The Film Daily (1937)

Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1937 Vol. 71, No. 28 Wed., Feb. 3, 1937 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE : Editor and Publisher Puhlishecl daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1501 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, 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y Phone, BRyant 9-7117, 9-7118, 9-7119, 9-7120, 9-7121. 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 Net High Low Close Chg. 26 Vi 25 'A 26i/2 + u/s 37 36'/2 363/4 5l/4 5i/8 51/4 17 17 17 1741/2 170 1741/2 + 41/2 Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc. . Columbia Picts. pfd. Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. . . East. Kodak do pfd Gen. Th. Eq Loew's, Inc do pfd Paramount Paramount 1st pfd.. Paramount 2nd pfd.. Pathe Film RKO 20th Century-Fox . . 20th Century-Fox pfd. Univ. Pict. pfd Warner Bros do pfd 323/4 323,4 323/4 — i/8 77 743/8 763/4 + 2% 283/8 28 28 1/8 199 196 197 — 234 25% 25% 251/2 + 74 91/2 93/8 93/8 — 1/4 83/4 8% 85/8 — I/4 371/g 363/4 37 — 1/4 153/4 151/2 15% NEW YORK BOND MARKET Keith A-0 6s46 99 99 99+1 Loew 6s41ww 100i/2 100 1/4 100 1/2 + 1/2 Para. B'way 3s55 Para. Picts. 6s55. . . . IOOV2 1003/8 1003/8 RKO 6s41 1201/2 1 193/8 1201/2 — 3/8 Warner's 6s39 100 99% 100 + Ve NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Picts. vtc Grand Nat'l Films.. 3% 33/4 33/4 Sonotone Corp 23/8 2% 23/8 + i/g Technicolor 21 Vi 21 % 21 Vs — V* Trans-Lux 43/8 43/8 43/8 4 % FEBRUARY 3 Mary Carlisle Pat H. Harman James A. Starr Milton Silver Albert S. Howson LUISE RAINER will arrive on the Century this morning and will attend the first matinee performance at the Astor of "Good Earth", in which she plays O-lan. MARLENE DIETRICH arrives in New York this afternoon aboard the S. S. Berengaria. She may go straight to Hollywood to begin work on Ernst Lubitsch's "Angel." JOE B1GELOW leaves New York Friday for ! Hollywood. STEPHEN FALLOS flies to Miami tomorrow for the week-end. CHARLES REAGAN is back in New York from a month's trip, with Detroit as his last stop. CONSTANCE BENNETT arrives in Hollywood today from New York. DOROTHY PETERSON, film actress, is in New York on a vacation and planes to Hollywood next week. GILBERT MILLER, producer, has arrived in New York from Florida to take personal charge of directing rehearsals for forthcoming Broadway melodrama, "The Amazing Doctor Ctitterhouse." MYKE LEWIS, Western division manager of Paramount, is in New York. GEORGE TRENDLE arrives in New York today from Detroit. SPYROS SKOURAS is due in New York next I week from the coast. SAM DEMBOW leaves New York tomorrow for Detroit. OSCAR SERLIN, who is now in New York, | remains east one month before returning to Hollywood. MELITTA BRUNNER, professional figure skating star, arrives from Vienna today on the Paris, with Hollywood her eventual destination. LOU HOLTZ, comedian: MAGGIE TEYTE, singer; ARTHUR FREAR, concert baritone; and MRS. A. M. THIRKELL, British novelist, arrive from Europe today on the Berengaria. ALBERT LEWIN. stage director for Paramount, accompanied by MRS. LEWIN; FIDELE KOENIG, engineer for Paramount studios; SWANA WANDA, actress, en route to Hollywood; MRS. DANIELS, mother of film actress Bebe Daniels; and JEANNE GAUTHIER, French violinist, arrive from Europe on the Paris today. WILLARD VAN DER VEER, production supervisor, returns to Hollywood tomorrow by automobile with his family who recently arrived with him from England where he directed foreign film production for Audio interests here and Western Electric, London. HARRIET HOCTOR, has arrived in Hollywood from New York to play a featured role in "Stepping Toes." GERALD FANGER, head of British Movietone News, has arrived from London. HAL HORNE, production executive associated with Walter Wanger, leaves today for Hollywood after spending several weeks in New York on a talent search for final casting of Wanger's "Vogues of 1938." ALEX GOTTLIEB leaves New York today for Hollywood to take up new duties as ad| vertising manager of United Artists' studios. GEORGE J. SCHAEFER, U. A.'s vice president and general manager in charge of distribution, leaves New York today with MRS. SCHAEFER and their son, GERARD, for