The Film Daily (1935)

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THE -%£! DAILY Saturday, Feb. 9, 193! Vol I Wll No. 34 Sit., Feb. 9. 1935 5 Cents JOHN W A' IC^ATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway. New York, N. Y., by Wid's Film* and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate. Pre>ident, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau. Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur VV. 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 tree) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 month*. $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 — Lichtbildhuehne, Fnednchstrasse, 225. Hans — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Kue de la Cour Lightman to Get Third Downtown Memphis House (Continued irom Page 1) Strand. He also operates five neighborhood houses in Memphis. Lightman returns to New York shortly to complete the deal involving the Palace. John C. Flinn to Hold Coast Code Conferences (Continued from Page 1 ) clearance and zoning board the schedule approved by the Code Authority. A number of minor amendments are to be effected before it r 100 per cent complete. During Flinn' absence, Tyree Dillard, counsel for the Authority, is in charge at code headquarters. While at the coast Flinn plans to attend the hearing on the C. C. Burr-Larry Darmour contract complaint. Trans-Lux Officers Continuing for Year (Continued from Page 1) Screen Corp., which owns all the stock of Trans-Lux Movie Corp. Trans-Lux Movie Corp. was scheduled to hold its annual meeting last Tuesday, but due to the illness of Percy N. Furber, president of TransLux Daylight Screen, and the fact that Thompson was in Florida the meeting is off to an indefinite date, Holway said. Officers of Trans-Lux Movie Corp. besides Thompson are Percy E. Furber, vice-president, and E. T. Holway, secretary and treasurer. The directors include Maj. Thompson, Percy N. Furber, Geo. H. Eichelberger, Harold P. Farrington and Ellery W. Mann. .oming a nd G oing de» Nmies, CODE FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 5 5 5 + % Columbia P;cts. vtc. 37V, 36V4 37S/8 + i/4 Con. Fm. Ind 633 6<s 638 + % Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 21 203/4 20V4 + l/4 East. Kod3k M3'/g 112V4 113V8 + 1 do pfd 146 143V, 146 + 2 Fox Fm. "A" 10Vi 10', lOVg + Va Loew's, Inc 33 323'8 33 + 1 Paramount ctfs 33'4 35/8 334 + Vs Pathe Exch 1 V8 1 1 Vs ■■•■■ ■do "A" H7/g 147/, 14% + 7/8 «KO 2 1 7/g 2 ..... Univ. Pict. pfd. 38V4 38 38—2 Warner Bros 37'g 35/, 33/4 + </g NEW YORK BONO MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 73/4 7V4 7V4 — J/4 -Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 7'/4 73/4 73/4+ l/4 Locw 6s 41ww 104l/4 1037/8 104 + \j Paramount 6s47 filed 683, 68 683, 4. 3/, Paramount 6s 47 ctfs. 68V4 67% 68V4 4 V2 Par 5'/2s50 filed .... 6834 68'4 683/4 + % Par 5'/,s50 ctfs.... 68'/2 67% 68V2 + V4 Pathe 7s37 102 102 102 ..... Warner's 6s39 56 55 Vi 55% — »/2 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Technicolor 13% >f '1% + 7j Trans-Lux 3 3 3 + Vs N Y PRODUCE EXCHANGE SECURITIES Para. Publix 3% 3V2 35/g Get Writ to Examine Old Para. Directors (Continued from Page 1) eral Judge Coxe. Katz, Kohn, Kaufman, Lasky and Wobber were formerly directors of Paramount. Metzler was formerly auditor and accountant for the company. Church Starts Movie Showings Des Moines — "Road to Life" will be shown at the First Unitarian Church on Feb. 15-16 as the first of a series of foreign pictures to be sponsored here. Admission will bp 40 cents for adults, with books of tickets for six films for about $2. wishes from THI DAILY to the following on their birthday: Poster Model Gets Life Pass Boston — Mrs. John Hayes of Ipswich, whose wistful face adorns the first of the M. Leone Bracker series of goodwill movie posters, yesterday was presented with a life pass to the RKO houses here and the Strand in Ipswich. Governor Curley made the n'-esentation at the State House. He