The Film Daily (1937)

THE -Z&*\ DAILY Tuesday, May 18, 1937 Vol. 71, No. 116 Tues., May 18, 1937 10 Cents 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, President and Publisher; Don aid M. Mersereau, Secretary Treasurer Arthur W. Eddy, Associate Editor. En tered as second class matter, May 21, 1918. 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 com munications to THE FILM DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone, BRyanl 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 — Ernes1 W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 War dour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne. Friedt ichstrasse, 225. Paris— P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc Columbia Picts. pfd Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. East. Kodak do pfd Gen. Th. Eq Loew's, Inc do pfd Paramount Paramount 1st pfd. Paramount 2nd pfd.. Pathe Film RKO 20th Century-Fox . . 20th Century-Fox pfd. Univ. Pict. pfd Warner Bros do pfd 32 40 3'/4 13 1651/2 151 24 771/4 Vl 19% 139 18i/8 65/8 81/2 361/4 31 V8 311/g — % 40 40 — 1/4 3l/4 31/4 — 1/8 125/g 13 +1/2 164 164i/2 + 151 151 + 1 23 5/8 235/a — 1/g 743/4 743/4 18% 18% —T' 138 138 +12 173/4 173/4 _ i/2 6 % 6 1/2 — % 8%: 8V4 353/4 36 — % 121/2 11% 11% 38 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Keith A-0 6s46 Loew 6s41 ww Para. B'way 3s55 Para. Picts. 6s55. . .1003/8 100V4 1003/8 -f 1/4 RKO 6s41 Warner's 6s39 .... 953/8 953/8 953/8 + % NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Ficts. vtc Grand National 23/8 2i/4 2i/4 Sonotone Corp 1 V2 1 V2 1 Vi Technicolor 25% 243/4 25 + 1% Trans-Lux 43/8 41/4 43/8 Universal Picts N. Y. OVER-THE-COUNTER STOCK MARKET Bid Asked Pathe Film 7 pfd 93 96 Fox Thea. Bldg. 6i/2s 1st '36 12% HV's Loew's Thea. Bldg. 6s 1st '47 951/2 97 Met. Playhouse, Inc. 5s '43 67 70 Roxy Thea. Bldg. 6 Vis 1st '43... 55 57 Coming and Going (ONTINENTAL FILM INDUSTRIES, inc. V_> Ira Crcfnc 1501 BROADWAY New York City Tel. PE68367 WALTER J. HUTCHINSON, 20th CenturyFox foreign sales manager; L. F. WHELAN, foreign publicity-advertising head, and COLONEL JASON JOY, coast public relations counsel, arrive from Europe today on the Normandie. JACK CONNOLLY, general manager of Pathe News, arrives on the Normandie today. "SENATOR MURPHY," THE SLATE BROTHERS, and the team of MOORE and REVEL are also on the passenger list of the incoming Normandie. JAMES DUNN is en route to New York from Hollywood. VELOZ and YOLANDA sail for London May 26 to appear in a C. B. Cochran musical revue. HAZEL FLYNN, Radio City Music Hall's publicity director, is en route to the coast for a vacation via Chicago. CARL PEPPERCORN has arrived in Seattle from New York. WELCOME LEWIS, screen, stage and radio songstress, is motoring to Hollywood on a business and pleasure trip. JACK SCHLAIFER, United division manager, arrived at yesterday from Chicago. CHARLES (CHICK) LEWIS Sunday for Chicago, Grand Artists' western the home office leaves New York Rapids and the Allied convention at Milwaukee. HERBERT ROSENER has returned to Seattle from New York. HARRY MARTIN, film editor of the "Memphis Commercial-Appeal," is spending a two weeks' vacation in New York. Y. FRANK FREEMAN leaves New York June 10 for Hollywood. HAL B. WALLIS, associate executive in charge of production for Warner Bros., accompanied by associate producer HENRY BLANK, will arrive in New York today from the coast en route to Europe. DORIS NOLAN, Universal player, has returned to New York from Baltimore. MARK SANDRICH, film director, sails for Europe tomorrow on the Normandie to seek new talent and picture ideas there. W. RAY JOHNSTON, president of Monogram; EDWARD A. GOLDEN, sales manager, and HERSCHEL STUART, treasurer, left for Philadelphia yesterday. ARTHUR A. LEE, GB vice-president, arrives back at the home office tomorrow following a trans-continental tour of exchanges. E. M. HARTLEY leaves New York Sunday for the south and later a visit to Milwaukee to attend the Allied convention. PETE HARRISON and ATTORNEY SAM FEIR leave New York May 25 for Milwaukee to attend the Allied convention. LOUIS GOLDBERG and MRS. GOLDBERG, the former .Mrs. May Markett, are aboard the Monarch of Bermuda on a honeymoon trip. EDWIN M. FADMAN of Red Star Films, Paris, who is stopping at the Warwick, flies to the coast in about 10 days. GEORGE