The Film Daily (1939)

*&% Thursday, July 6, 1939 DAILY Vol. 76, No. 3 Thurs., July 6, 1939 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Ceneral 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, fi425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Oranite 66»7. l.n ■' ■ '' —■•>< W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. 1. Paris — P. A. Haile, i.a Cinematograpliie Francaise, 29 Rue Marsoulan (12). Mexico City — Marco-Ad relic Galindo, Depto. 19, 5A, Dr. Lucio No. 102. Mexico, D.F. Buenos Aires — Chas. de Cruz, Heraldo Del Cinematografista, Corrientes 130V. MnnnciRL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat Cot. Picts. vtc. (2'/2%> Columbia Picts. pfd Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. 9V4 9'/4 9V4 + '/4 East. Kodak 162 160S/8 1615/8 + 2S/8 do pfd Gen. Th. Eq Loew's, Inc 42 42 42 + V» do pfd Paramount 8Vi 8% 8% Paramount 1st pfd... 90y2 90 Vi 90'/2 + Wi Paramount 2nd pfd Pathe Film 9'/4 9'/8 9V4 + Vi RKO 15/8 l'/2 1% 20th Century-Fox 185/8 18'/2 18S/8 4 % 20th Century-Fox pfd. 30 30 30 Univ. Pict. pfd Warner Bros 4l/4 4'/8 4'/8 — '/8 do pfd NEW YORK BOND MARKET Keith B. F. ref. 6s46 Loew's deb. 3'/2s46 Para. B'way 3s55 Para. Picts. 6s55 Para. Picts. cv. 3'/4s47 88'/4 88 88'/4 4 y4 RKO 6s41 Warner Bros.' cv. 6s39 Warner Bros. 'dbs. 6s48 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts ..... Sonotone Corp 1 % 1 3^ 1 % 4 Vb Technicolor 15'/8 15'/8 15'/8 -f '/4 Trans-Lux 1 1/4 1 1/8 1 1/8 Universal Corp. vtc Universal Picts ITOA Outing July 27 Date for the ITOA all-industry outing has been postponed from July 25 to the 27th. SAFETY LLOYDS FILM STORAGE CORP. Storage by Reel or Vault 729 Seventh Ave. New York City BRyant 9-5600 SECURITY Famous Players Canadian Shares Offered at $23.50 Montreal — A limited offering of shares of Famous Players Canadian Corporation is being made by Greenshields & Co., at a price of not more than $23.50 a share. Commenting on the improved position of the company, the prospectus shows $5,792,000 added to depreciation since 1930; funded debt and mortgages reduced by over $3,000,000 or more than 30 per cent; interest payments cut by more than a half, minority interests reduced by 25 per cent; net working capital increased by better than $400,000. Profits available for dividends in 1938 were equal to $2.38 a share, the best since the depression began. The only capital obligation senior to the common shares is $6,700,000, there being no preferred shares. Mortgages outstanding appear at $587,015. Fair's Projectionist Day to be Planned by No. 306 Committee, comprising G. Edwards, C. Eichorn, O. Kafka and P. A. McGuire, has been appointed by Joseph Basson, president of Local 306, to make arrangements and select a date for Projectionist Day at the New York World's Fair during September. Participation of all locals in the U. S. and Canada is being sought. Retired Lawyer to Head Quebec Film Censorship Quebec — Premier Maurice Duplessis announces the appointment of Herve Roch, K.C., 48, retired Montreal lawyer, as temporary head of the Quebec Motion Picture Censor Board, replacing Arthur Laramee, K.C., who was recently appointed as Juvenile Court Judge. Protest against the City of Quebec's 10 per cent tax on theaters was registered by the Citizens League of Limoilou, suburb, which demanded immediate settlement of the dispute. Mayor "Fed Up," Hinting End of Quebec Pix Strike Quebec — Some hope of early termination of Quebec's pix theater strike caused by imposition of an additional civic tax of 10 per cent was seen by exhibitors in a statement by Mayor Lucien Borne that he is "pretty well fed up with the whole affair." Lantz, "U"-Cartoon Guild Hearing on Coast Today Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — NLRB yesterday set the hearing between Walter Lantz Productions, Universal Pictures Co., et al, and Screen Cartoon Guild at 9:30 a.m. today in the U. S. court house and post office building in Los Angeles. B. T. Britten Named 20-Fox Circuit Manager in Eng. London (By Cable)— B. T. Britten, formerly branch manager of the 20th-Fox Dublin office, has been appointed circuit's manager in England by R. Sutton Dawes, British director of sales. Percy Livingstone, salesman, has been appointed to the Dublin branch manager's post, and Robert Marfleet has joined the company's sales force in London succeeding the late Maurice Myers. George E. Jay has been appointed branch manager for 20th-Fox in Soerabaia, Dutch East Indies, it was learned this week, replacing W. H. Seth, resigned. 