The Film Daily (1933)

'±%tl DAILY Thurs., March 2, 1933 :THE llll MViM till. M flLMrOM »il. 1X1 No. 50 Thur.. Mar. 2. 1933 PriCB 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 16S0 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wids's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. AJieoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer tnd 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 »f Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. 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. Hollywood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin — Karl Wolffsohn, Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstraase, 225. Parii -P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Nouea, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Columbia Picts. ctfs. 7 7 7 Con. Fm. Ind 2% 23/4 23/4 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. . 65/8 S'/i 6</2 — Jijj East. Kodak 53J6 51 53Vi + 2Vl Fox Fm. "A" 1'/2 1% IVi + Vs. Loew's. Inc 13% 12'/2 13% + % Metro-Goldwyn pfd.. 13'/2 13'/2 13'/2 — Vi Paramount % % % + i/8 Pathe Exch Vi % Vi RKO H/4 I'/s l'A Warner Bros 1 Vi 1 Vs 1 '/a NEW YORK CURB MARKET Technicolor 3 2% 2% .... NEW YORK BOND MARKET Loew 6s 41 ww 64 y8 64>/g 64 '/8 — % Par. By. 5'/2s51 . . . . 3iy2 31 31—1 Pathe 7s37 58 58 58 +2 Warner's 6s39 14'/g 13'/2 13Vi — '/2 Freuler Buying Stories Before Returning West Before returning to the coast at the end of the week to start three units, President John R. Freuler of Freuler Film Associates will complete negotiations for several bestsellers. Three Monarch features, "Kiss of Araby," "Deadwood Pass" and "Easy Millions," go in release this month, while "Bulldog Edition" starts work next week. This means that the Monarch program is nearing 50 per cent completion. RKO BUYS WATKINS PLAY West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Maurine Watkins has sold her New York satire, "Careless," to RKO. Films on Cash Basis in Maryland Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Starting today the majority of exchanges are asking cash only from Maryland exhibitors, the action being due to the bank holiday in that state. It is felt that, since theaters receive cash admissions, they can pay cash for pictures. Orpheum Circuit Savings Since receiver was appointed for Orpheum circuit, the 12 houses involved have shown savings of about $2,500 weekly in operating expenses, Harold B. Franklin told FILM DAILY yesterday. Cohan Theater Is First In Proposed New Circuit Major Theater Operating Corp., headed by Stanley W. Lawton, who will open the George M. Cohan theater as a popular price film house on March 10, plans to acquire other houses, according to Lawton. He believes conditions today are no different from what they were in his early days witn Keith-Albee and thai they otter great opportunities lor tne independent exhibitor. Besiues nis lo years in theater operation witn Jieitn-Aioee, i^awton nas nau mm production ana stage experience. Jig-Saw Exploitation Condemned by Franklin Condemning jig-saw puzzles usea tor exploitation purposes as "destructive boomerangs and predicting a disastrous "Kick back ' as a leouit of their popularity, Harold B. Franklin has ordered all RKO theater managers to cease using the puzzles as auvertising matter lor teatures playing the circuit. "Whole iamiiies as weii as individuals who work on jig-saw puzzles center their entire attention on the things and stay at "home until the picture is constructed. In giving out puzzles the managers are practically handing out entertainment for home consumption. We are through with them," Franklin told Film Daily yesterday. Special Sales Policy For "Oliver Twist" Monogram home office will exercise power of approving all contracts on "Oliver Twist," digressing from the usual practice. Picture will be sold to small town situations at a minimum of $100 per day for the first 60 days of release, Edward Golden, Monogram sales manager, said yesterday. TALENT FOR CHI. BENEFIT Chicago — Among prominent entertainers already slated to appear at the dinner-dance to be given March 4 at Medinah Club for relief of needy local film folk are Paul Ash, Russ Columbo, Will Mahoney, Ben Pollock, Art Kassel, Ed Lowry and the floor show of Chez Paree. BOMB LOS GATOS HOUSE Los Gatos, Cal. — Front of the Premier was destroyed recently