The Film Daily (1931)

THE :S^ DAILY Friday, August 28, IS V(l. LVI No. 51 Friday, Aug. 28. 1931 Prict b Ciots lOHN W. ALICOAT£ Editor »d Publishir 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., undei 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 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 Close Chg. East. Kodak 142 J4 139 139^ — 2?^ Fox Fm. "A" 14J4 13^ 14 + M Gen. Th. Eq. (new) 2^ 2"4 2H + 'A Loew's, Inc 49}4 48^ 49 -f J^ Paramount 24)4 23^ 24 Pathe Exch IH i'A ^'A do "A" 5.y8 5^ sy» + Vi RKO "A" IS'A U'A UiA — 'A Warner Bros. . . . 8A &'A 854 + Ji NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Pets. Vtc. 10^ 9 9)4 -f Vs Fox Thea. "A" . 2^ 2)i 2Ji Gen. Th. Eq. pfd. A'A 3Vi 4 Technicolor 6)i 6f4 byi — Vi Trans-Lux 5 S 5 Taking Their Own Medicine Audiences at the Mastbaum, Philadelphia, are having the pleasure (or displeasure) of hearing themselves sing. Milton Charles, organist, figured out the gag of recording the community singing of the patrons on to a disc. The record is played back immediately through amplifiers. According to reports, only a few individuals who have recognized their own falsettos have left the house. Warners Close Canadian, N. Y. State Product Deals Bernstein Bros, circuit in upstate New York has bouglit Warners, First National and Vitaphone product 100 per cent under a deal ciosed by A. W. Smith, Jr., Eastern sales manager for the distribution company. B. F. Lyon, Canadian manager for the firm, has arrived back in New York after closing product deals with United Amusement Co. operating in Eastern Canada and the Dewees West Coast Circuit. Arliss Returning In Sept. George Arliss will return from Europe the last week in September, one month earlier than was previously scheduled. He will immediately start on his next production, "A Successful Calamity" for Warner Bros. NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. 23J4 2VA 22)4 -\ MA Loew 6s 41ww... 98)-8 98)i 98)4 + 'A Paramount 6s 47. SS'A 86 86 Vi -| 'A Par. 53^s50 78V^ 78 78 Pathe 7s37 94 94 94 — )4 Warner's 6s39 . . 54K 54 54 Estelle Taylor in Vaude Estelle Taylor today begins at RKO vaude tour, opening in St. Louis where she remains one week. After playing Columbus, Cincinnati and Chicago, she will arrive in New York the first week in October. if it J.X New York Long Island City j'j ♦.X 1540 Broadway 154 Crescent St. j"{ i.t BRyant 9-4712 STillwell 4-7940 }*t I Eastman Films I S J» E. Brulatour, Inc. H j'j Chicago Hollywood f( 1727 Indiana Ave. 6700 Santa Monica fl CALumet 3692 Blvd. it f HOLly wood 4121 K ft it "Side Show" In N. Y. Soon Warners "Side Show" with Winnie Lightner and Charles Butterworth will open in New York within the next few weeks. National release has been set for September 19. Ala. Aldermen Extend Sunday Show Time Limit Tuscumbia, Ala. — Time limit for inaugurating Sunday shows has been extended by the City Board of Aldermen, from Aug. 20 to Sept. 20 An ordinance recently passed by city officials specifies that local the aters must take advantage of the privilege before the given time Crescent Amusement Co., will open their theaters Sundays. Cagney's Agencies Absolved PVest Coast Bureau. THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — ine Artists' Managers Ass'n has completely absolved Frank and Dunlap agencies which were involved in tne James Cagney dispute. Cagney soon resumes work for Warners from whom he has received a new contract. Moneyhum Transferred Miami, Fla. — Frank J. Moneyhum, division advertising manager for Paramount Enterprises, Inc., has been transferred from Miami to Atlanta. Edwards Out of Danger West Coast Bureau. THE FILM D.