The Film Daily (1934)

THE ■c&H DAILY Wednesday, Jan. 24, 1934 AIL THE NEWS All THE TIMS Vol.LXV, No. 20 Wed., Jan. 24, 1934 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid'i Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer ind 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 New York, V. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United Statei outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, S15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 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 — Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris— P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courlet-Nouei, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 5V4 4% 5V4 + Vz Columbia Picts. vtc. 26 Vs 25Vi 26 Vg — V4 Con. Fm. Ind 4 4 4 + % Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 14 13i/2 14 + Vi East. Kodak 871/2 85% 87 + % East. Kodak pfd.... 120 120 120 Fox Fm. "A" 15 14l/2 15 Loew's, Inc 29l/2 28% 29 + Vs do pfd 81i/4 81 y4 81 1/4 + 1 1/4 Paramount ctfs 3% 3 3l/2 + % Pathe Exch 1% 1% 1% do "A" I21/4 12 12 — 1/4 RKO 3 2% 3 Warner Bros V/a 7 7 — Vs NEW YORK CURB MARKET Technicolor 103,4 103/8 10% — Vs Trans-Lux 3 3 3 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. . . 6% 6l/g 6% + % Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 6% 63/8 63/8 — 3/8 Keith A-0 6s 46... 58 58 58 +1 Loew 6s 41 ww 91% 90'/2 90V2 Paramount 6s47 filed 37 37 37 — 1/4 Par. By. 5%s51 . . . . 37 37 37 — H/4 Par. 5]/2s50 ctfs 37 3614 36 1/2 — 1 Warner's 6s39 50'/2 49'/2 50% — '/4 N. Y. PRODUCE EXCHANGE SECURITIES Para. Publix 3Vt 3 3y4 + Vs THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Jan. 29: Columbia regional sales meeting, Chicago. Jan. 30: Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey meeting at New York headquarters, 2 P. M. Feb. 4: Ball of the New Orleans Theatrical Crafts, Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, 8 P. M. Feb. 7: Monthly meeting of Eastern Ass'n of Non-Theatrical Film Producers, Inc., New York. Form "Finer Films" Group in New Jersey East Orange, N. J. — At a meeting held in the Central Brick Presbyterian Church here, the Finer Films Federation of New Jersey was formed Monday. About 75 women leaders of the state were present. Mrs. Leon H. Mc In tyre of Whippany was elected chairman of the new organization, which will form film study groups, interchange information and engage in other activities to raise screen standards. Charles Rogers Sets Remainder of Lineup West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Charles R. Rogers, having already finished six pictures for the 1933-34 season, has completed selection of his remaining four films which Paramount will release this year. They include: "Green Gold," Rex Beach romance of the tropical fruit industry, to be filmed soon in Honduras with Harry Joe Brown directing. The script is being completed by Howard Estabrook. "It's a Pleasure to Lose," gambling story by Gene Towne and Graham Baker, starring George Raft. "In Conference," murder mystery by Vera Caspary and Bruce Manning, with screen play by Brian Marlow, Agnes Christine Johnson and Joseph Gollomb. "Canal Boy," original by Forrest Halsey and Clara Beranger which Casey Robinson is scenarizing, with Dorothy Wilson and Douglas Montgomery heading the cast. Shoestringers of Stage Benefit Movies — Shipman From the standpoint of legitimate theater competition, Broadway picture theaters are benefitting from policy of many stage producers who try to do shows on a shoestring basis, declared Sam Shipman, veteran dramatist, yesterday. Lacking adequate financing, these stage producers fail to give a show a fair trial, backed by enough plugging, he said. As a consequence many shows which would "build" if they had a chance to stay on Broadway, do a flop instead, asserted Shipman. 130 Advance Dates on "Wonder Bar" More than 130 simultaneous prerelease dates have been set by Warners on "Wonder Bar," which will have its world premiere on Broadway in April at $2 top. Picture is a musical extravaganza with Al Jolson heading the cast. Quittner's Attorney Attacks Film Code In a letter to Dr. A. Lawrence Lowell, congratulating him on his declination to serve on the motion picture Code Authority, Attorney Arthur Butler Graham, counsel for Joseph P. Quittner in the QuittnerParamount anti-trust suit, attacks the code on the ground that it fails to eliminate block booking and blind buying. "It is a matter of concern to impartial observers that a so-called 'code of fair competition' should have been approved for the motion picture industry, the effect of which is to perpetrate and give legal sanction to the monopolistic practices that have been condemned repeatedly by courts of law and by the court of public opinion," declares Graham in his communication made public yesterday. 27 More Nominations Received by Authority Another batch of 27 names, proposed for members and secretaries of local clearance and zoning boards and local grievance boards, was announced yesterday by the Code Authority. They include: Cleveland — A. G. Constant; Des Moines — R. M. Copeland; W. E. Banford; D. V. McLucas, Hale Cavanaugh, Tom Brown. A. J. Diehold, Grace Gannon; Detroit — Ray Branch. C. R. Beechler, William London, Lew Wisper, Sam Brown, Fred DeLodder, Alex Schreiber, William Hurlbut, Sam Decker, W. S. McLaren, Miss P. M. Sprott, Miss Priscilla Ackerman, Miss Louise Miller; Los Angeles — Harry C. Arthur, Sr., John Redmond; Milwaukee— Ben Koenig; Omaha — Will Singer. G. F. Nye, Richard Koch. RKO Branch Mgrs. Switch Jules Levy, RKO general sales manager, yesterday announced the transfer of Branch Manager C. W. Allen from Atlanta to Jacksonville, with H. M. Lyons, formerly of Jacksonville replacing Allen at Atlanta. T. X. Jones Shifted to Paris T. X. Jones, head of Publix theaters accounting department, leaves next week for Paris, where he will continue his association with the company. He will be given a farewell dinner Monday night. m.Nek <e TWO LITTLE WORDS THAT MEAN A GOLD MINE FROM WARNER BROS. Spof-Jleiili CouMtibia I Frank Borzage achieves greater I fame with the great emotional triumph, "NO GREATER I GLORY," based on Ferenc Mol1 nar's world famous novel. • Frank Copra produced one of the J . ten best pictures of 1933, "Lady ■ For A Day." It's a cinch he'll equal I that record with CLARK GABLE I I and.CLAUDETTE COLBERT in j "It Happened One Night." .» I Howard Hawks is preparing an I other box-office onslaught— JOHN * BARRYMORE in "20th Century" I with Carole Lombard, from the I Broadway success by Ben Hecht • and Charles MacArthur. / 1 Lewis Milestone reaches his most • j important milestone in picture his ! . tory with "RED SQUARE" which I Laurence Stallings adapted-. Now I in the production stage. *