The Film Daily (1933)

THE DAILY Thursday, June 29, 1933 :THE I1U MKM kl II. Of II I Ml OM Vol. LXII. No. 76 TlHirs., June 29.18a? Prict 5 Ceats JOHN w tLICOtTF Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by WMs'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, 1-650 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 Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 6 6 6 — i/4 Columbia Picts. vtc. 19'/s 18 18 — 1 Vi Con. Fm. Ind 4 4 4 — '/g Con. Fm. Ind. pfd 11% 1 1 Vz ' 1 % East. Kodak 83 80 81 + % Fox Fm. "A" .... 3'/4 3 3 — Vs Loew's, Inc 241/g 225/8 23 1/4+ Vi Paramount ctfs 1 3/8 1 'A 1 Vs — Vs Pathe Exch 1 1/2 1 3/s 1% do "A" 6 5V2 51/2 RKO 33/4 33/4 33/4— 1/4 Warner Bros 5% 5V8 5'/8 — % NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Pets, vtc 20 20 20 — 1/4 Gen. Th. Eq. pfd . % 5/8 5/g _ y8 Technicolor 8V2 8 8 — % Trans-Lux 2% 2% 2% NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 5 45/8 45/8 — 3/8 Gen. Th. Eq.6s40ctfs. 4 3% 4 + 1/2 Keith A-0 6s 46. ... 48 47 48 +1 Loew 6s 41ww 80 Vi 79 Vi 8OV2 Paramount 6s 47 . 15Vi H'/i M'/i . Paramount 6s47 ctfs. 14Vi H 14 -f 1/4 Par. By. 5'/2s51 . . . . 31 Vi 30 30—2 Par. 5Vis 50 15'/4 14 14 Warner's 6s 39 .... 34 34 34 — 1 Vi NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE Para. Publix 1 1/4 1 1 i/g Coming and Going FLORENCE BRITTON has arrived in New York from the Coast. 8ARBARA STANWYCK is en route to the Coast from New York to resume work for Warner Bros, in "Ever in My Heart." CHARLES LAUGHTON will arrive Sunday on the Europa. MARCEL VALLEE, French comedian sailed from France yesterday on the lie dc France to join Paramount at the Coast. Columbia May Open Own Branches on Continent Whether or not Columbia will establish its own exchange system in Continental Europe will be decided following a report which will be made by Hannah Kass, former foreign manager who has been placed in charge of the company's Continental activities. Miss Kass. who sails from New York July 15, will examine conditions and results under Columbia's present arrangements by which they distribute through independent exchanges on the Continent. Depinet, Levy Head RKO Convention Party Ned E. Depinet and Jules Levy, having wound up RKO Radio New York Sales Convention, the first of three regional meetings, last evening, head the contingent of Home Office executives bound for Chicago today to attend the second confab opening Saturday at the Drake Hotel. Others in the party include E. L. McEvoy, Al Mertz, Robert F. Sisk, S. Barret McCormick, A. A. Schubart, Michael Poller, Leon J. Bamberger, J. P. Skelly, William Dahler, Frank Kennedy, Lou Miller and Lou Gaudreau. CAPTURED!' FOR HOLLYWOOD When "Gold Diggers" completes its summer run at the New York Hollywood Theater, "Captured!", will begin a roadshow engagement there, announced Warner Bros, yesterday. "Captured!", will be released as a road show attraction following its 2-a-day Hollywood run. CENSORS OKAY "BABY FACE" "Baby Face," Warner Bros, picture, which completes a week's run at the New York Strand Theater to night, has been passed without a single change or elimination by the Maryland Board of Censors. "GIANT" HELD OVER IN CHI. Chicago— "The Little Giant" starring Edward G. Robinson, which is being held for a second week at the United Artists Theater in Chicago, is the first picture the house has had in almost six months to hold over. COLLEGE HUMOR' HOLDS OVER "College Humor," the third consecutive picture to be held over at the New York Paramount theater, starts the second week of its engagement today. JOHN GREY DIES ON COAST West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — John Grey, gag man for Harold Lloyd and formerly an actor, is dead at his home in West Hollywood. He was 60 years old. He is survived by two sisters who live in New York. FILM