The Film Daily (1934)

THE ■W\ DAILY Monday, Au?. 13, 193 Vol. LXVI. No. 36 Mon., Aug. 13, 1934 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 md General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Associate Kditor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 19T8, at the post-office at New York. N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outride 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, 225. Paris— P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise. Rue de la Cour<les Nnues. 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK (QUOTATIONS Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc. Con Fm. Ind East. Kodak Fox Fm. "A" Loew's, Inc Pa-amount Pathe Exch RKO Warner Bros NEW YORK Trans-Lux NEW YORK Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 Lcew 6s 41 ww Paramount 6s 47 Warner's 6s39 STOCK MARKET AS OF SATURDAY) Net High Low Close Chg. 3'/2 3i/2 3y2 + i/4 26 26 26 — 3/4 23/4 2% 23/4 + 1/g 98 97 971/z — 1/2 93/4 93/4 93/4 — 1/2 26i/4 251/8 26 — l/8 31/s 3 31/s + 1/s H/4 l'/s I'/s 2 2 2 4 3% 4 CURB MARKET 13/4 13/4 13/4 — l/4 BOND MARKET 53/4 53/4 53/4 993/8 991/4 99i/4 _ iy2 38i/2 38i/2 38V2 — % 531/2 531/s 531/2 — Vi Buddy Rogers Regis Toomey W. E. Green Leo Brecher Sam Taylor Mary Duncan Alfred Hitchcock Gene Raymond • The Broadway Parade • Picture Distributor Theater Housewife Warner Bros Strand Girl From Missouri (2nd week) M-G-M Capitol One More River Universal Music Hall Adventure Girl RKO Radio Rialto Handy Andy (2nd week) Fox Roxy House of Rothschild (4th week) United Artists Rivoli The Lady Is Willing Columbia Palace Ra-Mu (2nd week) Fairhaven Prods Cameo Side-Streets (opens tonight) First National Mayfair Street Scene*' Paramount . C iterion ♦ FOREIGN DIALOGUE PICTURE * House cf Greed Amkino Acme ♦ FUTURE OPENINGS ♦ The Defense Rests (Aug. 14) Columbia Rialto Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (Aug 15) United Artists Rivol: Dames (Aug. 15) Warner Bros Strand Cleopatra (Aug. 16) Paramount Paramount Cat's Paw (Aug. 16) Fox Music Hall Treasure Island (Aug. 17) M-G-M Capitol Charlie Chan's Courage (Aug. 17) Fox Roxy Dragon Murder Case (Aug 21 ) Warner Bros Rialto Follows Astor two-a-day run. —Revival. I .oming an d G oing ROY NORR of the Hays Office is back f Russia. HERMAN WOBBER and ROGER FERRI Fox leave New York today for the coast. CECIL B. DE MILLE arrives in New ^ today by plane for the opening of "Cleopat Thursday night at the Paramount and also fill a lecture engagement Wednesday at Tes e-s' College, Columbia University. MARK OSTRER of Gaumont-British is to arrive in New York about Aug. 24. BEN KATZ of the Warner theater advet ing and publicity department in Milwaukei coming to New York about the middle of week on vacation. JAMES KEEFE, advertising-publicity dire for Saxe Amusement Management, Milwau is on vacation in the east. MAUREEN OSULLIVAN has arrived in Ire] JOHN FARROW is in England filming sc for M-G-M's "David Ccpperfield." DARRYL F. ZANUCK, DOUGLAS FAIRBA' and JOSEPH M. SCHENCK, en route to York on the Rex, are due to arrive next W nesday. Lloyd Sees Benefits From Legion Drive (Continued from Page 1) ducers to watch story material more closely and use greater finesse in handling it," said Lloyd. As a result of dialogue in pictures, audiences now demand more reality in comedies than previously, according to the producer-star. Story now comes first in importance, even in comedies, with gags as a supplementary and second value, he observed. Picturegoers desire a comedy story they can remember, not merely a succession of gags, in Lloyd's opinion. Lloyd will remain in New York several weeks. Date of start of his next production depends upon obtaining of a suitable story. Whether or not he will make one or more pictures for Fox release during