The Film Daily (1937)

THE 3^ DAILV Tuesday, March 23, 1937 Vol. 71, No. 68 Tues., Mar. 23, 1937 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher CHESTER B. BAHN : : DONALD M. MERSEREAU : : : Editor 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. under the act of March 3, 1879. 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 FILM DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone, BRyant P-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 — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 War flour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne. Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour des-Noues, 19. F IN AN CIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc Columbia Picts. ptd. Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. East. Kodak do pfd Gen. Th. Eq 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 251/g 25 34 33 41% 4'/2 16 160 25 — 5/g 331/4 — 3/4 41% 41% — Vs 41/2 153/4 — 3/8 160 + 1 41/2 153/4 159 291/4 283/4 28 3/4 — 13/s 761/z 74 74 V2 — 23/4 105% 106% 106% — i/a 23% 223/4 23 — 1% 21 83/8 8 1/4 3734 36 45 45 203/4 8 1/4 73/4 203/4 — 7/8 8 1/4 — 1/4 73/4 — 1/2 36 — 13/4 45 — 2% 851/2 851/2 851/2 + IV2 143/4 133/4 13% — 3/4 61 61 61 1/4 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Keith A-0 6s46.... 98 98 98 Loew 6s 41 ww .... 98 1/4 97 Vi 97%— % Par. B'way 3s55 . . . 743,4 74 1/4 74% — % Para. Picts. 6s55...100% 100% 100% RKO 6s41 113 112% 112% Warner's 6s39 95% 95 95 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Picts. vtc Grand National ... 3 2% 2% — % Sonotone Corp 1% 1% 1% Technicolor 21% 21 213/8 — i/8 Trans-lux 43/4 4S/8 4% — i/8 TWA CUTS FARES Now Compare Low Cost Air Travel via TWA with Rail Rates Shortest, fastest, overnight coast-to-coast Non-stop between New York and Chicago TWA NEW YORK OFFICES 1503 Broadway, 70 East 42nd Street Air Travel Desk — Penn. Station Telephone: MUrray Hill 6-1640 Bingo Illegal in Balto; R. I. Bingo Bill Passes Baltimore — In the first case of its kind in Baltimore to reach court, a jury has held that it is illegal to hold bingo games with prizes for the winners and to hold drawings for consolation prizes at a motion picture and vaudeville theater. The operator of a house in a Negro section of the city was held guilty of conducting a lottery but a charge of operating a gambling establishment was dismissed. A motion for a new trial will be made. Providence — Rhode Island Senate has passed the revised "Bingo" bill leaving licensing of the game up to local authorities but banning cash giveaways and limiting value of other prizes to $100. Games must be operated by veterans, civic, fraternal, religious, educational or charitable organizations; parties cannot be held more than once a week (except in case of fairs, carnivals, etc.) under bill's provisions. CFI Gets Master Records Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Through its subsidiary, the American Record Corp., Consolidated Film Industries, Inc., has acquired the entire authorized capital stock of Master Records, Inc., CFI reported to the SEC yesterday. 31 Monogram Branches Monogram has completed its distribution setup which will be made up of 31 affiliated branch offices in the U. S. Canadian distribution will be announced shortly. American Seating Co. Ups Wages Five Cents an Hour Chicago — The American Seating Co. has announced a five-cent an hour wage increase for all employes, effective immediately. The increase will add about $125,000 to the payroll annually. This increase follows a five per cent increase made last November and is the sixth increase since 1933. About 1,200 are now employed by the company on a 40-hour week. Production is running at a high rate and the business outlook for the spring months is bright, according to the management. The main offices and factory are located at Grand Rapids, Mich. Sunday Films Held Legal If Proceeds for Charity Rockland, Me. — Ruling that Sunday motion picture shows were legal in Maine if all the net proceeds were turned over to charity, Municipal Court Judge Zelma