The Film Daily (1938)

Cf*\DilLY Tuesday, November 8, 193 Vol. 74, No. 100 Tues., Nov. 8, 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, 642'5 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 War dour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne, Rauchstr, 4. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour des-Noues, 19. f innnciAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Am. Seat 23 '/g Columbia Picts. vtc. 18% Columbia Picts. pfd.. 32% Con. Fm. Ind 2% Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. 113/8 East. Kodak 185 1 do pfd Cen. Th. Eq 16% Loew's, Inc 59% do pfd Paramount 12 Paramount 1st pfd... 99]/2 Paramount 2nd pfd.. 12'/8 Pathe Film 13% Net Low Close Chg. 22 22% + 7/8 18 18i/2 + % 32% 32% + % 2% 2% 11% + % 11 833/4 185 " + l'/z 16 I61/2 + % 59 593/4 + % 11% 113/4 RKO 20th Century-Fox 20th Century-Fox pfd. Univ. Pict. pfd 3 265/8 36 633/4 Warner Bros 7% do pfd 40 NEW YORK BOND Keith A-0 6s4S 94 Loew 6s 41-ww. .. .1021/2 1 Para. B'way 3s55 Para. Picts. 6s55 99 Para. Picts. cv. 3%s47 RKO 6s41 7834 Warner's 6s39 90% NEW YORK CURB Grand National .... % Monogram Picts Sonotone Corp 1 % Technicolor 22% Trans-Lux 2% Universal Picts 98 12 13 2% 26% 991/2 + 1 12 131/4 3 + % 26% + % 351/2 351/2 + % 61 633/4 + 33/4 7 + % 40 + 1 MARKET 94 94—1 02 102% + 1/4 6% 40 98% 99 + 1 — 1 78 78 90 90 MARKET '/4 V4 — % '% 11/2 + % 21% 22% + % 2% 2% — % No "U"-Saenger Deal? New Orleans — Deal between Universal, Saenger, United Theaters and Saenger affiliates appears unlikely this season it is reported. Specialists for 2 J years in the storage of valuable film. LLOYDS FILM STORAGE CORR 729 SEVENTH ME. N.Y.C. BRyant 9-560O Horror Pix Cycle Sweeps The Midwest Territory Cincinnati — Lee Goldberg, prexy Big Features' Rights Corp., announces unusual success with "horror" pictures, three of which have been booked with RKO: "Stranger of the Night," "The Death Kiss," and "Vampire Bat." "Horrors" in dual showing are predominant in many mid-western houses. Big Features is also distributing "Murder at Midnite," "The Bat Whispers," "The Monster Walks," "Midnight Phantom," "Return of Chandu," "The Ghost Walks," "The Living Dead," "The House of Secrets,'' and "The Crooked Circle." The recent success of "Frankenstein" and "Dracula," breaking a nine-year house record in a revival at RKO Lyric, started the cycle. Gene Autry and His Hoss In Chi. Dept. Store P. A. Chicago — Goldblatt Brothers, large State St. department store, had Gene Autry and his horse, Champion, in for a p.a. Monday afternoon. Store also tied up with the RKO Palace Theater this week, by offering a matinee price reduction to the kiddies at 15 cents a head, if purchased at the store. It's the first time a State St. store has sold film theater tickets. Sherman Plans $750,000 Pix on Al Jennings Life Oklahoma City — Harry Sherman will bring a company here next Spring to shoot a pix based on the life of Al Jennings, Oklahoma exbad man, with Jennings himself supplying the story. Film will be budgeted at $750,000, according to Sherman. Dismiss Certiorari Writ Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — The U. S. Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the writ of certiorari in the case of Texas Consolidated Theaters, Inc., vs. S. H. Pittman, charging the costs against the petitioner, Texas Consolidated. The case involved damages recovered by Pittman due to an injury to his wife in one of the petitioner's theaters. The appeal arose when the parties arrived at a settlement while the case was still before the Circuit Court of Appeals. Rep. Wins Plagiarism Suit West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Superior Court jury yesterday returned a verdict in favor of Republic in a plagiarism suit by Philip P. Noyer against the studio. Noyer alleged that the Republic film "Arson Racket Squad" was based upon a story idea which he claims he had submitted to the studio. N. J. Allied Sets Locales for its Monthly Meetings Allied of New Jersey has set locales for its monthly meetings to July, with the next session scheduled for Nov. 29 in Newton. Under the new setup, New Jersey Allied will hold meetings in different parts of the state each month. Passaic will be the scene of the December meeting and Trenton has been selected for January. The counties in which the others are to be held are as follows: