The Film Daily (1935)

THE Vol. 67, No. 149 Wed., June 26, 1935 10 Cents JCHN W. ALICCATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holiday; at looU Broadway, New York, N. i.. by Wid's Films and Film Folk, inc. J. \\ . Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurei and General Manager; Arthur VV. tddy, Associate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office atiiNew Yorh. N. Y., under the act of March 3, 187SI. terms (Postage tree) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, ?5.00; 3 months, S3.0U. Foreign *15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to THt 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 VVilk, 0425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London— truest VV. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 VV ardour St., VV. 1. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne, tnedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La L lnematographie Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 73/4 7'/2 7% — Vfe Columbia Picts. vtc. 64% 62'/2 64 — % Con. Fm. Ind 31/2 3'/2 3i/2 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 14% 145/8 14% — '/4 East. Kodak 146 145 145 — 1 do pfd 161 Vz 161 161 + 5'/2 Fox Fm. "A" 14% 14% 14% Loews, Inc 41 '/2 40'/2 41 — % do pfd 10634 1063/4 1063/4 — l/4 Paramount ctfs 4'/4 4 4% — 'A Pathe Exch % % % do "A" 9V2 91/4 91/4— 1/4 RKO 2% 2 2% Univ. Pict. pfd 30'/2 30'/2 30y2 — l'/g Warner Bros 4% 3y8 4 — % do pfd 25 25 25 + '/4 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. . 11 10% 103/4— 3^ Keith A-0 6s46 80'/2 80y4 80 1/4 — l/2 Loew 6s 41ww 104 104 104 Par. By. 5'/2s51 . . . . 60i/2 593/4 60'/2 + 1 3/4 Par. By. 5'/2s51 ctfs. 60'/2 5814 60y2 + 13/4 far. 5'/2s50 filed... 97'/2 97'/2 97l/2 — 1 Warner's 6s39 65'/4 64'/2 64y2 — 1 '/4 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Technicolor 223/8 21 i/2 21 3/4 — % Mitchell Lewis Neal Burns Virginia Brown Faire William Steiner, Jr. ■a&H DAILY Wednesday, June 26, 1935 Hopeful of Settlement In Union Picketing Row Following a conference yesterday at City Hall between Mayor LaGuardia, Frank Tichenor and representatives of Local 306 and the Empire and Allied operators' unions, Tichenor informed Film Daily that he expected to make arrangements this morning with the unions to hold hearings in an effort to ascertain the grievances between the unions and work out a solution that would end picketing of local theaters. Tichenor said that after he concluded hearings with the unions he expected to confer with exhibitors. Tichenor declared the union representatives had shown a friendly and cooperative spirit at the meeting with the Mayor and that he was hopeful that an agreement could be worked out. Empire Films to Handle 76 in Canada Next Season Empire Films will handle 76 features in Canada during the new season, distributing outputs of Republic, Educational, B. I. P. and Twickenham, said Oscar R. Hanson in New York yesterday. Returning to Toronto tomorrow, Hanson immediately starts a sales meeting at the Royal York Hotel, with members of his field force attending from all points in the Dominion. Republic executives, including W. Ray Johnston and Edward Golden, are expected to attend. $200 Fine in Birmingham For Showing Fight Films Birmingham — R. M. Kennedy, district manager of the Wilby theaters, was fined $200 in Federal Court here for running fight pictures of the Baer-Braddock battle. Fritz May, manager of the Strand, where the film was being run, was released. Universal Branch Changes Cleveland — Saul Resnick, local Universal branch manager for the past three years, has been transferred to Milwaukee as branch manager. He is succeeded in Cleveland by Dave Miller, who preceded Resnick and who left to take care of the Buffalo division. Last Move in Para. Bank Settlement Exchange of releases terminating the Paramount bank suit and payment of $5,194,974 to the 12 banks involved in the action is scheduled to take place this morning at the Chemical Bank & Trust Co., 165 Broadway. In addition to the money to be paid the banks, orders will be given to representatives of the banks for their pro rata share of $4,905,547 of new Paramount $1,000 debentures and 49,065 shares of first preferred stock of $100 par value. "Ladies" Holds at Capitol "No More Ladies," M-G-M feature with Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery, will hold for a second week at the Capitol. The Billy Rose music hall stage show also remains over. Armetta on Vallee Program Marking his first eastern radio broadcast, Henry Armetta, who opens Friday as the stage headliner at the Roxy, will appear