The Film Daily (1937)

"T1 -. £Sfr* DAILY Friday, March 19, 1937 Vol. 71, No. 65 Fri., Mar. 19, 1937 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher CHESTER B. BAHN :::::: Editor DONALD M. MERSEREAU General Manager Published daily except Sundays and Holiday at 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. j W Alicoate, President and Publisher; Don aid M. Mersereau, Secretary Treasurer, Arthur W. Eddy, Associate Editor. En tered as second class matter, May 21, 1918. at the post-office at New York, N. Y. undei the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New Vork $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 FILM DAILY, 1501 Liroadway, New York, N. Y. Phone, BRyant 9-7117, 9-7118, 9-7119, 9-7120, 9-7121. Cable Address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernes: W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. 1. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour des-Noues, 19. FIN AN CIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. 26i/4 26 1/8 26 1/8 — l/4 333/4 327/8 33 — 1 421/2 42 42—1 45/s 4i/2 4i/2 — y8 I61/4 16i/8 I61/4 162 160 1/4 161 1/2 — 3 Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc. Columbia Picts. pfd. Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. East. Kodak do pfd Gen. Th. Eg Loew's, Inc do pfd Paramount Paramount 1st pfd. Paramount 2nd pfd. Pathe Film RKO 20th Century-Fox 20th Century-Fox pfd Univ. Pict. pfd... Warner Bros do pfd 291/2 29 29 78 7634 78 241/2 233/4 237/8 — 3/4 166 V2 166 1/2 166 1/2 —11 22 2H/2 213/4— i/a 8% 83/8 8 5/s + l/8 85/s 83/8 83/8 — 1/4 387/8 373/4 38 — i/2 84" 84 84 " — 2" 15'/8 143/4 143/4 — i/4 61 1/4 61 1/4 61 1/4 — 3/4 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Keith A-0 6s46 . . . . 98 97% 98 — Vs Loew 6s41ww 98 97 V2 98 + l/2 Fara. B'way 3s55 . .. 75 75 75 — 1/4 Para. Picts. 6s55. . . lOOVi lOOVs 100 1/4 + Vs RKO 6s41 113 1121/2 1121/2 — 21/2 Warner's 6s39 96i/4 94 Vi 95 — 1 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Picts. vtc Grand Nat'l Films.. 3'/8 3 3Vs + Vs Sonotone Corp 1% 1% 1% Technicolor 22 21% 21 % — % Trans-Lux 43,4 45/8 45/a — Vs MARCH IS William Sistrom Coming and Going NORTON V. RITCHEY, head of Ritchey International Corp., left New York yesterday for Florida. FAUL GRAETZ, Paris Export Film Co. chieftain, sailed yesterday for Europe on the Normandie. ANN HARDING, who is relinquishing her role in "Candida" in London, sails early next month for New York. GEORGE SKOURAS has gone to Miami. JULES LEVY, RKO Radio sales chief, has gone to Buffalo and returns Monday. HARRY GOLD, Eastern division manager for United Artists, left New York yesterday to spend a two weeks' vacation in Florida. ELIZABETH ALLAN, British screen and stage actress who recently played leading feminine tole in RKO's "The Soldier and the Lady," sailed last night for England on the Europa for a vacation and to attend the Coronation. MONROE GREENTHAL, United Artists' publicity and advertising head arrived in New York yesterday by plane from Hollywood. BARBARA O'NEIL, screen player, is en route from New York to the coast where she will appear in Samuel Goldwyn's "Stella Dallas." LYON MEARSON, author-playwright, and BURNETT HERSHEY, journalist, arrive from Europe today on the Manhattan after several weeks of research in Italy gathering material for Oceanic Pictures Corp.'s forthcoming feature, "Caruso the Magnificent." VLADIMIR VERL1NSKY, president of Amkino, returns today from Hollywood where he has been buying U. S. films and equipment for the Soviet Union. DEANNA DURBIN starts today from Hollywood for Philadelphia and, time permitting, New York, where Charles R. Rogers has promised to take her personally on a Coney Island tour. JEAN ROGERS, who has just completed the leading female role in "The Wildcatter" with Scott Colton, arrives in New York on Monday en route to her home in Belmont, Mass. JACK BENNY and MARY LIVINGSTONE will leave Monday for Hollywood where Benny soon will start work in Paramount's "Artists and Models". They will stop over in Waukegan, III., Jack's home town. IRENE DUNNE, has deferred her trip to New York, planned upon the completion of 'High, Wide and Handsome," until summer. KEITH FALKNER, young English stage and screen player who has been signed by Warners will arrive in New York Monday aboard the Queen Mary en route to Hollywood. ARTHUR A. LEE, vice-president of GB, returns to New York