The Film Daily (1937)

THE 3^ DAILY Thursday, March 25, 1937 Vol. 71, No. 70 Thurs., Mar. 25, 1937 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher CHESTER B. BAHN :::::: Editor DONALD M. MERSEREAU General Manager Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y. by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary Treasurer; Arthur W. Eddy, Associate Editor. Entered 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 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 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone, BRyant 6-7117, 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 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. F INANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. 25 243/4 25 + V4 333/s 333/8 333/g + 3/g 42 42 42 + i/s 43/s 43/8 43/s — i/8 151/2 151/2 151/2 6CV2 159 160 Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc. Columbia Picts. pfd Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. . . East. Kodak 1 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 NEW YORK Keith A-0 6s46... Loew 6s41ww Para. B'way 3s55 Para. Picts. 6s55 1 RKO 6s41 Warner's 6s39 NEW YORK Columbia Picts. vtc. Grand Nat'l Films.. Sonotone Corp Technicolor Trans-Lux 293/4 77 29V4 293/4 + 3/4 75% 767/8 + % 233/4 23i/4 23i/8 + 2H/4 8i/2 8% 37i/4 46 851/2 143/g BOND 975/g 985/s 203/4 21V8 83/8 8I/2 8Vs 81/b — 1/4 365/s 36% 46 46 + 1/4 851/2 851/2 14 143/g + y4 MARKET 97 975/8 3/g 981/4 985/s + 7/8 00 100 100 95 CURB 3" 1% 22 45/8 943/4 947/g + i/g MARKET '2% '2% .'.'.'.'. 17/s 17/g 213/4 22 -f % 45/s 45/g + 1/s MARCH 25 Bertram Millhauser El Brendel Ray Enright Edward F. Hurley David T. Katz Johnson Names Advisory Committee for Monogram Advisory committee for Monogram Pictures composed of executives and franchise holders has been appointed by President W. Ray Johnston. Committee includes Johnston, John W. Mangham, Atlanta; Henri Elman, Chicago; Ed Blumenthal, Dallas; Howard Stubbins, Los Angeles; Charles W. Trampe, Milwaukee; Benjamin Welansky, Boston; Scott R. Dunlap, Edward A. Golden and Norton V. Ritchey. All Monogram exchanges will shortly take the Monogram name and will be in full operation before May 1. Hugh G. Davis will be chief auditor of the company. Seven features on which writers are now working include "Paradise Isle", "The Hoosier Schoolboy", "College Sweetheart", "Blazing Barriers", "The Marines Are Here". "A Bride For Henry", "Romance of the Limberlost", "The Luck of Roaring Camp" and "Federal Bullets." Photophone Sales Meet at Indianapolis in May Indianapolis, Ind. — Indianapolis will be the host to RCA Pho.tophone salesmen and district managers early in May, when the sales convention will be held at the local plant of the RCA here. CFI Defers Dividend Action Consolidated Film Industries board of directors met this week but did not declare a dividend because of the pending decision of the Delaware Supreme Court on the validity of the company's recapitalization plan. French Films In Return "Monte Carlo" and "Charlemagne," two French pictures, will play a return engagement at the Cinema de Paris beginning next Tuesday. "Monte Carlo" features Francoise Rosay, star of "Carnival in Flanders." Conn. Allied Unit Names Joseph Reed as President New Haven — -Joseph Reed, Washington Depot operator, was elected president of Allied Theaters of Connecticut, at the annual election. Others named: Ralph Pasho, of the Gem, Naugatuck, vice-president; Maurice Shulman, of the Rivoli, Hartford, second vice-president; Abe Fishman, of the Fishman circuit, treasurer; Joseph A. Davis, of the Black Rock, Bridgeport, and Colonial, Southington, secretary; and Jack Frost, of Fishman Theaters, financial secretary. A committee to plan arrangements and entertainment for delegates to the Eastern Regional conference of Allied States Association, in New Haven on April 5, was appointed as follows Martin Keleher, J. B. Fishman, Joseph A. Davis, Maurice Shulman and Ralph Pasho. GB Preference Dividend Held Over Till April 6 London (By Cable) — The GB preference dividend has been held over until April 6 