The Film Daily (1940)

Tuesday, October 29, 1940 « wasmrat -^»a Wfll ■j i ViB|i[ Vol. 78, No. 85 Tues., Oct. 29, 1940 10 Cents 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 mouths, $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 ItRyant 9-7117, 9-7118, 9-7119, 9-7120, 9-7121. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Representatives: HOLLYWOOD, Calif. Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. LONDON-Ernest W. Fred man, The Film Renter, 127 133 War.lour St. W. I. PARIS— P. A. Ha He, La Cinematog rapine Francaise, 29 Rue Marsoulan (12) MEXICO CITY — Marco Aurelio Galindo Depto. 215, Calle del Sindicalismo, 99 Tacubayo, D. F. FINANCIAL {Monday, Oct. 28) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close < Am. Seat Col. Picts. vtc. (2l/2%) Columbia Picts. pfd Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. 85/8 8V2 85/g + East. Kodak 133 132'/2 133 do pfd 176 176 176 Cen. Th. Eq 11 11 11 + Loew's, Inc 27 26% 26% — do pfd. 8% 83/8 103A 10% 2'/2 2i/2 5% 5% Paramount 8% Para. 1st pfd 91% 91% 91% Para. 2nd pfd 10 Pathe Film 107/8 RKO 2i/2 20th Century-Fox . . 6 20th Century-Fox pfd Univ. Pict. pfd Warner Bros 25/8 2'/2 2i/2 — do pfd 373/g 371/4 371/4 + NEW YORK BOND MARKET Keith B. F. ref. 6s46 Loew's deb. 3'/2s46.103% 103% 103% + Para. B'way 3s55... 47 Vi 47% 47V2 .. Para. Picts. 6s55 Para. Picts. cv. 3 i/4s47 92% 92% 92% — Warner Bros. dbs. 6s48 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts Sonotone Corp 17/g 1% 1% + Technicolor 9V4 9l/4 9l/4 . . Trans-Lux Universal Corp. vtc Universal Picts Postpone Skouras Trial Trial of the action against George P. Skouras, Skouras Theaters Corp., Ktima Corp., and Harvey B. Newins was postponed yesterday to Nov. 6 by Federal Judge John T. Clancy. GENERAL FILM LIBRARY. INC. ^^.-OOOO^CVv^ Cecil B. DeMille's "NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE" tops his Union Pacific" in 10 keys! Newman, Kansas City . 3 days— 40% more than "U. P." Majestic, Houston . . 3 days— 46% more than "U. ?.'' Malco, Memphis . . 3 days— 95% more than "U. P." Chicago, Chicago . . 3 days— 150% more than "U. P." Strand, Providence . 3 days— 50% more than "U. P." Palace and Wisconsin, Milwaukee 2 days— 200% more than "U. P." 20% more than "U. P." 70% more than "U. P." 70% more than "U. P." 40% more than "U. P." Paramount, Portland . 2 daysPalace, Youngstown . 2 daysState, Portland, Me. . 3 days Qenham, Denver . . 2 days comsno add goirg JACK L. WARNER and ANATOL LITVAK leave for the Coast today. CHARLIE CHAPLIN takes the Twentieth Century Limited back to the Coast tonight. W. C. GEHRING, Central division manager for 20th-Fox, leaves tonight for Chicago to negotiate circuit deals. HAROLD RODNER, Warner theaters exec, has returned to the home office from a visit to Philadelphia and Chicago. JOHN W. CONSIDINE, JR., Metro producer, left New York Sunday to return to the Coast. CAPT. MILTON V. O'CONNELL, U.S.M.C, of H. A. Bruno and Associates, leaves his post Thursday for Quantico, Va., for active duty with the Marines. RUTH SCHWERIN, film publicist, is en route to Hollywood from New York. LOUIS DeROCHEMONT, editor of The March of Time, returns to New York on Monday from a brief New England vacation. EMERSON YORKE, shorts producer, returned to New York on the week-end from New England. MADELEINE CARROLL is scheduled to arrive from Montreal late today or tomorrow. JOSEPH McCONVlLLE, JACK SECAL and CHARLES ROBERTS arrived in Buenos Aires over the week-end. They were accompanied from Rio by LOUIS GOLDSTEIN, Columbia's South American manager. S. CHARLES EINFELD departs for the Burbank studio Friday. HARRY REINER, RKO exploiteer, is in Hartford. ATHAN PRAKAS of the Rivoli, Bridgeport, is a New York visitor. JOAN BENNETT left for Hollywood yesterday, FRANCES LANGFORD and her husband, JON HALL, leave for a vacation in Florida as soon as they complete their p.a. at the Paramount Theater. HARRY (PARKYAKARKUS) EINSTEIN is here from the Coast for a few days. SOL DOLCIN, Warner commercial tie-up manager, has returned to the studio after a fiveweek stay here on business. LOUELLA O. PARSONS, DR. H. W. MARTIN, BRENDA JOYCE, ILONA MASSEY, ALAN CURTIS, JACK MULCAHY, WILLIAM T. ORR, ROBERT STACK, AUSTIN MENZIES, SABU and SHEIK DASTAGIR are stopping at the Warwick. PATRICIA ELLIS is at the Sherry Netherland. FLOSSIE FREEDMAN, British dramatic teacher, is en route to the Coast. STEPIN FETCHIT is here from the Coast. JACK KIRSCH is here from Chicago. CLIFF WORK, Universal studio chief, is in town for home office conferences. DAVE PALFREYMAN, of the MPPDA, and H. M. RICHEY, of M-G-M, leave today for the ITO of Ohio convention in Columbus. CORDON MITCHELL, head of the Research Council of the M. P. Academy, has returned to Hollywood from Washington where as a Captain in the U. S. Signal Corps Reserve, he was in active duty for several weeks. Charge RCA Loan to RKO Was Illegal is Dismissed A charge that RCA made an illegal loan of $11,000,000 to RKO in 1931 was dismissed yesterday by New York Supreme Court Justice Bernard L. Shientag in ruling on a complaint of 12 stockholders filed against RCA, its officers and a number of other companies. The Court held that the claim (t* an improper loan was barred by thSl Statute of Limitations because the transaction occurred over six years ago. A number of other charges in the suit were dismissed at the same time. Friars Club of Boston Becoming Variety Club Boston— The Friars Club of Boston will affiliate with the National Variety Clubs of America as Tent No. 23 as soon as merger plans can be completed. Friars Club is six years old, with Steve Broidy as prexy. Headquarters are in the Statler Hotel. John H. Harris, national chief barker, and Bob O'Donnell addressed the Friars meeting at which the action was taken. Booking Shorts for Election Night Bills Hundrdes of Columbia's accounts are booking complete shorts programs to run Election Night, it was said yesterday by M. J. Weisfeldt, company's shorts sales head. Exhibs. will start the shows at 9 p.m. and continue through midnight, announcing latest elections returns from the stage between each reel. Columbia's "Community Sing" reels are being largely booked. Geo. Dillon to Warner H. O. George Dillon, former New Zealand manager for Warners, has been transferred to the domestic distribution department, operating through West Virginia out of Cincinnati. James Schmidt has returned to the home office. =eSAN FRANCISCO'S^ Most Outstanding Downtown Hotel Visit the world famous Persian Room and enjoy dancing to the nation's leading orchestras. Rates From $4 up, Daily POWELL at SUTTER