Variety (Jan 1934)

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Tuesday, January 25, 1934 PICTURES VARIETY 27 CALENDAR OF CURRENT MEASES (Continued from pa&e 25) oing Hdllywood. Marlon Davles chases a radio *rooner to the studio. Marion Davles, Blng Crosby. Dir. Raoul Walsh. 75 mins. Bel. Dec. 22. Rev. Dec. 26. • Her Sweetheart ChrlQtopher Bean. Thie Broadway play by Reiici Fauchols and Sidney Howard. Marie Dressier, Lionel Barrymore, Helen Mack. Dir. Sam Wood. 90 ihlhs. ReU Nov. 17. . Rev. No*. 28. It Happened One Day, Based on the novel by-Marjorle Bartholomew Paradise Lionel Barrymore. Fay'Baititer, Mae Clarke, Mary Carlisle, plr, W. K. Howard, Bel. Feb. 2. Laughing Boy. - Ramon Noviarro in the title role. 'Based oh the Pulitzer Prize wlrihlng novel by Oliver La Farge. Lupe Velez. Dir. W. S. Van Dyke. Rel. Feb. 9. <Teht.) eat the Baron. Jack Pearl brings his radio characterization to the screen. Jimmy Durante, Zasu Pitts, Edna May Oliver, Ted flealy and his stooges. Dir. Walter Lang, 7<)- mins. ReL Oct. 20. Rev. Oct. 31. Men In White. Picturlzatlon o£ the successful Broadway stage play of hos- pital life. Clark Gable, Myrna Loy,- Jean Hersholt. Dir. R. Bolesiavsky. Rel. Feb, 16. Mystery .of the Dead Police. Based on the Crime .Club novel by Phjlip Mac- Donald. Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth Allan; Lewis Stone, Dir. Edgar Selwyn. Rel.. March 2. ight Flight. Air story of a South American flight from ithe hoVel by Saiht-Exup'eryi John Barrymore; Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, . Lionel Barrymore, Roht. Montgomery, Myma Loy. Dlr, David' O. Sel^nlck; ' 89 mins. Rel. Oct. 6. R6V. Oct. 10. Id Hannibal. May Robson as a Wall Street manipulator^ Lewis Stone;'jea;n Parker. Dir. C. Riesher. RisK Jan. 26. - Pisnthoute. ^ Arthur Somiers Roche Cosmopolitkn aerl . Warner Baxtier, Myrna Loy. Mae Cla,rk: Dlr; W, S. Van Dyke. Kel. Sept. 8.. Rev. Sfept. 12. rizefighter and the Lady. Max Baeir. heavyweight contender, and. Myrna Loy in the title roles. Primo Camera, Jack Dempsey, Walter Huston. Dir. W, S. Van Dyke. 90 mins; Rel. NoV. 10. Rev. . Nov. I*. Queen Christina. Greta Garbo as thd seventeenth. century queen who was brought up as a boy.. Lewis Stone, Ian Keith,. Elizabeth Touhg. Dir. Rpubeh MamouUan. 90 mins. Not yet released. Rev. Jan.-2. ' Should Ladles Behave. From the stage play^ 'The Vinegar Tree.' Lionel Barrymore, Alice Brady. Dir. Harry Beaumbnt. '49 mins. . Rel. Dfec 1.. Rev. Dec. 19. •oUtalre Man.^ 'Crook story with' plenty of punch. Herbert Marshall, May Robson^ Elizabeth Allan,' Rialph Fofbes. Dir. Jack Conway. 62 . mins. ReL Sept. 22. Rev. Sept. 26. Sons of the Desert (Hal Roach); Laurel and Hardy attend a fraternal vention. Dir. Wm. A; Seiter. 65 mins. Rel. Dec. 29i. Rev. Jan. ?•.' Stage IMother. From Bradford Ropes' novel of stage life. Alice Brady, Maureen O'SuIltVan, Franchot- Tone, Phillips Holmes. Dir. Chas. R. Brabiif. 85 mins. Rel. Sept. 29. Rev. QcV 3, Stranger's Return, the. Phll Stong's story ot :the middle western farin lite. Llone! Barrymore, Miriam. Hopkliis,.Stuart Erwln, Franchot Tone. Plr.