The Film Daily (1935)

DAILY Monday, June 17, 1935 Vol.67, No. 141 Mon. June 17, 1935 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holiday* at 16S0 Broadway, New York, N. Y.. by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President. Editor and Publisher Donald M. Menereau, Secretary-Trea-urci and General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Assa ciate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, ManaHini: Editor. Entered ai second class matter. May 21, 1918, at the post-office at New York N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1> Terms (Postage free) United States outsidr of Greater New York $10.00 one year; b months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign $15.00. Subscriber should remit with ordci 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. Holly wood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Holly wood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. Londc Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter. 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehnr Friedrichstrasse. 225. Paris— P. A. Harlc. L Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Coui des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET (QUOTATIONS AS OF SATURDAY) Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 75/8 75/8 75/8 Columbia Picts. vtc. 65 64 '/2 64 1/2 Con. Fm. Ind 3>/2 3'/2 IVl Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 15'/8 1514 1 5 Va East. Kodak 148% 148 148 Fox Fm. "A" 143/4 14l/2 14% Loew's. Inc 42 '/4 42 42 do pfd. 1073/4 107% 1073/4 Paramount ctfs. ... 33,4 35/g 3% Pathe Exch 5/8 % % RKO 2% 2'/8 2'/8 Warner Bros 4'/4 4'/8 41/g do pfd 25 245/8 24S/8 Vt % NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ..11% 1 1 >/2 11 '/2 Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 1 1 % 1 1 Vi 11% + 'A Keith A-0 6s 46 81 81 81 — '/2 Loew 6s 41ww 104 104 104 Paramount 6s 47 tiled 92 91% 92 + 1 Paramount 6s 47 ctfs. 91 % 91 % 91 1/4 + % Par. By. 5V2s51 asd 573^ 573/4 573,4 — 1/4 Par. 5'/2s50 filed 93% 923/4 93% + 1 Vi Par. 5%sS0 ctfs. 93 93 93+1 Warner's 6s39 ... 65% 64% 64% — % NEW YORK CURB MARKET Technicolor 223/8 21 % 22 Trans-Lux 2% 2% 2% — Vs Daughter for Thalbergs West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — It's an eight-pound girl at the home of Irving Thalberg and Norma Shearer. Daughter was born Friday night in the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. SERVICES AVAILABLE Ex-Washington correspondent now doing publicity for Government department desires connection in motion picture industry — any branch. Excellent contacts. Thorough knoweldge of the industry. Go anywhere. Available immediately. Write or Wire Box No. 936. THE FILM DAILY 1650 Broadway N. Y. C. m The Broadway Parade 11 Picture and Distributor Theater The Glass Key ( Paramount) Paramount Becky Sharp ( RKO Radio) Music Hall Vagabond Lady (M-G-M) R0Xy People Will Talk (Paramount) .Palace Public Hero Number One (M-G-M)— 2nd week Capitol Oil for the Lamps of China (Warner Bros.) — 2nd week Strand Let 'Em Have It (United Artists) — 3rd week Rivoli ♦ FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS ♦ Heroes of the Arctic (Amkino) Acme Men on Wings (Amkino) Cameo ♦FUTURE OPENINGS ♦ Nell Gwynn (United Artists) — June 19 Rivoli No More Ladies (M-G-M) — June 21 Capitol Charlie Chan in Egypt (Fox) — June 21 Roxy Love Me Forever (Columbia) (a) Music Hall Stranded (Warner Bros.) (a) Strand Paris in Spring (Paramount) (a) Paramount (a) Follows present bill. 39 Special Key City Dates Set on Warner's 'Stranded' Thirty-nine special key city prerelease engagements have been set on Warner's "Stranded", co-starring Kay Francis and George Brent. They are: Strand, Hartford; Orpheum, New Orleans; Warner, Atlantic City; Orpheum, St. Louis; Tivoli, Springfield; Hippodrome, Cleveland; Jackson, Cairo; Trenton, Lynchburg; Broadway, Charlotte; Indiana, Kokomo; Majestic, Beloit; Strand, Albany; Bijou, Bangor; Roger Sherman, New Haven; Cameo, Bridgeport; Empire, Birmingham; Boyd, Philadelphia; Colony, Miami; Des Moines, Des Moines; Bison, Shawnee; Liberty, Astoria; Vitaphone, Wenetchee; Stanley, Utica; Keith's, Cincinnati; Rivoli, Toledo; Strand, Akron; Mary Anderson, Louisville; Stacey, Trenton; Imperial, Toronto; Warner, Milwaukee; Aztec, Enid; Victory, Dayton; State, Waterbury; Hollywood, Pottsville; Capitol, Altoona; Stanley, Baltimore, Arcade, Jacksonville; Majestic, Dallas; Worth, Fort Worth; Queen, Galveston. The picture will have its New York premiere at the Strand, Wednesday. Horse in Four Series West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Black King, the educated