The Film Daily (1938)

wr Ws? Thursday, November 3, 1938 Vol. 74, No. 97 Thurs., Nov. 3, 1938 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN :::::: Editor Published daily except Saturdays, 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, Sept. 8, 1938, 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, BRyanl 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 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne, Rauchstr, 4. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. nnnnciflL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 20 19'/2 20 + Va Columbia Picts. vtc. 18V4 18 18 + i/8 Con. Fm. Ind 2yB 2'/8 2i/8 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd... 11 11 11 — l/8 East. Kodak 181 1/2 180 181 1/2 + li/2 do pfd 170V2 170 170 Gen. Th. Eq 15V2 15'/2 15% Loew's, Inc 5934 58V2 593/4 + 13/g do pfd 108V2 108V2 108V2 Paramount 11% liy2 113^ Paramount 1st pfd... 99 98 98V2 + 2 Paramount 2nd pfd.. 12 113,4 11% — Vs Pathe Film 13% 13% 13V4 — y4 RKO 3 3 3 + Vs 20th Century-Fox .. 26% 253/8 26l/4 + % 20th Century-Fox pfd. 34 34 34 Univ. Pict. pfd 5834 5834 5834 + 33/5 Warner Bros 7% 6% 7 + Vs do pfd 40% 40% 40% + % NEW YORK BOND MARKET Loew 6s 41-ww 102 102 102 Para. B'way 3s55 61 61 61 — % Para. Picts. cv. 3%s47 863,4 86 8634 + % RKO 6s41 79% 79% 79% — % Warner's 6s39 91 90V2 91 + % NEW YORK CURB MARKET Crand National % 3/8 % — 1-T6 Sonotone Corp 1 % 1 % 1 1/2 — % Technicolor 22% 22% 22% — % Post Mortem . . on MPTOA meet Drive Short In Demand Virtually every first-run house in the New York Metropolitan area has already booked the all-industry short subject, "The World is Ours," for exhibition beginning this week. Bookings are being arranged here through Miss Katherine Flynn, at the Paramount Exchange, and the demand is expected to continue until it includes practically every house in the New York area. SAFETY LLOYDS FILM STORAGE CORP. Storage by Reel or Vault 729 Seventh Ave. New York City BRyant 9-5600 SECURITY (Continued from Page 1) ners told 'em plenty at Oklahoma City. That's that. — • — FIGURE this out: Horror on the radio ' panics the nation; horror on the screen is an ace box-office bet concurrently. Chase National Reports Sales of 20-Fox Common Washington Bureau of THE FILM (DAILY Washington — Disposal by Chase National Bank of New York City of 3,500 shares of 20th Century-Fox Film common stock is revealed in the SEC semi-monthly report of security transactions and holdings. The 3,500 shares were disposed of in three separate transactions. Chase National Bank now holds 337,358 shares of common and 681,916 shares of 20th-Fox's $1.50 cumulative preferred. Edward A. Schiller of New York City reported he has disposed of 200 shares of Loew's, Inc., common stock and now holds 400 shares. Pathe Film Corp. reports revealed Gurdon W. Wattles of New York City has disposed of 200 shares of common stock and now holds 600 shares. Majors' Foreign Language Pix to be Released Here As a result of film production's expansion abroad during recent months, Leo Seligman, distributor, hearquartering at 729 Seventh Ave., has been enabled to close releasing deals for a group of eight foreign language features which will comprise the first phase of his 1938-39 lineup, it was announced yesterday. Films are Polish, Hungarian, Italian and Spanish dialogue or origin, and arrangements for their U. S. release was made by Seligman with three American majors. Three of the productions are from Universal, one from M-G-M, and four from Columbia. "Sixty Glorious Years" at Music Hall Nov. 17? "Sixty Glorious Years," new Herbert Wilcox production starring Anna Neagle, will open at the Music Hall either on Nov. 17 or 24, it was learned yesterday. Pix is being distributed by RKO. New Wage Scale Offer A new set of minimum wage scales for employes of the Paramount News unit of the Newspaper Guild will be presented to the Guild's negotiating committee today by the newsreel as a basis for further negotiations, it was learned last night. Meeting was held this week between the Guild committee and Austin C. Keough. Studios Rid of Doldrums, Hitting Fast Pace — Dunlap (Continued from Page 1) representative of Pathe Films, Ltd., at the Monogram studio. There is no vestige remaining of the doldrums which existed in Hollywood during the summer, Dunlap said, and in its stead is an atmosphere charged with dynamics. Dunlap's mission to the home office is exclusively to