The Film Daily (1931)

THE DAILY Tuesday, February 17, 1931 :the IMNCMMHB M FILMIOM Vol. LV No. 40 Tuesday, Feb. 17. 1931 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. AUCOATE : 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; Don 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 Blvd. Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn, Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Pans — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. Mr* Chaplin — the star extraordinary {Continued from Page 1) lo no small amount of judicial interpretation and construction before it finally operates smoothly. One of its salient high-spots is whether it is better for the government to protect the work of authors and composers lor 50 years after their death or endeavor to favor the music loving and reading public by making this socalled intellectual property available as soon as initial rights have expired. Being one of those writers with nothing to protect but our sensitive body from inclement weather, it's not much of our business one way or the other; however, we do think that an author or composer who does something worth while should be, and his estate should be, entitled to the fruits of his labors for all time. Fin ancia NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Con. Fm. Ind 13*4 12# 13J4 + Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 18H 17H ™lA + East. Kodak 170J4 169 169 + Fox Fm. "A" 38 36J* 37lA + Gen. Th. Eq. (new) 15^ 14J4 WA + f.oew's, Inc 63'A 60J4 62j/2 + Paramount 49% 48% 49% . Pathe Exch 2 1% 2 + do "A" 3M 3% 3Va, + RKO "A-' 22% 20% 22% + Warner Bros 19% 18% 19% -f NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Pets. Vtc 22 22 22 + Fox Thea. "A"... 5% 5% 5% + Gen. Th. Eq. pfd. 31 A 30 30^4 + Loew, Inc., war... 3% 2% 2% -f Loew's do deb rts. 24% 22 "4 24 + Technicolor 13 12% 12% + Trans-Lux 9H 9% 9% .. NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. 74 73 % 73 A + Keith A-O 6s 46.. 76% 76'A 76'A + Loew 6s -tlww ...UOVS 108% 110% + do 6s 41 x-war... 99 98% 98% + Paramount 6s 47. 96% 96'A 96% .. Par. 5%s50 88 88 88 -f Pathe 7s37 66 66 66 Warner's 6s39 . . 70% 69% 70% -f Net Chg. % % 1% % % 2% "% % 1% 1% u 'A a % % % % i% y. "a 2% Herbert E. Hancock Joins Fox-Hearst Corp. Staff Herbert E. Hancock, who resigned last week as general manager, treasurer and editor of Kinograms, has joined Fox-Hearst Corp. as a member of the editorial board comprised of Truman H. Talley, general manager; E. L. Harvey, managing editor of Movietone News; Mike Clofine, managing editor of Metrotone News, and Edmund Reek, news editor. Hancock started the Fox News (silent) in 1919 and the one-reel Fox Varieties in 1922. Rules Theater Can't Back Sunday Show Referendum Woburn, Mass. — A ruling by the city solicitor here makes it illegal for the management of the Strand to set up the machinery for a special election to decide the question of Sunday shows. $5.50 Cameo Premiere "Comrades of 1918," German war picture, is being given a sendoff at the R-K-0 Cameo with a $5.50 reservedseat premiere Thursday evening. The regular grind policy will resume on Friday. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE DCCr Harry Reichenbach in Hospital Harry Reichenbach is undergoing treatment in the Doctor's Hospital, 170 East End Ave. He expects to be out by the end of the week. S:-*V*V»Vi*i*W#V«i*;»W#**;WW»'#VJi'ii'#5ri*'#i.*^V New York £& new x ui k K 1540 Broadway K BRYant 9-4712 Long Island City 154 Crescent St. J? STIllwell 4-7940 « Eastman Films! i J. E. Brulatour, Inc.| i Hollywood 6700 Santa Monica j'j Blvd. f; HOLlywood4121 }' ft ♦,*♦.* •>♦>♦.*♦.* ♦.♦♦.♦ ♦.♦ ♦.♦ ♦.♦ ♦.* ♦#♦ ♦.