The Film Daily (1935)

tarn THE -JZM DAILY Monday, Dec. 9, 1935 411 nil mhs All llll Il>l[ Vol. 68, No. 135 Mon., Dec. 9, 1935 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE : : Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Don?ld M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Associate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter. May 21, 1918, 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 °rderAddress all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone, Circle 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable Address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. LondonErnest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 22'5. Paris— P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK (QUOTATIONS Am. Seat Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind East. Kodak Loew's, Inc do pfd Paramount Paramount 1st pfd.. Paramount 2nd pfd Pathe Film RKO 20th Century-Fox . . 20th Century-Fox pfd Warner Bros STOCK MARKET AS OF SATURDAY) Net High Low Close Chg. 2iy8 2iy2 2iy8 6 53/4 6 183/4 183/4 183/4 — y4 162 161 162 + 13/4 53% 53 V2 53y8 + V* 106% 106% 106% — % 93/a 9% 91/4 77 76% 77 + % . IIV4 U U — 7 7 7 — 5 'A + 51/4 23 303/8 91/2 223/8 23 293/4 303/8 + 9% 9i/2 + '8 V4 • % NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. 6s40 19 183/4 19 + Vi Gen. Th. Eq. 6s 40 ctfs. 19 183/4 19 + Vi Loew 6s 41ww 1033/4 1033/4 1033/4 — 1/4 Paramount Picts. 6s55 92 91 1/4 92 + Vi Par. B'way 3s 55 57 57 57 Warner's 6s39 88 87 Vi 87 1/2+ Vi NEW YORK CURB MARKET Sonotone Corp 2Vi 2% 2Vi Technicolor 19V4 18% 19%— % Trans-Lux 4V8 4 4% m The Broadway Parade 11 Picture and Distributor Theater A Night at the Opera (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Capitol Miss Pacific Fleet (Warner Bros.) -Ro*y Show Them No Mercy (20th Century-Fox) Rivoli Men of Iron (Warner Bros.) (a) Pa ac« Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (United Artists) (a) Palace So Red the Rose (Paramount)— 2nd week Paramount I Dream Too Much (RKO Radio)— 2nd week Music Hall Frisco Kid (Warner Bros.)— 3rd week Strand Land of Promise— 3rd week ^,or Escape from Devil's Island (Columbia)— 3rd week Globe Thanks a Million (20th Century-Fox)— 4th week Center Legong (DuWorld)— 10th week World ♦ TWO-A-DAY RUN ♦ A Midsummer Night's Dream (Warner Bros.)— 9th week Hollywood 4 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS ♦ The Making of a King B'iou Sedotta .. •' The New Gulliver (Amkino) • • • • •• • • ■ ■ Cameo La Maternelle (Tapernoux-Metropolis) 55th St. Playhouse Crime et Chatiment (Lenauer International) Cinema de Paris Red Army Days (Amkino) (a) Acme Ivan the Terrible (Amkino) (a) Acme « FUTURE OPENINGS ♦ Your Uncle Dudley (20th Century-Fox)— Dec. 11 .Center In Person (RKO Radio)— Dec. 12 Music Hall Millions in the Air (Paramount) (b) Paramount Captain Blood (Warner Bros.) (b) Strand Frasquita ( Universal) (b) World Ah, Wilderness (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) (Dec. 25) Center (a) Dual bills. (b) Fol,ows Present bMI Merger of Units Delays I May Ask Additional Funds Philly Booking Combine For Probe of A. T. & T. Philadelphia — Steps toward effecting a merger between the I. E. P. A. and the M. P. T. O. here are temporarily blocking plans for inauguration of the local exhibitor booking combine. Total of 26 theaters are reported to have indicated willingness to participate. 7 '•Maternelle" Xmas Runs "La Maternelle" ("Children of Montmartre"), Tapernoux Metropolis release now in its third month at the 55th St. Playhouse, has been set for seven ke^ city runs during Christmas. It is now in its third week at the Europa, Philadelphia. Drama Students in "Post Road" "Post Road," by Wilbur Daniel Steele and Norma Mitchell, will be presented by the Feagin School of Dramatic Art with members of the Senior Class on Thursday and Friday evenings under the direction of Hubert Osborne. Performances will take place in the 57th St. Playhouse. (Continued from Page 1) provided by Congress for this probe was the largest sum ever authorized for such an investigation. The Commission's records at present show 215 exclusive investigators with a monthly payroll of $54,000. The cost thus