The Film Daily (1938)

THE' L DAIIY Friday, September 23, 193-E Vol. 74, No. 68 Fri., Sept. 23. 1938 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : General Manager CHESTER B. EAHN :::::: Editor Published daily except Saturdays, 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, Sept. 8, 1938, 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. Subscribe 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, Rauchstr, 4. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographie Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. f i n a n c i a l NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. 163 '8 16 16% — 1% 13 13 13 — Vi 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 1% l!4 l'A 8 8 8+1/4 172 17iy4 1711/4 — 13/4 13l/2 i3i/4 131/4 _ 3/4 48% 481/s 48% — 1% 9% 9% 9% Vi ioy4 10 10 — 1/2 83/4 83/4 83/4 — Vi 21/4 2% 2% — Vs 241/2 241/4 241/2 — 3/8 321/4 32 32 + 7/8 6 30 5% 30 6 % 30 — 3 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Keith A-0 6s46 Loew 6s41ww 100% 99% 99% — % Para. B'way 3s55 Para. Picts. 6s55.... 89i/4 89 89/4 Para. Picts. cv. 3 i/4s47 77% 77 77 — % RKO 6s41 Warner's 6s39 ..... 733/i 733/4 733,4 — 1/4 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Grand National 7-16 7-16 7-16 Monogram Picts. ... 1% 1% 1 % Sonotone Corp Technicolor 20 191/2 191/2 — 1/2 Trans-Lux Universal Picts N. Y. OVER-THE-COUNTER STOCK MARKET Bid Asked Pathe Film 7 pfd 100V4 .... Fox Thea. Bldg. 6 Vis 1st '36... 5% 73/8 Loew's Thea. Bldg. 6s 1st '47.... 893/8 90% Met. Playhouse, Inc. 5s '43 64 1/4 66 1/4 Roxy Thea. Bldg. 6l/4s 1st '43.... 56% 58% SAFETY LLOYDS FILM STORAGE CORP. Storage by Reel or Vault 729 Seventh Ate. New York City BRyant 9-5600 SECURITY DuArt Negotiations Halt; Union Request is Rejected Contract and strike settlement negotiations between Local 702, lab. workers union, and DuArt Laboratory, were broken off yesterday when a union request that labor hired since start of the strike be dismissed when the regular employes go back to work was refused, it was learned last night. It was conceded by the union that the employes who did not strike could remain. A special meeting of the union's' executive council was called last night to discuss proposals made by the Lab. and weigh the course of future action. Pickets were replaced in front of the laboratory yesterday. "U's" Branch and District Managers Meet Tomorrow W. A. Scully, Universale sales manager, will bang the gavel tomorrow at an Astor Hotel get-together of the company's Eastern branch and district managers. Held to consider important new production developments, the meeting follows a similar one which took place last Sunday in Chicago for the Western sales heads. President Nate Blumberg, Vice-President Matthew Fox, Eastern Sales Manager F. J. A. McCarthy, and other execs, will also speak. New pictures which will have Bing Crosby, W. C. Fields and James Stewart as stars will be discussed, and their sales importance will be stressed. To Take Loew Deposition in Stockholders' Action Deposition of Arthur Loew in connection with a suit brought by a group of Loew's stockholders who seek to restrain the company from putting a profit-sharing plan into effect will be taken today. Nicholas M. Schenck and J. Robert Rubin were originally scheduled to be examined. Shift was made because of the impending early departure for Europe of Loew. Equity to Meet Today Quarterly membership meeting of Actors Equity Association will be held at 2:30 today at the Astor Hotel. The AEA basic agreement with the New York Theater League and the new ticket code will be discussed. A number of other business matters, as well as a report on WPA relations, will be put before the members. GN Title Hearing Off Hearing, scheduled to have been held yesterday at 45 Broadway, before Trial Examiner John J. Keenan, on the Federal Trade Commission's charges against the alleged abortive use of the title "In His Steps" by Grand National, was indefinitely deferred. British Lion Discloses $230,305 Loan to Republic London (By Cable) — British Lion Film's annual report reveals the company has made a secured