The Film Daily (1934)

THE &&*i DAILY Tuesday, June 5, 1934 \ MORE PRICE-CUTTING FEARED IN KANS, CITY Kansas City — Likelihood of a further cut in admission prices by suburban houses to meet the 25-cent scale now prevailing in all downtown first-runs is causing apprehension here. The downtown houses are exoecter] to go through the summer with the present cut-rate scales, which include either double features, vaudeville or free parking. Two Chicago Houses Reopen Chicago — The Princess, for many years a legitimate house, has been opened with an all-picture program at low prices. The theater has been completely remodeled and renovated. The Temple, completely remodeled and refurnished, has reopened. Completing Soviet Deals V. A. Usievich, head of the foreign co?nmerce division of the Soviet film industry, expects within the next three weeks to complete pending deals for motion picture production in the Soviet Union by American companies, exhibition of U. S. Films in Russia and for the purchase of American sound equipment, it was said Saturday by Miss A. Kuznetzova, vice-president of Amkino. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: Warner-First National sales meet ing, Atlantic City. June 4-5: National Film Palmer House, Chicago June 4-9: I.A.T.S.E. and Louisville, Ky. Universal Sales June 6-8: York. June 7: 22nd Carriers meeting, M.P.O. convention Convention, New Film Golf Tournament, Gler Oaks Golf and Country Club, Great Ne:k L. I. June 9: Monogram regional sales meeting, New York. June 10: Meeting of unaffiliated independent exhibitors of the southeast, to form buying cooperative. Hotel Ansley, Atlanta June 11: Annual Convention of I.A.T.S.E. Jefferson County Armory, Louisville, Ky. June 11-12: Warner-First National midwes sales meeting Drake Hotel, Chicago. June 12: Hearing on amendment to film cod: for rc-definition of the term "employee.' Department of Commerce Building, Root. 2062, Washington. 10 A.M. June 13-14: Allied leaders' meeting in New York. June 1 6July 2: International Motion Picture Week, Vienna. June 18: Meeting of Paramount's N^tiona Advisory Council of Theater Op:ra!orr Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. June 18-19: Warner-First National regional sales meeting, San Francisco. • une 18-20: RKO annual sales convention Drake Hotel, Chicago. June 18-20: Paramount annuil siles conven tion. Hotel Ambassador, Los Angeles June 20: Annual Boat Ride of the Warner Club aboard S.S. Peter Stuyvesant to Bear Mountain. Aug. 1-20: Second Exhibition of Cinematography, Venice, Italy. Oct 29: S.M.P.E. Fall Meeting, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York. A LITTLE from "LOTS" = By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD , honors pAUL LUKAS has been signed by RKO to appear with Ann Harding in "The Fountain." T T T Archie Mayo will direct Warner's "A Lady Surrenders," with Jean Muir, Verree Teasdale and George Brent. T T T "You Belong to Me" is the release title of the Paramount picture formerly called "52 Weeks for Florette," with Lee Tracy and Helen Mack. T T ▼ Samuel Goldwyn has signed Charlotte Russell, recent University of California student, as the first Goldwyn Girl for Eddie Cantor's "Treasure Hunt." ▼ t ▼ Columbia has taken up its option on Fay Wray. She will make two pictures in the coming year. ▼ T T Sarah Haden has been eriven roles in two RKO pictures, "Hat, Coat and Glove" and "The Fountain." T T T "Murder in the Private Car" is the final title for the M-G-M picture formerly called "Rear Car," with Charlie Ruggles, Russell Hardie and Una Merkel. Harry Beaumont is directing. T T T Boris Karloff will be starred bv Columbia in "Black Room Mystery." T T T Lily Pons, on her arrival in Buenos Aires this week, announced she had accepted an offer to annear in American films after fulfilling her contracts in Paris, London and New York. t ▼ T Eleanor Phelps, Baltimore society o-irl. makes her screen debut in the T?flian'-e Picture. "Count of Mont« Cristo," which United Artists will release. T T T Gene Raymond will have the lead in Columbia's "Sure Fire," the Ralph Murphy play Austin Parker. Fire," the adapted by Ernest Pascal will write the film version of "Casanova," which Jesse L. Lasky will produce for Fox. T ▼ T Two writers, Milton Krims and Edward E. Paramore, Jr., have been given assignments at Mascot. T T T El Brendel starts work today in "Sailor's Holiday," Vitaphone tworeeler in Technicolor, with Ralph Staub directing. Cast also includes Phil Regan, Doris Atkinson, Mary Forbes, Vivian Oakland, Gordon Westcott and Herbert Evans. T T T Two old-timers are returning to the films. Ben Turpin will appear in Mascot's "Law of the Wild." Ruth Clifford is aonearing in Paramount's "Ladies First." In an T r endeavor to secure stellar on the screen, June Brewster has laid out a course which she is following strictly. During the past two weeks. Miss Brewster has declined two roles which she felt were not consistent with the plans she has made for herself. T T T Richard Wallace is not going to Scotland. Instead he will remain here and do one picture before reporting to Fox studios on Aug. 2 to start the first of two productions which he has contracted to direct for the Sheehan organization. ▼ T T A non-sectarian sheltering home was recently the beneficiary of a thousand dollar donation made by Raquel Torres. She received this amount for singing over the radio on a national hook-up. T T ▼ John Boles will play the male lead in Fox's Kern-Hammerstein musical, "Music in the Air." Joe May will direct, with Erich Pommer as producer. r T T Albert Rogell will direct "Criminal Within," with Richard Cromwell and Arline Judge, at Columbia. T T T "Gaily I Sin," an anonymous novel, has been acquired by Majestic and will be adapted to the screen by Houston Branch as the company's second production under supervision of Larry Darmour. T ▼ ▼ Irving Pichel is tutoring Desmond Osgood, young son of a wealthy eastern family now visiting in Pasadena. SEES BANKRUPTCY BIL SPEEDING PARA. SETU rile I Approval by the President of tl bankruptcy reorganization b i ] which has been passed by the Sei " ate and House, is bound to haste „L.he Paramount reorganization, was stated to Film Daily yesterda n by Chas. R. Richardson, Paramoui \\ trustee. The bill should provide cheaper, simpler and more exped "ious way of effecting all reorgan zations, Richardson said. Chief feature of the bill is t provision that where two-thirds the bondholders and stockholders a] prove a reorganization plan, tl other minority creditors must ah accept the plan, Richardson sai This will prevent the practise < minority creditors holding up reo ganization plans until their clain were bought up. I II Eugene Wendelschafer Dead Providence — Eugene Wendelsch fer, brother of Felix Wendelshafc1 who for many years owned ai managed the Providence Ope: House, died last week after a loi illness. Hi iiii I Arthur Bramwell Dies Providence — Arthur C. Bramwe theatrical man, died at his last week following an illness three years. He was assistant ma ager of Loew's State, this city, ai had managed several theaters Scranton, Pa. 0^OM, I I OR 1 PERSONS Above the Xth Floor $6.00 and up Enjoy the comforts of a parlor and bedroom suite. . . . All rooms equipped with radio, combination tub and shower bath, and running ice water. 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