The Film Daily (1939)

DAILY Tuesday, September 12, 1939 /til nit rams AU.IUEHHE Vol. 76, No. 50 Tues., Sept. 12, 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. \V. Alienate, 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, 97121. Cable Address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood. California— Ralph Wilk. 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6(i07. London — Finest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. I. Paris— P. A. Ha He, La Cinematographic Francaise, 29 Rue Marsoulan (12). Mexico City — Marco-Aurelio Calindo, Depto. 19, 5A, Dr. Lucio No. 102, Mexico, D.F. Buenos Aires — Chas. de Cruz, Teraldn Del Cinematografista, Corrientes 1309. Finnnci al NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Am. Seat Col. Picts. vtc. (2y2% 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 High 103/4 ) 7 y8 193/4 n/4 8V4 1511/2 162i/2 9 33 102 6% 73 7% 83/4 1% 123/4 203/4 501/g 37/, 431/2 Low 10 6% 18 1 7% 4834 621/2 8 1/4 311/2 02 6 1/4 72 73/s 8 1/4 IV2 12 203/4 50 33/4 41 Close 10 6% 18 V/a 8 151 162i/2 83/4 311/2 102 6i/2 73 77/s 8 1/4 l'/2 12 203/4 50 33/4 41 Net Chg. — "Va — 13/4 — Va — % + 1% + 21/2 + Va — H/2 — 13/8 — % — 3 — Va — % — 5/8 + 1 + 2 — Va — 51/2 NEW YORK BOND MARKET F. ref. 6s46. 993/4 993^ 993/4 — i/4 97 Keith B Loew's deb. 3y2s46. 97 97 Para. B'way 3s55 Para. Picts. 6s55 Para. Picts. cv. 3 i/4s47 RKO 6s41 Warner Bros.' cv. 6s39 Warner Bros.' dbs. 6s48 82 81 81 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts Sonotone Corp 1 V4 1 14 1 V* — Va Technicolor 10y8 10i/4 10'/2 — V4 Trans-Lux 2 2 2 + Va Universal Corp. vtc... 23/8 2V4 2i/4 — % Universal Picts VA N. Y. OVER-THE-COUNTER SECURITIES Bid Asked Pathe Film 7 pfd 102i/2 Fox Thea. Office Bldg. 1st '46 33/8 5 Loew's Thea. Realty 6s 1st '47 Met. Playhouse, Inc. 2nd deb. '45.. 65 69 Roxy Thea. Bldg. 4s 1st '57 59 62 SAFETY LLOYDS FILM STORAGE CORP. Storage by Reel or Vault 729 Seventh Ave. New York City BRyant 9-5600 SECURITY COfllMG MID GOinG HERMAN WOBBER, general manager of distribution for 20th-Fox, and WALTER J. HUTCHINSON, director of foreign distribution, returned yesterday to the home office after studio conferences. JAMES R. GRAINGER, Republic prexy and general sales manager, returned to the home office yesterday from a sales trip. CLIFF WORK, Universal vice-president and general manager of the studios, flew to the Coast last night via United. OSCAR MORCAN, Southern division manager for Paramount, and G. B. J. FRAWLEY, home office exec, arrived here last night from Chicago via United. MATHEW FOX, Universal vice-president, leaves for Hollywood Friday. ARTHUR M. LOEW, Metro vice-president in charge of the foreign department, is on the Coast. BORIS MORROS left the Coast yesterday for New York. W. RAY JOHNSTON, Monogram prexy, arrives in Holiywocd this week. ROBERT GILLHAM, Paramount ad. and pub. chieftain, is in Hollywood for studio huddles. JAMES CAGNEY has cancelled his New York trip to start work in a new picture at the Warner studios. ELSA MAXWELL is at the Waldorf. GENE AUTRY and his wife fly to Hollywood tonight from Chicago. EDDIE ALBERT plans a vacation here as soon as he completes his role in Warners "Four Wives." PAUL MUNI arrives here next week to appear in a stage play. ROBERT TAYLOR and BARBARA STANWYCK plan a motor trip East in the near future. WALTER BRENNAN arrives here in several weeks for a vacation. GEORGE RAFT has left for the Coast. Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld, Pix Veteran, Dies on Coast West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld, 60, for many years musical director for theaters and studios, died here Sunday. Dr. Riesenfeld was one of the early exponents of good musical accompaniments for motion pictures. Between 1917 and 1925 he was managing director of the Rivoli, Rialto and old Criterion theaters for Paramount, and developed many presentation features which are still in vogue. During that time he selected accompaniments for films, in many cases composing original music. With sound making his work unnecessary in theaters, he became musical director for United Artists on the Coast between 1928 and 1930. Later he returned to New York to supervise music for the last "Ziegfeld Follies," and for a time conducted the Roxy orchestra. Grainger Sets Rep. Deal With Minn. Amusement Co. Product deal has been closed by Republic with the Minnesota Amusement Co., it was learned yesterday with the return of James R. Grainger, Republic prexy and distribution chieftain, to the home office. Deal calls for the entire 1939-40 product lineup. Grainger. Max Roth, midwest district sales manager, and Gilbert Nathanson, Minneapolis franchise holder, represented the distributing company. John Friedl, Minnesota Amusement Co. prexy, and John Branton, represented the theater chain. Marcus Loew $3.50 Dividend Montreal — Directors of Marcus Loew's Theaters, Ltd., have declared a dividend of $3.50 per share on the seven per cent preferred, reducing arrears on the stock to $15.75 a share. The dividend is payable Sept. 30 to shareholders of record Sept. 16. Warners Zone Managers Meeting With Bernhard Joseph Bernhard, general manager of Warner Theaters, will preside over a meeting of the Zone Managers today in the home office. Zone managers attending include: James Coston, Chicago; Nat Wolf, Cleveland; I. J. Hoffman, New Haven; Don Jacocks, Newark; Moe Silver, Albany; Ted Schlanger, Philadelphia; Harry Kalmine, Pittsburgh; John Payette, Washington and Herb Copelan, Atlantic City. Among the home office executives who will participate are: Clayton Bond, Ed Hinchy, Leonard Schlesinger, Harry Goldberg, Willard C. Patterson, Frank Phelps, Nat Fellman, Abel Vigard, W. Stewai't McDonald, Harry Rosenquest, Louis Kaufman, Herman Maier and Frank Cahill. AGVA Mass Meeting Tonight; IA and AFM Helping Drive Mass meeting of the American Guild of Variety Artists will be held tonight at the Hotel Astor. Organization work by the new union was reported yesterday to be rapidly increasing its membership, with active assistance from the IATSE and the A F of M reported to be helping the drive. AGVA has worked out an agreement with Billy Rose whereby Aquacade players will receive payment for rehearsal time, it was stated yesterday. dkmJu tRTHV Best wishes from THE FILM DAILY to the following on their birthdays: SEPTEMBER 12 Lindsley Parsons Alice Lake Maurice Chevalier The Mad Monsters Of War In Europe Are Loose and civilization trembles on '" » brink of disaster! " T| 1 1 U x —Bia&t &f BetUn" It's a bonanza of timely, dramatic, record-shattering screen entertainment! Adapted from the inspiring story, "Goose Step," by Shepard Traube. 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