from Chicago tomorrow. GEORGE RAFT has returned to Hollywood after a three-week vacation in New York. JOSEPH G. BERNHARD, general manager of Warner theaters, sails for Europe March DR. IRV1N E. DEER of the Public Relations Department of the M. P. P. D. A. is in St. Louis. SAM GOLDSTEIN, treasurer of Guaranteed Pictures, Inc., returns today on the S.S. Manhattan from a two months' business trip. Brandt Cir. Adds Three, Six More Deals Pendin; Bernhard Sails Mar. 27 To Meet Warner Abroad Joseph G. Bernhard, general manager of Warner Bros.' theaters, will sail for Europe March 27 aboard the French liner Paris. Mr. Bernhard will join H. M. Warner, president of Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., and Sam E. Morris, vice-president in charge of foreign distribution, who are now engaged in a tour of inspection of the company's activities in Italy, France, Scandinavia and Great Britain. They will all return to the United States about the first week in May. Detroit Exchange Heads And Union Meeting Today Detroit — Settlement of the difficulties between film exchange managers and the Film Inspectors, Shippers and Poster Handlers Union will be sought at a meeting today. Both sides are in favor of an amicable adjustment. Permissive Segregation Bill in N. Y. Legislature Albany — Under the provisions of bills introduced in the Assembly by Harold B. Ehrlich, Republican of Buffalo, cities of less than one million and villages may adopt local laws permitting unaccompanied children between 8 and 16 years to attend film theaters, at non-school hours, before 6 o'clock in the afternoon, provided the children are segregated on the first floor of theater, in charge of a licensed matron. A person not a parent or guardian is forbidden to pay for or give a ticket to a child for admission to any theater not authorized to admit unaccompanied children. 12 More Roadshow Dates Set for "The Good Earth" Ritchey Corp. Moving Ritchey International Corp. is moving its offices this week from 1776 Broadway to the RKO Building, following Norton V. Ritchey's severing of his connection as foreign sales manager for Republic. J. V. Ritchey has also left Republic and will become active in the Ritchey International Corp. Charles A. Swanson Dies Everett, Wash. — Charles A. Swanson, 60, former owner of all local theaters, is dead, a victim of monoxide gas. His body was found in his car. He had recently retired. Roadshow engagements of "The Good Earth" now total 40, Loew's (M-G-M) announced last night. New dates total 12. The picture will open at the Orpheum Theater, Kansas City, Mo., April 4. On April 8 it will begin engagements at the Harmanus Bleecker Hall, Albany, and the Broad Theater, Columbus. Three new openings are set for April 9: at the State Theater, Houston, the Palace Theater, Indianapolis, and the State Theater, Memphis. In Denver, it will have its premiere April 11, at the Broadway Theater. On April 15 it will open at the Mayfair Theater, Portland, Ore., and on the following day at Loew's Theaters, Wilmington, and the Valentine Theater, Toledo. On April 16 premieres will take place at the Regent Theater, Harrisburg, and the Grand Theater, Atlanta. The Brandt Theaters Circuit haii closed deals for the construction and equipment of three additional film theaters, it was announced yesterday. The additions give the circuit 69 theaters, while negotiations pending on various other sites will shortly increase the total to 75, it " was said. It has acquired by purchase the 79th St. Theater property located at the southwest corner of 79th St. and Second Ave. The theater portion is being entirely remodeled with new equipment and decorations. The building on Second Ave. which adjoins the theater will be demolished and improved with a modern tax-, payer building. On 231st St., east of Broadway, and on 23rd St., west of Eighth Ave., leases have been signed for a& period of 21 years and there properties are being improved with modern motion picture theaters. Film Board Joins Ass'n New Orleans — The Film Board of Trade here has joined the Association of Commerce, apparently carrying °ut a program of closer cooperation with civic and employers' organizations. A grand picture seldom equalled for sheer entertainment ALICE TILDSLEY The Ledger Syndicate WALTER W ANGER >,-,•,,„/, CHARLES BOYER j JEAN ARTHUR,, mnDEtn LEO CARILLO • COLIN CLIVE JI....LJ (, FRANK B0RZACE (,.,,.»/ ■'■■»