also read a telegram from Will H Hays felicitating Mrs. Hayes. Jack Goldstein of RKO is understood to have arranged it all. New Film Magazine for India Bombay — "Radio, Talkie and Electric News," new monthly magazine, has made its debut here. Shewak Bhojraj, B.A., is editor, and Prof. E. Duncan Smith is technical editor. First issue contains 52 pages, devoted to native and foreign amusements. New British Producer Plans Features, Shorts London — Cavalcade Film Corp. has been formed with plans for the production of seven features and 15 shorts this year. M. Glover will make the first picture, "London Lights." Al Somerbee to Be Honored Boston — A dinner in honor of Al Somerbee is being planned for April on the occasion of his 35 years of service with the present Lothrop Theater Corp. here. He is manager of the Bowdoin Square and the Old Howard. Conquest Adds Radio Station Conquest Alliance has added PRf 3, Radio Diffusora de Sao Paulo, Brazil, to the list of radio stations for which it is acting as representative in the U. S. MARGARET SULLAVAN, WILLIAM WYLEI GILBERT MILLER, MRS. ROBERT SHERWOOI J. S. TAPERNOUX, film importer; W. BEATTY, general patent attorney for Warn Bros., and Mrs. Betty, and MARCEL ACHARI French playwright, are booked to sail fro New York today for France on the lie ( France. LESTER CRAWFORD and HELEN BRODERIC (Mrs. Crawford), signed for RKO picture HERBERT ALLEN, president of Columbia Pii tures Corp. of Canada, and Mrs. Allen, ar LOUIS ROSENFELD, president of Theater Hol< ing Co. of Canada, and M'S. Rosenfeld sail t< day on the Virginia for California. TREM CARR, Monogram production hea leaves for Hollywood the middle of next we< after completing conferences with W. Ray Johl ston, president, on next season's prograr which will be presented for approval to tl Monogram convention in Hollywood the fir week in April. GEORGE ABBOTT has gone to Florida f a stay of about two weeks. LEE SHUBERT returns to New York on Moi day from Florida. JUDITH ALLEN has left New York for tl coast. LOUIS DENT is in town. MAJ. LESLIE E. THOMPSON has gone I Florida. STEVE NEWMAN, I.A.T.S.E. coast stud representative is in New York. GEORGE E. BROWNE, president of the A. T. S. E., and FRED J. DEMPSEY, vice pres dent, return today from Chicago, where thi went to attend the funeral of Thomas Maloy JCHN C. FLINN left New York yesterdi for Hollywood. M. A. LIGHTMAN, who has returned to Men phis, will be back in New York within days. DAVID CHATKIN has gone to Florida fro New York. Willy Forst for Hollywood Berlin — Willy Forst has been engaged by Universal to direct a picture in Hollywood. RKO Picture for Astor RKO's "Grand Old Girl," with May Robson, opens Feb. 22 at the Astor. Ronald Colman Lyle Talbot Albert De Sart Richard L. Smith Phil Zuinn Heather Angel Lee L. Goldberg L. Virgil Hart Joe King James Murray W C. Fields D n Hale Henry Herzbrun Harry Beaumont John Farrow George Henry Leverett Regular M-G D'v:denH Metro-Goldwyn Pictures has declared regular quarterly dividend of 47% cents on the preferred stock, payable March 15 to stock of recorc' Feb. 28. Amusements Escape Colo. Tax Denver — Two per cent sales tax law, passed by the state legislature, effective March 1, exempts amusement tickets. Daughter to Kay Brown A girl, Katharine Ross Barrett, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. James Barrett. Mother is Kay Brown of the RKO story department. Liberty 100 Per Cent Set Closing of franchise for the Okla homa City territory this week give Liberty Pictures 100 per cent na tional distribution, it is announce by Budd Rogers, general sales mat ager. Alfred and Lester Sack ( Sack Amusement Enterprises a< quired the Oklahoma City franchis and have opened an office in tha city. Foreign distribution of tl Liberty program also has been se CbmodVEIDT Ike THE MAN WHO COULD NOT DIE / NOW PLAYING ( 5th WEEK CRITERION THEATRE. N. Y. Distributed by OLYMPIC PICTURES CORPORATION. 729— 7th AVE., NEW YORK CITY BRyant 9-4417 .