Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1936)

July 18, 1936 MANAGERS' ROUND TABLE 81 LAPINERE, PADGETT WIN IN JUNE; AWARDS ENTER LAST HALF OF 1936 Paris Theatreman Takes Down Quigley June Silver Plaque; Committee Votes the Bronze Plaque to Florida Manager by A-MIKE VOGEL AS Quigley Awards finish the sixth month of the hard-fought Competitions for 1936 and with July are set for the last half of this year's struggle for the monthly honors and the Grand Awards, France again comes to the fore with the announcement of the Judging Committee for June that the Silver Plaque has been voted to E. Lapinere, Olympia Theatre, Paris, for his entry on M-G-M's "Night at the Opera." Just a step behind for second honors, Del Padgett, manager, Capitol Theatre, Clearwater, Fla., is awarded the Bronze Plaque, for his entry on Universal's "Show Boat." It's a first time for both of these showmen in the Quigley Awards, the two men being new comers to the Competitions. It's also a second-time for their situations in the Plaque listing, the Silver for January of this year having been voted to Rene Lebreton, of the Paramount Theatre, Paris, and the Silver for April, 1934, taken down by Walter Golden, of the Riverside Theatre, Jacksonville, Fla. Though the winners finished definitely in the clear, they were hard-pressed every inch of the way and the laddie who made it a ding-dong race from the starting bell was none other than that able Round Tabler and previous Grand and monthly Award winner, Bill Hendricks, skipper of the Warner Theatre, Memphis, who sent along a corking campaign on U. A.'s "Things to Come" that almost copped one of the big Prizes. Bill out-distanced the rest of the field to land the only First Mention given in June and be well deserves it. V V Seventeen entrants share tbe 15 Honorable Mentions given this month, the additional honors going to Harry Goldberg, of Philadelphia, and to Perry Spencer, of New York, for their cooperation on campaigns from the Boyd and Paradise theatres, respectively. New-comers are again to the fore with six of these entrants clicking for the first time. These include Lewis Black, John Judge, Lou Kussner, R. W. Rhodes, Vern Sicotte and Don Williams. Entries and addresses of these theatremen as well as the others honored this month will be found in detail on this page. To them are awarded the Sheepskin Certificates and these duly inscribed go forward shortly. The Quigley June Runners-Up First Mention Bill Hendricks, Manager, Warner, Memphis, Tenn. "Things To Come" Honorable Mentions Ray Bell, Publicist, Palace, Washington, D. C. "Under Two Flags" Lewis Black, Manager, Queen, Wilmington, Del. "And Sudden Death" Harry Botwick, Manager, M. & P. State, Portland, Me. "And Sudden Death" Les Bowser, Manager, Harris-Warren, Warren, Pa. "Show Boat" Jerry DeRosa, Manager, Perry Spencer, Publicist, Loew's Paradise, Bronx, N. Y. "Show Boat" Douglas George, Manager, Parker Theatre, Darby, Pa. "Pasteur" Steve Barutio, Manager, Harry Goldberg, Publicist, Warner Boyd, Philadelphia, Pa. "White Angel" George Irwin, Manager, Lyceum, Duluth, Minn. "Show Boat" John Judge, Manager, Loew's Lincoln Sq., New York City. "Mr. Deeds" Lou Kussner, Manager, Apollo, Martinsburg, W. Va. "Mr. Deeds" Les Pollock, Manager, Loew's Rochester, Rochester, N. Y. "Trouble for Two" R. W. Rhodes, Manager, New Weller, Zanesville, O. "Hit and Run" Raleigh Sharrock, Manager, Malco Palace, Morrilton, Ark. "Mr. Deeds" Vern Sicotte, Manager, Majestic, Grand Rapids, Mich. "Great Ziegfeld" Don Williams, Manager, Colonial, Brooklyn, N. Y. "Under Two Flags" The Quigley Awards now round into the back stretch as entries for the seventh month begin to arrive. In but a few months the fast-flying theatremen will be thundering down the home stretch in a great race to decide the winners of the year's Grand honors. Now is the time to bear down. With the hot weather upon us, the winners for the next two months should most certainly be remembered for their efforts in putting over the campaign to be selected by the Judges. It's a cinch that the man who does not allow the heat to beat him in telling the folks about his shows is going to be considered tops in any man's competitions, and that's a quiet tip to ambitious showmen hoping to win one of the remaining Quigley Plaques and now laying plans to do so. "Have You Contributed Lately?" Wihon, at Left, and Rose Show Lobby Theatre Sponsors Annual Rose Show For top results, nothing put over at the theatre has exceeded the results obtained by Manager Walter Wilson, Capitol, Edmonton, Alberta, Can., from his annual rose show, started five years ago and now grown to be one of the biggest institutional events. By arrangements with leading seedsmen, rose bushes are available for 40 cents each, but can be secured at this price only by filling out coupon found in special booklet gotten out by Ward and distributed only at the theatre to patrons. Booklet is 12 pages and in addition to all possible information on proper growing of roses, carries art and copy on the Capitol. So far, in 1936, Ward reports over 8,000 books given away. The drive is a year-round proposition. During the winter time, regular period on theatre's weekly broadcast is allowed for talk on rose culture, how they should be cared for in the cold weather and how to secure the bushes at the low prices. Wind up each year is a Rose Show staged in the lobby of the theatre and last year over 2,000 entries were reported. One hundred dollars in prizes was donated by merchants and for this year newspaper is giving silver trophy for best rose in the show. Further plugs were given with co-op page containing ads and contest information and there were of course a lot of prominently placed stories. Accompanying photo shows portion of the lobby at one of the shows with Wilson to left, who reports that at show time, held during hottest days of the year, average business is tripled. Wilson writes that interested managers may obtain booklets by writing him at the address above.