The Film Daily (1931)

THE Friday, June 26, 1931 ■*m DAILY M MAKES STATEMENT ON WANGER'S RETIREMENT (Continued from Pa<i< 1) VVanger's retirement yesterday, Vdolph Zukor said: "Jesse L. La-kv is now. just as he has been, head "of the Paramount Production Department. Lasky is in control, and no one supersedes iiim in any way in dealing with Paramount picture production; nor has there ever been any intention to have ,nv -uch change in the setup. •"[ he retirement of Walter Wanger is merely a step m ide necessary by the physical necessities of the production" job to be done. Aside from that there is no change whatever In the. production personnel. R. P. Schulberg is in charge, under i of the actual productions, and will operate as heretofore in our West Coast Studios. The Eastern studios will continue to be under the management of James Cowan, also directly responsible to Mr. Lasky." Six Fox Midwest Houses Undergoing Improvements Kansas City — The Fox Warwick here has just completed the installation of a $30,000 refrigeration system. The Fox Gillioz at Springfield. Mo., is spending $12,000 on reseating: the Crane at Carthage. $7.?00. and the Midland at Pittsburg. Kansas. $8,500. The Fox Midland in Hutchinson, ■Can., and the Strand at Salina, have been closed for a general remodeling. Philadelphia Ed Peskaj has joined the Warner-Stanley circuit, under William Goldman. FOREIGN NEWS Minneapolis Abe Fischer is no longer connected with the United \rti-t --ales force here. Greenville, N. H. — Charles E. Sawyer is now running Sunday shows and giving 50 per cent of the receipts to charity. Philadelphia-Fred Leopold has resigned from the Nixon and is reported taking over the Locust. Mosinee, Wis.— Paul Xettland and C. E. Mathews have disposed of the Mosinee to L. R. Keefe. Stage Show Innovation Being Sought by Publix Not satisfied with the drawing power of star names for its -tage shows, Publix is now casting around •for a new type of unit production. Both the Paramount s in New York and Brooklyn have been featuring big names, but box-office checkups indicate that they haven't meant much to the average picturcgoer. Flanagan Succeeds Brenon Jr. Greenfield. Mass.— Herbert Brenon. Jr.. son of the director, has been eeded as manager of the Publix den by Leo G. Flanagan of Northampton, where be has been managing the Publix Plaza, now closed. Sues Over Obituary JAMES R. ("Jim") SAVAGE, former heavyweight boxer and now physical instructor at the M. P. Club, has instituted a libel suit against the New York "Sun" for publication of a story in which it was stated that he had died after having "taken to the Bowery." Damages amounting to 535.000 are asked in the action, which will be heard in the Supreme Court in six or eight months Attorney Louis Nizer represents the plaintiff Jim Very MuchJAIive Daytona Beach, Fla. The new sound picture theater for negroes, representing an investment of more than $45,000, has been opened. It will be operated by the Eastco Co., of which Edward H. Crane is director of operation-. Bradford, Pa. Hooker Fulton Building Corporation has awarded contracts for the erection of a theater here to E. L. Van Sickel of Bradford. The house will be 74 by 285 feet and will be strictly modern in every wav. Estimated cost is listed at $500,000 for the complete brick and terra-cotta structure. The builders are C M. TTooker. 135 Congress Street, and R. A. Fulton. Holley Hotel. North Bradford. Pa. Chicopee, Mass.— Playhouse Theater-. Inc.. has been formed to operate the Playhouse. The incorporatorinclude F. T. Burnham. former mayor of Holyoke, Fred Fresche. who will ad as manager, and Doctor Robert of Chicopee. Philadelphia — Indoor miniature golf courses which made their appearance last summer in a number of picture houses arc now extinct. None of them, according to a checkup just made, ha opened this reason. Torrington, Conn.— The new War ner is scheduled to open Aug 15. Philadelphia Mavfair M Corp. has reopened the Mavfair, lormerlv called the Coliseum. Birmingham — Strand, owned by Birmingham Theatrical Corp.. has shifted opening das 'r"m Saturday ' [onday. Springfield. Mass. The Franklin theater has ben leased bj I and K. Corporation which r c \ sound equipment insl ITME \M MIM1ML Of IIIMIOM There's nothing Hit-or-miss in the Foreign NEWS Service of The Film Daily Because in London it s The Film Renter In Berlin it s Lichtbildbuehne And in Paris it's La Cinematographie Francaise.— All Trade Papers International.