The Film Daily (1932)

-■ f-^3 DAILY Tuesday, Aug. 16, 1932 SINE nKKKwrnra Of FILMCQM Til LX, Ni. 39 Tuesday, Aug 16. 1932 Price 5 Cints IOHN W. ALIGOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holiday at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y.. by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher, Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer »nd 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. V Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside if Greater New York $10.00 one year, 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, H5.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., Phone, Circle 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Holly wood. California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Fhone Granite 6607. LondonErnest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn. Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris —P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise. Rue de la Coar-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Con. Fm. Ind. East. Kodak Fox Fm. "A' Ebew's, Inc. do pfd Paramount . . Pathe Exch. RKO "A" . Warner Bros. NEW pfd. 'A". YORK High 5^ 5154 3^ 27'A 69'A 554 3 4'A Z'A CURB Low Close 55* SH 48J4 51J4 + iVi 3'A + 2554 275* + 6954 6954 — 4$i 554 + 3 3 4 4A + 2 254 + MARKET Net Chg. Vs 254 54 l/g Columbia Pets. ... 10J4 10 10?4 + 154 Gen. Th. Eq. pfd.. H Vt H —1-16 Technicolor 2^ 2 254 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. 4 354 4 + % Keith A-O 6s46... 40 37% 40 I.oew 6s 41ww 85 85 85 Paramount 6s 47.. 3154 3154 3154 — 54 Par. 554s50 2854 26 2854 Pathe 7s37 57*4 56 56—2 Warner's 6s39 2454 2354 2454 BALTO. BANDITS GET $800 Baltimore — Cutting a hole through the vault, bandits obtained $80C from the Boulevard Theater. BROOKLYN HOUSE ROBBED Two robbers yesterday held up the Luna, 213 Columbia St., and got away with $130. MORSE SIGNED BY FREULER N. Brewster Morse, screen writer, has left for Hollywood to adapt several original stories for the Freuler Film Associates. Contract was closed by Harry N. Blair. Morse has placed his play, "Behind the Screen," with Edison and Burton, producers, who will present it on Broadway this fall. Censors Pass "Interlude" Two more state censor boards have passed "Strange Interlude," M-G-M release based on the Eugene O'Neill play. They are Virginia and Ohio, each board okaying the picture without cuts. Maryland some weeks ago approved the film. Bretherton, Keighly Join Warner Directors' Staff West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Howard Bretherton and William Keighley have been added to the Warner directorial staff, it is announced by Jack Warner. Their first work will be the co-directing of "The Match King," starring Warren William. Keighley, a former New York stage director, has been dialogue supervisor at Warners for the last few months. He is being succeeded by Stanley Logan, also from Broadway. TED LEAPER AT ROXY Plans to re-open the Roxy by Fox-Skouras were well under way yesterday with the appointment of Ted Leaper, formerly of the Paramount, as house manager under Frank Cambria, managing director Arliene de Hass has been named publicity representative, and Mildred Kerr, secretary, by A. P. Waxman director of advertising. Albertinp Rasch will act as consultant on aV matter pertaining to the ballet. A A. Levy, Roxy house treasurer, ha? resigned. "TIGER SHARK" RELEASE General release date for "Tiger Shark," starring Edward G. Robinson, has been moved up by Warner Bros, from Sept. 24 to Sept. 10. "Life Begins" has been withdrawn from general release temporarily, due to the roadshowing of the picture at the Hollywood starting next week. HERMAN WHITMAN SHIFTED Herman Whitman, formerly manager of the RKO Albee and recently manager of the Palace, has been transferred to the RKO Madison, Brooklyn, as manager. MEMPHIS LOSES VAUDE Memphis — Stagehands and musicians at Loew's State have been sriven notice that vaudeville will b» discontinued Aug. 27, when the Loew-Warner-RKO pooling arrangement here comes to an end with the withdrawal of the Orpheum. This will leave Memphis entirely without stage shows. The Orpheum wil1 close for remodeling, and Elroy Pierce will return here to managre the house when it reopens the middle of next month. "FUGITIVE'S" BIG CAST West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — With 37 featured players, 53 bit parts and 2,000 extras, Warner's "I'm A Fugitive" claims to have the largest cast of importance employed in a production this season. Paul Muni is starred in the picture. LIBMAN TO HANDLE BUILDING A. L. Libman, who erected the Leavitt Building at 126-236 West 46th St., has been vested with its management by the Leavitt Realty Co. The structure has a low rate of insurance and is accepted by the Fire Department for the storage and exhibition of motion pictures, according to Libman. Warner Films Crashing Many New Situations Warner-First National product for next season is being booked into a record number of houses that have not been playing the output of these companies, according to A. W. Smith, Jr., and Gradwell L. Sears, sales executives. Next week's '-ey city "exhibits" of 12 completed features on the new lineup should g've sales a further spurt, Smith and Sears believe. "RICHTHOFEN" FINISHED Symen Gould has completed the sound and synchronized version of his first feature production, "Rich thofen: The Red Ace of Germany,'' at the Atlas Sound Studio. It if based on an original story built around the personality of Germany's greatest war-bird who appeared in such films as "Hell's Angels," "Wings," "Lilac Time" and "The Dawn Patrol." The sound music and talk were synchronized under the supervision of Bud Pol lard, assisted by William Tuchman Edward Mitchill and Howard Wiggins. American premiere will take place in Chicago at the Punch and Judy theater on Aug. 26. Negotiations are in progress for a Broadway showing early in September. WALTER E. HERING DIES Philadelphia — Walter E. Hering founder and president of the G^be Ticket Co., is dead at the age of 76. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: Allied Theaters of Michigan, di rectors' meeting in Detroit. Aug. 23: Meeting of Allied Theater Own ers of New Jersey at office of the organization. 303 West 42nd St.. New York 1:30 P. M. Sept. 12: New England Annual Film Golf Tournament. (Course to be announced later.) Sept. 14: Quarterly meeting of board directors. Motion Picture Prodcers Distributors of America. New York Sept. 19-24: Second annual 16 mm. Nationa Motion Picture Exposition. Hotel Victr ri». New York. Oct 27-Nov. 13: Film trade exhibitio Pare des Expositions. Paris. France. Nov. 10: Annual Awards Banquet of Aca< emy of Motion Picture Arts and Science Hollywood. NEW SCREEN MUSIC FORM West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAIL Hollywood — A new form of music al technique known as "photographi music" will be introduced in Al Jol son's new United Artists picture "The New Yorker," according t •Joseph M. Schenck. The innovation ;s credited to Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, composers. The musicwill run throughout the picture and constantly move with the story. "HOLD 'EM JAIL" AT MAYFAIR RKO's "Hold 'Em Jail," with Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Edna May Oliver, Rosco Ates and Edgar Kenl nedy, opens Thursday at the May fair I AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT We acknowledge and appreciate the thousands of letters and telegrams from exhibitors all over the country regarding the new Exhibitors Screen Service Trailers. We take this opportunity to assure exhibitors that our representative will call very soon and convince them that Exhibitors Screen Service Trailers are better, their prices lower, and service dependable. ■ y i 1 1 1 iM fl* « H i ?Mi i lYi M ffl 203 WEST 146TH STREET NEW YORK CITY EDGECOMBE 46200 DALLAS CHICAGO LOS ANGELES