The Film Daily (1935)

"I uesoay, July iU, ivi? Z-tfBS"* DAILY 13 CASH AND PERCENTAGE IN B, I. P.-F, D. DEAL (Continued from Page 1) was stated yesterday by Arthur Dent, vice-president of Alliance end managing director of B. I. P. Announcement of the releasing deal was made jointly yesterday by Dent and Harry H. Thomas, president of First Division, at a luncheon to the press at the St. Moritz. Dent said that selection of an American representative for Alliance Films would be ratified by the B. I. P. board of directors on his return to London. Dent declined to name the man selected, because he is presently employed. Among the 18 pictures from which First Division will select 10 are: "Mimi" with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Gertrude Lawrence; ''Red Wagon," starring Raquol Torres, Charles Bickford and Greta Nissen; "The Secret Agent," starring Greta Nissen; "It's a Bet," with Helen Chandler; "McGlusky, the Sea Rover," with Jack Doyle; "Crime on the Hill" with Sally Blane and Anthony Bushell; "Southern Maid," with Bebe Daniels; "Love at Second Sight" with Marian Marsh, Ralph Ince and Anthony Bushell; "Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen," with Matheson Lang and Jane Baxter; "Radio Parade of 1935" with Helen Chandler, Clifford Mollison and Teddy Joyce; "Give Her a King," with Zelma O'Neal, Wendy Barrie and Clifford Mollison, "Girls Will Be Boys," with Cyril Maude; "My Song Goes Round the World" with John Loder; "Freedom of the Seas" with Wendy Barrie and Zelma O'Neal; "Scotland Yard Mystery," with Gerald Du Maurier; "The Great Defender" with Matheson Lang and "Old Curiosity Shop." Speakers at the luncheon yesterday included Dent, Thomas, Louis Nizer, Anna May Wong, and Arthur A. Curtis, vice-president of First Division Productions. New Plane for Henry King West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — As soon as he finishes directing "Way Down East" for 20th Century-Fox Film, Henry King will fly his old plane to Troy, 0., where he will pick up his newly bought fourpassenger cabin cruiser and take it for a rr 1 3 1 spin around the country. King, a flyer during the war, is now one of the film colony's most accomplished amateur aviators. Pittsburgh Briefs Pittsburgh — Johnny Harris back from Boston. Warner theaters are testing the pulse of the local movie goers in regards to the Sunday movie vote which will be held Nov. 5. Within a week, over 10,000 signed their names to petitions approving Sunday movies. Dorothy Phillips, secretary in the Warner advertising office, and Pete Rosenthal of the Aliquappa theater will be married next month. A California honeymoon will follow. Kar Krug off for a two-week cruise on the Ohio River. Harry Nathan, foreign picture distributor, in from Cleveland on business. Cress Smith, manager of Warner's Palace, off to New York for a two-week vacation. Ed Segal of the Ritz pinch-hitting. Joe Blowitz, manager of Warner's Manor, leaving today for two weeks in Atlantic City. Sam Collins of Republic, back from vacation, left immediately on a business trip through West Virginia. Florida Notes Miami — The new Winter Garden Theater, in Winter Garden, replacing the one recently destroyed by fire, opens this week. C. M. Biggers is owner. Following rearrangement of seats and installation of new sound, the Ketter Theater in Palm Beach has opened. The Manavista Theater, Chipley, in temporary quarters since the building was destroyed by fire, opens Aug. 1 with new equipment. B. S. Donnon is manager. W. A. Krause of the Imperial, Jacksonville, has been transferred to the Howell, Palatka, for a month while A. V. Wooten, manager, is vacationing in Mexico. Bill Hart, manager of the Edwards Theater, Sarasota, will hold a beauty contest the week of Aug. 4 to pick a winner for the state contest being staged in St. Petersburg. Cincinnati Chatter Cincinnati — Lee Goldberg, prexy of Big Features Corp., has gone to Atlantic City and then to New York later this week to confer with First Division officials. J. M. Johnston, former Educational exchange manager, has joined Big Features, replacing Bill LaSance, resigned. Maury White, associated with the Ike Libson interests and operating a circuit here, is reported to have acquired the Paramount Theater, Ashland, Ky. Joe Meiser closed his Oxford Theater, Oxford, O., for remodeling and new equipment. J. B. Elliott, Phoenix Amusement Co., and family are summering at Lake Harrington. Col. Paul Krieger, Universal, went to Cleveland for a conference with Frank McCarthy, eastern sales manager. Charles Behlen and H. C. Congelton of Phoenix Amusement Co. have taken over the theater in Lancaster formerly operated by Hazelton Bros. Stanley Jacques of RKO has moved his family to Frankfort, Mich., for the summer. The Apollo, Dayton, opened Sunday with RCA High Fidelity sound. OUT THIS WEEK AND JUST AT THIS TIME THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK ON PRODUCTION IN MOTION PICTURES