The Film Daily (1937)

THE -%tl DAILY Monday, April 26, 1937 COAST PRODUCTION SPURTS: MAKING 53 (Continued from Page 1) and Cascade one each. Sam Katzman is making two. "Varsity Show" has started at Warners and "Easy Going" and "Super Sleuth" at RKO. "Forlorn River" and "Wild Money" are new at Paramount. RKO has completed "There Goes My Girl" and "Mexican Quarter." "North of the Rio Grande" finished at 20th Century-Fox. Warner, Morris, Bernhard Return From Europe Today (Continued from Page 1) Europe a month ago hy Bernhard. While abroad the Warner executives visited Italy, France, the Scandinavian countries and the Warner Studios in Teddington, England. Film Outlook Is Brighter Says Statistical Company (Continued from Page 1) reasonable," according to Standard Statistics Co. yesterday. "Despite the slightly seasonal downtrend in theater revenues likely to extend to around the close of July, operating profits should continue well above year-earlier levels, while late summer and fall prospects currently appear distinctly promising," states the firm in a bulletin. New Siegel Republic Pact To Be Worked Out in N. Y. (Continued from Page 1) on the coast at the present time and the former is tentatively scheduled to return east in three weeks. Siegel fills the vacancy due to the resignation of Nat Levine, who is now abroad. As chairman of the board, he replaces Walter "Vincent. Fox Hearing on May 4 Atlantic City, N. J.— Questioning of witnesses in the $9,535,000 bankruptcy of William Fox is expected to be resumed before Referee R. E. Steedle here on May 4. APRIL 26 Noel Madison Gwinn Williams Dorothy Sebastian • • • NOW THAT the New Universal has turned the corner of its first anniversary it is but fitting that tribute be paid to the man whose steadying hand, experience and ability has brought the company through triumphantly President Robert H. Cochrane • • • A REALLY great leader, Robert Cochrane forceful, energetic, driving thoroughly practical shrewd and logical in his thinking through the years, whenever he tackled a major picture problem, he was always achieving something for the entire industry as well as his own company a man with broad vision he epitomizes the very highest that the industry has to offer and, as always with the truly great a self-effacing personality always in the background really an astounding paradox in Show Biz T ▼ T • • • WISE INDEED were the Wall Street financiers in recognizing his worth in giving him a free hand in the showman managership of the New Universal the return of Adolph Zukor to the Paramount organization clearly proved what it meant to have a Showman guiding a business that can only be run by showmen T T T • • • NO MAN can claim a higher regard among the exhibitors than that which they accord to Robert Cochrane for twenty-five years his word to them has been his bond likewise he has stood by the men who have worked loyally for his company he plays no favorites that is one of the major curses of the film biz he has never been guilty of so, now that the first year of the New Universal is over R. H. Cochrane has brilliant plans for the future of his company he has accomplished nearmiracles in a short twelve months watch Universal GO ... the obstacles have been hurdled a clear road ahead and with R. H. in the saddle, that's Great News for the entire industry • • • IT IS your show it belongs to every worker in the film biz that exhibit of film advertising and poster art opening today on the second floor of the Loew State building, and ending April 30 under auspices of the AMPA noted leaders in the advertising and poster world will judge the displays the presentation of Awards will be made at the second annual Awards DinnerDance at the Hotel New Yorker on Saturday eve. May 1 awards will be made for the best poster, pressbook, trade ad, and best general advertisement T T T • • • AS THE cameras whirred last Saturday afternoon the Frank Buck Jungle Farm in Amityville, Long Island, looked like a movie studio Harry Foster supervised tests for two simians to play the monkey hero and heroine in the new Frank Buck serial, "Jungle Menace," for Columbia release Jocko and Patricia won the coveted roles also present were Max Weisfeldt, Al Sherman and Jose Schorr they didn't take tests, y'unnerstan' they represented Columbia but a couple newspaper men slightly likkered up got slightly confused and tried to interview Max, Al and Jose from the wrong angle T T T • • • OUR GAL Friedegg has a squawk her boy friend doesn't want to take her to movies any more "Why?" we asks "Aw," yelps Frieda, "he says he finds most of these hot situations in the sexy pix are in the newspaper ads." DATE BOOK April 28: 20th Century-Fox British-European sales meeting, Paris. May 1 : Ampa dinner dance at the New Yorker. May 2-8: M-G-M sales convention, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. May 3-7: Premium Advertising Association's annual national premium exposition, Palmer House, Chicago. May 7-8: Monogram sales convention, Chicago. May 10-13: Warners annual conference, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. May 16-19: Grand National sales convention, Los Angeles. May 17: Universal sales convention, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. May 24-27: American Theater Council convention, Hotel Astor. May 24-28: SMPE Spring convention, Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood. May 26-28: Allied National Convention, Milwaukee. May 31 : 20th Century-Fox sales convention opens, The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. June 7: American Federation of Musicians convention. Hotel Kentucky. Louisville. June 10-13: Paramount sales convention, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. June 14: United Artists regional sales meeting, New York. June 16: RKO Radio sales convention opens. The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. June 17: United Artists regional sales meeting, Chicago. June 21 : United Artists regional sales meeting, San Francisco. June 21-24: National Conference on Visual Education and Film Exhibition, Chicago. Vertical Union Movement Is Under Way in St. Louis St. Louis — Movement for a vertical union of all theatrical and film exchange employes is under way here simultaneously with a drive by the IATSE to organize ticket sellers, ushers, doormen, porters, pages and other unaffiliated workers. John P. Nick, first international president of the IATSE, who is here for the organization campaign, said that the IATSE would also take over the memberships of the film exchange employes Local No. 16,169, organized in July 1917, and the theatrical amusement employes Local No. 19,905 formed about two years ago. Both these unions are affiliated with the A. F. of L. Managers and assistant managers and advertising men for the theaters will be privileged to join the union but their membership will not be insisted upon, it was stated. « « « » » » NEWS AS SEEN BY THE PRESS AGENT Jean Harlow has had all her telephones painted to match the drapes in her rooms. — M-G-M.