The Film Daily (1935)

THE '%&m PN)1<?3 DAILY Monday, April 1,1935 JOHN W. ALICOATE : Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Film3 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. Cable Address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. CODI FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET (QUOTATIONS AS OF SATURDAY) Net High Low Close Chg. Columbia Fict. vtc. 39y2 39'/2 39'/2 — Va Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 17 16Vi 17 + Vl East. Kodak 120 119% 119% Loew's, Inc 35'/2 353/8 353/8 do pfd 107 107 107 +1 Paramount ctfs 2Vi 23/8 2Vi + Va Pathe Exch. "A"..liy4 IH/4 H'A Vi RKO IVi 1% 1% Warner Bros 2Va 23^ 23/4 + Va NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40.. 7 6l/2 7 + Vi Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 6% 6V2 6% + Va Keith A-0 6s 46.. 673/4 673/4 673/4 — % Loew 6s 41 ww 104% 104% 104% + % Paramount 6s 47 filed 71 71 71 Paramount 6s 47 ctfs. 71 71 71 ..... Par. By. 5V2s51 ctfs. 50V4 50 1/4 50'/4 + % Par. 5V2s50 filed... 7 2 1/4 72 72i/4 + Va Par. 5%s50 ctfs.... 72 713/4 T\3A — V4 Pathe 7s37 1033/8 1033/8 1033/8 Warner's 6s39 50 1/4 50 1/4 50l/4 — Va NEW YORK CURB MARKET Technicolor 183/4 I8V2 18% + Va • The Broadway Parade • Picture Distributor Theater I'll Love You Always Columbia Roxy Private Worlds Paramount Paramount Traveling Saleslady first National Strand Naughty Marietta (2nd week) M-G-M Capitol Little Colonel (2nd week) Fox Music Hall Man Who Knew Too Much (2nd week) . . GB Productions Mayfair The Wedding Night (3rd week) United Artists Rivoli Burn 'Em Up Barnes* ^Mascot Criterion The Ghost Walks* Chesterfield Criterion It Happened One Night (2nd week) (a). Columbia Astor Hell's Angels (a) Atlantic Films Globe It Happened One Night (3rd week) (a) . Columbia Little Carnegie Man of Aran (b*) GB Productions 55th St. Playhouse Ruggles of Red Gap (b) Paramount Rialto Roberta (b) RKO Radio Palace ♦ TWO-A-DAY RUN ♦ In a Monastery Garden (3rd week) S. G. Film Co Westminster ♦ FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS ♦ La Crise Est Finie (3rd week*) European Film Disfs 55th St. Playhouse Chapayev (c) Amkino Acme Moscow Laughs (2nd week) Amkino Cameo Camille (2nd week) DuWorld 5th Ave. Playhouse ♦ FUTURE OPENINGS ♦ Life Begins at 40 (April 4) Fox Music Hall It Happened in New York (April 5) Universal Roxy My Heart is Calling (April 12) GB Productions Roxy Mississippi (April 17) Paramount '....Paramount Princess O'Hara (d) Universal Rialto Brewster's Millions (e) United Artists Rivoli West Point of the Air (f) M-G-M Capitol Black Fury (g) First National Strand Unwelcome Stranger (h) Columbia Mayfair * Dual Bills (d) Follows Ruggles of Red Gap (a) Revivals (e) Follows Wedding Night (b) Subsequent runs (f) Follows Naughty Marietta (c) Eleventh week including run at Cameo (g) Follows Traveling Saleslady (h) Follows Man Who Knew Too Much Yoost Moves To Intervene In Para. Reorganization (.Continued from Page 1) hearing on the advisability of confirming the proposed Erpi-Paramount agreement could not be granted unless Yoost was intervened by court order. Special Master Joyce stated further that in any case Yoost's assertions "may warrant direction of tbe trustees to submit additional facts in support of their petition." Set Hearing to Dissolve Paramount Subsidiary Hearing is set for April 8 before Special Master Joyce on application of the Paramount trustees to dissolve the Elwood Amusement Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary, upon assignment to Paramount by Elwood of the mortgage it holds on the Miami Beach Community Theater Bldg., Miami, and two mortgage notes due and payable aggregating $73,180 with interest, in consideration of credit for this amount against the debt Elwood owes Paramount. Elwood is also to pay off all other obligations. The petition further provides tbat Paramount Enterprises, a subsidiary of