The Film Daily (1931)

THE Thursday, January 22, 1931 iMH DAILY ANNOUNCED 8Y MYERS Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — President Abram F. dyers of Allied yesterday announced he following program for the naional gathering planned for the Congress Hotel, Chicago, Feb. 10 nd 11: Tuesday 9 A.M., Registration of all delegates in foyer of Florentine Room. 2 A.M., luncheon in Louis XVI £oom. Welcome address by Mayor William Hale Thompson. 1 P.M., >usiness meeting in Florentine loom. 2 P.M., ladies tour — seeing Chicago. Evening, theater parties. Wednesday 10 A.M., tour for ladies to Union tockyards. 10 A.M., business meetng in Florentine Room. 1 P.M., nen's buffet lunch in Louis XVI loom. 1 P.M., ladies luncheon in Balloon Room. 2 P.M., business neeting in Florentine Room. Ladies /isit to Adler Planetarium, Field's Museum, Shedd Aquarium. 6.30 P. M,. banquet in Gold Room. 11 P.M., lance and reception in Gold Room [courtesy of Illinois Unit). The soecial convention committee :onsifts of the following: Aaron Saperstein, Chairman, H. M. Richey, Director. Fred Guilford, Saul Melt'.er, Nathan Wolfe, Fred S. Meyer, Joe Desberger, R. E. Myers, Her Popularity Rating Lew Ayres is leading in the popularity poll for male stars being conducted by the "Daily News," with a total of 17,374 votes. Charlie Farrell is only 62 votes behind. Runners-up are Buddy Rogers and Robert Montgomery. Janet Gaynor leads the femme division with 17,948, with Joan Crawford only a few hundred behind. British S. M. P. E. Holds First Meeting London — -The British Society o M. P. Engineers, formed to supersede the London branch of the American body, has held its first meeting and discussed general plans A constitution has been drawn up and the organization plans extension1both in its activities and in scope Relations with the American S. M. P. E. will continue to be friendly. The provision committee which prepared the constitution includes S Rowson, A. S. Newman, Paul Kimberley, Leslie Eveleigh and others. man A. Blum, Sidney Samuelson and Charles R. Metzger. Reservations, transportation and information are being handled by Saperstein at 1018 South Wabash Ave., Chicago. The theater owners will be welcomed on the first day by Mayor Thompson of Chicago. It is expected that Senator-Elect James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, and Senator-Elect (now Governor) W. J. Bulow, of South Dakota, will speak at the banquet. Polish Theater Owners Demand Lower Rentals Warsaw — Threatening to boycott American pictures unless their request is granted, the Ass'n of Polish Cinema Owners have started agitation for a reduction in rentals. It is proposed that distributors accept 35 per cent of the gross, less taxes. Efforts also are being made to bring down the taxes with a view to lowering admissions and increasing attendance. $300 Holdup in Little Neck Margaret Graham, cashier of the Little Neck on Northern Boulevard, Little Neck, was held up Tuesday night by a bandit, who relieved her of $300, the day's receipts. Shaw Picture Holding Over George Bernard Shaw's first talker, "How He Lied to Her Husband," is being held over by B.I. P. at the George M. Cohan in conjunction with the new feature, "Children of Chance," starring Elissa Landi. GRANT L COOK SOCKS THE BIG RUMOR MARKET {Continued from Pane I) died along the street, Executive Vice-President Grant L. Cook unburdened himself thusly. "I don't know where such fabrications originate. They have no foundation in fact. To set all such yarns at rest, I hereby emphatically state, once and for all — "First, that L. A. Young is not withdrawing from Tiffany. "Second, that George W. Weeks is not to be general manager of Tiffany. "Third, that Emil Jensen will not become an executive of Tiffany." —And that's that! German Musical Picture For 2-a-day at Central "The Girl from the Reeperbahn," a German talking and singing picture made by Sonor Film Co. of Prague and Berlin, opens Jan. 30 at the Central on Broadway for a two-a-day run at $1 top. Talking Picture Epics is handling the production. Story is by Benno Vigny, author of "Morocco," and the cast features Olga Tschekova and Trudv Berliner. Henry Kaufmann is doing the publicity. TO THE MOST BLASE MAN AND WOMAN IN THE WORLD: We defy you to see "RANGO" and NOT FEEL . . . your pulse race madly . . . your laughter stirred uproariously . . . your heart touched profoundly . . . your nerves tingle electrically. SEE "RANGO" AND KNOW WE'RE RIGHT! Stranger than fiction, ten times more thru1ling! Produced by Ernest B. Schoedsack. A PARAMOUNT Picture.