The Film Daily (1934)

THE i^ DAILY Thursday, April 5, 1934 Vol. LXV, No. 79 Thurs., Apr. 5, 1934 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publishe. Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher ; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Associate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing 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, 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y.. Phone, Circle 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable Address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. LondonErnest W. Fredman, The Film Renter. 89-91 VVardour St., \V. I. Berlin— Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris— P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. wi m ova m«t FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 5 5 5 Columbia Picts. vtc. 30% 297/8 29?/8 — Va Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. 16'/4 155/g 16 + Vl East. Kodak 89% 89 89 Fox Fm. "A" 16'/4 15'/4 '5% + Va Loew's, Inc 3314 32>/8 32% Paramount ctfs. ... 5% 5Vi 5% + Va Pathe Exch 3'/2 3 1/4 33/a + Va do "AM 203/8 19% 20 + Va RKO 3</2 31/2 31/2 Univ. Pict. pfd.... 34% 32 34% + 2% Warner Bros 7% 7% 7'/2 + Va do pfd 22% 221/z 221/2 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Trans-Lux 2 2 2 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40'. 9% 9'/2 9'/2 Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 91/4 9 9+1/4 Loew 6s 41ww 99 98% 99 + Va Paramount 6s47 ctfs. 49V4 49 49 1/4 — % Par. By. 5y2s51 . ... 35% 34% 35% -4 1% Par. By. 5'/2s51 ctfs. 33 33 33 Par. 5'/2s50 ctfs.... 50 50 50 + Va Warner's 6s39 60% 59% 60% + 1 ¥4 N Y. PRODUCE EXCHANGE SECURITIES Para. Publix 5% 5% 5yi "Merry Widow" Starts Next Week West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — "The Merry Widow" will go into production next week, according to announcement from MG-M. Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald will be co-starred in this sound version of Franz Lehar's operetta under direction of Ernst Lubitsch. Irving Thalberg is producing it. Immortalized A biography of "The Big Bad Wolf" is being prepared by the United Artists publicity department. It will be sent out with all requests for star-biographies. Holi ywooc . destiny village (Continued from Payc 1) degree in the screen. During our travels here and there we have run across many kind and goodly folks who have been "back stage" and seen pictures in the making. Invariably they tell us the same thing. Their opinion of pictures would be higher if they had not seen them made. The colorful Louis Mayer and his Producers Organization will do well to make this rule hard, fast and permanent. Majestic Franchiseholders Meet Monday to Set Plans (Continued from Page 1) lowing the meeting Herman Gluckman, Majestic president, will leave for the coast to establish Majestic's own producing unit there, Goldstein said. The franchiseholders will discuss the number of pictures to be made for 1934-35 and the number to be completed under the 1933-34 schedule. Financing is already arranged, Goldstein said. Franchiseholders who will attend the meeting include Jack Berkowitz, Thos. A. Brannon, William D. Shapiro, Morris Segal, Robert Clemmons, J. S. Berkowitz, Charles Trampe, Joseph Silverman, Max Wintroub, Joseph S. Skirboll, Gene Marcus, Maurice Conn, B. N. Judell, S. P. Halpern and Abe Kaufman. Meyer Davis to Supply Music for Ampa Dinner Meyer Davis, noted orchestra maestro who has become identified with the film industry through the production of musical shorts in association with Van Beuren for RKO release, will sup,ply the music and wield the baton himself for the A. M. P. A. Naked Truth Dinner, Dance and Entertainment to be held April 21 at the Hotel Astor, it was announced yesterday by Paul Benjamin, chairman of the affair. John C. Flinn, Bob Gillham and Howard Dietz conferred yesterday on a campaign that will take in virtually every important advertising agency, fan magazine, newspaper and other organizations which do business with the motion picture industry. Proceeds of the Dinner are to be divided between the Film Daily Relief Fund and Motion Picture Charity Fund. Lanny Ross for Ampa Lanny Ross, radio star who has just made a feature for Paramount, is scheduled to head the list of honor guests at today's A. M. P. A. luncheon in the Motion Picture Club. Others on the program will be The Three Jesters, Florence Lewis, and Irene