The Film Daily (1935)

THE ■g&H DAILV Tuesday, Dec. 10,1935 Vol. 68, No. 136 Tues., Dec. 10. 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; Donald 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 order. Address 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. London — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK High Am. Seat 21 % Columbia Picts. vtc. . 725/8 Con. Fm. Ind 6 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. . 19 East. Kodak 162 1 Loew's, Inc 54% do pfd 1071/4 1 Paramount lO'/g Paramount 1st pfd.. . 81 Paramount 2nd pfd.. . 12V8 Pathe Film 7% RKO 51/2 20th Century-Fox . . 23% 20th Century-Fox pfd. 30% Warner Bros 10y4 do pfd 52 NEW YORK BOND Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. . 19 Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 19 Keith A-0 6s 46. . . 95*A Loew 6s 41 ww 104% 1 Par. Picts. 6s 55. .. . 93 Vt Par. B'way 3s 55. ... 57% RKO 6s41 77 RKO 6s41 pp. cts....l45 Warner's 6s39 8914 NEW YORK CURB Sonotone Corp 2% Technicolor 19% Trans-Lux 4% MARKET Net Low Close Chg. 21% 21% — V4 70% 72% + 3% 5% 6 18% 183/4 + % 61 162 53% 54% + % 07% 107% + % 9% 10% + % 77 81+4 11 12% + 1% 7 7% + % 5% 53/g + % 23 23% + % 30% 30% — % 9% 10% + 3/4 50 52 + 3% MARKET 18% 19 18% 19 95 953/4 + 2 0434 1043/4 92 93% + 1% 56% 57% + % 76 77—1 45 145 —13 87 89% + 1% MARKET 23/8 23/8 — % 19 19% + % 4 4% Victor McLaglen Una Merkel George Lewis Sidney Fox Coming and Going BEN GOETZ, who was recently placed in charge of foreign production for M-G-M, arrived in New York by plane yesterday. He will sail Dec. 14 for England on the Aquitania. RAYMOND MASSEY. star of Alexander Korda's forthcoming H. G. Wells production, "Things To Come," U. A. release, is aboard the Aquitania arriving in New York on Friday. CHAS. "CHUCK" REISNER is in town from the coast. Accompanied by his wife and son, he sails Saturday on the Aquitania for London where he will direct for Gaumont British under a year's contract. WILLIAM KOENIG is in New York from Hollywood. MILT LEWIS has returned from Hollywood. MURRAY W. GARSSON, director of investigation for the Sabath Congressional Committee, returns today from Hollywood. MARGOT GRAHAME, RKO Radio player, is en route to New York to spend the Christmas holidays here. LORENZ HART and RICHARD RODGERS have gone to the coast from New York and return East Dec. 22. PAUL KOHNER arrives in New York shortly from Hollywood. BUCK JONES leaves New York today returnng to Hollywood. SAM BISCHOFF, who has arrived in New York from the coast for a vacation, returns in two weeks. CHRIS MANN, London manager, returns tolay from Hollywood. E. W. HAMMONS, president of Educational, returned yesterday from the west. J. H. SKIRBALL, sales manager, who accompanied Hammons on the way west, is visiting a number of 20th Century-Fox exchanges on his way back. SOL EDWARDS and WILLIAM CLARK are making circuits of exchanges in other parts of the country. WILLARD MacKAY returns to New York tomorrow by plane from Hollywood. OSCAR R. HANSON is in New York from Toronto. AL CHRISTIE gors to the coast from New York late this month. FRANK C. WALKER has gone to South Bend with President Roosevelt. SIDNEY OLCOTT is en route to the coast from New York. MITCHELL LEICHTER, head of Beaumont Pictures, is in New York and stopping at the Astor. DAVE BADER. who has resigned from his Universal connection in London, is due to arrive in New York the latter part of next week. DAVID L. LOEW arrives in New York today from the coast. M. C. LEVEE is scheduled to leave Hollywood today for New York. WILL H. HAYS gets back from the coast this week. BEN HOLZMAN, personal manager for Eddie Cantor, leaves the coast this week for New York. RALPH SPENCE arrives today from the coast and will sail Saturday on the Aquitania for London. Viewing . . . the passing parade (.Continued from Page 1) even in just one small role, is invariably referred to in his or her air appearance as a "film star". Radio artists, on the other hand, seldom get a nod from Hollywood unless they are some kind of sensations. Hanson Reports Can. Biz 10 Per Cent Ahead of 1934 Canadian theater business is approximately 10 per cent improved over a year ago, according to reports reaching Oscar R. Hanson, who is in New York from Toronto. Hanson, former Tiffany general sales manager and now associated with Empire in the Dominion as well as exhibition activities, said that Canadian audiences are showing a greater preference for British-made pictures than ever before. "Crime" Fights "Crime" Lincoln, Neb. — Competition of the fierce sort is under way here this week, with L. L. Dent's Varsity Theater playing Columbia's "Crime and Punishment," while J. H. Cooper's Orpheum is plugging the French "Crime and Punishment" at the same time. Herman Weinberg Resigns Baltimore — Herman G. Weinberg, managing director of the Little theater for the past six years, has announced his resignation, effective Jan. 1. Leichter Closes Deals On Latest Tearle Film Mitchell Leichter, president of Beaumont Pictures at present Jn New York from the coast, to date has closed deals with independent exchanges in Denver, Dallas, Atlanta and New York on his "Desert Guns", latest in his series of features starring Conway Tearle. Leichter also has disposed of the foreign rights, and is now completing additional sales. Tearle's supporting cast in this picture is headed by Margaret Morris, formerly featured in RKO, Paramount and other major studio productions. Sam Bischoff Producing 12 On Current Warner Lineup As a producer for Warner-First National, Sam Bischoff is scheduled to, make 12 features this season, the executive said following his arrival in New York yesterday by boat from the Coast. Upon his return to Hollywood in two weeks Bischoff will do "Three Men on a Horse," "Slim," based on a novel, pictures starring James Melton and Rudy Vallee, and "Charge of the Light Brigade," which is planned as a special. "Frisco Kid," starring James Cagney and which Bischoff made, is now the attraction at the New York Strand. Reliance to Produce 6 or 8 Next Season Although the company has not as yet set a new releasing deal, Reliance is planning to produce between six and eight features for the 1936-37 season, it was stated yesterday following return of Harry Goetz to New York from the Coast. The firm's present schedule calls for four pictures. Listed for 1936-37 are: "Beau Brummel," "Mark of Zorro," "Mother Carey's Chickens," "Gungha Din" and a picture based on the life of Jim Fiske, Wall Street operator. Reliance is now working on "Last of the Mohicans," final picture under its current United Artists distribution arrangement. Cowdin to Finish Survey Within About Four Weeks Examination of Universal's setup by representatives of Standard Capital Co., which holds a three-month option on the company, will be completed within four weeks, it was stated yesterday by J, Cheever Cowdin, president of the finance firm. Cowdin said that his company has arranged the financing necessary to swing the deal, in event it decides to exercise its option, which expires the first of February. Charles R. Rogers, who is representing Standard Capital in connection with $750,000 it has loaned to Universal and which is secured by negatives of a number of productions now in work, arrived in New York yesterday from Hollywood. RKO Gets "Winterset" "Winterset," Maxwell Anderson drama which is a current Broadway success, has been purchased for filming by RKO Radio Picture. Burgess Meredith, who plays the leading $ male role, has been signed by the same company. "PETER IBBETSON, " at the DENHAM THEATRE— DENVER, grossed 34% over the house average . ******* .