The Film Daily (1939)

'■ W "\ DAILY Tuesday, December 19, 19391 Vol. 76, No. 119 Tues., Dec. 19, 1939 lOCents 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 BRyant 9-7117, 9-7118, 9-7119, 9-7120, 9-7121. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Representatives: HOLLYWOOD, Calif.— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood B'.vd., Phone Granite 6607. LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. I. PARIS— P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, 29 Rue Marsoulan (12). MEXICO CITY — Marco-Aurelio Galindo, Av. Coyoacan No. 100B, Mexico, D. F. BUENOS AIRES— Chas de Cruz, Heraldo Del Cinematografista, Corrientes 1309. nnnnciflL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat lO'/i 10'/2 10V2 Col. Picts. vtc. (2V2%) 6i/2 6i/4 6V4 + Vs Columbia Picts. pfd.. 16% 16V2 16% + % Con. Fm. Ind 1 1 1 Ccn. Fm. Ind. pfd... 8% 8'/4 8'A — Vz East. Kodak do pfd 174 174 174 + 1% Gen. Th. Eq 10% 10Vi 10Vi — Vs Loew's, Inc 33 32% 32% — % do pfd 104 104 104 Paramount 7% 7% 7V4 — % Paramount 1st pfd Paramount 2nd pfd.. . 8% 8% 8% Pathe Film 10i/2 10% 10% RKO 1% 1% 13/8 20th Century-Fox .. 12'/8 12 12 20th Century-Fox pfd. 23 23 23 — % Univ. Pict. pfd 70 70 70 Warner Bros 3% 3% 3% do pfd NEW YORK BOND MARKET Keith B. F. ref. 6s46 Loew's deb. 3i/2s46. 102V4 102 102V4 + % Para. B'way 3s55... 45% 45% 45% + % Para. Picts. 6s55 Para. Picts. cv. 3 i/4s47 85% 85 85—1 RKO 6s41 Warner Bros.' cv. 6s39 Warner Bros.' dbs. 6s48 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts Sonotone Corp 1% 1% 1% Technicolor 14% 14% 14% + % Trans-Lux 1 % 1 % 1 % + % Universal Corp. vtc. 2% 2% 2% Universal Picts N. Y. OVER-THE-COUNTER SECURITIES Bid Asked Pathe Film 7 pfd 100% 104 Fox Thea. Office Bldg. 1st '46 Loew's Thea. Realty 6s 1st '47 Met. Playhouse, Inc. 2nd deb. '45.. 69 71 Roxy Thea. Bldg. 4s 1st '57 SAFETY LLOYDS FILM STORAGE CORP. Storage by Reel or Vault 729 Seventh Ave. New York City BRyant 9-5600 SECURITY Special Session Threat Continues In Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wis. — Threat of a special Legislative session to raise funds continues to exist. Latest group to request a special session is the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor (AFL), which urged Gov. Julius P. Heil to call a special session to raise new revenue by a revision of income and inheritance taxes. The Federation said that the state faces a $17,000,000 shortage during the 1939-41 biennium, and that present administration proposals to meet the deficit would fail to balance the budget. Charges have been made by various groups that the present administration is deliberately setting the stage for a sales tax. Such a tax would meet with strong opposition from Wisconsin exhibitors. Sirovich Funeral Rites to be Conducted Today Funeral rites for Rep. William I. Sirovich, 57, physician, playwright and widely known in the industry because of his legislative activities, will be held today in Gramercy Park Memorial Chapel. Death on Sunday was due to a heart attack. From 1932, Sirovich at various times was in the industry eye due to his sponsorship of copyright legislation, introduction (in 1933) of a Congressional resolution for a film industry probe, instigation of a patent investigation and his socalled Fine Arts bill. Universale Completed Pix Are Announced by Blumberg Four important Universal pictures are completed and ready for release dates, President Nate Blumberg announced yesterday following a weekend meeting of district managers. The finished product includes "Green Hell," "Charley McCarthy, Detective," "The Invisible Man Returns" and "Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love." Nearing completion, Blumberg said, was "My Little Chickadee," with Mae West and W. C. Fields. Two Deanna Durbin picture, "It Happened in Kaloa" and "Spring Parade," were announced among the top bracketed product to come. Others are Bing Crosby and Gloria Jean in "If I Had My Way," "The Boys From Syracuse," starring the Ritz Brothers, Loretta Young in Tay Garnett's "World Cruise," Bob Burns in "Alias the Deacon," "Sandy is a Lady," with Baby Sandy, one Irene Dunne picture and "The House of Seven Gables." Court Denies Picketing Injunction to F & M St. Louis — Circuit Judge Nott at Clayton yesterday denied pleas of the Fanchon & Mirco Service Co., the Eden Theater