The Film Daily (1937)

THE -S&< DAILY Thursday, June 10, 1 Vol. 71, No. 135 "Ihurs., June 10, 1937 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher CHESTER B. BAHN :::::: Editor DONALD M. MERSEREAU General Manager Published daily except Sundays and Holiday: 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 \V. 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. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc. . 33 Vi 33 33 Columbia Picts. pfd Con. Fm. Ind 3V4 3'/4 3V4 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd East. Kodak 170'/2170 170%+ l/4 do pfd Gen. Th. Eq 23 Vs 22'/2 22l/2 — 1 l/2 Loew's, Inc 82'/2 813/8 82 + Vi do pfd. Paramount 195/8 19 19'/8 — Vs Paramount 1st pfd Paramount 2nd pfd.. 17% 17% 173/8 Pathe Film 71/4 7Vs 7% — Vi RKO 8i/4 8% 8% 20th Century-Fox . . 373^ 37 37 — 3/4 20th Century-Fox pfd. 46 46 46 — Vi Univ. Pict. pfd Warner Bros 13% 13% 13%— Vi do pfd NEW YORK BOND MARKET Keith A-0 6s46 Loew 6s41 ww 99% Para. B'way 3s55. . . 67% Para. Picts. 6s55 . . 99% Para. Picts. cv. 3'/4s47 91 RKO 6s41 Warner's 6s39 95 943/4 943/4 99% 99% 675/8 675/s 993/4 99% 91 91 'A NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Picts. vtc Grand National .... 2l/4 2y4 2Vi — % Sonotone Corp Technicolor 283/8 27 27—1 % Trans-Lux 4% 4'/2 4l/2 Universal Picts N. Y. OVER-THE-COUNTER STOCK MARKET Bid Asked Pathe Film 7 pfd 93 96 Fox Thea. Bldg. 6i/2s 1st '36 lll/2 13 Loew's Thea. Bldg. 6s 1st '47 95% 96% Met. Playhouse, Inc. 5s '43 66 68 Roxy Thea. Bldg. 6 Vis 1st '43.... 55 57 Joins Mentone Productions Heinrich Schwarzwald has joined Milton Schwarzwald at Mentone Productions, Inc., and sails June 26 on the Empress of Britain for a four-month scouting tour for foreign material. St. Louis Booth Ordinance Backed by IATSE Now Law St. Louis, Mo. — Mayor Bernard F. Dickmann signed Board Bill No. 19, introduced by Alderman Schwappe and said to have had the support of the IATSE, which greatly tightens the safety regulations of local film theaters, especially the requirements as to booth construction and the inspection of motion picture machines, equipment and appliances. Th" fee to be paid for such inspection will be $5 if the seating capacity of the house does not exceed 1.000 seats and $5 for each 1,000 additional seats or fraction thereof. One of the 47 sections provides that toilet facilities must be provided adjacent to the projection room. The new ordinance also provides that there must be one operator for each projector, while projectors are in operation, and that not more than 2,000 feet of film shall be wound on any 15" reel, equipped with a hub of not less than 41/4" in diameter. Fines from $25 to $300 are provided for violations and each day such violations exists constitutes a separate offense, it is specified. Warner "Room Service" Deal Approaches Closing Stage Deal under which Warner Bros, will acauire "Room Service," Broadwav comedv h't. from Georgre Abbo+t for over $900,000 is expected *o be closed in about a day or two. Ignore Bank Night Decision East St. Louis. 111. — Recent antiBank Night decision of the Illinois Supreme Court in a Chicago case is without effect here. Local theaters continue to have regular Bank Nig'hts and other cash drawing's, and are advertising them in a local paper. AT&T Gets $4,474,491 Western Electric's increase in dividend rate from 60 to 75 cents a share brought a $4,474,491 distribution to the American Tel. & Tel. Co., which owns about 99 p. c. of the W. E. stock. Screeno Wins Legal Bout U. S. District Court of Illinois has held that the Ail-American Slide Co. has been infringing the Screeno patent, according to an announcement from Screeno Amusement Co. of Chicago. Six-Theater Bank Night Boise, Idaho — The six Boise theaters have united to sponsor a weekly "bank night." Hays Association Meets Reg'ular Quarterly meeting of the MPPDA will be held todav at the association offices. Will Hays will preside. New Indie Operators Union Incorporated in Missouri Kansas City, Mo. — Decree of incorporation was granted by Judge Darius A. Brown in Circuit Court to the United Motion Picture Operators and Workers Union for the Film Industry. As set forth in