The Film Daily (1938)

<Wia? Tuesday, November 29, 1938 JOHN W. ALICOATE 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, BRyant 9-7117, 97118, 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. Paris— P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. Mexico City — Marco-Aurelio Galinde, Depto. 19, 5A, Dr. Lucio No. 102. Mexico, D.F. Buenos Aires — Chas. de Cruz, Heraldo Del Cinematografista, Corrientes 1309. f mnnciflL NEW YORK STOCK Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. . East. Kodak do pfd Gen. Th. Eq Loew's, Inc Paramount Faramount 1st pfd.. . Paramount 2nd pfd.. Pathe Film RKO 20th Century-Fox 20th Century-Fox pfd. Univ. Pict. pfd Warner Bros do pfd NEW YORK Loew 6s 41 -ww Para. Picts. 6s55 . . . Para. Picts. cv. 3V4s47 RKO 6s41 Warner's 6s39 Warner's 6s39 ctfs.. NEW YORK Grand National Monogram Picts. . . . Sonotone Corp Technicolor Trans-Lux High V8l/2 16'/4 2 11 179 1 170 1 147/8 58 i/z 101/4 91 II 1/8 111/4 21/2 26 343/4 65 6 371/2 BOND 1023/g 1 99 82 76 91 90 CURB 5-16 1% 13/4 20 21/4 MARKET Net Low Close Chg. 18V2 l8i/2 _ i/8 15 151/2 — 3/4 13/4 2 + Vs 101/2 10'/2 — '/J 78i/2 1781/2 — 1 70 170 14 14—1 561/z 571/4 — % 97/8 10 — % 91 91—1 105/g 10% — 'A 1034 11 23/8 23/g — 1/g 255/s 26 + 1/4 343/4 343/4 65 65—2 53/4 5% — Va 37 37—2 MARKET O21/4 IO21/4 — i/8 99 99 82 82 — Vs 75 76 — 1 901/2 901/2 — 1/2 893/4 90 MARKET 5-16 5-16 13/4 13/4 15/8 15/8 195/a 20 + 1/2 21/4 21/4 — Vs Vs Boris Morros Leaving Para. Studios in January West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Boris Morros, head of Paramount's music department, announced yesterday that he will leave the studio at the termination of his contract in January. WbklzMi14>*mL 'J FILM LIBRARY ■ -: STOCK SHOTS of Every Possible Description Conveniently Catalogued. ■ ■ 729 SEVENTH AVE. N.Y.C. . BRYANT 9-5600 ■ • • • FOURTH ANNUAL Newspaper National Snapshots Awards will be exhibited in the Grand Lounge of Radio City Music Hall commencing Thursday, Dec. 8 under sponsorship of the HeraldTribune, the cream of the nation's best amateur photographs will be on display for four weeks the winning 137 snapshots were selected from hundreds of thousands of entries in a national competition in which 104 newspapers in the nation participated more, than $10,000 in cash prizes will be represented in the exhibits a small town clerk in Michigan copped first prize of $1,500. beating the pick of the nation's amateur photographers with his entry ▼ V T • • • BACKED by the city council, the school students of Knoxville, Tennessee, now have movie appreciation classes in the local theaters on Saturday mornings the better films will be shown and interpreted by competent people a three months' trial of the idea is planned. . . • Joseph Schenck will play a prominent part as vice-chairman of the campaign committee in the drive for a permanent field organization for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis T T T • • • HONORED Harry Kalmine. zone manager for Warners' Theaters in the Pittsburgh territory he has been placed in charge of all entertainment for the Veterans' Hospital in Aspinwall. Pa. by the State Commander Harry is Commander of the local Variety Post of the American Legion on the first Wednesday of each month the Varety Club puts on a show for the veterans at the hospital. . . • Henry Major, well known caricaturist of "Hollywood Celebrities." will hold his first exhibition of oil paintings at the Reinhardt Galleries from Dec. 6 to 27. . . • Jennie Goldstein's first picture. 'Two Sisters," in Yiddish, opens at the Continental tonite Benny Blake is the producer. . . • Rouben Mamoulian. director of Columbia's "Golden Boy," will compare stage and screen technique in an address at the Museum of Modem Art this evening COfllMG ADD GOInG Y. FRANK FREEMAN left for the Coast yesterday. DAVID O. SELZNICK, president of Selznick International and MRS. SELZNICK, left for the Coast last night on the Golden Arrow. ALEXANDER KORDA is scheduled to sa 17. om England Saturday on the Normandie fo -inferences here with United Artists execs. _^ ;C1, JOSEPH BERNHARD, Warner theater jd, and HARRY COLDBERG, director of advertising and publicity for theater department, left New York yesterday for Chicago. GORDON S. MITCHELL, manager of the Research Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is in New York. ARTHUR A. LEE, vice-president and general manager of Gaumont British, leaves today for visits to the company's branches in Buffalo, Detroit and Cleveland. He returns the end of the week. WILLIAM SEITER, 20th-Fox director, and his wife, arrived yesterday on the Santa Elena after a vacation cruise. WILLIAM F. BARRETT, home office representative of Gaumont British, left New York yesterday to visit Washington, Indianapolis, St. Louis and several other Midwestern branches. DONALD M. MERSEREAU, general manager of THE FILM DAILY and RADIO DAILY, returns from Hollywood and Chicago tomorrow. ARTHUR W. EDDY and MRS. EDDY are at the Park Central; they leave for the Coast Saturday. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR., expects to sail for New York Saturday on the Normandie. 'Californian" to be First Fairbanks UA Production First picture to be produced by Douglas Fairbanks for United Artists release in 1939 will be "The Californian," with Raoul Walsh set as the director, it was learned yesterday. Fairbanks and Montague Marks, associated with him in the production venture, sailed for England last week, but will return here shortly after the first of the year. Pix is scheduled to go into production in January. However, it is very probable that Fairbanks may have to make arrangements for production facilities outside of the United Artists plant, as heavy schedule will get under way there by UA producers around January 1. It is likely that other two pix will be made at UA plant. Principals in cast are set and work on the story has been completed for first pix, but no announcement of cast will be made until Fairbank's return, it was said. 61 New Members Are Added By N. Y. Allied in 3 Weeks Allied of New York has added 61 new members during the last three weeks, it was learned yesterday. Most of the new members were obtained in the Buffalo territory. The New York unit expects approximately 200 persons at its state meeting in Buffalo next Monday. All major companies, as well as the independents, are sending representatives to the meeting. Korda and Fairbanks, Jr., Sailing for N. Y. Saturday Alexander Korda and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., have booked passage on the Normandie sailing from England next Saturday and arriving in New York Dec. 8. It was said at the United Artists home office yesterday that the company's annual stockholders' meeting would be held during Korda's stay here, but no date has been set. Arthur and David Loew Return to N. Y. Dec. 27 Arthur Loew, vice-president in charge of Loew's foreign department, returns to New York Dec. 27 from a South American tour. With David Loew, who is vacationing, he arrived in Buenos Aires from Santiago yesterday by plane. They | will head north on Dec. 6. Both Loews are accompanied by their wives. AT&T Gets 10 Days More Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — The FCC has granted the AT&T an extension of 10 days in which to file briefs in the investigation being conducted by the Commission. The company has asked for two weeks or more. Best wishes from THE FILM DAILY to the following on their birthday: NOVEMBER 29 Harold Beaudine Mildred Harris Rod La Rocque Kay Johnson Genevieve Tobin Naomi Ruth Stevens Louise J. Reider