The Film Daily (1940)

Monday, February 12, 1940 Vol. 77, No. 30 Mori., Feb. 12, 1940 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. Representatives: HOLLYWOOD, Calif.— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardour St., W. L PARIS — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, 29 Rue Marsoulan (12). MEXICO CITY — Marco-Aurelio Galindo, Av. Coyoacan No. 100B, Mexico, D. F. BUENOS AIRES — Chas de Cruz, Heraldo Del CinematogTafista, Corrientes 1309. _ m f monciflL (QUOTATIONS AS OF FRIDAY) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 10'/4 lOVs 10'/8 + % Col. Picts. vtc. (2Vi%) 7 7 7 Columbia Picts. pf d Con. Fm. Ind 1 1 1 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd East. Kodak 161 159/2 159l/2 — Vz do pfd 177 177 177 + 1 Cen. Th. Eq W/s 123/4 12% + V4 Loew's, Inc 36% 36% 36% do pfd 1081/g 1081/s 1081/s + 1/2 Paramount 7V4 7l/8 Vfy + % Paramount 1st pfd Paramount 2nd pfd... 9 8% 9 + % Pathe Film 10% 10% W2 + 14 RKO 1% 1% 1% 20th Century-Fox ..12 11% 11% + % 20th Century-Fox pfd Univ. Pict. pfd 94 93 94 Warner Bros 4 3% 3% do pfd 471/2 471/2 471/2— % NEW YORK BOND MARKET Keith B. F. ref. 6s46.101i/4 101 1/4 101 1/4 Loew's deb. 3y2s46.103 102% 103 + % Para. B'way 3s55 Para. Picts. 6s55 Para. Picts. cv. 3 i/4s47 85 85 85 RKO 6s41 623/s 59% 623/8 -f 4% Warner Bros.' dbs. 6s48 863/8 86V4 86y4 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Monogram Picts Sonotone Corp Technicolor 16 153/4 153/4— % Trans-Lux 1% 1% 1% Universal Corp. vtc. 4V4 4i/8 4y8 — i/a Universal Picts 11 11 11 + % N. Y. OVER-THE-COUNTER SECURITIES Bid Asked Pathe Film 7 pfd 100% 104 Fox Thea. Office Bldg. 1st '46 Loew's Thea. Realty 6s 1st '47 Met. Playhouse, Inc. 2nd deb. '45.. 71% 73i/2 Roxy Thea. Bldg. 4s 1st '57 67 69 PROGRESS FILM LIBRARY STOCK SHOTS of Every Possible Description Conveniently Catalogued 729 SEVENTH AVE. N.Y.C. BRYANT 9-5600 B The Broadway Parade H Picture and Distributor Theater Cone With the Wind (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Selznick)— 9th week c3P!t°! The Grapes of Wrath (20th Century-Fox)— 3rd week .Rivoli The Fighting Sixty-Ninth (Warner Bros. Pictures)— 3rd week Strand Little Old New York (20th Century-Fox)— 2nd week ..Roxy Pinocchio (RKO Radio Pictures-Disney) Center Green Hell (Universal Pictures)— 2nd week, last day • Rwlto Swiss Family Robinson (RKO Radio Pictures) Music Hall Congo Maisie (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Criterion Ceronimo (Paramount Pictures) Paramount British Intelligence (Warner Bros. Pictures) ..Globe Bullets for Rustlers (Columbia Pictures) • Central He Married His Wife (20th Century-Fox) (a-b) Palace Calling Philo Vance (Warner Bros. Pictures) (a) Palace ♦ TWO-A-DAY RUNS ♦ Gone With the Wind (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Selznick)— 9th week Astor ♦ FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURES ♦ Harvest (French Cinema Center)— 20th week World Entente Cordiale (Concord Films)— 8th week -55th St. Playhouse Overture to Glory Cameo Louise (Mayer-Burstyn) — 2nd week • Little Carnegie Between Two Worlds ( Esperia Pictures) Cinecitta Caballo a Caballo (Columbia Pictures) (a) 48th St. Theater Mexico Lindo (Azteca Films) (a) 48th St. Theater Ultimatum (J. H. Hoffberg) — 2nd week 5th Ave. Playhouse Skeleton on Horseback (Mike Mindlin) — 2nd week Belmont ♦ FUTURE OPENINGS ♦ The Saint's Double Trouble (RKO Radio Pictures) — opens tomorrow Rialto The Sidewalks of London (Paramount Pictures) — Feb. 14 Paramount Of Mice and Men (United Artists-Hal Roach)— Feb. 16 Roxy Our Neighbors, the Carters (Paramount Pictures) — Feb. 15 Criterion Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (Warner Bros. Pictures)— Feb. 23 Strand Rebecca (United Artists) (c) Music Hall Invisible Stripes (Warner Bros. Pictures) — Feb. 15 (a-b) ; Palace Honeymoon Deferred (Universal Pictures) (a) Palace Foreign The Baker's Wife (The Baker's Wife Co.)