Variety (Nov 1927)

10 VARIETY PICTURES Wednesday, NovemW 2, 1927 u Suipeiided Sentence for $9,000 in Unpaid Salaries ' IXM Anseleii. Not. 1. Vnuik P. AiTOttflM. pictur* pro- moter. "WBM ffiven a euRpended sen- tence by Municipal Judge Wilson upon pleading guilty to a charsre oi ^lattac ikM pay ebeck law. Arroiisez. who operates as Call- tomia Pictures, in association with J. C. Cook, was brought to trial on A oomplaiM liaiMd b|p Chief Deputy City Prosecutor Conoannon, the eaae being referred to him by the •tate labor <H>mmiation. Arroueez MtMuM kiiBMlt when aoa-pay- ment of salary complaints were brought by Harry Moody, director, and other employeea. ^ Moody al- lilfid he received a bouncing check iMT $62.60 in pasmient for Mrvicee Which amount to $966. With the court granting Arrouaez m ingpMidad -MttUnot, a fotal of over IMM M MiriM HnmUm mn- Movietone at Tower lioa Angelea, Nbr. 1. jMaek, ■creen eomediakk H. Ik Oumbluer, owner of the new Tower theatre, has made ar- rangements for the inatallation of Movtttona. •t X^oulfl, Nov. I, Following changes in tliaatre management in 8t. Ix>uiB territory are reported: American theatre, Martlttevllle, nt, leaaed by O. Pit- man; Pine Lawn theatre, Pine Lawn. Mo., reported transferred from Allison & Hugenoit to 8. T. Echola; Capitol. Royal and Qem theatres. Little Rock. Ark., trans- ferred from Publix to H»F. Worthe- imer; Meteor theatre, Bentonville. Ark., transferred from Harry Kelly to M. W. Lightman; Majestic the- atre, Le Panto, Ark., from Don F. Portia td t W. Jackson; Gayety theatre, St. Elmo, IIU from Emery Shepherd to Miss R. Jones; Prin- cess theatre^ Memphta," Tenn.* from WilUaa^ eh»plr» W INt Mibeess fOE jllMUUJI tkm ikttgiilii^-llev^ i. A fun<i is being raised among the picture fraternity for the widow and children of the late Uughie Arrangements are also being made for a benefit performance for the family to be he^ at the Santa Monloa Cttle AjatttiwIfWi; THff-Sbiil Signs Caluu^ie, And Mijr CM Barkar Angslss, 4Yov. 1. Christy Cabanne has signed to direct for TifTany-Stahl Produc- tions. Cabanne was formerly at It is nnderstood that Reginald Baiiier. who has Qompleted his con- tract at M-O-M will also join the Shocker R^^ts The Way to BtAngtli* and Beauty," the German-made physical culture film which was not exhib- ited at tho Cameo, New York, this week, following the agitation by the New Tork "Graphic," will be showh for a return at the Fifth Ave. Play- hovss MSt weslu^with a screen at- tack on the tabloid for tta vaoaikd- for notoriety. The film was exhibited in Septem- ber at tiM lowtr Fifth avenue little theatre and was passed by the board of censors. The "art" theatre will score the "Graphic" and Bemarr Maefhddoii fOr Its "VUrt^ slant on a physical eultWo subject which Mac- fadden, as a professional physical culturlst, .Blight be expected to in- doiM. Laaqini FiraaMn Coatljr Toledo. C, Nov. 1. Firemen, fighting a blase in the Green HIH (cabaret), were leaning against tho stage door si LMWa Valentine when the door gave way. The firemen fell backwards and the hose gave tho Stage a good wetting. Some drapes wora soaked but the principle dkmage was tho flooding of the organ motors. "OnnEBWORID'' SEQUEL Los Angeles, Nov. 1. Oliver Garrett, New York news- paperman. Is at Paramount writing an underworld story, "The Night Stick." which is to bo a sequel to "Underworld.** Von Sternberg,^ who directed "Un- derworld." Is also to direct the Gar- rett yarn with Georgo Bancr^ Clivo Brook and Bv«lara Brenr peatlng in- tho oast Daniels' Flu Los Angeles, Nov. 1. Bebo Daniels is confined to her homo te Santa Montoa with an at- tack of influensa. Miss Daniels contracted a cold while on location recently in Ari- sona. Her condition Is not oerlons. JOHN M. STiUlt Vice^Pretidene John M. STAHL, one of Um most cspablo. and snccoesfttl producers of motion pic« •ttroe, becomes Vice-President Supervising Frod«ctions for TIFPANY'3TAHL PRO* DUCnONS, Inc. MR. 8TAHL*S record of ^rformancee as tf io sup ervisor of GREAT BOX OFFICE ATTRACTIONS, hat meant m«ch to tho Indvstry sad to tho publie. • iMth tim advoat of IMR. STAHL into tlio itodaetioti oetivitioi of TUEuiyi a chaaga of iooiprolioneive proportions in tKe cost aad quality of TEPFANY-STAKL pio« •arst It aow in tho ooarst of proparatloo. MR. STAHL has modo aa oawlaUo ropota* u tipftiahischosoaUaocf oadoivor sadlms %Oia ondorsed as one of tho