The Film Daily (1935)

f I Intimate in Character ' international in Scope ,Bni idependent in Thought i The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Seventeen Years Old &:i eij VCL. LXVIK NO. 115 NEW rCCr. TULCSCAy. MAT 16, 1935 1€ CENYS 26 Theaters are Opened in Pittsburgh Territory FOX MAUET half ofjew met. GIRCUJT stock Metro-Goldwyn Retiring Preferred Stock on June 15 L:. I { All 146,691 Shares Being Bought In — Regular Loew Dividend Retirement of all outstanding preferred stock of Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp. will take place as of June 15, the company's board of directors voted yesterday. There are 146,691 shares out with a par value of $27. Manufacturers' Trust Co. is transfer agent. All of the M-G common stock is held by Loew's, Inc. Loew directors yesterday voted {Continued on Page 4) MOVIES TO BE MADE AT ALLIED MEETING Atlanta — With guests of honor to include Governor Eugene Talmadge, now in the public eye, as well as Mayor James L. Key and other prominent figures, talking pictures of the celebs will be made at the Allied convention which takes place May 20-23 at the Piedmont Hotel. Gov. Talmadge makes his address Wednesday evening, when a special stunt will be staged with Sidney E. (Continued on Page 8) 6 Features, 85 Shorts Are Set for Technicolor Technicolor will be used for at least six features in the 1935-36 season under contracts already signed, and more deals are pending. Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus said in New York yesterday. Early season arrangements will put color into 85 short subjects, he said. Dr. Kalmus sails for Europe on (Continued on Page 9) Speed Work on Fox Met. Plan Drafting of amendments to the Weisman Schenck reorganization plan for the Fox Met. circuit is being hastened in an endeavor to set a hearing Monday on the amendments, it is learned. CRITICS* A SURPRISE "Here's a surprise. I have seen so many really good pictures recently that the run of bad ones that — like the poor, are always with us — has been overshadowed. Therefore, for perhaps the first time in history, I am deliberately passing up a chance to squawk and am dropping a good word for those studios, actors and directors who are conscientiously trying to give us good, finished pictures that actually entertain." —ED L. CAMPBELL, Pine Bluff, Ark., Daily Graphic. FORUM NEW FACES "Too many studios put the same casts in the same type of picture, grinding out generally dull entertainment. And why, when a player clicks, shove him or her onto the public in every picture that's released for months, and then wonder why their popularity ceases? Few players rate so much attention, and the public likes new faces." — Name withheld by request. HOLLYWOOD SAMENESS "An awful sameness continues to mark the pictures pouring out of Hollywood; the industry needs new stars, new talent, new directors and new writers. To keep what is left of the so-called intelligent moviegoer group it needs less pictures starring Shirley Temple, et al, et al, despite the box-office draw of such films. Why don't the producers spend the time and effort (Continued on Page S) Seek RFC Loan for Roxy Reorganization On the joint application of the first and second mortgage protective committees of Roxy Theater bondholders, Federal Judge Caffey yesterday signed an order authorizing Howard S. Cullman, trustee for the theater, to apply to the Reconstruction Finance Corp. for a loan sufficient to consummate a reorganization plan. Webb to Close Deals On Reliable's Series West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Harry Webb of Reliable Pictures left yesterday for New York to close distribution deals on Reliable's 1935-36 program. Webb's associate, B. B. Ray, follows on (Continued on Page 5) Pittsburgh Area Openings Continue in Large Number Pittsburgh — Another big month for theater openings is reported by the Film Board of Trade, with 26 houses joining the active list, while only four went dark. Three of the opened theaters are new houses. These are the Ellsworth, opened by E. L. Malicord and E. S. Jones in Ellsworth, Pa.; Happy Hour, Pittsburgh, W. H. Virgin, and Gauley, Gauley Bridge, W. Va., J. S. Shanklin and D. S. McQueen. The Pennsylvania reopenings are: New Linden, Bellevue; Broughton, Broughton; Cadogan, Cadogan; Lib (Continued on Page 4) New Fox Theaters Plan Calls for 50% in Met. Circuit Plan of reorganization for the Fox Theaters Corp., now being developed by the Fox Theaters stockholders' protective committee for which Jenks & Rogers are counsel, will probably provide for acquisition of half the stock of the new company to be formed under the Weisman Schenck reorganization plan for the Fox Met. circuit, it is understood. The Weisman-Schenck plan provides that Milton C. Weisman, (Continued on Page 5) buildingTFuses troit boom Detroit — Local theater building boom has taken another spurt with announcement of two more houses, making seven so far this season. Among the latest projects is a 1,100-seater which Roosevelt Theater Co., owned by J. N. Robertson Circuit, in East Detroit. Another small (Continued on Page 8) Sound Truck Is Used In N'Orleans Price War New Orleans — Geting off to an earlier and more aggressive stai't. this year's war between subsequent run independents and United Theaters looks as though it will he more intensive and as useless as those held in the past. First signs of the fight became noticeable with price cutting in one spot by a United house which gets first-run. Last (Continued on Page 9) Somerby for N. E. Allied Al Somerby of the G. E. Lathrop theater interests is expected to become the next president of Allied Theaters of Massachusetts, headquarters in Boston. He will fill the vacancy due to the recent death of George Giles.