The Film Daily (1937)

HIGH COURT GRANTS ORDER IN FOX CASE (Continued from Page 1) for William Fox, for a temporary restraining order and injunction in the case against All Continent Corporation. The high court further ordered that the petition is granted until further action is taken upon writ of certiorari and the All Continent Corporation is enjoined from proceeding in any manner against the petitioners in the suit of equity now pending in United States District Court. All Continent Corporation originally brought suit in Pennsylvania in an effort to clarify the title to certain securities in possession of Philadelphia brokers. It was stated that value of assets transferred to All Continent by Fox at one time totaled some $7,000,000. The Circuit Court, however, reversed the bankruptcy court and vacated restraining order and Steelman yesterday was granted his petition for a temporary restraining order and injunction. 27 Day and Date Showings Set for "Black Legion" (Continued from Page 1) are: Branford, Newark; Stanley, Jersey City; Fabian, Paterson; Montauk, Passaic; St. James, Asbury Park; Colonial, Allentowi. : Embassy, Easton; Lyric, Indianapolis; Chief, Colorado Springs; Chief, Greeley; Roger Sherman, New Haven; Strand, Hartford; Vitaphone, Wenatchee; Broadway, Norwich; Opera House, New Brunswick; Odeon, Savannah; Empire, San Antonio; Strand, Parkersburg; Virginian, Charleston; Victory, Dayton; Rio, Albuquerque; Liberty, Cumberland; Garde, New London; Hippodrome, Cleveland; Hollywood, Pottsville; Spencer, Rock Island, and the Garden, Davenport. United Artists Launching George Schaefer Drive (Continued from Page 1) Jack Schlaifer in the West and Haskell Masters in Canada. Pictures to be released during that period are: Jan. 22, "Men are Not Gods"; Jan. 29, "We Only Live Once"; Feb. 19, "Fire Over England"; Feb. 26, "Man Who Could Work Miracles"; Mar. 5, "History is Made at Night" and April 3, "A Star is Born". It's Colonel Thornton Now Providence — James C. Thornton, Pawtuxet Valley theater operator and at one time chief of the State Division of Horse Racing in Rhode Island, now rates the title of "Colonel." He is one of three civilian aides appointed last week by Governor Robert E. Quinn to serve on his staff. fh^BS"* DAILV Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1937 T T T • • • MR. VAN PRAAG, who recently divorced himself from an exec spot at National Screen Service, is going to formally announce his new plans in a few days ... • "Just relaxing" is the way that Archie Mayo, one of the better megaphoners, describes his purposes in trekking eastward from the Gold Coast Archie has unloaded those extra pounds and looks fine Now he's bound for Florida, where film men do their best relaxing ... • Nathaniel Shilkret, head man at RKO Radio as far as matters musical go, has John Hancocked a contract to do radio concerts for the Firestone Tire program Setup is to feature Shilkret and his band with Richard Crooks, Met opera luminary, while the latter is in Los Angeles Feb. 1 to 8 T T T • • • EDUARDO CIANNELLI, who plays a sinister role, such as in "Winterset" sinister and how .... is working on the preliminary drafts of two plays He authored such hits as "Puppets and Passions" and "Foolscap" ... • George Schaefer, Andy Smith, et al., are not reticent over the fact that "Garden of Allah" smashed every existing Argentine b. o. record at the Opera House in Buenos Aires heat wave or no heat wave The turnstiles clicked off 8,795 paid admissions on the inaugural day, they chorus gleefully ... • Remember that old-time vaude skit "Change Your Act or Back to the Woods" Well, anyhooo, Victor Moore, who played it for years with his wife, the late Emma Littlefield, has an idea to preserve it in celluloid T ▼ T • • • TED BUTCHER yesterday officially tied up with Selznick International Pictures as production manager Henry Ginsberg, general manager, authors that statement for public consumption ... • A concert manager, who oughta know, tells that Nelson Eddy and Lily Pons are today the leading draws of the concert stage and that their appearance in any town throughout this movie-minded land of ours is a guarantee of sell-out biz All of which sort of indicates that screen appearances mean something by way of publicity Loew's is understood to have been seeking to persuade Eddy to quit this activity and has offered the Judson Artists Bureau $200,000 for its contract with the star T ▼ T • • • EXHIBS TOTALLING 405 will receive copies of the special silver medallion devised in honor of Adolph Zukor's Silver Jubilee in the film biz Award is being given to showmen who played "Queen Elizabeth," Zukor's pioneer effort in production, in 1912 In addition to the names of 398 the atermen already announced, seven more names added to the list are: Michael Stiefel, Philadelphia; John Kamuda, Indian Orchard, Mass.; J. H. Griffin, Miami, Okla.; Stanley Sumner, Cambridge, Mass.; Victor Moore, Boston; Harry Koplar, St. Louis and Oscar Granat, Mexico City It took plenty of research work to locate these old-timers who are entitled to receive the medallion • • • "FAME," THE new Quigley publication, is a smart, and up-to-the-minute addition to the trade paper field Informative and interesting from every film man's viewpoint Terry Ramsay e, is ye editor ... • Fillum execs in quite some numbers are migrating to Washington to attend the inaugural tomorrow Contingent from Cinemaland includes Charlie Pettijohn, Frank Walker, Colvin Brown and Ed Kuykendall ... • Monroe Greenthal, the old pepper-upper, is all enthused over the new George Schaefer sales drive which U. A. is staging under the able direction of Andy Smith If the sales force matches Monroe's enthusiasm, everything will be okay Speaking of U. A., reminds at least one snooper that there's an outfit with morale up in the cinematic clouds Partly due, no doubt, to the exec intelligence that heads the firm « « « » » » PRODUCERS CLEAR WESTERNS' STATUS (Continued from Page 1) clear that short subjects, including newsreels, are not within their definition of the word "product" as used in the cancellation announcement. Providence Theater Workers Are Now Being Organized (Continued from Page 1) ganizer for the entire New England district. The activity includes the entire state with the exception of Westerly. The new union, it is said, will operate as the United Theatrical and Motion Picture Workers of America. Ohio Measure Would Ban Merchandise Chance Games (Continued from Page 1) based on chance, with $100 to $1,000 fines and jail terms up to six months for each violation. The measure included 25 stringent fair trade regulations for the government of business. Denounces Agent's Arrest The arrest of Joseph Kelban, Brooklyn business agent of Local 306, operators' union, on the orders of District Attorney F. X. Geoghan was denounced yesterday by Joseph D. Basson, president of the union, as "undue interference with the legitimate function of the operators' union." Kelban was arrested Saturday on omplaint of Paul Weintraub, manager of the Folly Theater, Brooklyn, who charged that he had ordered the lights turned off in the theater when the management refused to pay $572 in back wages owed the operator. Basson declared Weintraub had failed to live up to an agreement to clear up back wages owed the men and that Kelban had ordered the men not to continue the show as he had a right to do. Warner Board Meeting Off Meeting of the Warner Bros, board of directors scheduled for today will go over to next month, owing to absence from New York of Harry M. Warner and Major Albert Warner. Poor "Ten Best" Pickers Ft. Worth, Tex.— Not one of the 346 entrants in the local 10-best picture selection contest, which was conducted, by Robert Randol, movie critic of Fort Worth Star-Telegram, in conjunction with the FILM DAILY annual poll, was able to pick out all the winning pictures. However, 16 got nine winners correct. Each of these got a sixmonth's pass to an Interstate Circuit theater here. Of the 346 entries, 67 got eight correct, and 101 got seven correct.