The Film Daily (1937)

fh?s^«»s DAILY Saturday, Jan. 2, 1937 Vol. 71, No. 1 Sat., Jan. 2, 1937 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE : : Editor and Publisher Published daliy 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; Chester B. Bahn, 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, 127-133 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET (QUOTATIONS AS OF THURSDAY) Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 24V4 23 1/2 23 Vi + % Columbia Picts. vtc. 36% 36 36 Columbia Picts. pfd. 423,4 423,4 423/4 + y4 Con. Fm. Ind 514 4% 5 — 14 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. 17 17 17 — i/4 East. Kodak 175 1731/2 175 +3 do pfd Gen. Th. Eq 31 303/8 30% + % Loew's, Inc 67% 6534 6614— 34 do pfd Paramount 243/4 243/8 24 Vi — Vi Paramount 1st pfd.,173l/4 170% 172Vi — IVi Paramount 2nd pfd.. 22% 22% 22% — % Pathe Film 10% 9% 93/4 — % RKO 8% 8% 8% — % 20th Century-Fox . . 353,4 35% 35% — % 20th Century-Fox pfd. 44% 443/4 44 + % Univ. Pict. pfd 101 101 101 Warner Bros 18% 1734 1734— % do pfd NEW YORK BOND MARKET Keith A-0 6s46 Loew 6s41ww ....:. 101% 101 101% + % Para. B'way 3s55 Para. Picts. 6s55. . . 1003/8 100% 1003/8 + % RKO 6s41 115% 115Vi 1151/2 + 1 Warner's 6s39 99% 99 99 Vi NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Picts. vtc Grand Nat'l Films.. 3% 33/8 3% Sonotone Corp 2 2 2 + % Technicolor 21 % 21 % 21 % — % Trans-Lux 4i/2 4Vi 4% + % JANUARY 2 W. Ray Johnston Walter A. Futter Moe Silver JANUARY 3 Anna May Wong Marion Davies George B. Seitz Eddie Gribbon George Gerhard Dorothy Arzner Paul Benjamin Reversal of Bank Night Conviction Upheld in N. Y. Albany, N. Y.— The Court of Appeals, without an opinion, on Thursday, passed on the judgment of the Monroe County Court which reversed the City Court conviction of Samuel Shafer on a charge of operating a lottery in conection with bank night. Hackensack, N. J. — Bergen County movie theater operators have been given a two-week grace period by Prosecutor Breslin of the county to wind up their bank night activities. Breslin, after a conference with managers of about 12 houses in the country, announced he would not take steps to end the bank nights until Jan. 15. Conferees included police chiefs of the area, and John M. Keating, counsel for the New York firm conducting the bank nights. Keating asked the prosecutor to delay action until a decision on the question is handed down by the N. Y. Court of Appeals. Breslin refused and said he would act to stop the bank night Jan. 15, unless an injunction is secured against him, or unless Attorney General Wilentz rules they are legal. 10 Best Family-Audience Films Picked by Magazine The 10 best family-audience motion pictures of 1936 in the opinion of The Parents' Magazine are: "Devil Is a Sissy" (MGM), "Green Pastures" (Warner), "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (United Artists), "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (Columbia), "Modern Times" (United Artists), "Mutiny on the Bounty" (MGM), "Rose Marie" (MGM), "San Francisco" (MGM), "Show Boat" ) Universal) and "Story of Louis Pasteur" (Warner). Andre Roosevelt Films Volcano of Chimborazo Beatrice, Neb. — District Judge Messmore, acting upon complaint of certain business men that a lottery was being conducted, issued a temporary restraining order forbidding J. D. Petty and Louis B. Sponsler of the Rivoli theater and George W. Spiegel of the Spiegel Automobile Co. from conducting car giveaway nights. Hearing on a permanent order will be held later. Arthur Bernstein Weds Widow of Jack Coogan Guayaquil, Ecuador — Andre Roosevelt, explorer and cinematographer, has just completed first airplane flight over 20,700-foot volcano of Chimborazo and succeeded in taking extensive film footage of crater which is one of highest peaks of Andes. He used special camera fitted with F.ll lens and red filter. Motion picture made by Andre Roosevelt and Cyril von Baumann on previous South American expedition is now being edited by latter in U. S. for 1937 release under title, "White Gods." Coming and Going WILL H. HAYS leaves New York Monday for Hollywood, where he will remain about six weeks. JULES LEVY, general sales manager for RKO Radio, arrived in New York Wednesday from Chicago, where he spent a week in conference