The Film Daily (1931)

ZJ^S DAILY Sunday, April 12, 1931 :THE UlViUtt 01 HIM COM Vol. LV No. 85 Sunday. April 12. 1931 Price 25 Cents IOHN W. ALICOATE : : : Editor and Publisher Published daily except Saturdays and holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y.. and copyright (1931) 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, t5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone CIrcl 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable ad dress : Filmday, New York. Hollywood California — Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernes W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin— Karl Wolff sohn Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Fran caise. Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. Fin ancia NEW YORK STOCK MARKET {QUOTATIONS AS OF FRIDAY) Net High Low Close Chg. Con. Fm. Ind 8 8 8 + H Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. 16*$ 16J4 16M — V% East. Kodak 161& 156!4 159 + V2 Fox Fm. "A" 27 255/6 26 — H Gen. Th. Eq. (new) 10H 10 WA — H Loew's Inc 5314 52^ 53 — V\ M-G-M pfd 27 26^ 27 + '/2 Paramount 44 43!4 43^ — *A Pathe Exch 2A 2Vi 2ft — ft do "A" SVs S% SU — Vi RKO "A" 22^ 20& 2\Vi + 34 Warner Bros 12J4 11J4 lift— V* do pfd 24M 24J4 2434 — VA NEW YORK CURB MARKET Fox Thea. "A" ... 454 454 454 Gen. Th. Eq. pfd.. 2454 235i 24^ — j£ Technicolor 10*8 10*6 1036— Vs Trans-Lux 954 9ft 954— Vs NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. 62^s 6034 61 — 2% Loew 6s 41 x-war. 9754 9654 9754 + 154 Paramount 6s 47.. 95 95 95+34 Par. 554s50 8554 8454 8454— 54 Pathe 7s37 8654 8554 8554 — 34 Warner's 6s39 56 5354 5454 + 34 Compile Data on Industrials Viola Irene Cooper has established a free information bureau on industrial pictures at her agency, 9 East 59th St. Miss Cooper's staff has made a complete survey of the industrial field and is preparing to publish the findings in booklet form. *•♦«»««*« ♦♦>*.♦♦>♦*♦>♦.♦ ♦.♦♦.•♦.♦♦.♦♦.*♦.*♦.**>♦.♦♦.**.*♦.*♦.**£: li New York Long Island City j'j 5$ 1540 Broadway 154 Crescent St. }"{ ft BRyant 9-4712 STillwell 4-7940 ft ♦.♦ ♦> ♦f v *.* ** ♦V ♦.* S3 .. •♦ HEasttnian Filnisl it „ £ 8 J. E. Brulatour,' Inc. II a 8 K if ♦.♦ * * •# ♦ * •.♦ ♦•» },{ Chicago Hollywood J-l it 1727 Indiana Ave. 6700 Santa Monica Si if CALumet3692 Blvd. 8 j.: HOLljrwood 4121 |*| ^2 l*f Latest Television Test Equals Movies in Clarity Chicago — Television on a two-foot square screen, with close-ups almost as clear as motion picture scenes, was demonstrated here Friday by Ulysses A. Sanabria, youthful inventor. Black and white pictures of near-by persons were reproduced across a room. Harold Hayes, Federal radio supervisor, described the images as, the best he had seen in three years of watching television development. Anti-Padlock Bill Up to Governor Albany — The Buckley-Post Bill, exempting actors, musicians, stage hands and spectators from arrest pending a hearing as to the morality of a raided play, passed the Senate Friday and is now up to the Governor. Actors' Equity Ass'n has been actively campaigning for passage of the measure. "Skippy" Grosses $75,000 In its first week at the Paramount, New York, "Skippy" grossed $75,000, according to Publix. The picture, which is now in its second week, is understood to have broken the house record for child admissions. Alfred D. Hickman Dead West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Alfred Devereux Hickman, 57, actor and husband of Nance O'Neil, has succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage at his home here. Rex Lease, Eleanore Hunt Married Las Vegas, _ Nev. — Rex Lease and Eleanore Louise Hunt were married here Thursday. Mae Marsh Returning West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY _ Hollywood — Mae Marsh has been signed by Fox and will return to the screen in "Over the Hill." COMING & GOING CLAYTON SHEEHAN of Fox and GEORGE MET AX A, London actor, arrived from abroad Friday on the Aquitania. ALISON SKIPWORTH, having completed her role in "Night Angel" at Paramount's New York studio, leaves Sunday for Hollywood. BRUCE GALLUP of United Artists left the Coast on Friday for New York. ABE MEYER of Meyer Synchronizing Service leaves for the Coast today (Saturday) after two months in New York. JOHN WALSH and TOM McKEAN, who operate the Progressive exchange in St. Louis, are in New York to line up product. 6,000 Serial Accounts Now on Universal Books Reflecting the growing interest in serials is the fact that Universal's books show approximately 6,000 accounts of this kind. This is an increase of about 1,000 accounts over the previous year. Tiffany Has Sole Interest in Talking Chimp Comedies West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Tiffany not only will produce the second series of six Talking Chimp comedies, but also will continue making these shorts, and no one else has any interest in them, according to Phil Goldstone, studio executive at Tiffany. The announcement was made following statements in the East that Bud Barsky had been producing these subjects for Tiffany. It is understood Barsky made one independent chimp short, which he is offering for release. Mrs. Beery, Sr., Dies West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Mrs. Noah Beery, Sr., mother of Wallace and Noah, is dead at her home here after a siege of pneumonia. B.I. P. Studio Chief on Way Here London (By Cable) — J. A. Thorp, production manager of the B.I. P. studios at Elstree, sails for the U. S. today (Saturday) on the Berengaria to check up on noiseless recording, color and wide film. ****TODAY'S vortex of discussion in the motion picture world is the advertising short; ****THE heart of a successful industrial film is its idea or story — keeping it in active circulation; ****AN UNFAILING center of supply for "4 star" scenarios that will attract the consumer to the advertiser, and money to the producer of the picture is * * * * * VIOLA IRENE COOPER 9 E. 59th St., New York VOlunteer 5-5543 Let Us Solve Your Problems! Over 21 Years of Experience Qualifies Us as Specialists in MOTION PICTURE INSURANCE Stebbins, Leterman & Gates INCORPORATED 1540 B'WAY, N. Y. C. BRyant 9-3040 Spring Arcade Bldg. Los Angeles, Cal. Mutual 5356 THE INDUSTRY'S DATE DOCK Apr. 15-17: Paramount eastern sales convention, Hotel Ambassador, Atlantic City. Apr. 19: Lambs Gambol, Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Apr. 20-22 : Warner Bros. Eastern sales convention, Traymore, Atlantic City. RKO Pathe sales convention, Drake Hotel, Chicago. Apr. 22-24: Paramount western sales convention, Palace Hotel, San Francisco. Apr. 23-24 : State Convention of Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays, Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis. Apr. 25 : Laemmle Anniversary Dinner Dane* of Universal Club, Hotel Edison, New York. Apr. 29-May 1 : Warner Bros. Western sales convention. Hotel St. Francis, San Francisco. May 18-22: International Exhibitors' Congress, Rome. May 25-29: Spring meeting of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, Hotel Roosevelt, Hollywood, Cal. 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