The Film Daily (1934)

THE t THE Of I1LMCOM Vol. LXV, No. 100 Mon, Apr. 30, 1934 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y.. by W'id's 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, 1918, at the post-office at New York. X. 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: Filmdav, New York. Hollywood, California— Ralph Wilk. 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest \V. Fredman, The Film Renter. 89-91 Wardour St., \V. T. Berlin — Lichtbildlmehne. Friedrichstrasse. 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographie Francaise, Rue de la Cotirdes-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET (QUOTATIONS AS OF SATURDAY) Net High Low Close Chg. Con. Fm. Ind. 438 43j 43/8 + % Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 17 ^6'/■ I6V2 — Vs East. Kodak 95 1/4 95 95 — Vi Fox Fm. "A" 16% 16Vg 1614 — 5/s Loew's, Inc 33 323/8 323/8 — 1/4 Paramount ctfs 4*A 4% "<V% — Vs Pathe Exch 27/8 23/4 2% — Vs do "A" 22 21 21 — 3/4 RKO 3i/8 3l/g 31/8 Univ. Pict. pfd 44 44 44 Warner Bros 7% 7'/g 7l/4 — Vs NEW YORK CURB MARKET Technicolor 9i/4 9'/8 9l/8 — Vs NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 . . }1'/. 11 1 1 1/4 — Vi Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 105/8 105/8 105/8 — Vs Locw 6s 41ww 101 101 101 Par. 5''2s50 ctfs. ... 49l/4 49 49 Warner's 6s39 64!'2 64 64 — % '%£! DAILY Another Joint Meet Planned on Free Radio Shows Another joint meeting of the Code Authorities of the motion picture, legitimate theater and radio industries will be held to further consider the matter of tree shows in broadcasting studios. Date for the meeting will be fixed following return of John C. Flinn, executive secretary of the film Code Authority, to New York next week from the Coast. Side Show . . . just looking on (Continual j rom Page 1) tertainment values can best be determined from the projection booth where the sound cannot penetrate. If more producers applied this test, pictures would have a wider appeal to audiences that do not appreciate the ultra sophisticated dialogue of the day. Revised Zoning Schedule Is Asked in Cleveland Cleveland — Declaring that the zoning plan negotiated Jan. 1, 1933 was on the basis of 1932 first-run admission policies and practice neither of which are now followed, the M. P. Exhibitors Ass'n has prepared a petition to the local zoning and clearance board asking for a revision of the schedule. Present protection is 36 days for A houses, 57 days for B, 63 days for C and 100 days for D. ITOA-RKO Peace Near Following a conference held with RKO sales executives Friday, President Harry Brandt of the I. T. O. A. on Saturday described the results of the meeting as "very satisfactory" and the chances of an adjustment of differences between the two groups over percentage demandsas "good." A report on the session, which will be followed by others, will be submitted at a meeting of the exhib unit board of directors tomorrow and will also very likely come up at the regular organization meeting Wednesday. 7 More Years for Enrig-ht West Coast Bureau of TUP. FILM DAILY Hollywood — Ray Enright, who directed First National's "20 Million Sweethearts," has been given a new seven-year contract by Warner-F. N. Columbia Opens Shanghai Office Latest step in Columbia's foreign expansion is the opening of an office in Shanghai, with Paul Sien Chung as manager. Writers in Merger West Coast Bureau of THE III './ DAILY Hollywood — jack Lewis, screen writer, was married last week to Frances Brown, also writer. Lewis nov/ heads the script department for the newly formed Radio Release, Ltd., transcription producers. David Manners Loew's London Dividend A dividend of 35 cents a share on the 7 per cent preferred on account of accumulations, amounting to $1.40 after this payment, has been declared bv Loew's London Theaters, Ltd. 12 Warner Story Buys Diversified in Scope At least a dozen story purchases, including novels and plays, with a wide diversity in subjects, have been made by Warner-First National in recent weeks. The group, which will augment the output of originals by the studio staff of 32 writers, includes: "Story of a Country Boy," by Dawn Powell; "Border Town," by Carroll Graham, for Paul Muni; "I'll Sell Anything," by Albert J. Cohen and Robert Terry Shannon, probably for James Cagney; "Oil for the Lamps of China," by Alice Tisdale Hobart; "Lost Beauty," by John Van Druten; "Miss Pacific Fleet," by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, probably for Joan Blondell; "Perfect Week-end," also by Brennan, likely Blondell-Cagney vehicle; "Big Hearted Herbert," Broadway play, for Guy Kibbee and Aline MacMahon; "Case of the Howling Dog," by Erie Stanley Gardner; "Traveling Saleslady," by Frank Howard Clark; "Princess of Kansas City," by Cy Bartlett; "Just Out of College," by Robert E. Lee Johnson. Minimum Servicing Charge Sought in Laboratory Code Washington Bureau, of THE FILM DAILY Washington — A minimum charge of .0175 cents a foot for servicing of film will be requested by the film laboratory code authority in the forthcoming hearing on amendments to the code, it was learned Saturday. This minimum charge, together with a uniform cost accounting method, is being sought in order to remedy predatory price cutting, it is said. Hollywood Technicians for London George Teague and Laurence Butler, process experts, arrive in New York today from Hollywood en route to London where they will work on Douglas Fairbanks' new picture, "The Private Life of Don Juan," now being produced by London Films, under the direction of Alexander Korda, for release through United Artists. After completion of that picture, they will be assigned to the next London Film production, H. G. Wells' "The Hundred Years to Come." Another Hollywood technician, Ned Mann, is already in London. 20 Monogram Films for Italy Arrangements for distribution of 20 Monogram pictures in Italy have been completed by Norton V. Ritchey of Ritchey International Corp. Distribution headquarters for the product have been set up in Rome. Monday, April 30, 193 * * * THREE HUNDRED OF AMERICA'S FOREMOST CRITICS TELL US WHAT'S WRONG AND WHAT'S RIGHT WITH MOTION PICTURES * * * A STRAIGHT FROM THE j SHOULDER SERIES STARTING NEXT WEDNESDAY • i s h p It b Itai II h h in !fts f?:. • •I lit : I-!r, IN THE FILM DAILY t • • • i*