The Film Daily (1931)

DAILY Monday, May 25, 1931 :the I HI *l«M\llk Of MUM DOM Vil.LV No. 122 Monday, May 25. 1931 Price 5 Cents JOHN 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. En tered 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. Subscriber 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., \V. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET (QUOTATIONS AS OF SATURDAY) Net High Low Close Chg. Fm. Ind SH 5H SH + % East. Kodak 139^ 135^ 136 —2 Fox Fm. "A" .... 15J4 14f6 U% — yi, Gen. Th. Eq. (new) 4 4 4 Locw's, Inc 41 40J4 40J6 — K Paramount 25% 25 Ji 25}^ — H Pathe Exch \'A VA i'A RKO "A" 15J4 14M 15—^g Warner Bros 5& SH SVs do pfd 11)4 11 J* 11J4 + 'A NEW YORK CURB MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. pfd. 6% 6% 6% — 'A Trans-Lux 7'A 7'A 7'A NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 37% 37% 37% — % Loew 6s 41ww 95% 95% 95% + 'A Paramount 6s 47.. 86 85% 86 +1 Par. By. 5j4s51..102 102 102 + % Par. 5J4s50 75 75 75 Warner's 6s39 3l'A 30'A 30'A — % Waxman to Confer on Coast A. P. Waxman, RKO Pathe advertising counsel, is going west tomorrow to confer with Charles R. Rogers, production chief at the Culver City studios. if #* :.: WW WW* •«««*«»«»«*« ««««#« •«#«#»*»•«*»#«««,{ New York 1540 Broadway BRyant 9-4712 Long Island City ♦"• 1 54 Crescent St. ;*« STillwell 4-7940 }': i! Eastman Films | ♦.♦ ♦ * 8 J. E. Brulatour, Inc. « ♦ * *# ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ** ♦ * Chicago 1727 Indiana Ave. CALumet 3692 Hollywood 6700 Santa Monica Blvd. HOLlywood 4121 The Broadwav Paratle (Current Extended Run Attractions) DISTRIBUTOR THEATER OPENING DATE PICTURE "Zwei Herzen im $A Takt" Asso. Cine, of Amer. Europa Sept. 12 "Trader Horn". . . . .M-G-M Astor Feb. 3 "Tabu" Paramount Central Park Mar .18 "Dirigible" Columbia Central April 3 "Public Enemy" Warner Bros Strand April 23 "Die Foresterchrist'l. .Capital Film Ex Belmont April 25 "Student Sein" Leo Brecher Little Carnegie April 30 "Svengali" Warner Hollywood May 1 "Liebeswalzer" UFA 8th St. Playhouse May 1 "Indiscreet" United Artists Rialto May 6 "Party Husband". . . . Warner. . Winter Garden. May 14 "Beggar's Opera" . . . .Warner Bros Warner May 1 5 "Le Million" Tobis American .... Little Carnegie May 20 "The Smiling Lieutenant" Paramount Criterion May 21 "She Wolf of Wall Street" "The Maltese Falcon" OPENING THIS WEEK . Universal Rialto . Warner Winter Garden . .May 27 May28.. Lee Ochs Sues Union; Dirty Work Charged Alleging that Local 306, I. A. T. S. E. and M. P O, has sent negroes into his houses in large numbers, Lee A Ochs, in behalf of his circuit of 10 theaters in Manhattan and the Bronx, has filed suit in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, before Justice John B. Johnston, asking an injunction to restrain the union from interfering with his business. Trouble between Ochs and the union developed March 29, when he refused to replace his non-union operators with union men. Ochs charges that in addition to picketing his theaters, crews of women have made house-to-house canvasses urging boycott of his shows. Justice Johnston has reserved decision in the case. Union officers on Saturday declined to comment on the situation. Photophone Trucks Sail Two RCA Photophone sound recording trucks are on their way to the Associated Radio Pictures in England, where they will be used in sound-on-film recording by the producing unit of which Basil Dean is managing director. Jack Whiting Back to Films Jack Whiting, now appearing in the stage production, "America's Sweetheart," will give up his role to Max Hoffman, Jr., in about two weeks and return to work for Warner Bros. Serkowich in Texas Dallas — Ben H. Serkowich, special representative of the RKO Circuit, arrived here last week, accompanied bv his assistant, Kenneth Hansen, to confer with Len S. Brown, division manager. Goldbure: Leaves Van Beuren Jesse J. Goldburg. for the past two years with the Van Beuren Corn.. resiened Saturday. Several other emploves left the corporation Saturday under a general retrenchment policv. said to be due to the stoppage of Van Beuren's proposed sponsored short program. T.P.E. Will Distribute "Way Down