The Film Daily (1939)

-— -— — w DAILY Friday, March 10, 1939 : Vol. 75, No. 47 Fri., Mar. 10, 1939 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN :::::: 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. 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. Paris— P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. Mexico City — Marco-Aurelio Galindo, Depto. 19, 5A, Dr. Lucio No. 102, Mexico, D. F. Buenos Aires — Chas. de Crur, Heraldo Del Cinematografista, Corrientes 1309. _ . f innnciRL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Net Chg. Columbia Picts. vtc Columbia Picts. pfd Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. East. Kodak do pfd Cen. Th. Eq Loew's, Inc Paramount Paramount 1st pfd.. Paramount 2nd pfd.. Pathe Film RKO 20th Century-Fox . . 20th Century-Fox pfd. Warner Bros do pfd NEW YORK Keith B. F. 6s46... Loew 6s 41 -ww.-... Para. B'way 3s55... Para. Picts. cv. 3!4s47 RKO 6s41 Warner's 6s39 Warner's 6s39 ctfs.. 13i/4 13 13 + y4 n% 176l/2 181 15 V4 50 V, 11% 971/4 11 V4 9% 2V2 24H 325/8 6V2 48 IV2 11% 1751/2 180 141/2 49 IH/4 963/4 11% 9% 2% 24 32V4 5% 4334 IV2 11% 176% 181 15 49% 113/8 971/4 11% 91/2 23/8 24% 32% 6% 48 + % + 1% + 1 + 1 — 1 + 1V4 + % + % + Va + Va + % + 51/2 BOND MARKET 100 995/s 99% — % 1011/4 101% 101% 87 72 100 93 87 87 + % 70% 72 +4 100 100 93 93—1 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts Sonotone Corp 1 1/2 1% 1% + % Technicolor 19% 19% 193/4+ 3A Trans-Lux 2% 2% 2% + % Bert Adler in Hospital Bert Adler, former motion picture publicist and now Deputy Commissioner of Sanitation, is in Mt. Sinai Hospital suffering from pneumonia. His condition last night was reported unchanged and that he is still seriously ill. SAFETY | LLOYDS FILM STORAGE CORP. Storage by Reel or Vault Wi Seventh Ave. "' ______ , ND9W V&SS SECURITY BRyant 9-5600 T ▼ T • • • JUDGING of the New York candidates to select the boy and girl to compete in the finals of the Jesse L. Lasky "Gateway to Hollywood" talent quest took place at the Roosevelt Hotel with the auditions proceeding all afternoon under supervision of Arthur Willi and Rufus Le Maire six boys and six girls were competing in the selection of the couple to represent the New York territory in the finals the winners will receive contracts as Alice Eden and John Archer, to be co-featured in an RKO Radio production based on Phil Stong's novel, "Career" a luncheon for the press preceded the tryouts on the dais were Edward Arnold, Sam Jaff e. Mme. Maria Ouspenskaya, Bryant Washburn, Ned Depinet, Arthur Willi, Rufus Le Maire, S. Barret McCormick, J. J. O'Connor, Max Tellerman, Fred Meyers, Marion Robertson the toastmaster was Ralph Rolan. T T ▼ • • • ANNUAL Ball and Banquet of the Warner Club at the Waldorf -A.storia tomorrow nite will bring out 1500 celebrants the host of sales execs attending the company's sales convention from branches throughout the country will build the affair to capacity Artie Shaw and his ork and a gala show of stars will provide the entertainment prominent industry guests will include Neil Agnew, Nate Blumberg, Ned Depinet, F. J. A. McCarthy, L. J. Schlaifer, Jules Levy, E. L. McEvoy, Ed Saunders, William Sussman, Joe Unger, Fred Meyers, John O'Connor, John Shea, William Powers, Spyros Skouras, Walter Reade, Fred Schwartz, Sam Rinzler, Louis Frisch ▼ ▼ ▼ • • • ASSORTED group of Hollywood players arriving on the 20th Century Limited were met at Harmon by a score of newspaper reporters and cameramen they rode on the club car to the Grand Central and got plenty of material from the vacationing stars Dorothy Lamour, Don Ameche, Edgar Bergen. Donald Dixon, Robert Armbruster so great was the crowd of fans at the station that the police platoon had to escort them out through rear exits at the depot. Germany Seeks Export Market for Tele Sets