SALESMEN! Salesmen now employed can increase their earnings tremendously by accepting our arrangement to represent a new theatre lobby service which sells on sight and is designed to attract regularity of public interest to lobbies. Write for particulars. ELLIOTT ASSOCIATED NEWS 242-250 West 55th St. New York City Buffalo Theater Setup Affected by Closings Buffalo — Notices or changes in theaters in the Buffalo area have just been received by the M. P. T. O. A. as follows: Morris Zimmerman has taken over the Majestic, Rochester, formerly operated by Max Cohen. The Town Hall, Allegheny, managed by T. G. Norton, has closed. The Palace, Clifton Springs, N. Y., has been reopened by E. G. Williamson. The Meco Theaters Corp. now controls the Suburban, Binghamton. The Falls, Honeoye Falls, operated by the Falk Amusement Co., is closed for June and July. "FORGOTTEN MEN" REOPENS "Forgotten Men," World War picture being distributed by Harrj Cummins of Jewel Productions, soon reopens on Broadway at the TransLux theater for an indefinite run. The Trans-Lux changes its policy for this picture, hoping to run it all summer. BUYS "GOLD DIGGERS" N. L. Nathanson, President of Famous Players of Canada has bought "Gold Diggers of 1933" for both their Toronto and Montreal houses into which the Warner musical will open simultaneously, July 8th. WARNERS CHANGE TITLE "I Loved A Woman" is the tentative new title of Edward G. Robinson's latest picture which is now in production at Warner Bros. -First National Burbank. It was previously titled "Red Meat." ROB BUTTERWORTH'S HOME West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Two men robbed the home of Charles Butterworth, getting away with $15,000 in jewels. AGNES AYRES IN REVUE Agnes Ayres will head the revue at Pelham Gardens beginning Saturday night. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: M-G-M western division sales convention, Muehlbach Hotel, Kansas City, lune 29-30: Paramount regional sales convention, Drake Hotel, Chicago. June 29-July 1: Fox Sales Convention, Hotel Ambassador, Atlantic City. June 30: Meeting of the Independent Thentar Owners of Greater New York, Hotel Astor 2:30 P. M. July 1: Fox Film Corp. special stockholders meeting, home office, New York. July 1-3: RKO central sales meeting, Drake Hotel, Chicago. July 3: Fox Film Corp. special stockholders meeting, home office, New York. July 5-6: Paramount regional sales convention, Los Angeles. July 7-9: RKO western sales meeting, St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco. July 8: Monogram eastern sales meeting. New York. July 10: M. P. T. O. A. executive committee meeting, Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago. July 11: Meeting of Allied Theaters of New Jersey at 2 P. M. July 13-14: Monogram central sales meeting, Chicago. uly 17: United Artists sales convention, Chicago July 18: Meeting of M. P. T. O. of Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, Jackson, Miss. July 20-21 : Monogram southern sales meeting, New Orleans. July 25: Meeting of Allied Theaters of New Jersey at 2 P. M. BOOKED FOR MUSIC HALL "The Banker's Daughter," the first of a group of animated cartoon burlesques on the old "mellerdrammers," which Frank Moser and Paul Terry are making for the current season's series of EducationalTerry-Toons, has been booked for a week's engagement at the Music Hall, starting June 29. "CORNER" FOR CAPITOL "The Narrow Corner," Warner Bros, picture, will have its world premiere at the Capitol July 2. The picture is set for July 8 release. PARA. SIGNS WRITERS Maxwell Anderson and Frances Fuller signed new contracts with Paramount this week. BOB CLUSTER GETS TWO Johnson City, 111. — Bob Cluster has taken over two former Fox West Coast houses. They are the Palace here and the Lyric at Salem. 15 YEARS IS A LONG TIME IN PICTURES