The Film Daily (1934)

-. &fr*i DAILY Wednesday, April 4, 1934 Vol. LXV, No. 78 Wed., Apr -1. 1934 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by VVid'3 Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President. Editor and Publisher ; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur \V. Eddy, Associate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter. May 21, 1°1S. at the post-office at Xew 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 communication* to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York, N. \.. Phone, Circle 7-4736. 7-4737. 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable Address: Filmday, New \ork. Ho 1 ywood, California— Ralph Wilk. 642d Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. LondonErnest W. Fredman, The Film Renter. 89-91 Wardmir St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildhuehne. Friedrirhstrasse. 225. Paris— P. A. Harle. La Cinematographie Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Nmies. 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Am. Seat 5 5 5 Columbia Picts. vie. 30>3 291* 30 Con. Fm. Ind 4V4 41/4 VA — Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 15'i 15'2 )5V4 East. Kodak 89 87' 2 89 Fox Fm. "A". . 1553 151/4 15V2 Loew's, Inc 32'a 32 3234 — Paramount c:fs. 5% 533 553 Pathe Exch 3'/2 3'/4 3'4 do "A" 19% 19i/2 1934 RKO 3'2 3% 3'/2 + Warner Bros 7'/4 7 7'4 — NEW YORK CURB MARKET Technicolor 8' 2 8 8 Trans-Lux 2 2 2 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 9V2 9V2 9'2 + Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 8'3 8?g 8Ti + Loew 6s 41ww .... 9834 98' 2 9834 4 Paramount 6s47 ctfs. 50 50 50 Par. By. 5</2s51 . . . 34'/2 33% 34' 2 Par. By. 5'/2s51 ctfs. 33 33 33 4 Par. 5'/2s50 ctfs. 50 49'/2 493/4 + Warner's 6s39 59 5834 59 + N Y. PRODUCE EXCHANGE SECURITIES Para. Publix 5'2 5'4 5V2 Net Ch,. Va 1/4 % % % l'/2 V* Hampton and Porter Opening Coast Office David B. Hampton and Verne Porter, literary agents, will establish a Hollywood office this summer. Hampton and Porter will not represent authors who write exclusively for motion pictures. POSITION WANTED 13 years' Banking experience (Auditing Department'. Salary secondary. Box No. 917 c-o Film Daily 1650 Broadway New York. N Y. Comedians Discuss Studio Audiences — Mostly for 'em At a round-table discussion yesterday at the Algonquin, attended by Jimmy Durante, Groucho and Chico Marx, Jack Benny and Jack Pearl on whether studio audiences at radio broadcasts should be banned, Jimmy Durante alone came out unequivocally for prohibiting studio audiences. While the others agreed that free shows were affecting attendance at theaters, they said they favored studio audiences. Durante said that a radio comic was playing primarily to an unseen audience and should rise or fall on the opinion of that audience. He said he had found that the public resents the practice of ether comedians of playing to the visible audience. If there were no free radio shows there would be increased attendance at theaters and greater employment of actors he asserted. Out of 500 replies received by the Marx Brothers' radio sponsors to a poll on whether studio audiences should be banned, 300 were for and 200 against studio audiences, according to Chico Marx. 900 AMPA TICKETS ALREADY GRABBED UP More than 900 tickets, out of the maximum capacity of 1,250, for the Ampa Naked Truth Dinner, Dance and Entertainment to be held April 21 at the Astor Hotel have already been sold, it was stated yesterday by John C. Flinn, Ampa president, at a meeting of advertising heads, purchasing agents and sales executives in the Motion Picture Club. Definite ways and means were discussed to make the Dinner a big success, with a goal of $10,000 set for splitting between the Film Daily Relief Fund and the Motion Picture Charity Fund. Louis Nizer spoke for the Charity Fund, declarng that the profits would have to come from the Journal, and constructive suggestions were offered by Howard Dietz, Bob Gillham, Hal Home and others. Sub-committees were named and are already at work toward making the Journal reap the profit wanted by the operating committee. Paul Benjamin, chairman of the Naked Truth Dinner, announced yesterday that Martin Starr, managing director of the International Beauty Pageant, had been appointed publicity director of the Dinner. Starr, who is about to leave for Hollywood, will carry on the work until time for him to depart for the west. Jay Emanuel is Named Code Authority Alternate Ed Kuykendall has selected Jay Emanuel, former M. P. T. O. A. official, as his alternate on the Code Authority. The M. P. T. O. A. president is en route to the coast and will not attend the New York meeting of the Authority on Friday. Monarch Circuit Staying In Eastern Territory Monarch Theaters will confine its activities to the territory East of Indianapolis, it was stated by Milton Feld yesterday. Circuit now has five houses located as follows: Indianapolis, two; Akron, one; Youngstown, one; Steubenville, one. Other deals for theaters in Ohio and Indiana are understood to be pending. 