The Film Daily (1937)

THE -%&n DAILY Tuesday, May 18, 1937 TECHNICOLOR OUTPUT CLIMBS 200,000 FEET (Continued from Page 1) their annual meeting yesterday at 15 Broad Street. Net of Technicolor M. P. Corp., operating subsidiary, was announced as $166,000, after all charges but before taxes, for the first quarter of this year, as compared with $132,000 for the same quarter in 1936. H. K. McCann of the McCannErickson advertising agency was elected a director for three-year term and Charles McDonald was made a member of the board for one year. Other directors, re-elected were: Alfred Fritzche, A. W. Hawkes, J. H. Hayes and Thomas W. Slocum, all for three-year periods. Five hundred prints have been made on "A Star is Born," George Lewis, vice-president and counsel, told the meeting. This amounts to 5,000,000 feet of color film, he explained. Lewis presided in the absence of the president, Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus, who sailed for England last Saturday. More Than 1,000 Attend Carl Levi Funeral Rites More than 1,000 persons attended funeral services yesterday afternoon at the Riverside Memorial Chapel for Carl Levi, Loew's veteran theater executive who passed away last Thursday at Mt. Sinai Hospital. Nicholas M. Schenck, David Bernstein, C. C. Moskowitz, Leopold Friedman, Joseph R. Vogel and Isadore Frey headed a large group of executives, theater managers, department heads and others of the Loew organization who attended. Others present included commanding officers of the New York Police and Fire Departments, members of the New York Magistrates Courts, and a large group of actors and actresses, headed by Nils Granlund (N.T.G.), who was an associate of Levi's several years ago in the Loew's publicity bureau. The entire membership of Prudence Lodge and Projection Square Club also attended. Rabbi Mortimer I. Bloom conducted the services. More than 100 automobiles filled with mourners formed the funeral procession. Burial took place at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Cypress Hills, Long Island. BIG NEWS AS SEEN BY THE PRESS AGENT Cliff Edwards is constructing a ukelele of heavy cellophane. He believes the tone will be more mellow than wood. • • • SILVER LOVING cups awarded for outstanding exploitation and box-office records now adorn the offices of five theater managers in Warners' Washington territory presented by John J. Payette, General Zone Manager Don Nichols, of the Broadway theater, Charlotte, N. C, was honored for the best exploitation made in the entire zone during December, January and February awards for the best exploitation in their districts went to James W. Root, Tivoli theater, Washington Frank Boucher, Metropolitan, Baltimore and Frank Shaffer, Virginia, Harrisonburg, Va. an award for the best box office record in the zone during the three months' period went to George Payette, of the Maryland theater, Hagerstown, Md. • • • THIS STUNT landed a full page story in the Cleveland Press a feature writer on that paper was writing a series of articles on what happens when you give way to crazy impulses, and he ran out of ideas so Sid Dannen berg of the Hippodrome in that town came to his rescue he suggested that the writer try his hand at improving the art work on a 24-sheet of "Top of the Town" one of many that blanketed the town the feature writer went to work, drew a terrific mob, and almost got pinched but Manny Perlstein, also of the Hippodrome, talked the copper out of the pinch incidentally giving news photogs a swell chance to snap pictures to go with the writer's story which landed the front page of the feature section T T T • • • A WEEKEND increase of 100 per cent in business over the previous weekend on "Make Way for Tomorrow" at the Criterion on Broadway so it was decided to keep this Paramount attraction in the house indefinitely this was a sleeper that has a tremendous emotional pull, and soon proved it with men and women generally so the ole word of-mouth endorsement had its effect • • • HERE'S A hot theater item from W. J. Healy Hot Coal Theater, Hot Coal, West Virginia after being closed six years, will reopen under management of W. A. Hartley it seats 275, and is now being equipped for sound. . . • Louis Goldberg, RKO theater exec, was married to Mrs. May Markett last Wednesday the honeymoon couple sailed on the Monarch of Bermuda last Saturday • • • WHILE WORKING in Paramount's "Make Way for Tomorrow" a lot of the Hollywood crowd regarded Victor Moore as a newcomer actually he was one of the very first Hollywood actors for 20 years ago he was working under Jesse Lasky and Cecil De Mille in that historic old barn which was the first western studio • • • JUST PUBLISHED by Houghton Mifflin Company "Blood On the Moon" the autobiog of Linton Wells, eastern publicity representative for Samuel Goldwyn the book is the saga of Wells' adventures as a foreign correspondent for 25 years critics are touting it as likely to become one of the year's best sellers. . . • John Balaban, of Balaban and Katz, gave a private party to more than 100 of his close friends at the Congress Hotel in Chicago last Saturday eve, to celebrate his fifteenth wedding anniversary « « « » » » N. Y. CITY SALES W CONTINUANCEASSURED (Continued from Page 1) Long Island and lower New York state in connection with the tax held in escrow, following a decision not to appeal from the Court of Appeals ruling to the effect that the assessment is only applicable to houses within the city proper. Synchronization Rights To be Controlled by SPA (Continued from Page 1) to the publisher to make synchronization deals for music would be rescinded. This action gives the SPA control over television rights also. In its notice to members of the plan of the SPA Council to have the SPA direct the sale of synchronization, recording and television rights, members are assured that there is no intention of embarrassing motion picture or transcription companies in the operation of their business. Nor is there any idea of increasing rates, says the notice which is signed by Irving Caesar, SPA president. GN Convention Will Hear List of 65 Titles Today (Continued from Page 1) session of the sales convention at the Ambassador. Speaking at the first session yesterday, Peskay declared that James Cagney had been definitely signed to make at least three more pix. The exec, outlining the general policy, said there would be "product for all types of houses". Conventioneers saw "Small Town Boy" at a screening at the Grand National studio theater last night. Peskay announced that I. Levine of New Haven won first place in managers' sales drive for new business and collections. Merritt Davis of Charlotte, N. C, was second, Cleve Adams of Albany third and Jules Lapidus of Pittsburgh fourth. Twenty-five hundred dollars was divided among the winners. Victor Schertzinger, Zion Myers, Andrew L. Stone, Richard A. Rowland, Eugen Frenke, B. F. Zeidman, Al Herman, Bud Barsky, M. H. Hoffman, Max Alexander are producers who will address convention today. FACTS ABOUT FILMS Latin America built or reopened 248 theaters during 1936, bringing its total to 5,292.