The Film Daily (1935)

THE -2&*l DAILY Tuesday, June 11, 1935 EZlcS NEW NRA MEASURE DELAYED IN SENATE Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Opposition by Senate leaders who contended that the new NRA bill framed by the President does not restore the anti-trust laws to their full power yesterday forced a change in the administration's plans to have the measure passed within 24 hours. Senator Harrison therefore called the Senate Finance Committee to study the bill as sent over by the House. Virginia MPTO Lines Up Subjects for Convention (Continued from Page 1) to take the place of the outlawed code, and other vital topics. President Morton G. Thalhimer will deliver his annual report, with recommendations and a talk on problems confronting the industry in general and the state exhibitors in particular. The meeting closes Monday night with a dinner-dance and entertainment at which a movie star is to be guest of honor. Attendance will include a group from North Carolina as well as exhibitors from all parts of Virginia, according to Sam Bendheim Jr., treasurer of the unit. Budd Rogers, Goldstein Join Republic Personnel (Continued from Page 1) ing program, Budd Rogers, Liberty sales manager, has joined the Republic home office staff as a special sales executive. Manny Goldstein also joins the W. Ray Johnston company as a home office executive. Lasky's Last at Fox West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — "Here's To Romance," starring Nino Martini, is understood to be the final picture Jesse L. Lasky will produce for Fox distribution under his present contract. Lasky is now completing "Red Heads on Parade" for Fox. A LITTLE from "LOTS" By RALPH WILK British Musical Renamed International Road Shows, Inc., handling distribution in this country for the British musical made by Universal, Ltd., under the title of "Kentucky Minstrels of 1935," has renamed the picture "Life is Real." Following a Broadway premiere in the near future, the picture will be roadshown, with Nina Mae McKinney, star of the production, appearing with it in person. Time Retains F. D. Stake Time, Inc., producers of "March of Time" series of shorts, will retain its interest in First Division, despite its switch in release to RKO. The publishers-producers own approximately onefifth of First Division's outstanding capital stock. JESSE L. LASKY, reminiscing at J the American Institute of Cinematography dinner, said the first studio bungalow built on the Coast was for Geraldine Farrar, whom he brought to Hollywood. A few minutes after starting to occupy the bungalow, the famous singer burst into song, and studio cowboys, grips and others, making a motley group, gathered about the building and listened to the star. ▼ t ▼ Our Passing Show: Warren William, Bob Leonard, Maxine Doyle, Bill Gargan, Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar, James Seymour, Jocelyn Lee, Sally Frank, Busby Berkeley, Merna Kennedy, Feg Murray, Lawrence Hazard at the M. C. Levee cocktail party given in honor of Al Dubin and Harry Warren. T ▼ T Robert Florey will start "The Real McCoy," for Warner Bros, this week. Among the pictures he has directed for the Warners are "The Florentine Dagger," "The House on 56th Street," "I Sell Anything," "I Am a Thief," "Wife Insurance" and "Going Highbrow." T T ▼ More Passing Show: Jesse L. Lasky, Howard Estabrook, Paul Kohner, Max Ree, Ivan Lebedeff, Wera Engels, Lupita Tovar, J. Farrell MacDonald, Valerie Hobson, Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., Don Gledhill, Sarah Padden at the American Institute of Cinematography second annual dinner. T T r Gene Lockhart, featured in "Star of Midnight," is now doing the comedy lead in "Thunder in the Night," for Fox. He will also play the comedy lead in "Storm Over the Andes," for Universal. Later, the former Theater Guilder will work in "Fly by Night," for Fox. T T T Lon Chaney, Jr., is scheduled to start work this week in "Shadow of Silk Lennox," the first picture of a series of eight mystery action dramas. Commodore Pictures Corp., William Steiner, president, will release. Commodore is also distributor of the new series of six Jack Perrin westerns produced by Reliable Pictures. Two have been completed, "Texas Jack" and "North of Arizona." T T T Jean Parker has been given the feminine lead in M-G-M's "I Am Joaquin." Joseph Calleia will have the title role in the picture. ▼ T T Virginia Bruce will have the chief feminine role in "Here Comes the Band," soon to go into production at M-G-M. Ted Lewis and his band are featured, and the cast includes Nat Pendleton, Ted Healy, and