'Can't Do That to a Union Soldier,' GAR to Selznick Columbus, O. — Ohio's GAR veterans and affiliated bodies, meeting here for their 73rd annual encampment, in a resolution protested a scene alleged to be used in "Gone With the Wind." The scene depicts the heroine, Scarlett O'Hara, shooting a marauding Union soldier in her Georgia home. National Commander Robert M. Rownd, Ripley, N. Y., is quoted in the resolution that the protest is based on the fact that "a soldier in the uniform of his country is depicted as a thief, libertine and marauder." Formal action also will be taken at the national encampment in Pittsburgh, it was stated. Counsel for the AAAA Hears Insurgent Group of the AFA Hearing of a committee of six members of the insurgent group of the American Federation of Actors was held yesterday by Paul Turner, counsel for the AAAA, which is investigating the conduct of its member union. The committee asked that in any reorganization of the AFA that their eight-point program be given consideration. It was also indicated at the hearing that grievances against the current officers of the AFA would be aired by the insurgent group at the trial next week. No Dates Yet Set for More Movie — D of C Confabs com, no ADD GOIIiG s. barret Mccormick, cresson smith, WALTER BRANSON and ARTHUR WILLI returned to RKO Radio's home office yesterday from Des Moines premiere of eompam feature, "Career." fej ''■"■■ LOU LIFTON, Monogram's advertising-publicity chief, leaves Friday for several weeks' vacatio nin Setauket, L. I. MORRIS GOODMAN, Republic's foreign manager, arrives in New York today by plane from Miami, following an extended trip through Central and South America. JAMES R. GRAINCER, president of Republic, is scheduled to leave the home office on the week-end for visits to Atlantic seaboard keys. ROBERT M. CILLHAM, director of advertising-publicity for Paramount, arrived in New York yesterday from the Coast. MAX SPRECHER, managing director of Monopole Films, Rotterdam, Holland, is making his headquarters at the office of J. H. Hoffberg in New York during his two-week stay here oi a product-buying trip. MOVITA, film star, sailed from New York yesterday for Europe to join her husband, Jack Doyle. MARY MARTIN has arrived in Hollywood from New York by plane. CHARLES C. PETTIJOHN, MPPDA counsel, is in Washington. ELLEN DREW, film actress, has returned to Hollywood from 3 two-month stay in Europe. J. H. WATERS, Waters Theaters Co., Birmingham, Ala., is at the Hotel Edison; LOUIS L. DENT, Westland Theaters, Denver, is at the Astor; R. ALLISON, Rivoli Theaters, Cresson, Pa., and E. F. CLARKE, Mattoon, Time and Clark Theaters, Mattoon, III., also at the Edison; and H. F. KENNEDY, Broken Bow Theater, Broken Bow, Neb., is at the Warwick, according to registrations at RKO Radio's lounge. JAMES ELLISON, RKO Radio player, has arrived in New York from the Coast via Omaha, for a three-week vacation, accompanied by his wife, the former GERTRUDE DURKIN. SAM MARX, Columbia's story editor, arrived in New York from the Coast yesterday morning on an Eastern story and talent hunt. S. N. BEHRMAN returned to New York yesterday on the lie de France from a four-week stay in London, and ROBERT E. SHERWOOD is expected back in New York on July 17. AL ALLEBORN, unit manager, and ED DUPAR, cameraman, both on Warners' studio staff, have returned to Burbank from New York after making background shots for forthcoming WB productions. CONSTANCE BENNETT arrived in New York yesterday from the Coast and sails next Wednesday for Europe on the Normandie. CASEY ROBINSON, Warner writer, returns to Burbank on July 17, following a vacation in Europe. DR. RUDOLPH C. LISZT, makeup expert, leaves New York today for a two months' business trip in the West Indies. Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Dr. Willard L. Thorp has returned to his offce in the Commerce Department after a short vacation, but dates have not been set yet for further movie confabs. Conferences on the agenda include Ed Kuykendall's second visit; Allied confab and Hays office and majors meeting. $1.62 !/2 Loew Dividend Loew's directorate yesterday declared the regular quarterly dividend of $1.62Vi on company's preferred stock, payable Aug. 15 to stockholders of record July 28. THE THEATRE "Roar§ of Pleasure**— Atkinson, Timet. WHAT A LIFE with EZRA STONE as Henry Aldrich MANSFIELD, W. 47th St. Mats. Wed. and Sat. Circle 6-0640 "A MUST GO ENJOY IT."— Walter Winchell GYPSY ROSE LEE ^tSSt I MOST LOVE SOMEONE with JAMES RENNIE— IRIS ADRIAN Air-Conditioned. and JACK WHITE Vanderbilt, W. 48th St. Evs. 8:40 Mats. Wed. & Sat.