The Film Daily (1934)

DAILY Friday, June 22, 1934 CODE CASES Activities of Local Grievance and Zoning and Clearance Boards N. Y. BOARD DECIDES ONE The New York main clearance and zoning board yesterday ruled on one case, adjourned two others and will hold a rehearing Thursday_ on the complaint of the Edison vs. Springer-Cocalis Circuit and Warner, Fox, Universal, Metro, United Artists, Paramount and RKO exchanges that the defendants reduced it from a secomi-run tn a last run house and that the Springer-Cocalis circu't had unfair clearance. The board ruled in the case of Didsbury, Walden, N. Y. vs. Broadway, Academy & Ritz, Newburgh, and the Universal, Metro, Paramount, Vitagraph, RKO, United Artists and Columbia exchanges that the Newburgh houses were entitled to 14 days clearance as in the past. The complaint of the Port Jefferson, Port Jefferson, was adjourned to July 3. The Elwood, Newark, case, was adjourned till next week because David P. Wilentz, Attorney General of New Jersey, was unable to appear. STOP FILM FOR FREE SHOWS Buffalo — Grievance board has forbidden local distributors to supply comedies and other shorts for a free show in a Sea Breeze Park concession following complaint of the Hub, Sea Breeze Park, Rochester, and adjourned hearing for two weeks on the over-buying complaint of A. Chas. Hayman against Shea Theaters of Buffalo. Boden Gives Benefit Movie South Milwaukee, Wis. — James J. Boden, operator of the Grand here, is originator of a benefit movie relief fund sponsored by the mayor and common council, which was staged for the third time this month in as many years for the purpose of caring for emergency needy cases called to the attention of city officials. Wilfred J. Wagner, manager of the Garden co-operated in putting the benefit shows across. Fox Big in Australia Sydney — A booking record was established by Fox during the weeks of May 7 and 14, when Fox product was showing in 24 of the 41 firstruns in Australia and New Zealand. Take Over Springfield House Springfield, Mass. — Theaters Operating Co. of Springfield, Inc., has been formed here to take over the Paramount, which has been operated as a Publix house. Martin J. Mullin of Newton, Mass., heads the new company. Associated with him are William R. Lynch, Jacksonville, and Marion Coles, Brookline, Mass. Set 6 Universal Releases Schedule of Universal feature releases is set as follows: June 25, "I Give My Love"; July 9, "Embarrassing Moments"; also in July, "Romance in the Rain," "One More River," "The Human Side," "Imitation of Life." Okay "Bank Nights" Local grievance boards in Atlanta and Des Moines have rendered favorable decisions in connection with "bank nights." Claude C Ezell, sponsor of the enterprises, has gone to Coast from Dallas. MOWS R I ALTO WITH PHIL M DALY • • • A SPLURGE will be made at the RKO Radio studios with a number of standing sets to augment the already extensive outdoor facilities these sets will form the backgrounds for big features of the new season program. T ▼ T • • • MOST OF these sets will be erected on the studio's ranch in the San Fernando Valley Van Nest Polglase, head of the studio art dep't is drafting plans for construction on a half dozen different productions T T T • • • TWO OF the pix call for mediaeval sets "Joan of Arc", starring Katharine Hepburn will require French villages, castles and chateaux of the fifteenth century and "The Three Musketeers" starring Francis Lederer will require the same for the seventeenth century France then there will be special sets for "The Little Minister" and a feature unnamed, inspired by the life of the early California character, Joaquin Murietta T T T • • • BUT WHAT promises to be the most spectacular setting ever erected for a motion picture will be the reproduction of much of the buried city of Pompeii the Merian C. Cooper special work will not proceed far on these sets awaiting the return of Cooper from Pompeii where the producer has gone to conduct first hand research so, all in all it looks as if the San Fernando Valley in this section will soon look like a conglomerate reproduction of historic scenes from ancient and modern history ▼ T T • • • FIRST APPEARANCE on the radio last nite for Richard Barthelmess appearing as guest star on Rudy Vallee's program Dick is in New York for a short vacashe after finishing "Midnight Alibi," the Damon Runyon story, for Warners T T T • • • GOING GREAT guns in London in spite of sweltering heat 20th Century's "The House of Rothschild" now in its fourth week at the Tivoli it grossed $46,000 in American dough on the opening nite British fans are all that the name implies some of 'em have viewed the pix three and four times! • • • NEAT IDEA has been in effect at Universal home office for some time Andy Sharick's publicity dep't through Jac Thall in charge of the Studio Contact Dep't issues what is called a Universal-Gram on every feature .... consisting of a neat folder of several mimeographed sheets covering briefly and concisely for ready reference the billing credits, players, sales angles, synopsis of story in this way the latest info on each production is relayed to the exchanges providing every salesman with a comprehensive idea of what the pix is all about the most efficient system in its field we have ever encountered • • • IN THE second week of the Roxy summer policy of lower summer prices Eddie Peabody is again emcee in the variety show are Betty Jane Cooper, Lathrop Brothers, Mills and Shea, Three Arkansas Travellers, Rhythm Redheads, Bill Thorn and the Gae Foster Girls Clifford Brooke, former Metro director, is responsible for the directing of "Caviar" musical comedy hit current at the Forest theater « « « » » » SHORT SHOTS /">m EASTERN STUDIOS ■ By CHAS. ALICOATE Y^TILLIAM SAAL, president oi Select Productions, announces purchase of "Gigolette" an original story by Gordon Kahn, as the second picture for production. • Bert Granet and Arthur Jarrett have completed the story which will feature Tom Patricola and scheduled to go into production within the next two weeks at the Eastern Service studio in Astoria. Al Christie, who will produce and direct the short for Educational release, spent all of last Monday getting shots of the fleet in the Hudson river which will provide the backgrounds for the comedy revolving around the fleet's stay in New York. • Mickey King, known to the circus world as the "half-pint Blonde" completed work yesterday before the cameras in "Crime Without Passion" which Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur are producing at the Eastern Service studio in Astoria. Miss King performed her sensational feat of making swan dives 45 feet through the air into a net, the scenes to be used as part of an atmospheric prologue to the production. • Granville Bates has been signed for the role of the sheriff in Dashiell Hammett's "Woman in the Dark" which Select Productions is making. • Jarrolds Publishing house of London has purchased the English rights to the book "It's a Small World" by Bernett Hershey, with Syndicate rights being acquired by Hearst Publications. The story is to be run in the Sunday and daily papers. • "Dizzy Signal" is the title of the next two-reel comedy featuring Ben Blue and scheduled to go into production June 28 at the Brooklyn Vitaphone Studio. Lloyd French will direct the short from the story by Jack Henley and Royal King Cole, of the Vitaphone scenario department. • Jottings: Monty Brice, recuperated from his illness and negotiating deals for a feature production . . .Max Hayes, working on projects that will result in the production of several industrials at his Oceanside studio. Expect 1,500 at Outing About 1,500 are expected to attend the annual I. T. O. A. outing and boat ride to Roton Point, Conn., on July 11. Date has been advanced from July 25. Boat has a capacity of 2,000.