The Film Daily (1936)

m 18 TORONTO The New Christie Theater has reopened after extensive remodeling. Loew's management is holding "San Francisco" for an eighth consecutive week at this theater. It is reported people are coming from many Ontario points to see this film. Hon. David Croll, labor minister for Ontario, has refused to request 20th Century-Fox to employ Canadian camera and sound technicians in the filming of the Dionne quintuplets for the new picture, "Reunion". Croll says the government can do nothing in the matter, as the Hollywood camera men have complied with all the Canadian immigration requirements, and that anyway, the film companies now have 15 Canadians employed at Callendar now, "paying them to do nothing." Five New Warner Theaters Add 6,000 Seats to Circuit Warner circuit is adding nearly 6,000 seats through five houses now under actual construction or planned. Three of the theaters are scheduled for opening this coming Fall. The Uptown, seating 1,400, will be added to its Washington holdings the first week in October. At Stanton, Va., the reuilt Dixie, with a capacity of 1,000, is also to have its premiere in October. The Sheridan, another new Washington theater which seats 1,000, is set for a November opening. A third Washington house, the Calvert, with a capacity of 1,000, will open its doors next Spring. At Chicago on the South Side the Rhodes, seating 1,400, is projected. Preparing Fox Suit Preparations are being made for trying the fouryear-old suit brought by Fox Film Corp. against William Fox and Jack Leo in which $5,000,000 is sought in connection with a mismanagement charge. Case is set for Fall hearing in the New York State Supreme Court. A motion for examination before trial will be made shortly. Frank Parker on Bernie Bill Frank Parker will appear on the Ben Bernie radio program Sept. 22 at Dallas. NEWS AS SEEN BY THE PRESS AGENT The sea-shell covered path from the house to the ocean, introduced by John Boles, suggested a colorful idea which has been adopted by several of the screen's most glamorous stars resident in the colony— DAVE A. EPSTEIN. The Foreign Field ♦ ♦ News Flashes from All Parts of the Globe ♦ ♦ British Air Defense Film London — The War Office, Admiralty and Air Ministry are collaborating with Gaumont British Educational in the production of a fourreel picture dealing with Great Britain's defenses against an enemy air attack. The film will be shown during the winter throughout the United Kingdom. Turkey Establishes Censorship Istanbul — The Turkish government has formed its long-talked of permanent commission to censor films before they are shown in that country. The commission consists of representatives from the Ministries of Education and the Interior, of the General Staff and the General Direction of the Press. Political and religious propaganda pictures will be prohibited entirely; also films which show colonies of an Oriental country in an inferior position or which might incite to crime or rebellion. Doyle to Build in London London — Stuart Doyle, film pioneer in Australia, has taken a 99year lease on a plot near Piccadilly Circus upon which he plans to erect a new West End show center, including two theaters, cabaret and restaurant. Name of the company is London Theater Center, Ltd. Equips 50th Ship With Sound London — With an order just received to supply the ship Reina del Pacifico, largest of the Pacific Steam Navigation Co.'s liners on the South American route, GB Equipments Maritime Dep't has received its 50th order to install its portable sound equipment in ships since the formation of the department early this year. Connie Collier With Robinson London — Atlantic Films has engaged Constance Collier to play opposite Edward G. Robinson in "Thunder in the City," her first talking picture engagement in England though she has appeared frequently in American sound pictures. Cast for Paderewski Film London — Besides Marie Tempest and Charles Farrell, the cast which will support the famous pianist, Jan Paderewski, in "Moonlight Sonata," which Lothar Mendes is directing at Denham, the cast includes W. Graham Brown, seen frequently in America with Miss Tempest, Eric Portman and Barbara Greene. Paderewski will play, besides the famous "Moonlight Sonata," his own "Minuet" and other piano pieces during the action of the picture. Columbia's Australian Film Sydney — Clarence Badger is di recting at the National Studios Columbia Pictures' first production to be made in Australia, a film version of Zane Grey's "Rangle River." Victor Jory is the star and it is likely that an Australian actress will be cast opposite him. Soviets Film Radio Broadcasts Moscow — The Committee of the Moscow Radio has decided to make film records of broadcasts by eminent artists so that they may be preserved and repeated on the radio at will. The first broadcast to be thus recorded on film will be the opera, "Eugene Onegin, by Tschaikowsky, the broadcast of which will take two and a half hours. To Film "Hamlet" in Russian Moscow — Nicholas V. Ekk, Soviet producer, recently announced in the Moscow press that he intended to make a film version of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," upon which he has been doing preparatory work for the past five years. Ekk produced the first Soviet color film, "Grunya Kornakova," recently released. British Object to U. S. Equip. London — Manufacturers of studio equipment in Great Britain are exercised over the fact that American-made equipment is used almost entirely in many British studios to the exclusion of British-manufac tured apparatus. Studios at Den ham, Iver and Elstree are cited as examples. While no objection has been raised to the use of Mole Richardson lighting units, American camera manufacturers are not being let off so easily, notably Mitchell and Bell & Howell cameras. Objection is not to quality of the cameras and other equipment but to that fact that British cameras equally good are virtually excluded from certain studios. It is hinted that French and German equipment is given preference to British apparatus in some instances. "Mill on Floss" Stars London— Victoria Hopper, young British film star, has been engaged by John Clein Pictures, Ltd., to play opposite Frank Lawton in the screen version of George Eliot's "Mill on the Floss," which Tim Whelan will direct. Garnett Weston is making the screen treatment, while John Drinkwater, noted dramatist and novelist, will handle the dialogue. Reopen Cinemas Under New Plan Barcelona — Three weeks after the revolution broke out, a number of cinemas have reopened their doors. BALTIMORE The Lord Calvert Theater, new 600-seat house at 2444 Washington Boulevard, has opened. It was built by the Lord Calvert Theater Co., of which Robert M. Scheck is president. The Little Theater has brought back "The Unfinished Symphony" for another run. This picture set a new record for the house last year when it was held for nine weeks. "Rhythm on the Range" has been held at the Stanley for a second week. In accord with the new revolutionary order, the theaters are being run on a cooperative basis and all branches of workers are receiving equal benefits. The cinemas are managed by the Commissioner of Spectacles of Catalonia formed by the government. All the cinemas abandoned by the escape of their owners during the revolution have been taken over by the authorities and will be managed by the Workingmen's Syndicate. A new decree prohibits reactionary pictures and those who discredit the conception of liberty and humanity which are the precepts of the National Confederation of Workingmen. About 110 movies have reopened and no free passes will be issued to any one. Boyer for Warners Paris — Reports are current here that Jack L. Warner has signed Charles Boyer for a picture to be made next fall in Hollywood. Boyer will make only one film here this year. Paris Tax Collections Down Paris— Government tax collections from movie houses in the first five months of this year totaled $248,886, a decrease of 30 per cent over the same period last year. Korda Finishes "Rembrandt" London — The final sequence of "Rembrandt," the Alexander Korda screen biography of' the famous Dutch master, with Charles Laughton in the title role, has been completed at the Denham Studios. "Rembrandt" was personally directed by Korda, and the cast features Gertrude Lawrence and Elsa Lanchester. Many of the exterior scenes were taken in Amsterdam, with the cooperation of the Holland government. The picture will be released through United Artists. FACTS ABOUT FILMS Finland is not troubled with an overseating problem; during 1935 but 10 new theaters were built, the largest with a seating capacity of but 800.