outstanding ffodvoors of tho kindH>f pictures WH CREATE BOX OFFICE VALUE. torANY«STAHL P R O p U C TIO N 8 imL BE THE FOREMOST BOX OFFICE MONBIMBTTBRS <^ THE YEAR. For 1927'198S S4 OEMS FROM TIFFANY CThis includes 4 \ ACK LONDON STORIES^ M TIFFANY COLOR CLASSICS f Short Reel Gems^ Playing Do Luxe Theatres Bvorsrwhoro 1_L it- Tl FFANY-STAHL PRODUCTIONS I540 cifiOADWAY CXCNANGSS eVSRYWHSRS ^^w yoqk city MUTUAL CONCESSIONS SETTIE NOOL STRIKE Minneapolis, Nov. i. Witji tiie strike of union the* eatrlcal employeea ended, oondi* tions on the local rialto gradually are getting back to normal. Largely through the efforts of W. F. Canavan. International prea* Ident of the stage 'Employees' union, peace was reached about midweek. Nolthor side won. The compromise agroomont which settled the dis« pute was satisfactory to both sides. The end eame three days after thb arrival hero oC Mr. Canavan; Richard Green. International sec- retary, 6t New York, and Georpe Brown, International vice-presl* doMt Of OhSeago. 'Some time before the end of the strike th« stage employees had abandoned all their demands ex« cept tliat of one day att. per week with pay, e^iuivalent to a wage In* crease of It per oent, of It per week. • Under the three years^ eontraot "^ich was sigrned, the men receive^ In lieu of one day off with pay, a wage increase of 12 a week the first year. It more per week the sseond year and an additional |2 per week the third year, so that in three years* time they will be getting |7 per week more than at present, or within |I of the amount which ttiey wanted Inmiediately. Tho stage hands did not agree to any reduction in the crews, as de- slder by the owners, but they did consent to eliminate overtime charges for tho^oonstraotlon of sets, etc.. in the Shubert and President theatree (dramatic stock). Under the overtime arrangement, stage carpMltors and others have beea earning |80 and |I0 a week. A tilt of IS Immediately brings the present maximum scale of tho stage hands to |H. In three years it will be $63. Motion picture machine operators had not yet signed ^elr new eon* tract when they walked out in sym* pathy with the stage hands. A new three years' contract agreed upon gives them pay Increases of SH por cent the second year and a similar amount the third year. This is equivalent to a |1 a week advance each year. Tho oealo now nmo from |38 to 166 a week. Musicians are signed to a one* year contract. Like the operators^ they walked out la sympathy with the stage hands. The strike started at midnight Sept. 17, when thfll theatra owners and stage hands broke over tho terms of a new contract. It was the first strike m 17 years, during which all three theatre crafts wero out at one time, and It la the long* est similar strike on record, having continued for 89 days, according to W. A. Stoffestf president of tho Northwest Theatre Owners* Asso* elation. SteCCes estima|es that the dam- ago to box olBoes did not averago greater than 10 per cent weekly. This, perhaps, is a trifle low, but the fact does remain that nearly all tho loop theatres In both eltles kepi out of the red most of the time. A "road call* prohibited stage crews and musicians with touring attractions from working In the Twin Cities during the strike, and this kept the Metropolitan theatA (legitimate road shows) dark. New Bedfoftfb Msss. Nov. 1. Month-old controversy between managements of eight local theatres and the operators, musicians and stage hands unions has been settled. Settlement results in dismissal of equity proceedings originated by an injunction agoM»t picketing. naHT FILlfS FLOOD FLOBIDA Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 1. Plotiaes of Dempsey-Tunney fight have been showing in Tampa. Or- lando, Miami, Daytona and Jack- sonville and have been booked into practically every theatre In tho staje. Including Universal, Publis and Sparks houses. * • A temporary order issued by Judge Lake Jones, of Tampa, to H. S. Hampton, Tampa attorney, restrained the U. S. District At- torney and ynited States martshall from seising the films or from in- tnrf f i ring irilh thtir tnh«*^«*«/.ti At. torney Hampton explained, when obtaining the order, that the tight Alms had not been received through the mails or by oommon carrier. He did not sUte how the films were received. Five prints of the films are In the state and are reported booked f>olid ttottl December^