The Film Daily (1935)

THE FIGURE $2,000,000 FOR PARA. IN QUARTER (.Continued from Pa/jc 1) panv is expected to start off with about $20,000,000 cash in the treasury, it is stated, and payment of interest and preferred dividends will likely begin shortly after the new setup is declared effective. Studio Problems Feature SMPE Convention Topics A majority of papers prepared for delivery at the spring convention of the S. M. P. E., which takes place at the Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, May 20-24, deal with studio problems, although a wide range of subjects are covered. The following eastern members have already indicated their intention to attend the convention: Homer G. Tasker, L. A. Jones, J. I. Crabtree, O. M. Glunt, W. C. Kunzmann, J. H. Kurlander, M. C. Batsel, A. S. Dickinson, H. Griffin, J. O. Baker, R. F. Mitchell, J. A. Miller, E. R. Geib, A. C. Downes, O. B. Depue, H. A. DeVry, R. E. Farnham, D. McRae, G. D. Lai, S. Harris, O. F. Neu, W. B. Rayton, O. S. Imes, E. W. Kellogg and O. Sandvik. Iowa Items Des Moines — First Variety Club dance since local club was formed is scheduled for May 4 at Hotel S a very. Vitagraph, Inc., filed suit in District Court April 22 against A. H. Blank and Tri-States Theater Corp. to recover $9,849.91 on a film rental contract. Helen Hayes in "Mary of Scotland" at Shrine auditorium drew a $9,000 house for 4,500 seats, believed to be world's record for legitimate performance. Dale MacFarland of Capitol theater, Davenport; "Davenport Democrat and Leader" and Cram aviation field are sponsoring a contest offering 17-hour aviation course and six-week Capitol pass to first prize winner. Rebuilding has started on Niles theater, Anamosa, destroyed by fire April 13. Charles Niles will continue to manage house. Don Thornburg, Strand theater, Marshalltown, has filed suit in U. S. district court for $43,500 against major companies and C. C. Dunsmore and Mrs. Dunsmore, M. C. Roskopf and Sam Horwitz, Marshalltown exhibitors, charging a combination in restraint of trade. Escape Special Taxes Although 44 legislatures have held sessions in the current calendar year, no special taxes have been imposed on the motion picture industry, although theaters have been indirectly affected by general sales taxes in a few in stances. In addition to California, where more than 100 bills are pending there are still 59 bills in the assemblies. Legislatures still in session are Mass., Conn., Pa., Minn., III., Colo.. Fla.. Mich., Neb., Ohio, Tenn.. Texas. Mo. and Vt. ■JZM DAILY Monday, April 29, 1935 MONG THE • RIAIT PHIL M. DALY • • • THEY SENT Bill Ferguson out in a blaze of glory at the AMPA Naked Truth Collosso-Spectacle Saturday nite at the Hotel Astor and ushered in the new president. Bruce Gallup, with resounding cheers absolutely the Smash Saturnalia of Screendom down thru history Immense Brilliant Extravagant Spectacular from every point of view enough Talent and Celebs for a dozen ordinary affairs a Great Floor Show Music Dancing Dinner Novelty Features Surprises set in the atmosphere of a Continental nite club a Capacity Attendance of 950. • • • A HIGHLIGHT was the presence of Grover Whalen prexy of the Advertising Club of America who came over from the Jeffersonian Dinner at the WaldorfAstoria to present the token from AMPA to their retiring president a trick watch that Fergie can't hock the Committee had it engraved with the mug of Leo the Lion and the word "Leo" that put the Expensive 200-smacker Gadget practically in the same class with a Mickey Mouse Ingersoll • • • A GRAND Salute was paid by Billy in his speech to Paul Benjamin retiring treasurer and business manager of AMPA for the past four administrations the gent who has carried the worries and headaches of the pressagent organization for years so that its members could enjoy the fruits of his hard, gruelling and sometimes thankless labor a lad who always comes up smiling One Grand Guy T T T • • • AND WHAT a beaucoup job that March of Time aggregation did! they