The Film Daily (1934)

THE Monday, Jan. 22, 1934 DAILV 7,000 THEATERS EXPECTED TO SIGN (Continued from Page 1) iirday between 4,000 and 5,000 signad compliance blanks had been received at headquarters, with the deadline for assents set for Jan. 31. All companies in the industry can and will be assessed in connection with financing of the code, it was' pointed out, regardless of whether or not they indicate compliance, which entitles them to benefits of the local boards. At the Code Authority meeting scheduled for tomorrow at 2 o'clock at the Hotel Astor, nominations for local boards and secretaries will be discussed, but selections will not be made until a later date. Whether or not the 10 per cent cancellation clauses embraced in the code is retroactive to apply before effective date of the code will not be determined until a case involving this subject reaches the Code Authority on appeal. Fox Release Schedule Is Set Up to June 1 (Continued from Page 1) Nymph"; Mar. 30, "Fox Follies"; April 6, "Countesses"; April 13, "Bottoms Up"; April 20, horse race story; "April 27, "George White's Scandals"; May 4, spy story; May 11, "First Love"; May 18, "Gold Rush of 1933," and May 25, "Odd Thursday." Detroit Notes Detroit — S. Kalinski has returned to exhibition by acquiring the Zellah, East Side house, from H. B. Krzymanski and H. A. Fowser. Rivoli, only first-run showing foreign and class films, has closed. RKO Downtown went back to duals last week, making the only first-run on that policy. Ramona, East Side, has resumed stage shows. It is the only Publix neighborhood house with flesh. Suspended sentence of 90 days was imposed on James Keough, manager of the Adams, for alleged indecent posters on "Elysia." Court put him on a year's probation. Willis Kinnear of the Rivoli pleaded guilty to a similar charge. Coming and Going WILLIAM K. HOWARD, director, arrives from the coast tomorrow on the Grace liner Santa Paula. MAJOR and MRS. ALBERT WARNER sailed Saturday on the Virginia for California. PROF. ERNEST STERN, European scenic designer, leaves New York today for Hollywood to create the sets for Erik Charell's first Fox production. SYLVIA SIDNEY, accompanied by MRS. MARION GERING, wife of the Paramount director, arrive in New York on Wednesday morning from Hollywood. NED DEPINET left yesterday for the coast. PANDRO BERMAN leaves tonight for the coast. • • • CALL THE COPS if you've heard this one "They do say that Roxy will again become impresario of the original Roxy Theater that is. if present negotiations Culhnan-ate" All right call the cops anyway. • • • WHILE HUNDREDS will spend thousands this year to go to Oberammergau f < ; the world-famous "Passion Play" those of us who can barely dig up ferry fare will not be abashed as on Feb. 18 will start the 30-day run of the twentieth revival of "Veronica's Veil" at St. Joseph's Auditorium, Union City, N. J. it is America's own passion play with two casts of 300 Every member of this Biblical drama performs his or her part sans compensation doctors, lawyers, professional men of every calling, electricians, clerks, etc., all gladly contribute their time, services and talents We recommend it as a refreshing interlude from our hectic everyday turmoil • • • WE'LL SOON see the revival of "four-minute men" if the offer of the I. T. O. A. is accepted by President Roosevelt members have offered their theater stages as the platforms upon which the Government bond-selling campaign may be waged * H* * * • • • OVER AT the Rialto .Friday night Arthur Mayer staged his own gala opening for Columbia's "Let's Fall in Love" the pix was preceded by the introduction of celebs in the audience with the indefatigable Julius Tannen as m. c. those taking the nod included Rudy Vallee, Mae Murray, Ona Munson, Ted Husing, Eddie Peabody, Marjorie Gaceson, Harry Hershfield, Jack Cohn, and several Columbia University football stars ife ^ s& ♦ • • • LAST MINUTE FLASHES Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pearl are at the Warwick for the Winter Stanley Cortez , cameraman for M-G-M, and brother of Ricardo Cortez, the flicker fashion flaunter, is in town The Friars Club is now located at 1657 Broadway, with a swell lay-out including a spacious gym and . .of all things a penthouse That entrancing blonde, Pearl A. Katzman, general director of the international Francis Lederer Clubs, copped second prize in the N. Y. U. national advertising copy contest. conducted by Vapex Senior students of the Feagin School of Dramatic Arts will present themselves in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" at the school's theater on 57th Street the first three days in Feb. %! & * ♦ • • • COLUMBIA'S "Lady for a Day" received first place in the Ten Best poll conducted in London by the "Sunday Chronicle" the list included five American films, three British pix, one French, and one German Clayton P. Sheehan, Sol Wurtzel, John Stone, F. Ortega and F. Ariza have been named judges in the scenario contest for the best tome written by a Spanish-speaking person for production at Fox Movietone City the stunt is a tie-up between Fox and the Spanish magazine, "Cine-Mundial." . * !fc # % • • • AT TWO O'CLOCK on Wednesday the entire cast of Ziegfeld "Follies" will gather at Loew's Ziegfeld theater to pay tribute to the memory of the great "glorifier" a scroll pledging themselves to carry on the Ziegfeld traditions will be presented by the entire cast to Loew officials and will subsequently be placed in the Ziegfeld Museum on the mezzanine floor * sfc % & • • • TALK ABOUT "Naturals". ' the marquee sign at the Cohan tells its own little tal in scenario form here 'tis "NIGHT CLUB i^ADY PUTS ON THE SPOT ADOLPHE MENJOU." « « « » » » MIDWEST ACTIVITY LIVELIEST IN YEARS (Continued from Page 1) opening a house at Hutchinson. Several others are planned or contemplated, according to reports from film men traveling the territory. Clarence Schultz, head of Commonwealth Theaters, Inc., also reports country business has returned almost to normal again. There has been some improvement in the city houses likewise, Schultz said, but it does not yet compare with that shown by houses in smaller towns. Meet This Week to Draft Music Publishing Codes Committee meetings on drafting a code for popular music publishers will be held in Washington this week when clauses proposed in an independent publishers' code will be considered. A code is also in work for standard publishers. Sheet music publishers are included in the retail code. Merchandising Problem Holding Up Television Rochester — Television has been brought down to within six months of practical application, according to Ray H. Manson, chief engineer of Stromberg Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Co. Merchandising of the apparatus is the sole remaining concern, he declared. Regular Loew's Boston Dividend Boston — Loew's Boston Theaters has declared regular quarterly dividend of 15 cents, payable Feb. 1 to stock of record Jan. 20. Jimenez Joins Sack San Antonio — J. J. Jimenez, former importer of Mexican films, has been made manager of the Spanish department of Sack Amusement Enterprises. "Almas Encontradas," made by Jimenez in Mexico, has been turned over to Sack for distribution. Maurice Barr's Father Dead New Orleans — Robert Patrick Barr, 76, father of Maurice F. Barr, Saenger executive, died at his home here after a two months' illness. D. W. Griffith January 22 Conrad Veidt