Essex county, February; Middlesex county, March; Camden county, April; Union county, May; Gloucester county, June, and Monmouth county, July. Disclose Scope of Richey RKO Duties on Thursday Details of duties to be performed by H. M. Richey as director of exhibitor relations for RKO will be explained at a press conference, probably on Thursday. Richey, who took over his new duties yesterday, said that his post was an unusual one and an innovation in the industry. Richey is occupying a temporary office on the 14th floor of the RKO Bldg. Social Research School Hears Talk by Howard William K. Howard, film producer, spoke last evening on the sixth of the series of programs being conducted by Sidney Kaufman of M-GM at the New School for Social Research, 66 West 12th St. Topic of Howard's address was "Special Problems of Production in the East." Future scheduled speakers on film affairs include Walter Wanger, Dudley Nichols, Howard Dietz, Frank Nugent, and Clifford Odets. Augmenting the Howard talk was showing of the film ad drive's special film, "The World Is Ours." Pizor Home Next Week Lewen Pizor, UMPTO leader, who was stricken and taken to a hospital in Oklahoma City during the MPTOA convention, is expected to return to his Philadelphia home the latter part of next week. His condition is reported to be improving steadily. Roxy Sets Pfd. Dividend The Board of Directors of Roxy Theater, Inc., at its meeting yesterday declared a quarterly dividend of 37% c per share on the outstanding Preferred Stock of the Corporation, payable Dec. 1, to stockholders of record at the close of business on Nov. 17. SWG Elects Tomorrow West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Election of the Screen Writers Guild will be held tomorrow. i coming mid coin NICHOLAS M. SCHENCK, M-G-M chieftain returned from the Coast yesterday. BARNEY BALABAN, STANTON CRIFFIS an RUSSELL HOLMAN, are scheduled to leav the Coast today for New York after studi conferences. DON M. MERSEREAU, general mar. ® THE FILM DAILY and RADIO DAILY, Teave New York on Thursday for the Coast. JOHN W. HICKS, JR., vice-president it charge of Paramount's foreign department, h scheduled to arrive here Dec. 22 from England. ED KUYKENDALL, MPTOA prexy, deferre< his arrival in New York until today. HAL B. WALLIS, Warner production executive, arrives from the Coast today. ARTHUR S. DICKINSON, head of the conservation department of MPPDA, returned tc New York yesterday from the recent SMPE; convention in Detroit, where he was elected, financial v.-p. of that body. EVERETT RISKIN, Columbia producer, ar-.1 rived from the Coast yesterday. DAVE PALFREYMAN, MPPDA's theater con-3 tact executive, returned yesterday to Newl] York from the MPTOA convention. SAM MARX, Columbia's Coast story editor, who has been in New York for several weeks, J has cancelled plans to leave for Hollywood this;! week. CASEY ROBINSON, Warner writer, arrived: from the Coast yesterday for a short visit. SIDNEY LANFIELD, 20th-Fox director, has) arrived in New York for a vacation and a look at the new plays. He expects to be here about three weeks. SIDNEY FRANKLIN, manager of the Little! Theater, Newark, has sailed on the Carinthia for a vacation. TYRONE POWER leaves Hollywood today on i the first leg of a 20,000-mile plane trip to' South America and return. ROBERT BENCHLEY, actor and author, ar-1 rived from the Coast yesterday on the City 'i of Norfolk. JOE WALSH, RKO Pathe Sportscope director, has left for Pinehurst to arrange for a film about archery. FREDRIC MARCH, who has just completed a role in Walter Wanger's "Trade Winds," has arrived from the Coast for a vacation. LAURENCE OLIVIER, English actor, arrives this week on the Normandie to appear in "Wuthering Heights" for Samuel Coldwyn. EDWARD GOLDEN, Monogram vice-president, is vacationing on the Coast. Plan Holiday Fund Show Chicago — Capa officials are meeting today to arrange for holdiay shows, to be given by the film theaters here to help the Christmas basket funds. Morris Leonard, president of the Exhibitors Association, will be chairman of the holiday fund committee. Harold Moffet Dies Harold LeRoy Moffet, 46, actor, died yesterday in Mt. Sinai Hospital. WEDDING BELLS Richmond, Va. — Ruth Benton, cashier of the Bellevue Theater, will be married on Thursday to William Sikkellee. They will honeymoon in New Jersey and points north.