robinson by J. M. Gilles Est. ; Utica — Oneida, sold to Harry Lux by Schine Ent. ; Watervliet — Grand, sold to Cronin & Geleta by I. B. Tetrault ; Marlboro — Advance, sold to McConnell, Staut & Marks ; Poughkeepsie — Strand, sold to Ben Knobel by George Cohen. Closings Andover — Auditorium ; Aurora — Library ; Broadbrook — Broadbrook ; Cannonsville — Cannonsville Comm. Assoc. ; Devon — Devon ; Downsville — Onera House; Marcellus ■ — Parson's Hall ; Nassau — Grande Hall ; Peru — Peru ; Phoenicia — -Keen's ; Plattsburg Barracks ; Pulasko — Opera House ; Remsen — Remsen ; Scotia — Strand ; Round Lake — Round Lake Ass'n ; St. Regis Falls — Regent; Schoharie— Mier's : Sherrill — Community ; So. Otselic — Dew Drop ; Utica — Liberty; Webster — Grange Hall. ReOpenings Lowville — Avalon ; Mohawk — Bates ; Rotterdam Junction — Family ; Schoharie — Fireman's Hall. New York City Changes in Ownership Bennenson — Washington Ave., sold to Herman Gordon, Charles Levine by Edmond Amuse. Co. ; Republic — W. 42nd St., sold to Republic Amuse. Corp. ; Ritz — 180th St., sold to Edmund Mantell by 1014 E. 180th St. Corp. Brooklyn Changes in Ownership Armory, sold to Simon Goldstein, Sidney Berg by Armory Photoplay Inc. ; Berkshire, sold to Hensig Theatrical Ent. by Fox Metropolitan Playhouses ; Bluebird, sold to Harold Eldridge by Moe Kerman ; Fifth Ave. (342 Fifth Ave.), sold to De Grosse & Marelli ; Imperial, sold to Nelson & Renner by Irving Stitch ; Lee, sold to Louis Dreiling by Sarah Zack ; Park Ritz sold to Hensig Theatrical Ent. by Fox Metropolitan Playhouses ; Williamsburg, sold to J. Marcovici by Fox Metropolitan Playhouses. Closings New Plaza — 156 High St.; Paragon; Sun Ray; Van Buren. Long Island Changes in Ownership Forest Hills — Inwood, sold to Spuro Amuse. Corp., Morris Kutinsgy by Small-Straussberg Circuit ; Richmond Hi'l — Garden, sold to Fleishman & Hirsh Mondrick Thea. Corp. by Muller & Schwartz. Closings Arverne — Arverne ; Long Island City — Vernon. ReOpenings Forest Hills — Metropolis ; Richmond Hill — Garden ; Sag Harbor — Sag Harbor. NORTH CAROLINA Changes in Ownership China Grove — Welcome, sold to W. G. Sells by W. T. Adams ; Durham — Wonderland, sold to F. K. Watkins by Feogre Logan ; FOR VITAPHONE SHORTS (Continued from Page 1) short subject sales manager of Vitaphone, who closed the deal for the Warner company. The contract takes in houses in the Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, Des Moines, Denver, Salt Lake City, Dallas, New Orleans, Atlanta, Buffalo and Boston divisions. Webb Doing Another for Gaumont London — Millard Webb, who recently completed directing "The Happy Ending" for British Gaumont, is to do one more picture for this firm. He also is reported considering offers to make a series of European newspaper stories. New Indianapolis Firm Indianapolis — Theaters Holding Corp., headed by John Servaas, George O. Hill and Cora Hunt, has been formed here "to own, control and sell theaters throughout the United States and to hold stock in same." Projection Room Improved FitzPatrick Pictures has improved its projection room with the installation of a complete Western Electric synchronous motor system and the outfitting of «~ — complete rutting rooms for editing. Arthur Raff and_ I. Brody are in charge of the projection department. OWN CHECKING SYSTEM BEING ADOPTED BY RKO (.Continued from Page 1) who will be assigned to RKO Exchanges throughout the country to both check houses playing percentage pictures and assist in exploiting features locally. R-K-O Theater Staff Shifts Divisional and house manager changes announced yesterday by RK-O are as follows: A. S. Rittenberg, transferred from division manager, New York State Division, to division manager, St. Louis Division; L. Golding, transferred