The Film Daily (1938)

DAILY Monday, October 31, 1938 Vol. 74, No. 94 Mon., Oct. 31, 1938 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE : : Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Ceneral Manager CHESTER B. BAHN : : . . Edjtor Published daily except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, New York N Y by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. ' T ' W ^1C01?Te' „President and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer Entered as second class matter, Sept. 8 1938 at the post-office at New York, N. Y., undefrt w,°v ¥aZch 3> 1879 Terms CPostage v ? HnAed States outside of Greater New fork $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 aaV7' 9-7i.1,8. 9-7H9, 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, Rauchstr, 4 Paris — P. A. Harle, La Unematographie Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. f i n a n c i a l (.QUOTATIONS AS OF FRIDAY) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net . c , High Low Close Chg. ***■ S.e.af-D. 15'/2 183/4 1834 _ 3/4 Columbia Picts. vtc. 16i/2 16'/4 1614 — % Columbia Picts. pfd Con. Fm. Ind 2ya 2 "•£' Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. 11 1/4 1 1 1/4 ni/4_"i/R East. Kodak 180 180 180 — (Z do pfd "■ Gen Th Eq 15J4 15'/4 15V4 +"% Loew's Inc 58% 58 58 — 1 % do Pfd 109 109 109 — 5/„ Paramount lP/8 H5/8 1154 _ y Paramount 1st pfd.. 98 98 98 +1 Paramount 2nd pfd.. 12 11% 117/B _ i/„ RK° 3 2% 2% — i/„ 20th Century-Fox .. 253/4 2514 25 % i — % 20fh Century-Fox pfd. 34 34 34 _ 1A Univ. Pict. pfd... Warner Bros m '«% 6% — "i/8 do pfd 39 39 39 ® The Broadway Parade H Picture and Distributor Theater _ The Sisters (Warner Bros. Pictures) — 3rd week Strand Stablemates (Metro-Coldwyn-Mayer) — 2nd week Capitol Suez <20th Century-Fox) — 2nd week Roxy Young Dr. Kildare (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Music Hall Men With Wings (Paramount Pictures) Paramount The Storm ( Universal Pictures) Rivoli Touchdown Army (Paramount Pictures) Criterion Five of a Kind (20th Century-Fox) Globe Man With 100 Faces (Gaumont British Picture) Rialto Colorado Trail (Columbia Pictures) (a) Central Hidden Crime (Monogram Pictures) (a) Central Straight, Place and Show (20th Century-Fox) (a-b) Palace Secrets of an Actress (Warner Bros. Pictures) (a) Palace ♦ TWO-A-DAY RUN ♦ Marie Antoinette (Metro-Coldwyn-Mayer) — 10th week Astor ♦ FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURES ♦ Grand Illusion (World Pictures) — 7th week Filmarte The Story of a Cheat (Gallic Films) — 6th week 5th Ave. Playhouse Lily of Killarney (William Alexander) — 2nd week Squire Irish and Proud of It (Guaranteed Pictures) Belmont This'll Make You Whistle (C & M Pictures) 55th St. Playhouse Rose of Tralee (Dublin Film Co.) Irish Theater Danton (Henka Film) Cameo The Singing Blacksmith (Yiddish picture) Continental Life Dances On (Empress Pictures) (a-b) World The Adventures of Chico (Woodard Productions) (a-b) World ♦ FUTURE OPENINGS ♦ The Citadel (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) — Nov. 3 Capito! Girl's School (Columbia Pictures) — Nov. 3 Criterion Brother Rat (Warner Bros. Pictures) — Nov. 4 Strand That Certain Age (Universal Pictures) — Nov. 4 Roxy Ballerina (Mayer Burstyn) — Nov. 14 Little Carnegie Compliments of Mr. Flow (Metropolis Pictures) — Nov. 14 55th St. Playhouse Professor Memlock (Amkino) (c) Cameo Arkansas Traveller (Paramount Pictures) (c) Paramount Angels With Dirty Faces (Warner Bros. Pictures) (d) Strand The Pure in Heart (United Artists) (c) Music Hall Room Service (RKO Radio Pictures) — Nov. 3 (a-b) Palace Always in Trouble (RKO Radio Pictures) — Nov. 3 (a) Palace (a) Dual bill, (b) Subsequent run. (c) Follows current bill, (d) Follows "Brother Rat." NEW YORK Keith A-0 6s46 Loew 6s 41 -ww. . . . Para. B'way 3s55 Para. Picts. 