The Film Daily (1935)

THE ■%2H Vol. LXVII, No. 119 Tues., May 21, 1935 10 Cents JOHN W. AL1COATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holiday? at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y.. by, Wid's Films and Film Folk, Tnc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurei and General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Asso ciate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office at New Yorl 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. LondonErnest \V. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., \V. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne. Friedrichstrasse. 225. Paris — P. A. Harle. I Cinematographic Francaise. Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. CODE FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK High Columbia Picts. vtc. 633/8 Con. Fm. Ind 4 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. . 15% East. Kodak 141 1/2 1 do pfd 153 1 Fox Fm. "A" 147/a Loew's, Inc 39% Metro-Goldwyn, pfd. 27% Paramount ctfs. . . 3% Pathe Exch % do "A" 10% RKO 2V4 Warner Bros 4 do pfd 243,4 NEW YORK BOND Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. . 12% Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 12% Loew 6s41ww 1041/2 1 Paramount 6s47 filed 89 Paramount 6s47 ctfs.. 89 Par. 5%s50 filed. . . 90 1 /2 Par. 5'/2s50 ctfs.. . . 90% Warner's 6s39 65% NEW YORK CURB Columbia Picts. vtc. 62% Technicolor 19% Trans-Lux 2% MARKET Net Low Close Chg 58% 61% + 3' 3% 4 15 15% -J 3 41 141 — 1 51% 153 + 1 13% 14% + l'/f 39% 397/8 27% 27% 3 3% + % % % 10 10% — % 2% 2% + V? 3% 3% + % 23% 24% + 2 MARKET 11% 12% + 1% 10% 125/g + 1% 04% 104% 87l/4 89 + 1% 87% 89 89% 90% 89 92V, 631/4 65%' + 2 V, + 2 V, + 2% + 2 MARKET 601/2 62 V, 19 19% 2% 2% + 17 + 1% + Vt Columbia Curb Stock Up 17 Points In one of the biggest amusement stock rises in years Columbia vtc on the Curb market jumped seventeen points yesterday, closing at 62%. G U A R ANTEE D MOTION PICTURE RECORDING SYNCHRONIZING MUSIC SCORES EFFECTS LANGUAGE DUBBING M. HOFFMAN STUDIOS 130 West 46th St., New York Tourist Information Harold B. Franklin planed into New York yesterday from Hollywood and went on the records as "just visiting." L-ter he amplified the statement to the extent of saying tha he is "looking ever the situation." John Harris Is Elected Head of Variety Clubs Pittsburgh — 'The first annual national convention of the Variety Clubs of America closed a highly successful two-day meeting at the local Variety headquarters on Sunday. Delegates from each of the club's fourteen tents attended. Two additional tents were named when Des Moines and Omaha were voted charters. Next year's convention will be held in April at Columbus. The new national officers are John H. Harris. Pittsburgh, chief barker; Duke Clark, Columbus, first assistant chief barker; John J. Maloney. Pittsburgh, second assistant chief barker; James G. Balmer, Pitts burgh, national dough guy; Frank Drew, Cleveland, national property master, and six canvas men including Allan Mortiz of Cincinnati, Eddie Ruben of St. Paul, Louis Rome of "Washington, E. E. Kirchner of Detroit, Marc Wolf of Indianapolir and Earl Sweigert of Philadelphia. Declared Legally Dead Nick De Lorenzo, manager of several neighborhood theaters, whose disappearance May 3, 1925, is still p mystery, has been declared legally dead by a jury in circuit court here The jury was asked to arrive at r verdict in a $2,000 insurance suit started by De Lorenzo's wife, Lillian. Adjourn Para. Hearing Hearing on the application of William Yoost, Paramount bondholder, for leave to appeal from the decision of Federal Jude-e Coxe approving the Paramount-Erpi agreement was adjourned yesterday before the Circuit Court of Appeals until June 3, at the request of counsel for the Paramount trustees Woodhull Plans Weekly A new weekly covering1 pio.tirr-p business will be started i"n New Yor1next week by R. F. (P^tei Woodhull, former M. P. T. O. A. nresi dent. It will not carry advertisin"Martin Starr will be news editor. "Caliente" Clicks at Frisco San Francisco — Premium nf "In Caliente" at the Warfield Theater marked by the personal appearance of Dolores Del Rio P»t O'Brien Allen Jenkins