The Film Daily (1935)

Friday, Dec 13, 1935 Vol. 68, No. 139 Fri., Dee. 13. 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, NY. Phone, Circle 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable Address: Filmday, New York HoUywood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Holly. wood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. LondonErnest 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 Lourdes-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL Coming and Going NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 20% 20V8 20V4 — Vz Columbia Picts. vtc. 47% 46'/2 "Vs + IVs Con. Fm. Ind 6 5% 5% — Vs Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. 185/8 18i/2 18Vi East. Kodak 159% 159 159 Loew's. Inc 53 Vi 523/4 53 — V* do pfd 1071/2 1071/g 107V8 — Vs Paramount 10i/4 93/4 10 — Vs Paramount 1st pfd.. 80i/4 78% 78% — 1% Paramount 2nd pfd.. 12% 11% 11% — V4 Pathe Film 7% 7 7 — Vs RKO 5% 5% 53/8 20th Century-Fox . . 24 23% 23% + % 20th Century-Fox pfd. 32 V2 30Vi 32% + 1% Univ. Pict. pfd 60 59% 60 Warner Bros 10% 9% 9% — % do pfd 52 52 52 +1 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. . 19% 18% 19 + % Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 183/4 18% 183/4 + V* Keith A-0 6s46... 95 95 95 + % Loew 6s 41ww 1033/4 1033/4 1033/4 — % Paramount Picts. 6s55 923/4 92 92% Par. B'way 3s55... 58 58 58 Warner's 6s39 89% 88 88% — % NEW YORK CURB MARKET Sonotone Corp. ... 2% 2% 2% Technicolor 18% 18% 18%— % Trans-Lux 4 3% 3% % HENRY WILLSON. young business advisor to Hollywood players, including Anne Shirley, Fred and Paula Stone, Anita Louise, Helen Mack, Ida Lupino and Toby Wing, arrived in New York yesterday to arrange stage, radio and personal appearances for his clients and to spend a holiday vacation with his parents at their home on Long Island. ROBERT FAIRBANKS, acting in the capacity of general manager for his brother, Douglas, arrives from London today on the Aquitania. After a short time in New York conferring with executives of United Artists, he wnl proceed to Hollywood. RAQUEL TORRES (Mrs. Stephen Ames), who has been in New York for a short time, left for the coast yesterday. PAT O'BRIEN, who has been vacationing in New York, left yesterday for Washington for a week of personal appearances on the stage of the Earle Theater. The Warner star will return to the coast shortly after the completion of his Washington engagement. RAYMOND MASSEY, leading player in Alexander Korda's production of "Things To Come, soon to be released by United Artists, arrives from England today on the Aquitania. BILLIE BURKE, who recently appeared in Samuel Goldwyn's "Splendor," accompanied by her daughter, Patricia Burke Ziegfeld, will arrive from Hollywood today to attend the wedding of Marjorie Post Hutton and Joseph Davies. Miss Burke will also attend the Boston premiere of the "Ziegfeld Follies on Dec. 23. BEN GOETZ, who sails tomorrow for England, returns to this country in about five weeks. JOSEPH M. MOSKOWITZ of 20fh Century arrived in New York yesterday from Canada. WINI SHAW has had to call off her trip east due to the starting of production by First National on "The Man With the Black Hat," in which she will appear. UNA MERKEL and her mother are on their way to New York from the coast for a Christmas visit. it DATE BOOK » LILI DAMITA is accompanying her husband, ERROL FLYNN, Warner player, on his trip to New York, where Flynn will appear at the opening of his new picture, "Captain Blood." at the Strand on Christmas morning. They arrive Monday morning. CORINNE GRIFFITH is in New York from Hollywood and staying at the Hotel Gotham, where she is reading plays for a possible Broadway appearance. MAX REE is on his way to New York from Hollywood to design costumes for two plays. HENRY WILCOXON arrives on the Empress of Britain, Dec. 21, from England, en route to Hollywood. JOE BRANDT arrived in New York yesterday on the Rex from Italy and leaves for the Coast over the week-end. RALPH KNAPP. and R. A. KRIER, both of Fox, land from the Aquitania today. F. C. HENRY, Paramount manager for the Philippines, who is now in New York, returns to Manila Mar. 1. ARTHUR RUSCIZA. Fox manager in Chile, is due in New York Monday. VICTOR SCHOCHET, manager for Fox in the Argentine, arrives in New York Dec. 21. MARY ELLIS returns to New York today on the