6s55. . . Para. Picts. cv. 3J4S47 RKO 6s41 Warner's 6s39 NEW YORK Grand National Monogram Picts. . . . Sonotone Corp Technicolor Trans-Lux Universal Picts BOND MARKET 102% 162" 102i/4 + "i/4 100 100 100 863/4 86'/2 863/4 + u 81 80 81+2 91 90% 903/4 + 5/8 CURB MARKET 7-16 3/8 7-16 +3-16 1% 13/4 ,3/4 _ l/4 22% 225/8 22% — "% 2% 2% 2% N. Y. OVER-THE-COUNTER STOCK MARKET „ t. „., Bid Asked Pathe Film 7 pfd Fox Thea. Bldg. 6'/2s 1st '36..!!! .... Loew's Thea. Bldg. 6s 1st '47 Met. Playhouse, Inc., 5s '43 Roxy Thea. Bldg. 6%s 1st '43 FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY Specialists for 2 J years in the storage of valuable film. LLOYDS FILM STORAGE CORR 729 SEVENTH AWE . N.Y.C. BRyant 9-5600 MPTOA, 1938 . . . as a tip-off (Continued from Page 1) tinue after the convention) cannot be confidently anticipated as "a last word," however. Here again the nature of the industry is a factor — a deciding factor. Few industries are as sensitive to the law of change as the film biz. It is not going too far, perhaps, to point out that it is the seeming failure of some leaders to understand this which has given rise to existing trade irritants. Einfeld Will Head East for Home Office Huddles S. Charles Einfeld, Warners' national head of publicity-advertisingexploitation, leaves Burbank tomorrow bound for New York where he will confer with Maj. Albert Warner, Gradwell L. Sears, and Mort Blumenstock on campaigns for five pix, namely, "Angels with Dirty Faces"; "Dawn Patrol"; "Wings of the Navy"; "Dodge City"; and "Heart of the North" — latter in Technicolor. SAM MARINO Producer of Variety Shorts completed "ALL GIRL LIFEGUARDS" in preparation "JAI-ALAI" Followed by six other variety short subjects 150 W. 46th St., N. Y. C. LO 3-0939 "Body by Bronson" to be Picturized by Murphy Dudley Murphy, currently directing Sylvia Sidney in ". . . one third of a nation. . ." at the Astoria studios, has purchased "Body by Bronson" by Helen Meinardi, who authored "I Met Him In Paris." Production is expected to begin in January with an all-star cast. Wilcox and Anna Neagle Sail for U. S. Saturday London (Bv Cable)— Herbert Wilcox, accompanied by Anna Neagle, star of Wilcox's "Sixty Glorious Years," sails for the U. S. on the Normandie next Saturday. Trip is in connection with the forthcoming U. S. and Canadian premieres of the pix which RKO will distribute. Something New! Different! SCREEN JUMBO The "Jitterbug Came" that will sweep the nation! No repeats or line numbers LICHT ENTERPRISES Distributed in New York by CIRCUS JUMBO GAMES, INC. 351 W. 44th St., N. Y. C. Clr. 6-8690 Territories Open For Local Representatives commG MID GOING NICHOLAS M. SCHENCK, M-C-M chieftain, left for the Coast Friday night. ARTHUR W. KELLY, UA foreign department exec, is aboard the Rex, en route to Italy. E. J. SMITH, general sales manager of Imperial Pictures, left last Friday for a threeweek tour of exchanges. L. F. ALTSTOCK, comptroller of Selznick International, has returned to the home office after a lengthy stay on the Coast. DAVID N. IDZAL, managing director Vt the Fox Theater in Detroit, arrives here too. . AL STEEN, FILM DAILY Staff writer, arrived in Oklahoma City last night to attend the MPTOA convention. WILLIAM SAXTON, city manager for Loew's, Inc., in Baltimore, was in New York last week for conferences at the home office. W. A. SCULLY, general sales manager for Universal, is in Oklahoma City. MILTON KRIMS, Warner writer, is in New York. DR. HERBERT T. KALMUS, president of Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, arrives in Detroit tomorrow to attend the SMPE convention. C. F. RACKETT, vice-president and plant manager of Technicolor, and MORGAN HOBART, New York manager, arrived in Detroit today from New York. EARLE W. HAMMONS, president of Grand National Pictures, W. J. GELL, managing directot of Pathe Pictures, Ltd., and ARTHUR LEVY, arrive here this week on the Queen Mary. C. L. CARRINGTON, vice-president and general manager of Altec, is in Detroit for the SMPE meet. JOHN E. BROWNE, president of Malcoln Browne Pictures Corp., has returned to New York from Hollywood conferences. W. C. CEHRING, central division manager for 20th-Fox, was in Pittsburgh last night for the Variety Club dinner. WILLIAM J. KUPPER, Western division manager for 20th Century-Fox, flew to Chicago over the week-end. MAGNESIUM-COPPER SULPHIDE