The Film Daily (1937)

: — \w^ Intimate in CharsrcTer International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Eighteen Years Old /OL. 71. NO. 16 NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 20, 1937 TEN CENTS 26 A and 26 B Features on Paramount 1937-38 List 1 6,258 Waters are now operating inthe u. s. Loew's Extending Checking Service to 7 More Zones chiller, Cummings Leave N. Y. Friday for Chicago, Coast Establishment of its own checkrig service in at least seven more ones will result from a trip to be nade by Col. E. A. Schiller and Alan Cummings, exchange operations lead, in behalf of Loew's. They ?ave New York Friday for Chicago, i here a meeting is to be held to map ut plans for checking in that city, ndianapolis and Milwaukee. Later t either Los Angeles or San Franisco, Schiller and Cummings will old a conference to cover its ser (Continued on Page 4) iJTEC 1936 EARNINGS MAY HIT $1,450,000 Earnings of $1,450,000 for 1936 ire indicated for General Theaters ]quipment Corp., equal to $2.70 a iare on the outstanding stock. The ampany's earning prospects are I ood in view of the theater rehabiliation under way throughout the Duntry with improved grosses and (.Continued on Page 17) J. S. Rescinds Levy on Amplifiers, Loudspeakers Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Under a ruling by )eputy Commissioner D. S. Bliss of he Internal Revenue Dep't. a tax f 5 per cent on the cost of theater mplifiers and loudspeakers is rescinded but the 5 per cent tax on (Continued on Page 4) I! Hughes Sets L. A.-N. Y. Mark Howard Hughes, flying an average speed of 332 miles an hour, established a new transcontinental airplane record yesterday, arriving at Newark Airport in his silver monoplane racer at 12:42: 47 p.m., exactly 7 hours, 26 minutes and 27 seconds after he had left Los Angeles' Union Air Terminal. First Week of Zukor Jubilee Gives Para. Biggest Since '30 Initial week of Paramount's Silver Jubilee in honor of Adolph Zukor brought in business giving the company its biggest week since Paramount Week in 1930, according to a spokesman yesterday. The drive runs a total of 17 weeks. K. W. Todd Elected to GN Board; Represents Interests Buying Into Firm Kirk W. Todd of the Pittsburgh investment banking firm of K. W. Todd Co., Inc., chairman of the board of Central Ohio Steel Products Co. and the Jeannette Glass Co., has been elected a director of Grand National Films, Inc., it was officially announced yesterday. Todd represents a group of bank ers and investors who have acquired an important block of Grand National stock, including: the holdings of Pathe Film Corp. Todd takes the place on the Grand National board previously held by Robert W. Atkins of Abbott, Proctor & Paine, a representative of the Pathe interests. Allied's Directors Meet Tomorrow in Baltimore Baltimore — In connection with the annual meeting of the Allied board of directors to be held at the Emerson Hotel here tomorrow and Friday, a dinner will be given tomorrow evening in honor of the visiting directors. Mayor Jackson of Baltimore and others prominent in civic and state affairs will attend. A session of the special defense (Continued committee is planned in the roomf of Chairman Al Steffes following the dinner. The annual election of officers will take place Friday. A block of seats has been reserved for Allied directors at the inaugural in Washington today. Members of the board and alternates who have signified their intention to attend the meetings are on Page 20') Company's Program Tentatively Cut From 65 to 52 Films for New Year Jackson Replaces Dickinson as Head of Anti-Trust Div. Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson has been named to replace John Dickinson, who is resigning as head of the Justice Department's anti-trust division. Appointment was made by Attorney General Homer S. Cummings. With a total of 52 features tentatively set for its 1937-38 program, Paramount has in mind making 26 A pictures and 26 B productions for that season, it was learned following return of home office executives to New York from the coast after attending the Zukor Silver Jubilee dinner and production conferences. The company is thereby reducing its output from 65 to 52 pictures for the new year. B picture lineup is about 10 productions less than number scheduled for the current season. Film Board's Survey Shows Increase of 880 Houses As of Jan. 1, last, there were 16,258 theaters in operation in the United States, an increase of 880 houses over the previous Jan. 1, according to a survey just completed by the Film Boards of Trade, and announced yesterday. This compares with 14,750 active theaters as of Jan. 1, 1932. Theaters now operating have an aggregate of 10,440,632 seats, as contrasted with a total of 10,098,920 on Jan. 1, 1936, this representing (Continued on Page 18) CONN. MPTO VOTES MPTOA AFFILIATION New Haven— The M. P. T. O. of Connecticut, which has worked in close cooperation with the M. P. T. O. A. for some time, unanimously voted yesterday to affiliate with the national exhibitor organization. Arthur H. Lockwood of Middletown was elected a member of the M. P. T. O. A. board and Irving C. Jacobs Jr. of Branford was named delegate to the coming Miami convention of the Kuykendall association. Luncheon Tendered Kodak Executives from Overseas E. E. Blake, managing director of Kodak, Ltd., London, and Harry Shilton, managing director of KodakPathe Co., Paris, were introduced (Continued on Page 17) Para., Loew Stocks Set Highs Four film securities hit new highs on the big board yesterday. Three were Paramount issues, the fourth, Loew's common which closed at 73%. The day's gain of the latter was 1 %. Paramount's common moved to 27%, its first preferred to 1921/2. and its second preferred to 24%. Day's advance of the first preferred was 7%.