The Film Daily (1933)

THE DAILV Thursday, July 20, 19 »iL IXIII, No. 16 Th«n„ July 20. 1833 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. M.IC0ATE : : : Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays it 1650 Broadway, New York, N. V., by Wids's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Associate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office at N«w 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, >650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., Phone, Circle 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn, Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL Vitaphone Studios Four Months Ahead (Continued from Page 1) product. Norman H. Moray, sales manager, says he will have 20 of the 1933-34 subjects in the branches no later than Aug. 15. National previews of these short subjects for the trade will be held in every exchange. Net Chg. Va NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Am. Seat 6'/2 6'/4 6i/4 Columbia Picts. vtc. 24'/2 23 23 Con. Fm. Ind 5'/g 4'/i 4% + Vs Con. Fm. Ind. pfd... 11% 1 1 y8 11% + Vs East. Kodak 86% 83 y4 85'A — V/i Fox Fm. "A" 45/g 4 4 — % Loew's, Inc 323/8 27l/2 28 1/4 — 1 V8 do pfd 781/s 78'/8 78'/8 + 3y8 Metro-Goldwyn, pfd. 19y2 19Vi 19'/2 — V2 Paramount ctfs 2% 2 2 Pathe Exch 23/8 2 2'/8 — Vs do "A" 9V4 87/8 9 — Vl RKO 41/2 4l/8 41/4 — % Warner Bros 8'/8 7'/8 7V8 — Vs do pfd 193/s I8I/4 I8V4 — 21/4 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. pfd. ...11-16 11-16 11-16 Technicolor 9'A 8'/2 8% + Va Trans-Lux 3 2% 2% — Vs NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40.. 9'A 8 8 Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. IVi 6l/2 6'/2 — % Keith A-0 6s46 . . . 61 58 61 + 3i/2 Loew 6s 41ww 84V4 83 83 — Va Paramount 6s 47 32'/2 30 30—1 Par. By. 5V2s51 40 37% 40 +3 Par. 5V2s50 32 293^ 2934 — 1 1/4 Par. 5'/2s50 ctfs.... 29l/4 29l/4 29 1/4 — % Pathe 7s37 87 87 87 +1 Warner's 6s39 39y8 38V2 38 Vi — Vi N. Y. PRODUCE EXCHANGE Para. Publix 2V8 2 2 — V8 New Incorporations Resolute Pictures Corp., Manhattan. Motion picture films, 200 shares. Harold J. Sherman. Eleanor Klein and Anne Kahn. Attorneys: Fitelson & Mayers, 1619 Broadway. Solar Talking Pictures, Ltd., Manhattan. All branches of the motion picture business; S10.000; Jac Ladau, Charles Goldman and Lillian Parson. Attorneys: Roeder, Roeder & Mopper 10 E. 40th St. W. K. D. Productions, Inc., Manhattan. Motion and sound pictures; $10,000; Isaac N. Weber, Larry Kent and Daniel Dorand. Attorney, Samuel W. Airman, 11 W. 42nd St. GodfreyWynn Agency Plans Branch Offices Branch offices in various important cities will be opened by Amalgamated Booking Service, headed by George A. Godfrey and affiliated with Amalgamated Broadcasting System, of which Ed Wynn is head. Wynn also is chairman of the executive committee of the agency, with Ota Gygi as vice-president. The plan is to interchange talent between radio and theaters. Godfrey, who formerly was prominent in RKO, has already lined up a string of independent houses for his new venture. BANCROFT WITH 20th CENTURY West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — George Bancroft has signed a long-term contract with 20th Century Pictures. His first starring vehicle will be "Blood Money." STATEWIDE CREDITORS' MEET Milwaukee — Creditors of the bankrupt Statewide Theaters,, Inc., operators of 12 houses in Wisconsin, will hold their first meeting July 27 in district court in the federal building here. Schedules of the bankrupt concern filed by G. N. Blatchford, treasurer, show liabilities of $65,303 and assets of $354,981. Of the assets, $113,379 is in cash and $212,559 is theater equipment. DENVER SALES CHANGES Denver — J. S. Hommell, former M-G-M exchange manager here, is now selling for United Artists; Sam Feinstein, former manager for Radio exchange, is on the Universal selling staff, and Guy Bradford, formerly with Metro in Kansas City, has been moved to Denver, where he will sell. WILL HAYS, JR., UNDER KNIFE West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Will H. Hays, Jr., underwent an emergency operation yesterday for appendicitis. It was a success and young Hays is reported making satisfactory progress. CLEVELAND BUSINESS UP Cleveland — Local theater managers report large increases in business for the past two weeks. The rise, against the season trend, reflects increased industrial employment. PERMIT MEN TO FIGHT Louis Waldman, attorney, has been retained by the permit men of Local 306, operators' union, to conduct their fight for recognition as full members. K. C. Ass'n Launches Fight Against Liability Racket (Continued from Pane 1) taking steps to combat the racket. In compiling data on all damage cases for comparative purposes, the association found that one person may be involved in several suits, or several suits may be filed by one firm of lawyers. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Larry Darmour Starting New "McGuire" Series West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — First of the new series of 12 "Mickey (Himself) McGuire" comedies to be produced by Larry Darmour for release next season by Columbia will go into work in about ten days. Addition of these two-reelers adapted from Fontaine Fox's popular comic strip was hailed by Sales Manager Abe Montague at Columbia's convention in Los Angeles last week. Montague stressed the value of suitable pictures for the kids and declared that seldom has there been so great a demand for sound and wholesome entertainment of this kind. Says European Studios , 5 Years Behind H'wood West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Although production in Europe has advanced greatly in the past year, studios over there are still about five years behind Hollywood, according to Richard Blumenthal, who arrived recently to supervised the French version of Maurice Chevalier's "The Way to Love." W. E. PASCHALL MOURNED Dallas — Expressions of condolence from all branches of the industry have been coming in for W. E. Paschall, head of Paschall Texas Theaters, killed in an auto crash Tuesday. Grover S. Campbell, district manager of the circuit of about 60 houses, also was injured. Paschall is survived by his wife and three sons. JACK McGOWAN AT M-G-M West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Jack McGowan, Broadway playwright, has been signed by M-G-M to write originals and dialogue. USHER KILLED IN HOLDUP Minneapolis — An attempted holdup of the Uptown Theater resulted in the killing of a former usher, Ted Fisher, who grappled with the bandit. STAUB TO DIRECT COMEDIES West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Ralph B. Staub, director and supervisor of Hollywood Screen Snapshots, will direct George Sydney and Charlie Murray in the new series of two-reel productions for Columbia. July 21-22: Fox Film Corp. special stockho ers' meeting, home office, New York July 21: Adjourned meeting of Publix I terprises creditors at office of Refei Henry K. Davis. July 22: Minneapolis film row employe picnic, Waconia, Minn. July 24-25: Code convention at Hotel Asl under auspices of National Association the Motion Picture Industry. July 25: Meeting of Allied Theaters of Ne Jersey at 2 P. M. July 28-29: Monogram western sales meetir San Francisco. July 28-31: Meeting of Independent Theat Supply Dealers' Association at Steve Hotel, Chicago. July 31 -Aug. 1: Warner sales meeting, Waldor Astoria Hotel, New York. Aug. 2: Outing at Bear Mountain under au pices of Motion Picture Club. Aug. 2-3: Monogram Canadian sales meetin Toronto. Aug. 3: Adjourned meeting of Fox Metropolis Playhouses' creditors. Aug. 3-4: Warner sales meeting, Drake Hote Chicago. Aug. 7-8: Warner sales meeting, Royal Yor Hotel, Toronto. Aug. 8: Third Annual Film Golf Tournamer of New England industry at Pine Broo Valley Country Club, Weston, Mass. Aug. 23-24: First annual convention of Inde pendent Motion Picture Owners Associate of Delaware and Eastern Shore of Marylan at Hotel Henelopen, Rehoboth, Del. Sept. 5-6-7: Allied Mew Jersey conventio at Atlantic City. Sept. 13: A. M. P. A. holds annual election 0 officers RKO-Skouras Pool Two Newark Houses Negotiations have been completed betwen RKO and Skouras for the pooling of the Fox Terminal and Proctor's, Newark. Skouras will operate both houses. RKO will book the programs. NEW TAUBER FILM OPENING j Richard Tauber in "The Golder] Goal" ends its run at the Vander-| bilt tomorrow and another Tauber! musical film, "The Big Attraction/'! opens there Saturday. RKO SIGNS SARI MARITZA West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY] Hollywood — Sari Maritza has been signed by RKO for a role with Ann Harding in "Beautiful." Alfred Santell will direct. 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