The New York State Exhibitor (1933)

THE NEW YORK STATE EXHIBITOR Jul 1 O’ 3 3 21 Heard In Heard In UEWBURGH Quittner Sidelight TLIZABETH State and Show Shop Announcement that Edward Quitt¬ ner’s appeal in his anti-monopoly case against distributors will soon be filed in United States Circuit Court in New Vaude Coming Back Up At Auction to Liberty ST AT E AND SHOW SHOP, two of the three theatre properties of the Quittners in Middletown, are to be put up at auction July 13 under foreclosure by the Merchants' National Bank, trustee under a mortgage of the Middletown Combined Building Co. First and refunding 7 per cent 20-year mortgage bonds are in default. . . . Cameo, Highland, has reopened under new management, with drive to keep home folk from going to Pough¬ keepsie, t’other side of Hudson. . . . New State Normal School facilities, New Paltz, have improved prospects. for the Colonial. . . . Apollo, started in Beacon a few years ago by Louis Baracca, formerly manager of the house in Wappingers Falls, in competition with the Paragon, has been closed indefinitely under an arrangement effected by the B. J. M. Amuse¬ ment Corporation, owner of the Paragon. . . . Latter house, closed in late months for im¬ provements. has reopened under the manage¬ ment of Benjamin Ginsberg. NEWBURGH THEATRES are confronted by summer theatre projects in two directions Elverhoj a few miles to the north and Orange Lake a few miles to the west. . . . Women of Highland, Milton and Marlboro sold hundreds of tickets for a church benefit in the Cameo, Highland. PARAMOUNT, PEEKSKILL, assembled the village’s prettiest girls and held a bathing beauty parade. . . . State and Stratton, Mid¬ dletown, independent management, have drop¬ ped to a dime for matinees. . . . Skouras’ Rockland. Nvack, sends two home town girls to Atlantic City as result of bathing beauty contest. . . . Hudson River showboat has been stationed for the season in Tappan Zee. . . . Summer legit theatres in Mid-Hudson section are as numerous as ever, but managers are unruffled, claiming prices are too high to inter¬ est regular movie patrons. . . . Broadway, Haverstraw, has installed new cooling system. . . . Both Star and Rialto. Hudson, are pre¬ senting ’em double. . . . Suffern High School commencement was held in the Lafavette. . . . Broadway CPublix), Newburgh, reduces mat¬ inee top to 25c. Heard In ' H UPSON COUNTY “Gold Diggers” Makes Two Weeks STANLEY held “Gold Diggers" for second week. . . . Doorman Tommy Edwards pro¬ moted to assistant manager of the DeWitt, becoming aide to Tony Williams. . . . Larry Conley, attired in gray, sizing up the Stanley lobby display. . . . George Cohan, manager, Transfer, North Bergen, has complained to the Hudson County Boulevard Commission about traffic conditions in front of the theatre. Open Airdromes Shift A change of ownership has taken place in the four open air theatres erected by Local 306 and scheduled to be operated as beer gardens by Lee Ochs. Motion Picture Exhibition Corporation, Max Hoffman and Cy Barr, have taken over the quartet. ceedings, which were for triple dam¬ ages, allegedly sustained in the Middletown field. Hudson River managers feel sym¬ pathy for Quittner, who was operating the State and the Stratton, and whose holding company was meeting its obli¬ gations, until a few years ago. Then the expansion campaign of a chain company reached Middletown, and a rival house was built at large cost, making good patronage difficult for all, as claimed. It was Quittner’s conten¬ tion that Middletown, a city of 20,000, was already over-seated, and it was be¬ cause of this that the Show Shop was kept closed. Now the veteran manager is seeing his property go at foreclosure. Heard In P A $ $ A I C Garret Voorman H as Own Ideas _ By EyeEss _ MR. AND MRS. MAX HECPIT (he runs the Rialto) entertained 200 guests at formal dance at Ritz ballroom for Miss Florence Hecht, daughter of Harry, who owns the Rialto. . . . Strand, Clifton (Pashman Bros.), has resumed showing of foreign talkies. . . . Majestic, Paterson, put on big advertising for “Seventh