Boxoffice - Feb. 17, 2014

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. . . Sam . . Lewen . . . Musicians' . . . Pictures . . , Too . . Moe . . . . One . . Story . TWO old houses came into the news last week. The Chestnut St. Opera House, which started its existence as a German ice cream parlor back in civil war days, and subsequently became a playhouse and motion picture theatre, was turned over to the hands of demolition crews by the University of Pennsylvania, the owner. The site will become a parking lot . . The . huge Mastbaum, closed since 1935, opened for a day to accommodate the youth concert of the Philadelphia orchestra. WHIIIIILABIEILPMIIA his troubles in bundles. He came back from New York with an attack of the grippe— and had his car stolen in a garage holdup. The car teas later found with gears stripped, tires slashed . . . Henry Goldberg, Paramount's traveling auditor, still in town on a checkup he started before Christmas . . . Ann Kraftsow, Paramount accounting department, is just back from Florida with a report she made good use of her fur coat . . . Ulrik Smith is an enthusiastic Finnish relief worker . . . Joe Flood, Herb Pearlman and Bill Sharpe have moved over to Advertising Accessories with the shift of the Paramount ac- Clearfield Theatre patrons piled out the other day to watch a fire across the street Lefko, RKO. was downed by cessories busijiess . . . Same for J. J. acute appendicitis while passing through Bruckner and Nick Lalli of RKO . . . Universal is expected to follow suit soo7i Pottsville Florence Averell, Metro, . . . who made an air trip to Hollywood with Columbia reports it's undecided. Censor Edna R. Carroll, writes she's having a wonderful time getting photographed Kathleen Dougherty, Republic, marked ttnth all the stars. But the trip ivas so off a birthday on the 12th; Harry S. Brown, Washington Monogram manager, rough, she's coming back by train . . . Helen Alter is filling in while she's aivay. on the 14th; Lou Ki-ouse, operators' local Incidentally, Helen marked a birthday head, combined both birthday and wedding sa7ne day Lincoln did, and Borowsky, sporting Rex. a almost anniversary on the 13th . . . Show- is new watch men's Club has organized a "charity committee," had his theatre remodeling job to do over which will try to build up a fund again when a stolen car ran up the pavement. for helping persons in the industry who Luckily, a firebox was in the way. need it, thus eliminating the need for spe- cial drives. Meyer Adelman, New Jersey Lester Wurtele. Columbia, says he's up Messenger, is chairman . Verbin, to his neck in the new Abe Montague campaign . . . Harry Goldberg, Warner, in Record, was elected to fill a vacancy on the board of directors . . . The club is negotiating for new quarters at the Broad- town for an ad meeting . . . Lou Krouse. Local 207 head, went off to Florida . . . wood. Jimmy Dormond, Warner advertising expert, is trying to sniffle away a cold. Al Zimbalist is in the same boat Elmer Hirth, formerly of Comerford, is noiv doing bookings for William Goldman in the Warner circuit move Stan Benford from Palace to Colonial, Joe Battersby from Union officials report the Center to Palace, Roland Haynes from sudden illness of Joe Bernhard has halted negotiations Colonial to Keystone. on settlement of the local contract dispute. New Bingo Bill Is Posed by Turshen Albany—A constitutional amendment • permitting Bingo under charitable and religious auspices is proposed in a concurrent resolution sponsored by Assemblyman Max M. Turshen of Brooklyn. He previously had introduced a bill seeking to legalize Bingo under the auspices of charitable, religious, fraternal, educational, veterans, volunteer firemen and granges organized five years prior to the filling of an application for a license with the secretary of state. The Turshen ratification resolution follows the method which a number of authorities have declared to be the only way of legaUzing Bingo. That is, by amending the section of the state constitution which prohibits lotteries and sale of lottery tickets. It would insert in Section 9, Article 1, the clause "and Bingo