Motion Picture News (Oct-Dec 1929)

1270 Motion Picture News MANAGER!' KCLND TABLE CLUB ^= The MANAGERS' Mr. & Mrs. Murphy round table club •p, T T Tir' u hastens to extend its hearti .T resent US With est congratulations to Mr. Another Member ?"d Mrs fEu T MurP.hy (Manager of the Community Theatre, in Catskill, N. Y.), who just announced the birth of a son, born on September the eighth. If the youngster grows up to be any sort of a chip of the old block then you can enroll him for membership right now, "E. T.," because we are always on the lookout for showmen, and we don't care how young we get 'em. Just the same, best of luck and health to the whole family. Mg In addition to his many other fine activities, Manager R. S. Roddick of the Capitol Theatre, London, r. R. S. Roddick Ontario Can., prepared and executed an unusual hAlK "Fair Week" Helped Business For WEEK policy. All visitors to the Fair were invited to attend a special morning show before they went to the Fair grounds, and he coined a new slogan "Rest at the Capitol." This slogan was stressed, and resulted in the Capitol Theatre being mentioned quite as often as the Fair itself. We are certainly glad to pass on any of Mr. Roddick's activities because we know that he is on the job, and that many other managers can use his ideas to good advantage. Filing his application for H. C. Roemer Finds membership in the MAN^ii*-ii r\c AGERS' ROUND TABLE Club Columns Ul CLUB, H. Conrad Roemer, Clrrat Vnlne & \\c\ who conducts a motion pic ureai v aiue oc aiu ture column in the South. east Herald, a weekly publication in Washington, D. C, informs us that he expects to become a Press Agent and Publicist in one of the first run theatres in Washington. We certainly are delighted to welcome Mr. Roemer into the swelling ranks of the ROUND TABLERS, and we feel that his contributions to these pages will make mighty interesting and profitable reading to every one of us. We shall look forward to hearing from this new member in the immediate future, and we sincerely trust that he will include a photograph of himself with his first article. In this way we will feel that we know him better. How about this, H. C, don't you think you ought to get right in the swim? Thanks anyway in advance. Clarence Dolan says: "/ have been following this section of MOTION PICTURE NEWS with more than usual interest. Conditions as they have been for several months make any suggestions that might prove a stimulant to the box office more than welcome. And that is just what this section of the NEWS has been." Manager, Legion Theatre, Wayland, N. Y. The Show-World In furnishing your photoG.B. Odium A Well graPh for possible reproduc■wr i^. T tion on the CLUB pages in Known h-lgure In the NEWS, it should not be construed as being "free" publicity. We rather take the attitude that in this business a man is far better off when we broadcast his accomplishments, his ability and his experiences, and we are able to show what he looks like. Very often we form an entirely wrong impression of a man and make up our minds, prematurely, as to what he really looks like when reading about his various exploits and activities. All of this preamble leads us up to the point where we want to introduce to our many members and readers Mr. G. B. Odium, the progressive resident manager of the Capitol Theatre, in Elmira. N. Y. G. B.'s experience in the show business is mighty well-known around the Eastern part of the country, and since he joined the CLUB, he is becoming equally as well-known in the West and South. This is exactly as it should be, because the CLUB is the Manager's mouth-piece with which he is able to broadcast what he is doing. Not only, for the sake of what benefits he personally may derive, but for whatever value or use it may be to his brother members. After all it is but another way of saying "ALL FOR U.XE AND ONE FOR ALL." We couldn't possibly conclude a story about "G. B." without saying that his latest little stunt was an unusually attractive telephone index for the home with the Capitol Theatre prominently displayed on the front cover and for which the merchants paid all the charges while he did the distributing of it. You probably heard of this one many times before, but if you want to see something that really is outstanding and above the average, drop a line to "G. B." and ask him for a copy of it. More about "G. B." later on. I. L. Morton Combines Youthful Pep With His Job This story is just by way of introducing to you another "young" blood in the show business, so step up and make the acquaintance of Mr. I. L. Morton, the energetic manager of the Carolina Theatre, in Hamlet, N. C. We were sort of hoping to dig up some "dope" about this veiling chap to pass on with tli i story, but unfortunately we did nut have the time to dig into it right at this particular moment. However, Morton, you can come to our rescue with a short letter, telling us a lot about your past experiences and what you are doing to sell the pictures and the shows down in Hamlet. Come along, and don't keep us waiting. The Round Table Club is just becoming old enough to appreciate watching some of these youngsters grow-up to bigger and better showmen.