The Film Daily (1937)

m 2 m Tuesday, April 27, 1937 Vol. 71, No. 98 Tues., Apr. 27, 1937 lOCents JOHN W. ALICOATE : Publisher CHESTER B. BAHN :::::: Editor DONALD M. MERSEREAU General Manager Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y. by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, Fresident and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary Treasurer; Arthur W. Eddy, Associate Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 191b, at the post-office at New York, N. Y. under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone, BRyant 9-7117, 9-7118, 9-7119, 9-7120, 9-7121. Cable Address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernes! W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne. Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 22'/2 22'/2 22y2 — 1 Vi Columbia Picts. vtc. 33 32 32—1 Columbia Picts. pfd Con. Fm. Ind 33,4 3y4 33/4 + Vs Con. Fm. Ind. pfd... 14'/2 14 14 — l/2 East. Kodak 1565/8155 155 —3 do pfd Gen. Th. Eq 27'/8 26 26 + 1% Loew's, Inc 78 76 76'/2 — 3 do pfd 107'/2 1 07 1/2 1 07 V2 + 1 Paramount 22% 21 V4 21% — 3/4 Paramount 1st pfd. 155 153 153 — 1 Paramount 2nd pfd.. 20 '/4 195/s 193/4 — 3/4 Tathe Film 8% 7% ?3/4 — V4 RKO 9 8'/2 8% — 3/8 20th Century-Fox . . 38% 36% 37 — 1% 20th Century-Fox pfd. 46% 46% 46% — 3 Univ. Pict. pfd Warner Bros 14 13% 13'/4 — 1 do pfd 61 61 61 — 1/4 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Keith A-0 6s46 ... 98% 98% 98% — 1/4 Loew 6s41ww 98% 98 98 — 3/8 Para. B'way 3s55... 73% 73 73 — % Para. Picts. 6s55...100% 100% 100'/4 RKO 6s41 118 117 117 — 1 1/4 Warner's 6s39 95 % 95 V4 95 1/4 — % NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Picts. vtc Grand Nat'l Films... 25/8 2% 2% — % Sonotone Corp 1% 1% 1% — % Technicolor 23 21 % 21 % — 1 % Trans-Lux 4% 4% 4% — % Universal Picts N. Y. OVER-THE-COUNTER STOCK MARKET Bid Asked Pathe Films 7% pfd 94 97 REAL ESTATE BONDS Fox Thea. Bldg. 1st '36 14 15 Loew's Thea. Bldg. Co. 1st '47... 97% 98% Met. Playhouse '43 73 75 Roxy Thea. Corp. 1st '40 58 59% Scully In Boston PostJohn Scully becomes manager of Grand National's Boston branch, effective May 3. He succeeds Harry Segal, resigned, Coming and Going RUFUS LeMAIRE, who returned to New York yesterday on the Normandie, leaves for the ccast in one week. WILLIAM F. BARRETT returned to New York yesterday from London. JAMES CAMPBELL has gone to the coast from New York. ARTHUR A. LEE has deferred his sailing for England until May 5, when he departs on the Queen Mary. MRS. LEE and their two children will accompany him. GEORGE ROSS returned to New York yesterday on the Normandie after a trip to London and various parts of the continent. HARRY M. WARNER, JOSEPH BERNHARD and SAM E. MORRIS arrived in New York yesterday on the Queen Mary. O. LOUPART of the Phillips M. P. Co. landed in New York yesterday on the Queen Mary. JOE BRANDT, who has been spending several weeks in New York at the St. Moritz, leaves early next week for the west coast. JAMES MELTON, screen actor, arrives in Chicago early in May to attend the premiere there of his Warner feature, "Melody for Two." ROSE FRANKEN, author and playright, arrived in New York yesterday from Hollywood. MARK SANDRICH, RKO-Radio film director, sails for England tomorrow on the Normandie, accompanied by MRS. SANDRICH. They plan subsequently to motor through various continental countries. ATTORNEY HERMAN DUSHKIND returned to New York yesterday on the Normandie from abroad. J. B. KLECKNER, president of Motiograph Co. of Chicago, is here with ERIC PETERSEN, his Eastern district manager. CHARLES WILKES, Syracuse Fire Marshal, and MRS. WILKES return home today from Atlantic City and New York. SOL A. ROSENBLATT has returned to New York from Hollywood. E. V. RICHARDS left New York last night returning to New Orleans. GEORGE WALSH yesterday returned to Poughkeepsie from New York. N. L. NATHANSON is in New York from Toronto. ATTORNEY GEORGE WRIGHT has returned to Dallas from New York. GROVER WHALEN and fellow members of a commission representing the New York World's Fair, sail for France aboard the Normandie on Wednesday. WALTER ABEL, stage and screen actor, returns to Hollywood from New York on May 5 to appear in "Flight From Glory," the forthcoming Robert Sisk production for RKO. ALEXANDER HALL, Paramount film director, leaves Hollywood shortly for New York, and will sail for Europe for a three months' vacation. DENNIE MOORE, New York stage comedienne, is en