The Film Daily (1933)

-. &m DAILV Saturday, May 27, 1933 :tme IHE NIMH \I Ik Of FILM POM Vol. LXII, No. 49 Sat., May 27. 1933 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. AUCOHE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wids's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer 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; 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, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographie Francaise, Rue de la Cotir-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc. . Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. . East. Kodak Fox Fm. "A" Loew's, Inc do pfd Paramount ctfs Pathe Exch do "A" RKO Warner Bros NEW YORK Gen. Th. Eq. pfd.. . . Technicolor NEW YORK Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40... Keith A-0 6s46 Loew 6s 41 ww Paramount 6s 47. . . . Par. By. 5'/2s51 Par. 5'/2s50 Warner's 6s39 High 3 141/4 4% 14V4 75 Vi 3 183/g 59i/2 % % 3 2% 31/g CURB Va . 10 BOND 2'/2 43 74 9 35 12'/2 24% Low Close 3 3 + 14'/8 14l/4 .. 41/2 41/2 — 135/a 14 + 741/4 75'/2 + 23/4 3 + 173/4 177/3 _ 591/2 591/2 + Net Chg. 3/= % % 3 2S/8 3 Va ■■ 3/4 + 3 2% . . 3 + MARKET Va Va 8 9% + MARKET 21/2 21/2 + 421/2 43 + 731/2 74 + 8% 83/4 + 35 35 + 1 U/2 11 Vi — 24 24% ■ • 13/4 Vi Vi 3A 3/4 Va Va MANY UAPPY RETURNS Best wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who are celebrating their birthdays: May 27-28 M. H. Hoffman, Jr. Joseph von Sternberg E. Lloyd Sheldon Scott W. Darling J. J. Gain Jack Berkowitz Warner Bros. Opening More Foreign Branches (Continued from Page 1) others planned at Bilboa, Valencia and Seville. Another branch will be opened in Lisbon, Portugal. By September branches will be inaugurated in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt. Plans in connection with this expansion have been worked out by Joe Hummell, who returned this week from abroad, following their launching last winter by Sam E. Morris, in charge of foreign distribution for the company. Operations of the new branches will be supervised by Robert Schless, managing director for France, with headquarters in Paris. JUNGLE FILM FOR MONOGRAM President W. Ray Johnston of Monogram yesterday signed contracts for distribution rights to "Taming the Jungle," produced by Paul Wyman Productions. Release date is set for June 15. Deal does not cover the New York and Brooklyn territory, in which Invincible Pictures is handling the film, or Illinois and Indiana, where Jerry Abrams has the rights. In Texas and Oklahoma, Wyman will roadshow the picture himself. Northwest Allied Unit May Be Reorganized (Continued front Page 1) laws sought by Berger would call for a convention during or following the sales meetings of major distributors. Company policies, contracts and product would then be discussed bv the exhibitors. Industry Control Act To Be Applied Slowly (Continued from Page 1) labor and hours of operation, to el.minate the depressing effects of unfair competition in employment and promote stabilization, said Harriman. RUDULPH WITH BEER FIRM Gerald K. Rudulph, director of advertising and publicity for RCA Photophone for the last three years and previous to that with Fox and other film companies, has returned to his former home, Buffalo, to become director of advertising and sales promotion for Schreiber Brewing Co. SCREEN GUILDS SECOND West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood "The Paul Street Boys," from the Molnar novel, will be the second Screen Guild production to be released by Columbia. Frank Borzage will direct. BOMB ATTEMPT FAILS Denver — A bomb was thrown at the home of Fred Schmitt, Orpheum theater orchestra director, who was recently fined $500 and expelled from the musicians' union. The bomb was lighted, but was thrown into the street by Mrs. Schmitt and her sister, Mrs. Alice Wiley, before it exploded. MacLEVY REJOINS RANDFORCE Monty MacLevy has resigned as general manager in charge of the Long Island circuit of theaters for Marlew Operating Corp. and will return to his o'ri post at the Randforce Amusement Corp., Brooklyn, where he will again take over the general publicity for the circuit. B. & H. PRINTERS FOR M-G-M West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — M-G-M has ordered a battery of the recently developed Bell & Howell automatic sound and picture film printers to be installed in its studios. 8% Gain in Profits Shown by Columbia (Continued from Page 1) against $2.70 in the 1932 period. Current assets as of March 25 were $4,823,347, including cash of $949,239, against current liabilities of $1,082,099, compared with $4,477,U73 and $1,229,733, respectively last year. 3-DAY MONOGRAM HOLIDAY In addition to being closed Tuesday, Decoration Day, the Monogram j offices will take Monday off, making it a three-day holiday. G. GODFREY OPENING OFFICE George Godfrey, for years an RKO vaudeville executive, is establishing his own booking offices. Coming and Going EUGENE CASTLE leaves for the coast May 31. MRS. MAX MILDER, wife of the Warner Bros, managing director for England, arrived in New York yesterday on the Aquitania with her child and nurse. VISITORS the past few days at the office of Robert Smeltzer, Warner sales executive who has been pinch-hitting for Andy Smith at the home offices, included Lee Insley and Col. I. Weinberg of Lexington, Ky., Bob Mochrie of the Warner Philadelphia branch, and I. Levy of Trenton. ALFRED SANTELL, Fox director, arrives in New York Tuesday from California on the Grace liner Santa Lucia. FREDERICH HOLLAENDER, European composer arrived yesterday on the Aquitania, en route for Hollywood where he will write music for Fox films. Oppose Bankruptcy Action For Statewide Theaters (Continued from Page 1) the Board of Directors to file the petition. Objections to the voluntary petition were also filed by three creditors of the company, and by W. S. Potter, of Wilmington, who claims he is attorney for the theater company. The protesting petitions state that Barry is not an officer of the company and that any meeting of the Board of Directors that might have authorized the voluntary petition of bankruptcy was illegal and invalid. NATIONAL PROJECTOR CARBONS • afford the highest intensity of screen illumination per ampere of any known light source. 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