The Film Daily (1935)

Vol. 67, No. 144 Thurs. June 20. 1935 10 Cents JOHN W ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holiday' at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y. hy Wid's Films and Film Folk. Tnc. J. Vv Alicoate. President, Editor and Publisher Donald M. Mersereau, SecretaryTreasurei 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 York. V Y . under the act of March 3, 187*" 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 FIO DAILY 1650 Broadway, New York. N. Y. Phone. Circle 7-4736. 7-4737, 7-4738. 7-4739 Cable Address: Filmday, New York. Hnllv wood. California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Holly wood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. T.ondn<Ernest W Fredman, The Film Renter. 89-91 W.irdour St., W. I. Berlin— Lichthildhiiehnr Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris P. A Harlr. LCinematographie Franchise, Rue de la Cour des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 77/8 75/8 75/8 — V4 Columbia Picts. vtc. 63% 63 63 — Vi Con. Fm. Ind 35/8 3% 35/8 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. 15 14% 15 + Vs East. Kodak 1473/4 146 146 — 1% Fox Fm. "A" 15Vg 14% 15 — Va LoeWs, Inc 42 403/8 40% — 1 Paramount ctfs 4 3% 3% + % Pathe Exch % % % + % do "A" 9% 91/4 9% — % RKO 2% 2 2 Warner Bros 4% 4 4 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 . . 11 % 11 1 1 — % Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 11% 11% 11% — % Loew 6s 41ww 104 104 104 Paramount 6s47 filed 943/8 94% 943/8 4 % Paramount 6s47 ctfs. 94% 94 94% + 1% Par. By. 5%s51 .... 58 58 58 Tar. By. 5%s51 ctfs. 58% 57% 57 — % Par. 5%s50 filed... 96 96 96 4 1% Par. 5%s50 ctfs. . 96 95 96 4 1 Warner's 6s39 65% 65 65% 4 % NEW YORK CURB MARKET Technicolor 23 22 23 4 1 % Trans-Lux 2% 2% 2% + % Giveaways Flood Chicago Practically every house in Chicago outside of the Loop is playing "Screeno", "Bank Nights" or similar schemes, said Lou Lipstone, B. & K. executive, in New York yesterday, prior to leaving for the Illinois city. He sees no trend, at the moment, toward development of dual feature bills. THE ■22H ' DAILY Thursday, June 20, 1935 Coming and Going Arthur Harris Dead New Orleans — Arthur Harris, 39, one-time film salesman for Fox and Educational and old-timer of film row, died at his home here this week. He had been ill for three years. LAUDY LAWRENCE, European manager for M-G-M, E. P. CURTIS of Eastman Kodak, KAY KAMEN of the Walt Disney organization, S. W SMITH of British Lion Films, KAY FRANCIS JOSEPH M. SCHENCK, MARQUIS HENRI DE LA FALAISE and MAURICE SILVERSTONE arrive in New York today from abroad on the Normandie. LOUIS B. MAYER arrived in New York yesterday from the coast. ANNA MAY WONG arrives in New York next week from abroad on the lie de France. CHARLES BRUCE MILHOLLAND has returned to New York from Adamsville, R. I. VIVIAN DUNCAN and her daughter, EVALYN DUNCAN ASTHER, leave New York today for the Coast. AL LICHTMAN, who arrived in New York yesterday from the coast, will return to Hollywood early next month with MAURICE SILVERSTONE, chairman of U. A. in England. FRED ASTAIRE has cancelled plans for a vsit to England and will spend a part of his vacation in Bermuda instead. The RKO star arrived in New York yesterday with Mrs. Astaire. MAX REINHARDT, who recently directed "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for Warners, leaves Hollywood for New York today. He olans to sail for Venice and Salzburg on June 29, returning to Hollywood in September to resume his contract with Warners. BEN JUDELL of Chicago is in town. S. K. DECKER of Detroit is in New York. J. R. GRAINGER, Universal sales manager, left yesterday on a trip to Hartford and Boston. AL FRIEDLANDER left yesterday for Boston. STANLEY SHUFORD returned to New York yesterday from the Warner studios on the coast. BEN GOETZ arrived in New York yesterday by plane from the Coast. SAM E. MORRIS returned to New York yesterday from Hollywood. WALTER GOULD leaves Los Angeles July 12 for South America. COL. E. A. SCHILLER leaves New York next week for Chicago. JOHN BALABAN has arrived in New York from Chicago. CHIC SALE is in Detroit making personal rppearances. LOU LIPSTONE left New York yesterday -eturning to Chicago. E. V. DINERMAN. RKO theaters publicity man in Cincinnati, is in New York. WATTERSON ROTHACKER, who is now in New York, goes to the Coast next week. LEO CARRILLO comes East from the Coast next month to do