The Film Daily (1933)

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DAILY Friday, Jan. 6, 1933 FRANKLIN TAKES CHARGE OE RADIO CITY HOUSES (Continued from Page 1) head an operating council which will meet daily until further notice to outline plans for stage shows and decide on picture contracts for the Radio City Music Hall, which goes into a continuous popular price picture and stage policy Jan. 11. The committee consists of H. B. Franklin, Phil Reisman, Martin Beck, Robert Sisk, Herschel Stuart, Leon Leonidoff and S. J. Kaufman, representing "Roxy." Following the run of "The Animal Kingdom," the RKO Roxy will close for a week or ten days to prepare for a musical comedy policy which is now being arranged by Martin Beck. It is understood that a musical show, now being presented at a Broadway house, will be moved to the RKO Roxy. Stage shows at the Music Hall will be under the direction of Leon Leonidoff and Erno Rapee. Films will be selected from the output of RKO, Columbia, Fox and one other major producer. Columbia's "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" will be the first feature. Other pictures in prospect are Fox's "State Fair" starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell and Will Rogers, and RKO's "King Kong" based on Edgar Wallace's last scenario idea. M. H. Aylesworth visited "Roxy" at the hospital yesterday and conferred with him on the changes of policy for both houses. 4 MONOGRAMS FINISHED West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Four newly completed Monogram pictures are being shipped to the home office in the next few days. They are: Rex Bell in "Crashin' Broadway," Bob Steele in "Trailing North," Anita Page and Charles Starrett in "Jungle Bride," and Betty Compson in "West of Singapore." "Black Beauty" and "Oliver Twist" go in work soon. GRAUMAN BOOKS BRIT. FILM West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — "Woman in Bondage," starring Betty Stockfeld and directed by Basil Dean, has been booked by Sid Grauman for firstrun in his Million Dollar starting Wednesday. The booking was closed by George Montgomery of All Star Features Distributors. ABSORBS LYON DUTIES Toronto — Oscar R. Hanson, head of Empire Films, Ltd., has absorbed the duties of B. F. Lyon, general manager, who recently resigned. Lyon has returned to New York. Warner Branch for Rome Warner-First National, which recently opened two offices in Spain, may establish a branch in Rome. The matter will be examined by Sam E. Morris, head of the company's foreign department, who sailed from New York yesterday on a trip which will extend about two months. Heart Beats Still Rule the World By HERSCHEL STUART in "RKO NOW" An impressive scene on Christmas Eve was at division points of John Pelley's New Haven railroad stations, where a choir of male voices from the shops sang Christmas carols. The singers wore their working overalls and caps. The few hundred listeners were in tears. Heart beats keep John Pelley alive and keep his railroad alive. When he took over the management, the road was in receivership and in the red. From red ink in boom days to profit in depression days is the result of one man's ability to balance human kindness with rigid economy. Train crews that had yelled, "Hey, there! You can't do that!" changed their attitude to ask softly "Can I help you?" New orders had gone out to put sweetness into service. There were cuts and eliminations, but those remaining on the jobs knew their head man had a heart. Chain theaters, to succeed, must use John Pelley's system. The New Year should be a time for a new resolve for all of us. Theaters aren't all alike any more than children are all alike; and, like children, they develop illnesses of various kinds, from colic to cancer. As busy as each of us are, we should find time the coming year to reinstate heart beats in theater management. We know that Sam Katz who will be back with bells on.. had a heart when a manager's wife was ill. He said, "Don't move her now. She is more important than the job." Herbert Yates, a hard trader, advanced a thousand dollars to a dying employee to make his last days easier. Harold Franklin gives half his salary to charities. Marco Wolff runs the biggest show factory on earth with a four-letter word, "love." He knows every line girl and carpenter by their first names. Martin Beck has a gruff approach, but is a push-over for anyone with a personal problem. If you ever see "Roxy" after a first performance, thanking his performers and crew of two hundred.. all on the basement floor rehearsal room.. you will understand how he can charm even a Rockefeller. Our business lost something when it lost Marcus Loew, the little man with the great heart. If an exhibitor couldn't get an adjustment from the sales manager, Uncle Mark would settle out of his own pocket and beg