The Film Daily (1931)

5 t&fri DAILV Thursday, June 4, 1931 :the IMt ktWifUtk Of IUMIO.M Vol IV No 131 Thursday, June 4, 1931 Price 5 Cents JBHN 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, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York. N. Y. Phone Circle 7-4736, 7,4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California — Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 VVardour St., W. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise. Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Con. Km. Ind 4 'A 3^4 4 ' on. Km. Ind. pfd. 12 11 12 + M East. Kodak 12'4^ 118 124'A + 2% Fox Fm. "A".... 16J4 UH 15** + 1 K Gen. Th. Eq. (new) 4 3$£ 3% + Yi Loew's, Inc 39-H 36J4 395-6 + 3 Paramount 22J4 20J4 22^ + 2^ Paths Exch 1J4 1 l'A + Vs do "A" IVi 3 3H + H RKO "A" 13 ll'A 12Ji + \Vi Warner Bros 7 J4 5J4 7A + l'/i NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Pets. ... 10 10 10 — 4*A Fox Thea. "A".. 2^ 2^ 2V% + V% Gen. Th. Eq. pfd.. S'A S'/» 6H + H Nat. Scr. Ser. .. 19]A 19>4 19J4 — & Technicolor S'/i 4'/* S'A + 1*4 Trans-Lux 6H 5!4 6Ji + 1 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen, Th. Eq. 6s40. 28 25 28+3 Loew 6s 41 x-war. 9S'/i 955^ 95'A — A Paramount 6s 47.. 79 7&'/2 78'A — lA Par. By. 5J^s51..101 100ft 101 Par. 5J4s50 C9ft 69& 69ft + ft Warner's 6s39 ... 35"^ 34^ 35 5^ + 1 Rodner on Trip West Harold Rodner, president of Continental Theater Accessories, leaves tomorrow on a business trip to the Coast. He expects to spend some time in Los Angeles, and will make an inspection of the Continental branches in the middle west on his return trip east. ^•♦•♦.♦♦♦♦♦.♦^♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦•.♦♦..♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.•♦.•<>>.>.>#>.>^ ♦,x .•♦♦.♦♦♦♦♦•.«'♦»♦♦•♦♦♦♦.♦♦♦.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦.♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦,♦ it ** t't New York Long Island City ♦*♦ *.♦ 1540 Broadway 1 54 Crescent St. ♦'♦ iX BRyant 9-4712 STillwell 4-7940 f* 8 9* ♦.♦ I Eastman Films I % J. E. Brulatour, Inc. 8 it ♦*♦ *.* *x ».♦ it it ** Chicago Hollywood H ♦> 1727 Indiana Ave. 6700 Santa Monica & V; CALumet 3692 Blvd. H jt HOLly wood 4121 ?•» 8 :i ♦ 5> ♦,♦ «,♦«.♦ ♦.* ♦.♦ ♦.• •> *.♦ ♦.♦ ♦.♦ M ♦*♦ ♦.* ♦> ♦.♦ ♦.♦ *.♦ ♦.♦ •> ♦.♦ ♦.♦ M ♦ !•>* **>%**♦♦♦♦♦%♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦#•#♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦#♦♦•♦♦♦♦#♦♦♦♦%♦* AH But Two Territories Closed by Monogram Pict. With completion of distribution arrangements ior the 1'hiladelphia territory, Monogram Pictures ha.-> closed all but two territories, said President \Y. Ray Johnston yesterday. The Philly situation will be handled by Harry Thomas and Oscar Neufeld. The two territories which have not been closed as yet are Ohio and Minnesota. Monogram Pictures will generally be sold on a straight rental basis, said Johnston. Gary Cooper, Gilda Gray Head Today's AMPA List Gary Cooper and Gilda Gray head the list of honor guests for today's A.M.I'. A. luncheon at the Hotel Dixie. Others will include Ethel Norris, principal in the Broadway musical, "Crazy Quilt," and Sam Jaffee and Sigfned Rumann of "Grand Hotel." Sponsored Film Budgets Are Not Being Cancelled {Continued from Page 1) still iii favor of the commercial motion picture, have several deals now pending with the Van Beuren Corp., short subject producers for RKO. The attitude of RKO on the sponsored short subject matter would not be discussed by Hiram S. Brown when approached by a Film Daily representative. Capitol Exch. Handling 36 Features, 52 Shorts (Continued from Page IX Luck," with Jobyna Ralston, Nick Stuart, Bobby Vernon and Rwd Howes; 'Trapped," with Nick Stuart, Nena Quartero, Priscilla Dean and Tom Santschi; "Masters of Steel," "Big City Shadows," "Midnight Prowlers," "The Devil's Decoy," "Railroad Mail Limited" and "Diamond Mystery"; six Richard Talmadges, including "The Yankee Don" and "Dancing Dynamite," another series comprising "Hate Ship," "Suspense," "Loose Ends," "Children of Chance," "Slums of London," 'Compromised," "Flame of Love," "Almost a Honeymoon," "Two Worlds" and "Ubangi," and 12 Westerns. Short product will include six Simple Simon comedies; six Kiddie Kapers, 12 Cartoon Tips, 26 Traveltalks in the "Port of Call" series; six Kiddie Revues, six Major Hammonds sport shorts and 12 novelties. The four serials are "Vanishing Legion," "Galloping Ghost," "Lightning Warrior" and "Shadow of the Eagle." Fox Completes 26 Shorts In "Magic Carpet" Series Fox has completed the first 26 of the "Magic Carpet of Movietone" travel