Film Daily (1931)

DAILY nnr rlau. Ad"] 16. 10-^1 35-40 FROM TIFFANY-W.W. SCHEDULED FOR NEXT YEAR (Continued from Page 1) tures about equal to the combined output of the two companies at present. These pictures will be aimed at the independent field that is now exper'encing a shortage of family type product. L. A. Young and Grant L. Cook were present at the luncheon and each made a brief speech. Young has been elected a member of the board of directors of Educational, it was announced by Hammons. Abram F. Myers also attended. Asked how the merger would affect the Tiffany-Allied franchise, which has about three years to run, he said it was impossible to say until he had familiarized himself with the details of the new combination. Cancellation of the franchise, however, is believed possible. The official announcement, made jointly by Hammons, Young and Cook, follows: "Under the agreement, the sales, exploitation, and distribution activities of Tiffany will be taken over by the enlarged organization within a few weeks. One exchange system will operate for the physical distribution of Educational, Tiffany, and World Wide pictures. Educational's exchanges being retained for this purpose, except in a few locations where the Tiffany exchange offers more adequate space or greater adaptability. Production of pictures still to be made on the current Tiffany proeram will go forward immediately, through the newly formed corporation known as Tiffany Productions of California, Inc., Ltd., of which Hammons is president. "Educational's policy of dealing in short features exclusively will in no way be affected by this arrangement. Educational will take over the handling of the short subjects on Tiffany's program, leaving Tiffany and World Wide dealing in full length feature pictures only, and Educational specializing in short subjects. "A separate feature sales force will NEW YORK CHARTERS Film Securities Corp., motion picture films; Rushmore, Bisbee & Stern, 20 Pine St., New York. $5,000. San Pedro Amusement Corp., theatrical; H. D. Mencher, 1450 Broadway, New York. $2,500. NEW JERSEY CHARTERS DeLuxe Theaters, Inc., Newark; Levy & Stampler, Newark. $100,000. Metro Goldwyn-Mayer de Venezuela, Jersey City, operate motion picture thalers, &c. ; United States Corporation Co., New York City. $5,000. DELAWARE CHARTERS North American Distributing Corp., New York City, motion pictures; Corporation Trust Co.. Dover, Del. 10.000 shares common. Film Securities Corp., New York City, securit'es; Corporation Trust Co., Dover, Del. 655.000 shares common. National Visionola Distributing Corp., Wilm'ngton, Del., motion picture machine;; Corporation Trust Co., Dover, Del. 100 shares common. D°"?;giations NEW YORK Trans-Lux Movies Corp., Delaware, motion picture supplies. 5,000 shares no par. N-E-W-S OF T-H-E D-A-Y Chicago — Frank Young is once more associated with the United Artists branch here. Kansas City — Jimmy Schorgl has taken over his old post as booker of Pathe exchange, succeeding Joe Morrison, resigned. Schorgl will act as assistant manager. Dallas — O. C. Easter has purchased the interest of his partner, M. S. White, in the Peak, neighborhood house. White, formerly owner of three local houses has narrowed down his theater holdings to the Dai-See. Hammond, 111. — Louis Reinheimer has acquired the Calumet here. Delphi, Ind. — The State previously known as the Arc, is now being operated by R. E. Stults. De Kalb, 111. — Sam Katzman has taken over the De Kalb here, and the Fargo at Sycamore from Polka Bros. handle the sale of the Tiffany and World Wide feature subjects, operating out of Educational's branches in the United States, but maintaining the Tiffany identity. This feature sales force is to be ready to take the field on the day of the transfer of activities in two to three weeks. "Young will continue as president and Cook as vice-president of Tiffany Productions. "With more than half of the Tiffany program completed, Hammons and Cook will leave for the west coast this week to speed up current production activities and to settle arrangements for 1931-1932, which will include additional James Cruze, Al Rogell, Ken Maynard and Bob Steele features. "There will be no immediate change in the studio locations at which the various units producing for Tiffany are working, although some changes in production plans may be announced later. For the present, production work on the Tiffanv features will continue at the Tiffanv studios, with James Cruze operating at the Educational studios, and Al Rogell working at Metropolitan. "Production on the Tiffany short subjects for the season is practically complete, and distribution of these nictures, including the