- Klng Vidor. 88 mina. Rel, July 21. Re^CLAug. 1. Storrti at Daybreak. Triangular stoiy In a Serbian setting. Kay Francis, Nils Astlier, Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes. Dir: Richard Bolesiavsky. 78 mins. Rel. July 14. Rev. July 26. Tugboat Annie. From, the Saturday Eve. Post series. Marie Dressier, Wal- lace Beery. Dir. Meryyn LeRoy. 88 mins. Rel. Aug. 4. Rev. Aug. 16. Turn Back the .Clock. Story of a man who relives his past. Lee Tracy, Mae Clerk, Peggy Shannon. Dir. Edgar Selwyn. 80 mins. ReL Aug. 25. Relv. Aug. 29. Iva Villa. Wallace Beery as the famous Mexican bandit chief.: Fay Wray. Stuart Erwin. Dir. Jack Conway. Rel. Feb. 23i When Ladiae Meet. iSased on Rachel Crothiera' Broadway aueeess. Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery,Frank Morgan. Dir. Harry Beaumont. ReL June ii. Rev. June. 27; Studio: e048 Siihset Blvd., li/IAnAcrvBm Office: R. K. 6. Building, Hollywood/Cal; WlOnOgrain Rockefeller Center, N.V.C. Avenger, The.. Vengeance In priaon Ralph Forbes, Adrlenne Ames. If. Ed. Marlii. 72 mins. - ReL Aug. 25.. Rev. Oct. 10. Beggars; In Ermine.' Lionel Atwell, Betty Furness. Dir. Phil- Black Beauty. Horse istory. Aleji KIrkland, Esther Bailatoii. Dir. PbU Rosen.. 70 mfna. Re^L Aug: 10. ReV. AUg. 29. Broken Dreams^ From oiga Pflntziau's story; 'Two L(lttle Arms.'. Martha Sleeper. Randolph Scott, Buster Phelps. .Beryl Merc.er. Dir. Robert VIg nola. 68 mins. Rel. Nov. 16. Rev. Nov. 28. Devir* Mate, The. Convicted murderer Who dies in the eleetflo chair ahead of the shock. Peggy Shannon. Preston Foster. Dir. Phil Rosen. 66 mins ReL Aug. 16. -Bey. Sept. 26. Fighting Texan. Oil country, story. Rex iBell. Luana Walters, pir. Armand Schaefer. 66 mins. Rel. Aug. 5. ° Rev; Aug. 1. Itlve, The. A $600,000 maU robbery. Western. Rex BeU. Cecilia Parker. Dir. Harry Fraser.. 64 mlnB. Bel. Aug. 10. Rey. Sept. 26. ttallant Fool, The. One rlug circus iii the cattle country. Bob Steele. Ar letta Dpncan. Dir. R. N. Bradbury. 66 mins. ReL July 29. aalloping Romeo. Western story. Bob Steele. Dir. R. N. Bradbury. 64 mins. ReL Sept. 1. Rev. Oct 31.. He Couldn't Take It. Story by Dorc Scharg. Inside story of process ^enring racket. Ray Walker, Virginia Cherrill. George E. Stone, Dorothy Granger, Paul Porcasl. Dir. WlUlatn Nigh. Rey. Dec. 11. Mystery Liner. Noah Beery. Astrld Alwyn. Dir. William Nigh. ReL Dec. 19. Rev. Nov. 28. Phantom Broadcast, The. Radio crooner who sliiga by proxy. Ralph Forbes. Vtvlenne Osborne. Dir. . Phil Rosen. 72 mins. ReL July 8. Rev. Aug. 1. Rainbow Ranch. Adventures of the welterweight champ of the Pacific fleet. Rex Bell, Cecelia Parker. Dir. Harry Fraser. 69 mins, Rel. Aug. 26, Rangers Code. Texas cattle ranger story, Bobe Steele. Dir. B. N. Bradbury, 66 mins. Bel. Sept. 16. Bev. Sept. 26. Return of Casey Jones, The. Ballroad story. Chas, Starrett, Buth HalL Dlr J. P. McCarthy. 67 n Ina. Bel. July 26. Iders of Destiny. Western scrap about water rights, with some big,flood stuff. John Wayne. Dir. R. N. Bradbury. 58 mins. Rel. Oct. 10. Rev. Dec. 12. Sagebrush Trail, The. Lone Star western. John Wayne, Nancy Shubert. Dlr; Armand Schaefer. 