the year ahead is contingent upon his discovering material he likes. Warner Houses Get Six Major Lineups (Continued from Page 1) week or so and gives the Warner houses a substantial part of the program. The Paramount contract, now near the closing stage, puts virtually all the company's output into Warner theaters. Cliff Lewis a Benedict West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Cliff Lewis of the Paramount publicity department and Marge Decker of Bill Pine's office will hereafter be Mr. and Mrs. 15 of New Program Launched by M-G-M (.Continued from Page 1) tion are "Barretts of Wimpole Street," "Merry Widow," "Painted Veil," "What Every Woman Knows," "Have a Heart," "Death on the Diamond" and "Biography of a Bachelor." Hold Hearing Wednesday On Two Paramount Issues Hearing will be held Wednesday before Federal Judge Coxe ir. U. S. District Court on approval of plans submitted by Paramount Publix trustees for reorganization of Toledo Paramount Corp. and settlement of rent claims on two Uniontown theaters following the action of Special Master John E. Joyce in declining to sanction the plans because of expenditures involved. In the Toledo plan, trustees would pay $165,000 to Al Reuben and Walter J. Kountz, receivers. The Uniontown pian involved payments of $23,000 to settle provable rent claims exceeding $250,000. Creditors approved both plans. Cartoonland Revue Clicks Oklahoma City — Grouping of a T»l]p"tioTi of animated shorts, billed as the "Cartoonland Revue," in coniunction with the Joe E. Brown feature, "The Circus Clown," broke a 15-week record at the Midwest theater, Warner house. The idea is being repeated at the Orpheum in Tulsa. "Andy" Three Weeks in Louisville Louisville — Will Rogers in "Handy Andy" has been held for three weeks at the Strand. Bing Crosby '.n "Shp Loves Me Not" ran 10 days at the Rialto. 22 Vita. Shorts in Cutting Room Twenty-two 3horts, including nine two-reelers and 13 one-reelers, are now in the cutting room at the Brooklyn Vitaphone studio, according to Sam Sax, production chief at the plant. N. O. Tax Bill Up This Week, New Orleans — Ordinance int duced by the city council last w< calling for a 10 per cent tax on missions over 10 cents, to prov relief funds, comes up for pass* this week. Reopening Three in Milwaukee Milwaukee — Warner's Stra first-run, and the Lake and Koscii ko, neighborhood theaters, are sla to reopen Sept. 3. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Aug. 1-24: Second International Exposition Cinematographic Art, Venice, Italy. Aug. 14: Public hearings on proposed anvil ments to the Laboratory Code. WashSton, D. C. Aug. 21: Annual Outing of Detroit film I under auspices of Detroit Variety ilb Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, Detroit. Aug. 22-24: Allied Theater Owners of * Jersey convention, Ritz-Carlton Hotel t lantic City. Aug. 23: First Golf Tournament of Clevipi Variety Club, Beechmont Club, Clevelitl. Aug. 24: First Annual Golf Tournament Jjr sored by Albany Variety Club, Shaker Pg( Country Club, Loudenville, N. Y. Sept. 10: First fall luncheon meeting;ol Variety Club of Cleveland. Sept 14: Clambake, Golf and Dinner-Lici of Cleveland Variety Club, Cleveland Sept. 16: North Dakota Allied meeting, Ndan, N. D. Sept. 20: AM P. A. Revels and Luncheon, 3tion Picture Club, New York. Sept. 20: "Night of Stars" benefit under is pices of United Jewish Appeal in ar of German Jews, Yankee Stadium, New 1(k Nathan Burkan, chairman. Sept. 25-27: Annual convention of Allied n dependent Theater Owners of Wisco in Hotel Schroeder, Milwaukee. Oct. 1-3: National Film Carriers convenim Statler Hotel, Detroit. Oct 14-15: Annual convention of M.P 0 of Arkansas, Mississippi and Tcnn e (Tri-State), Memphis. Oct. 29: S.M.P.E. Fall Meeting Hotel F| sylvania, New York.