the decree, the organization would include operators, mechanics, inspectors, supervisors, and other workers and employees of the motion picture industry. According to Michael D. Konomos, attorney, the organization is for the purpose of representing its members in collective bargaining with exchanges and exhibitors throughout the United States. Sixty-five members, mostly operators not already affiliated with A F of L local number 170, have been signed to the new organization which is designated as Local No. 1. Officers named are Brenton Hall, president, G. C. Blackmore, vice president and treasurer; Frank Mountjoy, secretary, and Harold Hay, business ag'ent. All are operators except Montjoy who owns the Circle theater here. According to Konomos, the organization is the first union to be incorporated and it will be extended into other territories. Before the end of this week a meeting' will be held for the establishment of wage and hour schedules and contracts will be submitted to employers of all members. The organization is not affiliated with either the CIO or A F of L. Ask $12,500 Counsel Fees Wise, Shephard. Houg-hton & Hoffman, counsel for the Continental Bank & Trust Co., trustee for the Fox Brooklyn Theater and Office Building under the indenture, vesterday made application in Federal Court for $12,500 for services rendered during the reorganization. Reel Bill Approved Board of Ald^rmpn has approved a bill setting forth the Fire Dfnartment regulations on the use of the 2.000 foot re«=l. This measure. which is expected to be signed bv the Mayor, removes the last leg'al obstacle to use of the lar.ge reel. Musicians See "Races" Robbms Music Co., publishers of the song's in "'A Day at the Races," screened that new Marx Brothers comedy for baton wielders and others in the musical trade at the Zieg;feld Theater at midnight last night. Dick Merrill Gets Degree Chester, Pa. — Dick Merrill, who will be starred in Monogram's "Atlantic Fligfht," received the honorary degree of Doctor of Aeronautical Science from the Pennsylvania Military College. Coming and Go] HAYS leaves tomorrow for H< WILL H. wood. JACK WHITING, MRS. WHITING andL latfer's mother arrive on the Manhattan tcl en route from London to Hollywood. A. VERNILLE sails on the De Grassel France today. NATE J. BLUMBERG leaves for the J today. MRS. MORTON DOWNEY, the former bara Bennett, is arriving on the ManhaJ WALTER HALLIDAY arrived on the yesterday from New York. MRS. DANIEL J. SULLY arrives on the hattan today. HERB OCHS arrived in Los Angeles by p yesterday from the East. MRS. MARTIN JOHNSON is en route the Coast. PEGGY FEARS is in Chicago. RALPH HANBURY, RKO Radio managing rector in England, left yesterday for Hollywi WILLIAM FOX is here from Hollywood. MORRIS HELPRIN, director of publicity advertising for Alexander Korda, leaves London in about five weeks. ALEXANDER KORDA, head of London Fil who sailed yesterday for London, expects return here in about three months. KARL MACDONALD leaves tomorrow o 10-day business trip to Havana, Cuba. JACOB KALISH, art director of "Yk, With His Fiddle", will arrive on the Champl tomorrow. LEO MORRISON is in town from the Co) BILLY HOUSE leaves June 23 for Hollywi to start his Universal contract. OTTO KRUGER leaves next week for Coast. GILBERT GABRIEL, accompanied by Mi GABRIEL, return to New York from the Co today on the Century. J. CHEEVER COWDIN, chairman of the U versal board of directors, leaves next we for Europe PAULINE FREDERICK is en route to I Coast by motor. Des Moines Still Leads Edward A. Golden, Monogra sales manager, is awarding D Moines, still in first place, in tl fourth week of the nine-week sal drive, a personal prize for havii already reached its quota. The Si Francisco office has nosed out Pitt burgh for second place honors. Conn. Allied Meets Tuesday New Haven, Conn. — Allied The. ters of Connecticut will meet at tl Hotel Garde next Tuesday with Al Fishman reporting Allied Convei tion measures. Joseph F. Reed wi preside at the meeting, which wi be preceded by luncheon. Our Mr. Fadman is in New York J on his annual buying trip. Headquarters, Hotel Warwick 65 W. 54th Circle 7-2700 FILMS RE» STAR!