The Film Daily (1939)

DAILY Thursday, April 6, 1939 Vol. 75, No. 66 Thurs., Apr. 6, 1939 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN :::::: Editor Published daily except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer. Entered as second class matter, Sept. 8, 1938, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. _ Foreign, $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone, BRyant 9-7117, 9-7118, 9-7119, 9-7120, 9-7121. Cable Address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California — Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. I. Paris— P. A. 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BRYANT 9-5600 "Dodge City" Sweeps Ahead in First New England Dates Opening to preview showings in five New England key cities Tuesday night, Warners' "Dodge City" broke all records in its first prerelease engagements, home office said yesterday. The film took in as much in its preview showings as the theaters usually gross in a normal day. Houses are the Roger Sherman, New Haven; Strand, Hartford; Warner, Bridgeport; Warner, Worcester; and the Capitol, Springfield. WB home office reports that it has been virtually swamped with bookings on "Dodge City" for the first two weeks of its national release, with about 600 theaters scheduled to play the film during that period. Warners said this is the greatest number of concentrated bookings ever received on one of the company's features, and was held to that total only because of the limited number of prints. Roosevelt to be Shown in World's Fair Telecast President Roosevelt will be the initial subject in the first regular television service in the U. S., it was announced yesterday by Lenox R. Lohr, NBC prexy, the occasion being the opening of the New York World's Fair. Program will begin with the President's speech and is the inauguration of the regular tele service announced last October by David Sarnoff, RCA president. Scene at the Fair will be relayed by mobile tele station to the Empire State Tower and will be visible to receivers within a 55-mile circumference. Two evening programs a week, lasting an hour, will be given, Lohr stated. Rogers Week Short Ready; Order from Salesmen or NSS "Wuthering Heights" Withdrawn from Quebec Samuel Goldwyn has withdrawn "Wuthering Heights" from the entire province of Quebec, it was learned yesterday. Quebec censors demanded deletions because certain secmences dealt with divorce and infidelity, situations long frowned upon by the board. Goldwyn refused to make the cuts. Whether the picture will play in other provinces has not been determined. "Heisrhts" was to have had its premiere in Montreal. Montreal — "Wutbering Heights" may be shown in Quebec Province if certain important excisions are made, Arthur Laramee. censor chairman said yesterday. He denied that the film had been formally banned. Perry, Acting Manager Richard Perry has been named acting manasrer of the New York Grand National branch, effective immediatelv. Perry has been with Grand National for some time as a salesman. Maj. L. E. Thompson, chairman of Will Rogers National Theater Week, starting April 27, announces the completion of the year's campaign short, "For Auld Lang Syne." Stars include Spencer Tracy, Deanna Durbin, Lowell Thomas, Robert E. Sherwood and Raymond Massey. Picture was produced with the cooperation of M-G-M, 20th CenturyFox, RKO, Universal, and Warner Bros, studios. Hollywood sequences were supervised by Harold Rodner, those taken in New York by A. P. Waxman, director of campaign for the Will Rogers Memorial Commission. Rawstock was contributed by Eastman-Kodak (J. E. Brulatour) ; Dupont-Pathe; and Filmex-Gevaert. National Screen Service will handle the shipping of prints which will be furnished gratis to all exhibs. who enroll their theaters to take up collections. Orders may be placed with any branch manager or salesmen for a print. Proceeds from collections are used for the support of the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital, Saranac Lake, N. Y., and its kindred philanthropies. Majors to Give Depositions in Gorham Anti-Trust Suit Burlington, Vt. — A petition has been granted in Federal Court here for permission to take depositions of eight defendant majors and the Maine and New Hampshire Theaters Co. in the $900,000 suit charging the Maine and New Hampshire Theaters Co. with conspiracy to monopolize and restrain interstate trade in motion picture films in violation of anti-trust laws. The complainant is Kenneth Gorham of Middlebury, Vt., who asks judgemtn against each of the defendants for $100,000. The Maine and New Hampshire Theaters Co. operates theaters in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts. Columbia Promotes Hill and Seib in Sales Setup W. G. Seib, formerly salesman in the Salt Lake City exchange of Columbia, has been appointed by the company to managership of the Salt Lake City office. He replaces R. C. Hill who has been appointed Denver-Salt Lake City supervisor. 1560 Broadway BRyant9-4I53-4 cominc rrd come WILL HAYS is scheduled to leave for the Coast within the next two weeks. JEFFREY BERNERD and MAURICE WILSON, joint managing directors for Grand National in Europe, and GEORGE M. COHAN arrive today on the Queen Mary. C. L. CARRINGTON. vice-president ar<£»eneral manager of Altec, has returned , a week's trip in the South. F. C. GILBERT, chief engineer for Altec, has returned from a tour of the Midwest. E. W. McCLELLAND, manager of Erpi's foreign technical department, and M. J. BURGER, member of the company's engineering staff, left yesterday for a series of conferences with officials of the Northern Electric Company in Canada. IAN JAVAL, commercial director of Baird Television, is due here the latter part of this month from England. A. G. DOYLE, manager for 20th-Fox in Japan, arrives on the Coast next week from the Orient. ALAN HALE, actor, arrives from the Coast tomorrow. HERBERT WILCOX, British producer, sails tomorrow on the Queen Mary. EDWIN WEISL also leaves with Paramount group starting for the Coast tomorrow. "Tumbleweeds" Re-issue to Have Hart Prologue "Tumbleweeds," William S.Hart's last picture, will be reissued and be released May 1 by Astor Pictures Corp. In an eight-minute special prologue, recorded at the former western star's ranch at Newhall, Cal., Hart will speak for the first time on the screen. Picture has been re-edited and retitled, with a musical score and sound effects added by James Brad ford. THE THEATRE George Abbott Productions "There have been a number of good girl and music shows in town of late, but this is by all odds the most brilliant of the lot." — Watts, Her.-Trib. George Abbott— Rodgers and Hart The Boys from Syracuse with Jimmy Wynn Eddie Teddy SAVO MURRAY ALBERT HART ALVIN, W. 52d St. Mats. Wed. & Sat. COlumbus 5-4114 "The lowest, roughest, toughest, tenderest, dirtiest, most decent, and certainly funniest play for your money put on sale this season." — George Jean Nathan, Neivsweeh, PRIMROSE PATH By Rob't L. Buckner and Walter Hart with Helen Betty Mary Russell WESTLEY GARDE MASON HARDIE BILTMORE, W. 47th St. Mats. Wed. and Sat. Circle 6-9353 "Roars of Pleasure"— Atkinson, Times. WHAT A LIFE with EZRA STONE as Henry Aldrich MANSFIELD W. 47th St., Mats. Wed. and Sat. Circle 6-0640