games under religious and charitable auspices," following the exception to the lottery prohibition written in by the Dunnigan parimutuel amendment approved last fall. As in the case of mutuels, the legislature would have to pass an enabling act on Bingo before being effective. Two other measures, by Assemblyman Aaron F. Goldstein of Brooklyn and Sen. John T. McCall of New York, also attempt to legalize Bingo by fiat of statute. If the present legislature were to concur in the Turshen amendment and the new one elected for 1941 were to approve an identical amendment, a referendum thereon could be held in November, 1941. This would make 1942 the earliest date at which Bingo might be legalized constitutionally. Expect Milgram Suit . ' . \ , The Monogrammers are building an elaborate wi7idow display for Bela Lugosi's Philadelphia—Dave Milgram is expected to file suit this week in the clearance "Human Monster" . . . Terry Kilburn, Blizzard Curbs Shows young member of th^ "Swiss Family Robinson," dropped in town to be interviewed Boston—The worst blizzard here in 50 dispute involving his Walton Theatre and Stanley-Warner's Bromley. by the film manhandlers . . . Eric Rhodes, years halted film business Thursday. Deliveries were not only impossible in hun- young star-on-the-way, will make a personal appearance at the Fays . . . It's a dreds of cases, but the stranded theatre Aylesworth Subs at Ross staffs daughter for Mel Koff, Darby . . . Morris crippled operations. The Boston New York—Thomas Aylesworth is temporarily taking over the duties as director Wax's Royal, Atlantic City, is closed down theatres were used as barracks by thousands of stranded commuters, plenty of of advertising and pubUcity for Ross Fed- for the winter . Pizor, UMPTO chief, hied himself off to Florida, and them theatregoers. eral in place of Donovan Hall, resigned. missed Philadelphia's worst blizzard in five years . . . George P. Aarons. UMPTO secretary, is having a busy time attacking the Neely bill. He debated Sid Samuelson, KOCHESTERi Allied, in Reading, spoke before the Germantown Community Forum, is now scheduled JAY GOLDEN, manager at the RKO Palace, Robinson" and "Pinocchio" before the Women's Clubs of Dela- was the principal speaker at a meet- of the preparation back of every suc- ing of the "Adventui-es in Business" group cessful motion picture ivas told at a publuare county. of the Central YMCA Monday night . lie lecture at Hobart College in Geneva Sally Fisher, Allied, has moved from the Schine Theatres here are sponsoring a last week by William Benfield Pressey, Stephen Girard to the Parkway, her first motion picture news broadcast over WSAY professor of English at Dartmouth Col- ' step toward the Social Register . . . Murray Beier and Harold Dietz got the co- were rushed here, shown at the Temple "Professor of Hollywood." He spent six of the Louis-Godoy fight lege. Pressey is known at Dartmouth as operation of the censor board on the Louis- and Capitol the next day after the bout months in Hollywood as technical advisor. Godoy fight film, and were able to get the ill to travel for the Police Ball on Valentine's Day, Ben Bernie had as film on the street the day after the fight. Playing its third week at Loew's Rochester. "Gone With the Wind" has broken The censors came down specially on Saturday pinch-hitter Richard Himber and his or- boxoffice records. For the three weeks, morning and opened the office chestra. to the picture, according to Manager Lester review the film . . . 20th-Pox has held three screenings of "Grapes of Wrath" "The Fighting 69th" played three weeks Pollock, has taken in $110,000. Previous, to here, win one week at the doubtful exhibitors. One RKO Palace, where record holder was "The Cockeyed World" screening was boxoffice returns were big. arid two weeks which, eight years ago, took in $26,000 at specially for Al Boyd, another for William at the Regent . . . Vernon Goldman. Gray of the RKO Loew's for one week . of the most publicity department in Buffalo, was a popular short films shown here in a long all Earle Sweigert, Paramount head, gets time is the latest "Information visitor. He's working on "Swiss Family r i 18-B BOXOFFICE :: February 17, 1940
