The Film Daily (1931)

NEW mi NAT'L' CIRCUIT BEING WORKED OUT IN NI (Continued from Page 1) to be interested in the proposed plan. They include: Lee A. Ochs of the Ochs Circuit, Ben Sherman of Manhattan Playhouses, Arthur Abeles of Century Circuit and Lawrence Bolognino of Consolidated Amusement Enterprises. Shortage of product, as pointed out by The Film Daily yesterday, is one of the principal reasons inspiring discussion of the project. New Firm Specializing In Expedition Films (Continued from Page 1) starting Dec. 14. This production embraces the expeditions of six prominent explorers to different spots, with their own dialogue. Industrial Film Designed As Confidence Stimulator A four-reel industrial talker, produced by the Burton Holmes Studios under the direction of Hillis V. Montgomery, and designed to stimulate confidence in the soundness of American industry, has just been released for complimentary showings by banking organizations. The picture, which shows scenes of 30 of America's greatest corporations, was made in cooperation with the Administrative and Research Corp. of New York, sponsors of Corporate Trust Shares. "Shot Gun Pass" Release Columbia Pictures' second November release will be Tim McCoy's vehicle, "Shot Gun Pass." Supporting cast includes Virginia Lee Corbin, Monte Vandergrift, Joe Marbra, Frank Rice, Harry Todd and Dick Stewart. COMING & GOING MRS. FRANK JOYCE sails for London tonight on the Olympic. CHARLES STARRETT is leaving the coast for New York to appear with Nancy Carroll in "Wayward" at the Paramount eastern studios. PAULINE FREDERICK is due to arrive today to start work on the same picture. She v.ill also star in Arthur Lubin's stage play. "When the Bough Breaks." MEYER FLSCHER, president of Fischer Film Exchange, Clevelana and Cincinnati, together with J. M. JOHNSTON, manager of the Cincinnati branch, are in New York on a business trip visiting with John R. Freuler, president of Big 4. NORMAN MORAY, Vitaphone Sales Manager, has left for Chicago in connection with impending deals for the showing of Vitaphone shorts. On his return trip Moray will visit the Warner-First National exchanges in Indianapolis and Buffalo. ARTHUR COHEN, managing director of Canadian Famous Dayers Publix Theaters, reached the city yesterday. CLAUDE FLEMMING, narrator in the Educ?tional-Romantic Journeys series, has returned from the Grand Canyon country with CURTIS F. NAGEL, producer, after shooting two Romantic Journeys in the rugged western country. WILL H. HAYS leaves today for the coast. HARRY M. WARNER is en route to Hollywood. JOHN M. STAHL, Universal director, arrives from the coast today with his bride of a few days, the former Mrs. Roxanna Roy. =^JXI^ DAILY Friday, November 6, 1931 9 # # ONE OF the biggest pronouncements ever made on the important subject of television was delivered by Dr. Alfred N. Goldsmith, vice-prexy of Radio Corporation of America, at the AMPA luncheon yesterday he spoke as an engineer conveying to the pressageys a vital message on the interrelationship between television and the motion picture he predicted quietly but emphatically that within one year television will have arrived as a commercial art he said it was now an actuality in the laboratory • • • HE EMPHASIZED the idea that television, sound pictures in the home on amateur sets, and the motion picture theater are even at this early stage indissolubly bound together Dr. Goldsmith was confident that they will grow together and thrive without competing with each other they are three component parts of eye entertainment for the public which will help each other grow and prosper • • • OF COURSE there are some television problems yet to be ironed out such as getting clear pictures that will emphasize details handling operatic singers, for instance, to make them appear attractive taking a pudgy singer as wide as he is long, as the Doc humorously said, and giving him eye-appeal the same as he has voice-appeal over the radio and lastly, the problem of large units of patrons to cut down the cost of television programs and this means television apparatus in iilm houses to bring in a program just the same as it is now shot from the projection booth for the film program and that's where Radio City comes in with its contemplated building housing the new power house of television which will shoot television programs to the theaters throughout the land as easily as the film programs are now projected from the booth sounds like Arabian Nights, doesn't it? but it's On the Way • • • ANOTHER INTERESTING speaker at the Ampa fest was Carveth Wells, the explorer who debunked African wild animal adventures in his film, "Hell Below Zero" Mister Wells' subtle wit and sly hoomor had the serious-minded pressageys up a tree so the speaker sez "Wish you could see your face, gentlemen, and you'd have a much better time than you're having." and they say Hinglishmen have no sense of humor! Carveth told of the tremendous expenses of his African expedish 150 smackers for a hand camera, and the whole affair costing within a grand each morning his native guide asked him what he wanted to do and whether it was zebras, elephants or lions, they'd drive comfortably through the jungle in their car at 40 miles and hour and find the designated "wild" animals parked in some convenient spot where they could be shot either with camera or rifle just a wild, dangerous existence, this African expedition stuff • • • TO COMPLETE a surfeit of honor guests who knew how to be entertaining, there was Leo Brecher, the little playhouse impresario and Elinor Smith, the noted aviatrix altogether it was a swell luncheon one of the best that AMPA has pulled a fine balancing of Brains, Wit and Beauty Ed Finney and his committee are doing a fine job and you muggs who are not attending are passing up the best show on Broadway and all for a smacker RADIO-PATHE SALES STAEE CONSOLIDATED BY MARCUS (Continued from Page 1) with Cresson E. Smith as his assistant. Charles Rosenzweig will be general sales manager for the east, with Jerome Safron as his assistant. Both will maintain their headquarters in New York. Harry C. Cohen will be western division manager; W. E. Callaway, southern division manager; E. L. McEvoy, midwest division manager; and Harry Michalson, eastern division manager. A. H. Schnitzer will be short subject sales manager, with headquarters in New York. Men selected as branch managers in the cities indicated, with the idea in mind of retaining an equal balance of personnel between the two companies in positions of responsibility are listed below. It is the further intention to carry out this same thought throughout the entire re-organization. MANAGER FORMERLY « « « » » » BRANCH Albany Atlanta Boston Buffalo Charlotte Chicago C ncinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Los Angeles Memphis Milwaukee Minneapolis New Haven New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Omaha Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland St. . Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Sioux Falls Washington Essaness Revives Stage Bands Chicago — Stage bands are again being tried out in some of the Essaness houses. Mary and her Platinum Blondes, 12-piece girl band, has been booked to open Sunday at the Embassy, and Ralph Cooper's 12-piece colored band opens at the Michigan on the same date. C. R. Halligan Radio C. W. Allen Pathe R. C. Cropper Pathe R. Mochrie Pathe R. C. Price Pathe W. E. Branson Pathe S. C. Jacques Pathe A. Mertz Radio L. E. Harrington Radio J. H. Ashby Pathe B. J. McCarthy Radio Nat Levy Radio R. E. Churchill Radio H. M. Lyons Radio T. R. Thompson Pathe J. H. Mclntyre Pathe P. M. Baker Radio A. N. Schmitz Radio M. J. Frisch Radio Nat Furst Pathe G. C. Brown Pathe R. S. Wolff Pathe R. B. Williams Pathe Lou Elman Pathe Sam Rosen Radio Cleve Adams Radio H. L. Percy Pathe R. V. Nolan Pathe T. J. Walsh Radio G. Wm. Wolf Radio E. A. Lamb Radio S. W. Fitch Radio F. L. McNamee Radio Many Happy Returns Best wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who are celebrating their birthdays: November 6 Marie Prevost Paul Ellis Ben Holmes June Harlowe