by a bomb. Louis Zelinsky, manager, was thrown out of bed. Iowa Measure Would Hit Non-Theatrical Shows A bill presented in Iowa, aimed to offset competition from non-theatrical showings, is included in the latest batch of measures introduced in state legislatures. The measure would amend the law governing non-taxable property to aliOw assessing of schools and othei institutions showing pictures. Howard Speliman Named Assistant to JSchuioerg West Coast Bureau of THE FILM UAlLx Mohywood — Howard ttpenman, xormer assistant district attorney and later a leading corporation lawyer in New iork, has Deen named assistant to h. r. Scnuioerg, who is producing for Paramount. Speliman, who came west lour months ago and was induced to entei nlms, has already written an original story, "On Probation," wnicn wnl feature Wynne Gibson ana George Raft. Launch Move to Induce Censorship at studios DaHas — A movement to obtain a better moral tone in films by acquainting Hollywood producers with irequent complaints received on various pictures in Dallas and other Texas cities has been started by Mrs. Albert Walker, director of the city welfare department, with permission of City Manager John N. Edy. Mrs. Walker will seek the cooperation of other cities in the work, which may be directed at the source of pictures. Contact will be made directly with producers, asking them to provide films colored less by crime and sex. Irving Trust Co. Named RKO Jersey Receiver Newark — Irving Trust Co. and Samuel Kaufman, local attorney, yesterday were named ancillary receivers for New Jersey assets of RKO Theater Operating Corp., which has houses in Irvington, Lyndhurst, Rahway, Paterson and Jersey City. W. G. CLOSES SUNDAY Closing of the Winter Garden, which recently reverted to the Shuberts, is slated for Sunday night. Musical shows are being considered as the next policy. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Mar. 4: Motion Picture Club Ball, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York. Mar. 4: Dinner-dance for benefit of Chlca_ film industry unemployed, Medinah Athletic Club, Chicago. Barney Balaban, chairman Mar. 7: Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey, bi-weekly meeting, 303 West 42m Street, New York. Vlar. 8: Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America, board of directors' meeting, 28 West 44th Street, New York] March 9: Warner Club Dance in honor of "42nd Street" special train's arrival in New York, at clubrooms, 321 West 44th St. dar. 12: The Film Forum, third program, Ne* School for Social Research, New York, /larch 23: Get-Together Luncheon, 16 mm. Board of Trade, Hotel Victoria, New York] April 12-17: International Film Show in connection with the Milan Fair, Milan, Italy. Apr. 24-28: Society of Motion Picture Engineers, spring meeting, Pennsylvania HoteLj New York. April 28: Annual convention of Indiana Indorsee of Phetoplays, Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis Notable Advisory Board For Women's Screen Guild Women's Screen Guild, which ill to produce pictures on home manl agement for showing in Loew the all ters at sponsored morning perform* ances, will have a distinguished ad j visory board. With Emily Post a* chairman, the board includes such ! social leaders as Mrs. Lyttleton Fox, Mrs. W. Halstead Vander Poel, Mrs. Ben Ali Haggin, Mrs. Fisher Whitney, Mrs. James H. Snowden, Mrs. Tony Sarg and Nancy McClelland. : Headquarters of the Guild are ali 205 West 42nd St. BUDD ROGERS CLOSES DEAL! Budd Rogers of Interworld Pro ductions has signed with Len Bri; and Jack O'Toole of Keystone Fill Exchanges, Milwaukee, to distribut Chesterfield and Invincible produc in that territory. Rogers has closei a similar deal with Henri Elman a Chicago for the Chicago and Indian apolis areas, while Han Hearn ha been appointed special representa tive out of Atlanta. In additio: Rogers has concluded first-run deal in numerous cities for "Ich Wil Nicht Wissen Wo Du Bist," Germai musical. WILLIAM GOETZ ASSIGNED West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAIL Hollywood — William Goetz, tie's associate producer at RKO, has beei assigned by Merian C. Cooper t< handle Constance Bennett's next fil after she returns from abroad. MURDER IN THE AIR original story by HARRY FRASER all rights fully protected ALLIED PICTURES CORP. Culver City, California