spotted in blackouts between the dancing and dinner courses Typical Telephone Talks of Picture Muggs flashing the M. of T. actors under spotlights as they impersonated Film Execs and Stars carrying on phone conversations back and forth across the stage great Gag Stuff that ribbed everything and everybody in the film biz starting off with no less than President Roosevelt himself welcoming the AMPA's and their guests and the close of this Roosevelt gag was a pip T T ▼ • • • A HALF dozen Masters of the Revels tossing the fun back and forth among them steaming up the guests a fast-stepping program that kept everybody on edge wondering what novelty or surprise was coming next not too much of anything and loads of individual acts and specialty numbers with a finale of lloor show work by various groups of gorgeous girlies from the big Nite Spots about town shows and theater units. • • • THE DECORATIONS of the big banquet hall and grand ballroom stopped the guests in breathless amazement as they entered a Master Achievement supervised by the celebrated C. E. Wilson the official decorator for the World's Fair who came on from Chi with his expert crew and worked all the previous nite and Saturday morn two immense 14-foot wheels in gorgeous colors hung high above, released hundreds of balloons as the festivities got going A Smash Spectacle T T T • • • ALL THIS is being written Saturday morn eight hours BEFORE the Gala Event started why try to kid you folks who enjoyed the Knockout Affair? for you know it was a thousand times better than we have pre-painted it m €< « » » » SGHULBERG AND KOHI JOIN COLUMBIA PIG! (Continued from Page 1) with Paramount from its inception. Kohn formerly was vice-presdient and treasurer, resigned in May of last year. Schulberg, production executive, left last December. 19 More Special Dates Set on Warner's "G Men" Nineteen additional special key city dates have been set on Warner's "G Men," making a total of 43 such engagements, according to an announcement from the company's home office. Bookings include the Metropolitan, Boston; Strand, Albany; Brandeis, Omaha; Roger Sherman, New Haven; Cameo, Bridgeport; Warner, Worcester; Capitol, Springfield; Albee, Cincinnati; Palace, Columbus; Orpheum, Seattle; Earle, Washington; Orpheum, Minneapolis; Strand, Akron; Mary Anderson, Louisville; Strand, Hartford; State, Waterbury; Stanley, Pittsburgh; Georgia, Atlanta; National, Greensboro. Boston Brevities Boston — New officers of the Boston Friars Club are: President Maurice N. Wolf; vice-president, Joseph M. Levinson; treasurer, Louis M. Boas; secretary, Alex C. Kilpatrick; trustees for one year, Edward Ansin, William Erbb, Tom Spry, Morris Sharaf; trustees for two years, Julius Joelson, Herman Rifkin, M. Murray Weiss, Philip Marget; trustees for three years, Philip Smith, Al Somerby, Steve Broidy, Jack Magann. Thad Barrows, president of Local 182, Motion Picture Machine Operators Union, and local delegate to the S. M. P. E. Spring Convention to be held May 20-24 in Hollywood, is to be tendered a "Bon Voyage" midnight party at the Cocoanut Grove on Sunday evening, May 12. Tickets are $5 a couple. James Burke is chairman of the committee. Former employees of Pathe Exchange, now merged with RKO, will hold a reunion and dinner at the Club Devkelder on May 1 at 7 p. m. Reopen Birmingham Negro House Birmingham — The Frolic, negro house, has been reopened after remodeling. Dark for several years it was acquired by Paul Engler and R. B. Wilby about three months ago. Reverse English West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Producing of films with juvenile appeal on the theory that e show attracting the children will bring the parents along has panned out i loss, says Clarence Brown, M-G-M direct tor. Box-office results are demonstrate^ ing that the number of adults who ca^f2 be influenced by juveniles' film recommendations is too small to bother about, and there appears to be more value in the opposite of the rule, according to Brown.