The Film Daily (1937)

WANGER TO CONFER WITH DAVID ROSE ! 'age I I will come here from London soon in connection with the move, under which the combination would acquire the stock of Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks. James Mulvey, vice-president of the Goldwyn corporation, arrives in New York today following conferences at the Coast with the producer. Emanuel Silverstone, New York representative of Korda, returned to New York yesterday from Cincinnati and other points. To Poll Allied Membership On "Little NRA" for Movies Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Entire Allied national membership will be polled pro and con on proposed "Little NRA" or Guffey Act for the motion picture industry before the proposal is embodied in the form of a Congressional bill and pressed for action on Capitol Hill, The Film Daily was informed by an authoritative source here yesterday. Allied officials declined to predict whether reaction to Allied "membership sounding" would be completed in time for possible special session action. Coincidentally, yesterday in a special communication from his home in Selma, Ala., Congressman Sam Hobbs, sponsor of the resolution for a motion picture investigation now pending before the House Rules Committee announced that he would make a thorough investigation of the Myers "Little NRA" for movies proposal. Loew's Switch Organist Richmond, Va. — Harvey Hammond, organist at Loew's since last March, has been transferred to Loew's Century, Baltimore. He will be succeeded bv Edward Weaver. birthday: OCTOBER 7 Edward Peskay Robert Z. Leonard Max Ree Jack Mulhall Andy Devine Thursday, Oct. 7, 1937 • • • OCTOBER SELECTION of the "movie of the month" by the Associated Press is RKO Radio's "Stage Door" a feature story by Robbin Coons runs to four columns, and is set for this Sunday's release Hepburn and Rogers, appearing in the production, are also picked by Coons as the stars-of-the-month • • • SWITCHING TO the Hollywood Scene Al Goodman, who has directed the music for more than 160 musical comedies and operettas on Broadway in the past 20 years Al will hit Hollywood about Nov. 10 with several angles for radio and film connections there he has had a long standing invite from both M-G-M and Warners to come out and talk things over Goodman has always had an average of two radio commercials which tied him down to the East and this will be the first breathing spell in a long time T T T • • • A STAR in his own right Willie Howard in the next M-G-M musical extravaganza won through his hilarious burlesque on "How To Win Friends and Influence People" a sketch originally intended for the "Broadway Melody of 1938" now the M-G-M officials realize Howard has got something in this skit and are planning an entire production around it T T T • • • WAS SHE so far wrong? the secretary who applied for a temporary job in the home office of the producing company "Why do you want just a temporary job?" asked the exec "Well," sez the gal, "what reason have you to believe that your company will be permanent?" that was tellin' him T T T • • • STUDENT BODY of the University of California at Los Angeles has given Maxon F. Judell two complimentary season tickets to all its football games this season because he was responsible for the procuring of their great new fight song from George Gershwin Judell also procured some years ago the Sousa tune for Wisconsin's famous football song, "Wisconsin Forever" Judell was former aide to Harrv Goetz • • • NEW COAST publicity top for Warners Robert S. Taplinger brings to the industry an impressive record in radio. . . he started his career in the publicity dep't of Columbia Broadcasting System where he conceived and directed star-building publicity for Eddie Cantor, Burns and Allen, Bing Crosby, Guy Lombardo, Mort Downey, Kate Smith and other outstanding names on the air some of the outstanding Taplinger publicity stunts are the Grade Allen "missing brother" campaign the Benay Venuta flight linking broad casts on the East and West Coasts in the space of a single day the Kate Smith "memory songs" contest and the famous Crosby-Columbo "feud" in 1935 Taplinger resigned from Columbia to organize Robert S. Taplinger, Inc while with the broadcasting company, he wrote, produced and conducted the "Meet the Artist" program, interviewing more than 125 leading CBS artists over a nationwide hookup Charlie Einfeld sees in "Bob" a natural to handle the situation on the Hollywood Front « « « » » » DECISION IS RESERVED IN PARA. PHILLY CASE (Continued from Page 1) have the U. S. Court of Appeals upset the refusal of Federal Judgt| Dickinson to restrain 400 exhibitors1 in this area from a "boycott" agains1> Paramount pictures. Attorney Schnader presented a lengthy argument that the indies are acting in unison and thus are an illegal combination in restraint of trade. Former Congressman Ben Golder for the UMPTO maintained that they have a legal right to unite for their common good. Pathe Film Corp. to Handle All Pathe News Printing Negotiations have just been completed between Ned Depinet, presi-J dent of RKO Distributing Corp., Frederic Ullman, Jr., vice-president and general manager of Pathe News, Inc., and O. Henry Briggs, president of Pathe Film Corp., resulting in a contract between Pathe News, Inc.. and the Pathe Film Corp. Under the terms of this agreement which runs for five years commencing Jan. 1,: 1938 all News printing, negative developing and rush work will be handled exclusively by the Pathe Film Corp. By the agreement, Pathe Film Corp. acquires exclusive 16 mm. and 8 mm. rights to the News Quintuplets pictures and other items of interest in the News library. This material will be released by Pathegrams, Inc., a subsidiary of the Pathe Film Corp., along. with other material already scheduled. The Pathe Film Corp. also announces completion of plans for a new and fully-equipped laboratory to be situated in the Pathe Building at 35 W. 45th Street, New York City. Construction will commence immediately and the plant will start operations by the first of the year. While Pathe Film Corp. is building its new laboratory, RKO Pathe News will modernize its plant and rebuild its offices. Zion Myers Joining M-G-M as Producer, Supervisor West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Seven new contracts have been announced by the M-G-M , studios, four of them with writers. Zion Myers, who has been active in Coast production has signed a i contract as producer and supervisor. Charles Dorian has placed his signature to a new directorial compact at the same lot, and Walter Pidgeon is an addition to the acting personnel. Writing contracts are with F. Scott Fitzgerald, who up to this time has done very little work for pictures, also Hugo Butler, Melville Baker and Henry Misselwitz,