and Winifred Shaw resulted in a record opening dav cros5*. tonnino; the business done b^ "G Men," Warners said yesterday DAILY Publix Trustees Report In Hands of Referee Final report of the Irving Trust Co., as trustee in bankruptcy for Publix Enterprises, Inc., was taken under advisement yesterday by Referee Oscar W. Ehrhorn following a hearing. Famous Theaters Corp., which has acquired all the assets of Publix Enterprises, was the only creditor present. Objection was raised only to one small application for fees. Declaration of a final dividend and discharge of the company from bankruptcy is now awaited. Oldknow Opening House Atlanta — Oscar Oldknow, southern manager of National Theater Supply, will soon open his first r'owntown Atlanta house, thereby intensifying a situation that is said to be the reason for recent establishment of Wil-Kin Theater Supply Corp. headed by Bob Wilby of Wilby-Kincey circuit. Wilby equipment firm reported making strong headway in supply field around here and will move soon into entire top floor of new Paramount exchange. Oldknow also is understood to be interested in a number of outlying houses. Defer Mandel Hearing , Hearing on a mandamus application of Henry Mandel, the builder, to compel Commissioner of Licenses Paul Moss to issue a license to erect a theater on the southeast corner of Madison Ave. and E. 79th St., was adjourned yesterday to Monday by Supreme Court Justice Carew Commissioner Moss previously refused to issue a license. Approves Counsel Fees A report approving allowance of the claim of Cravath, de Gersdorff, Swaine & Wood against Paramount for $26,666 has been signued by Spe cial Master John E. Joyce and sub mitted to Federal Jucge Coxe. Laughton for Korda Film Charles Laughton will play the title role in "Cyrano de Bergerac," which Alexander Korda will produce in England this summer. Penelope Dudley-Ward will play Roxanne. Korda cables that he has signed Vivian Leigh, London's nineteenyear-old stage sensation, to a fiveyear contract for the screen. Code Board Member Dies Cleveland — Judge Thomas E Grepn, alternate impartial membra on the local Grievance Board, i dead of a heart attack. No successor has yet been named. Buy Tower Foreign Rights Guaranteed Pictures has acquired exclusive distribution rights to a group of 11 Tower productions, for all foreign countries, exclusive of United Kingdom and Continental Europe. Release "Nell Gwyn" in June United Artists will release "Nell Gwyn," British & Dominions production starring Anna Neagle and Sir Cedric Hardwicke, next month. Coming and Goina^t HAL ROACH srrives in New York June from the Coast. FRANK MITCHELL and JACK DURANT ha\ arrived in New York from Hollywood and ai stopping at the St. Moritz. MARY ROGERS is en route East from Holll' lywood, bound for Skowhegan. Me., where sh will work in stock. FRED KENT, attorney for E. J. Sparks, ; Jacksonville, is in New York. KARL HOBLITZELLE is due in New Yor from Dallas within a few days. WILLIAM ELSEN of Minneapolis is at th Park Central. ALFRED SACK, head of the Sack Amusenier Enterprises, San Antonio, arrived in New Yoi yesterday from St. Louis on a week's bus ness trip. FRED MaclSAACS, who is now in New Yorl> returns to Hollywood in a few days. WILLARD PATTERSON is in New York fro Detroit. JOE BREEN, who arrived in New York yes'lter terday from the Coast, sails today on th Manhattan for a vacation abroad. ELISSA LANDI arrived in New York yester day from Hollywood, making the trip by plan< HAROLD B. FRANKLIN arrived in New Yor yesterday by plane from the Coast. AL SELIGMAN, Columbia Pictures' accessor sales manager, left yesterday for a busine« trip which will take him to Seattle, Portlanc San Francisco, Los Angeles, Salt Lake Cit and Denver. He will be away five weeks. St. John Forms Company Floyd St. John has incorporate Republic Pictures Corp. of Califor nia to operate exchanges in Sai Francisco and Los Angeles. S. S. KRELLBERG Announces In Production "LAWRENCE OF ARABIA" A Dramatic Story on the Life of the Greatest Hero of Modern Times with an Internationally Known Star playing "LAWRENCE OF ARABIA". All Rights Reserved REGAL DISTRIBUTING CORP. 729 SEVENTH AVENUE NEW YORK CITY May 20th, 1935 A: ■St ft ,, I * J,