The Film Daily (1934)

THE ■awa Vol. LXV. No. 83 Tues, Apr. 10, 1934 5 Cent JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holiday? at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y.. hy 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 (able Address: Filmday, New York. Holy wood, California— Ralph Wilk. 6425 Holly wood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. LondonErnest VV. Frcdman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., \V. I. Berlin— Lichtbildlmehne. 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Publix 51/2 53g 51/2 TOM TERR I SS Announces His New Production WITH SOUND of CHARLES DICKENS' MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD" As Produced by Him IN 1913 District Attorney Probing Charges Against Local 306 Investigation of charges made by Nathaniel Doragoff, member of Local 306, that Harry Sherman, president of the local, misappropriated $269,000 paid into the union by permit men, is being conducted by Maurice Wahl of the N. Y. District Attorney's office, The Film Daily learns. A statement from Harry Sherman branded the Doragoff charges as lies and brought the assertion that Doragoff had tried to extort $10,000 from Sherman as the price of his silence. At a hearing last Friday in Washington before the Senate Committee studying the Wagner Labor Bill Doragoff and four other members of Local 306 alleged that in the year from Feb. 1, 1933, to Jan. 31, 1934, the union had disbursed $415,303 for "rehabilitation." A total of $900,000 was spent during the year and not properly accounted for, they asserted. -—&. Mississippi Exhibitors Map New Fight on Tax Jackson, Miss. — A new battle against the state's 10 per cent amusement tax is being mapped by exhibitors. Funds are to be raised to conduct a legal investigation of the constitutionality of the law and an appeal will be made to the public to support the fight. Amusement tax collections for March totaled $21,334, against $4,705 in March, 1933. Two Chicago Holdups Chicago — Recent theater holdups here included McVickers where a bandit got $51 and smashed the cashier's window is anger because the amount was so small, and the Piccadilly, visited for the fourth time :n two years by holdup men, who found the cashier, Alice Gallagher, on the alert. She handed over $100 but concealed an additional $1,000. Reception for John C. Mitchell A reception for John C. Mitchell, western representative for "New Movie Magazine," will be given at 5 o'clock this afternoon at the Motion Picture Club by Tower Magazines. Guests will be chiefly members of advertising: and publicity departments of film companies. Two Carole Lombard Stories West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY. Hollywood — "The Nortorious Sophie Lang" has been set bv Paramount as Carole Lombard's next Herbert Marshall will play opposite, with William Cameron Menziodirecting, "Deep Night." by Philin MacDonald, also has been bought for Miss Lombard. DAILY Prohibit Code Secretaries From Holding Other Jobs A resolution limiting employment of code authority secretaries to their local boards was passed by the Code Authority was announced yesterday by Executive Secretary John C. Flinn of the C. A. The resolution states in part that "no local code authority board secretary shall be engaged directly or indirectly by any Film Board of Trade or by any other local exhibitor association or organization." Menjou. Landi in Para. Film West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Adolphe Menjou and Flissa Landi have been signed by Charles R. Rogers for the leads in "I Love an Actress." Paramount release. Ralph Murphy will direct. Monogram to Start Work On Remaining 4 of Lineup Trem Carr, Monogram studio head, leaves New York today for he coast, where production on the four pictures remaining to complete Monogram's 1933-34 schedule will start on his arrival. "Happy Land'ng," and "Shock" will go into work immediately after he reaches Hoi lywood, Carr said. "Jame Eyre" and "King Kelly" will follow these two pictures before the cameras, and at the same time production will begin on "School Days," first of the two Monogram "exploitation specials" for 1934-35. Gus Edwards will be brought west to stage the musical numbers for this picture. Majestic Confabs Start Conferences of Majestic franchise holders on future production -plans of the company got under way yesterday at the Majestic home office. Among those present were Herman Gluckman, president; E. H. Goldstein vice-president; Nat Judell of Chicago, Bernard Mills of Albany, Sam Berkowitz of Buffalo Tony Lucchese of Philadelphia and Tom Brandon of Atlanta. All franchise holders are expected to be here by today. Universal Sales Gain Universal sales in the period since May 8, 1933, were about $1,300,000 ahead of the previous selling season, according to a statement issued by Carl Laemmle. M-G-M Studio Publicity Shifts West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Ralph Wheelwright has been appointed assistant to Howard Strickling:, west coast director of publicity for M-G-M Other changes in Strickling-'s department place Barrett Kiesling in charge of unit men, with Paul Snell and Andy Hervey as assistants. JoeSherman has been transferred to the writing staff. Laurence Barbier resigned last week as fashion editor. Warner Film Retitled "Smarty" is the new title of the Warner picture formerly known as "Hit Me Again," with Joan Blondell, WaiTen William and Edward Everett Horton. Lee Cameron Managing Criterion Lee Cameron, formerly assistant manager of the Astor, has been promoted to manager of the Criterion. Tuesday, April 10, 1934 oming a nd G omg WILL H. HAYS is on his way to the coast. GEORGE ARL1SS and MRS. ARLISS arrived in New York yesterday from the coast and will spend a few days in New York before proceeding to England for their annual vacation. ALAN DINEHART and his wife, MOZELIE BRITTONNE, leave New York in a few days on their return to the coast. FRANK BRUNER is now in Philadelphia preparing for Mary Pickford's personal appearance at the Earle Theater. HELEN VINSON has returned to the coasl from New York to start work in RKO's "Life of Vergie Winters." WALTER PIDGEON is scheduled to leave Hollywood this month for England to appeir in pictures under the London Films banner. JOE RIVKIN of the Leo Morrison office has returned east after several weeks in Hollywood. M. DAVID STRONG, general manager of Inter-Americas Film Corp., sailed Sunday on the Morro Castle for Havana to arrange distribution for Spanish language pictures. JOE JACOBS, manager of Max Schmeling, and HANS POMMER, foreign stage director, arrive today on the lie de France. JO SWERLING, Columbia's ace scenarist arrives in New York today from Hollywood for a brief stay. He is accompanied by his wife and children. LOU OSTROW, Monogram production chief, returns to the coast tomorrow. EDWARD FINNEY, Monogram publicity head, returns to New York tomorrow from Atlantic City, where he has been resting a few days from his convention efforts. MORRIS J. KANDEL returned from Europe yesterday. EDDIE CANTOR is expected to arrive in Hollywood May 1. MRS. ANNA ROSENBERG, assistant to Nathan Straus, Jr., left yesterday for Washington. DOROTHY MACKAILL arrived in New York yesterday from the coast. Fairbanks Picture Titled London — "The Private Life of Don Juan" is the title of the motion picture which Douglas Fairbanks. Sr., is now making for London Films, to be released by United Artists. Alexander Korda is supervising it. SILK— TRANSPARENT VALANCE RENTAL also FLAGS and BANNERS PENNANT STREAMERS MORRIS LIRERMAN 729 BROADWAY NEW YORK