HIRLIMAN, president of Condor Pictures, arrived yesterday from the coast. ELEANOR HUNT, arrived from Hollywood yesterday by plane. CARMEL MYERS, screen actress, sails for England tomorrow on the Normandie. MADELEINE CARROLL arrived in New York from Hollywood yesterday. HARLAN DIXON, dance director, signed by Grand National, leaves today for the coast. Court Cuts Allowances of RKO Trustee, Cou Federal Judge William Bondy yesterday granted the Irving Trust Co., RKO trustee, an interim allowance of $25,000 for its services from July 2, 1936, to Mar. 4, 1937, and awarded William J. Donovan, counsel for Irving Trust, an allowance of $50,000 for services during the same period. Irving Trust applied for $60,000 and Donovan sought $85,000. In the period from July 2, 1934, to Aug., 1936, the Irving Trust has received $80,000 and Donovan $140,000. Chi. Clearance Squabble Laid to Indie Exhibitors Public Relations Policy to be Set at Ascap Meet Groundwork for adoption today of a general policy on public relations was laid yesterday at the initial session of a three-day conference of 55 Ascap field representatives from all over the country, The Film Daily learned from E. C. Mills, chairman of the Ascap administrative committee. The representatives were given an address of welcome by President gene Buck to which E. S. Hartman, dean of Ascap field representatives and general counsel for the midwest, responded. Mills sounded the keynote of the meeting: with a talk on the "Problem of Public Relations and Good Will." John G. Paine, general manager of Ascap presided. Last night the delegates saw "The Show Is On" at the Winter Garden. Hirliman and Snell Parley on Early Condor Production George Hirliman, president of Condor Pictures, has arrived from the coast to confer with Frank W. Snell, eastern operations manager on the details of the production of the first of the new season's pic tures to be distributed by RKO and Grand National. Dupraw Sells Theater Detroit— The Capitol Theater at Millington has been sold to Harold Schuckert, by Howard Dupraw. Report William Fox Will Ask Bankruptcy Discharge William Fox will make application within the next two weeks in Federal Court, Atlantic City, for discharge from bankruptcy, The Film Daily learned yesterday following a decision by Supreme Court Justice Leary postponing trial of two suits seeking $1,600,000 damages from Fox. Fox maintains that the claims arising under the suits should be adjudicated in the bankruptcy. Justice Leary holds this is debatable. The suits are brought by Sentry Safety Control Corp. and Jos. E. Cullen and charged Fox with falsely misrepresenting that he had power to order installation of Sentry safety locks on all projector machines in Fox theaters. RKO's Sales Convention Attendance to Hit 200 RKO Radio expects an attendance of 200 at its annual convention opening June 16 in Hollywood, The Film Daily learns. A special train will leave New York June 12 for the coast. There will be a sizeable foreign representation at the convention and a number of the theater operating personnel will attend. Chicago — Clearance difficulties developing here are attributed by theaters execs, to demands made for better clearance terms by indie exhibitors among themselves. It is understood that B. & K. is not pushing for an extra week's clearance. MPTOA Radio Conference to Draw Major's Executives Twelve major company executives and representatives of the M. P. T. O. A. will attend the conference to be held at 3 p. m. today at the Hotel Astor to consider the radio competition situation. Walter Vincent is chairman of the exhibitor group. Neb. Anti-Ascap Bill Signed by the Governor Lincoln, Neb. — Gov. R. L. Cochrane signed the anti-Ascap bill yesterday. The measure goes into effect at once. Attorney-General Hunter stated that he did not know how the bill could be enforced. Expe •ect Runs for "Star" Selznick's "A Star is Born" is expected to run indefinitely at both the United Artists Theater, Chicago, and the Aldine, Philly, as a result of doing better biz over the second week-end at the former and setting a new high in its third week at ! the latter. "Star" is in its fourth at the U. A. Theater, Frisco, while both Loew's State and Orpheum, Boston, held it over. Rubenstein Moves Offices Lester G. Rubenstein has removed his law offices to Suite 3307, 30 Broad St.