The Film Daily (1931)

THE DAILY Thursday, February 5, 1931 !THE IMWMftt 0* IHMUI.M Vol. IV Ni. 30 Thursday, Feb. 5. 1931 Price S Cents I0HN W. ALICOATE : : Editor and Publisher Published daily except Saturdays and holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., and copyright (1930) by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Associate Editor ; t)on Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, 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. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone Circle 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California — Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood lllvd. Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest \V. Fredman. The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn, Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographie Francaise. Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. Fin ancia NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net Hi«h Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 7M 7J4 7% + & Con. Fm. Ind 12^ 12& 12*S + V% East. Kodak 163J4 158 163 + 4% Fox Fm. "A" ... S3X 33 HX + y2 Gen. Th. Eq. (new) 13H 13!4 li'A + % Loew's, Inc 53*t 52K 52^ + U do pfd. ww (,6'A). 98 98 98+3 Paramount 47>A 45% 47J4 + l'A, Pathe Excb 2 1% 2 + % do "A" 4 4 4 — !4 RKO "A" 20^ 19H 19& + V4 Warner Bros 17& 17Ji 17H — '/g NEW YORK CURB MARKET 1-ox Thca. "A" .. SYa S'/z SH + % Gen. Th. Eq. pfd. 26'A 26f£ 26'A — Vi I.oew, Inc., war... iyt \y2 l'A Trans-Lux 9 834 9 + Ji Technicolor 9 8-^ 9 + H NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 71 70'A 71 Keith A -O 6s46 . . 76J4 76 76^ — % Loew 6s 41ww 105 104>4 105 + 1 do 6s 41 x-war... 99'A 98-^ 99J4 + % Param.unt 6s 4/ 95 !4 95 'A 95 'A — H Par. By. 5!4s51..103 103 103 + 'A Par. 5J^s50 87'A 87 8754 + % Pathe 7s37 71 % 70 % 70'A + V, Warner's 6s39 ... 69 68J4 69 Kleine Seriously 111 George Kleine, pioneer exchange man, is seriously ill at his home, 64 East 86th St. #•.••*•♦.♦♦.••.•*.♦•.♦♦.*♦.♦♦.♦♦.••.♦♦.•♦.**.••.•♦.*•.♦♦*••♦•♦*♦»♦••' »•«••♦♦♦•♦♦»*♦♦♦♦♦♦#*♦•♦♦♦♦#♦#*♦♦•♦•»♦♦#»'#*•#»•♦**♦••♦'* ft :' ft New York Long Island City J.« ft 1540 Broadway 154 Crescent St. J.J ft BRYant 4712 STIllwell 7940 % ft V ft i.i |Eastinan Films | I J. E. Brulatour, Inc. i ft y ft :•: Hollywood ••: 8 Chicago 6700 Santa Monica M J.: 1727 Indiana Ave. Blvd. M « CALuinet 2691 HOLlywood 4111 l\ TAX MEASURES INTRODUCED IN 0KLA., TENN. AND IOWA Oklahoma City— A tax on all admissions over 40 cents is proposed in a measure just introduced in the Oklahoma Legislature. Memphis — All industries would be taxed from one to live per cent of the volume of their business under a bill presented to the Tennessee Legislature, now in session. Des Moines — A 10 per cent tax on admission is sought in a bill submitted to the General Assembly here. Benjamin Supervising Columbia's St. L. Branch Ben Benjamin, recently appointed middle states division manager for Columbia, has been given supervision over the company's St. Louis exchange, now under the managership of Will Baker. With this addition, Benjamin now supervises four of Columbia's middle states exchanges, the others being Omaha, Des Moines and Kansas City. He makes his headquarters in Kansas City. New Circuit of Supers Is Planned in London London (By Cable) — Work is expected to start shortly on the Capitol, St. Albans, a 2,000-seater that is to be part of a new circuit of supers planned in and around London by Louis Morris. Four or rive houses are to be built this year, Morris states. Testimonial for John Pavone New Haven — John Pavone, who recently resigned from Warner Bros, to join the sales department of Pathe, was tendered a testimonial dinner Feb. 2 by his former associates. New Fox Financing May Be Bigger New financing for Fox, upon expiration of the $55,000,000 issue due April 15, may be in an amount slightly larger than this figure, according to Wall St. reports yesterday. The new debentures probably will be 10year 6 per cent notes, marketed at about 97, the reports said. COMING & GOING MICHAEL ARLEN, who