The Film Daily (1938)

riday, December 9, 1938 FilU DAILY 11 VORLD-WIDE, GB AND 20TH-F0X DEAL NEXT? (Continued from Page 1) istribution of the British company's •roduct, although a separate deal 3 this end may be effectuated. Presnt deal calls for distribution by Oth-Fox throughout the United !tat-=cmd the United Kingdom. GB contract for their present uarters runs until March, and Lee rill maintain his office there. No fficial status for Lee under the new etup was announced yesterday. Official announcement of the deal, nade jointly by Kent and Lee, tated it was "in the interests of conomy." "We have handled the physical listribution of Gaumont-British for everal years in this country," said Cent. "Naturally, there has been onsiderable duplication of costs in his arrangement, so, under the new )lan, we will be able to make sev;ral economies both for GaumontBritish and ourselves." Complete details of the deal were irst printed in The Film Daily on Thursday. Notice will be given to ill employes of GB today that their services end, with exception of a skeleton staff in home office. Noyces were sent to the field forces >y night letter on Wednesday. Harry Hummed New Prexy of New York Film Board (Continued f'-om Pane 1) 0 vas elected president to succeed Leo Ahrams of Universal. Hummell iformerly was first vice-president. ii;Jack Bowen of M-G-M was re o sleeted treasurer. Other new officers include Edward " Bell, Paramount, first vice-president; Robert Pannon, Republic, second vice-president; Myron Sattler, Paramount, secretary, and David Levy, M-G-M, sergeant-at-arms. Installation of officers will be held in January. "Edge" Set in Philly "Edge of the World," being distributed in this country by Pax Films, has been booked into the Studio Theater in Philadelphia. A states rights deal is also pending in New England. NEWS AS SEEN BY THE PRESS AGENT When going anywhere in an auto, Freddie Bartholomew invariably sits in front with the driver. — M-G-M. News Flashes OSS Coast Wires West Coast Bureau of THE FILM (DAILY Hollywood — News o' the day: Warners will film "Elizabeth, the Queen" in Technicolor next spring. . . Dolores Costello will be opposite Adolphe Menjou in Ed Small's "King of the Turf". . . Metro will film Rowland Brown's "Ten Penny Crosses". . . Paramount has cast Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray in "Angel in Furs". . . Monogram has bought "Little Big House" by N. S. Hall and Ray Trampe for Frankie Darro. . . Sammy Lee is rehearsing 100 boys and girls in the LaConga for Metro's "Honolulu". . . Hitting a new production high, Leon Schlesinger is completing six cartoons in a month. . . Wilbur G. Kurtz of Atlanta is here to serve as technical adviser on "Cone With the Wind". . . Jack Chertok flies to New York shortly after Jan. 1 to produce the balance of the Bob Benchley shorts and four others in the East. — WILK. Dallas Refugee Benefit Nets More Than $70,000 (Continued from Page 1) and an unidentified woman handed to R. J. O'Donnell in the Interstate offices an envelope containing 10 $100 bills. Collections in the theaters and in the lobbies was large. Sales of tickets for the benefit fund are still coming in from various remote villages and rural districts. Theater Men Give $16,000 to Jewish Charities Fed. Approximately $16,000 was pledged to the Federation of Jewish Charities by New York theater men yesterday at a meeting at the Hotel Astor. A plea for support was made bv Postmaster Goldman who said that both Jewish and Christian citizens were contributing to the cause. Among the larger donations were those of Harry and Billv Brandt, who gave $1,000 each: C. C. Moskowitz, $1,000; Walter Reade. $2,250 and Si Fabian, $1,000. Boston Trans-Lux Plan Nets Refugees $25,000 Boston — Acting upon instructions from Major Leslie E. Thompson, nresident of the Trans-Lux Corp. of New York, and Percy Furber, board chairman, the manager of the local Trans-Lux Theater, A. W Lauder, announced here yesterday that 100,000 tickets of admission have been nlaced at the disposal of Catholic, Protestant and Jewish organizations, to be converted into a cash fund of $25,000 for the relief of German refugees. Books of ten tickets, each ticket priced at 25c, the regular price of admission to the theater, will be sold for $2.50 by the members of the selected organizations. Unique feature of the plan is that none of the money received will even pass through the hands of the tickets' donors. Named Hoffberg Rep. Miss Helen Mindlin has been appointed as special representative of J. H. Hoffberg Co., Inc., for the West Coast and Hawaii to handle 16 mm. releases of the company's new product. Forecasts Extensive Use of Academy's "Balancing Loop" Widespread use of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' new "balancing loop," device perfected by the Academy's Research Council to test recording equipment in theaters, was forecast yesterday by Gordon S. Mitchell, manager of the Research Council, who leaves for the Coast tomorrow after a two-week stay here. Mitchell revealed that some 600 of the devices had already been put into use by exhibitors here in Canada, and described the reception by exhibs. as being excellent. Mitchell studied different aspects of television while here and went through the RCA and DuMont plants as well as conferring with execs, of these organizations. He also conferred with Eastern committees on theater, studio and laboratory equipment. ITOA PLANS GENERAL REFORM DISCUSSION (Continued from Page 1) of the draft, preparatory to a general committee meeting later in the month. Kuykendall leaves tonight for the Tri-State meeting in Memphis. He will then go to his home in Columbus, Miss., and may return to New York shortly after Christmas for a meeting of the committee. Marlene Dietrich Won't Make "George Sand" Now West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Inasmuch as Frank Capra is preparing another picture, Marlene Dietrich has decided that she will not do "George Sand" for the time being. Should Columbia decide to make the picture later, she will play the part. She will make one picture in France in early spring. Paris — (By Cable) — There seems to be more than a remote possibility that Josef von Sternberg may direct Marlene Dietrich in the picture which she will make next spring for Forrester-Parant. The film will have a French and an English version. It is reported that Miss Dietrich will receive a salary of 4,000,000 francs ($100,000). D. B etective Mel t ut her eyes?— he'd N, J she looks swell ew kind ot green, or hazel, or even brown ust the black-and-blue kind! »lvyn 0UGLAS • irginia lERE'S THAT WOMAN AGAIN 0LUMBIA M