Word: exhibitors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Most cause for catcalls had old, famed Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., one of the world's largest music houses, best known exhibitor at the show. Two years ago, to recoup Depression losses on organs, pianos, violins, Wurlitzer broke into the coin machine market with nickel operated phonographs, Skee-ball games. Last year it is supposed to have grossed about $8,000,000 on these items alone. Last summer Rock-Ola, which had acquired patents on the coin phonograph from the old Deca-Disc Co., sued Wurlitzer for patent infringement. If this case goes against it, Wurlitzer may lose...
...stock. For the oddest theme in the RKO story is that while its finances went from bad to worse, its position in the cinema industry showed astonishing improvement. In booming 1929, RKO was hardly more than a promotion. Today it is a first-flight producer, distributor and exhibitor and showed a profit of $1,446,000 for the first 39 weeks...
Many times a Carnegie exhibitor, Leon Kroll had never won a Carnegie Prize until last week. Famed for his nudes, his bright, formalized landscapes, Artist Kroll has hung canvases at Pittsburgh's great international show for 23 years, took an Honorable Mention in 1925, was even a member of the Carnegie jury in 1929. Reckoned by quantity of output, Artist Kroll stood less chance of winning this year than at any time since 1913. So far this year he has done just one oil. Last week that proved sufficient to take his country's highest painting honor...
Most exuberant exhibitor was one M.M. Pochapin, who displayed a line of kazoos running from ordinary noisemakers at 5? to fancy models at 50?. According to Kazooman Pochapin, his business this year has been booming as the result of political conventions, swing music and The Music Goes 'Round and Around. No pessimist, Mr. Pochapin predicts he will sell $250,000 worth of kazoos in 1936, which would be $236,000 more than he sold last year...
...three minutes, he receives a cash prize of, say, $150. If the winner fails to appear, the cash prize is increased to, say, $200 and the performance repeated a week later. If still unclaimed, the prize is increased and the drawing repeated. The value of Bank Night to the exhibitor is obvious: it helps fill his theatre on off nights, permits him to run cheap films to packed houses. It evades most State lottery laws because the patron does not pay for his number and may conceivably win the prize without buying a ticket to the theatre, by waiting outside...