Commandment.” . . . During recent cold spell, several of Paterson houses still dis¬ played “20 degrees cooler inside” signs. GARRET VOORMAN, Montauk, says Pas¬ saic needs “I Never Ran for Commissioner Club.” . . . Carlstadt Baptist Church (Rev. Chas. Leach, pastor) gave benefit show at Rex, East Rutherford (Gottesman). . Montauk is planning “Miss Montauk” con¬ test, with trip to Atlantic City as prize. . . . Bill Weiss, Canitol, revived Mae West’s “She Done Him Wrong,” and “42nd Street,” with splendid results. FD New Product Begins First Division will shortly begin distribu¬ tion of “I Have Lived,” with Anita Page and Alan Dinehart and “By Appointment Only,” with Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle, first from Chesterfield and Invincible. These are the first two pictures on the 19331934 schedule. Lesson Barbara Stanwyck, who is reported to have sunk plenty into her revue, should know something of the troubles of production. So when a salary ques¬ tion comes up, she can at least appreci¬ ate the fact that it is better to work for than to be worked for. MISS HILDA ROTHENBERG, 19, was chosen Warner Brothers' “Miss Sunshine” at finals at Branford, Newark. . . . Other the¬ atres represented by runners-up were : Garfield, Paterson ; Wellmont, Montclair ; Union, Union ; Eureka and Oritani, Hackensack ; Hudson, Kearny; Sanford, Irvington; Central, Jersey City; Goodwin and Tivoli, Newark; Baker, Dover ; Capitol, Passaic ; and Roosevelt, Newark. . . . Each runner-up awarded watch valued at $250. . . . William R. Mueller, oper¬ ator, Regent, was unable to continue showing of films because of interference of electrical storm. . . . “Gold Diggers of 1933” was held over for eleven days at Liberty, Plainfield. . . . Sunday performances given before large audi¬ ences. . . . Candy shop opened in foyer of Ritz. . . . Lou Weislogel, stage manager, Ritz, is also a city tax assessor. . . . Talk of re¬ suming vaudeville at Liberty, Elizabeth, “Pop” Bang, veteran stage hand, has gone into defi¬ nite retirement. . . . George Cushing con¬ tinued as head of county’s motion picture operators’ union. . . . Cocalis’ Park house, Roselle Park, has adopted double-features. ROSLYN, Roselle, is still non-union. . . . Howard Richardson, Regent operator, has taken up dancing. . . . Mrs. John J. Molson, former secretary to manager, Ritz, is the mother of a bouncing baby boy. . . . Regent has installed giant cooling plant. . . . Ed¬ ward Schnarr and Ethel Keen were wed on stage of Liberty. . . . Great Lester, magi¬ cian, played return engagement at Oxford. Plainfield. . . . The Opera House has re¬ opened in New Brunswick. Roth, Strand, Summit, branching into vaudeville, held Master Rus-syl, magician, for week-long engagement. Violet McGrath, former cashier, Ritz, has opened a beer tavern. . . . Huber, magician, gave away live rabbits at Ritz children’s matinee. Leighton Host Bert C. Leighton, resident manager, War¬ ner, Utica, has just been awarded first prize for maintaining high gross receipts among houses in the Albany zone for an eight week period. Prize was $75. Jack Breislen, manager, Utica, was given sec¬ ond award, $65, while third prize, $55, went to Harry Watts manager, Keeney Theatre, Elmira. Characteristic of Leighton, he did not pocket the award. Instead he engaged a private dining¬ room at Hotel Utica and sponsored a spread and all the good things that go with it for the staffs of the three local houses under his direc¬ tion — Stanley, Utica and Avon. Flynn Slated for AMPA The board of directors of the Associated Motion Pictures Advertisers, Inc., has nomi¬ nated John C. Flynn, Paramount publicity exec¬ utive, to be president of the organization for the coming term. Nominees will be elected at the organization’s first meeting in September. Other nominees include Rutgers Neilson for vice-president, Paul Benjamin for treasurer and A1 Sherman for secretary. Nominated for the board of directors are Marvin Kirsch, Hal Horne, Edward Finney, Charles Einfeld, Bill Ferguson, Paul Gulick and Gabe Yorke. Kelcey Allen was nominated a three-year trustee.