The Film Daily (1939)

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DAILY Monday, March 13, 1939 Vol. 75, No. 48 Mon., Mar. 13, 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 Cruz, Heraldo Del Cinematografista, Corrientes 1309. f innncifl l (QUOTATIONS NEW YORK vtc. pfd. Am. Seat. Columbia Picts. Columbia Picts. Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd... East. Kodak 1 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 NEW YORK B. F. 6s46 ...1 6s 41 -ww . . 1 B'way 3s55. . . Picts. 6s55 . .. Para. Picts. cv. 3%s47 RKO 6s41 Warner's 6s39 1 Warner's 6s39 ctfs. NEW YORK Monogram Picts. Sonotone Corp Technicolor Trans-Lux Universal Picts N. Y. AS OF FRIDAY) STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. 17'/2 17l/2 \nVl — y2 13 13 13 1% iVi i% -i-'Va i2y2 in/, 121/2 + y4 78 176!/2 178 + l'/2 15 15 493/4 501/2 + 1% Keith Loew Para. Para. 115/g 113^ 113/8 98 971/2 97l/2 4. l/4 113/4 H% H3/4 + Vs '21/2 '2% 'ivi + "Vs 241/g 24 24 — i/s 77' ' 75 77" +2" 65/s 6% 63/e 4834 48 48i/2 + Vz BOND MARKET 00 997/8 100 -I 3/8 01 Vs 101 Vs 101% 873/4 87 873/4 + % 731/4 7iy2 73 + 1 OOV4 100 lOO'/s + Vs 93 93 93 CURB MARKET 21/2 21/2 21/2 1% u/2 1% + Vs 19% 191/2 191/2 — 1/4 OVER-THE-COUNTER SECURITIES Bid Asked Pathe Film 7 pfd 100 Fox Thea. Bldg. 1st '49 Loew's Thea. Bldg. 6s 1st '47 Met. Playhouse. Inc., 1st deb '45 Roxy Thea. Bldg. 4s 1st '57 SAFETY LLOYDS FILM STORAGE CORP. Storage by Reel or Vault 729 Seventh Ave. New York City BRyant 9-5600 SECURITY S The Broadway Parade E Picture and Distributor Theater Pygmalion (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Pascal) — 14th week Astor Stagecoach (United Artists-Wanger) — 2nd week Music Hall Blackwell's Island (Warner Bros. Pictures) — 2nd week Globe Let Freedom Ring (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Capitol Oklahoma Kid (Warner Bros. Pictures) Strand Never Say Die (Paramount Pictures) Paramount The Little Princess (20th Century-Fox) Roxy Spirit of Culver (Universal Pictures) Rivoli Fast and Loose ( Metro-Goldwyn-Myaer) Criterion The Saint Strikes Back (RKO Radio Pictures) Rialto My Son is a Criminal (Columbia Pictures) Central Tail Spin (20th Century-Fox) (a-b) Falace Son of Frankenstein (Universal Pictures) (a-b) Palace School for Husbands (J. H. Hoffberg) (a-b) World The 400,000,000 (Garrison Films) Cameo Crisis ( Mayer-Burstyn) 55th St. Playhouse ♦ FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURES ♦ With a Smile (French M. P. Corporation) — 6th week 5th Ave. Playhouse Champs-Elysees (Tri-National Pictures) — 3rd week Little Carnegie Crossroads (Tri-National Pictures) Filmarte Foolish Virgin, The (Walch Film Co.) (a-b) World The Story of a Cheat (Gallic Films) (b) Waldorf ♦ FUTURE OPENINGS ♦ King of Chinatown (Paramount Pictnres) — March 15 Paramount Lost Patrol (RKO Radio Pictures) March 15 (a-b) Rialto Star of Midnight (RKO Radio Pictures) — March 15 (a-b) Rialto Love Affair (RKO Radio Pictures) — March 16 Music Hall I Was a Convict (Republic Pictures) — March 16 Criterion Mystery of the White Room (Universal Pictures) — March 18 Central You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (Universal Pictures) — March 16 (a-b) Palace Grand Illusion (World Pictures) (in French) — March 16 (a-b).... Palace Three Smart Girls Crow Up (Universal Pictures) — March 17 Rialto Du Hamla, Du Fria (Scandinavian Talk. Pict.) — March 19 48th St. Theater Ice Follies of 1939 (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) (c) Capitol Prison Without Bars (United Artists-Korda) (c) Globe You Can't Get Away with Murder (Warner Bros. Pictures) — Mar. 24 Strand Blanche Neige ef les Sept Nains (RKO Radio)— April 8 Waldorf (a) Dual bill. (b) Subsequent run. (c) Follows current bill. O'Connor Names Pix Com. 10 Vermont Cities, Towns for Catholic Campaign Vote for Films on Sunday The Motion Picture Committee of the 1939 Catholic Charities Drive was announced today by its chairman, John J. O'Connor, general manager of RKO Theaters. It embraces Harry D. Buckley, Pat Casey, H. M. Doherty, E. C. Grainger, J. R. Grainger, Austin C. Keough, E. L. McEvoy, Charles E. McCarthy, Joseph McConville, C. B. McDonald, John Murphy, William J. Neary, Dennis F. O'Brien, Charles L. O'Reilly, P. A. Powers, Wm. T. Power, Martin J. Quigley, William P. Rodgers, George J. Schaefer, William Scully, Gradwell L. Sears, George Skouras, W. G. Van Schmus, Frank C. Walker, treasurer, George C. Walsh and George W. Weeks. This year's campaign will be known as the Cardinal Hayes Memorial Appeal. Funeral Rites Held for Father of John Payette Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Funeral