The Film Daily (1931)

THE Sunday, September 13, 1931 •;%g^ DAILY 11 Promoted by Publix In Field Divisions (Continued from Page 1) under O'Donnell, taking on the towns of Ft. Worth, Galveston and Austin, in addition to New Orleans, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Harry Katz, director of the Great States-Indiana group, adds Youngstown, Steubenville, Lorain, Marion and Wheeling. Henry Stickelmaier, present division manager, becomes field supervisor. L. E. Schneider, southwest division director, takes over special company activities in the home office, and is succeeded by William K. Jenkins, former manager of the Saenger division, who will be located in the Melba building, Dallas. W. E. Paschall, returning to Publix after an association with Dent Theaters, will be division manager under Jenkins. Howard W. McCoy, district manager of the Tri-State district, succeeds Jenkins, while M. C. Hughes, former head of the New Orleans real estate department, will fill the vacancy caused by the promotion of McCoy. J. J. Fitzgerald, special representative in the real estate department in the home office, takes over the post vacated by Hughes. The southwestern district real estate office will become a district office responsible to New York. A B. Heston, manager of the sub-office, now becomes district real-estate manager of the southwest with headquarters in Dallas. Toledo will be transferred to the Chicago-Detroit division, while the deluxe houses in New Haven and Boston will be transferred to Division A under Feld. Publix Managers Urged To Play Foreign Films (Cantinued from Page 1) as student trade, also offer possibilities, Netter points out. Paramount at. present has 51 foreign versions available for domestic distribution. These include French, Spanish, German, Italian, Swedish, Hungarian, Polish and Portuguese. Dr. Harry Phillips Davis Dies Pittsburgh — Dr. Harry Phillips Davis, vice-president and director of Westinghouse Electric and chairman of the National Broadcasting Co., died this week at his home hpre. Son of Jack Connolly An addition to the family is announced by Jack Connolly, general manager of Pathe News, in the person of an eight-pound boy who arrived a few days ago. Market Valuations Market value of amusement stocks as of Sept. 1 amounted to $355,386,000. according to a compilation by the New York Stock Exchange just made public. Twenty other industrial groups come ahead of amusements in market valuation, the railroad industry topping the list with $5,432,666,000. Five others exceed three billion, while ten more run above one billion. Short Shots from Eastern Studios By HARRY N. BLAIR npHE fields of art and society are always well represented among the extras taking part in a Tallulah Bankhead picture. The former toast of London has become the current rage with the Park Avenue crowd and the opportunity to appear in one of her pictures is widely sought. Among those playing bits in "The Cheat" are Neysa McMein, famous artist, Phyllis Winter, Philadelphia society girl and Radie Harris, fan writer and radio interviewer. Roy Mack, director of the "Penrod" series for Vitaphone, had to make a hurried tour of Central and Prospects Parks to line up rival baseball teams consisting of boys ranging in age from eight to ten years and fully uniformed to be used for part of the action in "Play Ball," latest two-reeler of the series. Paramount Notes : Arthur Cozine sporting a dandy coat of tan . . . Chick Kirk deserves plenty credit on turning out some swell sets for "The Cheat" . . . Harry Baldwin reveling in his new status as a full-fledged assistant director . . . Dick Hertel, of the camera crew, still thrilled over flying back from Washington in a storm . . . Gertrude Turchin, visit Mort Blumenstock Succeeds Housman Mort Blumenstock has been engaged as advertising manager of Warner Bros. Metropolitan theaters to succeed Arthur Housman, resigned. Blumenstock, who formerly served with Paramount and First National, will work under the supervision of Dave Weshner, in charge of advertising for the entire Warner theater chain. Gov't Got $825,000 from Davies About $825,000 in back taxes and extra charges, covering deficits in income tax over a period of years involving earnings from properties which she owns in New York was paid to the government recently by Marion Davies, according to the star, who returned a few days ago from a vacation abroad. Negligence on the part of her real estate agent here was the reason for the taS oversight, said Miss Davies. Engagement Cut Short Denver — Local fans turned out so weakly for "Five and Ten" at the Rialto that it was taken off after three days and "Fatal Hour" substituted to finish the week. Pittsburgh House Goes Foreign Pittsburgh — The Avenue Cinema, Liberty Ave., reopens Monday on a continuous weekly change policy, playing mostly foreign talkers. ing the studio while recovering from a slight injury received when a ladder fell on the set . . . Douglas Dumbrille, stage actor, getting a big play from some Spanish girls on tht "Blind Cargo" set wh^n the removal of a wig disclosed his blonde hair. Vitaphone Vitamins: Jack Norworth amusing the studio force with tales of his trip abroad . . . Jack looks like he enjoyeil plenty of beer while in Germany . . . Billy ("Penrod") Hayes practicing on the back lot for his role in "Play Ball" . . . Dick Willis, make-up chief, expamiing in his new quarters. "All Sealed Up," second of the Al St. Johns series for Paramount, is exactly that with Al Ray acting as director and Eddie Dowling staging the dialogue. Floyd Gibbons, who is making a series of RKO Pathe shorts, will broadcast the daily activities of the American Legion Convention in Detroit over a coast-to-coast NBC network. He will also screen his first two subjects for the big assembly of conventionites. All Distribution Set On Hoot Gibson Series M. H. Hoffman, Jr., of Allied Pictures Corp., Ltd., producers of the Hoot Gibson series, announces 100 per cent distribution of the pictures. Capitol Pictures Corp., Minneapolis, which is being operated by J. L. Stern, acquired the last open territory in the United States, while Federal Film Company brought the rights for Canada. The other independent exchanges distributing the product are American Pictures, Inc., Boston; Hollywood Pictures Corp., New York; Masterpiece, Philadelphia; Alexander Film Service, Pittsburgh; Graphic Exchange, Inc., Detroit; Standard Exchanges, Inc., Buffalo; Selected Pictures, Inc., Cleveland; Security Pictures, Chicago; Joe Silverman, Kansas City; Premier Pictures, St. Louis; Capitol Pictures, Omaha; Syndicate Pictures, Dallas; A. C. Bromberg Attractions, Atlanta; Co-Operative Film Exchange, San Francisco; Sheffield Exchange System, Seattle. Mae Murray for Vaude. Mae Murray, who is now in New York, leaves on a vaudeville tour within a few days. Hoffman Succeeds Carroll Burt Hoffman, who has been assistant to Charlie Carroll, chief of advertising and publicity for the WarnerStanley Theater in Jersey City, has assumed CarrolFs post, following the latter's resignation.