i Twentieth-Fox . . Claude . . Sam . . Frank . . Ian . . . Latest . . Deepest . . Barry WASIIHIIIIIMCGTOM route to Florida . . . T SCHMERTZ, 20th-Fox's Cleveland branch manager, visited the Row en Ray dinger, formerly associated with Ross Federal, paid a visit . . . to the Metro exchange Jake Milstein, well known along the Row, also was a visitor. Metro Items: Rudy Berger will spend his vacation in Miami . Scully journeyed to Boston to insit with his mother, who is ailing . . . Harry Cohen, together with Mrs. Cohen and daughter, will trek to Miami for a fortnight . . . Mrs. Esther Blendman has been checked off the sick list . . . Carlton Duffus is doing his best to shake the flu. Warner theatre news: Harry Anger and his family have been confined to their home with illness . . . Chas. McGcwan of the contract department visited Staunton and Hagerstown to arrange for the opening of "GWTW" . Land, manager of the Kennedy, became the proud daddy of a girl . . . Eddie Duchin and his band will headline the stage show next week. . . . Dick Helen Schultz, Paramount contract clerk, will vacation for three weeks amidst the palms a7id orange blossoms Doyle is representing Paramount as salesman in the Virginia territory . . . Jack Fruchtman is back on the job . . B. F. . Southern, State. Clarksville, has recovered from a severe siege of illness. The house in Amelia was forced to close due to the effects of the severe storm that swept Virginia Mellitts of Dentonia, Sam . Eisenstein of Annapolis, and Leon Zeller of Baltimore visited along the Row ... It is reported that a new colored house is to be built on Carey St., Richmond, and also that Lichtman theatres plan to build in the same neighborhood. reports: Mrs. Sa7n Wheeler and daughter, Joan, are enjoying the sunny clime of Miami . . . The exchange finished in first place in the short subject drive and second place in the feature drive, the success of which will reivard each employe with two weeks salary, loith added bonus to the rnanager, salesmen aiid bookers . Sichelman, son of Ira, celebrates his first birthday Mary Hughes and Edith Silverberg today . . . have been confined to their homes \imth the grippe Sara Young advises . . . that she received her early training m the motion picture field while serving as secretary to Captain Holland, who produced and directed silent films in a New England studio. Mount Pleasant Reopened Schenectady—The former Mount Pleas- |int, closed several months for remodeling pnd redecorating, has been opened as the «êtro. R. Brodkin, operator of a house In New York, is the new lessee. Closes Out Competition Warrensburg, N. Y.—Jerry LaRocque of he Shadowland meets the competition of iJgh school basketball games by closing he night the cagesters perforn-i. Kallett Annexing Three Resort Town Theatres situation. Sid Cohen is the exhibitor in Woodridge. Kallett circuit operated theatres, on lease, in three summer resorts last year. FLASHES REVIEW BAKER'S WIFE, THE (Independent)—Were it not for brief spasms of what certain audience elements might term indelicacy, this superb French production might slide very comfortably into that "best" category of timeless Gallic wit. As a compound of comedy, drama, morality and passion it manifests an earthy, realistic pattern of rural French Ufa that should make it a "must see" on the list of every mature theatregoer. The English titles by John Erskine are delight in themselves. a EAST SIDE KIDS (Mono)—This sociological slum reform story is routine and its performers are too affected. Cast features the "East Side Kids," and they are no Dead Enders. Bob Hill directed. MAN FROM DAKOTA. THE (M-G-M)—Civil war melodrama which should prove welcome entertainment for Wallace Beery fans and those who are satisfied with suspenseful actions virithout being too analytical of story consistencies, acting and direction. Edward Chodorov produced; Leslie Fenton directed. SEVENTEEN (Para)—From seven to 70, all ages and all audiences probably will acclaim this one of the warmest, most poignantly human comedies of the season. Booth Tarkington's