The Film Daily (1934)

THE j^S DAILY Thursday, July 26, 1934 Vol. LXVI, No. 21 Thurs., July 26, 1934 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer »nd 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— Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 22'5. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc. Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. East. Kodak Fox Fm. "A" Lcew's, Inc da pfd Paramount ctfs. . . . Pathe Exch do "A" RKO Warner Bros NEW YORK Technicolor Trans-Lux NEW YORK Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40.. Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. Keith A-0 6s 46... Loew 6s 41 ww Para. 6s 47 ctfs.. . . Par. By. 5'/2s51 Par. 5'/2s50 ctfs Pathe 7s37 Warner's 6s39 STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. 33/8 3% 3% 243/8 23 Vs 237/8 — 3/8 125/8 12'/8 12V2 971/z 963/4 971/2 91/4 9 91/4 + '/a 233/4 22'/2 235/g + % 82 82 82—3 27/8 23/4 27/8 + V» 15/4 l'/2 1 14— Va 15 Hi/a 15 + 1/2 15/8 114 114 — V4 33/8 31/4 31/4 — 1/8 CURB MARKET 121/4 11% 12% + Va 1% 1% 1% BOND MARKET 614 6 6% 6 1/4 6 1/4 6 1/4 — 3/4 62% 62% 62% — 1% 98 973/4 98 40% 40% 40% — 5% 38 38 38 41% 401/4 401/4 — 1 98% 98 98 51% 50% 51 Emil Jannidgs Charles Butterworth C. L. Yearsley Nat Levine Ivy Lee Being Retained By Composers' Society Denial of a report that Ivy L. Lee might he dropped as public relations counsellor for the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers because of resentment of Jewish members of the society over recent disclosures that Lee had advised the Nazi Government on press relations with the world, was made yesterday by E. C. Mills, general manager of ASCAP. "Lee is not anti-Jewish and 1 won't join in any attack on the man. The transcript of his testimony before the Congressional committee investigating Nazi propaganda in this country shows that Lee informed Hitler that the "people of the United States can never be reconciled to the Nazi policy of persecuting Jews." Skeptical of Self-Regulation Boston — The one-man plan of self-regulation in eliminating objectionable matter from motion pictures, as set up in Hollywood under Joseph I. Breen, is no more acceptable than would be a one-man censorship of the American newspaper and periodical press, it was stated by William H. Short of the Motion Picture Research Council in addressing the Unitarian General conference in New Hampshire. Most films are distorters of life and set up standards which are more harmful than depicting sex and crime, Short said. Writ Issued on Merriwell Name Preliminary injunction restraining Superior Talking Pictures from using the name "Frank Merriwell" in a series of shorts has been granted to Gilbert L. Patten, better known as Burt L. Standish, who wrote the Frank Merriwell stories that were popular years ago. Sydney Cohen Gets Property The Sixteen Twelve Broadway Corp., of which Sydney S. Cohen is president, has leased the three-story basement stores and business building adjoining the Rivoli at 49th St. and Broadway. Theater Manager Kidnaped Denver — After lying bound and gagged for 17 hours in a lonely field, Truman P. McCoy, manager of the Bideawee theater, worked himself loose, and told police of having been kidnaped by two men, and robbed of $200, theater receipts of three days. R. A. McGuire of Warner's 111 R. A. McGuire, assistant to H. H. Doherty, Warner's auditor of exchanges, is fighting an attack of tonsilitis. He has been out for two weeks. Von Tilzer for Vitaphone Short Harry Von Tilzer, famous composer of popular songs, has been signed by Sam Sax to make a onereel Vitaphone short at the Brooklyn Vitaphone studio. Four Appeals Heard By Code Authority Three appeals from New York grievance board decisions and one from the Buffalo grievance board were heard yesterday by a Code Authority appeals committee headed by Nathan Yamins and including John D. Clark and Julius Charnow. The New York cases were Heights Theaters against Trio Amusement; Loew's Gates against Marvin Treater and Loew's Gates against Brant theaters. The Buffalo case was Hoch against First Division. Metzger Gets First Two "Blossom Time" and "The Great Defender", first of the B.I.P. films to be handled here by Lou B. Metzger, have arrived from London. A third, "Over the Garden Wall", is due in a few days. Metzger is establishing headquarters at 729 Sev2 nth Ave. Gardel Host at Barbecue Carlos Gardel, Spanish screen star who has just completed his second foreign language talkie at the Eastern Service Studios, Astoria, Long Island, for Paramount release, and who is slated to go to Hollywood shortly to appear in Paramount's "Big Broadcast of 1935," is giving an old fashioned Argentine barbecue at the Long Island Studios this evening at 9 o'clock. Members of the foreign language, and the English speaking daily and trade press will attend. Libery Closes Deals Budd Rogers, general sales manager of Liberty Pictures, has closed deals for the entire program of eight Liberty features with the Fredro Theater, Detroit, the Genesee, Saginaw, and the Rex, Three Rivers. Filming Stratosphere Flight Chicago — A local camera crew has been assigned by Monogram to cover the stratosphere flight for use in "Murder in the Stratosphere." in which Monogram will feature William Cagney. Roxy Previews Earlier Thursday night previews at the Roxy will be shown about 45 minutes earlier starting tonight. They will go on at about 11 P. M. instead of close to midnight. Contest Winner Goes West Isabelle Coffey. 17-year-old Buffalo girl who won the recent personality-talent contest staged in Atlantic City by the 45th National Grotto Convention, will leave for Hollywood today. "Jane Evre" at Keith's Wash'n W'bwctrm Bureau M THE FIJV DAILY Washington — Monogram's "Jane Eyre" has been booked to play firstrun at the RKO Keith theater. Coming and Going IRVING RAPPER of Universal has arrived) from the coast to look over play material. 1 ROBERT ARMSTRONG is in the east to, appear in Select's new picture, "Gigolette", I after which he returns to Hollywood to start! in Monogram's "Flirting With Danger". WINFIELD SHEEHAN arrives in New Yor» today from the coast. He is sailing Saturday. R. C SHERRIFF, dramatist, who arrived this ' week from England, left yesterday for Universal i' City to complete work on the script of "Within i This Present". J. BURGI CONTNER, vice-president of Mo-i tion Picture Camera Supply, left yesterday by j plane for the coast on business. MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN, who recently fin-j ished work in Metro's "Barretts of Wimpole; Street", leaves the coast today for New York i en route to Ireland for a vacation. JOHN ■ FARROW also is Erin-bound, with coast reports saying they will be married in Dublin. RAMON NOVARRO, back from his South I American tour, leaves shortly for the coast. | ALAN DINEHART arrived in New York yes4 terday from the coast by auto and is stopping i at the Hotel Alamac. Blank Showing Revivals Omaha — On request of fans, thd World, a Blank Tri-States house, is holding a week's revival of old pictures to be shown along with a single regular feature. The plan is being plugged as "Old Favorite Week." Continuance of the firstrun feature with a daily change of I second-run pictures is planned providing it catches on this week. TriStates will attempt it over its entire circuit if the idea clicks. Fox Buys John Erskine Story "Bachelor of Arts," current John Erskine novel, has been bought by Fox. If you nave anything to SAY or SELL to 1 500 independent exhibitors . . . use the 15th annual CONVENTION JOURNAL AlLI[DToHwE^sEofN.J.Inc. SUITE 306 • HOTEL LINCOLN NEW YORK CITY The Convention will be held em August 22, 23. 24 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Atlantic City. The Journal will be mailed to 1500 exhibitors on August 16. trwwvi