The Film Daily (1935)

4 a BIG SUMS SEEKING INVESTMENT IN FILMS (Continued from Pace 1) funds on hand in banks drawing the smallest interest rate in years. Evidence of the influx of money into the industry is a reported bid of $1,100,000 made to the Roxy theater bondholders' committee by a syndicate headed by S. L. Rothafel and the fact that several other groups are also after the property, the readiness of Atlas Corp., giant investment firm, to extend its investments in the industry and the additional fact, according to attorneys close to the industry and Wall Street, that plenty of money is being offered them for film investment. Theater Pinch Hits as Church Chicago — Since the burning of the Rogers Park Baptist Church last week, Ludwig Sussman, owner of the Adelphi theater, 7074 N. Clark St., has loaned the theater to the church for their Sunday morning services. They will continue using the theater until the church is rebuilt. Hess-Harrison Trial Windup Trial of Gabriel L. Hess's libel suit against Pete Harrison in the New York State Supreme Court will be resumed today following adjournment Friday. Hearing is expected to end today. Anna Sten Stricken Omaha — Anna Sten, making a personal tour in conjunction with "Wedding Night," had to call off her appearance in Grand Island, Neb., when she was stricken with appendicitis Friday. 2 Educationals at Music Hall Educational has two short subjects on the current program at the Music Hall. "Five Puplets," a Paul Terry-Toon, and "Taming the Wild," from the Treasure Chest series, opened at that theater Thursday. Eastern Theaters Net Up Toronto — Eastern Theaters, Ltd., reports net income of $40,042 for 1934, compared with $19,603 in 1933. AS SEEN BY THE PRESS AGENT Director Edward H. Griffith is Hollywood's first equestrian to equip his mounts witti recently developed aluminum shoes. —DAVE EPSTEIN. THE #&*. DAILY Monday, May 13, 1935 • • • THE GOLF Goofs were all out over the week-end on the fairways with just fair plays if you know what we mean getting set for that Twenty-third Film Daily Golf Tournament on June 12 at the Progress Country Club at Purchase, N. Y National Screen is organizing its own preliminary tournament, with Eddie White bragging as usual that he will outdrive the field but Paul Benjamin showed us his last score card, so we're tipping the handi capper to check that guy close on the handicap Maury Ascher is just dribbling 'em around in his Brooklyn back yard as usual, with the Missus raisin' hell because he's dug up all the tulips T T T • • • BUT IT'S loads of fun the RKO Radio gang are out strong with their own rehearsal tournament to get practice for the Main Event on June 12 Eddie McEvoy, the champ of last year's F. D. cowpasture pastime, is reported to have turned in a neat 80 and other reports from the 19th (or alcohole) are that there are some pretty low marks turned in so phone in your scores Monday morn, lads, as you usually do and we'll try to have 'em in Monday's kolyum which we're writing now the previous Saturday morning (sure, we're away ahead of you, but that statement is just as RELIABLE as the scores you'll turn in.) T T T • • • THREE HITS in a Row on Broadway that's an achievement that calls for cheers chalked up by Charlie Einfeld and his ballyhoo blurbers over at Warners the first hit was "Black Fury," ushered into the Strand with an advance controversial campaign that got the newspaper space then came "G Men," which broke every B. O. record in the long history of the house Mister Einfeld gajited the campaign to the machine-gun staccato tempo of the picture the following eve "Go Into Your Dance" opened at the Capitol the pix is now in its second week which tells the story of the feature's intrinsic merit and also a smartly handled ad and pub campaign T T T • • • AN EVENT of more than film importance is the arrival of Grace Moore in New York tomorrow morn for she is here on her way to London to attend a banquet next Friday evening at the Ritz-Carlton the fifty-third gala annual function of the Society of Arts and Sciences a Society that was functioning long before the nickelodeons and the flickers burst on an amazed world Miss Moore will be the honor guest and will be presented with a coveted fellowship in the venerable Society also the organization's Gold Medal Award to be bestowed upon her for raising the standard of motion pictures through her work in "One Night of Love" the picture that sent the Columbia publicity staff into wearing spats and talking with their noses lifted while they discuss the opera and lyric art as they turn out a pressbook for a Tim McCoy horse opera the Snobs! T T ▼ • • • THE BASEBALL addicts are having a tuff time grabbing the spotlight from the golf zanjes but they are doing things in their own sand-lot manner the Roxy theater staff trimmed the Capitol team by 11 to 1 last week, with Messrs. Dick and Newman the battery and a week ago the Brooklyn Paramount team swamped the Loew's Metropolitan nine by 13 to 9 in an eleven-inning contest Evans and Mulligan were the Paramount battery that turned the trick T ▼ T • • • FOR A Pressbook turned out on a close budget glance over the one on "The Drunkard," a Weiss Production with a limited number of old type faces to select from, they nevertheless turned out a job that catches the old-time Spirit Charles Reed Jones handled it ^^ T^» ^^. » » » IS WARNER-F. N. STUDIO, PREPARING 7 FILM (.Continued from Page 1) to star Paul Muni in the novel by W. R. Burnett, director William Keighley; "Captain Blood," starring Robert Donat, in the novel by Rafael Sabatini, director Michael Curtiz; "Thin Air," from the Cosmopolitan Magazine story by Mildred Cram, with Abem Finkel doing the screen play; "The Case of the Lucky Legs," starring Warren William in the Erie Stanley Gardner mystery story, director Robert Florey; "Backfire," based on the story by Dan Templin; "Anthony Adverse," an all-star cast in the novel by Hervey Allen, with screen play by Sheridan Gibney, and "Anchors Aweigh," with Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Ross Alexander, director Frank Borzage. Those in work are "Broadway Joe," starring Joe E. Brown, with Ann Dvorak, Patricia Ellis and William Gargan heading the supporting cast, director Busby Berkeley; "We're In the Money," with Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert and Ross Alexander heading the cast, director Ray Enright; "Page Miss Glory," starring Marion Davies in her first Warner-Cosmopolitan production, with an all-star supporting cast including Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Mary Astor, Frank McHugh, Patsy Kelly and Lyle Talbot, director Mervyn LeRoy; "Not on Your Life," with Warren William, Claire Dodd, Guy Kibbee and William Gargan, director Robert Florey; "Broadway Gondolier," an all-star musical with Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Adolphe Menjou, Louise Fazenda and William Gargan in the leads, and "Front Page Woman," co-starring Bette Davis and George Brent, director Michael Curtiz. 3 More Weeks of G. T. P. Trial Trial of General Talking Picture's anti-trust action against A. T. & T., and subsidiaries, including I Erpi, is expected to run three more' weeks before Federal Judge John P. Nields in Wilmington. Hearing has already lasted two weeks and two J days. It resumes today. SHOWMAN'S REMINDER Check up on defective plastering throughout the house. mA,