The Film Daily (1933)

DAILV Monday, May 15, 1933 © NEWS OF THE DAY © Cedartown, Ga. — The Palace theater, formerly owned and operated by T. F. Thompson, was sold at public auction for $15,040. The Lam Amusement Co. of Rome, which operates the De Soto in Rome and a smaller theater in LaGrange, was the successful bidder. Macon, Ga.— The Rialto, renovated and with the latest sound equipment installed, has reopened. H. B. Brown of Macon and Sanders Harris of Fort Valley are operating it cooperatively. Boston— Maurice Wolf, M-G-M exchange manager, will return in about a week from a vacation in Houston. Bill Scully has been looking after the business. Webb City, Mo. — L. P. Larsen, manager of the Civic, who recently purchased the Ozark, is planning to re-equip and reopen it. New Orleans — The St. Charles is installing Wide Range Western Electric sound system. Denver — Plaza Amusement Co. has bought the building and grounds of the Plaza theater from Reddy Gallagher and will spend $15,000 in improvements. The building was badly damaged by fire recently. Paul H. Hoppen, president of the theater company, is manager. Chicago — The Adelphi theater, Loop house formerly devoted to legit but recently taken over by Adolph Trinz to be converted into a movie house, is being redecorated and will open shortly with talkies. Name of the house has been changed to the Clark. Chicago — Henry Kohn of Advance Trailer has returned from Europe, where he spent some time because of the serious illness of his father. Fort Worth, Tex.— Walter Henshel, publicity director of the Majestic, Dallas, for the last 15 months, has been appointed manager of the Palace here. He succeeds Harry Gould, recently made manager of the Hollywood. Cincinnati — J. A. Curran is the Boston — Although no longer operating with the sales department, Harry Worden, as a member of the office force, is still with the local M-G-M exchange. Detroit — Lee Carrow, former owner of the De Soto in Highland Park, has taken the house back ajrain from Mrs. Delia Dingman. Milo Owens is out as manager. Detroit — The Van Dyke in Center Line has been taken over by Wanda Sawistarki from Mike Adams, former partner. Boston — Joseph M. Cummings, traveling auditor for Loew's, has recovered from an illness and is again on the road. Springfield, Mo.— Richard Wright, assistant manager of the Landers, and Mildred Brown were married recently in Bolivar, Mo. .oming an dG oing RICHARD BARTHELMESS and wife arrive in New York tomorrow from California on the 'anta Elena. POLLY MORAN is in St. Louis making pergonal appearances at the Fox. GEORGE ARLISS sails on the Bremen next Sunday for England. TREM CARR was a St. Louis visitor last week. RUTH CHATTERTON and GEORGE BRENT will return to Paris this week after some time spent in Spain. KATHARINE HEPBURN leaves Hollywood shortly for New York on a fortnight's vacation. CONSTANCE BENNETT has cancelled her trip to Honolulu. SHORT SUBJECT REVIEWS "Roadhouse Queen" with Walter Catlett Paramount 19 mins. Good Comedy Generally amusing Mack Sennett comedy. Walter Catlett has a son who wants to marry a night club trapeze performer, Nora Lane, instead of Joyce Compton, the girl picked by the father. So Walter and a lawyer go to the cabaret to break up the undesired affair. On the way out there the two men get tipsy, and when they reach the place they get sociable with the girl themselves before discovering her identity. But indirectly they achieve their purpose, junior eloping with the right girl, while the two drunks wake up next morning to find that the aerial artist was married to one of them the night before — but can't remember which, and the boys can't either. "Sports-Eye View" ("The Aggravatin' B'ar") Paramount 10 mins. Fine Dealing with the hunt for a mean black bear that has killed one of the farmer's hogs and destroyed his honey-bee layout, this Grantland Rice subject packs keen interest and suspense, along with some good humor. A young lad and his dogs lead the hunt for the bear. After some fairly exciting action where the pack of dogs surround the bear in a bush and aggravate him considerably, the lad arrives and shoots the bruin, his first bear scalp. The short was made in Florida. Ruth fitting in "Along Came Ruth" Vitaphonc IK mins. Pleasing Tired of the strenuous routine on Broadway, Ruth Etting decides to disguise herself and go for a rest in a rural retreat, taking her maid along as companion. While enjoying the country moonlight, she bursts into song, and is heard by the camp recreation manager, who induces her to sing in a local talent show. She is to do an imitation of Ruth Etting, whom the bragging recreation promoter claims he started in show business. Arrival of another lad from New York leads to Miss Etting's identity being revealed. Skit gives Miss Etting a chance to sing three numbers, with some fair sentiment and comedy interspersed. Hal LeRoy and Mitzi Mayfair in "The Way of All Freshmen" Vitaphone 18 mins. Entertaining Musical An agreeable short musical with Hal LeRoy and Mitzi Mayfair, dancing stars, as the chief attractions. Cast also includes Ben Dova, who does comedy acrobatics on a lamppost; Jeannie Lang, the radio warbler, who isn't really given a chance; the Admirals, and others. A group of lads, as cadets, attend a party given by a girls' school managed by Cora Witherspoon. Singing, dancing, a bit of romancing and some comedy combine to make the affair generally diverting. Bobby Jones in "How to Break 90" (No. 2 — Position and Backswing) Vitaphone 10 mins. Good Guy Kibbee is used as the comedy foil in the second of the new Bobby Jones golf series. After giving up the game in disgust, Kibbee gets some pointers from Bobby that revive his interest. Amusing as well as instructive. new bookeri at the Columbia exchange. Marlington, W. Va. — Jack Cooper has opened the Seneca. lager, W. Va. — The lager theater has closed. Cincinnati — Bob Burns has joined the selling force of First Division. Boston — Jim Kennedy of Fox, with Educational-World Wide before thei merger, has been promoted from booker to salesman. Detroit — The Zella, East Side house, has been taken over by Zellah Theater, Inc., with Mrs. Kazimiera Krzymanski taking a part interest from H. F. Fowser, former sole proprietor. Detroit — The Coliseum, taken over a few months ago by William Napier, has been closed. Stoughton, Mass. — After the State has been returned to Interstate Theaters Corp. by Al Gould, the house was closed by a serious fire. Artie, R. I. — The Gem has been closed by M. Deitch. Chelsea, Mass. — The Broadwayi has been closed by Publix. Marlboro, Mass. — The Pastime hasi changed ownership, going from Leonard Goldberg to Isaac Feldman.i Charles City, la. — Following m stallation of R"CA Victor high fidel ity sound equipment, the Hildreath theater has been reopened by C. E.1 Mosher, new manager. The Hildreat! is a former Paramount house. ANSWERS to "HOW GOOD IS YOUR MEMORY" QUESTIONS 1. Henry King. 2. "Humoresque" (1920). 3. Margaret lllington. 4. "The Prisoner of 7cnda." 5. 90 feet a minute. .;