The Film Daily (1934)

DAILY Wednesday, Sept. 12,1934 Denver — Fire, Saturday night, apparently caused by defective wiring, caused $15,000 damage to the Oriental theater. Several hundred were in the theater, but marched out in orderly manner when told of the fire by one of the owners, A. P. Archer. Charles G. Doty, director of publicity, was burned when he tried to fight the fire with extinguishers. Lincoln, Neb. — Henry Fear, city manager for Westland Theaters here (Kiva and Rialto), was replaced last week by Temple DeVilbiss, formerly of Greeley, Colo. Fear goes back to the Rialto, Pueblo, Colo., it is understood. Springfield Mass. — The Broadway will reopen Sept. 14 with a firstrun policy. Hartford, Conn. — Poll's Palace is reopening Sept. 14 with a stage show and films. Hartford, Conn. — Princess Theater Corp., recently formed, has taken a five-year lease on the Princess. Martin H. Keleher, president and treasurer of the new corporation continues as manager. Boston — The Hollywood theater in Charlestown will be opened Sept. 16 by G. G. Solomon who also runs the Thompson Square there. Bristol, N. H. — The Gem has been taken over by Allard Graves of White River Junction, Vt. Lincoln, Neb. — Vaudeville in its second week at the Orpheum boosted the average business in that spot something like 400 per cent over the straight picture policy which held throughout the summer Lubbock, Tex. — Griffith & Lindsey have opened the New Palace theater. Milwaukee — Jim Luntzel, former press agent for the Palace, which continues dark, is now advance man for the "Bowery" show produced by Balaban & Katz, Chicago. Kansas City — Earl Courter, who operates theaters in Hamilton and Gallatin, is reopening the Odeon in Hardin, closed for some time. Be Raps "Scarlet Letter" Ban IVrst Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Blacklisting of Majestic's "Scarlet Letter" by the Legion of Decency is criticised as unfair by Larry Darmour, who produced it, in an Associated Press statement. Darmour pointed out that if the picture deserves to be blacklisted, the Hawthorne novel from which it was taken also should be barred from schoolrooms where it has long been a classic. sides remodeling, Courter is installing RCA High Fidelity sound. Pratt, Kan. — The Kansas theater, on which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barron recently ,spent $5,000 remodeling, has opened. Manchester, N. H. — The Crown theater has reopened. Milbury, Mass. — The Town Hall ha,s reopened for pictures. Maynard, Mass. — The Colonial has been opened by Burton Coughlin. Los Angeles — Howard Stubbins, local exchange manager, has sold the entire Monogram 1934-35 program of 20 features to the Pantages Hollywood theater for first-runs. New Orleans — Reports reaching here that Saenger Theaters plan to regain the Temple, Meridian, which it released upon entering receivership, continue unconfirmed. The house is at present under management of Al Yeoman, who is planning to construct another. Ratoff Returning in October Gregory Ratoff will return to New York from England about Oct. 1, and will go directly to Hollywood to make three pictures. Ratoff originally went to London to make a picture for Gaumont British, but has stayed to appear in five. He may return to London after completing his Hollywood engagements. Kidnap Story Called Hoax Kansas City, Kan. — Mrs. Laura Ellis, beauty shop operator who had reported she was kidnaped as a threat against her friend, W. Lee Vaughan, operator of a non-union theater, has told federal agents that her stories were a hoax. Farm Film to Be Shown "Sheriffed," three-reeler dealing with the farmer's struggle for a livelihood, is scheduled for showing Friday at the headquarters of the Film & Photo League, 12 East 17th St. Lieberman Running 3 in Lowell Lowell, Mass. — In addition to the Rialto, managed by Norman Glassman, the Fred E. Lieberman circuit recently opened the Capitol and Victory with Jerry Jerome as manager. "British Agent" Opens St. L. House St. Louis — Warners have set "British Agent" as the initial attraction for the Orpheum, which opens Saturday. Short Shots from Eastern Studios By CHARLES ALICOATE JOCATION shots on the Harold B. Franklin production, "Gambling," starring George M. Cohan and featuring Wynne Gibson and Dorothy Burgess, start today with the Olympic liner docks as the locale. Rowland V. Lee is directing the feature, which is being made at the Eastern Service studio in Astoria for Fox release. Mentove. Productions, Inc., will put into work today at the Biograph studios in the Bronx for Universal release, "At the Mike," a two-reel short featuring Baby Rose Marie, Aunt Jemina, The Giersdorff Sisters, Benny Ross, Honeyboy and Sassafrass, Ford and Bond, and Maxine Stone. Milton Schwartzwald will direct, with Joe Bannon assisting and Frank Zucker in charge of the cameras. Rosco Ates, who recently finished "So You Won't T-T-T-Talk," a tworeel Vitaphone comedy, is scheduled to start work tomorrow in his second Vitaphone comedy at the company's Brooklyn studio. A strong cast is being assembled to support the star, who will be directed by Lloyd French. The two-reel short featuring Hairy Gribbon and George Shelton t( be produced and directed by A Christie for Educational release, i scheduled to get under way Monday at the Eastern Service studio it Astoria. • George Noffka, production super visor who recently resigned as th head of the American branch oi Andre DeBrie, equipment manufac turers, has joined the productior staff of the Eastern Service studio in Astoria. • Location Notes on the Hecht MacArthui' production starring Jim* my Savo, adroitly cast in tht, role of an itinerant gypsy mounte* bank with a cast of principals iw eluding Whitney Bourne, "Cissie'. Loftus, Nikita Balieff, George Aw dre, and a blonde miss of 16 knowi only under the name of "Teddy Armstrong . . . George Diaz chasing from cowbarn to cowbarn checking on his battery of lights . . . Arthu Rosson doing a daily Paul Rever aboard a black charger . . . Jo< Kane, sound man, considerably irket at times by the noises of the quie countryside . . . Jack Shalitt takm; something more beside productio stills. Epidemic Stops Juvenile Trade Olympia — As a precaution against spread of infantile paralysis, children under 18 have been barred from movies here for the time being. THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH . . . MEET AT THE S,.M oritz ON THE PARK NEW YORK'S ONLY TRULY CONTINENTAL HOTEL : Director S. S. GREGORY TAYLOR