on the Rudy Vallee program tomorrow night over the WEAF-NBC national network. Feinberg Closes Seat Deal With 10 New Texas Houses George Feinberg of International Seat Corp. has closed seating deals for about 10 new houses being built in Texas by the Hoblitzelle-O'Donnell interests. Two of the houses will be in Dallas, two or three in Fort Worth, and others in Houston, Denton, Austin and Corsicana. Seating capacity will average 1,250. Sue Bank Night Infringers Sponsors of the "Bank Night" plan have entered infringement suits against coast and middle west distributors and exhibitors asking for past and future damages. Claude Ezell is now en route to New York from Dallas, visiting exchanges en route and arriving in two weeks. Zukor Pays Tribute to Gardel "The screen, the stage and radio have lost a truly great and beloved performer through the untimely death of Carlos Gardel in a Colombian aviation disaster," said Adolph Zukor, chairman of the board of directors of Paramount Pictures, when informed of the calamity yesterday "I know that the world has lost a very dear figure, and I feel that I, too, have lost a very dear friend. I join with all of the lands in which Mr. Gardel was beloved in mourning his passing." The Argentine star and Henry Schwartz, of Philadelphia who represented Universal in Bogota, were killed Monday night along with 15 others in a plane collision near Bogota, Colombia. GB Change in New Haven W. A. V. Mack, formerly a salesman, is now in charge of GB's New Haven exchange. He takes the place of Harry Noble, who resigned recently. New 7-Year Pact for Curtiz West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Michael Curtiz has been given a new seven year contract by • Warners. He is currently directing "Little Big Shot", which features Robert Armstrong, Glenda Farrell, Edward Everett Horton and young Sybil Jason. When he completes work, it is probable he will be assigned to Rafael Sabatini's "Captain Blood." Tom Waller's Mother Dead Mrs. Ann Deacy Waller, mother of Tom Waller of the Paramount publicity department, died Monday at her son's home 205 Parkview Ave., Bronxville. Funeral services will be held this morning at Bronxville. Coming and Goin<^' GORDON DOUGLAS, who directed "Lucky Beginners," the Hal Roach M-G-M comedy featuring winners in the Loew-Mirror contest, left for Hollywood yesterday on the Twentieth Century to assist in the production of the "Our Gang Follies of 1935," which Gus Meins will direct. J. ROBERT RUBIN sails July 9 for Europe. IRENE PURCELL sails from New York Saturday for a vacation in Bermuda. OSCAR HANSON, who has been in New York, leaves today on his return to Toronto. LEW SEILER, Fox director, after a 10-day visit in New York, has returned to the coast to start preparations for "Police Parade." CLARENCE BROWN has arrived in the east to get background scenes for "Ah, Wilderness," which he is to direct form M-G-M. He will visit New England stock companies. NINO MARTINI, on completion of "Here's to Romance" at the Fox studios, leaves Hollywood for a vacation in Verona, Italy, his birthplace. GEORGE W. WEEKS leaves New York immediately for Buffalo and Detroit. JAIME YANKELVITCH leaves New York on Saturday for London, and later returns to Buenos Aires. JANE LAURELL left New York last night for Houston and thence to Hollywood. LOU GORDON of Boston was in New York yesterday. TYREE DILLARD, JR., sails on the Conte Grande July 3 for a Mediterranean cruise. JACK KIRKLAND has left New York for Hollywood. PAT O'BRIEN, his wife and daughter are on a 17-day vacation in Panama. Upon their return to Hollywood, the Warner star and family will leave immediately for New York, where they will spend the remainder of O'Brien's six-week vacation. MAX REINHARDT, who recently directed Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for Warners, will arrive in New York from the Coast on Saturday and will sail for Europe on the same day aboard the lie de France. J. R. McDONOUGH, president of RKO Radio Pictures; B. B. KAHANE, head of the RKO studio, and HOWARD BENEDICT, director of studio publicity, leave today for the coast. ROGER MARCH ETTI arrived in New York yesterday from Los Angeles. # UNITED AIR LINES a New Overnight Service from New York and Chicago to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Fastest, shortest to most cities on the Pacific Coast. Leave New York 4:25 P. M. (D.S.T.) Ticket Office: 58 E. 42nd St., MU. 2-7300 Hotels ; Travel Bureaus ; Telegraph Offices GUARANTEED MOTION PICTURE RECORDING . SYNCHRONIZING MUSIC SCORES EFFECTS LANGUAGE DUBBING M. 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