Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1937)

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MOTION PICTURE DAILY Wednesday, September 22, 1937 4 Purely Personal ► RODNEY PANTAGES and Cliff Work were the guests of Columbia yesterday at the Tavern. The party was given to celebrate the closing of a product deal for the Pantages and Hillstreet. Attending the luncheon were Nate J. Blumberg, J. J. O'Connor, Fred Meyers, Jim Bkennan, Sam Rinzler, Abe Montague, Lou Weinberg and Bob Wolff. Pantages and Work will remain in town for about another week. • Reginald P. Baker, director of Associated Talking Pictures, sails today on the Queen Mary with Mrs. Baker. Rosita Diaz, film player, is another passenger on the liner. Hal Roach, Vittorio Mussolini, Corrado Pavolini and Mario Del Papa, the latter two officials of a newly organized Italian film company, arrive tomorrow on the Rex. Sam Rinzler, Joe Seider and Harry Buxbaum are planning a fishing trip to Nova Scotia, where giant tunas are running. • Shimen Ruskin, now appearing in the stage cast of "Having Wonderful Time," leaves for the coast today to appear in the film. RKO will produce. • Rick Ricketson, operating head of Fox Intermountain, arrived from Denver yesterday and will remain in town for a few days. • Bob Wolff acted as official host to about 1,000 exhibitors and their wives at the trade showing yesterday of "Stage Door" at the Astor. • Lynn Farnol is toting about a deep cut, self-inflicted with a scythe last weekend while gainfully employed on his country place near Greenwich. • Louis Nizer returned yesterday from a month's vacation in California. • Ned E. Depinet is back from a quick trip to the coast. Lee Marcus, RKO producer, is AMERICAN FLAGSHIPS MERCURY SKYSLEEPER OVERNIGHT— 3 STOPS ONLY THRU SERVICE— NO CHANGE OF PLANES SOUTHERN ALL-YEAR ROUTE MERCURY— Lv.5:10 pm SOUTHERNER— Lv. 8:30 pra. Coll your Trave I Agent, or VAnderbilt 3-2580 Ticket Offices: 45 Vanderbilt Ave. and Rockefeller Center, 18 W. 49th St. AMERICAN AIRLINES inc. Form Anti-Dualists Nutley, N. J„ Sept. 21. — Organization of the AntiMovie Double Feature League was started here today by a group, the members of which claimed that the institution of the single-feature policy would eliminate B pictures. here from Hollywood. A short visit and out again on Saturday. • Jules Levy, general sales manager for RKO, is in Detroit for a twoday business conference with Jack Sharkey, branch manager. • Rodney Pantages has bought a 148-foot boat which he plans to take back to California next week. • Charles Cohen will reopen the Glory, formerly the Cannon, on the east side Friday. • Peter Lorre is being mentioned for "Wine of Choice," the new play by Sam Behrman. • Mrs. Fred Meyer has been discharged from the Westchester Square Hospital. • Harry Cohen, Lee Marcus and Charles Rogers paraded up Fifth Ave. with the legionnaires yesterday. • Harry Zeitels, formerly of the RKO New Haven staff, is now working out of the New York exchange. • Elias Sugarman, New York editor of The Billboard, yesterday married Belle Baker. • Guy Hancock of the Indianapolis RKO exchange is here with the American Legion. • George Lynch, film buyer for the Schine circuit, was in town yesterday from Gloversville. • Charles Schwerin has resigned from the sales staff of Grand National in Albany. Harry Van Noy, manager of the Paramount, Anderson, Ind., is in town with the Legion. Richard S. Liddle, general manager of Ilford, Ltd., in London, arrives today on the Champlain. • Norma Talmadge is eyeing the coast and leaves momentarily. • Dorothy Mackaill back in town from Hollywood. • Zeppo Marx is here from Hollywood. Bombings Are Revived A revival of bombings occurred late Monday night in seven local theatres when tear gas bombs exploded in the Royal, Alpine, Lane, Manhattan, Ward, Rosedale and Square in the Bronx and Manhattan. As a result of the repeated bombings of theatres during the past nine days Mayor LaGuardia yesterday offered a reward of $1,000 for information leading to the indictment of those responsible. Osgood Perkins, 45, Dies in Washington Washington, Sept. 21. — Osgood Perkins, 45, died here last night at his hotel following his opening performance in "Susan and God" with Gertrude Lawrence. Death was due to heart failure. Mrs. Perkins and a fiveyear-old son survive. Perkins began his professional career with the Theatre Guild in New ^ork, and appeared in a number of plays on Broadway. His