The Film Daily (1934)

THE B&DTO AMERICANIZE ALL FUTURE PICTURES (Continued from Page 11 gram will be reduced to eight for the year, with directors, stars and technicians from Hollywood being employed. Production in the U. S. also is planned by B. & D., Wilcox states. Court Blocks Intervention In Para. Reorganization (Continued from Pane 1) age collective action in citing the practical impossibility of giving notice individually to attorneys for individual creditors. The Allied Owners claim is for money advanced to permit erection of seven Paramount theaters. MacKean Will Produce Columbia Sport Shorts Sydney H. MacKean, formerly newsreel editor for Hearst, Kinograms and Paramount, has been signed by Columbia to produce a series of sports reels to be known as "The World of Sport". For the past two years MacKean has edited the "Adventures of a Newsreel Cameraman" series for Fox. First in MacKean's new series for Columbia will be "Thrill Flashes", followed by "Speed Flashes" and "Action Flashes". San Antonio Notes San Antonio — The local-made our gang kid comedy has been completed and will be exhibited at the Empire theater the coming week, it is announced by Director Zoosie Fox. The short was sponsored by "The Evening News" and the Empire theater, independent house managed by Robert E. Hicks. The Palace is now running double features four days a week and singles the other three days. National Pictures' Kier-Phillips Productions has designs on making "The Man from Galilee," written by Jean Luder, as their next vehicle. The recent storm in Texas did not affect any theaters in this district as far as could be learned. Director Josh Binney is shooting a three-reel Western on the Gallagher Ranch. Pickups: Paul B. Willett has returned from a brief trip to Fort Worth . . . Marvin Jacobs, cameraman, shot a scenic short near the Mexican border recently . . . L. J. Sack, film exchange manager, back after sightseeing Chicago and the World's Fair . . . L. W. McClintock Paramount booker, recently returned from vacation in the Dakotas . . • Cecil House, Para, manager, also back at the exchange still talking about Hollywood . . . Warner s "Here Comes the Navy" held over four days at the Empire. zSVW DAILY Friday, August 3, 1934 • • • FOR THE FIRST preview ever held on a Colombian Line steamer the dinner and showing of Joan Lowell's "Adventure Girl" on the S.S. Colombia Wednesday night was a grand success about 45 invited guests showed up and about 20 guests of the invited guests also arrived thereby putting the chief steward momentarily on the spot but everyone had plenty of mysterious tropical beverages and a dinner that included steak instead of chicken thank goodness • • • AFTER THE DINNER that ol' rascal Bide Dudley made a few passing remarks, in which was included a very decrepit joke which Bide's pal Kelcey Allen seemed to like Then Joan Lowell, looking sweet in an evening gown, thanked Mr. Pearsall of the Colombian Line for the party, and for the services his ships rendered her during emergencies in tropical waters introduced her dad, Capt. Wagner and the show was on Marc Lachmann and Monte Proser, who are handling the New York opening Aug. 7 at the Rialto were the official greeters Among the guests were: Margaret Tazelaar, Irene Thirer, Zach Friedman, Princess Kropotkin, Bert Lytell, Arthur Mayer, Regina Crewe, Herb Cruikshank, Bob Sisk, Jules Levy, Sam Jacobson, and Amedee J. Van Beuren, who sponsored the expedition • • • ONE OF THE P-E-S-T groups in Hollywood is the gang of dinner-check-dodgers who can outfumble the most parsimonious Scotchman the other night at the Coconut Grove, one of these parasites walked over to Pert Kelton's table "Well, well, well," said the mugg, "if it isn't Kelton the pert Why do they call you Pert ? for PERtricia, eh? Ha, Ha, Ha!" "No," retorted Miss Kelton, "for PERTICULAR!" • • • IN A CHAT yesterday with Andrew Joly of Eaves Costume Co. we learned many interesting facts which we're passing on to those readers who still believe the depression is rampant Joly sez that a greater number of summer stock companies are working this season than in the past five years that through these companies the screen will benefit by many stories that might never have been heard of that plenty of costumes were ordered this year and paid for that Sir Ben Fuller is having 1,500 cos tumes shipped to Australia for his opera company and that Eaves will also supply 700 costumes for Max Gordon's "The Great Waltz" the Viennese operetta of the 1847 period opening next month at the RKO Center • • • NEWSY NOTES from U. A., supplied by Herbie Berg, include George Arliss in "The Last Gentleman" has its world premiere tonight at the Apollo, Atlantic City Mike Beck has returned from Asbury Park after exploiting "Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back" and Willard Vander Veer, Paramount Pictorial cameraman, has photographed both ends of the world and is the holder of a gold statuette presented by the Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences for his camera work with Byrd « « « » » » NO CODE BUDGET CUT IS LIKELYTHIS YEAR (Continued from Page 1) priation will be needed, substantially at least, during the last half of the year, it was stated yesterday. The comparative small operating cost for the first half-year is largely due to the fact that the local boards did not start to function until the period had been under way some weeks. $994,085 Loss Reported By Para. Broadway Corp. (Continued from Page 1) proposed reorganization plan for the company. Fixed assets, including the building, land and equipment, are put at $13,186,752. This figure is based on actual cost less depreciation. Detroit Notes Detroit — United Detroit Service Corp. will handle film bookings for Paramount houses, headed by George W. Trendle, as well as booking for some other houses, but apparently will not compete with Cooperative Theaters of Michigan. L . H. Gardner will continue to head the new booking department. Carl Burmele, assistant manager of Cooperative Theaters of Michigan, is back from a vacation upstate. Montcalm Theater Corp. has been formed by Letha Taby, F. F. Kane and G. Broadwell, all of 90 Broad St., New York. Headquarters here are in the Fox Bldg. Alvin Tucker has taken over the Colley theater. Morris Robbins, owner of the Echo, is back from California. David Robbins, his brother, has now gone west. Otto Bolle of Paramount exchange .' is general chairman of the annual film row outing to be sponsored this year by the Variety Club. Trans-Lux Declares Dividend A dividend of 10 cents a share has been declared by Trans-Lux Daylight Picture Screen Corp., payable Aug. 31 to stock of record Aug. 15. A similar dividend was paid last February. Trans-Lux Daylight Screen Corp. and subsidiaries report net profit of $98,729 for the six months ended June 30. Lose Step in Dog Racing Fight Seattle — Theater owners lost their fight against the competition of dog racing and pari-mutual betting this week when Superior Court Judge D. F. Wright in Olympia sustained the state's demurrers to the action of the theater interests which sought injunctions to prevent further canvass of names on a petition to legalize dog racing.