with Walter Branson, mid-west district manager, and Jack Osserman, Chicago branch manager. HAL HORNE left New York for Hollywood last night by plane. He will return on Tuesday. FRANK PHELPS, Warner Bros, theater executive, leaves for the Coast today. FRANCINE LARRIMORE leaves this afternoon for Hollywood by train, being recalled by B. P. Schulberg for additional scenes in "John Meade's Woman." MRS. GEORGE O'BRIEN and Gladys George, both of Beverly Hills are stopping at the Warwick Hotel. FRANK C. WALKER leaves New York for Hollywood tomorrow. HARRY PUCK has gone to the Coast from New York. JIMMIE SAVO sails from New York tomorrow for London. JOHN GREGG PAINE goes to Washington Tuesday from New York. HARRIET HILLIARD whose rise to stardom in RKO Radio Pictures was interrupted by the arrival of David Ozzie Nelson, Jr., is expected to leave shortly for Hollywood and the studios. Belgian Educators Coming To Give Film Lectures Las Vegas, Nev. — Arthur L. Bernstein, business manager for Jackie Coogan, and the latter's mother, Mrs. Lillian R. Coogan, were married here. First husband of Mrs. Bernstein, Jack Coogan, was killed in May, 1935, in a motor accident. Peggy Joyce Gaining St. Moritz, Switzerland — Peggy Hopkins Joyce, injured in a sleighing accident that cost the life of Vivian Jackson, English scientist who was to have become her fifth husband, was reported in a "satisfactory" condition yesterday at the hospital to which she was removed for treatment. Memorial for "Roxy" The unveiling of a memorial stone for the late S. L. "Roxy" Rothafel will take place next Sunday, at 2 P. M. at the cemetery of the Central Synagogue, 52-22 Metropolitan Ave., Ridgewood, L. I. In case of inclement weather it will be postponed to the following Sunday. Five representatives of Belgium's Ministry of Education, comprising the Association of Voyage Scolaires Belgo-Luxembourgeois, leave Brussels today for the United States to confer with leading authorities here on visual education and arrange for interchange of facilities. Commission expects to spend several weeks in Washington and other cities in various sections of the country giving series of film lectures at universities. M. Taets is in charge of the visiting group. Mirrophonic Price Advance Announced for February 1 C. W. Bunn, general sales manager of Electrical Research Products, Inc., announced today that in order to meet rising costs a general price increase of 10 per cent, effective Feb. 1, will be applied to all contracts for Mirrophonic sound equipment. Nebraska-Western Iowa MPTOA Polled on Meet Omaha. — A meeting of M. P. T. O. A. for Nebraska and western Iowa may be called for Omaha by President Charles E. Williams, if at least 50 per cent of the exhibitors to whom he mailed letters will attend . Nebraska's one-house legislature, an unknown quantity in politics and an experiment in government which some exhibitors view with alarm and fear that a tax bill could be pushed through in record time by its 43 members, convenes Jan. 5. Arnold Streck Dead Wausau, Wis., — Arnold Streck, 30, projectionist at the Grand theater here, died in a local hospital. He is survived by his wife, a child and his parents. "Cloistered" Going Strong Pittsburgh — The Art Cinema Theater established a new attendance and box-office record this week with "Cloistered," released by the Best Film Company, it was said by Manager G. G. Rubin who plans to hold the picture for an indefinite Tri-States Biz "Best" Omaha. — District Manager Evertf R. Cummings of Tri-States Theaters announced yesterday that his district had the best holiday busi-, ness in history, especially in the smaller towns. ■ DATE BOOK Jan. 4: Installation of officers by Washington Variety Club, Willard Hotel. Jan. 7: Inauguration of the Adolph Zukor Silver Jubilee Sales Drive. Jan. 8-10: Paramount production conference, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. Jan. 9: Stagehands Union ball, Hotel Taft, New Haven. Jan. 16: I.T.O.A. annual party, the Waldorf Astoria, New York. Jan. 25: Kansas City (Mo.) Variety Club ball, Pla Mor ballroom. Feb. 3: Motion Picture Research Council's benefit performance of Ballet Russe, Oakland, Cal. Feb. 13: Columbian Club formal dance, Waldorf-Astoria. April 9: Annual ball of the Press Photographers at the Hotel Commodore.