Donald Cook, with Paul Sloane as director. Y ▼ T Exhibits by Irving Lippman and the late William Fraker, Columbia still photographers, were awarded second and third prizes, respectively, at the California-Pacific International Exposition at San Diego, in a competition that included competitors from numerous foreign countries, as well as American photographers. V T V Ben Lucien Burman, writer of "Mississippi," "Steamboat 'Round the Bend" and other novels of the South, and who lis writing an original story for Universal, has been likened by critics to Mark Twain for the humor and sincerity of his prose. T T T Clarence Brown, M-G-M director, is negotiating with literary agents for the purchase of what is believed to be one of the oldest "joke books" in existence. Discovered recently in England, the volume was originally printed in 1815.. T T ▼ Edward H. Griffith, director, is listed among tobacconists in Havana, Cuba, as their favorite customer. While in the city recently he purchased a crate of 2000 cigars which he began distributing to Hollywood friends when he returned here several days ago. t r ▼ Tatiana Tuttle will introduce a new star to the film firmament in her ballet short "A Night With Pan." The newcomer is Nana Golner, an accomplished young dancer, who made her Hollywood bow last year in the Max Reinhardt stage production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." v T T June Brewster, whose home was recently looted by burglars of $5,000 worth of jewels, has placed an order with a Hollywood jeweler for paste duplicates of the rest of her gems. The originals she wlill hereafter keep in safety deposit boxes. Inroads on Spanish Market Madrid — German and French producers now control about 25 per cent of the Spanish market, with the former having by far the larger share, according to statistics compiled here. In Portugal last year American films accounted for 54 per cent of the product censored, compared with 63 per cent the year before. Hear Schaefer Claim Today Hearing will be told today before Special Master John E. Joyce on application of the Paramount trustees to allow the claim of George J. Schaefer, Paramount vice-president, for $98,563 in the amount of $55,000 and to expunge the claims of the First Nat'l Bank of Boston and the indemnity Insurance Co. of North America for $58,749 and $306,342 respectively. 50 ARE SUBPOENAED 0 AS ASCAP WITNESSES' (Continued from Page 1) pear as witnesses at the trial of the U. S. anti-trust suit against Ascap, it was stated yesterday to Film Daily by Andrew W. Bennett, Special Assistant Attorney General in charge of the government's legal forces. Preparing to Ask Fees In Para. Reorganization With the transfer of assets by the Paramount trustees to the reorganized company scheduled for Monday, counsel for the trustees and the various committees associated with the reorganization are busily preparing applications for their share of the $2,500,000 set aside in the reorganization plan for administrative and other expenses. Among those who are entitled and expected to make amplications for allowances and fees are the Paramount trustees, Root, Clark, Buckner & Ballantine, their counsel, and the seven reorganization committees. Others who are expected to apply for fees are Samuel Zirn and Archibald Palmer. It was Palmer's query on whether the banks were receiving 5 or 6 per cent interest under the proposed settlement that led Judge Coxe to insist that the interest be fixed at 5 instead of 6 per cent, thereby saving Paramount $100,000. RKO Counsel for Ohio Suit Cincinnati — Former mayor Murray Seasongood will represent RKO in the case filed against the state to test the validity of the recently enacted law against preferred playing time. Hearing is scheduled for late June in federal court here. Attorney General John W. Bricker appointed Rocker & Schwartz of Cleveland as special counsel for the state. Korda Set on "Lawrence" London — Alexander Korda has obtained official permission from the trustees of the estate of the late Colonel Lawrence to produce a film based on the life and exploits of Lawrence of Arabia. New House for Logan, Utah Logan, Utah — Mike Neilson, wellknown exhibitor in these parts and operator of the Grand Theater, has started construction of a 600-seater in modernistic design to be ready by Labor Day. 112 Speaking Parts West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY { Hollywood — Speaking parts in M-GM's production of the Dickens novel, "A Tale of Two Cities," will reach the amazing total of 112. Ronald Colman heads the cast, with Jack Conway directing. \ ■IU1