Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1934)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Wednesday, February 7 MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 35 February 7, 1934 No. 32 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 ot 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. 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Publix Keeps Hold Upon the McVickers Chicago, Feb. 6. — Publix will continue to operate McVickers through B. & K., payments due Jones, Linick & Shaefer on the property having been made up to May 1. Rumors that the house might pass back to J. L. & S. preceding the February installment just made again proved groundless. Goldstein West Soon E. H. Goldstein, executive vicepresident of Majestic, leaves for the coast shortly to negotiate with a producer to succeed Phil Goldstone. In the event Goldstone cancels his contemplated trip to Europe, he will accompany the Majestic executive west and help appoint his successor. TICKET REGISTER CORP. Ticket Machine BARGAINS Trade-in-Values AUTOMATIC GOLD SEAL and SIMPLEX TICKET REGISTERS Mechanically perfect. Good as new. Write for Prices Bonded Guarantee of Responsibility CH. 4 6810-11 1600 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY GEORGE MEAD. Gen. Mgr. Insiders' Outlook TV/f UCH talk yesterday and nothing official about Nicholas M. Schenck, A. C. Blumenthal, the Roxy and the Capitol. Schenck is four days out, Hollywood-bound and Charles Moskowitz was tied up in some highpowered meetings at Loew's yesterday. "Blumy" either was available and didn't want to talk or wasn't around. The story had to do with Schenck's reputed interest in taking over the Roxy with bondholders willing if Metro product went along. The b.h. are after a profit and are sure Metro housed in the Roxy will do it. Blumenthal is the agent in the case. . . T The Capitol, for years and years the Metro home on Broadway, is operated by the Moredell Realty Corp. Messmore Kendall is president and also supplier of the name, coined, as all may see, from the last letters of both of his handles. Kendall is half owner. So was the old Goldwyn company which is how that half passed to what is now known as M-G-M. It was the late Marcus Loew who made the deal and history seems to remind Schenck and Dave Bernstein originally opposed it. At any rate, the contract, dating back to '17 or '18 was to run 20 years, the bulk of those two decades now having run their course. . . T. In Schenck's mind is reported to be a picture of Broadway in 1934 with its 15 cent theatres, its flea circuses and muscle-flexing store shows. Also in his mind is reported to be a vivid picture of New York's new amusement center, which, in other words, is Radio City. The Roxy is one block from Music City, according to the amusement primer, and there seems to be pretty much the whole story. Yesterday's reports made considerable of a third angle, purporting to deal with a hitch in negotiations because Schenck was endeavoring to tie in the Roxy with the Capitol probably on a plan which would keep the latter from falling into too competitive hands if M-G-M and Loew's decided to move. It's all very interesting. . . ▼ Tuesday excitement according to Hollywood and its lights : That the Laemmles were negotiating right here in little old New York with three producers to produce independently, each contributing six pictures a year. Harold B. Franklin was named one. Puncturing the excitement : There probably has been no period in Universal's history when there haven't been a round two dozen or more deals submitted from producers of various ilks and nothing that rates comment at this moment. Straightaway and lowdown, however, is this : Anything Universal releases next year by way of features will be made on the company's own lot. That's definite and important, as you will hear about further in the near future. . . ▼ Broadway picture interests are not too happy over extension of the radio broadcasting invasion, what with lease of the Hudson by CBS. Tickets are available with (Continucd on page 11) + Va +244 Many Issues Slip on Big Board Net High Low Close Change Columbia Pictures, vtc 2654 26 26Vz — 'A Consolidated Film Industries 4% 4% 4% Consolidated Film Industries, pfd 1554 1454 1444 Eastman Kodak 9254 90^ 92 Eastman Kodak, pfd 12554 125J4 12544 Fox Film "A"' ViVi 1654 16% Loew's, Inc 34 32% 33% Loew's, Inc., pfd 8544 85 8544 Paramount Publix 4V& 354 V/s Pathe Exchange 3 244 2% Pathe Exchange "A" 14% 1456 1444 RKO 3% 3J4 3% Universal Pictures, pfd 2654 26 26 — V2 Warner Bros 8% 7% 7% — % Warner Bros., pfd 2444 24 24 — 54 + Va +1 + % % 54 Sales 400 700 2.300 1.190 1.000 6.200 60.600 200 61.600 4.900 Universal Gains One on Curb Sentry Safety Control. Technicolor Universal Pictures High . % . 944 454 Net Low Close Change 5/16 5/16 954 954 — % 4 4+1 9.500 5,000 23,600 200 Sales 500 600 200 RKO Bonds Jump Seven Points Net General Theatre Equipment 6s '40.. General Theatre Equipment 6s '40, Keith B. F. 6s '46 Loew's 6s '41, ww deb rights Paramount Broadway 554s '51 Paramount F. L. 6s '47 Paramount Publix 554s '50 Pathe 7s '37, ww RKO 6s '41. pp Warner Bros. 6s '39, wd High Low Close Change Sales 754 7% + Vs. 17 7 644 644 Va "9 6354 62 62 — Vz 14 96 95 95 —1 32 39 36 38 21 42 40 42 +2 41 4254 41 42 +1 84 90 90 90 + % 2 35 32 35 +7 8 5854 5644 5644 -lT/4 83 4 Purely Personal MARY CARLISLE, AxK.j Nilsson and Roscoe Ates, a bers of the "Moulin Rouge" cara talked over WOR last night. Sylvia Sidney ends her vac. here today and leaves for the to start work in "Thirty Day 1 cess" for B. P. Schulberg. Katharine Hepburn sails ii European vacation shortly. P. J. Wolfson and Allen Hi] have sold "Star Express" to M-<] Disagree on Status! Of K. C. Litigatu Kansas City, Feb. 6. — While I ords at the Jackson County Ci Court show the receivership against the Midland Investment was dismissed last Friday by plaintiffs, their attorneys insist suit has not been withdrawn. Last week-end, the same attor announced that the action had dismissed following "a settlement s factory to both sides." They refe inquiries as to terms of settlemer Leopold Friedman, general counsel Loew's, Inc., in New York, repre; ing the defendant company. Herbert M. Woolf, one of the tioners, before leaving for a soutl trip early this week, told Mo' Picture Daily' no satisfactory se ment had as yet been effected and suit was still pending. The o plaintiffs are M. B. Shanberg F. H. Reid. Leopold Friedman, Loew's gen counsel, stated last night that the "had been adjusted." Novarro Set for Capii Continuing its policy of hi attractions, the Capitol will fea Ramon Novarro on the stage star the week of Feb. 16. The Mstar will appear in conjunction "Cat and the Fiddle." Beginning Friday, Lionel Ba more and Buddy Rogers will g: the stage. MOTIOII PICTUR ALMANA 1954-55 NOW /A/ PA£PA/iA T/OA/ WHERE THE WORLD LOOKS FOR MOTION PICTURE H0T10I ICTURI puke less fact*