The Film Daily (1933)

DAILY Thursday, Jan. 19,193= :tme Im mivuu Of II1MIOH »■!. LXI. Nt. IS Thin.. Jii. 19, 1933 Price S Cuts I0HN V. ALICOATE Editor ind Poilubir Published daily except Sundays and Holiday* at 1650 Broadway. New York, N. Y, by Wid'a Film, and Film Folk. Ids. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher, Donald If. aferaereau, Secretary-Treaanrer and 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, 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; J months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communication* to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y.. Phone, Circle 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable address: FUmday, New York. Hollywood. California— Ralph Wilk. 6425 Hollywood Bird., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest W. Fredasan, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St.. W. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn, Licatbildbuehne, Friedrichatrasse, 225. Pari* — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Conr-des-Noues, 19. DR. ROCKWELL FOR SHORTS Dr. Rockwell, now playing RKO houses, has been signed to make three Vitaphone shorts when the Brooklyn studio reopens in March. Negotiations for Rockwell were handled by Joe Rivkin of the Leo Morrison office. Regent Pictures Enters Independent Film Field Regent Pictures, Inc., entered the independent field yesterday with plans for 12 features and 52 shorts. Headquarters have been established at 1540 Broadway. Contracts are being signed with two feature units for product, according to Harry N. Blair, vice-president, and negotiations are under way with independent distributors. Irving A. Jacoby to Give City College Film Course A course on the Art of the Motion Picture will be given at the spring term of the College of the City of New York by Irving A. Jacoby, A. B., formerly of Warners and now associated with B. K. Blake. Sessions will be on Wednesday evenngs for a term of 16 weeks at a fee of $10. The course is intended for members of the industry who seek the proper perspective of films, as well as for moviegoers and students of the screen. Each of the 16 lectures will be devoted to a thorough analysis of one phase of the motion picture. Important films of the past will be shown and field work will be done in the contemporary motion picture. Tony Williams Appointed Warner District Manager Newark, N. J. — Tony Williams, for the last two years manager of the De Witt, Bayonne, has been promoted to Hudson County district manager for Warner Theaters. The circuit has eight houses in that county. Williams will have his main office here. He has been with Warnes for five years. Ted Lewis Show Booked By F. & M. in RKO Roxy Ted Lewis' stage unit has been booked by Fanchon & Marco into the RKO Roxy for the week of Jan. 27. F. & M.'s "Desert Song" plays the Brooklyn Paramount next month, followed by other musicals, and "Follow Thru" will soon play Loew de luxers in this territory. NEW DIME FAN MAGAZINE "Shadoplay," new 10-cent fan magazine, announced by Photoplay Publishing Co., makes its bow Feb. 20. It will have 80 pages. Kathryn Dougherty, publisher of "Photoplay," will be publisher of the new magazine; J. S. Tuomey, business manager; William R. Rosengren, assistant business manager; William T. Walsh, managing editor; Ivan St. Johns, Hollywood editor H. J. Donohoe, eastern ad manager; C. J. Harrison, western ad manager. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. 9% 9% 9% — Vs Columbia Pets. vtc. Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd . East. Kodak Fox Fm. "A" Keith-Albee-O. pfd. Loew's, Inc do pfd Metro-Goldwyn pfd. Paramount Pathe Exch RCA RCA pf. "A" RCA pf. "B" .... RKO Warner Bros NEW YORK De Forest Radio . . NEW YORK Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. Keith A-0 6s 46 Loew 6s 41 ww. . Paramount 6s 47 Par. By. 5»/2s 51. Par. 5'/2s 50 .... Pathe 7s 37 .... Warner's 6s 39 . . 3V2 31/4 33/8 + % 105/g 10 10T4 581/j 561/2 565/8 — li/2 21/g 2 2 — 73/4 7% 734 — 183'g 171/g 173/g — 52!4 521/4 521/4 + 185/s 185/g 185^ -f 2 1% 1% ... Vi Vi Vi 5Vi 5i/g 5i/g I6V2 16 16 — 1/2 93/g 9 9—1/4 27/g 234 27/8 1% 134 134 CURB MARKET Ve % % BOND MARKET l'/i IVi 1% 36 341/2 341/2 — 1/2 78 751/2 751/2 — 21/2 131/z l3i/4 i3% _ i/g 301/4 29l/2 291/2 — 21/2 131/4 I21/2 121/2 — 3/4 631/g 62 62—2 20 191/2 20 pER FEY PICTURE S C. John Predari Albert C. Colombo PRODUCERS Now Releasing "SO THIS IS HOLLYWOOD" 723 7th Ave.. N. Y. C. Tel. BRyant 9-0964 A Column of Successf u I Showmen! G. A. LEGGE Rex Theatre, Humboldt, Tenn. JOS. BLASCHKE Liberty Theatre Wopato, Wash. LOUIS J. FRANA Olympic Theatre, Calmar, la. "Columbia pictures are highly satisfactory, and of late especially fine. 'Washington Merry Go Round' was a great attraction and patrons made much favorable comment." LEE J. SPROULE Iris Theatre, Hutchinson, Kans. "Am very well pleased with the results from your pictures and believe your new contract is better than ever. My dealings with your exchange have been very satisfactory.'' "A story of power and touching sympathy." — Pittsburgh Sum-Telegraph. "THE BITTER TEA of General Yen"