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Monday, Dec. 16, 1935
Vol. 68, No. 141 Mon., Dec. 16. 1935 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE : : Editor and Publisher
Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid'i 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 •f Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. _ Foreign $15.00. Subscriber should remit with o™"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. 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, 22S. Paris— P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Lourdes-Noues, 19.
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Society Women Make African Film
Mrs. Mabel Satterlee Ingalls, niece of J. P. Morgan, and Mrs. Margaret Carson Hubbard returned last week on the Europa with a feature titled "Liballa" ("Sweetheart"), a love drama which they filmed in Boratseland, Northern Rhodesia, Africa, with natives comprising the cast.
"Film Curb" Reverts to Weekly
Tom Hamlin's "Film Curb" changes back to a weekly again as it enters its thirteenth year Jan. 4.
ANNUITIES
6% to 12%
for life, according to age. Iaroad by large Iniurance Companio*.
Reuben Samuels
BRyant 9-3740 1540 Broadway
II The Broadway Parade il
Picture and Distributor T-ne3te^
A Night at the Opera (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)— 2nd week Capitol
Show Them No Mercy (20th Century-Fox)— 2nd week Rivoli
The Great Impersonation (Universal) ■ • • ■ • R°*V
In Person (RKO Radio) M*kic Hall
Millions in the Air (Paramount) Paramount
Legong (DuWorld)— 11th week world
The Land of Promise— 4th week _Astor
Your Uncle Dudley (20th Century-Fox) Cin\fr
East of Java (Universal) .Globe
Broadway Hostess (First National) Strand
Personal Maid's Secret (First National) (a) Pa ace
Thanks a Million (20th Century-Fox) (a-c) Palace
♦ TWO-A-DAY RUN ♦
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Warner Bros.)— 10th week Hollywood
* FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS ♦
The Making of a King _Bij°"
The New Gulliver (Amkino) ...■•■• wVh-Sr"piavhou1e
La Maternelle (Tapernoux-Metropol.s) . • -55th St. ™yhouse
ofme^et Chatiment (Lenauer International)— 6th week Cinema de Paris
The Last Millionaire (a-c) Acme
Three Songs About Lenin (Amkino) (a-c) Acme
* FUTURE OPENINGS ♦
Coronado (Paramount)— Dec. 18 • • • • • • Paramount
The Perfect Gentleman (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)— Dec. 18 „■,•.""'
The Littlest Rebel (20th Century-Fox)-Dec. 19. p^liti
Seven Keys to Baldpate (RKO Rad.o)-Dec. 20 Palace
$1,000 a Minute (Republic)— Dec. 20 "oxy
Annie Oakley (RKO Radio)— Dec. 22 (c) ■ ■ As*or
A Tale of Two Cities (M-G-M)-Dec. 25. . Capito
Ah Wilderness! (M-G-M)-Dec »•••••■■■•■-■_ CeRn*ev
If You Could Only Cook (Columbia)-Dec. 25. p,r3„0Unt
The Bride Comes Home (Paramount)— Dec. 25 -Para: mount
The Magnificent Obsession (Universal)— Dec. 30 Music Hall
First a Girl (GB Productions)— Jan. 10 M„<ir MaM
Next Time We Love (Universal)*.. . Mus ic Hall
The Old Curiosity Shop (Alliance) (b) world
(a) Dual bill ">' Follows present bill,
(c) Subsequent run. * Follows Magnificent Obsession
Coming and Going
MARY ELLIS, who returned from abroad last week, leaves New York today for Hollywood to start work in the Walter Wanger production of "Brazen" for Paramount.
JACK L. WARNER is due in New York on Saturday from the coast.
HERBERT T. SILVERBERG, Buffalo film attorney, will be in New York for a brief visit today.
DAVE BADER arrives Thursday from London on the Georgic.
JACK FULD is back in New York from an exploitation assignment in New Haven.
SAM BISCHOFF leaves tomorrow for Hollywood.
WILLIAM K. HOWARD is in New York at the Ritz Tower after a short trip to Europe.
ARTHUR A. LEE, GB vice-president and general metoager, plans a trip to London to discuss next season's lineup after the present sales drive is finished.
Expect 200 Grand Gross For "Dream" on Broadway
"A Midsummer Night's Dream," now in the tenth week of its roadshow engagement at the Hollywood Theater, has passed the $100,000 box-office mark and is expected to gross at least $200,000 in its Broadway run alone, according to the Warner offices.
The box-office "take" for the nine weeks at the Hollywood totals $131,617. A strong increase in the total is expected before the New Year because of the large blocks of seats sold for the Christmas holidays.
No definite date has been set for the end of the "Dream" run, according to the company's home office. So long as present business continues, the production stays.
Switch in Bill at Center
Switch in bookings at the Center Theater will result in M-G-M's "The Perfect Gentleman," with Frank Morgan and Cicely Courtneidge, opening there on Wednesday, in place of the originally scheduled "Charlie Chan's Secret."
Portuguese Tobis Films Set for Showing in U. S.
Lisbon, Portugal — Two productions recently completed by Tobis Portuguesa R.A.R.L. have been sold for exhibition in cities in the U. S. where there is a Portuguese population. The films are "Song of Lisbon" ("Cancao de Lisboa") and "The Vicar's Pupils" ("Pupils do Senhor Reitor"). Technically and otherwise these pictures are rated among the best turned out by the Tobis studios here.
Another production, "Four Leaved Shamrock" ("Trevo de 4 Folhas"), is now under way, while "Bocage", historical biography, is being prepared for filming, according to George de Randich of the Tobis studios.
Campaign for "Scrappy"
An extensive publicity and exploitation campaign for "Scrappy," animated cartoon character, is planned by Columbia coincident with increased bookings of the one-reel subject by large circuits.
Audio Installs Optical Printing
Audio Productions recently completed installation of the latest type optical printing equipment in its studio headquarters at Tenth Ave. and 56th St. The apparatus was designed and built by Akeley Camera Co., under the supervision of J. L. Spence. Now that testing has been completed the apparatus is under the control of Alex Gansell, in charge of trick photography and optical printing. The new apparatus will be used in work done by Audio Productions for "March of Time," Hearst Metrotone News, Columbia Pictures, and others.
MPTOA Units All Favor Self -Regulation Plan
All M. P. T. O. A. regional associations favor an industry plan for self -regulation, a spokesman for the national exhibitor organization said yesterday, basing his statement on a checkup recently made on attitudes towards the proposal. Twenty-five units, in other words, are ready to support a setup which they consider practical and equitable.
Baltimore Bits
Baltimore — "Mutiny on the Bounty," which ran for two weeks at Loew's Century and then moved to Loew's Valencia and Loew's Parkway for a third week, has been held over at the Parkway for a fourth week.
The Little Theater has held "Mister Hobo" for a third week.
A 10 per cent gross receipts amusement tax is one of several revenue-raising plans submitted to the annual meeting of the Maryland State Grange, held in Easton last week.
"Annie Oakley" at Astor Dec. 22 RKO's "Annie Oakley," with Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, Pert Kelton and Andy Clyde, opens Dec. 22 at the Astor Theater.
J. M. Kerrigan
Barbara Kent
Clyde Cook