Motion Picture Daily (July–Sept 1938)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Monday, July 18, 1938 4 Purely Personal ► WILLIAM WOBBER, brother of Herman Wobber, 20th CenturyFox distribution head, returned over the week-end with his wife to San Francisco via the Panama Canal, from an extended European trip. R. A. McNeil, San Francisco circuit head, and Mrs. McNeil, who accompanied the Wobber s to Europe, will return in a month. • Carl Leserman, assistant general sales manager for Warners; Roy Haines, eastern and Canadian sales manager, and Norman H. Moray, Vitaphone sales manager, returned over the weekend from a sales trip to Toronto. • William G. Van Schmus, managing director of the Music Hall, and Mrs. Van Schmus and Bob Wilby, Paramount theatre partner in Atlanta, and Mrs. Wilby sailed Saturday on the Conte di Savoia for vacations. • James R. Grainger, Republic president, will return today from Boston and other New England points where he set two circuit deals. Jack Bellman, eastern district manager, who accompanied him, returned Friday. • E. L. Rutledge,, 20th Century-Fox managing director in New Zealand, is expected here in two weeks from London en route to his headquarters in Wellington, via the coast. He left New York for London recently. • Gilbert Golden, Warners' ad production manager, has installed a red rain jacket on his new convertible Chrysler coupe. He prefers not to use the original top. • Gilbert Josephson, director of the World Theatre here and the Lincoln at New Haven, will handle a series of film presentations at the Woodstock Art Cinema, Woodstock, N. Y. • Lillian Fischer, former Paris representative for Vogue, who has been fashion consultant on "Artists and Models Abroad" for Paramount, will return today from the coast. • Roger Marchetti, Los Angeles film attorney, sailed on the Conte di Savoia Saturday for Italy where he will discuss his proposal for production there by Americans. • Nicholas M. Schenck, president of M-G-M, will arrive on the coast today for conferences with studio executives. He is expected to return in about 10 days. • En Harrison, former film trade paper reporter, is now associated with the American Federation of Actors as editor of The A.F.A. Reporter, the organization's official publication. • Mort Bltjmen stock left for the coast Friday instead of Thursday as originally planned. He will be gone about 10 days. • Harold Llovd spent two days at Atlantic City at the Elks' convention. • Andrew Stone, Paramount direc tor, is due in today with a production Critics Like Lloyd's Film, Find ' 'A Igiers "Absorbing New York's daily newspaper critics ware" a funny and gag-studded show, ing film. Excerpts from their reviews "Professor Beware" Herald Tribune — The great tradition of screen comedy is continued brilliantly. . . . An exceedingly funny blend of pantomime, farce and slapstick. Journal American — . . . It's a diverting and speedy comedy, filled with an assortment of funny gags. . . . Up to his (Lloyd's) customary screen standard. Mirror — The timeless Mr. Lloyd continues the master of gag comedy. . . . It's grand fun, a speedy unreeling of elaborate gags. News — . . . ."Professor Beware" is worth waiting for. . . . He knows how to make people laugh . . . studded with gags. Post — . . . Lovers of the movie past and those who are easily amused by traditional slapstick will be gratified. Sun — . . . First rate slapstick comedy. . . . Mr. Lloyd has not neglected excitement. . . . Has more thrills than most melodramas. Times — ... A mildly amusing picture. . . . The comedian still holds the copyright on one of the most successful formula in the motion picture business. W orld-Tclcgram — ... A gently vigorous farce, it is full of gags. . . . The star and his expert cast will give you a jolly time. found Harold Lloyd's "Professor Beand "Algiers" a stirring and absorbfollow. "Algiers" Herald-Tribune — A savage and absorbing story. ... It has been handsomely treated. . . . Charles Boyer's portrayal magnificent. Journal-Ameriacn — "Algiers" is a fascinating picture. . . . The film is decidedly superior entertainment . . . an exciting piece. Mirror — Extravagantly produced, it stars Charles Boyer at the head of a fascinating cast ... an extraordinarily pretentious melodrama. News — ... A unique