The Film Daily (1934)

THE ■S&Zk DAILY Friday, Sept 7, 1934 Vol. LXVI, No 57 Fri., Sept. 7, 1934 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor aril 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 ind General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Associate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 191/8, 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. Hoywood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. LondonErnest 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 Courdet-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net Chg. IVa High Low Close Columbia Picts. vtc. 33y4 32y2 32'/4 — Con. Fm. Ind 3'/8 3 3V8 + Vs Con. Fm. Ind pfd.. 14'/8 14 14'/8 + % East. Kodak 100 99'/4 99% + 1 Vs Fox Fm. "A" 113/4 "V4 11 Vi Loew's, Inc 28 26Vi 26</2 — 1 Vi Metro-Goldwyn, pfd. 26 26 26 + !/2 Paramount etfs. ... 4 3% 3% Pathe Exch 1 Vs 1 1 do "A" 131/4 13V4 i3i/4 — 1 1/4 RKO 2Vi 23/8 2i/2 + i/8 Warner Bros 4i/2 4% 4% NEW YORK CURB MARKET Technicolor 123/4 123/4 123,4 Trans-Lux 1 Va l5/s 1% NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40.. 6 6 6 — Vs Keith A-0 6s46... 58 57 57 — 2l/2 Loew 6s 41ww 102 101% 102 + l/4 Paramount 6s47 ctfs. 47% 46% 46% — % Par. By. 5]/2s51 .... 38 38 38 — i/4 Par. 5!/2s50 ctfs. ... 47% 47% 47'/2 + % Pathe 7s37 99i/4 99 99 '/4 + i/4 Warner's 6s39 54y4 533/4 533/4 — i/4 N. Y. PRODUCE EXCHANGE SECURITIES Para. Publix 37/8 3% 3% RECORDING ON FILM & DISC. INDUSTRIAL — SLIDE FILM — BRUNSWICK PRODUCTIONS CORP. CH 4-2200 321 W. 44th ST. Lond ondon . . . Merry-GoRound (Continued from Page 1) cent of this territory it is so definitely established that it will never be erased. Strange but true, in both Scotland and Ireland the double feature is unknown. And apparently not missed. They have slipped us the gentle info that if an exhibitor over here is caught bicycling or out-of-step the renters (distributors to you mugs) as a body simply refuse to serve him and he goes forthwith back to his job of pressing pants. It is a strange, enthusiastic, colorful cinema industry we find in Britain. It has a somewhat general idea of where it is going and is definitely on the way. Seven Release Dates Scheduled by U. A. United Artists has set tentative general release dates on seven pictures. Schedule follows: today, "Count of Monte Cristo"; Sept. 21, "The Last Gentleman"; Sept. 28, "Our Daily Bread"; Oct. 19, "Private Life of Don Juan"; Nov. 2, "Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round!' ; Nov. 9, "Nell Gwynn" and "The Queen's Affair." Mrs. Kann Buried Today Services for Mrs. Marie Kann, wife of Maurice D. Kann, editor of "Motion Picture Daily," will be held privately at 11 o'clock this morning at the Kann residence, 65 Central Park West. Rabbi Alfred I. Aarons of the Congregation of Mt. Sinai, Brooklyn, will officiate. Burial will be at New Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, L. I. Condition of Harry Goldberg, injured in the New Haven accident which brought about Mrs. Kann's death, was reported as further improved yesterday in the New Haven General Hospital. "Cimarron" Run Extended Business done by RKO's "Cimarron" has exceeded all other revivals at the Criterion, according to John P. Goring, manager of the house, and the picture will continue its run. Barney Rapp for Vitaphone Barney Rapp and his New Engenders, orchestra aggregation, have been signed by Sam Sax through Joe Rivkin for a. Vitaphone short. Mordaunt Hall Entering Film Biz Mordaunt Hall, picture critic of "The New York Times" for years, is leaving the paper to enter the film business. Fokine Ballet Repeats at Capitol The Fokine Ballet will play a return engagement on the Capitol stage the week of Sept. 14. Cancel "Wandering Jew" Booking of "The Wandering Jew" at the Capitol for the week of Sept. 14th has been cancelled. Roach Completes 14 On New M-G-M Lineup Hal Roach has completed 14 shorts on his 1934-35 program of 32 shorts and four features for M-G-M release, he said in New York yesterday after his arrival by plane from the Coast. Production on "Babes in Toyland," with Laurel and Hardy, has