The Film Daily (1931)

THE -%£k DAILY W<dnp<day, May 27, lyj :the iKNnsMru Of IIIMDOM Vol. LVNo. 124 Wednesday, May 27. 1931 Price 5 Cents I0HN W. ALICOAIE : Editor and Publisher 300 Day-andDates for 2 Fox Pictures Day-and-date release in 300 cities is being arranged by Fox for "Women of All Nations" and "Daddy Long Legs," it is announced by James R. Grainger. The first picture opens May 29, and the second June 14. Published daily except Saturdays and holidays at 1050 Broadway, New York, N. Y., and copyright (1931) by VVid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. \V. Alienate, President, Kditor and Pulilishei ; 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 liroadway, New York, N. Y. Phone Circle 7,4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California — Kalph 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. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Clc^e Chg. I on. 1'in. Ind 5' '. 5K >A Con. Fm. Ind. pfd, 14 \SVt ISM — 'A East. Kodak \ZV/, 12SJ4 130 '4 — % Fox Fm. "A" UM liii 14'A + M Gen. Th. Eq. (new) 4 syA 3% — As Loew's, Inc 39JS 3&A 38J4 + 'A M-G-M pfd 25K 25 25 — l'A Paramount 23'A 2VAi 2 1 -5 g — 1 H P.. the Fxch 1!4 1 1 — A do "A" c>4 3-5^ 3H — >A RKO "A" 14}4 135-s ISM — A Warner Bros 5A SA S'A do pfd 15 1454 14 + 3 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Fox Tina. "A" 2M 2A2 2J4 — M Gen. Th. Eq. pfd.. 6/2 6A bY* — M Technicolor 7>A 7Yl 7A— Vi Trans-Lux 6% 6M (,% — si NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. Si 29 29—6 Loew 6s 41 x war. 95J4 95)4 95-J4 Paramount 6s 47.. 8.m 83 83*4 — VA Par. 5J4s50 73'yi 72A 72J4 — ?| Pathe 7s37 8154 SIA 81J4 — M Warner's 6s39 32^ 30J4 32A + 1A Columbia Buys "Love Affair" "Love Affair," College Humor story by Ursula Parrott, has been bought by Columbia for production next season. 58 FEATURES FOR 1 93 1 -32 FROM EDUCATIONAL GROUP (Continued from Page 1) nards and 10 Bob Steeles. Tiffany will contribute 20 features. Sono Art so far has definitely contracted to make 10 features and will probably make an additional 10. "City Lights" Returning For Pop Run at Cohan Returning to Broadway after 3 months at the George M. Cohan, one week at Loew's State, and a day at Loew's New York and engagements in all the other Loew New York houses, Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" will return to the Cohan, June 1, for an indefinite run at popular prices. During the previous run ,tt the Cohan, 567,753 admissions were paid to see the comedy, according to United Artists records. FIGHTING BLUE SUNDAY Wichita, Kan. — Notice has been served by the Greater Wichita Ass'n that it will fight the blue Sunday verdict, which is to be enforced against theaters after July 4, bygathering evidence against all other violators and insisting on the ban being applied also to the municipal swimming pool, golf courses, filling stations, etc. County Attorney Adams says he will give these complaints the same attention as those directed against theaters. Re-organizing Personnel At Para. New York Studio Re-organizing oi the personnel of the Paramount New York studio has begun. Five writers have been released and other changes are understood pending. Hank Linet Joins Law Firm Hank Linet, formerly advertising and publicity director for Columbia, and later with General Talking Pictures, lias passed his bar examinations and joined the law firm of David T. 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At the Metropolitan Barrymore in "Svengali," did $43,000; Scollay Square, George Arliss in "The Millionaire," $17,500; Uptown, "The Public Enemy," $14,000; Olympia, "The Public Enemy," $15,000. WCAU and Philly 'Record' Join Metrotone Newsreel Radio station WCAU and the Philadelphia "Record" were added yesterday to the 13 newspapers and radio stations already tied up with the Hearst Metrotone Globe Trotter newsreel. The first issue containing the "Globe Trotter" will be released in Philadelphia on May 29. Reri and Gene Dennis A.M.P.A. Guests Tomorrow Reri, star of "Tabu," who has joined the new Ziegfeld Follies, and Gene Dennis, psychic, will be guests of the A. M. P. A. at its weekly luncheon tomorrow at the Dixie Motel. Torrington House Opening July 15 Torrington, Conn. — Warner Bros, have set July 15 as the date for the opening of their new theater here. The house seats 1,600. Roanoke's First Suburban Roanoke, Va. — First suburban house here is to be erected on Grandin Road, Virginia Heights, at a cost of more than $125,000. The. project is sponsored by the Suburban Theater Corp., with M. J. Patsel. C. G. Lindsey and J. D. Turner as temporary officers. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: Testimonial dinner to Charles Winston, New England divisii manager, R-K-O Theaters, Cople Plaza Hotel, Boston. Annual convention of the M.l T.O. of Kansas, Western Miisou: and St. Joseph, Mo. May 25-29: Spring meeting of the Sociei of Motion Picture Engineers Hot Roosevelt, Hollywood, Cal. May 26-31 : International conference on edi cational films under patronage < the Federal Minister of Education Vienna. May 27-29: Columbia eastern sales convei tion, Park Central Hotel, Ne< York. May 31 -June 2: Columbia midwestern salt meet, Congress Hotel, Chicago, June 1-2: Annual meeting of Allied Exhib tors of Northwest, Benson Hote Portland, Ore. June 6-8: Columbia western sales mee Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood. June 10: Nineteenth Film Golf Tourna ment, Fenimore Country Club White Plains, Westchester, N. Y Adjourned annual meeting of Fo: Film Corp., New York. June 15: Annual Convention of Southeas Theater Owners, Atlanta. June 14-18: Annual convention of Advertis ing Federation of America, Hote Pennsylvania, New York. June 16-17: Annual convention of M.P.T.O of Wisconsin, Hotel Pfister, Mil waukee. Sept. 9-10: Semi-annual Convention, Alliec Theaters Ass'n of Minnesota North and South Dakota, Min neapolis. Judge Reserves Pathe Decision Motion made by Cluster Holding Corp. and Turin Theater Corp. for an injunction to prevent RKO Pathe from delivering "Born to Love" to three Loew New York houses ahead of their theaters was argued before Judge Valenti in the Supreme Court, New York County yesterday. Decision was reserved. The Nathan Burkan office represented the plaintiffs. H. E. Ellison Resting Denver — H. E. 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