The Film Daily (1931)

DAILV Tuesday, June 2, 1931 : JTNE SUM MIL i* III Ml OX Vol LV Ni. 179 Tiicsdiy. lane 7, 1931 Pnci 5 Cuts JOHN W AllCOATE Editor and Publisher daily except Saturdays and holidays ,,lway Nrw York, N. Y.; ;iml ■ X1931) by Wid's Films and J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary • I reaMirrr and General Manager; Arthur W. EddJ, .Woc.atr Editor; Don ..Uette, Managing Editor. Entered a* second class niaiter. May 21, 1918, at the po-tuthce 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 retnil with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York. N. Y. Phone Circle 4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, oraia — Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest \V. Fredman, The Film Renter. 89-91 lour St.. \V. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn Lichthildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Pans — P. A Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise. Hue de la Cour-dcs-Noues. 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK I in. Ind, . . Iin. Ind. pfd. Kodak 1 Fox 1 m. "A" .... new) I oew's, Inc do pfd. (6*4) M G-M pfd Paramount Pathe Exch ■A" RKO "A" Warner Broa rlo pfd NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low (lose Chg. ■i'A 4'A — 7A \\'A 11*4—2 29}4 \>S*A 125/2 — 4'A 16 14# 15 4 3)4 3*4 37?-* 36V2 36/, — m 85 83 83 — 3 23 23 23+1 21^ 20^ 21 — \'A VA 1 1 3H 3J4 VA — 'A 12 u'A n?A — Vj 6?A 6 6H — 'A \(>y, 16/ 16/ — 1/ CURB MARKET Fox Thea. "A".. 2% 2/ 2/ Gen. Th. Eq. pfd.. 6/ 6/ 6'A + A Technicolor 6/ 5/ 5/— *4 Trans-Lux 6/ 5/ 5/— X NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s4(L 29*4 29 29*4 + *4 Loew 69 41 xwar. 95*4 95*4 95*4 nonnl 6s 47.. 78 74/ 74/ — 4/ l ... loi ioi ioi Path. ... 81/ 79/ 79/ — 1*4 Warner'i 6s39 .. 38« 36J4 36/ — 1*4 Griffith Making Next at N. Y. Studio D. \Y. Griffith will make his next film at the Paramount studio. It will probably be "The Green Pastures," Pulitzer prize play. Griffith is being backed by independent capitol. Jte «.»'.».»« * ♦ • * • • ♦♦*»♦* • • * ♦ » • :: New York J: 1540 Broadway :.: BRyant 9-4712 Long Island City 154 Crescent St. STillwell 4-7940 The Knockers — are having a feast (.Continued from I'atie 1) the theory that any competent director should know what it's all about while shooting and that when the last seem ot the picture should be ready. One of the glaring production leaks has been the retake system. Getting away from it would save bushels of dollars to producers. But. Can they get away from it? Huffman Out to Collect On Cartooning Patents Denver — Harry E. Huffman, president of the Aladdin and business manager of a holding company controlling the Conkie patents, a system of eliminating guesswork in the. synchronizing of animated cartoons, leaves for Xew York on Thursday to attempt to obtain a settlement from companies using the system. Local Reel Being Tried By Fox in Washington Wellington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — The Fox is trying out the showing of special reels made up of local news happenings. If popular, they will be made a regular feature. The pictures are recorded by the local staff of the Movietone News. $1,000,000 Suit Over Boston Met. Boston — Suit for $1,000,000 has been filed in Superior Court by Samuel Pearson of Brookline, a stockholder in Boston Metropolitan Buildings, Inc., which leases the Metropolitan, Publix house, charging that the building company has been deprived of this amount because of aileged excessive charges for films and stage productions. Clara Bow Asks Release Denver — Clara Bow has asked to be released from her Paramount contract, and the request now is being onsidered, said B. P. Schulberg of the coast studio while here to meet S. R. Kent and Emanuel Cohen of the Xew York office for a conference ton production. J. J. Fitzgibbon Recovering Toronto — J. J. Fitzgibbon of Famous Players Canadian is recovering from a recent operation for appendicitis. R. & R. Circuit Sells Three Remaining Houses Dallas — Robb & Rowley theaters in Mi Kinney, Cisco and Hillsboro, which did not go into the HughesFranklin deal, have been disposed of, with McKinney going to Roy L. Brokman, manager, and W. G. Underwood, former partner in R. & R. The town of Cisco was sold to K. X. Greer, manager, and Underwood. ( . V. Jones, R. & R. auditor purchased Hillsboro in his own right, and C \Y. Taylor remains as manager for Jones. All three of these towns will be operated as separate corporations, neither to have any connection with the other, it is said. Other theater deals for the week disclose that W. G. Underwood has purchased the interest of Ray Stinnett in the Palace at San Antonio, becoming a partner of Eph Charninsky who continues as manager. Death of 2-Operator Bill Saves $1,000,000 A Year Harrisburg — Annual saving of $1,000,000 to Pennsylvania exhibitors has resulted through defeat of the extra-operator bill, which lost out with adjournment of the state legislature. Eight measures providing for Sunday shows died. Exhibitors are somewhat elated in passage of a Sunday baseball bill by the House. Although the measure ailed to pass the Senate owing to lack of legislative hours, exhibs feel hat an ooenmg wedge has been entered in behalf of Sunday shows. RKO Renews Dallas Lease Dallas — RKO has renewed its lease on the Capitol for another year. The house closed Mav 30 for the summer. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: Annual meeting of Allied Exhibi tors of Northwest, Benson Hotel Portland, Ore. June 6-8: Columbia western sales meet Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood. June 7-8: Annual convention of Tri-State M.P.T.O.A., Hotel Lafayette, Memphis. June 10: Nineteenth Film Golf Tournament, Fenimore Country Club, White Plains, Westchester, N. Y Adjourned annual meeting of Fox "Film Corp., New York. June 15: Annual Convention of Southeast Theater Owners, Atlanta. June 14-18: Annual convention of Advertising Federation of America, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York. June 16-17: Annual convention of M.P.T.O. of Wisconsin, Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee. June 18-19: Annual convention .of Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey, Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City. Sept. 9-10: Semi-annual Convention, Allied Theaters Ass'n of Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Minneapolis. William Wilson Handling 31 Warner Philly Houses Philadelphia — William Wilson, assistant to William Goldman, zone managei of Warner theaters in the Philadelphia district, has been appointed supervisor of the 31 houses here. Edward Peskay, who was sent from Philadelphia to St. Louis, has been recalled to become Goldman's assistant, a position he formerly held. 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