most recent screen appearance was in "Gold Diggers of 1937" for Warners last year. He made his first screen appearances in 1929 for Pathe. Goldin Rites Today Funeral services for Sidney M. Goldinj Jewish film director, who died Sunday at the French Hospital, will be held today at the Riverside Memorial Chapel. Goldin was 57 years old and had made a number of films with Molly Picon and Maurice Schwartz, here and abroad. Ritchey Will Study Production Abroad Norton V. Ritchey, general manager of Monogram's export department, will sail on the Berengaria Sept. 29 for a two-month tour of England and the Continent. He will visit Paris, London, Brussels, Prague, Amsterdam and Warsaw. He may extend his itinerary to Zurich, Rome and Belgrade. Monogram is giving serious consideration to the production of quota pictures in Czechoslavakia and Poland, according to Ritchey. In both countries, 100 per cent distribution is guaranteed for all pictures made at local studios. Films Entertainment Only, Says Milliken Bangor, Me., Sept. 21. — Films "confine themselves to the business of furnishing wholesome entertainment and cannot replace the teacher or preacher and cannot substitute for parental training of children," asserted Carl E. Milliken, secretary of the M. P. P. D. A., before the Maine Universalist convention today. Under the leadership of Will H. Hays, he said, the industry "has developed its own self-government to make certain that accepted standards of morality are not flouted and the canons of good taste are not offended." Universal Board Meets A meeting of the board of Universal Pictures was held last night. J. Cheever Cowdin, chairman of the board, said that "routine business, such as a discussion of what pictures should be made and what shouldn't" occupied the session. Charles R. Rogers, executive producer, who arrived from the coast yesterday to attend the meeting, plans to remain here a week or 10 days. Harry Cohn Here Harry Cohn, president of Columbia, is in town from Hollywood on a short visit. The chief purpose of the trip was to see the stage version of "You Can't Take It with You" which will be one of the big Columbia releases this season. Cohn expects to return west on Saturday. Jersey Allied Meet Gets Started Today Atlantic City, Sept. 21. — Allied of New Jersey will open its annual convention at the Ritz-Carlton tomorrow with an eastern directors' meeting scheduled as the highlight for the day. Abram F. Myers, general counsel ; Nathan Yarhins, president of the national organization, and several other directors are slated to attend. The first general session is to be called in the Trellis room at 3 P. M. and will last two hours. Thursday's schedule calls for committee meetings to start at 10 A. M. in the Trellis room, a trade show, a general session in the afternoon, from 2 to 5 P. M., a cocktail party in the Palm Court of the hotel and the annual banquet at night. On Friday, the last general session will be held prior to the election of officers. . During the sessions, members will make a product survey of all companies and outline sales policies. Harry Brandt, president of the I. T. O. A., on Thursday will propose a plan for the merging of his organization with the New Jersey group. Italian Offer to Wilcox London, Sept. 13. — Herbert Wilcox, on his return from Italy after the award of the first prize at the Venice Film Festival to "Victoria the Great," stated that the Italian Government had invited him to make a series of pictures in Rome, offering special production facilities and financial aid. He will discuss the proposition after his return from America. Warners, Fabian in Deal A deal has been concluded between Warners and the Si Fabian Upstate Theatres, whereby the circuit will play the complete Warner lineup for 1937-'38. The deal was set by Roy Haines for Warners and Si Fabian for the circuit. Warners-Butterfield Sign Warners have closed a deal with the Butterfield Circuit for the 1937-'38 product. Ed Beatty and J. O. Brooks acted for the circuit and Roy Haines, Robert Smeltzer and F. E. North handled it for Warners. UNITED'S NEW SLEEPERS ARE REALLY DIFFERENT! * Only United limits its giant sleepers to 12 passengers, offers 2 separate dressing rooms and lavatories for men and women, and a courtesy lounge compartment for all passengers. Only United provides de luxe Skylounges during waking hours, sleepers at night. TICKETS: United Offices. Travel Bureaus, Telegraph Offices UNITED AIR LINES