famous story of adolescence has been skilfully modernized, retaining withal the irresistible appeal that has made it virtually a modem classic, Jackie Cooper wins new laurels in this title role. Stuart Walker produced; Louis King directed. WOMEN WITHOUT NAMES (Para)—Formulized yarn of the falsely accused man and woman imprisoned for a murder they did not commit. The heroics to which the dauntless lass resorts to establish their innocence, fails to elevate the picture above the status of a low bracket program supporter. Eugene Zukor produced; Robert Florey directed. COMPLETE REVIEWS on the above pictures will appear in an early issue of BOXOFFICE, BAIILTIIMIORIE JÔBERT ASHCROFT, manager of the Albany—The Kallett circuit, whose central Apollo, is sick with the flu. In Bob's point is Oneida, will extend operations absence, Eddie Wyatt will take care of the into the southern Catskill Mountain region house and Lee Goldsmith, assistant at the by taking over the Rivoli, South Falls- burgh: the Strand, Loch Sheldrake, and the Apollo, Yes. will it's take over wedding at bells the Preston for . . , bumblebee Lyceum, Woodridge. All three are Sullivan Nathan Cantor, Astor . . . Bill Breimann county resorts. The change in South manager. Ambassador, is under the doc- Fallsburgh and Loch Sheldrake will not become effective until Labor Day, according tor's care is watching his diet . . . Deepest sympathy goes to Elwood Lavin, and to a Filmrow repoi't. Jack Kaplan is assistant manager of the Patterson, on the present operator in these two spots. the death of his father , Goldman, of Regent, on his last visit to Wash- The Rivoli runs the year around, although its playing time is reduced during the winter months. The Strand is a summer ington reportedly had words with a certain brunette in the Monogram exchange to leave for a mid-season vacation in Florida are Gus Nolte, his father, and Bill Hicks of the Hampden. The offices of the MPTO of Md. and 101 Local Operators Union are luidergoing extensive improvements . . . Tailspin Ernie Woods has just finished recording the narrative for film which he made for the telephone company called "Laying a Telephone Cable Across the Bay." Narrative was done by Raymond Tompkins, local news commentator . . . Every afternoon that Leo McGreevey. manager of the Cameo, is off you will find him, in the park behind his baby's carriage . . . Miss Marie Presstman, member of the state censor board, spoke on "Films Today" at a luncheon of the Women's City Club. Joe Fields, Rivoli, has one of the most palacial homes in town. Now it has a swimming pool and a western bar that has everything from soup to slot machines . . . Wilbur Brizendine, Rialto, after a workout on the ice hockey arena, turns down the radiators in his office . . . Ask Harold Grott, Met, how he got the waves in his hair. Esra Stone, who is the current attraction at the Hippodrome, visited all of the crippled patients at Kernan's Hospital and took the hospital by storm . . . I. M. Rappaport, Hippodrome, had a coast-tocoast broadcast of the Aldrich family direct from the stage at 8 p. m. last Tuesday night. Bernard Seaman, manager, handled the broadcast ... A real contrast betiueen the past and the present occurred when Harry Meyerberg of the Lexivay showed "Birth of a Nation" at advanced prices while directly across the street at Loew's Century "GWTW" loas in its third week. Just around the corner at the Maryland, Lillian Gish appeared on the stage . sympathy goes to Howard Cooling, Maryland censor inspector, whose mother died in Barton. The Globe goes in for stage shows . . . Rodney Collier, manager of Warner's Stanley, invited members of the Press post of the American Legion to see "The Fighting 69th," now in its second week. Takes in Films Chicago—Effective with the February 23 issue. Radio Guide, national radio weekly, will include a section devoted to films. The name will be changed to Movie and Radio Guide. Adapts "Country Lcrwyer" Hollywood—Edward T. Lowe will adapt "The Country Lawyer" for Producer Stuart Walker at Paramount. OXOFFICE : : February 17, 1940 18-C
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