The Film Daily (1931)

Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fourteen Years Old -IFDAILY VCL. LVI NC.2 Ncwrccr, Tnursc/ir, juLr 2, 1931 5 CENTS Publix Detroit House on Industrial Show Policy SHORTAGE SPEEDSj931-32 RELEASING Pathe News Airplane Sets Globe Circling Record Trip Around World Made In Less Than Nine Days — Celebration Today Circling the globe in the record time of less than nine days, and establishing a precedent in n nvsrecl enterprise, Wiley Post and Harold Cati.\' landed last night at Roosevelt Field in their Lockheed-Vega monoplane "Winnie Mae'' upon which the Pathe News rooster went around the world. A special Pathe News plant met the "Winnie Mae" yesterday afternoon in (Continued on Pacje 10) FOX OFFICERS REELECTED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Board of directors of the Fox Film elecied at the recent annual meeting of stockholders met yesterday and elected the following officers: ; Harley L. Clarke, president; Winiield Sheehan, vice-president and genjeral manager; W. C. Michel, vicepresident and treasurer; S. R. Burns, ice-president and secretary; James (.Continued on Page 10) William James Craft Dies 1 Following Auto Accident West Coast BHrcan, THE FILM DAILY \ Hollywood — W'illiam James Craft, director, is dead as result of injuries in an automobile accident. His activities for the last few years had been |:onfined largely to the Universal lot. He also directed "Lovable and oweet" for Radio Pictures recentlv. Anti Fascists Block Italian Film Showing Paterson, N. ). — Showing of an Italian ilm accompanied by a lecture on Italy in I ;he East Side High School auditorium was ^ Jocked yesterday when the Board of Edu I ation revoked the license following pro ests from New York and other places that would be a Fascist demonstration. Local Talent 8-Reeler for $1,000 Independence, Mo. — An eight-reel motion picture, "The Shakedown's Up," all home-made at a cost of about $1,000, is being shown here. It was produced a little at a time over a period of several months by a group of 50 local young folks headed by J. Vance Eastwood. Coast Relief Unit Handled 2,500 Needy Cases in Year Dates Set for Three Educational Confabs Dates have been set for all of the three regional meetings to be held by Educational-TifTany-Sono Art. The first is scheduled for July 13 and 14 at the Astor Hotel, New York. Representatives of the eastern, southern and Canadian branches will attend the New York confab. The second (Continued on Page 10) West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — More than 2,500 needy cases were handled in the past year by the Motion Picture Relief Fund, it is announced by Jack L. Warner, retiring president. Conrad Nagel has been elected to succeed Warner. Ronald Colman, Mary Pickford, Will H. Hays and Harley L. Clarke were elected vicepi esidents, and AI. C. Levee, treasurer. Murder, Comedy, Love, Cowboys Favored by British Juveniles London — A strong liking for murder films was among the surprise discoveries in an investigation conducted by the Cinema Inquiry Committee in Birmingham to ascertain the movie tastes of juveniles from 8 to 14 years. Pictures dealing with (Continued on Page 11) American Boys Prefer Western Action Stars A big preference for western stars by the boys of the country has been ound in a survey made by the Open Road For Boys Magazine. Buck (Continued on Page 12) Industrial Picture Policy At Publix House in Detroit Pine Bluff First To Vote Sunday Shows in Arkansas Pine Bluff, Ark. — Under the new Arkansas Sunday local option law, this town is the first in the state to vote for Sabbath shows. Despite (Continued on Page 11) Detroit — Under direction of Ed. M. Piatt, district manager, the Publix staff here has been very active in selling blocks of tickets for special shows to industrial concerns. At present the Madison, closed for several months, has been opened for a (Continued on Page 12) Need of Strong Product Causes Advancing of Playdates Serious shortage of feature product will cause national distributors to start releasing 1931-32 pictures in August instead of in September, as is the custom. Probably never before in the history of the film industry will so many new productions be pre-released in an effort to relieve 'he situation. The same conditions have compelled distributors to advance scores of playdates on 1930-31 product. U. 11. 13 C Because of a dearth of product for continental release, United Artists is likely to produce features in Gernidiiy this comintr year, The Film Daily learns. Although definite plans have not as yet been formulated, it is known that Arthur Kelly, vice-president in charge of foreign distrbuton, who sails for Europe on July S, (Continued on Page 12) Operators Halve Scale In Louisville Suburbans Louisville — In line with the voluntary wage scale adjustments being made by the projectionists' locals all around the country, a SO per cent reduction for a year has been accepted by local suburban houses, which (Continued on Page 11) Five Film Stocks Gained $40,0CX),000 Duri^ig June Approximately $40,000,000 in market value was added to the five leading film stocks during the June upswing. Paramount showed the biggest comeback, amounting to $13,000,000, followed by Fox, $11,300,000; Loew's, $10,000,000; Warner, $5,300,000, and Pathe, $400,000.