The Film Daily (1937)

THE •<E£1 DAILY Tuesday, June 1, 1937 Vol. 71, No. 127 Tues., June 1, 1937 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher CHESTER B. BAHN DONALD M. MERSEREAU : : : Editor 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; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary Treasurer; Arthur W. Eddy, Associate Editor. Entered 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 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 — Ernest 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. Hold Hearing This Week On Hobbs Film Probe Bill Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Congressman Hobbs, Democrat of Alabama, announced Saturday he had been advised by Congressman O'Conner, Democrat of New York, chairman of the House Rules Committee, that hearings before the Rules Committee would be held during this week on the Hobbs bill asking a special investigation of the motion picture industry. The House Judiciary Committee, of which Hobbs is a member, would direct the investigation under the terms of his bill. Hobbs indicated that he expected tacit cooperation of the Justice Department. The House Judiciary Committee recently formally approved his bill. License Fee Increased Albany — Ticket agency license fees are increased to $200 from $50 for principal offices in an amendment to the general business law signed by Governor Lehman. Each branch office or sub-agency would be required to pay an annual fee of $50. Dickson Joins Disney West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Gregory Dickson, formerly with RKO, has been made publicity and advertising director for Walt Disney Productions. (ONTINENTAL FILM INDUSTRIES, inc. Ira Greene 1 1501 BROADWAY New York City Tel. PE-68367 H The Broadway Parade ® Picture and Distributor Theater Make Way for Tomorrow (Paramount) — 4th week Criterion Pick a Star (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Capitol Turn Off the Moon (Paramount) — 2nd week Paramount Hit Parade (Republic Pictures) Rivoli This Is My Affair (20th Century-Fox) Music Hali Kid Galahad (Warner Bros.) Strand Wings Over Honolulu (Universal Pictures) Roxy Behind the Headlines (RKO Radio) Rialto The Girl from Scotland Yard ( Paramount) Central The Prince and the Pauper (Warner Bros.) (a-b) Palace Big Business (20th Century-Fox) (b) Palace Under the Red Robe ( New World) Little Carnegie ♦ TWO-A-DAY RUNS ♦ Lost Horizon (Columbia Pictures) — 13th week Globe Captains Courageous (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) — 4th week Astor ♦ FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURES ♦ The World's in Love (Austrian Film) — last day Filmarte On the Merry-Go-Round (Scandinavian Film) — 2nd week Cinema de Paris The Last Night (Amkino) — 5th week Cameo Decadence (French film) Belmont Three Years Without a Woman (Nuovo Mondo) B'way Cine Roma ♦ FUTURE OPENINGS ♦ Paris Commune (Amkino) — June 1 Cameo Les Miserables (French film) — June 1 (d) Cinema de Paris I Met Him in Paris (Paramount Pictures) — June 2 Paramount Parnell (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) — June 3 Capitol African Holiday (Ira Simmons) — June 3 Filmarte Fifty Roads to Town (20th Century-Fox) — June 4 Roxy The Go-Getter (Warner Bros.) — June 4 Criterion Forever Yours (Grand National) — June 4 55th St. Playhouse Another Dawn (Warner Bros.) — June 10 Music Hall The Road Back (Universal Pictures) — June 17 (e) Globe Slim (First National) ) (c) Strand Woman Chases Man (United Artists) Music Hall (a) Dual bill, (b) Subsequent run. (c) Follows Current bill, (d) Return engagement. (e) Two-a-day run. Seider-Frisch & Rinzler Take Over Two Theaters Joseph M. Seider of Prudential Theaters, in conjunction with Frisch & Rinzler of the Randforce Circuit, has taken over the Casino Theater, 113-18 Liberty Ave., Richmond Hill, L. I., and the Garden Theater, 11312 Jamaica Ave., Richmond Hill, L. I. Prudential will operate. Prudential Circuit has also purchased Philip Hodes' interest in the Roosevelt Theater, 88-04 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven, L. I. The balance of the ownership of the Roosevelt Theater is vested in the Randforce Circuit. Film