a two weeks' vacation in Florida. RUTH SLENCZYNSKI, child pianist, and her father, JOSEPH SLENCZYNSKI; and the BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY CHORUS, following an American concert tour, sail today for Europe on the President Harding. Goldman Plans Circuit of Foreign Film Houses A new circuit of houses playing foreign language films looms as the result of activities of Moe Goldman, now operating the Roosevelt theater. New York City, and the People's Cinema, Brooklyn. Goldman yesterday announced that he had acquired the Columbia in Boston and the Liberty in Brooklyn and was preparing to develop six more spots in several key cities. A survey by The Film Daily yesterday established that there are more first-runs for foreign language films available in New York City than at any time in the past. The survey further disclosed that theaters are available throughout the U. S. for foreign language bookings are at a new high. Flood Benefits in St. Louis; III. and Mo. Theaters Closed "Hands Across the Table" Myers and Kuykendall Suit Goes to Trial Today Both on MPTO Program Trial a suit in which Jean Delettre, Mitchell Paris and Mills Music Co. ask damages amounting to $50,000 from Paramount and a permanent injunction against the production entitled "Hands Across the Table" is scheduled for today in the New York State Supreme Court. The plaintiffs charge that they are entitled to screen credit for their song "Hands Across the Table" while the producer gave general recognition to another writer, Sam Coslow, for the numbers in the picture. Attorney Louis Phillips will represent Paramount at the hearing. Goldwyn Signs Bigelow Samuel Goldwyn has signed JocBigeiow, member of Variety editorial staff, as a writer. Under a deal closed by Gummo Marx of the Zeppo Marx agency, Bigelow leaves New York Friday for Hollywood. Abram F. Myers, Allied board chairman and general counsel, has definitely accepted an invitation to speak to the M. P. T. O. of Virginia on the same program with President Ed Kuykendall of the M. P. T. O. A. at the annual convention at Richmond opening Thursday, next week. The Virginia unit has no official affiliation with any national exhibitor association at the present time, although it has closely cooperated with the Kuykendall organization. Other convention speakers will include: Lieut. Gov. James Hubert Price and Col. John Fulmer Bright, mayor of Richmond. Ind. Anti-Playdate Bill Before Morals Committee Iron Out Merger Details Final details of the Local 306Allied merger and the I.T.O.A.Local 306 agreement were beingironed yesterday by counsel with signing of the contracts expected immediately on completion of the pacts. Outlawing of distributor designation of playdates is provided in a measure which has just been introduced in the Indiana Legislature by Assemblyman Mueller. It has been referred to the committee on public morals. Allied is interested in the enactment of similar bills as part of its legislative program. St. Louis — The three theaters in Harrisburg, 111., have been closed to prevent the spread of sickness among the refugees. Back water from the Ohio 25 miles away has flooded 80 per cent of that town. The theater in East Prairie, Mo., has also closed as a health precaution as several thousand of the refugees are there. Preliminary return from the Red Cross drive in St. Louis theaters have already passed the $10,000 mark with prospects of better than $50,000 from this city alone before the campaign closes on Feb. 7. Round Robin Letters to Aid Ky. Colonels' Drive| Loew district managers were eni listed today in the Kentucky Col' onels' flood relief fund drive. The;. will start round robin letters to ihi Colonels, requesting them to for ward their checks to Col. Louis K Sidney at WHN and then send th. letter on to other aides de camp 0 the Kentucky Governor. Contributions received yesterday by Col. Sidney and Gen. Jack Ali coate of The Film Daily include^ c, those of Al Lichtman, Mary Patrici; Alicoate, Phil Spitalny, Eddie Car rier, Charles C. Moskowitz, Marti J. Mullin, Arthur Rose and Samue Pinanski. FACTS ABOUT FILMS w Sydney, Australia, with a popula f tion of 1,500,000, has 20 picture theaters within the city radius. '0