The Film Daily (1937)

JOHN W. ALICOATE : : : Publisher CHESTER B. BAHN : : DONALD M. MERSEREAU : : : Editor General Manager Published daily except Sundays and Holiday at 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y by Wid's Films and Film Folk. Inc. J. W Alicoate, President and Publisher; Don aid M. Mersereau, Secretary Treasurer Arthur W. Eddy, Associate Editor. En tered 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— Ernes' W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 War dour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne. Fried richs'trasse, 225. Paris— P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courrles-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat Columbia ricts. vtc. 28% 28% 28% Columbia Picts. pfd Con. Fm. Ind 3 3 3 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd East. Kodak 181 181 181 + % do pfd 159 159 159 +1 Gen. Th. Eq 23% 23 23 — 1 Loew's, Inc 85 84% 843/, _ % do pfd 1051/2 1051/2 1 05 1/2 — Vz Paramount 22% 21 % 21 % — V4 Paramount 1st pfd Paramount 2nd pfd Pathe Film 9% 9 9% + Vi RKO 8 1/2 8% 8 Vi + I/a 20'h Century-Fox .. 36% 36% 36% 20th Century-Fox pfd Univ. Pict. pfd ■ Warner Bros 14% H'A H'A % do pfd NEW YORK BOND MARKET Keith A-0 6s46 Loew 3V2s46 993/4 99% 993/4 — % Para. B'way 3s55 Para. Picts. 6s55 . . . 1003/8 100V4 100 1/4 + V4 Tara. Picts. cv. 3V4s47 92 y2 923/8 92i/2 — 1/4 RKO 6s41 Warner's 6s39 95% 95 95% — % NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Picts. vtc Grand National 3l/4 3% 3% Sonotone Corp 2 1% 1% + % Technicolor 29 283/8 283/8 — V2 Trans-Lux 4% 4 1/4 4% + % Universal Picts N. Y. OVER-THE-COUNTCR STOCK MARKET Bid Asked Pathe Film 7 pfd 98 Fox Thea. Bids'. 6l/2s 1st '36 11% 12% Loew's Thea. B!dg. 6s 1st '47 94% 96 Met. Playhouse, Inc. 5s '43 67 69 Roxy Thea. B!dg. 6l/4s 1st '43.... 53% 55% Replacing Screens Saenger Theaters Corp., operating more than 100 theaters throughout the South, is replacing their silver screens with Vocalite crystal beaded color sensitive screens. Contract for the substitutions was announced yesterday by the Theater Screen Corp. of Roosevelt, N. Y. THE 5^3 DAILY Friday, Aug. 6, 1937 Theater Will Move With Town to Escape Flood Menace Chicago — The Shawnee Theater at Shawneetown will move with the balance of the town to a site in the hills three miles away from the river so as to avoid future floods. The State of Illinois will aid in the removal and will supply part of the funds needed for the mass migration of the town folks. Philly Truck Strike Called Off But It's Still Going Philadelphia — Although the truck strike was officially called off yesterday, it unofficially continued as union leaders were unable to hold their members in check. Film delivery service, however, was about 100 per cent complete, with exhibitors picking up their film personally. Out-of-town shipments through Railway Express are being picked up at the city line in private cars and brought to the exchanges by exchange employees, who are working overtime in order to keep their service normal. Renovating Capitol New York's Capitol Theater, which will close for one week commencing Aug. 26, due to complete remodelling operations, will reopen on Sept. 2, with either "Broadway Melody of 1938" or "The Good Earth" as the attraction. During the brief shutdown a new front will be constructed, including a new marquee. The interior will undergo extensive alterations, which will be effected by artisans and workmen operating on both day and night shifts. Opening Paris Bureau G. L. George, Hollywood correspondent for Le Soir of Paris, has been appointed foreign representative of Associate Film Audiences, the latter announced yesterday. He sails today on the DeGrasse to set up an International Bureau in Paris, where he will contact organizations there for the purpose of forming an International Federation of film audience groups. Close New Orleans Office New Orleans — Gaumont British has closed down its sales offices, maintained in the 20th Century-Fox exchange and apparently will maintain only a booker here in the future. Sales in this territory will be handled out of Atlanta as well as Memphis. Bill Minder former manager of the local exchange here is not in the new set up and gone to Atlanta. "Dallas" Opens Big "Stella Dallas" yesterday did the biggest opening day business at the Music Hall in two and one-half years, stated United Artists late yesterday. During the first 20 minutes of box-office activity, 4,500 pasteboards were sold, it was said. Defer