Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1934)

iday, February 5. 1934 MOTION PICTURE DAILY A. to Have 36 Features Next Season (Continued from page 1) lent of Fox, and Carl Laemmle of ,iersal. Elsewhere in Europe, how Schenck said he found conditions |>, lenck reported that Jack Bubn, English player, will arrive in :ountry in May to make a picture J. A., following completion of a re to be made for the company in end. • said that Maurice Chevalier will a picture in England for U. A. \ on a story of the life of MarXey of France, on the completion s current picture for M-G-M. mmittees Are Set r Academy Awards (.Continued from page 1) lahane, Winfield Sheehan, Irving (berg, Walter Wanger and Jack \Yarner ; actors — Lionel Atwill, ler Baxter, Marion Davies, Leslie ard, DeWitt Jennings, Mary ford and Lewis Stone ; directors oyd Bacon, Frank Capra, Cecil B. ille, Frank Lloyd, Robert Z. ard, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman og, King Vidor and Henry King ; licians — John Arnold, George >es, Carl Dreher, Harris Ensign, ;rt Haas, Frederic Hope, Nathan nson, Wesley Miller, J. M. Nicko Max Parker, Van Nest Polglase James Wilkinson ; writers — Jack lingham, Howard Green, Grover s. William Slavins McNutt, Jane fin, Robert Riskin, Carey Wilson Waldemar Young. ire Reel Houses If Embassy Clicks (Continued from page 1) aging director of the company, , on Saturday, added activities will oncentrated in New York, 'ood stated he has been in the film stry four years, confining his ities to date to production of corneal pictures and that the Embassy esents his maiden effort in theatre ation. Newsreel Theatres, Inc., s a five-year lease on the house an option privileging the company xtend it to 10. W. French Githens, stant editor of Pathe News, is ident of the operating company; old Wondsel, editor-in-chief of le News, is vice-president and 3d, secretary. 06 Men Ordered Back ifty-five Local 306 operators were :red returned to 11 New York itres Saturday, thereby displacing nbers of the Allied M. P. Opers' Union, as the result of a decision ded down bv the Regional Labor rd. "Moulin Rouge" Set Moulin Rouge" goes into the oli Wednesday. The "Moulin ige Caravan" sponsored by U. A., i Century and Socony-Vacuum Oil play an important role in the extation campaign. Another Rumor Hollywood, Feb. 4. — Joseph M. Schenck is "uncertain" whether Charles Chaplin will make a picture for U. A. next season, due to the fact that Chaplin is still working on a preparation of the one he promised the company for this year. If one is forthcoming, however, it will be a "silent," said Schenck. The U. A. president indicated that because of the uncertainty of Chaplin's plans he was not banking on a picture from him. "You know Charlie," he added smilingly. Production Slows; 28 Films in Work (Continued j row page 1) Brothers shows four, three and nine ; Fox, three, three and five ; Columbia, three, one and three ; Radio, two, six and five, and 20th Century, zero, one and one. The independent group has five features in work, five preparing and eight cutting. Short subject producers report M-G-M with one short in work, one preparing and two editing ; Roach one, three and three ; Universal, zero, one and one ; Columbia, zero, zero and four ; Radio, zero, two and five, while the independents have five, six and seven. Ohio Exhibitors May Merge to Fight Tax (Continued from page 1) pendent M. P. Exhibitors of Ohio and the M. P. Theatre Owners of Ohio. Elmer Shard, Charles Fine and Willis Vance of this city, members of its board of directors, represented the Ohio Valley group. Moe Horwitz and Henry Greenberger, Cleveland, and Nat Charnas, Toledo, represented the second group, of which they are directors. J. Real Neth, Max Stearn and P. J. Wood did the talking for the M. P. Theatre Owners of Ohio. The discussion was adjourned until Monday evening, when definite and final plans will be consummated. Fox Busy on Four; Six to Start Soon Hollywood, Feb. 4. — Production is speeding up at Fox with four pictures in work and six to begin shooting within the next three weeks. Those set for production this month are : "Odd Thursday," starring Warner Baxter, and "Goldrush of 1933," both to start on Feb. 12: "Now I'll Tell," starring Spencer Tracy, and "Manhattan Love Song," starring James Dunn and Claire Trevor, will begin Feb. 19; "Springtime for Henry" and "The World Moves On" will begin Feb. 20. Place on Job Again Herman Place, who has been han dling reorganization for various Fox theatre units, including FWC, is ex pected back at his desk today following a bad cold which has kept him in bed for the last four days. Films Best of Investments, Says Giannini (Continued from page 1) and my warnings were justified. If the film industry stays in its own field and cultivates its own vineyards, it will reap success because it is sound, stable