loan of $230,305 to Republic Pictures Corp. Net profit for the year ended March 31 last is reported as $77,490 which compares with a $70,080 loss for the preceding year. British Lion's annual general meeting will be held at the Holborn Restaurant, Sept. 28. The retiring Directors are Andrew Holt, N. L. Nathanson, and Ivan Charles Flower, all seeking re-election. Employment in Scenic Equipment Field Rises Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Wage earners employed in the manufacture of theatrical scenery and stage equipment increased 42.3 per cent and their wages advanced 11.9 per cent from 1935, according to the returns of the 1937 biennial census of manufacturers. Wage earners in 1937 totaled 397, their earnings aggregated $488,511. Seek to Regain Oriental Chicago — Chapman & Cutler, attorneys for the Thirty-Second Randolph Street Building Corp., appeared before Municipal Judge Mike Trmko to secure possession of the Oriental Theater for the building company, as the Oriental Theater Co. had not paid rent for several weeks. It is reported that the building company will start negotiations for another tenant. Lucas Badly Burned Denver — Fire which was confined to the booth at the State Theater, Idaho Springs, burned all the clothing off John Lucas, manager, and he was rushed to a Denver hospital with burns all over his body. His condition was serious. Jack Page, operator, was treated in Idaho Springs for burns on the face and hands. Mantauffel Funeral Today Detroit — Max Mantauffel, 58, owner of the Martha Washington Theater in Hamtramck, Detroit suburb, for 15 years, is dead after a week's illness from pneumonia and heart trouble. He is survived by his widow and six children. Funeral will be held today with interment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Lifting Raft Suspension West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — George Raft, who was suspended from the Paramount contract list six weeks ago, will go back on salary on Oct. 5 and start work in the leading male role in "The Lady From Kentucky" the script of which is now being prepared by Malcolm S. Boylan. Still Threaten to Strike Chicago — Theater engineers are still threatening to strike unless back pay cuts are restored. COfllMG RFID GOinC , nana^" for ern tr5 iior to. T LOU PHILLIPS, of the Paramount legal department, left yesterday for Chicago. ED KUYKENDALL, MPTO prexy, leaves today for Philadelphia to attend the industry golf tournament. W. F. RODGERS, general sales man Metro, and TOM CONNORS, Easte manager, return today from Toron F. W. ALLPCRT, foreign representative of the MPPDA. sailed last night on the lie de France for London after a lengthy stay here. ERLE WRIGHT, publicity head of the Loew Poli circuit, has returned to New Haven after spending several days in New York. MRS. JOSEPH KAUFFMAN, wife of Universale Pittsburgh branch manager, is visiting | in New York. BRIAN AH ERNE, actor, expects to leave for the Coast over the week-end. He will be starred in the Hal Roach production of "Captain Midnight," which is scheduled to go into production shortly. GEORGE KELLY, one of the Four Yacht Club Boys, arrives in New York today from the Coast after completing a role in Paramount's "Artists and Models Abroad." GEORGE BURNS and GRACIE ALLEN arrive in New York today from the Coast. HENRY DANIELL, actor, arrives here over the week-end to take a part in a new play. LEONARD JANCFSKY, counsel for SAG, has returned to the Coast after a business trip. Edgar Fellers Dies Fremont, O. — Edgar J. Fellers, 75, proprietor of one of the first nickelodeons here, is dead from injuries received when he was struck by ' a motorcycle on Aug. 4. A son and daughter survive. Meet Chi. Operators Tues. Chicago — Motion picture theater operators will meet with theater owners again next Tuesday regarding a new contract. \J* iS* / If you want to know what to buy and where to buy it, then refer to the Buying Guide Section of the Recognized Standard Reference Book of the Motion Picture Industry. THE FILM YEAR BOOK 1501 Broadway New York City The 1939 Edition now in preparation.