participate in conferences upon a proposed Monogram British production deal with Pathe Films, Ltd. Deal to date Dunlap confirmed, has only reached long-range conversational stages, but its disposition will be decided shortly via huddles which are slated to get under way today, following the New York arrival on the Queen Mary of William Gell, managing director of Pathe Films, Ltd., and Arthur Levey, Monogram's British representative. Also taking prominent part in the confabs will be W. Ray Johnston. Monogram's president, who arrived early this week from the Coast, and other key h. o. execs. Mono, now has in production "I Am a Criminal"; "Tough Kid," is starting; "Tailspin Tommy" is in preparation, as is "Shore Leave," which will get a new title, Dunlap asserted. Dunlap and Mrs. Dunlap expect to remain here for about 10 days. Wage-Hour Application by Studios Retroactive West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — With the Washington conference between studio reps, and FLSA Administrator Elmer F. Andrews non-productive, and the status of the 600-odd classifications of employes under the wage-hours law undefined, this notice was placed in all studio wage envelopes yesterday: "The recently enacted Wage and Hour Act presents many difficulties of interpretation and application which at this time have not been determined. As a result, the Studio is giving this notice to its entire personnel that as soon as the extent of the application of the Act has been determined, such application will be made operative, retroactively, as of the effective date of the Act." McCormick, Back, Reports Wave of Studio Activity S. Barret McCormick, RKO Radio's ad and publicity director, returned to his desk at the home office yesterday, following a stay of two weeks at the Coast studios devoted to conferences and screenings. A wave of activity is engulfing the studios at Hollywood, he asserted. In the instance of RKO Radio, four features are now in production and five more go before cameras this week. Four others are in the cutting room, including company's "Gunga Din," which he characterized as "the most ambitious production yet attempted by RKO Radio." COmiDG ADD Gome O. HENRY BRIGCS, president of Pathe Film Corp., has returned to New York after a trip to the Coast. EARLE W. HAMMONS, president of C»»d National Pictures, SAM E. MORRIS, }V 1AM GELL, Pathe Pictures exec, ARTHUihaiEVY, European representative of Monogram, MONTE BANKS, director and producer, and AL SHERMAN, of Columbia, arrive today on the Queen Mary. CLINTON M. WHITE, Gaumont British assistant general manager, has left the home office for a 10-day trip to the company's middle western exchanges. ARTHUR CREENBLATT, Gaumont British Eastern division manager, is in Boston for 2 few days. JACK MERSEREAU, writer, arrived on the Coast yesterday after a short stay in New York. GARY COOPER arrives in New York this morning from the Coast. He expects to sail for Europe tomorrow on the Queen Mary. IRVING DOLLINGER, Allied of New Jersey prexy, and SIDNEY SAMUELSON, director of N. J. Allied and a member of the national executive committee, left New York last night for Chicago. RALPH BETTINSON, representative of Paths Films Ltd. at Monogram's Coast studio, arrived in New York yesterday on the Century. GEORGE W. WEEKS, general sales manager for Monogram, returned to New York yesterday from a brief visit to Pittsburgh and Cleveland.! S. BARRET McCORMICK, director of advertising and publicity for RKO, returned to New York yesterday from the Coast. EARL CARROLL left last night on the United Airlines Continental for Hollywood. KING VIDOR, who directed "The Citadel" for M-G-M in England, arrives tomorrow on the Nieuw Amsterdam. Mark Jules Levy Weeks Announcement was made yesterday at RKO Radio's home office that company's district managers have designated a series of Jules Levy Weeks to honor that executive. Walter Branson's Mid-Western territory is conducting the week currently,! ending next Friday. Western Dis-J trict, under H. C. Cohen, will cele-j brate the Levy drive from Nov. 5-1 11; H. M. Lyon's Southeastern dis-j trict, Nov. 12-18; Sol M. Sachs'l Southwestern, Dec. 3-9; Herb Mac1 Intyre's Northeastern, Dec. 10-16.1 Series will conclude with the Eastj Central district, under Nat Levy, paying tribute Dec. 10-16. Best wishes from THE FILM DAILY to the following on their birthday: NOVEMBER 3 James Dunn Ford Sterling Paul Panzer