shorts with natural sound and musical accompaniment. Another group of 26 subjects will be ready for release within a few weeks. Truman H. Talley originated the idea for these shorts, and Louis de Rochemont is doing the editing. Six New Educational Releases Educational has set the following releases for this month: "Hold 'Er Sheriff," Mack Sennett comedy with Andy Clyde and Marjorie Beebe, June 7; "A College Racket," last of the current Vanity comedies, with Glenn Tryon, June 14; "Monkey Business in Africa," Sennett comedy with Andy Clyde and Marjorie Beebe, June 21; "Foolish Forties," last Gayety comedy of the season, with Ford Sterling, June 28; and "2000 B.C." and "Blues," TerryToons, June 14 and 28, respectively. Sedley Brown Leaves Stanley Sedley Brown has severed his connection with the Stanley Recording Co. of America. Twins for Fitzmaurice West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Mr. and Mrs. George Fitzmaurice are the parents of twins, boy and girl. Mrs. Lasky Exhibits Paintings London— A group of 49 paintings by Mrs. Jesse L. Lasky has been placed on exhibition in London galleries. Sanderson and Crumit Signed for 12 Shorts Julia Sanderson and Frank Crumit, musical comedy and radio stars, have signed with Artists Pictures Inc., new producing unit, to make 12 tworeelers. The pictures will be domestic sketches and scenarios are now being read for the first two. Edward S. Flynn is president of the Artists Pictures and C. Lang Cobb secretary. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today : June 6-8 June 7-8 June 10: June 15 June 14 June 16 June 18Sept. 9 Columbia Pictures Dance and Swim, Hotel St. George, Brooklyn. Annual Outing of Loew-Metro Club, Palisades Park. Columbia western sales meet, Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood. Annual convention of Tri-State M.P.T.O.A., Hotel Lafayette, Memphis. Nineteenth Film Golf Tournament, Fenimore Country Club. White Plains, Westchester, N. Y. Adjourned annual meeting of Fox Film Corp., New York. -16: Annual Convention of Southeast Theater Owners. Hotel Ansley, Atlanta. -18: Annual convention of Advertising Federation of America. Hotel Pennsylvania, New York. -17: Annual convention of M.P.T.O. of Wisconsin, Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee. 19: Annual convention of Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey, Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City. 10: Semi-annual Convention, Allied Theaters Ass'n of Minnesota. North and South Dakota, Minneapolis. Harry Hornik Heads Film Players' Club Harry Hornik has been elected president of the Film Players' Club at the semi-annual election. Other new officers are: vice-president, Rose Feltman; treasurer, Theresa Klee; executive secretary, Avis Nast; recording secretary, Alida Stanley; desk manager, Thomas Mclntyre; board of directors, Carl de Mel, Al Milliken, Allan Quinn, Christine Seals, Hannah Luckman and Janet Verdi. The club plans to soon issue a monthly publication. Jean de Kovan is editor. Arthur Jones Leaves Roxy Theater Corp. Arthur A. Jones, comptroller of the Roxy Theater Corp. for the past several years, has resigned, effective immediately. THE LARGEST STOCK SHOT LIBRARY IN THE INDUSTRY Over 5,000,000 feet of indexed negatives and positives containing scenes of every conceivable description INSTANTLY AVAILABLE General Film Library, Inc. MORRIS J. KANDEL, Pres. 729 7th Ave. New York City BRYANT 4417-8 Cable: KANDELFILM Fire-Resistant Ruling Takes Effect in Ontario (Continued from Page 1) ate a theater shall be granted onl» .vhen the building in which such theater is located is of fire-resistant construction, became effective this week. There are only about 35 theaters in Ontario which fail to comply with the act in this respect. A section ol the same act, dealing with the grading of motion-picture operators, which also was to have come into effect this week, has been delayed for six months by a special order-incouncil passed by the Ontario cabinet. Fox's New Accessory Plan Under a new plan on accessory sales instituted by Lee Balsly, in charge of ad accessories for Fox, salesmen and exhibitors will be kept informed on what uses are being made of the company's product in various parts of the country and the results obtained. Balsly is just back from a trip to Buffalo, Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Fox Signs Ethel Norris Ethel Norris, a principal in the Broadway production, "Crazy Quilt," has been signed by Fox. m Mayfair Theatre B'ldg, N. Y. >■ WILLIAM MORRIS m Call-Board DONALD MEEK ALLAN JENKINS "GIRL HABIT" Paramount HOLLYWOOD