from division manager, St. Louis Division to division manager, New York State Division; M. Shure, transferred from assistant manager State-Lake, Chicago, to manager, Strand, Dayton, O.; M. M. Blaettner, transferred from manager, Strand, Dayton O., to manager, State, Dayton; Herbert Morgan, transferred from manager, State, Dayton, to manager, Temple, Rochester, N. Y.; Russell, Carew, transferred from manager, Temple, Rochester, N. Y., to manager, TUyou, Coney Island; Jack Edwards, transferred from manager, Orpheum, St. Paul, to manager, Majestic, Fort Worth. Warners Take Lynchburg Theater Lynchburg, Va. — Warner Bros. have taken possession of the Trent and will operate it on a first run policy. Louisburg — New, sold to Louisburg Thea. Co.. by H. P. Howell ; Winner, sold td Louisburg Thea. Co. by R. R. Kissell ; Rocky Mt. — Manhattan, sold to Armstrong & Rawlins by C. E. Rich ; Savoy, sold to Burnett-Burnett & Stokes by Standard Amuse. Co. Closings Aberdeen — Dixie ; Andrews — ■ Dreamland ; Badin — Badin ; East Bend — Leak ; E'k Park — New; Enfield — Masonic; Mt. Olive Victory ; Plymouth — Dixie ; Trenton — Community ; Wilson — Carolina. New Theaters Albemarle — Stanley, Stanley Amuse. Co., owner. NORTH DAKOTA Changes in Ownership Fairmount — State sold to Paul G. Melhus by L. O. Peterson. Closings Edgelandl — Edgeland; Walhalla — Opera House. OHIO Changes in Ownership Andover — Gibbs. sold to A. W. Gibbs by Kenneth A. Rood : Cleveland — Roxy. sold to Ninth-Vincent Thea. Co. by Roxy Thea. Co. ; Columbus — Wilmar ; sold to Tom Snowden by I. O. McLaughlin ;' Dover — Ohio, sold to Tom White by M. C. Benson ; Hicksville — Crescent, sold to Emile Stephan by C. A. Young; Lansing — Lansing, sold to Louis Faccinto by John Pagot; Lockland — Avenue sold to C. O. Johnson by J. K. Barnett ; Lorain — Park, sold to Bela Andorka by M. Schuster Co. ; Orrville — Grand, sold to John Dike by E. P. Mott; Portsmouth — Strand, sold to H. G. Underwood by Roscoe & F. Brady. Clos'ngs Dayton — Eastwood; New Boston — Lyric; New Matamoras — Palace; South Charleston— Garden. Re-Openings Cincinnati — Gem. OKLAHOMA Changes in Ownership Erick — Liberty, sold to W. A. Morgan by Mollie Mayes; Ft. Cobb — Rialto, sold to Smith by U. G. Raines ; Ringling — Majestic, sold to Thompson Bros, by V. Hamm. Closings Binger — A-Mu-Su ; Butler — Gem ; Cement — Princess ; Marietta — Palace ; Empress ; Minco — Royal ; Osage — Osage ; Shawnee — Victory : Texola — Star ; Tipton — Dixie ; Tryon — Liberty; Webb City — Liberty. OREGON Changes in Ownership Huntington — Lyric, sold to Myrtle BuckmilIer by Wm. Musil ; Medford — Holly, sold to Neidermeier Bros, by Pacific Thea., Inc. ; Portland — Adler, sold to John Hamrick by Leon Bullier; Hawthorne, sold to L. B. Kay by R. J. Struble ; Prineville— Lyric, sold to Milton Oden by C. E. Wicks. Closings Arlington — Arlington. Re-Openings Portland — Blue Mouse; Westport — Westport. SOUTH CAROLINA Changes in Ownership Allendale— Imperial, sold to Fred All by Asa Godbold ; Pastime, sold to Asa Godbold by Ulmer & Ward; Barnwell — Vamp, sold to H. C. Creech by Jack Herndon ; Batesburg — Batesburg, sold to C. H. Albretch by A. P. Boatwright; Denmark — Dulamae, sold to N. C. Black by Wm. F. Shillito; Edgefield — Victoria, sold to R. E. Bryan by W. S. G. Heath; Winnsboro — Public, sold to Boyd Brown by Crawford Bros. Closings Branchville — Majestic : Fountain Inn — Rex ; Greenville — State; Lando — Lando ; NinetySix — Ideal ; Pickins — Alexandra ; Wagener New* Wagener; York — Carolina. SOUTH DAKOTA Changes in Ownership Fairfax — Community, sold to L. A. Iller by C. M. Malloy; Midland — Legion, sold to L. B. Lee by American Legion ; Platte — Lyric, sold to Roy Mundon by H. Kass. Closings Fairfax — Community ; Artesian — Lyric.