The Film Daily (1935)

■■■■ ■ ■ mr THE ■c@H DAILV Vol I XVII. No. 36 Tues, Feb. 12. 1935 5C"t' JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publish" Published daily except Sundays and Holiday 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, Asso date Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as »econd class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-omce 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 Holly wood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. LondonErnest 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 Courdes-Noues, 19. CODE FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK High Columbia Picts. vtc. 37V2 Con. Fm. Ind 6Vi Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. 21 East. Kodak 114l/2 1 Fox Fm. "A" 10% Loew's, Inc 33 do pfd 104i/2 1 Paramount ctfs 3% Pathe Exch l'/g RKO 2 Warner Bros 3% do pfd 201/2 NEW YORK BOND Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. .8 8 8 Keith A-0 6s46 ... 69 685'8 69 + % Loew 6s 41 ww 104% 104 104V4 + Vt Paramount 6s47 filed 69 69 69 + Vi Par. By. 5V2s51 ctfs. 49 49 49 + 1 Vs Par. 5V2s50 filed . . 69 69 69 Par. 5V2s50 ctfs. .69 68 68V2 — Vi Warner's 6s39 55% 55% 553/4 — Vs NEW YORK CURB MARKET Technicolor 13Vs 12% 12%— Vi Trans-Lux 3% 3 3% + % MARKET Net Low Close Chg. 371/2 371/2 — 1/2 63/8 61/2 20% 20% — % 12% 114% + lv" 10 10 — % 325/s 323/4 — % 04% 104% 3% 3% — % 1 % 1 % 1% 1% 3% — % 20% — % 3% 20% MARKET RECORDING ON FILM INDUSTRIAL— FILM SLIDE FILM— RECORDS BRUNSWICK PRODUCTIONS CORP. CH. 4-2200 321 W. 44th St., NYC. Fan Magazines Must Get Art Work Through N. Y. By agreement understood to have been reached among home office publicity and advertising chiefs, a ban has been .placed on fan magazines obtaining stills, portraits and fan magazine art on the coast before the material is sent to the home offices, which customarily constitute the clearing house for all text and pictorial publicity. Action is said to have been brought about because of the insistence of Ray Long, editor of MacFadden's "Photoplay", that he be given pick of the stuff on the coast. It is further stated that Long will be granted any special requests for specific material and layouts, but the ban is on having a Western editor come into a studio office and select art ready for shipment to the New York offices. Discuss Plans on Ascap Plans for organizing M.P.T.O.A. support to fight new rates effected by the American Society of Authors, Composers & Publishers last Fall were discussed yesterday by Lewen Pizor of Philadelphia, chairman of the forthcoming convention's committee on the music tax, and Walter Vincent, who headed the exhibitor committee which negotiated with Ascap. The committee will sponsor plans designed to reduce the assessment. Making Spanish Series for "U" A series of Spanish language pictures will be produced for Universal by Frank Z. Clemente, president 0" Latin Artists Pictures Corp. First will be "The Three Cornered Hat" with work to be done either at the Biosrraph studio or the Photocolor plant at Irvington. Philly Unit to Pick Delegates Philadelphia — Delegates to the M. P. T. O. A. convention will be selected by the M. P. T. O. of Eastern Pa, at a meeting Friday. About tO members are expected to attend the New Orleans sessions, with President Lewen Pizor heading the contingent. "Clive" Holds Two Davs Longer Pickup in business over the weekpTid at th" "Rivoli has resulted ir "Hive of India" beino held for s^ additional two davs. "The Right tr Live" goes in Fridav instead of to morrow as previously announced. Lois Moran Married Lois M"v"n. stage and screen star pnd Col. Clarence M. Young, former Assistant Serretarv of Commence ■for Aeronautics, motored to Baltimore on Saturday and were married After the ceremony they proceeded to Washington. Pemh"rfon Producing Wead Play Brock Pemberton will be the producer of the stage nlay. "Ceiling Zero," by Frank Wead. M-G-M screen writer. The production is being financed by Warners. Exhib Denied Exemption From Minimum Pay Scale Denial of an application by J. A. Gallagher of the Braddock theater, Braddock, Pa., for exemption from the minimum wage scale set for his house was announced by the Code Authority yesterday. It