Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1934)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Thursday, January 4, 1934 MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 35 January 4, 1934 No. 3 Martin Quigley Editor-in-Chief and Publisher MAURICE KANN Editor JAMES A. CRON 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. Hollywood Bureau: Postal Union Life Building, Vine and Yucca Streets, Victor M. Shapiro. Manager; Chicago Bureau: 407 South Dearborn Street, Edwin S. Clifford, manager; London Bureau: 1021 A Finchley Road, Golders Green, Bernard Charman, Representative; Berlin Bureau: Berlin-Tempelhof, Kaiserin-Augustastrasse 28, Joachim K. Rutenberg, Representative; Paris Bureau: 19, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, Pierre Autre, Representative; Rome Bureau: Viale Gorizia, Vittorio Malpassuti, Representative; Sydney Bureau: 102 Sussex Street, Cliff Holt, Representative; Mexico City Bureau: Apartado 269, James Lockhart, Representative; Glasgow Bureau: 86 Dundrennan Road. G. Holmes, Representative; Budapest Bureau: 11 Olaaz Fasor 17, Endre Hevesi, Representative. Entered as second class matter January 4, 1926 at the Post Office at New York City, N. Y., under Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates per year: $6 in the Americas, except Canada $15 and foreign $12. Single copies: 10 cents. Somborn Dead, Cremated Beverly Hills, Jan. 3. — H. K. Somborn, second husband of Gloria Swanson, an early producer and in recent years proprietor of a number of restaurants, who died yesterday, will be cremated and his ashes shipped to New York, where his mother and sister live. He was 54 and had been ill several months. Mrs. E. L. Hehl Buried St. Louis, Jan. 3. — Funeral services were held yesterday for Mrs. Emma L. Hehl, wife of Louis C. Hehl, secretary-treasurer of the M.P.T.O. of St. Louis, Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois. She was 72. MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1954-55 A/OrV/A/ PMPA/IAT/O/V WHERE THE WORLD LOOKS FOR MOTION PICTURE •5 Flash Reviews "All of Me" {Paramount) Hollywood, Jan. 3 — Has show values that yank at emotions. . . give good account of itself, neatly combining mass and class appeal. Should "Frontier Marshal" {Fox) Hollywood, Jan. 3 — Should appeal generally, especially to western fans and George O'Brien's followers. "The Trail Drive" {Universal) Presents Ken Maynard in a fast and exciting tale with a plot that deviates from the routine enough to give it added interest. There is plenty of action to keep the kids on tenterhooks. "Sensation Hunters" {Monogram) A mild yarn of a pattern quite familiar. . . . The whole thing is a bit too implausible but the cabaret atmosphere and the down-to-earth dialogue will do much to get it over. . . . "Marriage on Approval" (Monarch) There is enough general production value and interest in this story of today's younger generation to warrant attention for it from subsequent runs and double featuring houses. . . . "Sweden — Land of the Vikings" (John W. Boyle) An exceptionally interesting piece of entertainment. . . . Off-screen narrative by Wilfred Lucas is done with a touch of humor and some emotion. . . . Full reviews of these films will appear in a later issue of Motion Picture Daily. Trop and Crossley Form New Company J. D. Trop and Randolph Crossley have formed Pinnacle Prod., Inc., to release a series of 12 one-reel Stan Laurel revivals, and a feature, "Chloe." Plans are also being made for additional productions. Court Backs 'Elysia' Ban Baltimore, Jan. 3. — Chief City Court Judge Samuel K. Dennis today affirmed the Maryland censors' rejection of "Elysia," saying that while parts of the nudist film were "free from criticism," as a whole it was "raw beef without any artistic or scientific merit" and "unquestionably unfit to be shown." Lesser Will Handle Non-Theatre Films Sol Lesser, president and general manager of Principal, has formed Principal Non-Theatrical Pictures Corp., which will start with a library of more than 200 subjects including educational, historical and other pictures. One of the series will be Zane Gray's adventure series. All will be released in 16mm width. Lesser arranged for European distribution on his recent trip abroad. Loew Publicity Men Set Perry Spencer is now in charge of Loew publicity in the Bronx, except the Paradise, which is being handled by Henry Spiegel. Eddie Dowden handles Brooklyn and Queens. Eastman Off iy2 as Most Issues Drop High Low Columbia Pictures vtc 24 24 Consolidated Film Industries 234 2*4 Consolidated Film Industries pfd 1034 Eastman Kodak 82% 8034 Fox Film "A" 13'A 1234 Loew's Inc 28Ji 28 Paramount cts 2J4 1% Pathe Exchange 134 134 Pathe Exchange "A" 1154 1034 RKO 254 234 Warner Bros 5}4 5 Net Close Change 24 234 1034 81 1234 28J4 2 134 1034 254 554 + 54 -154 —l ¥i + Vi —l + 54 54 Curb Shares Take a Beating High Low Technicolor 9 9 Trans -Lux 2J4 2J4 Net Close Change 9 54 254 54 Sales 100 200 700 900 800 1,100 6,900 200 1,200 2,300 4,800 Sales 100 1,000 Keith, Pathe Bonds Decline 7^2 Net General Theatre Equipment 6s '40. Keith, B. F., 6s '46...... Loew's 6s '41 w1 4r* Paramount F. L. 6s Paramount Publix 554s 'SO Pathe 7s '37 ww Warner Bros. 6s '39 wd High Low Close Change Sales 334 334 334 + 54 5 51 51 51 -154 1 86 86 86 2 31 31 31 +i" 2 30 30 30 2 30^ 30 30 -54 36 8654 85 85 -154 5 4254 4154 4154 54 26 4 Purely Personal ► PAUL E. ROGERS returned yesterday from quail hunting near Pinehurst, which was his choice for a holiday vacation after sub-zero temperatures chilled his enthusiasm for a Canadian big game hunt. S. Charles Einfeld has been invited by Henry L. Doherty, national chairman of the birthday ball for the President, to join the stage and screen division publicity committee. The ball takes place Jan. 30. Howard S. Cullman and the entire staff of the Roxy, will tender a farewell dinner to Dave Schooler tonight, when Schooler completes his 52 weeks' run at that house. Al Christie, who spent the New Year's on the coast, is on his way back. He will start work on "The Expectant Father" in a few days for Educational. Sam Jaffe is on his way back to New York from Hollywood by boat to appear on Broadway in "The Octagon" for John Golden. George O'Brien, who with his wife, Marguerite Churchill, has been in town over the New Year, left for Hollywood yesterday. Al Rosen checked out of the Warwick yesterday to go back to the coast to start work on "The Mad Dog of Europe." Frank Buck and members of his "Wild Cargo" expedition are scheduled to arrive in New York today aboard the Rex. Jtjles Levy plans a mid-winter vacation, but can't make up his mind. He is considering Florida and California. Fay Bainter is en route east, having completed a featured spot in "It Happened One Day" for M-G-M. Ben Stoloff arrived at the Warwick yesterday from Hollywood. He has a picture in mind. Joe Weil has taken the air line to Hollywood to become assistant to Carl Laemmle, Sr. Paul and Mrs. Muni will leave Saturday night for a two months' trip through Europe. Tim McCoy has left by air for Hollywood to resume work after spending the holidays here. Gifford A. Cochran is off on the Nerissa for a cruise to the West Indies. Aileen St. John Brenon of the Paramount publicity staff is en route to the coast. William Ferguson heads for Richmond and Miami this week. Gene Raymond is en route to Europe. It's a vacation. George Brown is back from a Caribbean cruise. Walter Huston is eastbound from Hollywood.