picture, replete with charm and romance and as entertaining as it is different. . . ."Algiers" has unlimited appeal. Post — ... A handsomely produced romantic melodrama. . . . The performances are good. . . . Will be remembered because it introduces Hedy Lamarr to us. Sun — . . .Picturesque . . . has occasional witty lines. Times — ... It is a fascinating drama of a manhunt. . . . There are terror and suspense in a chase. . . . Few films this season, or any other, have sustained their mood so brillliant ly. World-Telegram— ... A tasty dish of melodramatics ... a superior job. . . . The acting, too, is exceptional. Trade Ad Award Vote] Led Ampa Divisions staff to get background material for "Say It in French." • Alan F. Cummings, in charge of M-G-M exchange operations, will return today from Boston and New Haven. e William A. Scully, Universal general sales manager, will return to New York today from a tour of the companv's southern branches. • John Dowd, RKO Theatres advertising and publicity head, returns to his office today from a vacation in the Poconos. • Bernard J. Gottlieb, who is to be succeeded by Al Crown as Paris manager for Grand National, formerly was manager in Spain for Columbia. • Roy Rogers, Republic western star, has arrived on coast following an extended personal appearance tour. • Earle W. Hammons, Educational Pictures president, is expected back in New York today from the coast. • . . . Indianapolis Marc J. Wolf of Theatrical Managers, Inc., was married recently to Bernice Dellinger in the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation Temple here. Joe Halloran, assistant manager of Loew's, is on a vacation trip through the East. • . . . Pittsburgh Dean McCloskey is the new manager of the Beacon in Squirrel Hill. Joe and Mrs. Feldman have left for Lake Baptiste in Canada for their vacation. Dick Powell's fighter, Billy Soose, and Paul Moss, his manager, have arrived here from Hollywood for Soose's local ring debut. Ted Tolley has been elected president of the M-G-M employes' Pep Club. Joe Hiller's wife has gone back to the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for observation. Hughes Shipments Heavy The Air-Express Division of the Railway Express Agency handled 533 shipments of film and photos weighing 2,240 pounds, following the Howard Hughes reception here on Thursday and Friday. Three special clerks worked in eight-hour shifts in each of the five distribution agencies to handle the heavy traffic. Students to Visit Astor A total of 1,700 graduate summer school students at Columbia, New York University and Hunter College will visit the "Marie Antoinette" Museum at the Astor Theatre this afternoon. Other group invitations also have gone out. "Algiers" Opens Strong "Algiers" recorded the biggest opening day at the Music Hall since "Marco Polo" several weeks ago with a take of $12,500. Alexander Toastmaster Pittsburgh, July 17. — James Alexander, Republic manager here, will be toastmaster at the luncheon at the William Penn Hotel Tuesday in honor of James R. Grainger, Republic president. Members of the Variety Club will attend in a body. Analysis of the voting on the Ampa awards shows that 19 pictures were voted on in the advertising directed to the trade. This was the leading division. Next in number was the display division, also a subject in which exhibitors are interested. There were 16 in this classification. In the all-around division there were 15; in the publicity division M : the campaigns directed to the 13. S^' Monroe Greenthal received congratulations over the weekend for his work on "Hurricane." His work on this picture won a first in the display division, a second in the all-around division, and a spot among the first 10 of the year. Another United Artists picture, "A Star Is Born," also was among the first 10. Jack Dunn Dead Hollywood, July 17. — Jack Dunn, 21, Olympic skating champion, died Friday in Hollywood Hospital. He had been scheduled to play in Edward Small's "The Duke of West Point." Jack Hulbert in U. S. Quebec, July 17.— Jack Hulbert, British screen comedian, arrived here yesterday on the Empress of Australia en route to Hollywood, on what he says will be his first Americanmade film. Dunlap, Carr in Today Scott R. 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