Movie Age (1927)

AUGUST 13, 1927 PAGE 11 Don Othmer, 23, Omaha Hired By Eastman Kodak Co. To Make Films Safe With several scientific developments already to his credit, Donald F. Othmer the 23 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Othmer of this city, who has held the Edward Rosewater scholarship for five years, has just been selected by the Eastman Kodak Company to develop a process for cheapening the manufactured cost of safety or fireproof film. “We are very proud of Donald Oth¬ mer,” said Miss Belle Ryan, assistant su¬ perintendent of the Omaha public schools. “His record alone would prove that Edward Rosewater was a very farseeing man when he established the Scholarship.” Mr. Rosewater’s will provided that the scholarship should be granted only to the son of an Omaha mechanic who had completed all of the manual training work offered in the Omaha High School. His idea was to fortify labor, to make leaders as academically sound as those in the professions. “But it is rather difficult to find a boy that qualifies, and Donald Othmer has been awarded the scholarship for five years.” Donald’s father is listed in the city directory as a sheet metal worker. New Orpheum Nearing Completion; Opens Oct. 1 The new Orpheum theatre, a 3,000 seat house which is being built in Omaha, is rapidly nearing completion, and will probably be ready for opening about October 1st. There will be two entrances, one on Harney Street which is being built with the building and the other on Sixteenth Street. The Sixteenth Street entrance is being made at considerable added ex¬ pense, because it was necessary to tear out several stores in the City National Bank Building to make room for it. The lobby of this entrance is the entire depth of the Bank Building. The ornamental plastering is being done at this time, and the decorators will start work shortly. Plattsmouth, Neb., — After August 7, the Parmale theatre will be closed for extensive repairs and changes. A Wurlitzer pipe organ is to be installed in the theatre by the management, Cloidt & Moore. Omaha, Neb. — Mrs. Sarah H. Joslyn has sold property at Fortieth and Dovenport streets as a site for a Community Playhouse. AN APOLOGY In last issue of the Movie Age there appeared a full page ad from Pathe and through an error of the printers the names of Walter Branson and H. A. Kaufman appeared as branch managers. The proof was plainly marked to omit these names but it was not done. Earl Tyler, 32, Dies From Injuries; Bomb Explodes At Balloon Ascension Earl Tyler, 32, motion picture oper¬ ator at the Lothrop theatre in Omaha, and also a parachute jumper and aerial acrobat, died at the Lincoln (Nebraska) general hospital last Sunday as a result of injuries sustained in an aerial ex¬ plosion at Firth, Nebraska, Saturday night. Tyler, who made his home at the Mil¬ lard Hotel in Omaha, and his partner Arthur Bluto, projectionist at the Circle theatre in Omaha, whose home is in Council Bluffs, Iowa, were in partnership for a series of night balloon ascension and parachute jumps, and the fatal trip at Firth was intended to be the last for this trip, both men being due back to their theatre work Sunday. Tyler had just left the ground after Bluto had filled the big bag with heated air, and canned with him an illuminating bomb to be set off at a height of about two thousand feet. Tyler had barely left the ground, being only about 75 feet in the air when the bomb exploded prematurely, tearing off most of Tyler’s left hand and most of the flesh from his legs, and causing a number of abdominal cuts. Knowing that it would be certain death to try a parachute leap at so short a distance, Tyler held on with his right hand until an altitude of about five hun¬ dred feet was reached, when he cut loose and made a safe landing, in spite of his burns and loss of blood. “Can’t anyone get me out of this,” he cried as the ropes of the parachute tangled about him. He was given first aid and rushed to the Lincoln hospital, but failed to rally after blood transfusions were resorted to. The funeral was held in Kearney, Ne¬ braska under the auspices of his local union. Hastings, Neb. — A $400,000 theatre for Hastings is included in the program of the Omaha Suburban Theater Com¬ pany, according to announcement. The company is headed by George O. Mon¬ roe and Calvin Bard, who also head the Hastings Theatres, Inc., the company owning 'the Rivoli and the Strand theaters here. Omaha Film Board Wins Case Against “Bicycling” Exhibitor and Fine of $250 In the first case of bicycling to be considered by the Omaha Board of Arbritration, the Board made an award in favor of the exchange against the ex¬ hibitor for the amount of $250.00. The exhibitor admitted that he played the picture in a town for which he had no contract, and the award was made in ac¬ cordance with the United States copy¬ right law which reads as follows: “That if any person shall infringe the copyright in any work protected under the copyright laws of the United States such person shall be liable* **to pay to the copyright proprietor such damages as the copyright proprietor may have suf¬ fered due to the infringement as well as all the profits which the infringer shall have made from such infringement, and in proving profits the plaintiff shall be required to prove sales only and the de¬ fendant shall be required to prove every element of costs which he claims, or in lieu of actual damages and profits, such damages as to the court shall appear to be just, and in assessing such damages the court may, in its discretion allow the amounts hereinafter stated*** and such damages shall in no other case exceed the sum of five thousand dollars nor be less than the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars and shall not be regarded as a penalty.” Movie Age has been asked to withhold the name of the exchange and exhibitor involved in this case, and is informed that several other alleged cases are be¬ ing investigated at present and from now on a sharp lookout will be kept for such cases. Eric Albertson Succeeds Berman As New Lake Mgr. Eric Albertson, formerly of Des Moines, has been appointed manager of the New Lake Theatre in Omaha, suc¬ ceeding Bill Bergman, popular young manager, who has accepted a position as head of a house in Sioux City, la. Bergman had scores of friends here who will wish him success in his new con¬ nection. Albertson, the new manager, has had a wide experience in newspaper work and in the theatrical field. M. Biemond, the golfing exhibitor from Loup City, Nebraska was in Omaha on business last week. Mr. Biemond is getting anxious for the Movie Age tour¬ nament, and he has always made a very fine showing at the previous meets. He says he don’t expect to win the champ¬ ionship, but will be on hand anyway. In fact, he has already sent in his entry fee of $5v00.