pending hearing of the court action to restrain the Gunnis Davis Dies West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Gunnis Davis, 63, veteran character actor and theater man, is dead at a hospital here. Born in Sunderland, England, he came to the United States in 1904 and was stage manager for Frohman and Savage. He entered films in New York in 1912, and came to Hollywood in 1919. His most recent screen roles included "Showboat," "The Little Minister," "Invisible Man," and "One More River." Donahue Succeeds Usher Chicago — J. J. Donahue, formerly Paramount Minneapolis manager, has taken charge of the Chicago branch of the company, succeeding Allen Usher, recently named Paramount district manager. Coming and Going PAULINE STARKE and GEORGE SHERWOOD sailed from New York yesterday on the Manhattan bound for London. BUCK JONES, now in New York, leaves Friday on his return to the coast. SCOTT DUNLAP leaves New York Friday returning to Hollywood. returns to Now York DAVE PALFREYMAN tomorrow from Miami. BORIS PETROFF, who has arrived in New York from the coast, remains east two weeks. FRANK TUTTLE is in New York from Hollywood. WHITNEY BOLTON leaves New York April 2 by auto en route to the coast. TYRONE POWER, who arrived in New York Tuesday for a ten days' vacation, has been recalled to the coast by 20th Century-Fox and leaves tomorrow by plane. HARRY MOSKOWITZ, chief of Loew's construction department, has left the home office for a tour of several weeks, during which he will visit the circuit's out-of-town theaters. FRANK TUTTLE, film director, is en route to Europe on the Queen Mary which sailed yesterday. H. B. WARNER (eft for England yesterday aboard the Manhattan. ROSA PAULY, soprano of the Vienna State Opera, also sailed for Europe on the Manhattan yesterday. JEAN ROGERS left New York yesterday for Belmont, Mass., her home town, and will visit there and in Boston before returning to the coast the middle of next month. DEANNA DURBIN, Universal's starlet who is in Philadelphia making recordings for RCAVictor, returns to Hollywood early in April via Winnipeg, Canada. Fox Intermountain Expected To Get 7 Huffman House: Denver — A deal is expected to b signed Friday which calls for tak ing over of the seven Harry Huff man houses in Denver by Fox In i termountain Theaters. The dea calls for Huffman to go with Fo. as city manager and Rick Ricket son will continue as division man ager. If the deal goes through Fo: will take over the houses on Easte or the day after and include thl Denver Paramount, Aladdin, Broad way, Rialto, Tabor and Bluebird, th first four named are first runs Gerald Whitney, city manager, wil be moved to be manager of th; northern district of Fox Intermoun tain. The new Denver company i to be Fox Greater Theaters with tei year lease on the Denver houses. Petroff Plans Two Films and a Play on Broadwa Production of two features fo 1937-38 season, in addition to a pla; . on Broadway, is planned by Bori i*etroff, who is now releasing through Grand National. Petroff has the rights to a com edy entitled "Intermission," whicl he may do this Spring. While spend ing two weeks in New York, h plans to search for new talent. Special Master Suggestions in RKO Case Before Cour Decision by Federal Judge Bond; on the special master who will hoi further hearings on the RKO reor ganization is awaited following sub mission of an order of reference b; counsel for Atlas Corp., proponent of the RKO plan, together with sev eral suggestions of persons wh might serve as referee. "Quality Street" In Keys RKO Radio's "Quality Street/ starring Katharine Hepburn am Franchot Tone, is to be screenei at more than 50 key city theater during Easter Week. New Yorl premiere of the production is sched uled to take place at the Radio Cit; Music Hall on April 8. New Birmingham House Birmingham, Ala. — The Water Theater Co. is planning the con struction of a $30,000 film theatei TWA CUTS FARE! 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 OFFICE! 1503 Broadway, 70 East 42nd Street Air Travel Desk — Penn. Station Telephone: MUrray Hill 6-1640