Division to Meet "Form and Content of the Hollywood Film" will be discussed by the Film Division of the American Writers Congress at a session at the New School for Social Research on Sunday, June 6. Robert Gessner, writer and instructor in a film course at New York University, is chairman of the Film Division. Sunday Show Question Up Thomasville, Ga. — Court test of Sunday movies here is set down for Saturday before Judge W. E. Thomas of the Superior Court. Nat Williams opened his house on Sunday, following a municipal referendum boycotted by churches, and court move followed. "Dawn" for Music Hall Warners' "Another Dawn," costarring Kay Francis and Errol Flynn, opens at the Radio City Music Hali on June 10. 15 Days to File Dissent To Roxy Reorg'n Plan Federal Judge Francis G. Caffey Saturday granted permission to the Pounds Committee to send out the Roxy plan of reorganization to all of its depositors. Judge Caffey ordered that all depositors who have not filed notice of dissent within 15 days of mailing shall be held bound to the plan. ITOA Outing In July I.T.O.A. will hold its annual outing in July with the choice now narrowed to a boat ride to Bear Mountain or a day at Briarcliff Manor. Entertainment committee for the affair includes Dave Weinstock, John Manheimer, Stanley Lawton and L. Meyers. Board of directors of the association held their regular semimonthly meeting Wednesday aboard the yacht of A. L. Alexander. HI Coming and Going W. RAY JOHNSTON, president of Monogram, arrived in Hollywood over the week-end from New York. W. B. COKELL, treasurer of Paramount Pictures, left the home office yesterday for a brief business visit to company's Hollywood studios. WINFIELD R. SHEEHAN and his wife, MARIE JERITZA, arrive today on the coast following a visit to New York. CARL LAEMMLE, SR., is scheduled to sail today for Europe. FRANK CHAPMAN and his wife, GLADYS SWARTHOUT, sail on the Normandie tomorrow for a vacation in England and on the Continent. PHIL BAKER leaves for the coast next week for a role in a Samuel Goldwyn production. HERBERT CROOKER, Warner Bros.' publicist, returns to the home office today from New England. ALEXANDER KORDA returns to England shortly, following his stay of several weeks in New York and on the coast. HERB JAEDICKER, art director for United Artists, returns to the home office today from a week's vacation. ROY HAINES and ROBERT SMELTZER of Warners arrive in Cincinnati today and will be in Pittsburgh tomorrow, with stops in Cleveland and Detroit scheduled later. AXEL YOKEL left for the coast by plane yesterday. A. W. SCHWALBERG, SIDNEY C. DAVIDSON and I. F. DOLID of Warners leave for the West Coast today. WILLIAM K. SAXTON, Loew's city manager in Baltimore, is en route to the West Coast. NAT LEVINE, GLORIA SWANSON, GLENDA FARRELL, NEIL HAMILTON, A. C. BLUMENTHAL and SAM ECKMAN, M-G-M English representative, arrived on the Normandie yesterday. ROBERT HITCHCOCK RUBIN is in Detroit, stopping off on the way to Hollywood. MILTON S. KUSEL returns from a vacation today. SAM SAX, due back from Chicago today, sails for Europe June 26. SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE and MARY ELLIS will sail for England on the Aquitania tomorrow. MILTON WEISS goes to the coast this week. Y. FRANK FREEMAN is returning today from Galveston. A. H. McCAUSLAND and GEORGE LEISURE leave for the coast today. W. B. COKELL is en route to the coast. NORMAN MORAY, S. CHARLES EINFELD, ROY HAINES and HARRY GOLDBERG of Warners leave for Pittsburgh today. Seventh First-Run House Opens in Portland Friday Portland, Ore. — This city gets its seventh first run house when the new Rivoli Theater, built at a cost of $60,000, opens Friday. House will add vaude to films. NOW/ You Can Ship Motion Picture Reels in REEL PAK BOXES . . . the new ICC Approved Multi-Reel Package Io'^j* shipment of 2 to 10 reels of motion picture filrjf Strong, lightweight, compact. Gives cushioned pro^-*' tection. More economical. Saves space. Made of high-test solid fibre with corrugated corner protectors. Gives full protection at new low cost. JERSEY CITY N.J. ROBERT G AYLORD, INC. ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI LOS ANGELES CAL.