Aquitania en route to the Coast. WALTER HUTCHINSON arrives in New York today from London. LEO SPITZ. RKO president, leaves New York today by plane for the coast. CARL BRISSON, Paramount star, arrives in New York on Sunday from the coast to spend the Christmas holidays. JANE WINTON returned yesterday from England on the Washington after appearing in a British film. EDDIE McEVOY, RKO Radio Canadian and eastern sales manager, has gone to Washington. Dec. 19: A.M. P. A. Third Annual Christmas Luncheon for the benefit of the Film Daily Relief Fund, Hotel Astor, New York. Dec. 20: Paramount Pep Club dance, Hotel Astor, New York. Jan. 11: Independent Theater Owners' Ass'n annual ball, Hotel Astor, New York. Jan. 12: Philadelphia Variety Club's first annual dinner and installation, Hotel BellevueStratford, Philadelphia. Jan. 12-13: Annual convention of M. P. T. O. of North and South Carolina (place to be set). Jan. 26: Testimonial dinner in honor of Harry Hershfield, sponsored by the Broadway Cheese Club, Hotel Astor, New York. April 27-30: S. M. P. E. spring convention, Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicaeo* Otto Brown Missing Lincoln, Neb. — Former manager Otto Brown of the Fox Theater, McCook, Neb., has been missing since Sunday night. He recently was succeeded by John Taylor of Rawlins, Wyo., District Manager Chet Miller, Denver, and Fred Glass, Boulder, Colo., a former manager, are investigating. Philippines Turning Out 25 Pictures This Season Product output of the Philippines will amount to 25 features during the current season, according to F. C. Henry, Paramount manager for that country, who is now in New York. This represents an increase of 10 pictures over the past year, he said. Dual-featuring in the Philippines i? confined to neighborhood houses in Manila, said Henry, who declared that audiences in that country prefer spectacles and pictures with plenty of action. Columbia Film for Roxy Columbia's "If You Could Only Cook," with Herbert Marshall, Jean Arthur and Leo Carrillo, will open Christmas Day at the Roxy. Pathe Film Pfd. Dividend Quarterly dividend of $1.75 on the $7 cumulative preferred stock has been declared by Pathe Film Corp., payable Jan. 2 to stockholders of record Dec. 23. Handling Dionne Dolls Tieup Master Art Products has closed a deal to handle exclusively the Dionne Quintuplets dolls in the theater field for the U. S. and Canada. The dolls are given away free in theaters through tieups at no cost to the theater, with campaigns running either 14 or 30 days. FILM DAILY ti lowing on their birthday: Norman Foster Richard Schayer Burnet Hershey William R. Friser Arthur Stebbins Married West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Marriage of Arthur W. Stebbins and Ann Darling, film actress, took place here Wednesday. Eight French Features In Next Para. Program Paramount will have eight French features, produced at its Joinville studio, on its next season program, stated John W. Hicks, general foreign manager, yesterday upon his return to New York on the Washington after a visit to France and England. Six of the pictures will be produced during the next few months, while the rest are carryovers from the past year, he said. Business in England is very strong, Hicks stated, and in France conditions are improving. Goldwyn to Make "Hell and Texas" West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood— "Hell and Texas "an original screenplay by Edward Chodorov and Jane Murfin, staff writers for Samuel Goldwyn, has been acquired by the United Artists producer for early production. It is a drama about the creation of the Texas republic. Joel McCrea may have a leading role in it. Owen Davis, Jr., Signed by RKO Owen Davis, Jr., young Broadway leading man, has been signed to a term contract by RKO Radio Pictures and leaves to report at the Hollywood studio tomorrow. Davis is the son of the prolific playwright. B. & K. Preferred Dividend Chicago — Balaban & Katz has declared a dividend of $3.50 against accumulations on the 7 per cent preferred stock. On Sept. 28 the company paid $1.75. R. S. Wallace a Kentucky Colonel Alliance, O.— R. S. Wallace, general manager of Tri-Theaters, Inc., has received a commission as a Colonel of Kentucky. "SO RED THE ROSE" for first two days at REX THEATRE WHEELING, VA. , turns in a gross 50*^ above average.