Warner Zone Meet Meeting of Warner theater zone managers has again been put off, this time from Monday to Aug. 23 in New York. Seek Audience Games Ban From Detroit City Council Detroit — The Common Council of Detroit has been asked by Assistant Corporation Counsel, Nathaniel H. Goldstein, to adopt an amendment to the city ordinance prohibiting bank night, screeno and similar games. Following the dissolution of the temporary injunction restraining police from interfering with the games, in Circuit Court last Saturday, police were instructed to obtain evidence against about 30 theaters which operated the games. The Film Daily representative visited several of the leading theaters recently, and found no action had been taken in the matter as yet, bank night and screeno being still offered. M. G. Rogers Holds Out Omaha — The local film exchange union is still unable to get M. G. Rogers, owner of Film Transport, to sign a contract with his drivers. Rogers continues to offer a wage increase equivalent to the Omaha teamsters' union scale, but refuses to meet the union's demand of a still higher scale and a closed shop. So far the union had not had results from its demands for back room employees. Paramount, however, has flatly refused to consider the clause asking that any wage raise would be retroactive to the date negotiations started. Award Trans-Lux Contract Contract for the construction of the one-story theater building for the Trans-Lux at Lexington Ave. and 52nd St. has been awarded to the Rheinstein Construction Co. by the City Bank Farmers Trust Co., which recently leased the property to the film company. Building will cost $80,000. Thomas W. Lamb is the architect of the theater portion of the building project. Set Radio Artists Board Preliminary board of the American Federation of Radio Artists has been completed and will be submitted for ratification to the various unions represented on it, including the Screen Actors Guild, Actors Equity, American Federation of Actors, and the American Guild of Radio Artists. Also represented are the two local boards set up by Equity to handle the radio drive. Plan Brooklyn House Century Circuit yesterday announced plans for building a 1,000seat house at Garrettsen Ave. and Ave. R. Brooklyn. Site is between two other Century theaters, the Avalon and Marine. Coming and Goin |r WILLIAM F. RODGERS returned to New York yesterday from Chicago. MR. and MRS. RAYMOND PAIGE are in New York from Hollywood and are stopping at the Warwick. EUGENE CASTLE returns to New York today from the Coast. HERBERT YATES leaves New York Sept. 20 for Hollywood. MIRIAM HOPKINS has arrived in New York from the Coast. JOHN NOLAN gees to Bucks County in Pennsylvania today from New York for a rest, following his discharge from St. Vincent's Hospital. HARRY ARTHUR returns to St. Louis next week from New York. H. J. GRIFFITH, R. E. GRIFFITH and H. R. FALLS, heads of the Griffith circuit in Oklahoma and Texas, are in New York. G. L. GEORGE, Hollywood correspondent for Le Soir of Paris and foreign representative of Associated Film Audiences, sails today for France on the DeGrasse. THYRA SAMPTER WINSLOW, novelist, has arrived in New York from Hollywood and is spending a short vacation at the St. Moritz. R. M. SAVINI, sales manager of Atlantic Pictures, has left New York on a five days' business trip to Montreal. MRS. HALLIE FLANAGAN, head of the Federal Theater Project, has left for a vacation in Canada. MONICA McCALL, American representative of the international play-brokers, Curtis Brown, Ltd., has returned from a Canadian vacation. GEORGE ARLISS leaves on his vacation today for Paris where he will be a guest of honor at the Paris Exposition. , PAUL MUNI arrives in New York by plane from Hollywood early next week. CHARLES E. FORD, head of Universal's newsreel, flew to Chicago yesterday to make production scenes there for a feature picture. GERALDINE RUDOLPH, New York dancer recently signed by Alexander Korda, leaves for the London Film studios tomorrow on the Georgic. HAL ROACH sails from New York Saturday on the Rex. FWC Books "Snapshots" Columbia has completed negotiations for the Fox West Coast Circuit to play the Anniversary issue of Screen Snapshots (Number 11) over the entire circuit. Film now is playing the Paramount Theater, Los Angeles and has been booked to play first-run at the Fox Orpheum in Portland, Ore., with other dates to be set. AUGUST 6 Leo Carrillo Louis K. Sidney Frank Tuttle Hoot Gibson Irvin Shapiro »'!Vi •L