The Film Daily (1931)

THE ■^^ DAILY Sunday, September 13, 1931 Vol. LVI No. 83 Sunday, Sept. 13, 1931 Price 25 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publislitr 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; Doti 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 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin^Karl Wolflfsohn Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise. Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET {QUOTATIONS AS OP FRIDAY) Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 4 4 4 — K Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. UYs 1254 13 -f Vi East. Kodak 13254 12854 131 —1 Fox Fm. "A" ... 135^ 12^4 12>^ — 54 Gen. Th. Eq.(new) 2^4 2!4 2H + Yt Loew's, Inc 4854 465^ 48j4 + 15^ do pfd 91J4 91J4 nVz — 1 M-G-M pfd 23 23 23 — ^ Paramount 225^ 21^4 2254 + }4 Pathe Exch 15^ IM 1'4 do "A" 5'4 4?i 5^ -f M RKO "A" 14'^ 13>4 14'/^ -f y2 Warner Bros 10 9 10 — 1 do pfd 25 25 25 -1-2 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Fox Thea. "A" .. 2Vi 2% 2!4 Gen. Th. Eq. pfd. 3% 3H 3% + 'A Technicolor 5% SVt 5^ + 54 Trans-Lux 45^ ^Y» 4^ NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. 2054 20 205^ -f Yi, Keith A-O 6s 46. 65^ 65 65 — 2 Loew 6s 41 ww.. 97!4 96i^ 97^4 + 1 Paramount 6s 47 . 84?4 82'/^ 83 — 2Y2 Par. By. 5;4s 51.102^ 102 102 — 1 Par. SY2S 50 ... 75 741^ 75 — 1 Pathe 7s 57 93 90 90 — 2Y2 Warner's 6s 39 .. S9Yt 57 59 + 2J4 "Expensive Women" Release Warner Bros, will release "Expensive Women," starring Dolores Costello, on Oct. 24. H. B. Warner also is in the cast. New York 1540 Broadway BRyant 9-4712 Long Island City 154 Crescent St. STillwell 4-7940 Eastntiain Films J. E. Chicago 1727 Indiana Ave. CALumet 3692 Hollywood J-J 6700 Santa Monica J-J Blvd. :•: HOLlywood4121 J-J GANG FILM BILLS' DEFEAT SEEN IN AMENDMENTS (Continued from Page 1) ments to other anti-gangster picture measures which are in the offingUnder this revision the bills, if passed, will have but little effect upon production plans as in practically all underworld pictures the law-breakers have come to a bad end. 3 Killed, 13 Injured in Eastman Kodak Explosion Rochester, N. Y. — Eastman Kodak's four-story roll-coating building was damaged Friday by an explosion in which three workmen were killed and 13 injured. The accident, which is the first of its kind in 25 years at the Eastman plant, will not seriously interfere with production. Central Film Completes Six Travelogue Shorts With the completion of "Dutch Treat," a travelogue of Holland, Central Film Co. has finished and is ready to release six of its series of 12 shorts on leading American cities and far-away places, it is announced by Philip M. Brown. Distribution in the U. S. is being handled by General Talking Pictures, while Gaumont has the United Kingdom. Paul Kohner to Europe Paul Kohner, one of the supervisors of production at Universal City, sailed Friday on the Europa for a visit to his parents in Czechoslovakia. In addition to the vacation, Kohner has an important mission from the studio to carry out in Paris and Berlin, where Universal pictures are already in production. G. T. P. Settles With Rosenberg Full settlement of his contract, which ran until 1934, has been obtained from General Talking Pictures by Bert Rosenberg, former Chicago and Midwestern division manager, who severed his connection with the company recently as a result of his activities in matters pertaining to the operators' union strike in Chicago. Chicago House Goes Vaudefilm Chicago — Edward W. Monaco has leased the Kedzie, former dramatic stock house, and will operate it under a vaudeville-film policy. RKO will furnish the acts. Rebuild Lyric, Huntsville, Ala. Huntsville, Ala. — Work has started reconstructing the Lyric which was twice destroyed by fire. It is owned by the Crescent Amusement Co. Grampp in La Crosse La Crosse, Wis. — H. E. Grampp, formerly with Publix in Beloit, is now managing the Rivoli, reopened by La Cross Theater Co. after improvements costing $50,000. PLAN NATIONAL CIRGOIT OF JUVENILE MOVIES (Continued from Page 1) Warner Bros., as president. Joseph F. Flaherty, who has been identified with Paramount, Fox and the Roxy is manager of the enterprise. According to present plans, only shorts suitable for juvenile audiences will be shovsTi. The house will operate during the late afternoon and early evening on weekdays and all day on Saturdays. Providing the experiment develops into a national circuit, as intended, houses will be constructed or bought in residential sections of cities throughout the country. Sound will be furnished via a turntable device specially designed by Hector Streychmans. The first juvenile house will seat 275, and others will run under 300 capacity. Moskowitz Appointed Asst. to Joe Schenck (.Continued from Page 1) to the financing of Schenck's productions and to the conduct of the United Artists Theater Circuit, of which he is also vice-president, but now his duties will be enlarged to include a hand in distribution, in which he has had experience. Joe Moskowitz is the brother of Charles Moskowitz, who occupies a similar confidential capacity with Nicholas M. Schenck of Loew's, Inc., and M-G-M. De Mille to Bulgaria Moscow — Cecil B. De Mille arrived here a few days ago and is looking over local motion picture conditions. He will leave for Bulgaria and Rumania next week and plans to return to the United States about Oct. 15. Second "Strange" Series in Color IVest Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — A second series of John Hix's "Strange As It Seems" short subjects will be made in Multicolor, it is announced by A. A. MacDonald, president of the Howard Hughes color process. Contracts have been closed between NathanHahn-Fairbanks, producers, and Multicolor, for 13 new releases of the one-reel novelties. Universal will again release the films. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Sept. 13: Fifth Annual Motion Picture Golf Tournament, Lakeside Golf Club, Hollywood. Sept. 14: Meeting of the Hays Unemployment Relief Committee at the M.P.P.D.A, offices, New York. Sept. 17: Annual meeting of Allied Thea ter Owners of North Carolina, Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, N.C. Sept. 24: Convention of Philadelphia M. P. T. O., at the Hotel Astor. New York. Convention of M. P. T. O. of Eastern Penna. Southern New Jersey and Delaware, Philadelphia. "The Exhibitor" annual golf tournament at Lu Lu Country Club, Philadelphia. : National 16 mm. motion picture exposition. Hotel Victoria, New York. French Educational Film Congress, Paris. Hispano American Motion Pic ture Congress. Madrid. Spain. Eleventh Annual Convention of M.P.T.O. of Western Pennsylvania, Hotel Henry, Pittsburgh. Oct. 5-8: Fall meeting of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, New Ocean House, Swarapscott, Mass. Oct. 31 : Universal Club "Night in Pa ris," Hotel Astor. Nov. 4: Annual Awards Dinner of Aca demv of M. P. Arts & Sciences. Hollywood. 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