the exhibitor not to snitch on him. ' When Loew hired a manager, he would say, "We have been wanting you with us for years." Could you hire that manager away at double pay? Hardly. When Mr. Zukor ran his own company, there was a "Paramount Spirit" that existed with his men for a period of years after they had left the organization for some reason or other. S. R. Kent, who rules firmly.. but all men agree that he rules fairly whose heart is bigger than his vest, .was the outstanding figure at an exhibitors' convention in Washington recently. Kent was not employed at the time. We can well afford to follow the fine type of sincerity that exists with our two presidents. Anyone who contacts Harold Franklin is virtually baptized in his enthusiasm and sincerity of purpose. There is fair play in every breath he draws. He is our positive proof that theaters can be run individually and that personality can be injected into one or a hundred theaters. Our Mr. Aylesworth, with a pack on his back, bigger and heavier than rests on any one man in all show business, will quit everything any time of the day or night to help any one of his hundred associates on a problem with which they may be stuck. "Come any time. Sky's th' limit," says the Boss. And you can bet your bottom dollar "Sky's th' limit" with his crew. If we in RKO let the Machine Age "get" us, it will not be the fault of our generals. U. S, FOREIGN ELECTRICS IN NEW CONFAB ON RIGHTS (Continued from Page 1) cials, will be Sam E. Morris, head of the Warner-First National foreign department. Warners own a substantial interest, approximating 50 per cent, in Tobis-Klangfilm. One major difference concerns whether or not the territorial deal gave Tobis-Klangfilm the right to adopt new inventions beyond the equipment used at the time the agreement was signed. Matter of readjusting royalty fees will also be considered. American producers at present are understood to be assessed both Tobis-Klangfilm recording and reproducing royalties when American-made pictures are dubbed with that company's equipment. Rosenbaum to Handle 12 Features, 64 Shorts Twelve foreign features and 64 domestic shorts have been lined up by Emil Rosenbaum for release by New Era Film Exchanges during 1933-34. Shorts will comprise 26 Talkographs produced by Adolph Pollak of Eagle Films, 26 Felix the Cat Cartoons and 12 Travelogues produced by World Trade Exchange. New Era will handle coast to coast distribution on the features and the Travelogues, but the remaining 52 shorts will be handled by New Era in only the metropolitan territory. RKO PREPARING 2 MUSICALS West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Preliminary preparations are in progress at RKO for two musical pictures of different types which are to go in work soon. One will be a musical romance with Francis Lederer, stage star, while the other is a full-length musical comedy to be made by Louis Brock, who recently completed a musical three-reeler, "So This is Harris," starring Phil Harris, Mark Sandrich, who directed Harris, will also megaphone the new film and will write the story in association with Ben Holmes. OLD SPORTS REEL Sports and leading personalities of the sport world of a decade or more ago as shown in the newsreel and other films of that period, have been compiled into a Vitaphone short subject called "Old-Time Sport Thrills." Among the famous personalities shown in action are Annette Kellerman, the famous Tinkers to Evers to Chance baseball fielding combination, and Babe Ruth when he was a pitcher. CHARLES MORTON MARRYING West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Charles Morton, film juvenile, and Rose Wheelock, actress, plan to be married this week-end. E. T. KELLEY TESTIFIES E. Thornton Kelley, active in the affairs of Allied Theaters of New Jersey, testified concerning the protection situation in Grant Lee, N. J. where he operates a theater, at yesterday's session of the J. P. Quittner-Paramount trial in the Federal Court, New York. HESS WINS POINT IN SUIT Appellate Division has affirmed a court order obtained by Gabriel Hess, Hays office attorney, striking out five defense points in the case in which he is suing "The Churchman," religious publication, for libel. NEW REDWOOD CITY HOUSE Redwood City, Cal. — Phil A. Frease of San Francisco will erect a theater seating 500 at California and Montgomery Sts. here at an estimated cost of $70,000. The architect is William A. Garren, San Francisco. Reel Specials on Coolidge Newsreel companies yesterday afternoon went into high gear putting out specials on former President Calvin Coolidge. who died unexpectedly about noon. Fox Movietone reported that requests from exhibitors for clips on Coolidge started pouring in very soon after the news of his death was flashed around. Paramount, Pathe and Metrotone also were busy on specials.