^ILY Hollywood — Snitz Edwards, seriously ill for the past five months, was reported as out of danger yesterday. Kirkpatrick Back at Desk A. S. Kirkpatrick, vice-president of Educational, who has been ill for the past month, has returned to his desk, fully recovered. "Guilty Hands" for Capitol M-G-M's "Guilty Hands," featuring Lionel Barrymore opens at the Capitol tomorrow. Stewart Cast in "Pie Mystery" Dick Stewart has been added to the cast of "The Great Pie Mystery," Mack Sennett's featurette starring Harry Gribbon and May Boley. Ufa Gets Cincinnati. House for Ger. Talkers Cincinnati— -Ufa will take over the Royal from the Cincinnati Freie Presse for the showing of German talkers. The house, which seats 320, will be called the "Ufa Cinema" and will start its season Sept. 18 with "Tankstelle," starring Lilian Harvey and Willy Fritsch. Must Start Work by Oct. 1 Brookline, Mass. — Construction of a moving picture theater at Coolidge Corner, this town, for which a permit to build was granted by the selectmen last January, must begin by Oct. 1, next, or the board of town fathers will entertain applications of other theater companies for a permit. Delay was explained to the board on Monday, August 24, by George Wightman, Brookline lawyer, in charge of the erection of the house for Publix, and the contractor, F. J. Van Etten. They promised that construction would begin within a fortnight; that arrangements for the first mortgage had been made, but other financial details have yet to be completed. THE INDUSTRy'S DATE BOOK Aug. Sept Sept Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. 29: RKO diid RKO Pathe Ann), Uutins, inaian Point, bteaaici Peter Stuyvesant. 1 : Meeting of Allied Theater 0< ers of New Jeraey, Monte Hotel, Asbury Park, N. J. Exhibitor meeting sponsored M.P.T.O. o£ Eastern Pel Hotel Astor, New Yoi* 9-10: semi-aiiiiuai l-oaveiuiun. All Theaters Ass n of Minnea. North and South Dakota, Kai' son Hotel. Minneapolis. 28-30: French Educational Film Ci gress, Paris. 1 : riispano American Motion t\ ture Congress, MadriO. apaiu 4-6: Eleventh Annual Convention M.P.T.O. of Western Peniii vania, Pittsburgh. 5-8: Fall meeting of the Society Motion Picture Engineers, N Ocean House, Swampsct Mass. 4: Annudi Awards Dinner ot A demy ol M. P. Aits & Scieiit Hollywood. Repairing Fox Wichita House Wichita, Kan. — Extensive remodeling of the Fox Midwest here will be undertaken shortly, the house reopening in September with W. E. sound equipment. The house will give Fox Midwest a seating capacity of 9,000, in five theaters in this city. COMING & GOING HAL ROACH arrives in New York this morning from the Coast, making the trip by his own airplane. HARRY THOMAS is back in New York following a visit to exchange centers. RADIE HARRIS has returned to New York from the Coast. E, M. "EMC OROWITZ, RKO exploitation head, went to Boston yesterday. MARK A. LUESCHER will return to New York from Rochester today. B. F. LYON, Canadian manager for Warners, has returned to New Y'ork after closing deals in his territory. HARRY BLAIR, Eastern studio representative of Film Daily, has returned from a visit to Hollywood. Theater Deal Action Against Warner Peni Middletown, Conn. — Suit of Fra Arrigoni & Son, Inc., owners of t Middlesex, against Warner Theate for alleged breach of contract, w be tried in Superior court hei Arrigoni seeks fulfillment of a ca tract to purchase the Middles', Theater property or $100,000 dai ages. It is alleged that during May 1930, the Warners started negoti tions for purchase of the Middlesi for $400,000. The purchasers we also to assume contracts of oper tors and stage employes. Arrigo says that as a result of the agre, ment with Warner, he refused othi offers to purchase the property.; Second Artclass Completed "Pleasure," Weiss Brothers Ar, class' second of 12 features, h^ been completed under direction < Otto Brower. Conway Tearle, Cai mel Myers, Frances Dade, Pai Page, Roscoe Karns, Lina Basquet^ and Harold Goodwin are in the cap John Varley wrote the story. "Coi! victed," the third Artclass relea; will go into rehearsal shortly Holding "Blonde Nightingale" Ufa Cosmopolitan will hoi, "Blonde Nightingale" over uni Sept. 10. In Preparation "GHUNGA DIN by Alf Couiding JOHNNIE WALKER Mayflower Hotel, N. Y. Studio and Location Sound on Film Recording; Low Daily or Weekly Ralei Powers CInephone Equipment Corporation' T23.TTH AVE.. N. V. BRYANT 8-eOer