The Film Daily (1938)

DAILY Friday, July 29, V. Vol. 74, No. 24 Fri., July 29, 1938 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN :::::: Editor Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer; Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office at New York, N. Y. under the act of March 3, 1S79. 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 VV. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne, Rauchstr, 4. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. finflnciRL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. 14i/2 135/8 14'/2 + Vs 14 14 14 Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc. Columbia Picts. pfd. Con. Fm. Ind. Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. East. Kodak do pfd Cen. 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 lVi I'/a n/z 7i/2 7i/2 71/2 — 1/2 1781/2 1771/2 178l/2 + 2 169 169 169 — 1 153/s 14% 153/8 + 3/4 49% 48% 49% + H/4 10% IOI/2 10% + 1/4 10% 101/2 10% + 1/2 10 9 10 + 3/4 3 2% 2% 24% 24% 24% + % 63/4 6% 6% + % NEW YORK BOND MARKET Keith A-0 6s46 Loew 6s41ww ...... 99 1/4 99 '/4 99 1/4 Para. B'way 3s55 Para. Picts. 6s55 Para. Picts. cv.3l/4s47 82 82 82 — l/2 RKO 6s41 751/4 74 75 'A + 3V4 Warner's 6s39 75 74'/2 75 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Vi V2 Grand National . . Monogram Picts. . Sonotone Corp 13,4 1% Technicolor 25% 23 2)5% + 2'/8 Trans-Lux 23/8 23/8 23/8 + 1/ Universal Picts Vz N. Y. OVER-THE-COUNTER STOCK MARKET Bid Asked Pathe Film 7 pfd 99 Fox Thea. Bldg. 6V2s 1st '36 63A 8% Loew's Thea. Bldg. 6s 1st '47 92 93% Met. Playhouse, Inc. 5s '43 63% 65% Roxy Thea. Bldg. 6y4s 1st '43 .... 52 54 MILES Public Projection Rooms Two Private Theaters Latest Projection Equipment Air Conditioned — Night Screenings Ample Seating Capacity Cutting RooiriM Vault Space Inxpection Delivery Service 729 Seventh Ave. BRyant 8-5600 Warners Holding Final Bookers Meet Tomorrow (Continued from Page 1) and Sunday at the Hotel Warwick in New York, where representatives of the company's Eastern and Canadian branches will convene for a two-day session. A. W. Schwalberg, supervisor of exchanges, will preside, assisted by Stanley Hatch, advertising accessories sales manager and I. F. Dolid, assistant to Norman H. Moray, Vitaphone sales manager. Other home office representatives attending will be C. C. Ryan, H. M. Doherty, Lester Tietjen, Sol Shernow, Phil Abrahams, A. Brauninger, Joseph Tisman, Ben Goldman, Herman Goldberg and Bernie Goodman. The bookers and ad salesmen attending will be: Albany, P. R. Powers, J. Moore and H. Arenove; Boston, Eli Leavitt, E. Feltman, L. Griffin, J. Callahan, W. Gates and J. Walton; Buffalo, Miss R. Rappaport, Miss B. C. Kemp and E. Murphy; New Haven, A. Lombardi, Miss V. Cusanelli, S. Levine and J. Massimino; New York, Sam Lefkowitz, P. Saglembini, S. Macomber, A. Blumberg, M. Fried and E. Gross; Philadelphia, W. J. Quinlivan, T. N. Noble, O. B. Guilfoik, L. J. Hannan and E. C. O'Donnell; Pittsburgh, Miss R. Leinhart, Miss H. Lissman, Miss M. Weir and R. Munn; Washington, E. Phillips, Mrs. E. L. Risdon, T. F. Gormley, M. L. Myers and J. Collins; Montreal, J. C. James and T. E. Carr; St. John. Mrs. F. H. Thurston; Toronto, A. Piggins, R. Rennie and M. McKeag. Ellis Returning to N. Y. for More Depositions West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Having completed taking of depositions from M-G-M executives in connection with the consolidated stockholders suit designed to kill profit-sharing agreements, Emil K. Ellis, attorney for the stockholders, is planning to leave for New York over the week-end. Ellis will continue his questioning of executives when he returns to NewYork next week, with Nicholas M. Schenck, J. Robert Rubin and David Bernstein among those who will be quizzed. Roxy Theater Declares $1.50 Dividend on Pfd. The Board of Directors of Roxy Theater, Inc. at its meeting yesterday declared a cash dividend of $1.50 per share on the preferred stock of the corporation for the fiscal year ending Aug. 25, payable Aug. 10, to stockholders of record at the close of business Aug. 3. "U" Board Meets Universal's board of directors met yesterday and reportedly heard details of the new English financing plans as announced Wednesday by J. Cheever Cowdin, chairman of the board. "Ragtime Band" Premiere Draws Execs, and Celebs. Converging on New York from different directions are a number of execs, and celebs who will arrive here during the next few days to be