The Film Daily (1933)

COHEN NOT LEAVING PARA., DECLARES ADOLPH ZUKOR (Continued from Page 1) producton, is leaving Paramount. He is returning in a few days to the Coast to continue the fine job he has been doing in organizing and running our studio which is now making, what I think, are the best pictures this company has ever had. He has the full confidence and support of all the executives and the Board of Directors of the company." $20,000 Saving Made In Radio City Nut (.Continued from Page 1) resigned from "Roxy's" personal staff at Radio City. Robert E. Jones, art director also tendered his resignation yesterday. Turner joined RKO under the Hiram Brown regime and was for a time Brown's personal representative. His position at Radio City was "drector of administration." Kaufman joined "Roxy" last October as personal representative. Jones, well known stage and costume designer, was employed by "Roxy" about a year ago and has personally supervised all art designs for both houses. Clark Robinson will succeed Jones. "Hot Pepper," Fox feature starring Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen, will follow Columbia's "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" at the Radio City Music Hall. The second picture for the RKO Roxy has not been determined. "KID" WORKS NIGHT IN PHILLY Philadelphia — m Eddie Cantor in "The Kid from Spain," opening Saturday at the Stanley, shattered the house record for an opening day, and, as the last show ran 29 minutes past midnight, special permission had to be obtained from City Hall to finish out the performance. After being closed Sunday due to the blue law, the house reopened at one minute past midnight and broke the record for a midnight show. Meanwhile newsboys in the street were shouting a special "Eddie Cantor edition" of the "News." MARIAN NIXON and GEORGE O'BRIEN, Fox players, leave Hollywood this week for a vacation in New York. N. D. GOLDEN of the Motion Picture Division, Department of Commerce, is in town on a brief visit. JOAN BLONDEU, Warner star, and GEORGE BARNES, cameraman, who were married last week, are in New York honeymooning. SOL LESSER of Principal is due in New York within a few days. —JXM DAILV Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1933 Wrrr L]j[l| •■*+.* *** fj*ftW,Vxj^yA^kv Li^^>^^^*Afr^A!!^jj)lB^itih!^r^*^J • • • UNDER THE new policy at Radio City Music Hall starting Wednesday there will be four shows including stage program and feature picture on weekdays and five shows on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays here is the way the opening show lines up so you can judge for yourself • • • THERE WILL be opera, with highlights from "Faust" the Roxyettes "Straussiana," dance interpretations, with Patricia Bowman also Gomez & Winona, ballroom dancers the Tuskegee Choir in Negro songs and spirituals a big ballet number built around Schubert's "Marche Militaire" Ray Bolger, dancing comedian and in addition to the feature picture, "The Bitter Tea of General Yen," there will be a cartoon and newsreel * * * * • • • IT MAY startle you as it did us ,. to learn from the Fox publicity dep't that Will Rogers was born on election day that Lew Ayres was known as "Fat Ayres" when he was a youngster that Sally Eilers is one of Hollywood's champ waffle makers and that Blue Boy, the prize hog appearing in "State Fair," weighs 900 pounds looks as if all screen artists are now being accorded equal publicity no favorites * * * * • • • A NEW policy has been announced by Howard S. Cullman receiver for the old Roxy with all balcony seats priced at 35 cents for all performances except Saturday and Sunday also smoking will be permitted in certain parts of the balcony, as well as in the loge seats as heretofore perhaps with pop prices and the smoking privilege this house can be built up as never before wonder why they don't try ballyhooing it in circus style with carnival fronts an' everythin' the Broadway mobs always go for the Big Noise and here's a swell chance to try it out and speaking of the original Roxy it seems that Tamara the Russian singer featured in "Americana" has made an unusual hit with the patrons of this house so she's being held over a third week. . . . • • • A NEAT bit of work was done by Harvey Agency in turning out the pressbook on "Matto-Grosso" . a Principal Picture the film covers the camera record of the famous Matto-Grosso Expedition to the River of Doubt in South America never before traversed by white people so the pressbook covers the scientific phases of the expedition combining them cleverly with the Entertainment angles .it bears out our own conviction to wit every feature has material to develop an Individual and Distinctive pressbook if the gents in charge of them would only sit down and figure out the Particular Angle nothing in the film biz can equal for deadly monotony the average pressbook output * * * * • • • CAN YOU imagine the surprise of director Wesley Ruggles when he found that the sign painter painted the name of his secretary on the Paramount studio office door and made it twice as large as his own but Mister Ruggles has a sense of humor so he let it stand that way « « « » » » THREE NEW MEMBERS ELECTED TO PARA. BOARD (Continued from Page 1) not meet to elect a successor to John Hertz, who resigned Friday, and so far no date for a meeting has been fixed. Executive committee of the board now consists of the three new appointees, together with Ralph A. Kohn, company treasurer, and Emanuel Cohen, with Austin C. Keough and Emil Shauer as alternates. The directorate now comprises: Adolph Zukor, Eugene J. Zukor, Herman Wobber, Sir William Wiseman, Emil Shauer, Albert D. Lasker, Maurice W. Newton, Warren Wright, Frank Bailey, Jules E. Brulatour, Emanuel Cohen, Wjlliam H. English, John Cecil Graham, Felix E. Kahn, Gilbert W. Kahn, Austin C. Keough and Ralph A. Kohn, in addition to the three new members elected yesterday. Schaefer is vice-president of Paramount Pictures Distributing Corp. Dembow is executive vice-president of Publix Theaters and Cokell, formerly had charge of the budget and statistics department and a year ago was named assistant to Hertz. Warner-F. N. Releases Set for Next 2 Months (Continued from Page 1) Second Street," will soon be made available for special engagements to determine their box-office value prior to general release. Muller Wins Verdict In Conspiracy Action (Continued from Page 1) had asked actual damages of $600,000. Defense attorneys, amazed by the verdict, intimated they would repeal. BETTY BOOP IN PERSON Mae Questal, who does the vocalizing for Betty Boop in the Max Fleischer cartoons released by Paramount, will appear in person at the New York Paramount starting Friday. She takes part in a stage and screen novelty devised by Fleischer. MANY HAPPY mm Best wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who are celebrating their birthdays: Jan. 10 Douglas MacLean Francis X. Bushman Pauline Stark