came from the National Industrial Recovery Board. Announcement was also made of granting of an exemption sought by Herman J. Brown, Inland Amusement Co., Nampa, Idaho, from provisions requiring the filing of appeals from zoning and clearance schedules within a 30 day period. $29,003 Cash Balance Held by Code Auth'y Cash balance of the Code Authority as of Jan. 1 was $29,003.37, it is indicated by its January statement announced yesterday. Receipts from exhibitors for the month were $14,419, and from producers and distributors $11,350. Herman Succeeds Dermody A. J. Herman, for the past three years branch manager of the Universal Boston exchange, yesterday was appointed New England district manager succeeding the late James F. Dermody. William P. Kelly, salesman in the Boston office becomes Boston branch manager. Both promotions are effective Feb. 18. Tic Toe Girls Signed for Shorts The Tic Toe girls, comic singing trio featured at the Cocoanut Grove atop the Park Central, have been signed to make a series of shorts for Universal. The first one is scheduled for production this week. Tarkington Book for Hepburn "Alice Adams", an early Booth Tarkington novel, has been bought by RKO Radio as a vehicle for Katharine Hepburn. Louise Beavers in Person at Roxy Louise Beavers, colored actress who scored in "Imitation of Life," will appear in person at the Roxy starting Friday in an act specially written for the occasion. Louis Boas Recovered Boston — Louis M. Boas of the Boas circuit and treasurer of th' local Friars' Club is back at his desk after a severe illness lasting five weeks. E _ m*l 1 wmmtm^mmwmmtm Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1935 Coming and Going JOE HUMMELL leaves New York on Thursday for Panama, Jamaica and Haiti, and about Feb. 25, departs on a European trip. JAY EMANUEL is in Florida. LEWEN PIZOR, who was in New York yesrerday, leaves Philadelphia on Saturday for Florida. JACK BENNY, current at the Mastbaum Philadelphia, goes to the Hippodrome, Baltimore, the following week. M. H. HOFFMAN, JR., is due in New York this week for a stay. RICHARD BARTHELMESS plans a motor tour of Mexico after he finishes "Four Hours to Kill" at Paramount. ALICE FAYE is expected in New York this week from the coast. HARRY MICHALSON, RKO District manager, is in Cincinnati for a stay of about two weeks. MELVILLE COOPER, British player now appearing on Broadway in "Laburnum Grove." i?oes to Hollywood for film work at the M-G-M studios on completion of the play's run here. GEORGE KREAMER, United Artists auditor, is in Cincinnati for three weeks. WALTER ABEL, Broadway player signed by RKO Radio, has gone on the road with "Merrily We Roll Along." At the end of the tour he will proceed to the coast to start work at the RKO studios. BERT PERKINS is in Cincinnati handling the campaign for Warner's "Devil Dogs of the Air." MAJOR LESLIE E. THOMPSON returns Monday from Florida. FRED McCONNELL, "March of Time" eastern sales manager, has returned from a Southern trip. BILL DANIELS, M-G-M cameraman, is at the Hotel Warwick from Culver City. NORMA SHEARER'S mother is in town at the Warwick. AL JOLSON and RUBY KEELER. having finished work in First National's "Go Into Your Dance." have left for Palm Springs for several days of rest. M. H. AYLESWORTH and NED E. DEPINET who have been on the coast conferring with studio officials on next season's product, may remain another week. S. BARRET McCORMICK returns today from Hollywood. JULES LEVY returns today from Washington. WILLIAM FISKE III, vice president of First Division Exchanges, returns from England next week. LOUIS A. SOLOMON, president of Puritan Pictures, is due back in New York from Hol'vwood th° tetter part of the week. On his return, DAVE GROSS, general sales manager, departs on a tour. Jules Chapman's Mother Dies Mrs. L. Chapman, mother of Jules Chapman, secretary of First Division Exchanges, died last week. If we do not weigh and consider to what end this life is given us, and thereupon order and dispose it right, we do not number our days in the narrowest and most limited signification. — Clarendon. STEBBINS-LETERMAN & GATES INSURANCE i) 1540 Broadway Brokers and Adjusters HERBERT R. EBENSTEIN. Pres. New York City MU