services were held here on Saturday morning for Dr. George N. Payette, 80, father of John J. Payette, Warners' general zone manager. Besides John J. Payette, he is survived by another son, George N. Payette, Jr.; two daughters, Mrs. George A. Degnan, of Washington, and Mrs. William Schwalm, of Hasbrouck Heights, N. J.; and 11 grandchildren. Interment was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Montpelier, Vt. — Seven more cities and towns, making a total thus far of 10, have voted in favor of Sunday movies, banned under the old blue laws. Springfield piled up the biggest majority of any place in Vermont, by favoring Sunday shows, lectures, concerts and baseball by a vote of 10 to 1. Other places where it will be legal to stage picture shows after 6 p.m. on Sunday, are: Burlington, Pownal, Readsboro, Whitingham, Wilmington, and Bennington. Previously reported were: St. Albans, Brattleboro and St. Johnsbury. Detroit Leads in Schaefer Drive; New Haven Second RKO's Detroit exchange, J. Sharkey, manager, continues to hold the lead in the George Schaefer Drive which has just rounded out its fifth week. In second place is Barney Pitkin's New Haven staff, while B. G. Kranze and his Albany staff are in third spot. The western district, headed by Harry Cohen, leads the seven districts. E. L. McEvoy's Eastern district currently is topping the Western district. Pathe Stockholders Meet Annual stockholders' meeting of Pathe Film Corp. will be held April 25. The company's annual financial statement is expected to be ready the end of this month or the first part of April. mmmawTiM commG AFtD going JULES BRULATOUR and MRS. BRULATOUR, the former Hope Hampton, left Saturday for Miami Beach. LUDWIC "LAUDY" LAURENCE, Metro continental chieftain in Europe, and MRS. '-AURENCE, sailed Saturday on the Paris 'r a combined business and pleasure trip heK, ICKI BAUM, writer, also sailed on the Paris? HARRY M. BESSEY, secretary-treasurer of Altec, has returned here after a five weeks' trip to the Coast. RODNEY BUSH, national exploitation manager for 20th-Fox, and his assistant, WILLIAM CHAMBLISS, were in Boston over the weekend on the "Alexander Graham Bell" campaign. LINCOLN BURROWS, Eastman Kodak exec, and MRS. BURROWS, sailed Friday on the Santa Paula for a West Indies cruise. WILLIAM KEICHLEY, Warner director, leaves the Coast around April 15 for a round-theworld vacation. He is currently winding up his directorial chores at the studio on "Each Dawn I Die." ANTHONY MUTO, Fox Movietone News head in Washington, F. E. DELGADO, cameraman, and B. E. BOX, soundman, arrive here Wednesday on the Northern Prince after covering the Pan-American conference in South America. PHILIP HUSTON, NORMA TERRIS, HELEN FORD and JUNE WALKER, sailed Saturday on the De Grasse for a Caribbean cruise. EDGAR BERGEN is at the Waldorf. FLORA ROBSON, English actress, sailed Saturday on the Queen Mary after completing a role in "Wuthering Heights," new Samuel Gcldwyn production. AL MAYO is in New York. RAMOS COBIAN, producer of Spanish pictures, is scheduled to leave for the Coast this week with AMANDA LEDESMA and ALBERTO VIAL, Argentine players here to star in his next production. MILTON KRIMS, Warner writer, left for the Coast over the week-end. arriving here Thursday on the Queen Mary. ARTHUR RUSCICA, manager for 20th-Fox in Chile, arrives today for conferences at the home office. MAX A. COHEN, head of the Cinema circuit, arrived from the Coast Friday after looking at some new product. WILLIAM SUSSMAN, Eastern division manager for 20th-Fox, visited the Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Cincinnati branches last week, returning to the home office over the week-end. NATALIE VISART, costume designer for Cecil B. DeMille's production of "Union Pacific," has returned from Europe. WILLIAM J. KUPPER, Western division manager for 20th-Fox, is on the Coast to visit several branches in his territory. ALBERT WARNER, WB vice-president, has arrived in New York from Florida and is stopping at the Towers of the Waldorf-Astoria. Charles Porter Interred Detroit — Funeral services were held Saturday for Charles Porter, former president of Allied Theaters of Michigan and a veteran exhibitor, who died here Thursday night. Porter, who was about 70 years old, | operated the Forest Theater and at one time owned the Majestic. Charles Porter Dead' Detroit — Charles William Porter, 71, long identified with Detroit theaters, is dead here. For Lunch, Dinner or Supper LaHIFF'S TAVERN The Industry's MEETING and EATING PLACE 156 W. 48th St. Tel. Checkering 4-4200