The Film Daily (1934)

THt -Z&>*. \ DAILY Tuesday, May 1, 1 SI Vol. LXV, No. 101 Tues., May 1, 1934 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE : : Editor and Publisher [ished daily except Sundays and Holidays 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., Aid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Date, President, Editor and Publisher ; lid M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer 'd General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, AssoEditor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing ir. Entered as second class matter. 21, 1918, at the post-office at New York. .'., 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. Holly wood, California— Ralph Wilk. 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter. 89-91 VVardour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne. Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, Ls Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 43,4 45/8 *3A — Va Columbia Picts. vtc. 28S/8 28y8 285/8 — 3/8 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. 16H 15% 15% — % East. Kodak 94% 93 93 — 2 East. Kodak pfd.. ..134 134 134 —2 Fox Fm. "A" 16J4 15% 15%— Vi Loew's, Inc 32i/2 31% 31% — % do pfd 95 95 95 — % Paramount ctfs. . . . 4% 4% 4% — y2 Pathe Exch 2% 2% 2% — % do "A" 21 Vi 20J4 21 RKO 3V4 3 3 — % Warner Bros 7% 6% 634 — Vi NEW YORK CURB MARKET Technicolor 9% 9 9 — \% Trans-Lux 2Vi 2% 2V4 -j % NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. . 11% 10% 10% — 1/2 Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. IOV4 9% 9% — 1 Keith A-0 6s46... 70'/s 70% 70'/8 + % Loew 6s 41ww 102 101 101 Paramount 6s47 ctfs. 49 48i/4 48'/4 — 3/4 Par. By. 5V2s51 35 35 35 — % Par. 5^s50 ctfs.... 49 48l/4 48%— % Warner's 6s39 643/8 61 3^ 62 —2 N. Y. PRODUCE EXCHANGE SECURITIES Para. Publix V/2 4% 4% — % George Booth with Gaumont-British Arthur A. Lee has appointed George W. Booth special sales representative for Gaumont-British in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. POSITION WANTED Sales Executive, now employed by leading film company, desires to make change. Seeks connection as Eastern Representative for progressive film company. Excellent references. Box 987 THE FILM DAILY 1650 Broadway New York City Critics Talk! . . . and other things (Continued from Page 1) men is devoid of pollertics. They hain't got any principles! They know how to cater for the public. They know what the public wants, North & South. Showmen, sir, is honest men. Ef you doubt their literary ability, look at their posters. Ef you want a Cabinit as is a Cabinit, fill it up with showmen." Funeral Rites Tomorrow For William H. English Funeral services for William H. English, financier, industrialist and member of the Paramount Publix board of directors, will be held at 11 A.M. tomorrow in the Chapel of the Intercession, Broadway and 155th St. He died Sunday night in the New York hospital after a brief illness. He was 71 years old and held directorates in numerous corporations. Zucker and Contner Opening Camera Shop Frank Zucker and J. B. Contner, pioneer cameraman, will open the Motion Picture Camera Supply, Inc., at 723 Seventh Ave., on Monday. The company is sole agent for eastern sales of Mitchell cameras and also Fearless camera products. It will specialize in sales, service and rentals of 16 and 35 mm. positives in addition to the making of original negatives. Back from Para. Chi. Meet George J. Schaefer, Neil Agnew, Joe Unger, Stanley Waite and Milt Kussel have returned to their offices at Paramount following their Chicago district meeting. "Sweethearts" Holding Over Warner's "20 Million Sweethearts" will be held for a second week at the Strand. The picture, set for national release May 26, also opened big at the Strand, Hartford, and Earle, Washington, and has been booked for 47 special advance runs with an exploitation man from the home office handling each opening. Warners Sign Irene Castle West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Irene Castle, who has not appeared in pictures for 12 years, has been signed by Warners. Her first vehicle will be announced shortly. Darmouth Favors Hepburn Hanover. N. H. — Dartmouth seniors, voting yesterday, elected Katharine Hepburn, RKO star, as their favorite actress. Camden House Burned Camden, N. J. — Fire which menaced the business district Sunday destroyed the Broadway Theater, second largest in the city. TWOCOLUMN AD -304 LINES MAT. NO. 28-PRICE 20? YOU'LL CALL IT A MAD-HOUSE but the Frinks call it Home! Don't Miss the ^ Show of lOOO A Gags — Glorify \ $X ing America's Most Lovable Family of 28Karat Pests! MuMAHON Sho'i frying to keep the family together — In a padded cell) ALLEN JENKINS A soap-box orator who thought he was Trotski — but was only nutikl I HELEN LOWELL Grandma o riot with the dlshet-and a panic In ffttlfKS \ ^^ A F.nl ,V., /„.„„/ Hit THEATRE Order from WARNER BROS.