M. Dwinal, March 18 dismissed a test case brought against operators of the Strand Theater here. Kosch in New Offices Harry G. Kosch, film attorney, has moved from 383 Madison Ave., to the Paramount building and intends to departmentalize the legal phases attendant upon production, distribution and exhibition with a specialist handling each of these divisions. Associated with Kosch, former general counsel for Columbia and Educational, are Harry Lewis and Milton H. Reuben. FRANK M. SNALLE, vice president and eastern operations manager of Condor Pictures, finally left for the Coast, his trip delayed a week by illness. t. W. HAMMONS and JACK SKIRBALL have returned to New York from Miami. TOM CONNORS is back in New York from Miami. JOE SEIDLER has returned to New York from Miami. RALPH ROLAN has returned to New York from Miami. SCOTT R. DUNLAP, Monogram Vice-President for Production, arrived in New York yesterday for his first visit in sveeral years. He will stay about a week. JACK COHN returned to New York yesterday by plane from Miami. CHARLES SONIN returned to New York yesterday via air from Miami. WILLIAM KEYES, Ohio exhib, is in New York for a few days. BARBARA PEPPER has arrived in New York from the coast. RUFUS LeMAIRE sails from New York tomorrow for abroad, following his arrival from Hollywood. CHARLES REAGAN, Paramount western division manager, is on route to Hawaii on a business trip. He will be gone for about a month. BARNEY BALABAN returns to New York early next week from Miami. STUART ERWIN has arrived in New York from Hollywood, accompanied by MRS. ERWIN and STUART ERWIN, JR., and is stopping at the Towers of the Waldorf-Astoria. RALPH BRASHER, Paramount auditor, has returned to the home office from Cincinnati where he attended the funeral of his mother. BUCK JONES, film star and producer, arrived in New York yesterday from the coast to spend a short vacation. JANET GAYNOR, who terminated a vacation last week in New York, has arrived in Hollywood. JEAN ROGERS, Universal player, arrived in New York yesterday from Universal City for a week's vacation and is stopping at the Hotel Edison. TYRONE POWER, 20th Century-Fox star, arrives in New York by plane this afternoon via Chicago where he made a personal appearance. He will stay at the Waldorf-Astoria for ten days. ROBRT RISKIN, director and screenplay writer, arrives in New York today en route for a vacation in Europe. B. SHAPIRO of Major Pictures leaves by plane for the coast tomorrow. R. G. HILTON leaves by plane today for the U. A. coast studios. SOL J. SCOfPA, business agent of the laboratory workers' union, left yesterday for Albany. Y. FRANK FREEMAN is due back in New York today from Miami. NEIL AGNEW and JOE UNGER returned to New York yesterday from Florida. To Call Attorney General at Film Tax Bill Hearing Lincoln, Neb. — Senator Tracy Frost said he would have Assistant Attorney General Paul Chaney speak before the committee on revenue when his two 10 per cent bills come up today before the legislative body. Bills ask 10 per cent of the box-office, and 10 per cent of the gross film rental, about $600,000 annually. Chaney is the attorney drawing up the Bank Night test suit and his testimony is to be along the lines that the theaters obviously make so much money they can offer big cash prizes as bait for attendance. Frost thinks Chaney's testimony will be doubly effective now that the Bank Night theaters are fighting to keep up Nebraska giveaways. WALTER W ANGER p/en»h CHARLES BOYER „J JEAN ARTHUR;,, mnDEM LEO CARILLO • COLIN CUVE J>,.,.™» i* FRANK B0RZA6E <?-,.»./ >'"» "Billy" Murray Dead Youngstown, O. — William J. "Billy" Murray, 72, former national league ball player and executive manager of the Strand Theater for several years, died at a Youngstown | hospital here after a year's illness. He came here about 15 years ago when the Harris Amusement Co. became interested in the Strand Theater. Sure fire romantic melodrama, with three personalities who are always entertaining and screenplay noted for clever and daring dialogue. — CLARK WALES Screen and Radio Weekly