Corp. and the St. Louis Amusement Co. for orders enjoining the members and officers of the projectionists' union Local No. 143 from picketing the Fox and six neighborhood and suburban houses. The decision is another court victory for the anti-Nick faction and the union. In St. Louis yesterday, before Circuit Judge Oakley, the hearing to determine whether a permanent iniunction should be issued against John P. Nick and Clyde A. Weston, to prevent them from interfering in the affairs of the union was resumed. Loew's London Theaters Outside" Negotiations Heywood Broun Dies Heywood Broun, 51, president of +he American Newspaper Guild and famed columnist, died yesterday at Farkness Pavilion, Medical Center, •^fter a brief illness from pneumonia. Mrs. Broun, the former Connie Madison, actress, and his son by his first marriage, Heywood Hale Broun, survive. Solemn high requiem mass for Broun will be celebrated in St. Patrick's Cathedral tomorrow at 10 a.m. in Montreal — Shareholders of Loew's London Theaters Ltd., of London, Ont., at the annual meeting instructed the directors to negotiate with a group or groups outside of the company's present connection with a view to making new bookings and new management of the theaters. Directors were asked to report to a special meeting within two months. The president, Marcus Aylsworth, said the directors hoped to be able to establish a regular preferred dividend rate, and mentioned five per cent as the objective, although to do this considerable economies would be necessary. Reports were adopted and directors re-elected. GN Sales Manager Will Visit Five Exchanges In anticipation of Grand National's renewed activity, Sol Edwards, sales manager, leaves today on a tour of five exchanges to stimulate sales and prepare the field men for an influx of product. Edwards will visit Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Buffalo. Zukor Coming to New York: Sailing With Hicks Jan. 12 Adolph Zukor will arrive in New York early in January and will sail with John W. Hicks, head of Paramount's foreign department, on Jan. 12 for a tour of South American key cities. Films Only at the Earle Philadelphia— The Earle Theater opens with pictures only policy Saturday. cominG mid Gome NICHOLAS M. SCHENCK, SIDNEY R. KENT MRS. KENT, MURRAY SILVERSTONE and JACK COHN, arrived from the Coast yesterday on the Century. JOSEPH BERNHARD, general manager of Warner theaters, left last night for Cleiggnnd tc Suddle with Warner managers in thal^Britory He holds a zone managers' meeting in New Haven before he returns to New York tomor 'OW. SOL EDWARDS, Grand National sales manager, eaves today for a tour of the company's i changes. DAVID O. SELZNICK leaves for the Coast tomorrow by train. RUSSELL BIRDWELL. VIVIEN LEICH and LAURENCE OLIVIER plane out for Hollywood tomorrow via TWA. FRANK DONOVAN, production manager ofl Pathe News, is in Bermuda with a technical I crew to film a "Reelism" on a winter vaca | tion cruise. JACK HIVELY, RKO director, is at the Waldorf. FRANK TUTTLE, director, leaves the Coast this week for New York. GEORGE RAFT returns to Hollywood today after a vacation here. RALPH DIETRICH and BURT CLENNON have f returned to Hollywood after a trip to South V America for material for a new picture. HENRY KING has returned to the Coast after a vacation here. ROGER MARCHETTI has arrived from Hollywood. CHARLES RUGGLES is in Chicago, en route to New York from the Coast. DAVE MILLER. Universal district manager out of Cleveland, JOHN SCULLY, Buffalo b.m. and JOE ENGEL, Albany b.m., have returned to their respective stations after calling on the Schine ! Circuit, Cloversville. Miller and Engel also called on Mike Kallet at Oneida. FERDINAND V. LUPORINI, importer and exporter of films, returns Dec. 23 on the S.S. Uruguay, after a two months' survey trip of the Latin American countries. Walter Reade, Jr., Will Enter Advertising Field Albany — Walter Reade, Jr., son of the prominent New York and New Jersey film circuit operator, is entering the general advertising business, it is learned here via the licensing by the State Secretary's offices of the firm of Reade, Obler & Daniels, Inc. Incorporation papers disclose Reade, Jr., H. H. Daniels, Jr., and J. H. Greenhut, of 701 Seventh Ave., New York City, as the directors. 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