Famous Theaters, will consent to the expunging of provable claims against Paramount totaling $56,000 and pay Paramount $33,180 in consideration of the cancellation of the Miami Beach Community Theater Bldg. mortgage and mortgage notes, which Paramount Enterprises was obligated to assume. Educational Program Three-Fourths Finished (Continued from Page 1) rious stages of editing. These include Buster Keaton's fourth and final subject of the year, "Tars and Stripes"; Ernest Truex in "Only the Brave," and a new Coronet comedy starring Tom Howard and George Shelton. Three new subjects will go into production this week. Today at the Biograph studios in the Bronx shooting will begin on two one-reel pictures in the Treasure Chest and Song Hit Story series. Al Christie will put another tworeel Young Romance comedy into work at the Astoria studios tomorrow. Sylvia Froos will be the star, and featured with her again will be Warren Hull. The story is by William Watson and Art Jarrett. Frank Moser and Paul Terry are now preparing the story outlines for the last subjects in the season's series of Paul Terry-Toon cartoons. Duals War in Lincoln Lincoln, Neb. — The double feature battle is on. The Orpheum, J. H. Cooper vaude-picture house, will offer two features on the picture half of the week starting April 1. This gives Cooper two houses against the L. L. Dent pair, Varsity and Kiva. Coming and Goin IRVING ASHER, head of production for Warners in England, at present conferring with ir.zk L. Warner on the coast, returns eastward this week with a new contract. His wife, LAURA LA PLANTE, remains on the coast for a fortnight's visit with friends. DOROTHY FIELDS, song writer, arrives in New York this week from the coast. DAVID LEVY, attorney, returns in a few days from a month's vacation in Florida. WILLIAM S. GILL, theatrical agent, and MRS. GILL (Janet Snowden) arrive in New York today from California aboard the liner Pennsylvania. THE MARX BROTHERS, before starting to film their forthcoming M-G-M vehicle, will test out their comedy material through the medium of a 50-minute act booked to play Fanchon Cr Marco houses in Salt Lake City. Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and perhaps elsewhere. Am. Legion Opposes Soviet Films Boston — Complete banning of Soviet films, two of which have beer shown in the past month at the Majestic, is demanded by the American Legion here. Grover Whalen to Present Awards at the M. P. Club Grover Whalen will officiate in presenting the Quigley awards for the most meritorious film campaign at the first annual Showmanship Luncheon Forum tomorrow at the Motion Picture Club. Other honored guests will include Paul Hollister of Macy's, Baron Collier, Jr., Bruce Barton and a list of invited industry notables including Adolph Zukor, H. M. Warner, David Bernstein, John D. Clark, Felix F. Feist, Ned Depinet, E. W. Hammons, George Schaefer, Harry D. Buckley, Jules Levy, Nate Spingold, Louis Nizer, Jack Alicoate and others. Postpone Hearing On Para. Contracts Hearing on some 200 executory contracts to be assumed by reorganized Paramount-Publix was postponed Saturday until today owing to the absence of Special Master John E. Joyce, who was attending a funeral. Bruce Gallup Dined Employees of Donahue & Coe tendered a dinner to Bruce Gallup on Friday night at Sardi's, the event being tied in with his resignation to join Columbia as director of publicity and advertising. Affair was a surprise from the standpoint of the guest of honor, who was presented with a desk set as well as plenty of "gag" gifts. Ed Churchill acted as toastmaster. Helen Westley in Guild Play Helen Westley will appear in the Theater Guild revival of "The Taming of the Shrew." MIKE ROBACH COLOR FILM TECHNIClJ now supervising photography and processing of 3-color stills for national advertising of Fisher Bodies — Goodyear Tires and American Medicinal Spirits