The Film Daily (1934)

THE Saturday, Feb. 3, 1934 AUTUENIWS AUTHI11WH Wol.LXV. No. 29 Sat., Feb. 3, 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'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 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 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. 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 Cinematographie Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Am. Seat (Columbia Picts. vtc. Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. East. Kodak T-ox Fm. "A" Loew's, Inc do pfd Metro-Goldwyn, pfd. Paramount ctfs ?athe Exch do "A" RKO Univ. Pict. pfd Warner Bros do pfd High 5'/2 251/g 43/4 141/2 90 16 291/4 85 22 3'/8 2% 143/4 31/8 24 7 221/z Low 51/2 25 41/a 13 89i/2 151/2 283/4 85 22 3 21/2 131/2 3 24 6/a 213/4 Close 5'/z + 251/s + 4i/2 + 141/4 + 89l/2 _ 153/4 + 283/4 — 85 — 22 3i/8 ■ 2% + 141/4 + 3 24 7 — 22'/2 + Net Chg. 1/8 1/8 % % Vz 1/8 % !/2 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Nat. Scr. Ser 16i/2 I6V2 16i/2 +4 Technicolor 10 93/j 10 + 1/4 Trans-Lux 2% 2y2 2V2 — \'a NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. 63,4 6V2 6'/2 Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 6 5 5 Loew 6s 41 ww 95 94i/2 95 + 34 Paramount 6s47 ctfs. 36y2 36 36 Par. By. 5!/2s51 .... 353/4 35Vz 353/4 — % Par. By. 5y2s51 ctfs. 35V4 35y8 35'/s Par. 5i/2s50 ctfs... 36i/2 36i/8 36i/2 Warner's 6s39 55 54 54'/2 + 1 N. Y. PRODUCE EXCHANGE SECURITIES Para. Publix 3 2% 2% — Vs Denver Exhibs Hesitate Denver — That the code should not be signed as it now stands was the feeling expressed by theater managers at a meeting here. Most managers think the code covers too much ground and takes too much control out of their hands. Westland Theaters and Fox Intermountain circuit are among those who have signed. L. W. Kastner Appointed U. A. Manager in Europe Lacy W. Kastner, sales manager for United Artists in Prance, has been promoted to managing director for the company in Continental Europe, with headquarters in Paris, it is announced by Arthur W. Kelly. He succeeds J. A. Koerpel, resigned. Kelly also announced that Emanuel Silverstone, formerly with U. A. in Panama, has been made special representative for London Films, British producing affiliate, and will make his headquarters in New York. Amity Enlarges Quarters Larger quarters at 729 Seventh Ave. have been leased by Amity Pictures, of which John M. Crinnion is executive vice-president. Personnel was recently augmented to handle the company's increasing program. H. William Fitelson, Amity's attorney, also will have quarters at the company's home office in addition to his own firm office. State, Rapid City, Reopens Rapid City, S. D.— After undergoing improvements that converted it into one of the finest theaters of its size in South Dakota, the State, owned and run by A. L. Brown and Bert Johnson, is open again. House seats 627. Two Decisions Against Kaplan Two decisions involving Sam Kaplan, former head of Local 306, were handed down yesterday by the Appellate Division. The first affirmed his conviction of coercion, while the second affirmed a Supreme Court decision in the removal of Kaplan from 306 by the I.A.T.S.E. Loew Books "Hi, Nellie!" "Hi, Nellie," new Paul Muni picture for Warners, has been booked by Loew's for the circuit's metropolitan "A" houses following its current run at the Strand. Foreigns for Newark House Newark, N. J. — Foreign pictures and shorts will be the policy at the Little, just leased by the Franklipps Co., with Sidney Franklin as manager. Regular Metro-Goldwyn Dividend Regular quarterly dividend of 47 Vi cents on the preferred stock has been declared by Metro-Goldwyn Pictures, payable March 15 to stock of record Feb. 23. Sam Wheeler Dead St. Louis — Sam Wheeler, 79, veteran actor, playwright and theater owner and one of the founders of Actors' Equity, died here this week. MARY NOLAN Now Under Personal Supervision of HARRY RICHARDS and MAX GOLFORB WMCA BIdg. Room 707 1697 Broadway Circuits Cold to Plan For Vaude Tryout House Circuit heads yesterday indicated no disposition to adopt suggestion made by Joe Laurie, Jr., vaudeville headliner, that they jointly establish a "showing" house in New York City for acts. They declared they find no need for such a theater, as urged by Laurie at the hearing last Wednesday on the vaudeville and presentations section of the motion picture code. Coming and Going "Catherine" Trade Showing Feb. 14 National trade showings of "Catherine the Great," London Films production starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Elizabeth Bergner, will be held Feb. 14 by United Artists in all key cities except New York. Frank Lynch a Daddy Frank Lynch, short subject booker for the Skouras theaters, passed out the corona perfectos yesterday in celebration of the arrival of an eight-pound boy born to Mrs. Lynch in New Haven on Thursday. Academy Awards March 15th West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Academy of Motion Picture Arts will make its award for the outstanding screen performances from Aug. 1, 1932 to Dec. 1, 1933 at its banquet to be held here March 15th. DOROTHY STICKNEY, Broadway actress signed by Paramount, arrives on the coast tomorrow. JEFF LAZARUS, chairman of the Paramount editorial board in Hollywood, arrives in New York Feb. 12 on the California to look over material. WILL H. HAYS is expected back from the coast in time to attend the NVA Fund meeting which has been put off to Monday. CLARK GABLE, M-G-M star, arrives in New York on Monday for a vacation. LAURA LA PLANTE sails today on the He de France for England to appear in Warner films there. Also sailing on the same boat are ROBERT RITCHIE, manager for Jeanette MacDonald; MAX CONSTANT, actor; JOHN C. WILSON, manager for Noel Coward, and GARE SCHWARTZ, director of Paramount Laboratories, Paris. MR. and MRS. NICHOLAS M. 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