The Film Daily (1931)

—^Xl^ OAILV Monday, November 9, 1931 pi JK V ■ ^^ AU TMI UMI ^*^-DAILY Vol. IVII No. 33 Monday, Nov. 9, 1931 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICGATE Editor and Publislier Published daily except Saturdays and holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., ancZ coffyfight (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 EMitor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered a? 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 !.•> Cour-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET .^QUOTATIONS AS OF SATURDAY) Net . . High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 3 3 3 Con. Fm. Ind 9J^ 8J4 ^% — Vt Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 1534 15!^ 15^^ + Vi East. Kodak n^'A lU'A 114'/^ + 2'/ Fox Fm. "A".... S'A 7H 8'A + Vs Gen. Th. Eq. (new) Ws I !4 ^H + A I.-oew's. Inc 43^ 42 42' — Va do pfd 82 82 82 -f H Paramount I714 16 17 + lA Pathe Exch 1 1 1 RKO "A" 6A 6Vti 6'A — Vi Uliv. Pict. pfd... 39 39 39 + A Warner Bros 7 6M 6H + A NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Pets, vtc 6'/^ 6/2 6^4 -f ^ Fox Then. "A".... VA 1"4 lA + As Gen. Th. Eq. pfd. IM IM iVi + Ai Trans-Lux 2-% 2}^ 2J4 — As Technicolor 4 3% 4 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 1054 10 10"/i Paramount 6s47 .. 74i/4 74 74!^ + 2!X Far. SAs^O 70 67 70 -f 4 Warner's 6s39 50 49 50 +1 Metro-Goldwyn Dividend Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp. has declared the regular quarterly dividend of 47 }4 cents on the preferred stock, payable Dec. 15 to stock of record Nov. 28. ♦.'^♦♦•^•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦'♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦•♦♦♦♦ij J.t it it New York Long Island City ♦*♦ J» 1 540 Broadway 1 54 Crescent St. ♦"♦ *♦ BRyant 9-4712 STillwell 4-7940 i't ■:H. E. Brulatoer. i} S| Inc. :•♦ :^ '51 •♦"♦ Chicago Hollywood t*» K 1727 Indiana Ave. 6700 Santa Monica H ♦*t CALumet 3692 Blvd. ti « HOLlywood4121 K h :'i ♦ •;♦♦•♦♦♦>♦>♦>♦>♦>♦>♦>♦>♦.♦♦>♦.♦•.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦>♦.♦♦,•*>♦.♦♦>♦.♦♦ ^>» ♦♦♦♦•♦>♦♦•••#♦•♦ ••«•••♦••♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦••♦•♦♦•*•♦♦♦ J.: The Broad%%'ay Parade PICTURE (Week Ending Nov. 6) FIRST-RUNS DISTRIBUTOR THEATER "Once a Lady" Paramount Paramount "Sin of Madelon Claudet" (2nd week) . M-G-M Capitol "Friends and Lovers" RKO i^oxy "Bad Company" RKO Pathe Mayfair "Compromised" . . First National jtrand "Leftover Ladies" Tiffany 3roadway EXTENDED RUNS "Unholy Garden" (2nd week) .United Artists Rialto "Ruling Voice" First National Winter Garden "Monkey Business"' (5th week) ..... Paramount Rivoli "The Mad Genius" (3rd week) .... Warner Bros Hollywood $2 RUNS "The Champ" M-G-M Astor FOREIGN PICTURES "Lindenwirtin vom Rheim" (7th week)Assoc. Cine, of Amer Europa "Susanna Macht Ordnung" (4th week) Foreign Talking Ex.... rfelmont "Opera Ball" Protex Trading Co.. . Little Carnegie "Eine Freundin So Goldig Wie Du" Tobis American Vanderbilt . . (3rd week) 'Ihre Hoheit Befiehlt" Ufa Cosmopolitan "Terra Madre" (2nd week) Transcontinental Picts. . . Cameo Speckled Band" First Division Warner Le Million" Tobis American 5th Ave. Playhouse FUTURE OPENINGS Strictly Dishonorable" (Nov. 10) ... Universal. . Criterion Age for Love" (Nov. 11) United Artists Rivoli Heroes All" (Nov. 11).. MendelsohnYoung Prod. .Cameo Sein Liebeslied" (Nov. 18) Assoc. Cine of Amer Europa Louis Weiss Completes Distribution Lineup Louis Weiss, of Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures, has completed distributing arrangements for the 