The Film Daily (1931)

Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fourteen Years Old VCL. I_> SC. 143 NEH >< II. Ill I M \>. II SI IS. I » II <S CtSI\ 200% Jump in RKO Sales Reported By Rosenzweig SCREENED USERS AJM AT INDIEJOUSES Strength of Film Industry Hidden By High Costs Wall St. Sees Income Drop Offset by Further Economies High costs, which are now on the way down, have obscured the real Strength of the film industry, according to a current survey of the situation published in last night's "Wall St. Journal." The article reads in part : Considering their large earning power in normal years and rapid recuperative ability, securities of the (Continued on Page 10) MONTREAL CENSORS YANK "HELL BOUND" ON 4TH DAY Montreal — After approving Tiffany's "Hell Bound" with minor dens and change of title to "Easy Money," the local censors suddenly seized the picture on the fourth day (Continued on Page 10> Carolina Theater Owners Hold Summer Meet July 20 Charlotte, X. C— Annual summer meeting of the North and South Carolina Theater Owners' Ass'n will be held lulv 20-21 at the Hotel Oceanic. Wrightsville Beach, Wilmington, X. President Charles Picquet will preside. New product, the recent legislative battle here and proion will be among the topics discus Exhibs More Optimistic Rosenquest Finds on Tour Rabid Film Fans II est Coast Bureau, Til II FILM DAILY Hollywood — Declaring that Latin-American film fans want Hollywood stars above all else. Vernon Johnston, Spanish magazine editor just back from a trip through Mexico and Central and South America, says the movie-goers down there are the wildest fans he has ever seen. It makes no difference if the dialogue is in English, he declares, they insist on Hollywood favorites rather than Spanish versions with substitutes. Short -Length Features Contribute To Dual-Bill Evil, Says Ed M. Fay Circuit Ban on Sponsored Films Declared Not Important Banning of sponsored shori the major film companies will not materially affect the future plan of screen advertisers, according to \V. D. Canaday, vice-president of Lehn & Fink, speaking before the Talking Motion Picture Advertising Group at the Advertising Federation of (Continued on Page 12) Double Feature Policy Avoided in Carolinas Double feature bills have not made their appearance in North and South Carolina theaters and there is no indication that exhibitors in these states will adopt this policy, said (Continued on Paqe 12) Short-length features are causing some exhibitors to play double-feature bills, said Edward M. Fay, member of the M. P. T. O. A. board of directors, in an interview in New York yesterday. In the case of his Majestic in Providence, he pointed out, Fay uses a single feature when (Continued on Page 10) Pathe Studio Adds 4 Sound Stages,Finishing all 1931-32 Films by Jan. 1 Addition of four more sound to the RKO Pathe studio facilities in Culver City, and plans for the completion of the company's entire 1031-32 schedule of features and slu.rts by Jan. 1, was announced yeste/day by Lee Marcus, president. As (Continued on Page 12) B. H. Kroger Enters Cincy Theater Field Cincinnati — B. H. Kroger, chain grocery store millionaire, has bought the Capitol here for $750,000 from the Wurlitzer estate. Sale was in.i < I • 0 a 28-year lease held b\ R-K-O. MILWAUKEE CENSOR BOARD WILL PREVIEW GANG FILMS Milwaukee — Under a new poll the Milwaukee motion picture mission, all future pictures about gangsters, whether they point a vivid lesson or are intended solely for entertainment, will be subjected to preview, instead of the present cu of reviewing the pictures in the theater at the opening show. In maki announcement. Frank B. Metcalfe, president of the m.p. commission, expressed thi <t the public is getting til Exhibitors are doing less complaining and expressing more optimism, it is reported by Harry Rosenquest. assistant sales manager of Vitaphone shorts, on his return from a trip around the eastern territory. Practically all theater owners feel that business conditions arc on the mend and that there is plenty of hope for better things, says Rosenquest. MO Sales in Last Six Weeks 200% Over 1 930— Rosenzweig Dreiser Still Het Up Over "American Tram '. " Ills 11 mi New \ with the I still hankering hibitii Three More Ocean Liners Install RCA Photophone RCA Photophone sound i qui] will be installed in three more ocean the Majestic, Homeric and Olympic of the White Star Line. Contracts were signed by Van Nesj Philip, manager of the I'hotophonc foreign department, after nearly a year of negotiations. ,,f RKO pit tun -t six week show an ini of 200 per enr for th' period, < iharli I told a I'll m I ) \n I he it imounts I proximati I concerted entire Wisconsin Blue Law Bill Moved Ahead Six Months Madison. Wis —The bill erendum on repeal ol "<" 'j* was recalled and jmcnd.-d in the to provide the vote hMt Tuosdjv rt April. 1932. invtea.1 t. November clrct.cn »\ on provided.