♦ tt fi ta f _i rji tiimmjHutJ Chicago 1727 Indiana Ave. CALumet 2691 Compromise on Sunday Question New Philadelphia, O. — -The Opera House and Bijou have compromised the Sunday show issue with local representatives of the church, by closing their theaters on Sunday between the hours of six and eight. Ban "Unguarded Girls" Lawrence, Mass. — "Unguarded Girls," sex picture scheduled for a week's run at the Colonial, was prohibited by the police. Will Rogers Ends Relief Tour Santa Monica, Calif. — Will Rogers has closed his tour in behalf of Red Cross relief. During the three weeks that he traveled through the southwest he raised $220,000. "Cim" Cleans Up in Portland Portland, Ore. — In its first 10 days at the Orpheum, RKO's "Cimarron" drew 75,000 admissions and grossed $30,000. Trendle Disposing of Last House Detroit — After running at a loss for about a year, the Columbia, last theater in the group formerly owned by George Trendle, is dark and for rent. Amusement Stocks Spurt On Loew's Extra Rumor Practically all amusement stocks made new highs on the present move yesterday, partly on a revival of rumors that Loew's, Inc., would declare an extra or raise its dividend at the meeting yesterday afternoon. Loew common made a new high for the year touching 63'/2 and closing at 62J/. Fox, General Theaters Equipment, RKO, Warner all showed gains, while Paramount held even. Announcement from Loew's, after the close of the market, was that the regular quarterly dividend of 75 cents had been declared on the common, payable March 31 to stockholders of record March 14. New Texas Censor Bill Gives Power to Police Austin, Tex. — A bill giving the police power to regulate the character of theater entertainment, but not providing for any setup of a political censorship, has been filed in the legislature. While the measure is understood to have no connection with the Will Horwitz censorship bill, it is believed to have been offered by another faction as a substitute for the Horwitz plan in case there is a real demand for state censorship. Hammons Signs Contract For Literary Digest Reel Contracts were signed yesterday by Earle W. Hammons for the release by Educational of a Literary Digest sound news to be produced by the Kinograms staff. The schedule calls for two newsreels a week with both sound and silent shots described by Lowell Thomas. Although Paramount has announced a series of six short subjects in which the voice of Lowell Thomas will be featured, the contract with Paramount was made prior to Thomas' arrangement with the Literary Digest. Today: "Sit Tight" opens at Winter Garden, New York. Feb. 16-18 Convention of R-K-O Theater Division Managers at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Feb. 18 "Rango" opens at the Rivoli, New York. Feb 20 Screen Advertisers' Ass'n executive committee meets at Hotel Roosevelt, New York. Feb. 21 Fifteenth Annual Theatrical Ball at Madison Square Garden, New York. Feb 22 "Warner Club Gaieties" presented by the Warner Club at the Hollywood Theater, New York. April 4-11 Players' and Patrons' Jubilee Week, national benefit for N. V. A. Club. April 23-24 State Convention of Indiana Indorse™ of Photoplays, Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis. May 25-28 Spring meeting of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. Hotel Roosevelt, Hollywood, Cal. Feb. 23 Screen Advertisers Ass'n meeting, Hotel Roosevelt, New York. Feb. 28 Foxfilm Athletic Club fifth annual ball at the Commodore Hotel, N. Y. Mar. 7 Annual midnight theater party by the Kaplan Projection Society for the benefit of the Sick Fund, at the Hippodrome, New York. March 10-11 MP.T.O.A. Board of Directors meets in New York. Mar. 14 First Annual Writers-Wampas Roast, Biltmore Hotel, Hollywood. Mar. 21 Annual Ball of the Warner Club, Robbers Get 10 Years in Pen Kansas City — Four negroes who stole the Waldo safe Feb. 9 were sentenced to 10 years in the peniteniary. COMING & GOING LEE MARCUS arrived from the coast yesterday. HIRAM S. BROWN will arrive from Chicago tonight. DOROTHY ARZNER. Paramount direc tor, has left for the company's west coast studio. FRED THOMPSON, British playwright, arrives today on the Olympic. TOM SAWYER and SKIPPY are not the only Boy Stories I HAVE OTHERS VIOLA IRENE COOPER 9 East 59th St. New York VOL 5-5543* Are you sure you are INSURED ? 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