The Film Daily (1937)

THE Thursday, March 18,1937 , -2&* DAILY 13 athe-Monogram Stock Option Deal Near Close {Continued from Page 1) oeen held up pending completion of the Pathe deal, will be done today. Sol. E. Rosenblatt, counsel for factors connected with the deal, will receive options to a large block of stock and will be a director of the Sew company. Sisto & Co., and W. :ay Johnston, president, will also receive stock options. It is understood that Monogram franchise holders will subscribe $250,000 in cash through purchase of stock of the company. Franchise holders will also be entitled to acquire additional stock. Argue Hickey Motion in RKO Reorg. Plan Today (Continued from Page 1) oegin. The motion to be argued is ithat brought by Edwin J. Hickey challenging the constitutionality of the reorganization statute under which the RKO proceedings are being held. Slott House to Open Chicago — Max B. Slott, formerly 'district manager for Warners, will Dpen his new de luxer, the Park Theater, next week. House will adopt a duals policy. A "JUttte." tiot» "Ms // By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD r)UE to her comedy work in "Woman Chases Man," Miriam Hopkins is tentatively slated to star in another comedy, "Honeymoon in Reno," which Samuel Goldwyn has just purchased from Virginia Kellogg, magazine writer. Miss Kellogg has been retained to write the screen play. ▼ ▼ ▼ Trem Carr borrows Arthur Lubin from Universal to direct the next John Wayne starring feature, "I Cover the War." Production starts in about a week or ten days. ▼ T T Engagement of Janice Jarratt, film actress, to Melvin Purvis, exG-man, is announced. Purvis is now a practicing attorney in Frisco. T T ▼ Mitchell Leichter, Advance Pictures, Inc., has signed H. H. Van Loan, writer, to do eight stories for this coming season. Leichter has also signed up Conway Tearle, Ralph Graves, Nick Stuart, Margaret Morris, Eddie Nugent and Bill Edwards. » » » Samuel Goldwyn has signed Raymond Massey for the role of De Laage, French island official in Nordhoff and Hall's "Hurricane,"' which will have Joel McCrea and Margo in the leads. Stuart Heisler, foi-mer Paramount director and one time head cutter for Goldwyn, has been signed by the producer as special associate director and will handle the "Hurricane" technical unit which leaves for the South Seas March 31 on the SS. Monterey. Director John Ford and the main company will follow as soon as Ford completes "Wee Willie Winkie." T T T Edward Norris has been selected by Mervyn LeRoy for the important role of Robert Hale in LeRoy's forthcoming production of Ward Greene's novel, "In The Deep South." Norris, husband of Ann Sheridan, was borrowed from M-G-M for the picture after it was decided that William Hooper, originally slated for the Hale role, was too young for the part. T ▼ T First National will make "Grim Rock," suggested by Alcatraz Prison. Crane Wilbur is now at work on the screen play. Action is Deferred on Ohio Theater Divorce Bill (Continued from Page 1) committee, it was said, will continue the hearing when such action is justified by new or additional evidence. P. J. Wood, secretary of the I. T. 0. of Ohio, explained the purpose of the bill to the committee, cited various authorities on the constitutionality of the measure and explained the stand of the independents. C. C. Pettijohn, Hays office counsel, told the committee the proposed bill was unconstitutional and in addition, declared that the independent owners were not back of the bill but that rather it was supported by other parties with no financial interest in the industry. He cited independently owned circuits which control more houses than producerexhibitors. Martin Blum, counsel for the operators and stage hand union, stated that while relations on the whole between the union and producers had been very satisfactory, the union had experienced some dissatisfaction with . independently owned houses. When pressed he mentioned Columbus, Akron, Youngstown and Toledo as some of the cities in which such difficulties had been experienced. REPUBLIC'S parade of Hit Stars in a Hit Story. Hit Tunes. Hits town shortly. I This is the twenty-four sheet Poster available at all Republic exchanges