present for the Coast-to-Coast broadcast of 20th-Fox';s "Alexander's Ragtime Band" next Wednesday night, and the debut of the picture next Friday at the Roxy. Sidney R. Kent, president of 20thFox, arrives in New York Sunday night from Maine, where he has been taking a vacation. Darryl F. Zanuck, production head of the company, who produced the pix, arrives here Monday on the Normandie after a European vacation with his family. Joseph H. Moskowitz, studio representative in New York, arrives from England on the same ship. Tyrone Power, one of the picture's stars, arrives here Monday from the Coast, accompanied by Jack Haley. William Dover, studio personnel manager, and Ethel Merman, who has an important role in the picture, have already arrived in town. Alice Faye, who was also starred in the film, will be picked up from the Coast on the broadcast, which will feature numerous bands and personalities associated with the pix and its background. FPC Offers 5-Year Lease for Loew's Thea., Montreal Montreal — Mansfield Theater Co., proprietors of Loew's Theater here, has received an offer from Famous Players Canadian to rent the theater on a five-year lease starting Sept. 1. Famous Players offers sufficient rental to enable payment of 3% per cent annual dividend on the company's preferred stock. Offer will be considered by the Mansfield shareholders. NLRB Still to Consider Writers Election Squawk Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — A beleaguered National Labor Relations Board is so swamped with pending cases that Board members have not yet had opportunity to discuss the matter of the Coast studio protests against the recent writers' election, a Board spokesman said yesterday. Present "board pressure" would not permit consideration of the case referred by Dr. Towne Nylander until next week, it was said. Lou Irwin Flying East West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Lou Irwin left here by plane yesterday for New York to meet Darryl F. Zanuck on his return from Europe. He will also attend the opening of the Ritz Bros, personal appearances at the Chicago Theater, Chicago. Nancy Rothacker Gains Nancy Rothacker, who underwent a major operation three weeks ago at the LeRoy Sanatorium, leaves the hospital today for her home to convalesce. commc ADD GOIf HARRY M. WARNER is en route to York for a vacation here. EDWARD SMALL, United Artists prod, leaves for the Coast tomorrow. ARTHUR A. LEE, vice-president =-d ger manager of Caumont British, If este for Toronto. He arrives in ChiF Moi on first lap of Western trip that will him to the Coast before he returns to h office. LYNN FARNOL, director of advertising publicity for United Artists, arrived in He wood yesterday by plane. He is schedulec return to New York the latter part of week. JOSEPH I. BREEN, production code admi trator, arrives on the Coast today. MONTE PROSER, special publicity represei 1 five for Walter Wanger, who has been in 1 1 York for the past two months in connec | with campaigns on "Blockade," leaves for Coast today. GEORGE L. CARRINGTON, vice-president Altec Service Corp., leaves New York today fl a month's vacation. RUDY VALLEE and his band left last n for Chicago via United Air Lines. DAVID ROSE, Paramount's English produc head, sailed for England yesterday on the de France. JAMES A. FIT2PATRICK, producer of M M's TravelTalks, arrives on the Century ton row morning from the Coast. MRS. FITZP/ RICK accompanies him. CERTRUDE LAWRENCE, actress, leaves M day to play in a Coast company of "Susan God." COL. JOHN A. COOPER, secretary and tre urer of the publicity committee of the Toro Board of Trade's Motion Picture Section, head of the Motion Picture Distributors Exhibitors of Canada, has arrived in New Y J. J. F1TZCIBBONS, vice-president and rector of theater operations for Famous PI ers Canadian Corp., and N. A. TAYLOR, ch. man of the Toronto Board of Trade's Mot Picture Section and head of the Exhibit Booking Association and Twentieth Cent Theaters, have arrived in New York for all days' stay. NORMAN BROWN, Balaban 0 Katz assist manager in Chicago, is vacationing in K •' York. LESTER WALTERS, of the Gaumont Brilj publicity department, leaves tonight for a 1 weeks' stay at Shushan, New York. Ascap's "Old Song Week' Ascap is sponsoring "Old So Week," starting Saturday. Obsc vance largely will be over the £ * and via orks. Best wishes from THE FILM DAILY to the following on their birthday: JULY 29 William Powell Clara Bow ':. K