The Film Daily (1934)

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Vol. LXVI, No. 35 Sat., Aug. 1 1 , 1 934 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE : : Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., hy 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 STOCK MARKET Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc. . Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. East. Kodak Fox Fm. "A" Loew's, Inc Metro-Goldwyn, pfd, Paramount Pathe Exch do "A" RKO Warner Bros Net High Low Close Chg. 3V4 31/4 31/4 4 Vr 271/4 263A 263/4 + 1/4 121/4 12i/4 121/4 + V, 99 98 98 — 11/4 10S/8 101/4 IOV4 — 1/4 27i/2 253/4 26V8 — 1% 243/4 24% 243/4 + 3,4 3>/s 3 3 — 1/g n/4 IVs l'/s 14 133/8 133/8 2'/8 41/s 7R NEW YORK CURB MARKET Technicolor 12l/2 123/8 12% — V2 Trans-Lux 2 2 2 + Vs NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40.. 6 6 6 Keith A-0 6s46... 6OV2 6O1/2 6OV2 + 1/g Loew 6s 41ww 101 1/4 101 101 1/4— 3£ Par. By. 5i/2s51 .... 37 37 37 — y8 Par. 5!/2s50 41 41 41 +2 Warner's 6s39 54 54 54 — l/2 Hobard Bcsworth Samuel Bischoff Jean Parker Roy T. Barnes Cecil B. De Mille Hal Home Pauline Frederick Mort Spring THE ■c&H Walter Reade Protests Cut-Price Dog Racing Walter Reade has filed protest with Robert A. O'Brien, secretary of the Dog Racing Commission, Jersey City, that the dog racing tracks now operating in Jersey are violating the NRA code with reference to racing amusements by giving away rebate tickets and cutrates contrary to their advertised prices. He charges the tracks are distributing slips admitting persons for 10 and 25 cents, where the regular scale is 50 cents and $1.25, respectively. Reade's Jersey houses have been hit by the dog racing competition. Albany Golf Tournament Aug. 24 Albany — First Annual Golf Tournament sponsored by the Variety Club of Albany will be held Aug. 24 at the Sharker Ridge Country Club, Loudenville. It will be a stag affair, with action starting at 1:30 P. M. and dinner scheduled for 7:30 P. M. at the Variety Club Rooms in the De Witt Clinton Hotel. Fee is $3, except to non-golfers, who will be taxed $2. Paramount Signs Dorothy Parker West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Dorothy Parker has been signed to a writer's contract by Paramount. Her husband, Alan Campbell, also has been signed by the company as a player. Jack Frost to Des Moines Detroit — Jack Frost, assistant general manager of United Detroit Theaters, has left this week for a month's stay in Des Moines on loan to the Paramount unit there for a special job, according to Willard Patterson, general manager. Bob Gary, handling publicity, has resigned. Earl Hudson succeeds him. Truex Comedy for RKO Circuit "Dog-gone Babies," latest Educational-Ernest Truex starring comedy to be completed, starts a run today over the entire RKO metropolitan circuit in conjunction with "She Learned About Sailors." The comedy, in which Jacqueline Logan and Montagu Love also appear, has already played first-run at the Music Hall. Carlos Harrison to Wed Carlos Harrison, of the U. A. home office exploitation department, leaves today for Cincinnati where he will marry Virginia Reiff next week. Stafford Promoted by WMCA Gene Stafford has been appointed manager of production and studios of the American Broadcasting: System— WMCA network. He will also have charge of announcers. Stafford formerly was director of programs and productions for WMCA. Sixth Marcy Western Ready Marcy Pictures ^vill release "Nevada Cyclone," sixth in the series of Bud 'N' Ben three-reel westerns on Aug. 15. OAiyr^ More Little Theaters In CWA Winter Program A broad movement to establish little theaters which would provide work for actors, playwrights, musicians and others is contemplated by the CWA as part of its Winter relief program. With free performances put on by these groups, regular theaters look upon the move as more or less serious competition. Saturday, Aug. 11, 1!J al U. A. Signs B. & K. United Artists has closed a product deal covering 1934-35 releases with the Balaban & Katz circuit in Chicago, it is announced by Al Lichtman. Cockerill Managing Denham Denver — Benjamin D. Cockerill, recently Universal salesman in Salt Lake and formerly with the Warner circuit in Philadelphia, has been made manager of the Denham. Alan Cooper, acting manager since Lou Hellborn resigned, remains in an advisory capacity. House has raised scale from 40 to 50 cents. Coming and Going "Ra-Mu" Holding Over at Cameo "Ra-Mu," the Captain E. A. Salisbury South Sea picture released by Fairhaven Productions, is being held for a