63 mins. BeL Dec. 16. Rev. Jan. 9. Sitiiatlofi Hunters. Society high llfe.-^ Arllne Judge,-Preston Foster. Chas. Vldor. 76 mins,. ReL Sept, 20, Bev. Jan. ?. Ixteen Pathoms Deep. Sponge diver's romance., Sally O'Neill, Crielghton Chaney, Bu^sell Simpson, Maurice BlaCk. Dir. Armand Schaef er. BeL Nov. IT. Skyway. Aviatloh pilot's ship-td-shore line. Bay W^^Iker. Kathryn Craw- ford. Dir. Lew Collins. 67 mins. ReL Aug. 22. Sweetheart of Sigma Chi. .Cbllege musical. Mary Carlisle, Buster Crabbe- pir,.Ed< Mafin. 80 mins. ReL Oct. 1, Rev. Nov. 14. . Trailing North. Texas ranger gets far from homei Sut gets^his man. Bob Steele, Doris HilL Dir. J. P. McCarthy. .6B mins. Rev. June 6. West of the Divide. trt>he Star western. .John Wayne, Virginia Brown Falre. Dir. R, N. Bradbury. -~ , . Woman's Man. Hollywood Inside story, John Halliday, W:alla9e Ford, Mar- guerite de Itt Motte. Dir. Edward Luddy. : 1501 Broadway, " 1<, N. Y. rady. Lbves ina small town. Gary .Louis D., Girl Without a' Ropm. Americans in l?aris. Chas. Farrc^ll, Chas. Ruggles, Marguerite Churchill, Gregory RatofC, Walter Wolffi Dir. Ralph Murphy.. 72 mins. Bel. Dec. 8, Bev. Dec. 12. Golden Harvest.. Story of the mlddl^western farms and Chicago''wheat pit. Bloh. Arlen, Chester Morris. Genevieve Tobla. Dir. Balph Murphy. 71 mins Rel. Oct, 22. Rev. Nov, 7. Hell and High :Water;. Waterfront story with a D. 8. Navy backgrounding- Rich. Arlen, Judith Allen, Chas. Grapewin, Sir Guy Standing. Dlr Grover Jones and Wm. SlaVens McNiitt. ReL Oct. 27. Rev. Dec. 19- Her Bodyguard. A musical comedy star and her hired sleUth^ Wynne Gibr, son, Edmund Lowe: Johhny HInes. MarJorle White. Dir. Win. Beaiudine. Rel. July 21. Rev. Aug. 9; , \ His Double Life. . (Dbwling.) Light cpm^dy. llllan Gish, Roli^nd .Tbung, Dir. Arthur HopKlns. . 63 inins. ReK Jan. Rev, Dec. .19, I'm No~ AngeL Mae West. orlgin.iL. Alae West; a« a lion tamer. Cary Grant, Edw. Arnold, Balf Harolde. . Dir.' Wesley Buggies. 87. mins. BoL Oct. 13. Bev, Oct; 17, Last Roundup, The. Western with a Zane.CSrey title and a n^w aitory. Bah- . doiph Scott,- Monte Blue, Barbara Adams, Fred Kohler. Dir. Henry Hathaway. Bel. Jan. 26, Mama Loves Papa, .l^riaia-of a. henpecked,. Chas. RUggles, Mary 'Bolaitd. Lllyan- Tashmah. Walter Catlett Dir. Norman Mdieod. ReL July 14. Rev;..July .25." ■ • Man of the Forest. Western.' Harry Carey. Randolph ScOtt. Verna dlllle, ■ Dir. Henry Hathaway. ReL July 14. Rev. Oct. 31. Midnight Club. The. London Jewel thieves. Geo'; Raft, CUve . Brook. Guy Standing, Alison Skipwbrth. Dir. Geo. SOihnes and Alex HalL ReL July 28. Bev. Augr 1. Miss F'ane's' Baby Is Stolen. Farcical play. Dir. Alex. HalL BeL Jan. 13. One Sunday Afternoon. From thie stage play; Cooper, • Fay Wray,_ Niel Hamilton, Frances Fuller , Dlr, ' Lighton. 68 mins. .B6L SepL 1. Rev. Sept.-6. Sitting Pretty.. Backstage, 'story smartened up. Jiack Oakie. Jack' Haley, Ginger Rogers. . Tthelma Todd, Gregory Batdft. Dir. Harry Joe Brown. 80 mins. B'bL Nov; .24. Rev. Dec. 6.. Song of Song^. Fr6m' SUderman's story and Sheldon's Play.. Marlene. Die- trich. Brian Aherne. Lionel AtwUL' Dir. Rouben Mamoullan. 