Variety (Sep 1935)
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20 VARIETY PICT E S Wednesday, iSeptember ll, 1935 Comparative Grosses for August (Continued from page 10) PHILADELPHIA WASHINGTON DETROIT MICHIGAN (4,000 ; 20-:t!; r.5) High. $58,100 Low.. 6,600 FOX (S.OOO; 25-35-N) High. $50,000 Low.: ' '4,000 UNITED ARTISTS ..(2jaa(L-lMi=3£.-S.5)L. High. $27,000 Low.. 2.600 Aug. 1 B'way Gondolier $20,800 ( tage Show) "X'ove Mi" Forever $20,600 - (2d Wk) ■ Call of Wild Aug. 8 Irish in Us $20,200 "Ca"riy Top; $33,000 Call $6,000 Aug. 15 Front Page" Woman $24,000 - —Ourrly '■- $20,000 (2d, week) Flying Trapeze Aug. 22 Every Nite at 8 $20,000 (Anna May Wong) -'•••}«f«W\»— $18,000 (Hal Kemp) China Seas KANSAS CITY (Continued on page 34) CAPITOL, READING, PA., IN 4-CITY tAWSUlT Reading, Pa., Sept. 10. „.,|AJouL^cJty,jelece^ofJUlfiaa9^fly^^ the Capitol here, reconstructed as a film house after many years of serv- icfi iKi: the city's first legitimate, the- atre, went oh court records here. The Grand Opera House Co,, owner an lnJun<Jtlon to prevent a forced sa:le of the house by the Readlne Trust, first mortgage holder, claim- ing such sale would Jeopardize"in- "tevests' df' other ■ m'oftgage; h6l(iers. Tjji9 .anrrte petition, asks, for a re- "eslverHto-»i)erat«-HherH1freatre~ffiia'" collect r<ints of stores In the build- ing. The complaint, In which the Pentol Realty Co., Phlladielphia and Harrlsburg corporation with offices In Harrlsburg. alleges that a forced sale would give the property to W11-. rnier & Vincent, New York, lessee of the theatre aiid holder of a large interest in the corporation holding it.- Although reconstructed as a iilc- tiire theatre, the Capitol, approxi- mately 2,600 seats. Is equipped with a dfeep stage, scejnefy lofts and full sets of scenery and ia, dozen driesslng rooms,, ap well as with a modern scveein and projection outfit. Wll- mer & ylricent has used It (ihlefly in the past year for o<:casional road shows, the house falling to pay In the depression period ias a screen shpwplace. American Legion Hypo Pots Throrigh Sun. Pix Sept. 10. By a close poll, residents of Laurel, Maryland town, midway be- tween Baltimore and VTashlngton, on Monday (9), voted for Sunday pictures which have always .been banned. Peculiar angle Is that th,e- Laurel American Legion post , will' get percentage of Sunday film , pro-- ceeds from exhibitors for one year; from then "on exhibitors can pocket > all profits. Defil exhibitors made with Legion- naires which at first blvish appears strange Is explicable when under- stood that theatres made unsuc- cessful assault upon Laurel blue law for three years and were unable to thrust through city council two ordinances calling for referendum by public pooling on Sunday films question. Then the Legion stepped in and propositioned exhibits prom-:, isirig to. force through referendum ftnd produce necessairy vp.tes provid- ing legion \yas cut In on Sunda^y grosses for one year. The war vets wanted financing for new clubhouse. Legionnaires agreed last month to get Sunday flickers favorably acted upon before October or deal waa off. Exiilbs flgured they had noth- ing to lose sinc^they had learned they themselves could not procure Sabbath showings unaided by out- side agencies. City of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Becomes a Par Th. Pard Another house will be added to the Paramount string in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Bob Wllby of Kincey & Wilby, Par's southern partners, and J. C. Pierson, representing the city o£ Tuscaloosa, in New York last week closed the deal for building a struc- ture which In addition to the thea- ter will become the new city hall of the town. Under the deal, the city of Tus- caloosa is to build the theater, the Parr Wllby combination ■ leasing., it for a term of 2,0 'yeai-s at a fixed rental of approxiniately $10,000 year; Lease is J.o Alabama Theatres, Inc., Par-kincey & Wilby subsidiary in Alabama, Seating capacity of new theatre not set. "There are pres- ently three houses 'In Tuscaloosa, Bama, Diamond and Rltz, all Kincey & Wilby. SUE Iin)IE EXCHANGE Los Angeles, Sept, 10. Charging that $1,500 is assertedly duii on a written contract, S. Knye. assignee for Regal Dlstrlb. Corp., of New York, ha.s tiled suit in Munici- pal court■ here for' that amount anainst All Star Feature.s Distribu- tors. .Suit says All. Star agreed to take .six films from Regal for distribu- tion In California.'.Nevada, Avistona and Hawaiian Lslands. 'Three were dc<llvero.d aiid paid for, but All .Star ha.s rcfuscjd delivery or to pay for remaining three, .suit says.