The Film Daily (1933)

. «day, July 25, 1933 DAILY IERICAN FILMS HIT NEW FRENCH QUOTA (Continued from Page 1) ) ubbed pictures last year but p been looking forward to great■ mand for such films. They plan j )test to the Government on the wad that they cannot continue in isiess here under such restric■k Independent exhibitors al■k have complained to Premier 'a iier that they will suffer a u age of product. st Pay, Cut Hours ror Personnel of S. 0. S. (Continued from Page 1) 1 to its force in the last few hs. The company, organized ; five years ago, has built up a nail order supply business in novie industry. It maintains ractories and an export division aw York. II UIT ADDS MEMPHIS HOUSE I mphis— G. C. S. Theater Cirri )f Chicago has acquired the Orn< m on a 15-year lease and will I sn it about Sept. 1. Mort D. I )erg, Aaron Carushon and Leo . )lomon are the head of the ciri which is understood to have 3C ; 40 houses. DIA SPEAKS" IN SPANISH Spanish dialogue version of sr Futter's "India Speaks" has completed for world-wide reby RKO. Y LEE TAKES PARTNER J. Ross, for 14 years associated Ivy Lee, leading public rela counsel handling the Rocke ; interests among others, has tie a partner with Lee, the firm being changed to Ivy Lee and Ross. Tabloid Reviews of OREIGN FILMS E GROSSE ATTRAKTION" ("The Big tion"), German musical romance, with 4 titles. Produced by Tobis-Taubera. Directed by Max Reichman. With d Tauber, Marianne Winkelstern, Lyon, Siegfried Arno, Teddy Bill, mted by Bavaria Film Co. <stage story, giving Richard Tauber of vocal opportunities in the role of br and band leader. Romance is proby a girl dancer who succeeds not i her stage ambitions but in winning .■ro's love. >RN ANEW," Soviet silent production jstokkino. Directed by E. Gryaznof. by "a cultural shock brigade" of the ry Workers' Club. Distributed by jo. y of a young ruralite who goes to the r vengeance but is converted into a worker under the Soviet industrialand cultural program. The picture naturally acted and has a human t angle. long™ f4aafriEfiaaaw PHIL M DALY • • • IT WILL be interesting to watch the developments in the Warners' experiment of holding their Round Table Conferences in lieu of the usual annual sales conventions these will take place at New York, Chicago and Toronto Andy Smith will outline the product and sales policies at the New York and Toronto meets, and Grad Sears will have charge of the Chicago meeting the salesmen will not attend only the district and branch managers Andy and Grad will then go into private huddles with each individual manager, covering the special problems that each man must face in the coming selling season * * # # • • • LATER ON the salesmen will be contacted by Messrs. Sears and Smith in their own branches not only the salesmen, but every member of the branch staffs will be in on these local sales conferences Warners feel that the bookers and the boys in the poster rooms are a part of the sales force they contact the exhibitors, and their opinions are very much worth while whatever other results may be achieved by the new policy, there will be a definite economy in the saving of time and expense in pulling the salesmen in from their territories to attend the sales conventions as in the past '•$ ^ ^ ^ • • • IT MAY interest you gents who are planning to participate in the Empey Club Boat Ride up the Hudson on Aug. 2 to learn that the boat that will convey you to Bear Mountain is called "Ossining" to carry out the prison atmosphere they are trying to borrow a platoon of "trusties" from the Sing Sing warden but this will hardly be necessary, as a lotta ginks from 630 Ninth Avenoo will be on board *K v -P 't* • • • SHE TOOK a gamble on her manager's advice and copped plenty that is the interesting story of Eleanor Holm for manager Leo Morrison persuaded her to get a release on her Warner contract so she could come east and compete in the recent swimming meet at Jones Beach Eleanor broke her own Olympic record for the backstroke and the sport pages of the nation's newspapers have been filled with the news that makes the girl a natural right now for a big feature production which will probably be announced shortly RKO was smart and grabbed her for a circuit clout she opens Aug. 4 at the Palace in Chi Eleanor gets more fan mail than many Hollywood stars, for this yere country is athletic crazee the gal happens to be a "looker," as well as an athlete •P SfC (|* sfs • • • BACK IN the film game is Charlie Giegerich, handling the publicity on "Savage Gold," now current at the Mayfair Pathe News rushed out a special on Wiley Post's arrival home and had it in the local and nearby theaters on Sunday the Arkayo theaters in the Metropolitan district cashed in immediately on the special clip by putting barkers out front A dinner will be given this week at the Fraternity Club for Mary Spaulding and Jl L. Tortosa, who collaborated on the Spanish version of Walter Futter's "India Speaks" ip If! Jp S(E • • • AT THE PREVIEW of "Voltaire" starring George Arliss to be given by Warners tomorrow eve on board the He de France in connection with a dinner given by the French Line. . . the guests will include Alfred EL Smith, Mayor O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Thalberg, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Montgomery, Will H. Hays, S. L. Rothafel, William Gillette, H. M. Warner, Major Warner and others « « « » » » FILM INTAKES COVER PRODUCTION NEEDS (Continued from Page 1) and the completion of eight new season pictures to date. "We have more pictures completed and in work than ever before," said Depinet, "and our run of summer product is living up to all expectations. We can only judge business by actual box office receipts and therefore when we see that 'Double Harness' played to $10,850 in Washington last week against an average weekly business at the same house for June of $3,900, we know that the product is satisfactory and that we can continue to chalk up sufficient for our studio needs." RKO now has the last six pictures on the 1932-33 line-up completed and five on the new schedule. Three others on the 1933-34 line-up are finishing this week. Release dates are set up to Nov. 10. Harding, Bancroft Films Set by Twentieth Century (Continued from Page 1) tists release. George Bancroft also has signed a term contract with the Schenck-Zanuck unit. His first vehicle will be "Blood Money," by Roland Brown. Four M-G-M Features On August Release List Four feature vehicles are set for August release by M-G-M. They include "Tugboat Annie," with Marie Dressier, Wallace Beery, Maureen O'Sullivan and Robert Young; "Show World," with Alice Brady, Jackie Cooper, Frank Morgan, Jimmy Durante, Russell Hardie, Madge Evans, Eddie Quillan, Weber and Fields, Fay Templeton and May Robson; "Turn Back the Clock," with Lee Tracy, Mae Clarke, Otto Kruger and Peggy Shannon, and "Night Flight," with John and Lionel Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Clark Gable and Robert Montgomery. imany happy mm, William DeMille Philippe De Lacy Johnny Hines Arthur Lubin Harry H. Zehner Lila Lee Bob Wolff Mortimer D. Sickowitt «