70 minsi Rev; July 25; Takke. a Chanc,e. Boland & Brice production of the stage musical. Jas. Dunn, Cliff Edwards, June Knight, Lillian Both. Dir. La-wrence Schwab. 80 mInsV BieL Oct. 27. Bev. Nov. ?8: This Day and .Age..' Revolt of the children .agalhst. poiitlea - and gangistere. ChaiB; Bickford, Judith Allen. Dir. Cecil de Mllle.. 82 mins. ReL Aug. 26, .Rev, Aug. 29. Three Cornered Moon. From the stage play. Domestic problems of a mildly ° Insaue family. Claudettie. Colbert, Rich. Arlen, Mary Boland.. Dir. EU^ liptt Nugent. 70 mins. Rel. Aug. 4.' Rey; Aug^ 16. Thundering- Herd, The. tJpp^r class western with the Usual ingredients/ ' Randolph Scott. Judith: Allen.' Buster Ctatfbe, Noah Beery, Ray Hatton. Dir.. Hfehry Hathaway. 67 mins. ReL Nov, 24. TllUe and Gus; keeper of a Chinese resort and her brother, au Alaskan bad man Come back home to claim their Inheritance, a battered ferry boat. W. C. Fields iand Allison Sklpworth handle the comedy with pIeiity;of oi>portunity. Dir. Francis Martin.. 67 mins. Rel. Oct 13. Rev. . Nov.. 14. Too. Much Harhfiony. Usual backstage story. Blng Crosby, Jack Oakle, Skeets Gallagher, Harry Green, Ned Sparks. Judith Allen. Dir.. Eddie Suther- land; 70 mlns;. ReL Sept. 15. BeV. Sept.. 26. Torch Singer, The. Unwed niother doubles as a cabaret hotcha and a radio mother talker. Claudette Colbert, Riciardo Cortez, David Manners, Lyda RobertL Dir. Alex Hall and Geo. Sonimers. 70 mlns. ReL Sept 8. Rev. Oct 10, Way to Love, The. Chevalier, Incbgnltb, finds romance with a French car*- nival troupe. Ann Dvorak, Ed: Everett Horton, Minna GombelL Dir.. Norman Taurog.. 83 mlns. ReL Oct 20. Rev. No-y. 14. ' White Woman. Tropical story with a brutal v hlte .'k ng' of an Island colony. ChaS; Laughton, Carole Lombard; Chas. Bickford.' Dir. Stuart W.alker. .66 mlns. Rel. NoV. 3. Rev. Nov. 21. Behind the Keys (Continued fronn.page 17) Danville, 111. Thomas C Pierce, son. of the original manager and owner of the Peerless, returns a3 local mfinager from Great States in Peoria. ' , Karisa-s Gity. A company to operate the Royal, Ktinsas City, Publlx house Which reopened after a long spell'of dark- ness, has been formed under the name of Royal Theatre Co. Bronx. N. Y, Henry Siegel, former operator ot the Ogden theatre here, heis .leased the Boston Road theatre from Leo Brecher. Parkway theatre again dark. Fort Waiyne. Harvey. Cocks, former Paramount thianager noAv has house in Flndlejr, Ohio. Pittsl^urgh. ■BUI Decker, manager of -Harria- DoTiora for Warners, named citT .matiager of two WB houses In John^ stoii, Pia. He succeeds Eddie Mooter recently appointed Main Line dis- trict manager. Following Decker In; Donora house is Irwin .Weiss. . Another change in local houisa staffs maikes Boh' Newklrk. Penn treasurer, followlne; Charlie Lie-' Moyne^ .resigned. Principal 1270 Sixth Ave., New York, N. Y. Jaws of Justice. (Principal.) Kazan, the dog, in a melodrama of the North- west Mounted Police, with Richard Terry and Ruth Sullivan. 