Motion Picture Herald (Sep-Oct 1939)

September 16, 1939 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 73 Warner Stars at Palomar Opening Several Warner Brothers stars and featured players were to have attended the opening of the Fall season at John Danz's Palomar theatre in Seattle this week when the Warner-First National product has its initial showings there. "The Old Maid" will be the screen attraction. Included among the players expected to appear are Hugh Herbert, Gloria Dickson, John Payne, Ronald Reagan, Dennis Morgan, Claire Windsor, Lya Lys, Jane Gilbert, William Lundigan, Jean Parker, Maris Wrixson, Sella Bromley, Lucille Fairbanks and Nanette Fabares. Post Foreign Rights Post Pictures Corporation will continue to handle foreign rights to the single reel color short subjects, "Popular Science" and "Unusual Occupations," produced by Jerry Fairbanks and Robert Carlisle. The agreement covers the 1939-'40 output on the two series. Set Distribution Deal J. H. Hoffberg, president of the J. H. Hoffberg Company, has closed a deal with Sam Nathanson, general sales manager of Coast Pictures Corporation, to handle PIof¥berg's entire program in Southern California and Arizona. Coast Pictures was recently organized by Mr. Nathanson, formerly with Columbia ; Maurice L. Fischer and Irwin E. Meyer. Griffith Circuit Personnel Changes The Griffith Amusement Company has made the following changes in personnel in cities that it operates theatres: E. R. Slocum, operator of the El Caro theatre in El Reno, Okla., has taken charge of all Griffith theatres in that city including the Criterion, Empress and Royal in addition to the El Caro, which the circuit acquired from him. Mr. Slocum has become a Griffith partner in El Reno. Kenneth Blacklidge, who had been managing the El Reno theatres, has been transferred to Okmulgee, Okla., where he is now city manager for the circuit in charge of the Yale and Orpheum theatres. Turner Morrisett, city manager in Claremore, Okla., in charge of the Yale and Palace theatres there, has resigned and has been replaced by Calvin Council, who formerly managed the Wellington, Tex., theatres for the circuit. W. L. Turk, city manager at Sunray, Tex., has been transferred to the Wellington theatres. Charles Oliver, assistant manager at Pampa, Tex., for Griffith, has been promoted to city manager of the Sunray, Tex., houses. Ritter Continues Tour Tex Ritter is continuing his personal appearance tour through the South and West, in which he visits Alliance, Ohio ; Parkersburg and Moundsville, W. Va. ; McConnellville, Nelsonville, Chillicothe and Galipolis, Ohio ; Martin, Ashland and Cynthiana, Ky., and Ironton, Ohio. He returns to Hollywood and the Monogram studios September 20th. National Decency Legion Classifies 27 Pictures Of 27 pictures reviewed and classified by the National Legion of Decency in the past two weeks 19 were approved for general patronage, five were listed as unobjectionable for adults and three were cited as objectionable in part. The films and their classification follow. Class A-1, Unobjectionable for General Patronage: "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," "The Angels Wash Their Faces," "Babes in Arms," "Charlie Chan at Treasure Island," "Death Rides the Range," "Everything on Ice," "Fighting Gringo," "Flight at Midnight," "In Old Monterey," "Konga, the Wild Stallion," "The Man Who Dared," "Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase," "Nurse Edith Cavell," "Oklahoma Frontier," "Perpetual Sacrifice," "She Married a Cop," "The Television Spy," "Torchy Plays with Dynamite," "The Under-Pup." Class A-2, Unobjectionable for Adults : "Blackmail," "Dust Be My Destiny," "News Is Made at Night," "One Hour to Live," "The Witness Vanishes." Class B, Objectionable in Part: "Midnight Menace," "Royal Divorce," "The Women." Loew Shifts Ad Men Gene Murphy of the Loew's circuit advertising and publicity staff, is now handling newspaper contacts for the New York circuit and Loew's State advertising. George Sharf, who has been handling the State, has been placed in charge of Brooklyn newspaper contacts and Loew's Metropolitan publicity under Edward Dowden, Brooklyn publicity director. Should SHE surrender everything for his love? Or was it just an '1 ^ •It'-'