20 WARNER FILMS AWAITING RELEASE Warners have 20 features completed and awaiting release. It is the greatest number of advance films available for immediate distribution in the history of the company, and it is said that the investment in these completed pictures represents approximately $5,000,000. Groups include: "The Circus Clown," starring Joe E. Brown; 'Doctor Monica," starring Kay Francis; William Powell in "The Key"; "The Personality Kid"; "A Very Honorable Guy," starring Joe E. Brown; "As The Earth Turns", with Jean Muir; "Return of the Terror"; "Without Honor," with James Cagney and Joan Blondell; "Smarty", with Cagney and Warren William; "Registered Nurse", with Bebe Daniels; "Upperworld", with Warren William; "Friends of Mr. Sweeney"; "The Merry Frinks"; "Fog Over Frisco"; "The Fortune Teller", starring Enrico Caruso, Jr.; "Merry Wives of Reno"; "Twenty Million Sweet'earts"; "A Woman in Her Thirties," with Aline McMahon; "Harold Teen", featuring Hal LeRoy, and "A Modern Hero", starring Richard Barthelmess. In the list are eight all-star films. In addition to the completed pictures, six are in work. Plans for the Warner-First National new season program, which will provide 30 features under each trademark, will be completed at studio conferences to be held following departure today of Jack Warner, A. W. Smith, Jr., and Gradwell L. Sears from New York for the Coast where they will also attend the M.P.T.O.A. convention. The Vitaphone schedule for 1934-35 will offer the same number of shorts as for the current year. Theater Confabs in Abeyance Further meetings between Famous Theaters executives and circuit partners will be held up until Sam Dembow completes a visit to the Coast, during which he will attend the M. P. T. 0. A. convention. He leaves New York today. Next theater meeting is expected to take place at Boston. .oming an dG oing W. RAY JOHNSTON and his party ot Monogram conventioneers left New York yesterday tor Atlantic City. ETHEL MERMAN has returned east after a vacation in Hollywood, where she was signed by Samuel Goldwyn for Eddie Cantor's new film tentatively titled "The Treasure Hunt." BEBE DANIELS and BEN LYON hive left for Chicago to fill personal appearance eng gements which also include Detroit. D. A. DORAN arrives in New York Friday from the coast. HOWARD S. CULLMAN leaves this morning tor Albany to deliver an address on "Unemployment Insurance" before the State Legislature. ALAN SCOTT, RKO writer, h:s left New York for the coast. JACK L. WARNER, GRAD SEARS and ANDY SMITH leave New York today for the coast. SAM DEMBOW leaves New York today for Hollywood. MILTON FELD has returned to New York from Indianapolis and other points in the Middle West. KATHARINE HEPBURN arrived from abroad yesterday on the Paris. DOROTHY MACKAILL has come east from the coast for a stage production. ALICE FAYE arrives in New York this week for a vacation after appearing in several Fox pictures in Hollywood. KATHARINE BROWN, RKO story editor, is scheduled to leave for Hollywood this week. HARRY H. THOMAS, president of First Division Exchanges, left yesterday for Atlantic City to attend the Monogram convention. $484,013 in Para. Claims Being Considered Friday Claims aggregating $484,013 will be considered at a meeting of Paramount Publix creditors Friday at the office of Henry K. Davis, referee in bankruptcy. Stanley C. Warrick of the Beaux Art theater, Palm Beach, seeks $366,764 for back and future rent under a lease and also $30,000 alleged due on a contract for his services. Deals were made with Southern Enterprises and are claimed to have been guaranteed by Paramount. Another claim filed by Anderson Theatrical Enterprises asks $85,249 for back and future rent in connection with its Riveria theater at Anderson, Ind. Lease was made with the Indiana & Ohio Theatrical Corp., Paramount subsidiary. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: Independent Theater Owners of Ohio meeting, Deshler Wallick Hotel, Columbus. 1 P.M. Today: Gulf States Theater Owners Ass'n convennon, Hotel Roosevelt, New Orleans. Apr. 4-7: Monogram Pictures convention, Ambassador Hotel. Atlantic City. April 4-7: Monogram annual sales convention, Hotel Ambassador, Atlantic City, N. J. April 7: Federation of M. P. Industry meeting, Atlantic City, N. J. April 9: Independent Theater Owners of Ohio meeting. N»therland-Plaza Hotel, Cincinnati. 1 P.M.