64 mins. Rel. Dec. 16, Tarzan the Fearless. (Principal.) Feature and eight subsequent two-part chapters. Buster Crabbe, Jacqueline Wells. Dir. Robt Hill. 60 mina. ^br feature. ReL July 19. ReV. Aiig- 15. Thunder Over Mexico.: (Principal). Eisensteln's Mexican made picture over which there has been so much controversy. All native cast. 60 mins. Rel. Nov. 16; Rev. Sept 26. Studios; Hollywood. Calif. R.K.O. Radio Office: R.K.O. Bldg., Radio City, N.Y.C. New York, ttudloa; 5861 Marathon St;, PnrAmnunt Hollywood, Calif, raramouni lice In Wonderland. The. Carroll story visualized. Charlotte Henry and rtoat of the Par. stars. Dir. Norman McLeod. 76 mlns. ReL Dec. 22, Rev. Dec. 27. All of Me. . From the stage play, 'Chrysalis.' FredrlC March, Miriam Hopkins, Geo. Baft. Dir. Jas. Flood. Bel. Jan. 26, Ig Executive. Story of big business from Alice Duer Miller's story. Blcardo Cortezi Rich. Bennett, Elizabeth Young, Sharon Lynn. Dir. Earl C. Kenton. 70 mlns. Rel. Aug. 18. Bev; Oct 8. ttradle Song. Dorothea Wleck's first Hollywood -production.. Mother Jove ol nun for a foundling in a Spanish convent. Evalyn Venable,. Sir Guy fttgnriiri;^ T..n.YicP_,nrp.q.qftr.--.Dir:-Mltchell Lel sen.il,78_mln.q.,_Rel, ^ ^^^ Bev...Nov. 21. . ' Design for*= Living. Adapted from Noel CowirdV play, mdrlc Marcb. Gary. Cooper,- Miriam Hopkins. Ed, E. Horton. Dlr^ Ernst Lubltsch.' 9Q mlns, Beleasc not set Bev. Nov. 28. Isgraced. Story of bettayed love. Helen Twelyctrees, Bruce Cabot Earle C. Kenton. 6740. Rel. July 7. Rev. July 8. Ouck Soup. Marx Brothers' nonsenslcallty. Raquel Torres. Marg.iret Du- moht. Dir. Leo McCarey.. 69 mins. Bel. Nov. 27. Rev. Nov. 28. Eight QIHs in a Boat. Love in a girl's school. Douglas Montgomery. . Kay Johnson. Dir. Rich. Wallace. 85 mins. Kol. Jan. 5. ,Bcv. Jan. 16. Four Frightened People. Mixed quartet in the jungle. . Claudette Colbert, Her- bert Marshall, Mary Boland, Wm. Gargan, Dir. Cecil .U; Mil. .Rcl. Jan. 16. Ace of Aces. A pacifist goes to war and' becomes a great a-viator with a lust for killing. Richard Dix, Elizabeth Allan, Ralph Bellamy. 78 mlns. Dir. J. Walter Ruben. ReL Oct 20. Rev; Nov, 14. After Tonight. A beautiful Russian spy falls In love with an Austrian spy but they place duty to their countries above love. Constance Bennett, . Gilbert Roland^ Dir. George Archainbaud. 72 mins. ReL Nov,-lO. ReV. NOV.- 7. ■ Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men. A woman reforms two of the men in her life; making a gentleman of the rowdy an'd ia rowdy of the gehtletham Wynne Gibson, Charles Fartell, William Gargan, Zasu Pitts. Dir. Mark Sandrlch. 73 mins. ReL . Nov. 3. Rev, Oct 24; Ann Viclcers.^ From the Sinclair Lewis noveL Irene Dunn. Walter Huston, Conrad Nagel.- Dir. John CroniwelL 76 mlns. Rel. Oct 13. Rev. Oct. 3. Bed of Roses. A girl of the streets reforms.. because of her love for a MisislsslppI boat man^ Constance Bennett. Joel McCrea, Pert Kelton, John Halliday. Dir. Gregory LaCava. 67 mins. Rel. July 14. Rev. July 4. . Before Dawni. Taken from Edgar Wallace's last mystery novel. Stuart Er- ■ win, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland. Dir. Irving Pichel. 