The Film Daily (1937)

THE 10 ■S^k DAILV Monday, March 22, 1937 Columbia Club Elects "Toots" Stark As Prexy Lillian (Toots) Stark has been elected President of the Columbia Club of Columbia Pictures Corp. She succeeds Leonard Picker who did not run for re-election, and follows in the footsteps of Jeanne Dressier, first prexy as the second femme leader. Balloting for many offices was the most closely contested in club history and in several cases recounts were necessary. Carmel Latell, secretary, was the only candidate to be re-elected. Other officers named: First vicepresident, Guy Wood; Second vicepresident, Seymour Zwilling; treasurer, H. L. Smith; financial secretary, Jack Bass; assistant secretary, Margaret Kapfer; press agent, Henry Strauss; chairman of board of governors, Nellie Keogh. GB Dividend Injunction Hearing Set Tomorrow London (By cable) — Sitting in Chancery Division, Justice Crossman tomorrow will hear arguments in the injunction action brought by a group of GB ordinary stockholders through Charles L. Nordon, barrister, to block .the payment by the company's board of a dividend on preference shares. NEWS of the DAY Newport, R. I. — Ed Shea, house manager of Shea's Paramount here, has resigned his position. A farewell party was tendered him by associates. Harry Brown, managing director of the house, takes over the managerial duties for the present. Detroit — George McArthur, head of McArthur Theater Equipment Co., is preparing a Saturday afternoon closing for theater supply houses. Cave-In-Rock, 111. — The Orpheum Theater, badly hit by the Ohio River flood, has been closed permanently by Farrar & Turner Circuit. Another house in the flood zone that may never reopen is the Shawnee in Shawneetown, 111., operated by D. 0. Lanham. Pittsburgh — A. & S. Steinberg, supply dealers, have purchased the building now occupied by Jake's Lunch, in the heart of Film Row, and will remodel within the next two weeks. New plans include a rathskeller for the movie crowd. Art Morrone's Superior Motion Picture Supply also will break ground shortly on a two-story building to be constructed adjacent to present spot. Chicago — R. Levine & Co., theater builders, are opening new headquarters at 1235 S. Wabash Ave. The J. & R. Distributing Co. will use the same offices. Harry Shaw Again Emsee New Haven — Harry F. Shaw, Loew-Poli Division Manager, is personally directing the annual Home for Aged vaudeville show at the Arena tonight. Jan Pierce, Bill Glason and his WMCA revue, Collins and Peterson and nine other acts are on the bill. The 1937 FILM DAILY YEAR BOOK of Motion Pictures Is just off the press and is now being distributed to all FILM DAILY Subscribers. A full year in the making and worth its weight in gold. Contains nearly 1300 pages. The Motion Picture Industry in One Volume. It is a book everyone in any way connected with the motion picture industry should have. And, it is given free with one year's subscription to THE FILM DAILY Subscription $10.00, Foreign $15.00 1501 Broadway New York fNETEEWr Eight New Industry Cos. Chartered in New York Albany — Eight new industry companies have received New York state charters, the Secretary of State's office announces. They are: Reo Movie Co., Inc., Brooklyn; to conduct motion picture business. Anthony Mazzarella, Jr., Muriel Goldberg, Harry G. Haiman, incorporators. Continental Film Industries, Inc., New York City; to distribute motion pictures. Harold J. Sherman, Cassrell Greenberg, Martha Harris, incorporators. Rayrita Theaters Corp., New York City; to exhibit motion pictures. Samuel Goldberg, Julia Cherrnay, Herman Larris, incorporators. Allied Seating Co., Inc., New York City, to deal in theater chairs, cushions, etc., Bernard Jufe, Moe Feldman, Lester E. Tomback, incorporators. Fairchester Theaters, Inc., New York City, to exhibit motion pictures. Jasper G. Kirchner, Eugene W. Boiling, Emma Kelly, incorporators. Sural Realty Syndicate, Inc., New York City, to operate motion picture houses. Freda Jaret, Bertha Reich, Saul A. Schwartz, incorporators. North American Film Library, Inc., New York City, to operate motion picture film library. Stella Schwartz, Gertrude Schmelzer, Harold C. Saltzman, incorporators. Akeley-Laventthal Corporation, New York City, to deal in motion picture machines. Walter S. Byrne, John F. Howell, Jacob F. Leventhal, incorporators. Reliance Pictures, Inc., of New York City, has filed a certificate in the office of the Secretary of State dissolving its corporate existence. A certificate dissolving the corporate existence of Eastern Theaters Corp. of New York City, also has been filed. 6-Point Review Program For New Audience Group Associated Film Audiences, which has a growing list of organizations subscribing to its program, has issued its first "Film Survey" bulletin setting forth in detail the standards it will employ in judging pictures. The film ballot which reviewers of the association fill out asks the following six main questions: "Does the film portray the contemporary scene? Is it militarist? Anti-war? Are there any references to organized labor? Direct? Indirect? Are there any references to religious, racial, national groups? Would you recommend the film to your friends?" and finally questions as to the picture's entertainment and educational value. Under the general question, "Does the film portray the contemporary scene?" various other questions are asked, such as, "Does it give a false impression of any strata of society, living conditions, working conditions? Is it a believable, realistic presentation? Does the film contain progressive sentiments or implications? Does the film contain reactionary sentiments or implications? Does it attack freedom of speech or the press?" Associated Film Audiences has sent a protest to "March of Time" against the reel's treatment of the Negro in its new issue current at the Music Hall. The current bulletin lauds "Black Legion" and turns thumbs down on the GB film "You're in the Army Now." Miller Funeral Today Funeral services for Mrs. Bijou Heron Miller, 75, widow of Henry Miller, the actor, and mother of Gilbert Miller, theatrical producer of New York and London, will be held this morning at St. Agnes' Roman Catholic Church, Lexington Avenue and Forty-third St., at 11 o'clock when a requiem mass will be sung. She died last Thursday night at the New Weston Hotel from paralysis. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. SICK REPORT St. Louis, Mo. — Harry O'Brien, veteran theater manager who underwent a serious operation at the Park Lane Memorial Hospital, is improving. Wilmington — A. A. Fahey, Film Daily correspondent and local newspaper scribe, is in the hospital for treatment of stomach ulcers. Boston — Hy Teich, owner of the Four Star Program Co., is recuperating at home following a nasal operation at the Beth Israel Hospital. Boston — Mrs. Frank Lydon, wife of the operator of the Hamilton Theater, Dorchester, is convalescing from pneumonia at St. Margaret's Hospital. 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