The New York State Exhibitor (1933)

10 Jan25'33 THE NEW YORK STATE EXHIBITOR Buffalo Fund Up An organization is being perfected by the employees of the various film distributors in the Buffalo zone for the purpose of creating a permanent fund to be applied to the relief of those members of the industry who are in need thereof. Sid Samson and A1 Barnett are the arrangement committee. Meeting held recently was addressed by L. E. Blumenfeld, Ralph Maw, Harry Seed, Bill Bork. ‘Heard In' E L 1 Z A B E T H George Kelly Honored — Westfield Vaude GEORGE KELLY, former Ritz man¬ ager, now in like capacity at the Oritani. Hackensack, was presented with a gold honorary membership card in Local 80, Theatrical Stage Employees. . . . Vaudeville has gone from the Liberty... . . Rialto, Westfield, is talking weekly vaudeville. . . . Such system now in vogue in Oxford, Plainfield. . . . Lou Weislogel, stage manager. Ritz, has been down with the grippe. . . . Place was filled by John Harrigan. . . . Band leader on the stage is a perrnanent fixture at the Oxford. . . . “Romance of Cranford,” with an all-Cranford cast, was screened at the North Avenue Theatre, that place. . . . An¬ other film, showing Westfield-Cranford football game, also pleased. A HOSPITAL LIEN CLAIM has been posted with the county clerk against the Liberty, as a result of an accident to a patron of the house. . . . Regent has brought matinee prices down to a dime. . . . Execu¬ tive of Skouras chain hooped in at the Lib¬ erty the other day. . . . That dinner for John Bechtle, stage employees’ head, is just around the corner. . . . They’ve painted the foyer of the Ritz in lily white. . . . Sunday shows get a break from suburban residents. . . . “Pop” Bang has gone into definite re¬ tirement. MME. EUGENIE’S dancing kiddies, an all-Elizabeth troupe, 'caught on at the Ritz. . . . Linden has some 16,000 residents, but only one picture house. . . . Mayfair. Hill¬ side, sits tight with a steady patronage. . . . Only about a half-dozen houses in New Jer¬ sey operating with daily vaudeville pro¬ grams. . . . Stage entrances of all city thea¬ tres have their walls adorned with many “rooms to rent” signs. . . . Warner Brothers have ordered a cut down on free passes. . . . And so it goes. Canastota Gloomy Depression has hit the town of Canastota such a hard blow that the folks are without movie fare entirely since the closing of the Avon, town’s single motion picture house. Crabill Visits Ralph E. Crabill, Warner Brothers’ dis¬ trict manager, Jamestown, spent four days recently in Buffalo with Lou Lazar and Wilburt Grant, booking pictures for Jamestown district. “ The Cheyenne Kid From Radio Tom Keene and Roscoe are the leads in the Radio show of that name. Warner Men Meet Lou Lazar, Warner Brothers zone man¬ ager, with headquarters in Albany, called a meeting on January 16 at Olean, to which managers of the Jamestown district were invited. Those attending were: Fred Walters, Palace, Jamestown; Jack Mahar, Winter Garden, Jamestown; Nick Kauffman, Fam¬ ily Theatre, Batavia; Dalton Burgett, Capi¬ tol, Dunkirk; Sidney Mattison, Diana, Medina; Fred Weinberg, Babcock, Wellsvilie; Thomas E. Roberts, Havens and State Theatres, Olean. Accompanying Lazar was Wilbur B. Grant, Warner Brothers’ booking representative. Present also was Ralph E. Crabill, district manager, with headquarters in Jamestown. Syracuse Slash Sought Police and License Committee of the Syracuse Common Council will consider the request of theatre operators for a re¬ duction in the present license fee, running at present up to $300. A delegation present¬ ing the request to Mayor Rolland B. Mar¬ vin, directed attention to the slump in patronage and the fact that box-office tariffs have been considerably lowered. Plank Succeeds Lorence Herman Lorence, manager, Strand and Cataract Theatres, Niagara Falls, has re¬ tired. He is succeeded by George Plank, who, for nearly seven years last passed, has been advertising director for ParamountPublix in the southeastern section. Plank has had a wide and varied career in the¬ atrical work, having been theatre manager and advertising director for ParamountPublix for 14 years. He has established a home at 1310 James Street, where he in¬ tends to reside with his wife, six-year-old daughter and his mother-in-law, Mrs. A. C. Hall. Rochester Grosses Up Rochester managers are agreed that the entertainment business in this city is defi¬ nitely on the climb. First noticed just be¬ fore the first of the year and steadily grow¬ ing. Week-end receipts are better than any time during the past two years and standup business is becoming frequent. Incorporations Theatre Supply and Service Company Inc., of Man¬ hattan. To deal in motion picture equipment, etc. And U’s “The Big Cage,” “Destination Unknown,” and “They Just Had to Get Married” are recognized. Clyde Beatty , Betty Compson and Others