German television interests, it is learned, having met with a poor public reception at home, are now seeking an export market for their receiving sets, priced at from $175 to $1,000, mainly in the United States, England and France. Sets are considered the best in the European television field. Poor reception to the television programs in Germany is laid to lack of money and the unstable political situation. Germany is using the new highspeed camera developed for television use which takes 1,000 feet of film, develops, dries and readies it for telecasting in 80 seconds. Harry Weber Dead West Coast Bureau of THE FILM 'DAILY Hollywood — Harry Weber, 59, for many years one of the active heads of B. F. Keith vaudeville circuit, and father-in-law of screen actor Ray Milland, died here on Wednesday from a heart attack. Bernhard to Hold Warner Zone Meet Here Next Week Joseph Bernhard, General Manager of Warners theaters returned yesterday on the De Grasse from a short vacation at Montego Bay, B.W.I. He was accompanied by Moe Silver, Albany Zone Manager. Bernhard is presiding over the regular quarterly meeting of his zone managers and Home Office executives on Monday and Tuesday. He is scheduled to address the Warner Convention at the Waldorf Monday. Those attending the Zone Managers' meeting will also be present at sessions of the Convention. Farewell for Herbel San Francisco — Henry Herbel, San Francisco manager for Warners, was honor guest at a farewell luncheon at the Empire Hotel yesterday, attended by 30 San Francisco exchange men and exhibitors. He is leaving for Chicago to become district manager for Warners. At the dinner he was presented with a portable typewriter. cominc a no come JOHN HAY WHITNEY. Selznick Internationa board chairman, was scheduled to fly to the Coast last night unless delayed by weather conditions. W. A. SCULLY, Universal general sales manager, arrives this morning on the Century. ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT leaves W the Coast Sunday to get material for a n,..0azin( article on "Wuthering Heights," new Samue Goldwyn production. J. A. McCONVILLE, Columbia foreign manager, leaves New York today for Mexico, re turning next month. WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUCHAM, author sails tomorrow on the Queen Mary. GEORGE SANDERS, actor, arrives here todai from the Coast, en route to England to sta in the RKO production, "The Saint In London.' ARTHUR W. KELLY, United Artists foreigi chieftain, arrives here March 23 on the Queei Mary. BERT LAHR is scheduled to leave for th< Coast today. JOSEPH BERNHARD and MOE SILVER re turned from a British West Indies vacation yes terday on the De Grasse. JORIS IVENS planed to the Coast yesterday Tele on Commercial Basis 5 Years Distant — Lohi (Continued from Page 1) absorb the much greater costs, Lohi stated. Devising new types of show: looms as one of the biggest prob lems for television interests, th NBC prexy feels. Turning to the films vs. radio con troversy, Lohr said the air audience: have a greater interest in Wes Coast shows than those transmittal from New York, and followed wit! the statement that he felt radio hai done a lot for pictures, with play ers benefiting from radio publicit; and monetary returns. Asserting he had made no attemp to contact film company executive while here, Lohr said there was n reason for friction between the "tw mediums of greatest entertainment. Should radio lose film talent, how ever, Lohr asserted it would not b hurt. Lohr disclosed that two Coast stu dios were working on a new typ of film with television utilizatio: in view. Best wishes from THE FILM DAILY to the following on their birthday: MARCH 10 Gregory LaCava Stuart Holmes Floyd E. Stone William Jaffee Don M. Alexander Ralph A. Kohn MARCH 11 Raoul Walsh MARCH 12 Ceorge W. Harvey