Paramount Punch (1930)

PARAMOUNT PUNCH. Our Bach Bage bf Front Page IVIevrs George Raft. Now get set for some brand new information ... the Neto Year production activities are to hand, and contain some rather Interesting castings and title changes. . . The New Year was ushered in with ‘"The Story of “A Bedtime Temple Drake' Story", "Pick-Up” apd “Under the T onto Rim " . . . Miriam Hopkins and George Raft are announced for "The Story of Temple Drake", this title is tentative, so that a change is likely. . . "A Bedtime Story ', is Chevalier’ s next . . . and you Will read more on this one elsewhere in this issue . . . "Pick-Up” will feature Sylvia Sidney and Cary Cooper on B. P. Schulberg’s programme, while Kent Taylor has the lead in Zone Crey’s "Under the T onto Rim”, which you may remember was produced by Paramount in the silent days . . . Continuing in Work are "The Accused IV Oman" with Nancy Carroll and Cary Grant. . . you have already had the pleasure of seeing this delightful Combination in "Hot Saturday" . . . "Good Company" and "Strictly Personal” are two more new pictures to have entered production. Personalities MISS BELL of N.S.W. accounts is at present on vacation with friends at Manly. C. Donaghey of N.S.W. Accounts is spending his annual Vacation mending punctures en route to Bunnerong Valley. Bill Hagon of Melbourne Branch is at present on his annual leave in Sydney. Bill is spending most of his time renewing old friendships. Harry Massina of the Melbourne Despatch Department is spending his annual Vacation touring Victoria on a push-hike. Freda Mardell, of the Melbourne Branch has been transferred to the Capitol Theatre for a fortnight to relieve Joan Casey, who is spending a holiday in Sydney. Miss N. T ate will carry on the good work in the Adelaide Accounts Department during the absence of Mr. Coodbead, who is in Sydney to be married. Beth McGregor of the Wellington office has the honour of being the first girl to ascend the Pinnacles of the Tararua Range. Not without mishap, however. Beth sustained severe bruises as the result of falling some three-hundred feet from a saddle of the range, but undaunted, she pluckily regained the last ground and completed the trip in good time. THE best Ad. Sales order re■ ceived this week was taken by Charlie Hale, of Sydney Branch, and covered the undermentioned material for “Love Me Tonight”, which was sold to an exhibitor at Lithgow: — 1 X 24s, 1 x 6s, 2 X 3s, 2 X 1s, 50 Daybills, 1,000 three-colour Couriers, Slides, Photos, Stereos and Trailer. Excellent reports in regard to our r ew one-colour Courier are still being received from Ad. Sales Managers. . George Hayes, of Launceston, advises that he is able to place 4,000 for all pictures on which they are prepared. The animated specs, novelty available on “Movie Crazy” is still finding ready sale to showmen ... A splendid sale of 4,000 was made by Otto Doepel, Advertising Manager in Wellington, while Andre Olsen, Manager of Batavia branch, was successful in making a sale of 2,000 to his first release house. It is certainly pleasing to notethe orders of 6 x 24 sheets each on "Lady and Gent", "The V anishing Frontier" and "The Broken Lullaby", which have just been received from Ron Lawn, Ad. Sales Manager of Perth branch. . . These 24-sheel orders are the first in a long time from Perth branch . . . Here's hoping that they will be a regular >Jealure in Ron's future orders for all releases. Cauatry of origin .Australia. Wholly .set up and printed by The Market Printery Ltd., .il72a Pitt Street Sydney. Published by Paramount Film Service T.imited, of Reservoir Street, Sydney.