— Feb. 26 World The Human Beast (Juno Films)— Feb. 19 55th St. Playhouse We Were Seven Widows (Esperia Films) — Feb. 15 Cinecitta (a) Dual bill, (b) Subsequent run. (c) Follows current bill. Motion to Strike Answers in H. & S. Sonn Suit Denied Application of H. & S. Sonn, Inc., to strike out the answers of the White Plains Hamilton Corp., RKO Film Booking Corp., and RKO Service Corp., was denied Friday by New York Supreme Court Justice Philip J. McCook. H. & S. Sonn, Inc., had brought suit for $200,000 damages against the defendants for alleged breach of a lease under which the defendants were to pay 50 per cent of net profits of the RKO Hamilton Theater in White Plains, plus an annual rental to the plaintiff. The plaintiff charged in its motion the defendants with disobeying an Appellate Division order directing a sweeping examination of records of the defendants. "Fighting 69th" Is Held Over in All 365 Bookings Holdovers on Warners "The Fighting 69th" were 100 per cent last week in all 365 situations where it has opened and is now playing, it was learned at the week-end. In 11 key cities, pix has been held for a third week. "Bank Roll" No Lottery Indianapolis Jury Rules Indianapolis — "Bank Roll," theater game, is no lottery, a Municipal Court jury found in the case of Orin J. Moore, manager of the Ohio theater, and James Kenny, house attache. Rodner to Select Stars for Will Rogers Short Harold Rodner, Warner exec, and vice-president of the Will Rogers Memorial Fund, leaves for the Coast tonight to supervise the selection of stars and the arrangements for the filming of the annual Will Rogers short subject. Reel will be shown in theaters throughout the country during Will Rogers National Theater Week, beginning April 18. Pix will again be filmed at one of the major studios. Gable, Tracy, Colbert and Lamarr for "Boom Town" West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert and Hedy Lamarr have been signed for MG-M's "Boom Town." Frank Morgan and Walter Brennan are set for important roles. Jack Conway will direct and Sam Zimbalist produce. Aussenberg Named European Representative for DeVry Appointment of Julius Aussenberg as English and general European representative for the DeVry Corp. was announced Friday by Herman DeVry. Aussenberg was general European representative for 11 years for William Fox and has also been interested in production on the Coast. Date for his departure is indefinite. cominG nno come; HERBERT J. YATES and JAMES R. GRAINCER left for Hollywood Friday night, with stopover ' scheduled in Chicago this week to hold a regional sales meeting. HERMAN DE VRY left New York Friday night for Chicago. /fIi BENJAMIN MIGCINS, continental^ropear, manager for 20th-Fox, was scheduled to go tc Florida over the week-end for a short stay. I He arrived here last week from Europe on the Washington. MRS. DAVID E. ROSE, wife of Para.'s London^ production head, sailed Friday on the Washington for London. WILLIAM WYLER and MRS. WYLER arrive in New York this morning from the Coast. A. C. BROWN, foreign traveling auditor for Paramount, sailed on the Washington Friday for Europe. Another passenger was MRS. W. R. I WEBB, wife of the vice-chairman of Eastman Kodak Co. RUTH RICH, secretary for Gus S. Eyssel of the Music Hall, left Saturday for a two-week vacation in Florida. REGINALD REUBENSON, English distributor, sailed on the Rex Saturday. JAMES ROOSEVELT will go to Philadelph to deliver a Washington's birthday address Independence Hall. WILLIAM J. FADIMAN, M-C-M's Eastern sto . editor, is conferring with studio production execs, in Hollywood. FRED ASTAIRE and his wife were scheduled to leave the Coast at the week-end for Nev, York. MRS. EMILY HOLT, AFRA exec, secretary has returned from the Coast. FRED MACMURRAY and CLAUDE BINYON are on a Mexican hunting expedition. MARCO WOLFE and HARRY ARTHUR left the Coast at the week-end for St. Louis. ALEX MANTA of the Indiana and Illinois Theater Circuit has returned to Chicago from New York. HARRY SHERMAN left New York Saturday for the Coast, with stopovers in Chicago and Milwaukee planned. WALLACE WOLFE, Chief RCA Photophone | Engineer at Hollywood, is on a two-week busi-J ness visit to the Photophone laboratories at] Camden and New York. DAVID "SKIP" WESHNER, Warner district] manager, with Philly headquarters, is vacationing in Florida. HAROLD RODNER of Warners leaves for the Coast tonight. MALE SECRETARY Let me lessen your burdens Mr. Busy Executive! An able assistant with unlimited qualifications. Thoroughly familiar with pictures, theatres and radio. Competent in taking complete charge of an office and all details to the most minute degree. Merit and competency with affidavits and recommendations to substantiate same. THE FILM DAILY Box N. 1501 Broadway New York City i