Arabian horse discovered by Mitchell Leichter, head of Beaumont Pictures, has been set for four series of pictures. They include six Black Kings, eight Conway Tearle films, six with Jack Hoxie and six with Lane Chandler. The pictures will be sold on the independent market. The horse, solid black in color, has been insured for $50,000, according to Leichter. Casey's Pathe Reply Today Pat Casey's reply to Pathe Exchange's answering affidavit to his petition for appointment of a receiver for Pathe will not be filed until today, it was said Saturday by Martin King, counsel for Casey. Movies and Oil Lead California Industries West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DA11 Hollywood — Products of the motion picture and petroleum industries represent over 35 per cent of the total value of output in California, according to a sumr :t v o tne Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles. In a checkup of employment, the bank found that the film industry had 12 per cent more workers in 1933 than in 1929, whereas in other lines employment was lower by as much as 61 per cent. Checkers Win on Appeal Three Ross Federal Service checkers, recently convicted of trespass by a jury in the Superior Court, Boston, were acquitted on appeal last week. The defendants were arrested when they resisted efforts of two Revere, Mass., theaters to prevent them from checking the houses although they presented proper credentials from the distributors. Named Hungarian Film Distribs Eugene Lang and Bela Black, directors of Danubia Pictures Corp., have been informed by the Hui, garian Bureau of motion pictures, a branch of the ministry of Education, that their company has been selected as the official distributors of all Hungarian-made motion pictures in the U. S., Canada and the South Americas. Mr. Lang expects to present Hungarian pictures in a large Broadway house next season. RKO Conventionites to See "Becky" Chicago — RKO Radio's army of delegates, 275 strong, will attend tonight's performance of "Becky Sharp," first perfected Technicolor feature, at the Palace theater. "YELLOWSTONE" The National Park of Wonders 2 Reels Currently Playing West Couu Theaters World distribution Premier Pictures, Inc. 1906 So. Vermont Los Angeles, Calif. Coming and Going LYLE TALBOT has delayed his return to the ccjst Lnd leaves ibouf the middle of the week to resume work at the First National studios. THERESA HELBURN. now at the Columbia studios in Hollywood, returns to New York er.rly in September. HUGH BRALEY of Paramount's Denver branch leaves New York today by plane for that city after attending the sales convention. MORTY LEVINE, Warner theater manager, his returned to Wilmington from New Yoik. EDWAR A. GOLDEN, Republic sales manager, le:.ves Seattle today for Los Angeles to hold the final regional sales meeting in the latter place on Thursday. C'.ARENCE BROWN, M-G-M director, who s coming east with a cmeraman and technician for background material for "Ah, Wilderness," will visit the Skowhegan stock company in M.ine while he is up in New England. JACK SCHWARTZ. Republic Pic'ures sales representative connected with the Chicago office, arrived in New York last week with his bride, the former Jennie Friedman, and sailed Srturday for a Bermuda honeymoon. WALLACE BEERY expects to come est from Hollywood and siil from New York on July 20 for a vacation in Europe. Mrs. Beery and .heir adtpted daughter will go along. GEORGE BATCHELLER and MAURY COHEN sre en route to Hollywood from New York. CHARLES L. GLETT of Aud o Productions his arrived in Hollywood, completing a transcontinental trip covering scenic spots for the new Ford Motor picture which Audio is making. Glett will complete the studio sequences n Hollywood and then proceed to S3n Diego to complete another production before returning east. CAPT. A. C. N. DIXEY, acting ch irmin of Anglo-American Renters, and G. NICLAS. his associate, have sailed for London. 4 M-G-M July Releases M-G-M July releases will include "Escapade," with William Powell; "Hands of Orlac", with Peter Lorre; "Manhattan Madness", with Maureen O'Sullivan and Joel McCrea, and "Murder Man", with Spencer Tracy. Trent Carr, Too, a Colonel West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILV Hollywood — Trem Carr, president of Republic Productions, has been made a Kentucky Colonel on the staff of Governor Ruby Laffoon. THERE IS CNLV ONE YEAR BOOK of MOTION PICTURES And that is issued by THE FILM DAILY 77i<r Standard Reference Book of the Mo. tion Picture Industry for the past 17 years Given FREE with a year's Subscription to FILM DAILY k! and The Film Daily Service 1650 B'way N.Y.C