been held up owing to Laurel's leg injury. Roach sees a trend toward comedies based on situations, with slapstick as a secondary value. With Mrs. Roach, he is stopping at the Hotel Ambassador, where he will remain a week before returning to Hollywood. RKO Sets Three Releases Release dates for the remainder of this month have been set by RICO as follows: "Richest Girl in the World," with Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea and Fay Wray, 8epr, 14; "Age of Innocence," with Irene Dunne and John Boles, Sept. 21 ; "Gay Divorce," with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton and Alice Brady, Sept. 28. Paramount Buys Stories West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Recent story purchases by Paramount, in addition to Stark Young's "So Red the Rose" as a likely vehicle for Pauline Lord, include "Now I'm a Lady," by Marion Morgan and George Powell, as a possible film for Mae West; "Two Little People," by Frank Dazey and Agnes Christine Johnston, probably for Baby LeRoy, Helen Mack and Cary Grant, and the John van Druten play, "There's Always Juliet," With Herbert Marshall and Claudette Colbert being considered as the leads. Blaine Cordner for Stage Play Blaine Cordner, who recently finished a picture at West Coast, has been signed for "Bridal Quilt," new production coming to Broadway. Cordner is represented by Joe Rivkin. Ann Pennington also has been booked through Rivkin to open Sept. 24 at the State-Lake, Chicago. RKO-Austria Deal Closed Ambrose S. Dowling, RKO's European sales manager, has closed a contract with Tobis-Sascha of Vienna for a number of pictures to be distributed in Austria. The films, to be dubbed in German, will include "Little Women," "Morning Glory," "Finishing School" and "Right to Romance." "Always Tomorrow" for Music Hall Universal's "There's Always Tomorrow" has been set for the Radio City Music Hall. Tentative opening date is Sept. 27. Paris House to Show U. A. Films Paris — The Theater de L'Avenue opens as a cinema on Sept. 15 for the showing of United Artists product. Coming and Going ROSE GOLDSTEIN, who has been connected with the Paramount home office as secretary to John Hammell, leaves by boat Saturday to work for him at the Coast. JACK PORTE, formerly booker for Harding & Blumenthal, has returned to New York from New Hampshire. JOHN HICKS of Paramount returned to New York yesterday from Europe. FRANK ORSATTI, Coast agent, returns to New York today from abroad and leaves for the Coast within a few days. WILLIAM JENKINS is in New York from Texas. WILLIAM M. L. FISKE, president of Seven Seas Corp., arrived by airplane in New York yesterday from the Coast. OWEN MOORE arrives in New York today on the Aquitania from abroad. The same boat brings back CHARLES J. CORRELL, the Amos of Amos 'n' Andy. ROSCO ATES returns from the west coast today to start work in another of his series i of Vitaphone shorts under the deal arranged I by Joe Rivkin, who handles Ates. DANIEL T. O'SHEA, head of the RKO studios; legal department, is on a trip to the home offices in New York. MRS. HAROLD LLOYD and her father arrive in New York tomorrow from the coast I to join Lloyd. WINFIELD SHEEHAN, now abroad, starts' back for Hollywood in about a week. MIRIAM HOPKINS is en route from the west) coast to New York on the California. JOHNNIE WALKER, BETTY LAIDLAW and BOB LIVELY sail Saturday for London. Liberty Midwest Franchise Budd Rogers, general sales manager of Liberty Pictures, has closed a Iranchise deal with Security Pictures for the Omaha, Des Moines and Kansas City territories. Negotiations were concluded in New York* with Max and Pinney Weintraub of! Security. Smaney's circuit of Cooperstown, N. Y., has closed a deal for the en tire group of eight Liberty features. Filming Hackett Book in East Grace Pictures has acquired complete rights to the John C. Hackettfj book based on the murder of Dot J; Ling in New York in 1933 George Terwilliger, writer and director, is| preparing the screen version, which will be produced in the East with/1 work starting within a few weeks Arthur W. Kelly Roscoe Karns Merna Kennedy