Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1946)

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Major Bowes^ 71^ Noted Showman Long IIU Dies A Solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass for Major Edward Bowes, known to millions for his "Amateur Hour" radio program, was celebrated last Monday by his Eminence, Francis Cardinal Spellman, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City. Death came to the showman June 13, on the eve of his seventy second birthday, at his estate at Rumson, N. J. Major Bowes was a vice president and director of the MoreMajor Edward Bowes ^^^L Realty Corporation, owner of the Capitol theatre, New York, and managing director of that theatre from its opening in 1918 until 1941. Earlier he had made his home in San Francisco, operating exclusively in real estate. In 1905 he retired from business, but the San Francisco fire of 1906 wiped out his fortune and he was forced to begin again. In association with John Cort and Peter McCourt, he acquired and operated the Cort theatre in New Y'ork and the Park Square in Boston. In 1918, in association with Messmore Kendall, he built the Capitol, supervising the designing and construction. In the early days of radio when theatre managers considered the new invention a threat to their business. Major Bowes startled his associates by putting the Capitol stage show on the air in 1922. This feature, "Major Bowes' Capitol Family," remained an outstanding Sunday morning program over CBS until May, 1941. At that time it was the oldest network program on the air. Program Extremely Popular While a vice-president of Metro-GoldwynMayer, Major Bowes managed radio station WHN, a local New York City station. It was on this station that the "Original Amateur Hour" had its first airing. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Ethel Bowes Smith, and her daughter, Mrs. Harry Byrne, Jr. Honorary pallbearers were Lucius Boomer, William A. Brady, Commissioner William F. Carey, Frank Crowninshield, Byron C. Foy, John Golden, Rube Goldberg, Abner Goldstone, Will H. Hays, K. T. Keller, Messmore Kendall, Judge Joseph V. McKee, Judge John P. O'Brien, William S. Paley, Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach, Philip Rosenbach, Frank Ready, J. Robert Rubin, Nicholas M. Schenck, Lee Shubert, Walter Vincent, A. Vanderzee, David Warfield and James H. Ward. IN NEWSREELS MOVIETONE NEWS— Vol. 28, No. 83— Nazis on trial. . . . New Navy rocket. . . . Oil refinery fire. . . . Operation Crossroads. . . . Jap industry of pearl culture. . . . Silly seals. . . . Rodeos. MOVIETONE NEWS, Vol. 28, No. 84— Atomic bomb control plan. . . . Paris meeting of Big Four. . . . Inauguration of Feron. . . . Howard Hughes' flying boat. . . . Fashions. . . . U. S. open golf tournament. . . . Heavyweight diving. NEWS OF THE DAY, Vol. 17, Nou 281— U. S. envoys off to Paris. . . . Mighty American rocket. . . . Zero-hour for cameramen on atom bomb test. . . . London in all-night revelry winds up Victory celebration. . . . New fashions in furs. . . . Rodeo thrills. NEWS OF THE DAY— Vol. 17, No. 282— Baruch asks world control of atom bomb. . . . Big Four meets. . . . Peron inaugurated. . . . World's largest plane. . . . Wounded G. I. wins golf crown. . . . Meet Mr. America. PARAMOUNT NEWS— No. 84— Oil fire. . . . Fashions in furs. . . . Big Four leaves for Paris. . . . Spotlight on Palestine. . . . New life-saving device demonstrated. . . . Victory day finale. PARAMOUNT NEWS^-No. 85— Peron takes over. . . . Marriage in Kentucky. . . . Big Four in Paris. . . . Baruch's atom bomb plan. . . . Golf championship. . . . Assault wins Dwyer stakes. RKO PATHE NEWS— Vol. 17, No. 86— Oil blaze in Indiana. . . London celebration. . . . Ambassador Smith in Moscow. . . . Ghandi leads Hindus in prayer. . . . Jap pearl growers back at work. . . . Australia sees richest foot race. . . . Cameramen ready for atom test. RKO PATHE NEWS— Vol. 17, No. 87— Peron inaugurated. . . . Big Four in Paris. . . . Baruch's atom plan. . . . Largest flying boat. . . . U. S National open golf tournament UNIVERSAL NEWS-VoI. 19, No. 511— Navy rocket tests. . . . Jap pearl culture. . . . Oil fire rages. . . . Personalities in the news. . . . Atom test nears. . . . Bronc busters. UNIVERSAL NEWS— Vol. 19, No. 512— U. S. offers atom bomb plan. . . . Big Four in Paris. . . . 100 years of peace. . . . World's biggest plane. . . . Peron takes oflfice. . . . Golf tournament. . . . Water skiing. Butterworth^ 46^ Film Comedian Charles Butterworth, 46, noted stage and screen comedian, died June 13 in Los Angeles of a fractured skull suffered in an automobile accident. Mr. Butterworth, known for a hesitant and fumbling brand of comedy, began his career 20 years ago, when he delivered a speech to an imaginary Rotary Club luncheon on the stage of a New York theatre. Before his stage success he was a lawyer who never practiced law, and a newspaper man who was never quite successful. Following his first stage success, he appeared in a number of Broadway revues, writing his own material. In 1930 he signed with Warner Brothers and went to Hollywood to appear in a succession of featured roles and to earn a reputation as a scene stealer. He made his screen debut in "Life of the Party" and later appeared in "The Cat and the Fiddle," "Forsaking All Others" and "Magnificent Obsession," among others. His most recent pictures were "This Is the Army" and "Follow the Boys." During the war he toured the European and Pacific theatres as an entertainer with the United Service Organizations. He is survived by five nephews and nieces. Services were held June 15 at Beverly Hills. Machinists Again Threaten Coast Work Stoppage The continued dispute over which Hollywood machinists can do what work boiled up this week to threaten another work stoppage. Both Painters Local 644 and Carpenters Local 946 have notified the major producers that they will refuse to work on sets to be used in film photographed by Technicolor cameras serviced by machinists who are not members of the International Association of Machinists, Local 1185. On the other hand, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has notified Columbia that if any Local 1185 machinists continue to be employed in the company's laboratory then lATSE locals will cease to perform laboratory work. The machinists have been the focal point of dispute ever since Local 1185 parted company with the American Federation of Labor. The Conference of Studio Unions holds that the local has the right to work on the lots; the lATSE claims that the local lost its right to work when it lost its AFL membership. Added to this, CSU locals have addressed demands to company presidents for immediate increases. Board members of the Association of Motion Picture Producers have been meeting on the coast and are believed to be discussing production problems in light of the machinists' dispute and the increases sought. Ba ird^ LedBritish Television Field John L. Baird, 58, British television pioneer, died at his home in Bexhill, Sussex, England, last Friday. Known as "the father of television," Mr. Baird was one of the outstanding inventors of the present generation and produced one of the first practical pieces of television apparatus for instantaneous transmission of scenes over a distance by wire or wireless. Director of his own company, he was actively engaged in research when he became ill last February. Mr. Baird gave the first demonstration of true television in Britain at the Royal Institution in January, 1926, and the British Broadcasting Corporation began its television service with the Baird system in September, 1929. Since 1941 he had been consulting technical adviser to Cable and Wireless, Ltd. Stanley Hanson Stanley Hanson, 42, manager of two motion picture theatres at Grants Pass, Oregon, died of a heart attack June 11. He was prominent in independent theatre groups. MOTION PICTURE HERALD. JUNE 22, 1946 55