The Film Daily (1934)

THE 93 :riday, Dec. 7, 1934 ■a&H DAILY NEWS OF THE DAY Andrews, N. C. — The house forlerly operating under the name of larolina has been reopened by C. '.. Regan, who has also taken over he Fryemont at Bryson City from M. Frye. Barnwell, S. C. — J. H. Ross is oprating the new theater here called he Rex. Augusta, Wis. — Miner Amusement Jo., operators of theaters in Rice ^ake, Chippewa Falls, Ladysmith, 'hetek and Hillsboro, Wis., has eased the Opera House here from larl Warner. Ray Miner will mange it. DePere, Wis. — Mrs. Joseph Speakx has reopened the Majestic. Robbinsville, N. C— The Robbinsrille theater has been opened by J. R. Regan. Lincoln, Neb. — It is understood hat the Sun, sole remaining dual )ill spot here, will go single fea;ures about the first of the year. Roxboro, N. C. — Kirby Brothers lave opened the New Palace. Fort Worth — A new record was nade by the Worth Theater, maniged by Frank Weatherford, with 'Flirtation Walk" over Thanksgiv ng. . Boston — William Shapiro, presilent of Franklin Film Exchange, is n England dickering for product to >e handled in this country. Camden, S. C— The Strand is the lame of the new local theater openid by T. L. Little. Roseville, 0. — Mayme Hardy has >pened the Midget Theater. Jeffersonville, Ind. — Harry S. Morris, 63, pioneer showman, died last week. South Bend, Ind. — Hollywood Amusements, Inc., has been formed here by Norman J. Hartzer, Oliver M. Loomis and Belva Price, to operate theaters and amusement enterprises. St. Augustine, Fla. — Plans are under way to reopen the Orpheum. Improvements are being made. New Orleans — "Flirtation Walk" at the Saenger broke that house's record for Sunday attendance. Sarasota, Fla. — Doors of the long closed Sarasota theater, Sparks house, have been opened to workmen and it is planned to have the house ready for use by the first of the year. New Orleans — Ben Piazza of the M-G-M studio was here last week visiting Mr. and Mrs. Howard McCoy and renewing acquaintances. Mrs. McCoy is Piazza's niece. St. Augustine, Fla. — George Phillips has been appointed assistant manager at the Jefferson theater. Richmond — Charles A. Somma, pioneer exhibitor and showman, aided in the formation of the W. W. Worman Tent, Circus Saints and Sinners of America, just chartered here. Spencer, Ind. — Harley Campbell, 53, who operated a movie house here for about 30 years, died recently. Jasper, Fla. — Fay theater has been reopened and is showing four nights a week. Charles Nelson is manager. St. Louis Squibs St. Louis — Louis Landau, owner of the Maryland Theater, lost three teeth and was otherwise battered in an attack by a ruffian a few days ag0 . „ i. Midcontinent Pictures Corp. has been formed by Elliott W. M. Bennett, Mary Valle Bain, M. C. Shattuck and Robert C. Bennett. Joe Keating, assistant manager of the Lindell, has been promoted to manager of the Congress, succeeding Jack Hoehn, who left the St. Louis Amusement Co. circuit to go in business for himself. Leto Hill, general manager for St. Louis Amusement, is negotiating with Hollywood producers to stage a talent contest here. Joe Laurie Jr. will be master of ceremonies for the first stage show under the new policy at the Ambassador starting tomorrow. Detroit Notes Detroit — The father of E. C. Beatty, general manager of Butterfield Circuit, died recently in Seymour, Ind. Ernest E. Forbes of Theater Equipment Co. has been named Michigan representative for Heywood-Wakefield seats. Eddie Canto, formerly of the Paramount branch, has joined Forbes' staff. Royal Baker, local film censor, is now a radio author, with several numbers from his "Lovely Lady" being given over WXYZ. A new chrome plated modernistic frame developed by Hal Burris, sign man, has been taken over by National Theater Supply. Business at local houses has picked up following initial release of $90,000,000 funds tied up in the closed First National Bank. A LITTLE from "LOTS >// ;By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD CTHEL HILL and Bruce Manning are writing the screen play for "Eight Bells," which will be made by Columbia. They wrote the screen play for "Below the Depths," which was recently produced at Columbia. T ▼ » Our Passing Show: Fredric March, Karen Morley, Charles Vidor, Cliff Reid, Zion Myers, Edward F. Cline, Allan Scott, Sam White, Robert Vignola, James Duffy watching Washington defeat U.S.C. ▼ ▼ T Bill Thomas, veteran still photographer, has been signed by Samuel Goldwyn for the Anna Sten-Gary Cooper production, "Her Wedding Night," which will be directed by King Vidor. Thomas was also the still man on "The President Vanishes." T T ▼ Dave Gould, who handled the "Carioca" number in "Flying Down to Rio" and "the Continental" in "The Gay Divorcee," will create two big numbers for "Folies Bergere," in addition to directing smaller numbers in the same production, v r T Randolph Scott will play the romantic lead in RKO's musical, "Roberta," with Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. » » » Janet Beecher is playing an important role in "Once a Gentleman," which Victor Schertzinger is directing at Columbia. Miss Beecher appeared in "The Mighty Barnum," "Gallant Lady," "The President Vanishes" and other pictures. » ▼ V Edmund Grainger will supervise "Diamond Jim Brady," for Universal. Doris Malloy and Harry Clork will write the screen play. T ▼ ▼ Abe Meyer is handling the musical setting for "Little Men," Mascot's special release. Hugo Riesenfeld is doing the scoring and also conducting the symphony orchestra for the picture.