East" in West Contracts have been signed between Albert Griffith Grey and Talking Picture Epics, under which the latter company will assume the sale and distribution of the synchronized version of D. W. Griffith's "Way Down East" for most of the territory west of the Mississippi River, including the exchanges of Los Angeles. San Francisco, Portland, Seattle. Butte, Denver, Salt Lake and Dallas. The sales campaign will be conducted bv Epic's coast manager, R. A. Mitchell, who was associated with the original road show campaign on "Wav Down East" when it was first produced. RCA Representatives Shifted H. L. Petty. RCA Photophone district representative in Detroit, has bef>n transferred to the same position m Washinpton. D. C, and Georfe H. Wi'-v of Winnipeg succeeds Pettv in Detroit, it is announced bv Sydney F. Abel, general sales manager. Ufa-Cosmopolitan Opens Mav 28 Formal opening of the Ufa-Cosmopolitan on Columbus Circle has been set for Mav 28. Emil Tannings in "Der Gross Tenor." together with Ufa shorts, will comprise the opening bill. First performance will be an invitation affairs. Airline Reduces Rates A reduction of approximately 10 per cent in airplane passenger rates between New York and Kansas City via Chicago is announced bv the National Air Transport division of United Air Lines. The cut also applies to other cities in the southwest. Charles Glett a Father Charles Glett, general supervisor for Simple Simon Comedies, Inc., is receiviner congratulations on the birth of a son. Mrs. Glett, before her marriage, was known professionally as Clarice Allen. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: Hughes-Franklin Theaters convention, Dallas. May 25-29: Spring meeting of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers Hotel Roosevelt, Hollywood, Cal. May 27-29 : Columbia eastern sales convention, Park Central Hotel, New York. May 26-27 : Annual convention of the M.P. T.O. of Kansas, Western Missouri, and St. Joseph, Mo. May 26-31: International conference on educational films under patronage of the Federal Minister of Education, Vienna. May May June June June June June Sept. 27 Testimonial dinner to Charles L. Winston, New England division manager, R-K-O Theaters, CopleyPlaza Hotel, Boston. 31-June 2 : Columbia midwestern sales meet, Congress Hotel, Chicago. 6-8 : Columbia western sales meet, Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood. 10: Nineteenth Film Golf Tournament, Fenimore Country Club, White Plains, Westchester, N. Y. 10: Adjourned annual meeting of Foi Film Corp., New York. 15: Annual Convention of Southeast Theater Owners, Atlanta. 14-18: Annual convention of Advertuv ing Federation of America, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York. 9-10: Semi-annual Convention, Allied Theaters Ass'n of Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Minneapolis. Operating Full Time Orville, O. — For the first time in motion picture history, the Grand theater is running seven days a week. The house opened on Sunday following passage of the law legalizing Sunday shows in Ohio. Join Columbia Cleveland Branch Cleveland — Allen Moritz, who resigned as local Tiffany branch manager simultaneous with other Tiffany managers whose offices were under William Shapiro's control, is now with the Cleveland Columbia exchange as special sales representative. Barbey Rose, former Universal branch manager in Cleveland, also is with the local Columbia sales force. COMING & GOING DR. A. H. GIANNINI arrived in New York from San Francisco on Saturday. A. P. WAXMAN leaves tomorrow for the coast. JOSEPH SCHENCK returned to New York from the coast on Saturday. WALTER FUTTER has returned to Hollywood after a sojourn in the East. GEORGE FAWCETT sailed Saturday on the Samaria for England. MR. and MRS. HERMAN CRON have returned to New York from a big game exJ pedition in Africa, where they made pictures of the Ituri Forest pysmie^. HIRAM S. BROWN and DAVID SARNOFF arrive from the Coast tomorrow. ONA MUNSON has returned to the Coast to resume work at First National. Studio and Location Sound on Film Recording Low Daily or WeekW Rate* Powers Clnephone Equipment Corporation 723-7TH AVE., N. Y. BRYANT 9-6067