arrived this week from England, is on his way to Hollywood tu write the story for Ronald Colman's next Samuel Goldwyn production, "What Fun Frenchmen Have." IARLES FARRELL arrives this morning from the coast en route to Europe. JACK ELLIS, New York exchange manager for RKO, left last night for Havana. BOB WOi^FF, New York exchange manager for Pathe, is now at St. Augustine, Fla. CLAIR HAGUE, Canadian genrral manager for Universal, left New York last night for his headquarters at Toronto. Vaude in Philly Philadelphia — Vaudeville is now getting a break in a number of Philly houses which are using stage material to supplement pictures. It is generally being played on weak biz days. Rudolph Berger Heads Washington Film Board Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Rudolph Berger of M-G-Al has been elected president of the Washington Film Board of Trade. Other new officials are: vice president, S. L. McNamee of RKO; secretary-treasurer, Robert Smeltzer of Vitagraph. Three Headliner Guests For A.M.P.A. Luncheon The A.M.P.A. luncheon at the Dixie Hotel today will have as invited guests Stanley Smith, Helen Morgan and Ginger Rogers. Roxy Board Meets Today Roxy Theaters Corp. board of directors meets at 4 o'clock today to elect officers for the current year. It is understood likely that Leon Leonidoff, who has been putting on the theater's stage shows under supervision of Roxy, will continue doing this work. W. E. 1930 Sales Over 361 Million Sales of the Western Electric Co for 1930 were $361,478,000, comparing with the record figure of $410,950,000 in 1929. The 1930 figure is $73,547,000 above 1928 Guilty of Forgery Edward J. Kay ton of Mount Vernon, president and treasurer of a Westchester County motion picture producing company, pleaded guilty before County Judge Coye at White Plains to a charge of second degree forgery. Ill UROADWAY & 47th ST.. N. Y WILLIAM MORRIS Call-Board IRENE BORDONI Paramount Theatre H LOS ANGELES. CAL. THE INDUSTRY'S date ccer Today: Testimonial luncheon to Arthur Greenblatt at the Hotel Astor. Feb. 6 Charlie Chaplin's "City Lightt" opens at the George M. Cohan, New York. Paramount Pep Club Ball, Hotel Astor, New York. Feb. 7 First Annual Dinner and Dance by Columbia Pictures employees. Hotel Plaza, New York. Feb. 9 Thirty-second annual dinner by the Society of the Genesee in honor of George Eastman. Feb. 10-11 National convention of independent exhibitors called by Allied States Ass'n to be held in Chicago. Feb. 22 "Warner Club Gaieties" presented by the Warner Club at the Hollywood Theater, New York. Feb. 28 Foxfilm Athletic Club fifth annual ball at the Commodore Hotel, N. Y. tar. 7 Annual midnight theater party by the Kaplan Projection Society for the benefit of the Sick Fund, at the Hippodrome, New York. Mar. 21 Annual Ball of the Warner Club. New York. •lay 25-28 Spring meeting of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers to be held in Hollywood. 'Vpril 4-11 Players' and Patrons' Jubilee Week, national benefit for N. V. A. Club. April 23-24 State Convention of Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays, Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis. 7,583 W. E. Installations World-wide Western Electric installations have reached a total of 7,583. Of this number, 4.903 are in the United States and 2,680 in the r'oreign field. ANOTHER NOTE OF OPTIMISM . . . . The Girl from the West'. 'How is New York standing the depression?" Her bear-raided Escort: "Famously, since Saltzman's I opened. We dine on better food. We dance to V peppier music — wait till < you hear Smith Ballew — and when Tom Byrne sends the bad news, we look it squarely in the face without worrying over to-morrow's breakfast." Club Dinner with Dancing $2.00 per person —6 to 9:30— Weekdays and Sundays. No Cover Charge. Club Luncheon Complete $1.25. A la carte of course. Dancing Saturday Luncheon. Open Sundays at noon . . . VANderbilt 7057. SALTZMAN'S RE STAU RANT LINCOLN BUILDING 60 EAST*4-2nd STREET Opposite Grand Central Terminal ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■