Talking Chimp Comedies. Voice of Hollvwood, and several other comedv and novelty series, will be handled by Educational's sales force." In the elimination of duplicate exchaneres. the largest and most desirable in each location will be retained. Home office personnel will undereo onlv minor changes, it is understood. with Gordon S. White having suoervis'on of the combined advertising pnH nttbricity force, including Manfred B. Lee and Toe Rivkin of Tif"iv, and Mike Simmons of World Wide. Midland, Tex. — Griffith Amusement Co. has closed the Palace here, leaving the Ritz as the only house in operation out of four. St. Louis — E. R. Fitzgerald has reopened the Bridge, formerly known as the Kozy, with Joseph J. Greene as manager. The house has RCA sound. Detroit — Creditors who have been operating the Regent here since the house failed to meet its bills three weeks ago, will probably continue to do so for another month until the situation is cleaned up. Flat River, Mo. — Collins Theaters, Inc., has been incorporated by W. A. Collins, Agnes Frances Collins, Louis V. Collins and Donald Eugene Collins. St. Louis — Bob Taylor, former office manager for Columbia, has joined RKO. Youngstown, O. — Lou Brager is here arranging for the formal opening of the new million dollar Warner theater. St. Louis — John Morfit, recently with Tiffany, is now with RKO Pathe. Belleville, O — The Opera House, closed for several months, has been reopened under the management of C. E. Hall. Seymour, Conn. — The Strand, operated by Harry Olshan, has been closed. Canton, O. — Because the lease of the Orpheum cannol be renewed, it will be dismantled and added to an adjoining department store. W. Steuve and Frank Nolan were the lessees. New Haven, Conn. — Mildred Orloff, cashier in the RKO offices here, recently became the bride of Harry Sugarman, a New Haven attorney. Cleveland— The Cleveland M. P. Exhibitors Ass'n announces an open luncheon meeting for April 22 at 12:30 o'clock. Milton, Mass. — Adams Theaters, Inc., have been incorporated to engage in the theatrical and general amusement business. Incorporators are: Charles L. Varney, president; Frank A. Grady, treasurer, and Charles D. Wilson. Toledo — Nat Charnas, local circuit owner, is hobbling around with a broken ankle. Cleveland — Selected Pictures, local independent exchange distributing throughout Ohio, has ourchased a series of six Buffalo Bill, Jr., all-talking westerns. Nate Schultz and Arthur Simon operate the exchange. FOX FILM ANNUAL MEETING (Continued from Page 1) port. Harley L. Clarke announced that the annual earnings statement has been delayed because until this week three firms of accountants have been auditing the company's books for the purpose of the recent financing. R-K-0 N. W. Theater Changes Minneapolis — Several personnel changes in R-K-O theaters are announced by Mogran Ames, division manager. Lee Davis from Phoenix, Arizona, formerly with Publ'x, has been appointed assistant manager of the St. Paul Palace Orpheum, replacing Irving Koeningshrider, resigned. Roland Davis, former assistant manager at the Omaha Orpheum, has been promoted to advertising manager. Cleaton Neary, former assistant manager at the Minneapolis Orpheum, has been transferred to Omaha as assistant manager. Jules Gerson has resigned at Omaha. William Orrel is the new assistant manager at the Minneapolis Orpheum. Ray O'Connell, manager of the St. Paul Orpheum suffering from nervous breakdown following injuries sustained in an automobile accident, has been granted a six weeks' leave of absence and will recuperate on the West Coast. Mickey Gross, formerly of the Sioux City Orpheum, will be manager of the St. Paul Oroheum during O'Connell's absence. Rxhard Zeller replaces Gross at Sioux City. Beechler Plans St. John's Theater St. Johns, Mich.— C. R. Beechler of Charlotte, former local man and the owner of the Iris here, is formulating plans which he hopes will result in the erection of a new picture house in St. Johns comparable to the new Eaton that he recentlv opened in Charlotte. If sufficient ind'vidual capital can be interested locally to adequately supplement the funds already available, a site will be secured and the project started. W. B. Sheboygan Mgr. Transferred Sheboygan, Wis. — Henri Margo, production manager at _ Warners' Sheboygan, has been appointed in a similar capacity to the circuit's Venetian theater in Racine. TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY !THE niNnsMftt Of HIMIOJM F. B. Warren Corp to have ten completed pictures by August. * * * Baltimore exhibitors suing First National over attempted breaking of Chaplin contracts. * * * C. L. Chester to add two new producing units.