route to the coast to appear in "Angel" for Paramount. GRACE MOORE, Columbia's operatic star, left New Yoik yesterday afternoon for Hollywood. PHIL REISMAN, RKO foreign sales head, relumed yesterday from a 'round-the-world trip. JULES LEVY returned yesterday from a sales trip. EDGAR MOSS was in New York yesterday from Philadelphia. Court Says "Lucky Number" Tickets Lack Legal Rights Denver — Holders of "lucky number" admission tickets have no legal contract right to gift prizes offered, according to a decision handed down by the Colorado Supreme Court. In the case the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of a Denver judge in the case of Helen Slagle, who sued the Construction Progress Exposition for possession of an automobile claiming she held the lucky ticket. The court ruled "No contract right could arise out of the situation thus presented, lacking as it does all the essential elements of a legal contract." Le Maire, Home, Finds U. S. Talent is Better 350,000 Shares of Mono. Offered to Buying Public Public offering of 350,000 shares of common stock of Monogram Pictures Corp. was made yesterday by J. A. Sisto & Co. at $3.75 a share. Funds will be used to provide additional capital for expanding the operations of Monogram. The company has agreed to make immediate application to have its stock listed on the N. Y. Curb Exchange. Pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the company and its subsidiary at Jan. 31, 1937, after giving effect to the present financing, shows total current assets oi $1,394,539 and current liabilities of $15,845. "There is better talent in America than abroad," said Rufus LeMaire, Universal studio executive, as he arrived in New York yesterday on the Normandie after a trip abroad. While in London, LeMaire conferred with George Arliss, whom he is personally managing and also Danielle Darrieux, French actress, who joins Universal at the coast in September. LeMaire spent five weeks in Europe and after a week in New York, goes on to Hollywood. Sunday Films Banned Brattleboro, Vt. — The city council has voted to go back to its old blue laws and has placed a ban on Sunday movies. New Mo. Sales Tax Bill Gives Retailers a Spit Jefferson City, Mo. — The Senate Ways and Means Committee has drafted a substitute for the House 2 per cent sales tax bill sponsored by Gov. Lloyd C. Stark. The 2 per cent rate is retained in the substitute but there is also a provision that retail merchants, etc., may retain 3 per cent of their sales tax collections provided they remit their returns to the State Auditor within 15 days from the end of each calendar month. Such a plan is favored by the Missouri Retailers Association. Among the exemptions written into the substitute are all forms of advertising, coal used for generating power, laundry and cleaning service and freight charges. The State Auditor is also instructed to use metal tokens instead of the present pasteboard disks for mills. The expiration date for the tax is fixed as May 31, 1939, the levy is expected to raise $27,500,000 annually. Nebraska's Bank Night Case Appeal is Certain Lincoln, Neb.— Regardless of the way that District Judge Fred Mess i more of Beatrice rules in the Bank Night test case now before him, the decision will be appealed to the j State Supreme Court, it was said yesterday by counsel. Crux of the case centers on whether there is consideration in return for Bank Night awards. The attorney General claims that consideration is given by participants in time, effort and registration and in attending the theater to win a prize. GFD to Handle Chesterfield and Invincible in Britain Under a deal just completed, General Film Distributors will handle the Chesterfield-Invincible programs for 1935-36 and 1936-37 in the British Isles, it was stated by William F. Barrett upon his return to New York yesterday on the Normandie from London. Twickenham, now in receivership, had previously acquired the product, which totals 36 features. Barrett has been in England for three months. N OWf You Can Ship Motion Picture Reels in REEL-PAK BOXES ...the new ICC Approved Package for shipment of motion picture film on reels. Strong, lightweight, compact. Gives cushioned protection. More economical. Saves space. Mai of high-test solid fibre with corrugated cornb. protectors. Gives full protection at new lowcost. JERSEY CITY N. J. ROBERT GAYLORD. INC. . ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI LOS ANGELES CAL. .