The Film Daily (1931)

—&M. DAILY Thursday, March 19, 1931 :the ■ mnua Of fUMDQM Vol. LV Ho. 65 Thursday, March 19, 1931 Price 5 Cents JOHN W AL1C0ATE 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. VV. 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 FTLM 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., \V. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn, Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris p. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Fran caise. Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. Fin ancia NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Con. Km. Ind 9'A 9'A 9H — 'A Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 18J4 W'A l&'A — JA East. Kodak 168 164J4 168 + 4 Fox Fm. "A" 35M 34 3554 + 2 Gen. Th. Eq. (new) 13J4 12K 13!^ + 154 Loew's, Inc 59 5754 58J4 + Hi do pfd ww (6'A).. 97 9654 9654 — VA do pfd. xw (654).. 97% 97 97—1 Paramount 4454 43& 4454 + 54 Pathe Exch 254 2 254+56 do "A" 4 3*4 354 — 54 RKO "A" 22?4 2154 2254 + 54 Warner Bros U% 1354 1354 + 54 NEW YORK CURB MARKET The Professor — asks a question (Continued from Page 1) direction and production, the process of. reincarnating the motion picture to the point of intelligentia-complex, must, of economic and financial necessity, be at least temporarily held in abeyance. In other words, the public evidently prefers to laugh and be amused, and not to have to think. Para. Eastern Studio Resumes Shorts Mar. 30 Production of short subjects at the Paramount New York studios will resume March 30, it is announced by Larry Kent. First to be made for the 1931-32 program will be "One Hundred Per Cent Service," one-reel comedy starring Burns and Allen. Others who will appear in the one and two-reelers are Ethel Merman, Mitchell and Durant, Hage Trio, Tom Howard, Billy House, Smith and Dale, George Dewey Washington, Ben Blue and Charlie Ruggles. Ray Cozine and Aubrey Scotto will alternate on directorial assignments and Max Hayes will supervise and stage all dialogue. It is planned to turn out an average of three reels weekly. Much Ado Over 'Nothing' London — Everyone at the Elstree Studios is looking for "Nothing." A cutter lost "Nothing" while editing "Dreyfus." So the word "Nothing" is missing from the sound track and if "Nothing" is not found, Gary Marsh, who spoke the word, will receive another day's pay for returning to the studio and saying "Nothing." Fox Thea. "A".. . Gen. Th. Eq. pfd. Loew, Inc., war. . . $i 54 Loew's do deb rts.. 1854 17 Technicolor 1354 1254 Trans-Lux 1054 9^ 554 5 5 54+5 2954 2654 28 +2 1854 + 154 13 1054 + 54 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. 72'^ 6554 7254 + 754 Loc-.v 6s 41ww ...10754 106 107 + 54 'io 6s 41 x-war. . . 99 9854 99+54 Par. 5!4s50 8654 8654 8654 Pathe 7s37 75 7454 7454 + 54 Warner's 6s39 ... 57 5654 57 "Roxy" Leases Apartment S. L. ("Roxy") Rothafel has leased a 10-room apartment on the 16th floor of the new Majestic Apartments, Central Park West, for occupancy next fall. Willy Pogany Becomes Goldwyn Art Director Willy Pogany, noted artist, scenic designer and architect, has been signed by Samuel Goldwyn as art director for his United Artists productions. Pogany, who created the settings for Gilda Gray's picture, "The Devil Dancer," leaves for Hollywood next week. His first work probably will be on "The Unholy Garden" and "Street Scene." 4 *♦ ♦♦>*>♦>♦.*♦.♦ ♦.*♦.**.**.♦ ♦.♦ *•* ♦.* ♦.* ♦.* •»• ♦.♦ ♦.♦ ♦.* ♦.*♦.*♦.*♦.*♦.*' ^♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦« ♦♦♦*♦♦♦*«♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* ♦♦♦*♦*♦ it ♦.♦ New York Long Island City if •ft 1540 Broadway 154 Crescent St. ft ••♦ BRyant 9-4712 STillwell 4-7940 i't a $ | Eastman Filtnsl :i J. E. Brulatour, Inc. a ;*: M *.* J5 it ♦.♦ it •*• ».* Chicago Hollywood fj ».♦ 1727 Indiana Ave. 6700 Santa Monica ?•# *.♦ CALuraet 3692 Blvd. 8 JJ HOLlywood 4121 K ?•» {*{ *'♦♦.*♦.*♦.♦♦.♦♦.**.**.♦*.*♦.*•.♦•.♦*.*♦.*•.•*.*♦*♦.*♦***♦♦♦♦♦»*♦.*• »•»*•.♦*#****♦♦»♦••**•♦♦♦♦♦*>♦•*•»**#»♦****»♦**»'♦» Comerford and Walker Chaperoning Al Smith M. E. Comerford and Frank C. Walker go to Scranton today with Al Smith, who is entering the coal biz as chairman of the board of Meenan Coal Co. They're going to give him some points on the industry and territory. Fox Meeting Just Routine; Change on Board Rumored Only a routine announcement, that the regular quarterly dividend of $1 had been declared, was made yesterday following the meeting of the board of directors of Fox Film. The dividend is payable April 15 to Class A and B stock of record March 31. Lively rumors have been current in Wall St. that Albert H. Wiggin, chairman of the governing board of the Chase National Bank, would succeed Matthew C. Brush, president of American International Corp., on the board of directors in connection with the forthcoming Fox refinancing. Full details of the new financing are still to be worked out. Total amount may run as high as $75,000,000, which would take care of the $55,000,000 one-year notes due next month, as well as some Fox West Coast obligations, and it may be partly in the form of a bond issue and partly in new stock. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BCCtt Edgar Waite Joins Fox Kdgar Waite, formerly dramatic editor of the San Francisco "Examiner," has joined the Fox organization as director of advertising in Washington, D. C, succeeding Louis K. Brown who has been transferred to the home office advertising department. Basketballers To Whoop it Up RKO Pathe's basketball five, champions of the movie league will meet the RKO team, which finished second, in the armory of the U. S. S. Illinois, Saturday evening. Dancing, bridge and a vaudeville entertainment of R-K-O acts will follow the contest. First Sectional Reel Makes Its Bow Soon The first sectional sponsored newsreel will soon make its bow under auspices of Westchester Newsreel, Inc. Having suspended their theatrical reel issued exclusively for Westchester county, backers of the company now plan to produce a newsreel serving Westchester, Long Island, Buffalo and Albany territories. The idea is to have an advertiser sponsor the entire reel. Mar. 21: Annual Ball of the Warner Club, New York. March 22: Annual Communion and Breakfast of Catholic M. P. Guild of America, Church of the Good Shepherd, Beverly Hills, Cal. Mar. 28: First annual benefit dinner, entertainment and dance at the Hotel Astor by greater New York exhibitors and distributors to aid permanent benefit fund. April 411 : Players' and Patrons' Jubilee Week, national benefit for N. V. A. Club. April 19 : Lambs Gambol, Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Apr. 20-22: Warner Bros. Eastern sales convention, Atlantic City. RKO Pathe sales convention, Drake Hotel, Chicago. April 23-24 : State Convention of Indiana Indorse™ of Photoplays, Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis. Apr. 27: Fox Film sales convention. New York. RKO Sales Convention, Los Angeles. Apr. 28-30: Warner Bros. Western sales convention. Hotel St. Francis, San Francisco. May 18-22: International Exhibitors' Congress, Rome. May 25-28 : Spring meeting of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, Hotel Roosevelt, Hollywood, Cal. Liveright as Pathe Director Horace Liveright, the publisher and stage producer, who recently signed with RKO Pathe to assist Charles R. Rogers in the search for stories, will eventually serve in a supervising capacity and probably as a director, according to the RKO Pathe office. COMING & GOING 1 Keystone Corp. Reviving Chaplin Comedy Series A series of six one-reel Charlie Chaplin comedies, with music and ■ound effects synchronized by RCA Photophone, is being released on the ndependent market by Keystone Film Distributing Corp. George S. Jeffrey is ^ales manager of the company. Exhibitors' Congress Set Rome — Plans have been completed and invitations sent out for the International Exhibitors' Congress to be held here May 18 to 22. BEN HECHT and CHARLES MACARTHUR leave Sunday for the coast with the script of "The Unholy Garden," Ronald Colman's next picture for United Artists. DONALD OGDEN STEWART has been called to California by the illness of his mother. TOM BRADY, Canadian representative of RKO Pathe, is in New York for conferences with Ned Depinet. BEN SHLYEN of Associated Publications plans to return west today after a New York visit. JOHN BOLES goes back to the coast next week to resume work at Universal. MR. and MRS. WILLIAM R. FRASER are en route to Europe. AMBROSE S. DOWLING left for the coast yesterday to confer with Joseph I. Schnitzer and William Le Baron on RKO foreign production policy. CARMEN LARRABEITI, Spanish actress, left yesterday for the coast where she will appear in Spanish versions of Fox productions. Erber Opens Agency St. Louis — Joseph Erber, former manager of the Erber and Avenue in East St. Louis, has opened an entertainment booking agency in the Arcade Bldg. GEVAECT "SAfETy 15 & 35 MM B & W and Colors UNIFORM— BRILLIANT FINE GRAIN— DURABLE The Gevaert Company of America, Inc. 423 W. 55th St. 413-21 No. State St. N. Y. C. 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