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COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
their headquarters, 921 North Broad Street.
This merchandise will be prominently dis-
played in their showrooms for a consider-
able time,
The long threatened suit by the National
Association of Performing Artists, headed
by James J. "Jimmy" Walker and orchestra
leader Fred Waring, against local phono-
graph operators and distributors has finally
been filed in Common Pleas Court. The
NA~ A filed suits against Irwin Newman,
tradmg as the Modern Music Machine Co. ;
Edward "Tippy" Klein, operating as the
Premier Automatic Music Co. and Maurice
F;inkel and Alexander Weiss, High Point
Amusement Co. They also filed suit against
a location on which a phonograph was
placed, the Gay Nineties Cafe.
In their suit the NAP A sought to obtain
a share of the profits from renting the
phonographs in which the records of their
members were played. A suit has already
been fi led against leading broadcasting
companies to prevent them from playing
records unless they are paid a share of
the profits from renting the recording time.
This suit against local operators in the
first of its type to be filed in this country,
although various organizations have previ-
ously attempted to wrest a share of the
profits from the phonograph-recording busi-
ness.
The three defendants have selected a
well-known firm of attorneys to handle
their defense and represen t them in the
case.
Congratulations are now in order for Ben
Fireman, who became the proudest pappy
in this city when his wife bore a baby boy,
who was promptly named Barry, on Mon-
day, October 28, at the Mt. Sinai Hospital.
The child weighed 8½ pounds. He will be
heir to the large business built up by
Fireman under the name of the Automatic
Sales Co.
Another pappy of recent creation is
Chester Ely who also became the father of
a boy, name unknown at press time.
All operations of music machines are
now making some use of the recently re-
leased-to-phonograph-operators classical rec-
ords cut by RCA Victor. While use of
these discs is not yet great, their import-
ance will be increased as the public real-
izes that they may listen to some of the
greater tunes via their nickel music
machine.
Frank Kuhn is making plans to sell his
phonograph route and retire temporarily
from business for a well-earned vacation.
Condolences are being offered by opera-
tors to Sam Weinstein whose father passed
away early this month.
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Hom er E. Capehart, President of the Packard Manufactur ing Corporation , and A. D. Osborn ,
Los Angeles, one of the oldest men in the automatic phonograph operating business in the
United States , had a great many th ings to talk over during Capehart's recent visit to the Coast.
Capehart is showing Mr. Osborn the new Packard Music Selector and explaining the Packard
Selective Remote Control System.
members are Bertram S. Sclein, whose ma-
chines bear the sticker of the Twen tieth
Century Amusement Co., and Harry D.
Steinberg, who has recen tly opened a vend-
ing machine concern. Paul Rappaport is
another to invade the trade, operating his
pinball route as the Girard Amusement Co.
New Cointrolled Movie
Features Previewed
HOLLYWOOD-Peter Ratoff introduced
his new company, Song-0-Graph, to an
invi ted audience at the Esquire Theater,
here, October 22, in a presentation designed
for the entertainment of the 1?;eneral public
and constructed strictlv with the idea in
mind of making money ·for the flock of new
exhibitors expected to provide entertain-
ment of this sort for the patrons of cocktail
bars and night spots.
Song-0-Graph made shrewd use of the
formula that an unpretentious product ion
delivering solid entertainment will keep the
nickels and dimes rolling in. and the prem-
ise, based on the success of the auto ma tic
phonograph, wired music and bar boxes.
that at least at the start entertainment must
be of the song-and-dance variety.
In the new film a bevy of personable
irirls who are not hard on the eves, sing
and dance well enough to keep the audi-
ence ·asking for more. Production showed
need of some editing-which was expected,
since this was a preview-but all in all it
may be judged satisfactory fare for the
coin operated machines.
Good tunes written especially for the
subjects carried a swing which may have
the customers whistling them after a few
plays. Novelty was presented bu t not un-
duly stressed.
Subjects were three in number: "Bundle
of Love," featuring Gene Grounds and The
Dreamers. six cute kids who sing and
dance; "Boy Meets Girl," fea turing Betty
Wells and Tex Brodus, both of "Meet the
People," and "Bank of Love." Miss Wells
made an injudicious use of makeup in her
firs t appearance, but this fau lt was not
noticed in the second spot, which she also
shared with Brodus.
Ratoff's pictures used music by Rudy
Schrager, lyrics and screen play by Herb
Stahlberg, photography by Glenn MacWil-
liams, and direction by George McNulty.
It is reported that the first three are a per-
manent part of the organization, scheduled
to work on fu ture productions.
Ratoff makes no pretense of "colossal"
production, asserting he is making pictures
strictly on a basis that will make money
for the operators who will be able to rent
them at a price they can afford, and it is
expected that they will be available to any
and all operators regardless of the equip-
men t they use. There is a possibility, how-
ever, that the subjects may be sold out-
right to one of the big companies.
It is not easy to produce shorties at a
figure which will enable the operator to
change subjects regularly and still come
out on the right side of the ledger, but
apparently Ratoff has done this. Noted in
the audience were several competitors,
there by invita tion. To allow that requires
a lot of confidence in a production, or a
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lot of "what it takes."
Decca Has New Rep,
Holds Southern Meeting
HOUSTON, (RC)-Don C. Bruce, for-
merly with Strauss Frank Co. of San An-
tonio, has now taken over the San Antonio
territory for Decca. He reported excellent
business and said he was pleased with his
new connection.
E. F. Stevens, Jr., vice president of
Decca Records, Inc. of New York, recently
held a general sales meeting at the Roose-
velt Hotel in New Orleans with district
manal(er R. N. McCormick for all Southern
Branch Managers. J. M. McConnell, of
Houston attended the meeting.
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