Variety (Aug 1927)

Wednesday, August 24, 1927 PICTURES VARIETY ST. L EXHIBS.-UNION DEdfiEONOROiESniAS Houses Seating From 500 to 850 Can Have 3 Players— Under 500, One Okay St. Loula, Auk. :3. Xb» St. Louis Motion Picture (xUbitors' Lea^e has prevailed ■poB the Musicians' Union to mod- ify the rules governing the size of orchestras In small, neiglilxirhood picture theatres, accordins to Frod Wehrenberg, president of the ei- blbitora' leacua. Each side has net tba other haU way, and the co- 0perattOB has caused wlde.^pread favonible comment hereabouts. A temporary suspension of the UDion's regulations will be in effect until Sept. 1, wlicn a new contuci will be drawn up. Wehrenberg's statement is to the eSect that the Musician*' Union has tranted picture houses with a seat- ing capacity of betwoen 600 and tit a reduction of orchi-strns of from four players to three. In thea- tres under 600 capacity, the num- ber may be cut to one mtuiclan. Theatres with • capacity of more than 850 are not alteeted by the ne- gotiations. A request from the exhibitors that the union eaneUon a reduc- Uon in salary for musicians during the summer seaaon waa "turned down. Joliet'i Ash Policy Joltet. ni., Aur ti- A Paul Ash policy Is to be in- augurated in the Rialto here accord- ing to Great States Theatres Corp.. owners. Tiie new policy becomes effective August 29. LOOK OUT FOR BILLY RANDALL Sensational Dancing Violinist and Singing eeth Weeic for Publix Theatres—and STILL GOING STRONG Week Aug. 27, Capitol Theatre, Des Moines, la. Per. Rep. MAX TURNER WM. MORRIS—CHICAGO OFFICE Overseated Utica, N. Y., May Get Another House l lica. N. T., Auit. 2S. All hough tlirce theatres are un- der construction here, Schlne Kn- terprises, Inc., is planning a new 3,400-seat picture bouse, according to local Bchlne offlclals. However, there Is a strong suggestion tliat Iii6 Schines vnAy acquire tlie Colonial, now being conducted by Nate Hohbins and Harney Lumberg. Bobbins leased all his other local houses to the Schine-s Jan. 1. Baruey Lumhorij striotly denies that the Colonial is being dickered to go ovar .to this aehllW» although this haM been uiitter ttMvaalon be- fore. Tliore is some talk that the Schines will try to buy up the Marie Strand, announced aa a MOO-aeater. Fo'undatloiia for thia house are now being laid With speed. I tlea ia generally conceded to be highly overseated already, with no theatre doing moro than fUr bual- neaa thia year te date^ But the new New Hartford theatre, owned by Garvey Theatres, Inc., will open Labor Day. A neighborhood house of Nate Rorbbina and Barney Lum- berg, in south Uttea, is scheduled to open Thanksgiving Day. pahnts U .:.hin,-i,.n, .Kun Ry ftirwwdlnc iyi **-nXm, alone wUh ilie n«me aiMl aumber. Im r*rh uMtane* full InfomstlMi wmf Mcarrd III* following UnmHtmm mmm wMHi **l4«to IwT* Jut bMB Im tm r a . laqaliT ■aovIA bft «(lilrMAMl U» th^ <'ominlMMloB«r of l*»t- «ntjt, MikHhInglon. 1>. <'. llrturi'* Tulklnir-plrtarr machine. Theodore W. <' u h t>. Auburn. N. V., MPi vn OF tO Ca«e IV •< !>«> .1 r <- h I .at)o m t ory. Ine.. Auburn. FiUa July Zi. la-iS. Bet. No. lSi.t23. 2 ilalinm. 1.83S.S9a. Tftlktnc-moTlnff-plrtnr* mftrhlM. TliM- .lore W. Caae, Auburn. N. Y., awlfitMl 10 CaM> Respjirch l-aburatory. Inc., Au- burn. Fllf.l Mar. 18. t!er. No. »6.- 59.r 10 rlalins. 1.6JH.S92. Film pMck cvnhtruetioii. A. A. Ruttan. Kochrstor. N. T-, aairiKnor to l£a»[man Kixlak Co.. Rocheater. Filed Pao. 4. 192S. Bar. No. TS.ISfi. t.lSl.tSa. rhotosv^lU* Mamt. Jamaa A. Cam- eron. Chleaco, 111., aaalnor ta BMtman Kodak Co.7ltocllaatar, N. T. FIloA Mar. 3. 192S. Bar. Na. 1M». $ clalina. 1.- Motion-pirtara projartor. Kdwtn C Pritta. Korhe.Hter. N. Y.. a«alienor to Bastman Koilak Co., Rotheiiter. Filed Feb. SO. lfS6. Sar. No. tO.KIt. 14 ctalma. l.UI.Ut. Boil mm oartrMca fdajrUvht loadlBc>. K(>nneth C. D. Hlrknian. RocJiester, N. Y.. assignor to K.-iatman Kodak Co. Rn. h. Mter Kil-'d Nov 4, 192-4. Ser. No. 146,J&l. IS rlalniB. l.t.jS.GTT. Film aupport Cor molluD-plctara pro- Jaclinv marJUaca. Lynn M. Dconeld and Hprbort J. Thomas. Vo* Anicelea, Calkf., aaalffnora to Harrr 8. Merritt. Ix>b An- (Continuod on piiRp 30) COAST NOTES H.irvoy CInrk and N'irlt ToRley addi-d lo "lu Old Konluoliy,'* M-O-H. Frank H Clark directing "Wl«- ard of th,- S;iildle." Buss Barton U'.ni, for IJ. O. IIuKh Allan added to "The West Pointer," P. P. C. George Cooper, Thclma IIIIl and Lillian LelKhton added to "^h* Fair Co-Ed," U-O-Xi Tay Oarnett adapting 'In Bad With Slnbad." Franklin Panff- born starring, for P. D. C. "ThroiKh the Barbed Wire." flrst pii-ture by newly formed Jack (Continued on page 30) TILL JANUARY, 1«M Ba Ba Bb" The n*'w tn <rrror> In nhow buMlnaaa At < offr-f* l>itn'ii—IxM AukvImi, ( allf. THEATRE AS PUBUC MARKET San l'"rancl3CO, Aug. 23. West Coast Theatres, Inc., which has takmi «Tor th* Swtoln (from Publlx) on itarket sto^^ Is negoti- ating to lease tha property for a public markt.'t. The Portola, 700 seater. Is one of the oMast pietwro theatres here. etaOL Hoirss flooded Banbury, Conn., Aug. ZS. The Grand theatre, Mlddletown (pictures), was damaged last week during a heavy rain when the main floor o( tiw hovaa mm flooded. It wsia neessssiT t» ^hop holes in the floor to allow tha water to drain into the cellar. HAMIL-XON DARLING OF SONG AND DANCE This Week with Paul Ash, Oriental, Chicago Direction WILLIAM MORRIS, CHICAGO OFFICE The Boy Who Sing* to Beat the Band FRANK STEVER BARITONK SOLOIST NOW A.T LOEWS STATE. 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