Paramount Punch (1930)

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PARAMOUNT PUNCH. Bookers Forge Ahead For December. PROGRESS PERCENTAGES FOR PUBLICATION IN “PUNCH”. Right now every member of the Sales Force should be in the midst of his individual campaign for those extra dates for December. Bookers should have their plans for the campaign mapped out, and the information as to possibili ties for business in the hahds of his Branch Manager and Salesmen. Although the campaign is listed for extra dates and revenue for December . . . now is the time to act. General Sales Manager William Hurworth has made arrangements for progress percentages on the Drive to be supplied for publication in “Punch”. With the arrival in Head Office of the “D” Statements for the first week in December, the number of bookings accounted tor will be checked against the numbe — ♦ — : — NACARD AGAIN. SMART SELLING IN PERTH, W.A. BRANGH Manager George Nacard of Perth comes once again into the limelight with a crack-a-jack contract for Paramount second releases. The deal concerns the Olympia Open Air Gardens, which is situated in the heart of the city. The contract will commence on November 17. Another excellent deal just put over by this live-wire Paramounteer is the selling of all our British productions to the Theatre Royal, Perth. This house has been operating for some time as an all-British theatre and will now come into line with Paramount product^ commencing with a double bill on December 22. The two pictures opening the contract will be “Gounsel’s Opinion’’ and “Lord of the Manor’’. Nacard is certainly making the dust fly out West. of bookings recorded for the f way we will be able to give you boys in the field some idea as to how you are progressing in the contest. SIGNS LONG CONTRACT. The news is jusl io hand from the Studios that Mae West has signed a Paramount long-term contract, calling for two pictures a year for the next five years. Above we see the curvacious star in a costume she Wears and wows 'em with in “Tm No Angel". rst week in September. In this ♦ SONG HITS. FROM “THE WAY TO LOVE”. AS usual you can be prepared for some outstanding song hits from Ghevalier’s next picture, “The Way To Love”. To date we have been advised of three numbers, all sung by Maurice, but there is every possibility of others being added. The numbers are: — “It’s Oh! It’s Ah!” “I’m a Lover of Paree” “In a One Room Flat”. In “The Torch Singer” Glaudette Golbert sings three numbers that are really outstanding. They are; — “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love” “It’s a Long Dark Night” “Don’t Cry, Baby”. SHE DONE HIM WRONG’’ RELEASES. Mae west is due to infect Melbourne and Adelaide shortly with her sex-appealing curvaciousness. “She Done Him Wrong” will open at our owr*. Gapitol Theatre, Melbourne next Saturday, whilst the Rex, Adelaide, will open its season on December 2. THERE’S PLENTY OF PUNCH IN THE BLUE RIBBON BUNCH.