The Film Daily (1932)

I Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fifteen Years Old VCL. LX, NC. 67 NEW YCCI\, MONDAY, SI I II Ml I I 19, 1932 .5 CENTS Electrics Sued by DeForest Phonofilm and Duovac INTENSIVE B. 0. CHECKUTPLANNED BY WIS. MPTO M-G-M Studio Jumps Activity to 11 Films in Work Dozen Additional Stories Now in Course of Preparation West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Activity at the M-GM studio has increased from four pictures working simultaneously to the high level of 11. Productions shooting or just completed include "Smilin' Through," "Rasputin," "Red Dust," "Prosperity," "Mask of Fu Manchu," "Lost," "Pig Boats," "Kongo," "Tinfoil," "Payment (Continued on Page 4) De SETTLEMENT IS REACHED BY PUBUXAND DUBINSKY Differences between Publix and Dubinsky Brothers, partners in the Publix-Dubinsky theaters in Kansas City, have been settled following conferences in New York, as exclusively indicated in The Film Daily on Friday. Agreement is understood to provide for the dropping o? the receivership which Publix secured Sept. 9. Musicians' Locals Balk At Reductions in Scale "No wage reductions" is the attitude of musicians' locals in new contract negotiations in progress throughout the country, reflecting recent expressions of President Joseph N. Weber of the national organization. Locals, however, are in virtually every instance showing an inclination to co-operate with exhibitors in other readjustments benefiting theaters. Warner Studio Record West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — With 17 stories in preparation, in addition to three specials and two other features nearing completion, the Warner studios are at a record of activity. The six in work are "Silver Dollar," "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang," "20,000 Years in Sing Sing," "You Said a Mouthful," "The Match King" and "Central Park." $10 Premiere for "Bill of Divorcement" RKO's "A Bill of Divorcement," starring John Barrymore with Katherine Hepburn and Billie Burke, will premiere at the RKO Mayfatr on Friday evening with the house scaled from $2 to $10. Opening performance is sponsored by Mrs. William Randolph Hearst for the benefit of the free coffee and sandwich stations for the unemployed. $2,400,000 Theater Program Is Mapped by Gaumont-British Four Releases Are Set By M-G-M for October M-G-M has set the following for October release: "Payment Deferred," with Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan and Neil Hamilton; Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in "Red Dust"; Marie Dressier and Polly Moran in "Prosperity"; "The Mask of Fu Manchu," with Boris Karloff, Karen Morley and Jean Hersholt. London — A theater construction and reconstruction program involving eight theaters and the expenditure of about $2,400,000 in the next year has been mapped out by Gaumont-British. The project will add about 20,000 seats to the circuit in London and the provinces. G-B will open the Lewisham Palace, seating 4,000, about Christmas, followed early next year by a super in Cheltenham seating 2,000; Wood (Continued on Page 4) Tabloid Drama and Film Combination Clicks Tryout of the new policy of presenting condensed versions of stage plays in conjunction with films in regular movie houses, offered last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday by National Players, Inc., sponsors of the idea, at the Paramount, Stapleton, Staten Island, received a good audience reception and proved an attendance stimulator at the Publix house. A 58-minute stage ver (Continued on Page 4) Managerial Transfers Made by Kincey-Wilby Montgomery, Ala. — L. R. Towns succeeds Dick Kennedy as manager of the Paramount, while Tom McConnell, manager of the Strand, goes to Tuscaloosa as assistant city manager of the Kincey-Wilby interests, following acquisition of 15 houses from Publix. Kennedy has (Continued on Page 4) DeForest and Duovac Sue W. E. Charging Sound Field Monopoly Remington Pictures Buys 2 More Original Stories West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — With production on "Manhattan Tower," the company's first, nearing completion, Remington Pictures announces the purchase of two more original stories for its (Continued on Page 4) Wilmington — Violation of the Clayton and Sherman acts by A. T. & T., Western Electric and Electrical Research Products is charged in two suits filed in the U. S. District Court here. One is by General Talking Pictures, the DeForest Phonofilm company. The other is Duovac Radio Corp., manufacturing (Continued on Page 4) Members of Exhib Unit to Report Hits and Flops Milwaukee — A weekly report by exhibitors on the business done by pictures, to be sent to the headquarters of the M.P.T.O. of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, for the information and guidance of all members, is proposed by Fred S. Meyer, president of the organization. The plan is intended to serve as a guide to hits and flops, as well as a line (Continued on Page 4) NO EXCLUSIVE RUN SALES PLANNED BY COLUMBIA Columbia will not sell exclusive first-runs, Abe Montague told The Film Daily on Saturday. The company will proceed along lines of its policy to give "reasonable production," he said. "42nd St." Part Musical With Big Array of Names West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Warner Bros, will make a part musical out of "FortySecond Street," which Mervyn LeRoy is to direct. Bebe Daniels hasbeen assigned to the role previously intended for Kay Francis, whileGinger Rogers will appear instead of Joan Blondell. Other names la the picture include Ruth Chatterton, Richard Barthelmess, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh and Lyle Talbot. Newsreels Not Affected Attorneys for companies issuing newsreels on Saturday expressed opinions that the Miriam Blumenthal decision, involving the legal rights of a person filmed without his or her consent, will not affect newsreels. They pointed out that reels have this latitude under a court decision rendered 10 years ago in the Grace Humiston case in New York.