far is $248,000. Third Week for "Devil's Island" Columbia's "Escape from Devil's Island" has gone into a third week at the Globe on Broadwav. "Le Maternelle" starts its third month today at the 55th St. Playhouse, while "Crime et Chatiment" is being held for a fifth week at the Cinema de Paris, where it establishes a new record for the house. Coming and Going E. W. HAMMONS, Educational^ president, returns to New York today from his trip to Los Angeles. ROGER C. CLEMENT, Paramount attorney, is a passenger on the Washington in company with JOHN W. HICKS and the boat is due to arrive Wednesday. LOUIS PHILLirS, who sails from New York on Dec. 14 for a West Indies cruise, makes a stopover at Jamaica for a business visit. FRED KENNEBECK, who has been managing the Paramount theater at Melbourne, sails from Sydney on Dec. 14 for New York, where he will be given another assignment by Paramount. MONROE GREENTHAL, who left last night by plane for conferences at the United Artists studios on the coast, returns to New York in a week. JESSE J. GOLDBURG arrived in New York on Saturday by plane and will probably return to the coast tonight after completing some deals for material. He's stopping at the Park Central. HELEN VINSON, who arrived in New York on Saturday, sails Dec. 26 for England. JOHN COSENTINO, special representative for Spectrum, is back in New York after a tour of southern and midwestern exchanges. JANE COOPER, who has a role in Paramount's "Collegiate," arrived in Pittsburgh last week from the coast to appear in George White's "Scandals." JOAN MARSH has returned to Hollywood from New York to play the leading role in Republic's "Dancing Feet." MARK OSTRER, GB chairman, will sail for London at the end of the week accompanied by MICHAEL BALCON, who will return from Hollywood tomorrow. EDDIE SILVERMAN of Chicago is in New York. HAL HORNE has returned to New York from the coast. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Mark Hamilton Bert Sprotte Edward J. Dowling Harry D. Wilson R. M. Blumenthal Plugs for Warner Songs Song hits from "Broadway Hostess," Winifred Shaw's first starring vehicle for Warners, will be plugged by ten well-known radio programs, including nation-wide broadcasts, during the next few days. Among those who will plug picture's tunes —"Weary," "Let It Be Me," "Playboy of Paree" — are Rudy Vallee, Nat Brusiloff, Merrymakers, Reed and Rich, Banjoleers and others. New Legion Move in Cincy Cincinnati — Coincident with the plea of Cardinal Hayes in New York, Archbishop John T. McNicholas, leader and organizer of the Legion of Decency, has announced here that more vigorous steps would be taken in the crusade against films considered undesirable. Jack Cohn's Son to Marry Mr. and Mrs. James Martin have announced the engagement of their daughter, Laura, to Ralph Cohn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cohn. Ralph's dad is the Columbia executive. Althea Freel Dead West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood— Althea Freel, 28, former New York actress and wife of Ross Alexander, film player, died Saturday. More Hollywood Names for GB London — Sally Eilers, Edmund Lowe, Elizabeth Allan, Richard Arlen and Robert Young have been added to the roster of Hollywood names recently signed by GB for forthcoming productions to be made at Shepherd's Bush. Sally Eilers and Edmund Lowe will co-star in a special feature whose working title is "The Phantom Wrecker." Elizabeth Allan will be featured in the next George Arliss film. Arlen will star in a story based on the building of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, tentatively titled "The Barrier." Maureen O'Sullivan also may be in it. Young at present at the company's studios working in "Secret Agent," will also do "It's Love Again." GB has raised its number of American releases for 1936-37 to 24, against 16 this season. "Married Boss" 5th Week in Sydney Sydney, Australia — Columbia's "She Married Her Boss," with Claudette Colbert, has gone into a fifth week at the Regent, where it was originally booked for two weeks. ANNUITIES 6% to 12% for life, according to age. Issued by large Insurance Companies. Reuben Samuels BRyant 9-3740 1540 Broadway