The Film Daily (1935)

THE &£i DAILV Thursday, May 16, 1935 Vol. LXVII, No. 115 Thurs., May 16, 1935 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publish? Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films 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. 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Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 11 11 11 Keith A-0 6s 46 . ... 77 77 77 Loew 6s 41ww 104% 104% 104% Para. 6s 47 filed 87% 86% 86% Para. 5%s50 filed. 87% 87 87 Para. 5%s50 ctfs 87% 87 87 Warner's 6s39 633/4 62% 63% NEW YORK CURB MARKET Technicolor 193/4 19 19% Trans-Lux 2% 2% 2% Net Chg. + % + 2% — Va + Va — Va + Va Va + Va — Vi + Va _ 2 + Va + "V2 _'i — 2 — i% + 1% + Va Va THE STANDARD Reference Book of the MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY Given Free with a Year's Subscription to THE FILM DAILY and THE FILM DAILY SERVICE 1650 B'way, New York Coming and Going ARTHUR DENT, managing director of British International Pictures, is at the Warwick. TULLIO CARMINATI has arrived at the Devon. FAY WRAY has left New York for Hollywood via United Air Lines. A. L. SCHLESSER of the Pavillion Theater and Amalgamated Theaters, Singapore, has arrived in New York and is stopping at the Astor. JOHN COLLIER, British novelist, arrives in New York today on the "Europa" to work on the adaptation of RKO's "Sylvia Scarlett" for Katharine Hepburn. RAMON NOVARRO will go to London shortly to appear with Evelyn Laye in the stage production, "The Royal Exchange", which J. L. Sachs will put on. OWEN DAVIS, JR., makes his delayed return from abroad today on the "Manhattan." BILLIE BURKE leaves Hollywood this week for her first visit to New York in three years. She will be accompanied by her daughter, PATRICIA ZIEGFELD and MARY ROGERS, Will Rogers' daughter. CHARLES BRUCE MILLHOLLAND returns to New York June 1 from Adamsville, R. I., after completing a new play, "Man of War." GEORGE MIDDLETON has gone to Washington from New York for a week's stay. MAX MILDER and D. E. GRIFFITHS are due in New York from London late this month en route to the Warner sales convention scheduled for Los Angeles. HARRY WEBB of Reliable Pictures left the coast yesterday for New York. B. B. RAY, his associate, is scheduled to come east in about 10 days. DR. HERBERT T. KALMUS, Technicolor head, now in New York from the coast, sails May 29 for England and France. O. P. WILLIAMS, eastern sales manager for "March of Time", left Tuesday for a five day visit to sales representatives in Washington, Philadelphia and other eastern cities. EDWARD H. GRIFFITH, M-G-M director, has sailed from Hollywood for New York via the Panama Canal, to recuperate from an illness. ALFRED N. SACK, general manager of Sack Amusement Enterprises, San Antonio and Oklahoma City, has gone to St. Louis to be present at the St. Louis Little Theater's revival of "Diamonds of Death", a four-act melodrama which he wrote while a student in Washington University 15 years ago. ED KUYKENDALL, who is in St. Louis today, next goes to Buffalo and thence to New York. EVERETT CROSBY has arrived in New York from Hollywood. RENEE CARROLL goes to North Attleboro, Mass., today from New York. GREGORY RATOFF leaves New York Saturday for Hollywood, where he will spend a week before returning East. LEON SIRITZKY and SAMY SIRITZKY, both of Paris, have arrived in New York. JOHN E. OTTERSON and WM. DRAKE returned yesterday from Wilmington. Dropping 10% Ala. Tax Montgomery, Ala. — Exhibitors from throughout Alabama marched upon Montgomery and got a promise that the 10 per cent amusement tax would be abandoned by the ways and means committees of both houses of the legislature. R. B. Wilby acted as spokesman for more than 30 exhibitors. Harry Thomas on First Div. Tour Harry H. Thomas, president of First Division, is leaving on a 10day tour of exchanges, also taking in the Allied convention in Atlanta next week. In the story of the reelection of F. D. officers this week, the names of Charles Rosenzweig and Ruth Schwerin were inadvertently included. They are no longer with the company. 