61 mins. Rel. Aug. 4. Rev. Oct. 24. Blind Adventure. Adventures In London during one foggy night. Robert Armstrong, Helen lHack, Roland Young, Rialph Bellamy. Dir. Ernest B. Schoedsack. 63 mins. Released Aug. 18. Rev. Nov. 7. Chance at Heaven. The rich city girl who dazzles the country boy and mar- ries him only to send him back to his small town sweetheart. Joel McCrea, Ginger Rogers. Marlon Nixon. Dir. William Seiter. 72 mlns. Released Oct. 27. Rev. Dec. 27. Deluge, The. Odd story of the. world after ai second deluge. Peggy Shannon, Lois Wilson, Sidney Blackmer. Matt Moore. Dir. Felix E. Feist. ReL Sept 15. Rev. Oct. 10; Double Harness.- A girl who got ber man. Ann Harding, William. Powell. Dir. John CromwelL: 70 mins. Rev. July 26. Flaming Gold. AdVehtUres In the oil fields of Tamplco. Bill Boyd. Mae Clark. Pat O'Brien. Diri^cted by Ralph Ihce. 63 mlns. Released Sept 29. Flying* Devils. Triangle in a flying circus. Arllne Judge, Bruce Cabot Ir Russell BlrdwelL : 60; mlns. ReL Aug. 14. Rev. Aug. 29. Flying Down to RIo; Musical extravaganza which takes place In the air above Rio de Janeiro. Dolores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Ginger Rogers. Fred Astaire, Raoul Boulien. Dir. Thornton Freeland.: 89 mlns. Rel. Dec. 29. Rev. Dec. 27. ' Headline Shooter.' Adventures of a newsreel cameraman. . William Gargan, Frances Dee, Ralph Bellamy, Jack La.Rue. Dir. Otto Brower. 61 mins, Bel. July 28. Bev. Oct. 24. Goodbye Love. A butler and his master both become Involved with gold diggers. Charlie Buggies, Vcrrce Teasdale, Mayo Methot, Sidney Black- mer, Phyllis Barry. Dir. by II. Bruce Humbcrstone. -66 mlns. Bel, Nov. 10.; Hips, Hips, Hooray. Musical girl frliow.. Bert Wheeler, Bobert Wbolsey,.Ruth Sitting, Dorothy Lee, Thelma.Todd, Ceorge Meeker, Phyllia Barry. Dir. Mark Sandrlch. Bel. Jani 19, If i Were Free. A modern romance of two people, di.'<app6inted in marriage, who meet and try to find happiness together in their way, Irene Dunne, Cltvfi Brook, Nils Asther, . Henry Stephenson. Dir. Elliott Nugent. 66 . .mins. ReL Dec. ,1. Bev, Jan,. 9. Little. Women. Talker version of the . Louisa Aicott story. Katherine Hep- burn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas, Frances Dee, Jean Parker. Edna Mae Oliver, Dir. Geo. CuKor. W hi ns. Bel. Nov. 24. Bev. Nov. 21. Lost Patrol, The. A detachment of British Soldiers lost on the Mesopotamlan desert are attacked by unseen Arab.«j with dramatic results. Boris Kar- .^==iDlt,=^^lClQjUiliJjagifi0 John. Ford. BeL Jan. 12. Man of Two Worlds. An ISsklmoi hia illusloris .shattered. by: a glimpse of Lon- ' don civilization, returns-to his own people and is brought back to reflility by hit! infant son. _^Francis Ledc-rer, EUasa Landl, H^nry Stephenson, Walter Byron, Stcffl Duna, J. Farreil MacDonald, Sarah I'adden. -Dlr J. Walter Ruben; 92 mins. Rel. Jan: 261 Bey. Jan. 16. MIdshlpmian Jack. Annapolis stofy.' nice Cabot, Frank Albertson. Arthur Lake, Betty Furness, Dir. ChrLsty Cabanne. 70 mlns. .ReL Sept 29. Rev. Nov. 21.. Morning Glory. Backstage story of a country girl's rise and fail. Katherine Hepburn, Doug. Fairbankfl, Jr., Adolphc Menjou, Mary Duncan. Dir. Lowell Sherman. 