and legitimate. "I consider it a good field for investment because it has something the public wants and is willing to pay well for, and because it is the only business tor whose merchandise the public pays cash even before seeing it." "I have full faith in the industry," Giannini concluded, "and I have confidence in its future. I have made many him investments, all on a sound, legitimate basis, and have never been "stuck'. I am confident that it will remain a splendid field for profitable investment. "Most companies now are in able hands, but there could be improvement in management in a few instances. One of the most promising factors for the industry's future is that its companies have placed competent executives in charge of the studios. When the industry emerges from its receiverships and bankruptcies it will rest on a foundation of unparalleled solidity." Warner on Coast to Take Up New Films Hollywood, Feb. 4. — Albert L. Warner, vice-president of Warners, in charge of distribution, arrived from New York tonight. While here he will confer with Harry M. and Jack L. Warner. He said he would stress the importance of production elements which make for "big attractions." He referred to "Anthony Adverse" in particular, which, he said, he wanted to see "well launched," and added that he had in mind some finishing touches to "Wonder Bar." "Exhibitors will pay more for big attractions as against 'program' pictures," he said. He said that it was his purpose to assure production of the former next season, as well as to see that the present schedule is wound up auspiciously. Illness of his father, Benjamin Warner, was one of the principal reasons for his trip west at this time. Majors to Get Pay From R. I. Receiver Providence, Feb. 4. — Claims totaling $41,000 against Rhode Island Theatres,, Inc., were recommended by Kirk Smith, receiver, in a report filed before Judge Churchill in Superior Court. The firm formerly operated theatres in Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket and Newport. The court was told that assets of the corporation total $12,000. Hearing on allowance of claims against which objections have been made was set for Feb. 14. In addition to several claims totaling around $12,000, Smith recommended the following : Paramount Pictures, $13,172 ; Social Amusement Co., $4,000. and RKO Distributing Co., $877. Admits Having Nazi Picture; Hazy on Plans (Continued from page 1) about the Nazi film which is reported to narrate the triumph of Hitlerism over Communism and which precipitated a near disorder when 500 men and women stormed and picketed the Taylor Street Theatre, Portland, Thursday, as the picture opened in the Northwest. "Wait until you see it on Broadway," Hermann urged. "See what? You haven't told us what we may expect to see," a Motion Picture Daily reporter replied. Gradually, Hermann broke down aiid admitted that among the 25 Germanmade pictures which he said he had was "S. A. Mann Brand." The New York censor board on Saturday reported that "S. A. Mann Brand" had been submitted to it for licensing by Bavarian Films, but declined to say what action it had taken. The New York censor board reports its decisions on individual films only to the original applicant for a license. The German consulate here when first called reported that it knew of the picture and the disturbance its exhibition had created on the Pacific Coast, but said that neither Bavarian Films nor a Mr. Hermann, associated with the picture, were known at the consulate. On a voluntary inquiry of its own the consulate later reported that it had learned Bavarian Films had a "number of other pictures, had been established here for some time and was headed by a Charles B. Herrlitz." Toronto Pickets Go Back on Sidewalks Toronto, Feb. 4. — Hostilities have been renewed between union operators and independent exhibitors. Pickets have been returned to the theatres employing members of the Canadian union not recognized by the I.A.T.S.E. There has been no picketing since last summer because of the arrest and conviction of the picketers. W. P. Covert, international vicepresident, says he expects the pickets to be arrested, but insists he will fight ''unfair conditions." Buenos Aires Shows 301 American Films Washington, Feb. 4.— Of 404 films shown in Buenos Aires during 1933 a total of 301 were American, according to reports from Vice Consul John C. Pool to the M. P. Section of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Germany was represented with 39 ; France, 31; England, 13; Italy, 11; Argentine, six ; Spain, three. Grand Opening Travesty Hollywood, Feb. 4. — Production will start this week on a travesty on grand opera, featuring a cast of outstanding names in the comedy field at the Roach Studio. The picture has been planned on a lavish scale for tworeelers and will have Leigh Jason at the directorial helm.