12 feature productions scheduled for this year. Territorial distributors are: Premier Film Attractions, New York City, Buffalo, Albany, Philadelphia and Washington; Harry Asher, Boston; Talking Picture Epics, eight Southern states, Minneapolis, Denver, Portland and Seattle; Standard Film Service Co., Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit and Pittsburgh; Security Pictures, Chicago, Indianapolis and Milwaukee; Premier Pictures Corp., St. Louis, and Atlas Pictures, Ltd., San Fran RKO Vaude Back in Dallas Dallas — • RKO vaudeville units, which have returned to the Majes tic here, also are returning to the Majestic in San Antonio. Wheth'' RKO vaudeville will return to Houston or Fort Worth has not beei' definitely decided. Jean Harlow Signs for Four Jean Harlow was signed by the Artist's Bureau last week for a tour of the Warner de luxe theaters in the East. The tour will begin early in January. Film Folks' Generosity Cited by Mary Pickford In her radio talk last night as part of the group of speakers making appeals on behalf of the country's unemployed, Mary Pickford cited the film studios as examples of quick response in time of need. When someone is hurt or some other emergency occurs in a studio, the amount of the appeal is oversubscribed three or four times, she said. Cagney and Blondell Click James Cagney and Joan Blondell were hailed as stars by Coast critics at the premiere of "Blonde Crazy," accoiding to a wire from Jack L. Warner to the home office Saturday. Studio and Location Sound on Film Recording Low Daily or WeekJj Balei Powers Cinephone Equipment Corporation 723-7TH AVE.. N. Y. BRYANT e-coar Boycott High-Salaried Players Berlin (By Cable) — The producers' association has adopted a boycott on studios that have not cut high salaries of actors in accordance with recent plans. Boris Morros Laid Up Boris Morros, musical director for Publix, is laid up at his home following a relapse from injuries received in an auto accident last week. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Nov. 10: Annual Awards Banquet and Business Meeting of Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences, Ambassador, Hollywood. Nov. 10: Annual convention of Allied Amusements of the Northwest, New Washington Hotel. Seattle Nov. 10: Meeting of Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey, Hotel Lincoln, New York, 1 P. M. Nov. 10: Luncheon meeting of Allied Theaters of Massachusetts, Hotel Bradford Boston, 12:30 P. B. Nov. 10-11: Annual convention of Allied Theater Owners' Ass'n of Southern Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. Netherland Plaza Hotel, Cincinnati. Nov 18-25: National Motion Picture Week for relief of unemployed. Nov. 30: Annual meeting of Theater Owners' Protective Ass'n, Dallas. Action Pictures Sets First Half of Lineup (Continued from Page 1) body's Blonde," all now in release, and "Soul of the Slums," being released Nov. 15; "Night Beat," Dec. 1, and "Passport to Paradise," Dec. 15. Second quarter of the program will be released as follows: "Sally of the Subway," Jan. 1; "Docks of San Francisco," Jan. 15; "Temptation's Workshop," Feb. 1; "Hawk of the Yukon," Feb. 15; "The Gorilla Ship," March 1, and "The Widow in Scarlet," March 15. Kitty Tashman Dies '( est Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Kitty Tashman, sister of Lilyan Tashman, died Saturday of heart attack. Burial will be in New York. Claude Berkeley Dies ll'est Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Claude Berkeley, vetteran film editor, is dead here. 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