The Film Daily (1931)

—2&** DAILY Tuesday, May 26, 1931 :THE (H IIIMI O.M Vol. LV No. 123 Tuesday, May 26, 1931 Price 5 Gents IQHN W. ALtCOATE : : : 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., W. I. Berlin— Karl Wolff sohn Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Franchise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Con. Fm. Ind 5H $'A SlA — Vt Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 14 14 14 East. Kodak 135 1 3 1 54 131% — 4-^ Fox Fm. "A" 14% 12% 13% — 1'/, Gen. Th. Eq. (new) 4'A Z% 4 Loew's, Inc 40J4 38'4 l%Vz — \% M-G-M pfd 26J4 26K 2654 — V* Paramount 25 V% 2354 23% — 1% Pathe Exch l'A \% 156— Vt do "A" 3% 3% 3% RKO "A" 14% 13% 13% — \'/s Warner Bros 5% S% 5% — 54 do pfd 12 12 12 + % NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Pets. Vtc 11 11 11 -f % Fox Thea. "A" 3 2% 3 + % Gen. Th. Eq. pfd.. 6% 6% 6% Nat. Scr. Ser 20'/4' 2054 20J4 Technicolor 7% 7% 7% + % Trans-Lux 754 7 7'A — 54 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. 38 3554 3554 — 2'/, Loew 6s 41 x-war. 95% 95% 95% Paramount 6s 47.. 85 85 85 Par. By. 5j4s51 . . . 101 101 101 Par. 554s50 74 7354 74 Pathe 7s37 81% 81% 81% — 54 Warner's 6s39 30'A 3054 3054 — 1 Free Park Movies in Gulfport Gulfport, Miss. — City Commission started May 25 showing free pictures in city park. Films will be shown twice a week on Thursday and Mondays. IS i.i ♦ # :.: :.: ♦♦ *.♦ :.: New York 1540 Broadway BRyant 9-4712 Long Island City 154 Crescent St. STillwell 4-7940 i: Eastman Films! J. E. Brulatour, Inc. « ♦> Chicago Hollywood £•} ♦•; 1727 Indiana Ave. 6700 Santa Monica ♦•* J'J CALumet 3692 Blvd & i'i HOLly wood 4121 & ♦v ♦.♦ *•* II ^♦•.♦♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦.•.♦•♦♦•♦.•.♦•♦♦•♦«>.v.vv»v.KvJJ-Ji-?<: Last Week of Photographic Exhibit Irving Browning's noteworthy exhibit of 38 photographic studies, pertinent to the motion picture industry and several of its outstanding personalities, has entered into its second and last week at the Motion Picture Club. Merits of the display, which is sponsored by THE FILM DAILY, have been acknowledged by numerous authoritative sources, one letter of highly favorable comment coming from California requesting that the collection be included this summer in the Hollywood Motion Picture Exhibit, on the Steel Pier, Atlantic City. Two inquiries have been received from Los Angeles by THE FILM DAILY asking that the display be sent to the west coast where it will be prominently presented. One of New York's leading hotels has also urged the privilege of exhibiting Browning's masterpieces. Saturday the photographs will be removed from the Motion Picture Club. Five days remain in which to see them — after that — the next fortunate exhibitor may be 3,000 miles away. 4 More Pathe Directors Named Defendants in Suit Four more Pathe directors have been named defendants in the suit of Lena M. Vincent against Pathe Exchange, Inc., in which an accounting for alleged loss and damages as a result of the sale of Pathe assets to RKO, is asked. The directors served with summonses and complaints by Harry L. Kreeger, attorney for the defendant are George Armsby, Jeremiah Milbank, Elisha Walker and Stuart Webb. According to Kreeger, 125 stockholders have joined the Pathe Protective Ass'n, representing 25,000 shares of stock. It is expected that the appeal to Judge Ford's denial to dismiss the compliant will be argued June 15, with examinations of the defendants being carried on throughout the summer. RKO Seeks Settlement Of Player-Agent Dispute West Coast Bureau. THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — RKO has petitioned the Superior Court to force Edna Mae Oliver and Max Hart, Inc., to settle their dispute. Miss Oliver is paid $2,000 weekly under contract with the studio and each week the agent seeks to collect 10 per cent of it, according to the studio. New Coast Paper Starts Tune 8 Completion of plans for "The Hollywood Herald," to be published daily in Hollywood beginning June 8. were announced yesterday by Martin Quigley. William A. Johnston, formerly editor of "Motion Picture News," will be editor, and Leo Meehan, newspaper man. former producer and director, will be general manager. "The Hollywood Herald" will be linked with "Motion Picture Herald," and "Motion Picture Daily." French Receipts Up in 1930 Paris — Cinema, skating rink and circus attendance in France showed an increase during 1930, while music halls, concerts, boxing and other amusements suffered a decline, it is shown in official figures. Cinema receipts increased by 78,009,551 francs. Northwest Allied Meets June 1-2 Portland, Ore. — Annual meeting of Allied Exhibitors of the Northwest will take place at the Benson Hotel here June 1-2. This will give exhibs an opportunity to stay over for the social doings of the Cinema Club on June 3. Exhibs Awarded Prizes In Exploitation Contest Winners of prizes totaling $1,875, in the national contest conducted by Columbia among exhibitors for publicity and exploitation ideas on "Dirigible," were announced yesterday. The awards of $150, $100, $75 and $50 in each of the following classes were won by the exhibs in the order named: Newspaper advertising campaigns: Mose Mesher, Sterling Theaters, Seattle; Kenneth A. Wagner, Cecil, Mason City, la. ; John C Friburg. Palace. Johnsonburg, Pa.; C. H. Moss, Empire, San Antonio. Newspaper publicity campaigns: Harry Storm. Albee, Providence; S. B. Tucker, Byrd, Richmond; Fred Polacek and Heme Johnson, R. & R. Ritz, Big Springs, Tex,; C. H. Doty, ' ."(j.inut Grove, Miami. Decoration of lobby and front: Carlos Harrison. Keith's, Cincinnati; James C. Cartledge Strand, Knoxville; Delmar F. Harris, Delharco, Concordia, Kan.; F. J. Cassin, Rialto, » »rk. Pa. Window displays and merchandise tie-ups: L. A. Starsmore, Sterling, Greeley, Colo. ; Louis Hellborn, Orpheum, Memphis: Jack Edwards. Orpheum, St. Paul; Jack Hobby. V ictory. Providence. Catchlines, slogans and heralds: Carl M Osbortr, Five Points. Cleveland; Maurice tfliss, Metro, N. Y. ; Louis Glinner, Olympia Uhel"' ■ N Isea, Mass.; G. Battaglia, Battaglia, Troy! Kallet Signs WB-FN 100 Per Cent Kallet Theaters have signed 100 per cent for Warner-First National features and Vitaphone shorts for the circuit's houses in Syracuse, Utica, Oneida, Rome and Canastota. Ben Kalmenson, Albany exchange manager, and Max Milder handled the deal for WB-FN Rob Publix Theater Ft. Worth, Tex.— The Worth was robbed May 20 by three bandits who followed the treasurer to his office after he had collected the day's receipts. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK May 25-29: Spring meeting of the Sodet of Motion Picture Engineers Hote Roosevelt, Hollywood, Cal. May 26-27 . Annual convention of the M.P T.O. of Kansas, Western Missoiir and St. Joseph, Mo. May 26-31 : International conference on t4u cational films under patronage o the Federal Minister of Education Vienna. May 27-29 : Columbia eastern sales conven tion, Park Central Hotel, Nev York. May 27 Testimonial dinner to Charles L Winston, New England divisioi manager, R-K-O Theaters, Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston. May 31-June 2: Columbia midwestern sale meet, Congress Hotel, Chicago. New Dickinson House Opens June I Kansas City — Glen W. Dickinson Harry Taylor and William Rienke the latter film buyer for the circuit, will open Dickinson's new $150,00( theater in Garden City on June 8 Dick Curry, now manager of Dickinson's State in Garden City, will manage the new Dickinson. "Born to Love" for Loew, Century Constance Bennett in "Born to Love," RKO Pathe production, has been booked for 25 Loew and Century Circuit houses in Brooklyn and Long Island. ERPI to Equip 11 Military Homes Electrical Research Products has been awarded a contract by the U. S. Veterans' Bureau to make 15 Western Electric sound installations in 11 National Military Homes, it is announced by C. W. Bunn, sales manager. Warners Cut Scale on Coast West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — Warners have reduced prices of general admission at their Los Angeles Downtown and Hollywood theaters to 50 cents, a cut of 15 cents. Prices on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays remain unchanged. For SCRIPTS for SHORTS go to VIOLA IRENE COOPER 9 E. 59th St.. N. Y. Vo. 5-5543 IT'S SURE-IT'S PERMANENT-IT'S YOURS How would you like to look forward to an INCOME that would be non-shrinkable, non-fluctuating, payable to you each month YEAR AFTER YEAR, even though you should live to be a hundred years old. For further information, write JOHN J. KEMP 551 Fifth Ave. New York City Phones MUrray Hill 2-7838-9 MOTION PICTURE INSURANCE A SPECIALTY