The Washington times., 1936-07-22

Film Year IN England, IN Wh
the industry in the British Isles
A partial listing Of the SO divi
sionS Of the Almanac serves to
convey some impression Of the
breadth Of the books scope. We
find:
1.-THE Founding Of the Screen"
by Terry Ramsaye.
Biographies Of more than $4,000
personalities.
Box-Office Champions Of the
Year, with q review Of each.
Manipulating Stars Of the
Year.
Airline Best Sellers.
Corporate Personnel.
Financial Statements Of the
Year-in summary.
Product for 1885 and early 1885,
Production Stats In East and
West.
Exchanges and Bookers.
Exhibitor Organizations.
Circuits and Independents.
Stories and Plays Bought FOR
Production.
The Foreign Market, which
covers all parts Of the world, with
special articles on the film Situa-
ton in the leading countries.
The Equipment Organizations.
The License Agreement.
Attendance Increase Noted
y Under the heading Pertinent
Statistics, it is learned that the
weekly attendance figure has
Shown substantial gains, ranging
from 10000, 900 to 80, OO0, 900: that
there are II seats to each one Of
the nations population: that the
United States supplies IS per cent
Of the worlds films, figured BY
volume, and 65 per cent by value:
that the weekly Hollywood payroll
is $1,500,00O, divided among
$4,000 Of production personnel
regularly employed, and 10000
others, and on and on.
There is a deal Of amusement
and entertainment TO be derived
from q perusal Of the bio
graphical section, particularly
when it comes to the revealing
information of real names and
screen names. Lyle Talbot. Ro'
sta Delmar, Frederic March,
Boris Karloff. Marlene Dietrich,
Ford Sterling, all were given
names which differed in more or
less degree from those by which
the screen public knows them.
Columbia Players Busy
The Columbia layers are going
to school-and so their summer
is as busy II not buster than
their very full winter season.
The group is attending three
classes Q week in theater studies.
On Tuesday. they have an
hours class In speech and voice
work under the tutelage Of Frank
Westbrook of the Studio Of Thea
ter Arts. and after that class.
they have an hour or more in
makeup work under the direction
Of their own Betty Clark and
Edgar Kloten. On Friday nights,
there Is q class in eurythmics
with Judy Leith, well known
throughout the city as Q dancer.
In addition to all this learning.
the layers are busy with play
reading and organization activi-
ties for 1936-37. and on "otf
nights" get around to see nearby
summer theaters.
The Columbians newly-elected
officers are: President, Margery
Rich; vice president, G. Dewitt
Miller; secretary, Bunnie Skinner:
treasurer, Selma Klein; board
members. Jane Lasater Rubey,
Wade Robinson and Warren Head.
"FriscO" Sets Records
r."San francisco" is out to break
all records at Ioew's Palace The
ter where it Is currently in its sec.
ond smash week. After the re-
ceipts were checked by Acting
Manager Stanley Barlup it was
found that 1t had shattered all
house records for opening day Of a
holdover attraction.
And the record was a most
formidable one, too, it is said.
Records held by such outstanding
attractions as China Seas"
sDavid Copperfield," I'm No
Angel" "Mutiny On the Bounty"
Queen Christina" Anna Kar-
enina," and others went into the
discard.