The Film Daily (1938)

Vol. 73, No. 126 Wed., June 1, 1938 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE : Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN :::::: Editor 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; 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 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 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 — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Waidour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne, Kauchstr, 4. Paris — P. A. 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Picts. cv.3i/4s47 71 Vi 71 Vi 71 Vi— % RKO 6s41 66% 66 Vi 66 Vi — 2 Warner's 6s39 72i/2 72Vi 72 Vi + Vi NEW YORK CURB MARKET Grand National 7-16 % % Monogram Picts. ... 1% 1% 1% Sonotone Corp 1 Vi 1 Vi 1 Vi Technicolor 22 Vs 21 Vi 21 % — i/4 Trans-Lux Universal Picts Color Films for New Firm London (By Cable) — Harcourt Templeman and George Pearson have formed Harcourt-Pearson, Ltd., for the production of color films. First production is expected to get under way immediately. Phillip Greatrix will be artistic adviser. MILES Public Projection Rooms Two Private Theaters Latest Projection Equipment Air Conditioned — Night Screenings Ample Seating Capacity Cutting Rooms Vault Space Inspection Delivery Service 729 Seventh Ave. BRyant 9-5600 Dave Lipton Off for Coast to Establish Headquarters Dave Lipton, of Universal's publicity staff, leaves today for the Coast where he will establish his headquarters at the studios. Lipton is the first of the department's staff to be shifted west, aside from John Joseph, director of publicity and advertising, who moved to the Coast a few weeks ago. Lipton will be followed the latter part of this week by Mrs. Caroline Hall, of the still department, and on June 10 by Harry Ormiston, exploitation head, and J. Albert Hirsch, advertising director. Levin Says Brit. Interests Plan 20-House Circuit Here Negotiations for a circuit of at least 20 theaters in the East are not only under way, but progressing favorably, Albert D. Levin, film attorney, who is representing a British group of bankers and theater men, told The Film Daily yesterday. Levin stated that the principal purpose of deal was for investment, with use of theaters as an outlet for British product secondary. "The group I represent has unlimited resources", Levin asserted. Levin said that it was natural that these theaters would be used as an outlet for British product, but that they had no intentions of showing English pictures exclusively. Vroom Flies to Coast to Sign TMAT Contracts Lodewick Vroom, prexy of Local 18032, TMAT, flew to the Coast yesterday to sign basic minimum agreements with organizational heads. He was accompanied by Hal Olver, union organizer, who recently returned from a four weeks' transcontinental tour. Vroom will remain on the Coast 10 days. Cleveland Indie Exhibs. to Talk Summer Closing Cleveland — Independent exhibitors here plan a meeting next week to discuss the advisability of closing for the summer due to poor business. Exhibs tendency is to blame product rather than the "recession." N. J. Allied Meets Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey held an all-day meeting in New York yesterday, with most of the discussions centering: on the Dallas anti-trust case. The Dallas situation as it relates to protection was studied from all angles. DAILY Wednesday, June 1, 1938 IATSE Executive Board Convenes in Cleveland Cleveland — With Prexy George W. Browne presiding, the IATSE Executive Board convened at the Hollenden Hotel here yesterday to frame the business program for the biennial convention which opens here June 6. Sessions of the Executive Board will continue through Thursday. Questions of local jurisdiction will be considered, among other things. Entertainment program has been about completed and, according to Victor Wellman, business manager of Cleveland Local 160 is as follows: Monday night: Amateur boxing match at the Public Auditorium. Tuesday afternoon: A boat ride on Lake Erie, or a golf tournament at the Ridgewood Country Club. Wednesday night: Convention ball at the Hollenden Hotel. Henigson Leaves M-G-M West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Henry Henigson has resigned as an M-G-M producer after a year with the Culver City studio. It is expected he will make a new major studio connection shortly. Heart Attack is Fatal to Harry E. Horwitz, 49 Cleveland — Harry E. Horwitz, 49, for the past 25 years owner of the Olympia and New Broadway theaters here, died suddenly yesterday at his home from a heart attack. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mae Crouch Horwitz, one brother and five sisters. Funeral services for Horwitz will be held tomorrow from the Deutsch Funeral Home. Covvdin Flies East After "U" Studio Conferences West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — J. Cheever Cowdin flew to New York Tuesday afternoon following conferences with President Nate J. Blumberg and other Universal executives on studio operation and finances. Blumberg will return to New York on June 10. David Lipton, Universal's new studio publicity head, will arrive here Sunday. Ledirk-Strand Trust Case Again Deferred 2 Weeks Newark, N. J.— The Ledirk-Strand anti-trust case was deferred two weeks in Federal Court yesterday by consent of counsel for both the complainants and the major film company defendants. Lab. Pact Discussed Meeting yesterday between Local 702 and Allan A. Freedman, president of De Luxe, and Al Richard, Paramount News, was termed as a "general discussion" of the new contract recently submitted by the Local, by a spokesman for the Union last night. Actual terms of the proposed contract will come up at subsequent meetings, it was said. Bette Davis for 'The Miracle' West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Warner Bros, will star Bette Davis in "The Miracle." cominG add come NATE J. BLUMBERG, Universal's president, will return to New York from the Coast on June 10. J. CHEEVER COWDIN flew from tILaCoast to New York Tuesday. JULES SELTZER, director of advertising and publicity in Philadelphia for Warner Bros, theaters, is back at his desk after a three weeks' vacation in Hollywood. JOSEPH MOSKOWITZ, home office representative of the 20th-Fox studios, sails June 22 on the Queen Mary for a European vacation. JULES WHITE, Columbia short subject producer, is here for a two-week stay. NAT LEVINE is in town from a European vacation and will return to Hollywood late this week. JAMES A. MULVEY, Eastern manager for Samuel Coldwyn, and MANNY SILVERSTONE, New York representative for Alexander Korda, have returned from Hollywood. Y. FRANK FREEMAN, head of Paramount 'heater operations, left yesterday for Fargo, N. D. DAVE LIPTON, Universal publicity head leaves today for the Coast where he will remain permanently. L. F. ALTSTOCK, comptroller of Selznick International, is en route to the Coast. JOSEPH B. KLECKNER, president of Monograph, Inc., left Chicago yesterday for a week's stay in Washington. BERNARD SOBEL, of M-C-M publicity department, sails today on the Normandie for a European vacation. He expects to be gone about a month. ALFRED HITCHCOCK, British director, sails from England today on the Queen Mary for a visit to this country. HENRY KING, 20th-Fox director, is en route to New York, piloting his own plane on a cross-country tour. ROBERT S. TAPLINGER, studio publicity director for Warners, has arrived on the Coast after a short stay in New York. A. M. NOYE, Columbia Pictures supervisor in Brazil, is in New York for a vacation and home office conferences. DORELL and STUART McCOWAN, screen writers, are en route to New York to discuss the production of a play. SAM WOOD, M-C-M director, is due in New York shortly for a six-week visit. DARRYL F. ZANUCK, his wife and three children will sail today on the Normandie for a European vacation. Other passengers on the Normandie include CLAIRE LUCE, HILDECARDE and SOL HUROK. LODEWICK VROOM, president of TMAT, flew to the Coast yesterday. HAL OLVER accompanied. DONALD MacBRIDE, of the "Room Service" stage cast, left yesterday for Hollywood to appear in RKO's screen version of the play. FRANK MCCARTHY, publicity man for "Brother Rat" leaves this week for Hollywood to act as technical advisor for the Warner Bros, version of the play. SID HERZIG, Warner Bros, writer, is in New York. THEATRE MANAGER Available . . . Ten years experience. Extensive knowledge theatre advertising, publicity and exploitation. Will go anywhere in East. Excellent references. Write, wire, Box 1054 FILM DAILY 1501 Broadway New York City