200 at Philly Variety Lunch Philadelphia — Two hundred members and friends of the Variety Club attended its semi-monthly luncheon yesterday with guests including Congressman Percy Gassaway, John C. Flinn, Charles L. O'Reilly, Hal Home and Tommy Loughran. Kings for the day were Jack Beresin and Walter Woodward. Another Warner Film for Capitol Warner's "In Caliente" has been booked to open May 24 at the Capitol. This makes the second Warner picture at the M-G-M Broadway outlet this month. "Go Into Your Dance" has just played two weeks there. GSTOA-Allied Rift New Orleans — Rift between Allied Theaters and Gulf States Theater Owners Ass'n has resulted in members deciding not to retain GSTOA membership. Allied cut dues from $36 to $12 yearly. Krellberg to Get Hearing Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — At a special hearing in his office yesterday, Deputy Administrator William P. Farnsworth remanded the request of S. S. Krellberg to be heard before the studio labor committee to that body. W. Jefferson Davis, chairman of the committee, was present and stated that upon his return to the Coast he would see that Krellberg got a hearing. Fairbanks Jr. in WB British Film London — Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. will appear with Laura LaPlante in "Water Nymph" to be made at Warner's Teddington studios. »DATE BOOK* May 17: Annual benefit show and ball of Local 52, Motion Picture Studio Mechanics, May 17-18: National Variety Club Convention, Pittsburgh May 18: Actors' Charity Jubilee benefit for the N. V. A. and the Masonic Clubs of New York State, Madison Square Garden. New York City. May 18-19: Erpi Club seventh annual spring golf outing, Briarcliff Lodge, New York. Hotel Delano, New York. May 20-23: Allied States Ass'n annual convention, Piedmont Hotel, Atlanta. May 20-24: Annual Spring Meeting of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, Hotel Roosevelt, Hollywood. May 26-June 2: Tenth annual Hollywood mo tion picture tennis tournament, Los An geles Club, Los Angeles. May 27: Actors' Equity Ass'n annual meeting, Hotel Astor, New York. May 27-29: GB sales convention, New York. May 30-June 2: Fox annual sales convention, Congress Hotel, Chicago. May 31: Chicago Film Relief Ball, Chicago. June 1 : Universal Club's spring supper-dance. Astor Roof, New York. June 1-3: Universal annual sales convention, Hotel Stevens. Chicago. June 4: Public hearing on proposed revision of amendment for minimum booth costs and maximum hours of employment in Greater New York, Hotel Washington, Washington, D. C. June 9-13: Warner-First National sales convention, Hotel Ambassador, Los Angeles. June 12: Twenty-third Film Daily Golf Tournament, Progress Country Club, Purchase, N Y. June 15-18: Independent Theater Supply Dealers Ass'n annual convention, Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago. June 16-17: M.P.T.O. of Virginia convention. Patrick Henry Hotel, Roanoke, Va. June 17-19: RKO annual sales convention. Drake Hotel, Chicago. June 19: Warner Cli/b's annual outing to Bear Mountain. Sperling Joins Fox West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Milton Sperling has joined Fox in an executive capacity. He was formerly assistant to Edward Small and previous to that was assistant to Hal Wallis at Warner Bros. Delft Circuit Starts New House Marquette, Mich. — Construction work on a new theater here was started this week by Delft Theaters, Inc. Hugh S. Gallup, president of the company, says the house will be the most modern in the upper peninsula. It is expected to be ready to open Oct. 1. William G. Miller has the general contract. Be still prepared for death: and death or life shall thereby be the the sweeter. — Shakespeare. STEBBINS, LETERMAN & GATES, Inc. HERBERT R. EBENSTEIN, President Insurance Brokers 1540 Broadway New York City # mm