four weeks of personal appearances. Court Refuses to Advance Cleve. Bank Night Trial Cleveland — The Court of Appeals yesterday denied a motion to advance fhe hearing on the bank night case and appointed Saul Danaceau referee to hear the facts, and take testimony in tbe case. Last week Common Pleas Judge Frederick Walth°rs declared bank night not unfair competition. Jerome Friedlander attorney for Meyer Fiscber, Fountain Theater, complainant in the case against M. B. Horwitz, Haltnorth Theater, anticipates the case will be advanced for hearing before court adiourment. Defendant attorneys, William Minshall and Ben Schwartz, opine the hearing will be nostponed until fall. Von Sternberg to Make 2 Went Cnast Bureau of THE FILM VATLY Hollywood — Josef von Sternberg is to direct two pictures under his newly signed contract with Columbia. First will be "Crime and Punishment", with Peter Lorre. S. K. Lauren is adapting the Dostoievsky story. Brings 4 British Lion Films Sam Smith, managing director of British Lion, who arrives in New York today on the Normandie, is bringing over four features with nurpose of arranging American distribution for them. Among them are "Tn Town Tonight" and "Ten Minute Alibi." Remodeling Activities Take Spurt in Iowa Des Moines — Extensive remodeling of theaters througbout tbe state is under way. The King at Albia is being remodeled, redecorated and sound being installed, tbe work to be completed for tbe house's reopening July 15. Hubbard, la., is to have a theater, tbe building formerly occupied by tbe "Hubbard Review" being remodeled for a 300seat bouse. The Castle building at Manchester is being made into a 500-seat tbeater, the Castle. Work is soon to be completed, according to Wayne Dutton, manager. June 26 has been set as tbe opening of the rebuilt Niles theater at Anamosa. Joe E. Brown East for Radio Date Joe E. Brown, Warner star, leaves Hollywood for New York today for an appearance on the Lux Theater of the Air program June 30. The program, which will be broadcast over an NBC co^st to coast hookup at 2:30 P. M., will consist of a onehour version of "Elmer tbe Great." Jack Benny in Another for M-G-M Wet r„n<t B"rcau o* THE FILM T)AILY Hollywood — Jack Benny will appear in a second M-G-M film, "In the Baer," by Byron Morgan and Lew Lipton, on completion of "Broadway Melody of 1936." Charles Reisner will direct. DATE BOO% Today: Republic Pictures regional sales meeting, Hotel Roosevelt, Hollywood. June 10-23: Warner-First National sales convention, Hotel Ambassador, Los Angeles. June 24: Allied eastern regional meeting, Boston. June 25: Independent Exhibitors, Inc., meeting, Boston. June 26-27: Convention of West Virginia exhibitors, Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. June 29: M. & P. Cricuit home office outing, Mayflower Hotel, Plymouth, Mass. June 29: Omaha Variety Club dinner-dance, Omaha, Neb. July 8: United Artists annual sales convention, Hollywood. July 19: S. M. P. E. meeting and nomination of officers, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York. Aug. 5: National Independent Allied Theater Day, 25 per cent of receipts going to Allied war chest. Aug. 11-13: Southeastern Theater Owners Ass'n convention, Jacksonville Beach, Fla. Metropolis Gets Italian Operetta Metropolis Pictures Corp. has acquired American rights to the Italian screen operetta, "L'Eredita Dello Zio . . . Buonanima" ("The Rich Uncle"), starring Angelo Musco, Italian comedian. This film just finished a run of four months in Rome and is to be shown in other capitals of Europe. It will have its American premiere in a Broadway theater in the next few weeks. Toronto Wants Adult Theater Toronto — There is a movement here for the establishment of a special theater, seating perhaps only a few hundred, where films not appealing to the mass of theatergoers but of particular artistic or literary merit could be shown. Billy Milton in B.I.P. Films Billy Milton has been signed by B. I. P. to work in four pictures to be made in England. Milton, who is now in London, has appeared in various Broadway shows and at the El Morocco. It is an interesting fact that many Executives in this industry Use FILM DAILY Reference Books in Preference to Information and Statistical Data in their own files — Another compelling reflection on Film Daily Accuracy, Completeness and Reliability. 1935 YEARBOOK Free to Subscribers to THE FILM DAILY and FILM DAILY SERVICE 1650 Broadway N.Y ICE r.c