second and possibly a third week at the Cameo. First week's gross was the best registered by the house in the last six months, the management reports. Fox Sales Executives Meet Fox sales executives attended a Kent sales drive meeting yesterday at the home office. Speakers were John D. Clark, Herman Wobber, Harry Buxbaum and Roger Ferri. Wobber and Ferri leave New York Monday returning to the Coast. BEN GOETZ sails for Europe today on] Europa. JACK COSMAN is sailing on the Paris 1 for a trip abroad. JEAN COUPAN of Cosmofilm, Paris, wil | i rive /n New York Tuesday on the lie De Fr,>( J. C. BERNARD, French producer of <[}° mentary films who is at present making a ture depicting life aboard a big ocean returns to New York on Tuesday via thr de France. WILLIAM BEAUDINE is due in New shortly from the coast en route to Englan direct for British International Pictures. MARCEL ACHARD, French playwright did the French version of "Merry Widow'ti »; M-G-M, sails today on the Paris for Francj CHARLES BOYER, French cinema star; 'I REISMAN of RKO and GEORGE LANDY, i licist, are among others departing today or k Paris for Europe. BEN BLUMENTHAL sails for Europe todae the Leviathan. MR and MRS. JOE BRANDT and WILLJ G. STIEGLER, theater critic of the Cinciijis, "Times-Star," sail today on the Monarcl'o 1. Bermuda for Bermuda. WILLIAM MELNICKER of M-G-M is dejl I ing via the Furness Prince line for South Aiir ": : ac:sL Editor Gives "Rothschild" Sendoff Atlantic, la. — E. P. Chase, editor and publisher of the Atlantic "NewsTelegraph" and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for the best editorial of 1933, sponsored the opening of "The House of Rothschild" with a twocolumn editorial break on page one which materially aided the picture's engagement at the Iowa theater. Chase's editorial urged those who believed in motion pictures to indicate to the local theater their approval of better pictures and demonstrate that approval by their patronage. D. V. Lucas, United Artists branch manager in Omaha, was instrumental in securing Chase's cooperation for the Iowa theater engagement. Filing Data in Electrics Suit Robert Robbins, president of the Society for the Protection of the American Theater, leaves for Washington on Tuesday to present a sheaf of evidence to the Federal Trade Commission, which is now investigating the Society's complaints of unfair trade practises against the Amer. Tel. & Tel., Western Electric and Erpi. ROBERT SHIPPEE, explorer and aviator his bride, the former Claudia Morgan .-nd daughter of Ralph Morgan, actor, avt in New York on Monday aboard the Santa I from California NORMAN KRASNA has arrived in New | from the Coast. DORETH HOWREN is en route to Ne from the coast by plane to artend the ope«i of "Dames" on Wednesday at the Strand. I* was selected as the "Miss Busby Berkeley i] to represent her colleagues at the premiere ROBERT SHAYNE leaves New York on In day by plane for the coast to appear in "Vtff' nesday's Child" for RKO Radio. MAURICE CONN, president of Ambas Pictures, left yesterday by plane for Bi to spend the week end with Herman Rifkir; J. R. FREULER left yesterday on a stil around the exchanges. J. M. LOUGHBOROUGH, head of the it picture division of the Federil Housing ministration, is in town for a few days. JOHN E. OTTERSON returns from Eip i next week. V. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Aug. 1-24: Second International Expositiriof Cinematographic Art, Venice, Italy. | Aug. 14: Public hearings on proposed amid ments to the Laboratory Code. Was*l ton, D. C. Aug. 21: Annual Outing of Detroit film under auspices of Detroit Variety Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, Detroit. Aug. 22-24: Allied Theater Owners of Jersey convention, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, | lantic City. Aug. ?3 : First Golf Tournament of Clevnid Variety Club. Beechmont Club, Clcvel I Aug. 24: First Annual Golf Tournament r sored by Albany Variety Club, Shaker I'ge Country Club, Loudenville, N. Y. Sept. 10: First fall luncheon meeting of Variety Club of Cleveland. Sept 14: Clambake, Golf and Dinner-Dice of Cleveland Variety Club, Cleveland Sept. 16: North Dakota Allied meeting, I ndan, N. D. Sept. 20: AM P. A. Revels and Luncheon, 0 tion Picture Club, New York. Sept. 20: "Night of Stars" benefit under I pices of United Jewish Appeal in ai 'of German Jews, Yankee Stadium, New ' 'k. Nathan Burkan, chairman. Sept. 25-27: Annual convention of Alliec n dependent Theater Owners of Wiscc Hotel Schroeder, Milwaukee. Oct. 1 : National Film Carriers convev Detroit.