70 mlns. Bel, Aug. 18. Bev. Aug. 22.. (Continued on page 29) Pittsburgh; Fred Saar,^. of WB Philadelphia; zone, transferred to Pittsburgh ter- ritory, whei'e. he takes over; man- agement of . Coiumbla, Erie, Pa.- Harry Fraziee, Jr., manager of WB's Capieraphone, nahe house In ;Ba^t Liberty,, resigned. No suc- cessor named yet. Tacoma. Evergree-i l^heatres will . open theatre at Damslte, new inushrooni town'near Big Coulee damslte ealst of here in Februalry or March. C. B, Perry man, who manages the Gem^ Almlroi is flirting with the same idea. I<os Angeles. Managers of the United Artists theatres in California now belngr operated, by Fox-West Coast, under recent Federail . Court permission to create the merger of houses In the t-vvro circuits,' are Bruce Fowler at .the Four Star in Los Angeles; Davo Fred at UA,. in. Ingle wood; Harry M. Sugarman, Egyptian, Hollywood; Jarnes Schiller, UA, Whittler blvd; Terry McDanlcl, UA, Pasadena; Wayne) DlUard', UA, Loiig Beach; Herb Norrls, UA, El Centre, ..and Clarence Laws, UA at Berkeley. S'-WC Campus kt Berkeley whlbh closed Dec. .9 -was reopened. Jan. 1* with Dave Richards as. manager. . Des Moines; sale of all assets of bankrupt Publlx Nebraska, Inc., to A. H. Blank, head of Trl-States Theatres Co. here was for |14,600, Sale lii-' eludes fixtures of World and State. Omaha, with {eases With "World Realty .Co. also repudiated. A new rental .agreement liow. gives Ralph D. Goldberg, largest stbckholder of World Realty Co. and hbw Blank's city manager In omaha, full bp-, eratlon. . Also included in the sale was the Capitol, Grand Island, Kebf., and a part interest in the Bonham at Fairbury... Creditors of A. H. Blank Theatr© Co. of Nebr;, operating the Para- mount, Omaha, have voted to ac- cept settlement of twenty cents on the dbllalr. Claims total $1,038,000. Tristaco has closed the Columbl at Davenport, Iowa. . Wm. Holds-, berg, manager, becomes assistant to H. D, Grove, trl-clty manager. Mihneapolis. Theatre clbslngs ^during recent weclcs blamed by Film Board on. the impassibility' of roads, due-to isnow. Ice and frequent sleet storms. Four- teen such clbslngia Include houses at Ivanhoe, Minn.; North Branch, Minn.; Drake, N. D.; Edmorei N". D.; Lanerdbn, N. D.; Leith, N. Tfi; Milton, N. D.; MUnor, N. D.; Turtle LaKe, N. D.; Undierwood, N. D.; Washburn, N: D.; Westhope, N. b.; Emery. S. D.; Bowdle, S. D,; and ReviUo, S.,D. . Tonkers, N.T. Aristotle, Pharasles has returned, as Supervisor of the Park Hill, Cameo and Broadway, nabes here. He was recently shifted to Stod- dard, N; T. Houses controlled by Sjprlnger-Cbcalls chain. Minneapolis, poy, Slentz from Fort Worth, Texas, has succeeded Dave McKay, re.«iigned, _as aaal.stant .manager of thff=StaTe7~FulJlix^bblpTib^^^^ Charlotte, N. C. The new Avon theatre Ls nearing completion at Lenoir. Will seat 800 and has. stage. J. G. Ballqw owner. State .selected a.s n.inhf for new picture house at A.shevill(?;. C. L. and W; Theatres, Inc., have leased theatre, for flyq years. Charles R. Glenn to be nianager. IJ.ltnimount High Point, reopened after a eonipW'te renovation.