Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1934)

2 MOTION PICTURE DAILY • All the wise men of HollywoodI are agog over BORZAGE'S latest | masterpiece for Columbia, based on the world famous novel by | Fercnc Molnar. They have tabbed I this as one of the top-notchers of I the New Year. MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 35 January 3, 1934 No. 2 Martin Quigley Editor-in-Chief and Publisher QP MAURICE KANN Editor JAMES A. CRON 1 Advertising Manager Published daily except Sunday and holidays by Motion Picture Daily, Inc., subsidiary of Quigley Publications, Inc., Martin Quigley. President; Colvin Brown, Vice-President and Treasurer. Publication Office: 1790 Broadway, New York. Telephone Circle 7-3100. Cable address "Quigpubco, New York." All contents copyrighted 1934 by Motion Picture Daily, Inc. Address all correspondence to the New York Office. Other Quigley publications: MOTION PICTURE HERALD, BETTER THEATRES, THE MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC and THE CHICAGOAN. 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Erpi Service Rates Slashed in England London, Jan. 2. — Effective yesterday, Erpi reduced its weekly service charges throughout England by approximately $1.30. The reduced rates bring the former highest service charge of $24.52 per week down to $23.22, and the lowest rate, $10.31, down to $9.06. Charles Bunn, Erpi sales manager here, could not be reached yesterday for a statement as to whether or not the company contemplated a service charge reduction at home. Another authoritative source at Erpi, however, stated none was under consideration. MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1934-35 NOW /A/ P/lfPA/iA T/OA/ WHERE THE WORLD LOOKS FOR MOTION PICTURE '5* fact* LeRoy-Warner Wedding Takes Place at Waldorf Mervin LeRoy and Doris Warner were married last night at the Waldorf in the presence of approximately 200 guests, including a party from the coast headed by Jack L. Warner, the bride's uncle. The ceremony was performed by Rabbi S. A. Fineberg of the Sinai Temple, Mt. Vernon. Tomorrow the couple leave New York aboard the Empress of Britain on a world cruise. They will make their home in Hollywood. The guests included: Irving Asher, Ralph Adler, Mr. and Mrs. Jules Brulatour, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bernhard, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Burger, Hope Burger, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bareford, Herbert Copelan, Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Charnas, Milton Charnas, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Cantor, Louis D'Arclay, Chester Erskine, Mr. and Mrs. S. Charles Einfeld, Rabbi and Mrs. Solomon A. Fineberg, Herbert Frank, Mrs. Sam Feld, Mrs. Leo Forbstein, Mr. and Mrs. Stanleigh Friedman, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Greenbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Goldstein, Mrs. Kate Goldman, Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Goetz, Mr. Robert Goldstein, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Goldstein, Leonard Goldstein, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Goetz, Walter Goetz, Edna Goetz, Lou Golder, Gwen Heller, Mr. and Mrs. Lou Halper, Irene Heller, Mr. and Mrs. Halberstadt, Mr. and Mrs. Will H Hays, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Holahan, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Harris, Mr. and Mrs Larry Hyman, Mr. and Mrs. Isidore J Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. A. Jacobs, Lester and Lou Krieger, Celia Krieger, Morris Levison. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Levy, Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Levy. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Levy. Mr. and Mrs. Moe Levy. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Lesser, Mr. and "Mrs Louis Laskin. Mr. and Mrs. Al Lichtman. Mack Levy, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Morris AI Manheimer. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Muni Dr. and Mrs. Waldo Mork, Mr. and Mrs' Edgar Moses. Mr. and Mrs. Lou Metzger Albert Manheimer. Courtland Mark. Max Milder. Mr. and Mrs. Sam E. Morris. Mrs Elsa Mark. Mr. and Mrs. Max Michel Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nisenson. Fritzi Nisenson. Ruth Nathan. Mr. and Mrs. George O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pearl, Mr and Mrs. Dave Robbins. Mrs. Sadie Rosenthal. Joseph Rosenthal. Mr. and Mrs Arthur Rapf. Mr. and Mrs. Moe Rosenberg. Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Rutkin Mr and Mrs. Bernard Rosenberg, Ruth Rosenthal. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rodner, Mr and Mrs. Arthur Siegel, Mr. and Mrs Leon Schlesinger, Mrs. Ad Schulberg, Mr and Mrs. Ed Sullivan. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stebbins. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Schneider. Louis Shurr, Buddv Schulberg, Carl Siegel. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Starr, Mr and Mrs. Sam Sax, Mr. and Mrs Moe Silver, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Gradwell Sears. Mr. and Mr/ ,A W' Smith Jr.; Philip Simon. Mr. ™,M'S' P£";ce Teeple, Lucy, Ethel and Abel Cary Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel LTngerleider. Dr. and Mrs. Tonas T Unger. Betty Warner, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Warner. Major and Mrs. Albert Warner Mrs. Beniamin Wolf. ShTrlev Warner . W„a^n.er> Mr and Mrs. Morris \.",f' We,ss Elaine Whitelaw. Ruth Wilk. Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Weil. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wilk, Minna Wallis, and Mr and Mrs. Adolph Zukor. Studios Hurt Little By Heavy Coast Rain Hollywood, Jan. 2— Studios came through the unprecedented week-end downpour with no serious damage. Some exterior sets are being quickly repaired. Yesterday the northern section of the city, involving Warners and Universal, was without telephone service. Joel McCrea and Frances Dee were marooned on their ranch at Chatsworth. Will Rogers got up at 4 o'clock in the morning to warn motorists of a bridge washout near his ranch. Victor McLaglen was reported missing from his estate at LaCrescenta. Frank Geraghty, assistant production manager at Columbia, was drowned when his car was swept away. Coast Production Falls; 31 in Work {Continued from page 1) are in final stages of preparation. The cutting rooms continue to be taxed to capacity with 53 features and 24 shorts in the editing stages. M-G-M continues to head the list with an unusual number of features in work, reporting eight, with two preparing and 10 cutting. Warners come next with six, zero and five. Fox is third with four, three and seven ; Paramount, four, four and five ; Radio, three, zero and six ; Columbia, one, three and six; Century, one, zero and four, while Universal reports zero, one and two with United Artists zero on the three classifications. Independent producers in the feature group show four working, seven preparing and eight cutting. Among the producers of shorts MG-M shows one working, one preparing and two shooting; Roach, zero, two and four; Universal, one, zero and two; Columbia, zero, two and three; Radio, zero, one and six. Paramount will hit a production peak this month with 13 features. Films starting this month are: "Melody in Spring;" "We're Not Dressing;" "The Trumpet Blows;" "It Ain't No Sin;" "Murder at the Vanities;" "Honor Bright;" "Come on Marines," and "The Man Who Broke His Heart." Scheduled for production in February are "Double Door;" "Often a Bridegroom ;" "Thirty-Day Princess" and "Little Miss Marker." Columbia will start four this month, they are: "Sonata," "Twentieth Century," "The Love Child," and the Russian story on which Laurence Stallings and Lewis Milestone have spent eight months. The working title has been set as "Red Square." 12 Indicted in Failure The Brooklyn Grand Jury yesterday handed up 12 indictments growing out of the investigation of New York Investors, Inc., and its subsidiaries, including the bankrupt Realty Associates, Inc. Among the charges are misuse of the mails and concealment of assets. Among those named are Frank Fox, president of Realty Associates, Inc. ; Frank Bailey, one of the founders of Realty Associates. Inc. : William M. Greve, president of New York Investors, Inc. ; Francis T. Pender, president of Allied Owners. Inc. ; William H. Wheelock, president of the Prudence Company, Inc. ; James Fisher, James Graham, Gordon S. Braislin, Harry D. Burchall, Eugene Moses, Henry Parker and Otto Eimer, directors of the various affiliates of New York Investors. 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