Kuhn, "World-Telegram" writer. This will be the last open meeting before the Naked Truth Dinner to be held the night of April 21 at the Hotel Astor. MONOGRAM RENTALS EXCEED 4 MILLION {Continued from Page 1) 12 months by $577.21. Net earnings for the twelve-month period ended Feb. 28 shows a net profit more than double the previous year, Johnson stated. He said at a later convention meeting he will recommend placing stock on a dividend basis. Johnston announced that 15 Monogram managers and district managers have been placed on various local code boards throughout country. Foreign offices exclusively hanaling Monogram product have been opened in London, Paris, Prague, Buenos Aires and Australia during past year, he said. Monogram's fourth annual Atlantic City meeting opened with an address by Mayor Bacharach. Talks were made by Trem Carr, production chief; Barney Rosenthal; Eddie Golden, general sales manager; Sam Flax, Harry Berkson; Ed Finney, director of advertising and .publicity; Jim Alexander, Bob Withers, Irvirg Mandel, Nat Lefton, Jack Jossey, Harry H. Thomas, Arthur Bromber°\ Howard Stubbins, Norton Ritchey, Floyd St. John, Herman Rifkin, Bill Underwood, J. T. Sheffield and others. Film Boards Action Not Yet Discussed (Continued from Page 1) ing and clearance boards desire to take over the trained services and efficient equipment of the Film Board secretaries to handle the office work of the new code boards, said Pettijohn, and until this has been decided there is no occasion for discussing any action with respect to the Film Boards. 4 Majors at Roxy in April Release of four major companies will play the Roxy this month. Tomorrow's opening is "Constant Nymph," Fox release, followed by RKO's "Sing and Like It," Universal's "I'll Tell the World" and Warner's "Journal of a Crime." A new musical short in color, "The Sweetest Story Ever Told," has been added to the bill opening tomorrow. Special Trailer on "Sweethearts" A special trailer is being supplied by Warners for advance exploitation of "20 Million Sweethearts." The trailer will be on an elaborate scale, similar to the ones on "Gold Diggers" and "Footlight Parade," and will be supplementary to the regular trailer. Picture will be nationally released May 26, with special pre-release bookings for the week of April 28. Fifth Week for "Ariane" "Ariane," with Elizabeth Bergner, is being held for a fifth week at the 55th St. Playhouse. .oming an dG oing DOROTHY STICKNEY. Broadway stage actres; nbo signed a long term contract with Paramount earlier this year, returns from Hollywood today tor a vacation after finishing her first screen role in "Murder at the Vanities." ARMAND DENIS, director of "Wild Cargo," returned from Denver yesterday. LEILA ROOSEVELT will return to New York April 18 from her automobile tour of the world. RICHARD A. ROWLAND, who has joined RKO as talent and material scout in the east, is expected from the coast April 15. MORT BLUMENSTOCK, Warner exploitation man, has returned from St. Louis and Memphis. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS has returned to London from Spain and plans to come to the U. S. this summer. JAMES A. FITZPATRICK, Ihe travel p.cture producer, and L. B. JONES and WALTER H. HINE, Eastman Kodak executives, arrive from abroad today on the Europa. KATHARINE BROWN, eastern story editor for RKO, leaves today for the coast studios to confer with B. B. Kahane and Pandio Berman on material for future productions. ISAAC WEINBERG, president of the Motion Picture Theater Owners of Virginia, and MRS. WEINBERG are in New York for a few days before sailing on a West Indies cruise. CHARLES LAUGHTON returns from London late this month to start work at M-G-M in "Barretts of Wimpole Street," followed by "Marie Antoinette" for the same company. GLORIA SWANSON arrives in New York this morning from the coast. French Film Preview A special showing of the French feature, "L'Ange Gardien," has been arranged for 2:30 P.M. today aboard the S.S. Paris by John S. Tapernoux. COVERS EVERYTHING IVPi The Film Daily Year Book for 1934 is occupying the most promi nent place on my desk where frequent refer ence to it is made It is a very fine edition. Clayton P. Sheehan 1,000 Pages — Free to Film Daily Subscribers. Fight La. Operator Bill New Orleans — The operator license bill scheduled to be presented in the next session of the Louisiana legislature will be fought by the Gulf States Theater Owners' Ass'n.