The Film Daily (1934)

THE Wednesday, Sept. 12,1934 ■%&± DAILY PATHE EXCHANGE PLAN TO UNDERGO REVISION i (Continued from Page 1) 3e held pursuant to Section 52 of ;he Stock Corporation Law of the !;tate of N. Y. to vote upon the iction." Section 52 permits the stockholders to appeal to a Supreme ,Dourt Justice for permission to [iold an extraordinary meeting at jvhich time two-thirds of the stock .-epresented may take action on any [•eorganization plan. Permission fvill be sought by the Pathe attorneys. I Amendments suggested include [hat all stockholders shall have preemptive rights on any issuance of collateral trust notes, and that Pathe consider its contract with itKO void so that the company may •e-enter the production and distribution field. It is also possible that Btuart Webb, president of the company, may be put on a profit-sharing basis instead of his present veekly salary of $400. I Stock represented at the meeting ,icluded 166,690 common, 102,569 plass A, and 4,728 of 8 per cent, [y proxies; 3,035 common, 1,406 fjass A, and three shares of 8 per jent, in person. lansas City Suburbans Delay Admission Boost (Continued from Page 1) jlowntown houses at higher prices i 'ill reach the neighborhoods, according to Jay Means, president of file I. T. O. Confusion over the i oning status and the fact that the r ual bill epidemic this summer has •Ipft the suburban exhibitor with a i pt of pictures to play in the six|'-eek interim before they get the _ Irst of the product played downllpwn under increased scales are I mong factors in the delay. NEW YORK Queens Entertainment Corp., Manhattan. Theiial enterprises generally. Capital, $70,000. ockholders: Harold N. Harowitz, Freda Freeyn and Jerome H. Greenberg. Wickman Film Productions, Inc., New York '*y. Motion and sound picture products •pital, 100 shares of stock. Shareholders: iry E. Cooney, Marjorie Cooney and Dorothy he. (Brooklyn Operating Corp., Manhattan. Mol)n picture films. Capital, 1,000 shares of Sick. Shareholders: Gertrude Lebelson. Mollie Sgfried and Helen Steinberg. Projector Improvement Co., Inc , New York ty. Motion picture apparatus and supplies, 'pital, $20,000. Stockholders: George Hepfrn, Charles A. Fuchs and Walter H. Holl, Jr. F. B. P. Theater Co , Inc., Manhattan. The • ical proprietors. Capital, 200 shares of fck. Shareholders: Martin D. Jacobs, Georfc'te Redanz and Agnes Michelson. /anhil Productions, Inc., Manhattan. Option of theaters of all kinds Capital, 200" Nres of stock. Shareholders: Irving Berlin, • :pard Green and Jeanette Ogus. )rder Please, Inc., New York City. Theatriand motion picture attractions Capital 000. Stockholders: Edward C. Carpenter, les A. Vaughan and T. H. Dugen, Jr. A LITTLE from "LOTS" ;By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD A/TARIAN NIXON, recovered from her recent cold, has moved into her new home with her directorhusband, William Seiter, and also has resumed work at RKO in "By Your Leave." Lona Andre has been added to the cast of this picture. T ▼ T Lionel Atwill and Baby Jane have been assigned by Universal to "The Man Who Reclaimed His Head." T T T Richard Thorpe has started directing "Cheating Cheaters" at Universal. The company's new production of "Showboat" is expected to go in work Jan. 2. T T ▼ Glenda Farrell and Henry O'Neill have been added to Warner's "Concealment." ▼ ▼ T Paul Gerard Smith wrote the skit that Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland will do on the "Hall of Fame" program scheduled for Sept. 30. Smith has written the 26 radio programs that Billy Gaxton and Victor Moore will use this fall. Gaxton and Moore are negotiating for a national hook-up spot. T T ▼ Eloise Rozelle, one of the few extra girls who has worked steadily for three years, spent her first vacation of two weeks in her home town, Seattle. One of the weeks was given to personal appearances at the Liberty Theater. Her agent Marc McKee has been receiving so many offers for her services that he had to ask her to cut short her vacation. T T T The Roy Davidge Laboratory will continue to handle independent production as it has in the past. The personnel under the present setup is Roy Davidge, president; Earl Rodman, secretary-treasurer and L. E. Davidge, supervisor in charge of n;ght work. ▼ T T Immediately upon completing his role in "Kid Millions," Henry Kolker hopped to San Francisco, where he opened in "Men in White" at the Curran Theater. Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly will be seen as hospital nurse and patient, respectively, in their next Hal Roach comedy which goes into production this week under the title of "Opened by Mistake." This is one of the series of eight fun films the stellar comediennes will make under the Roach banner this season. James Parrott will direct. T ▼ ▼ After an absence from the studio of several weeks, occasioned by ill health, Charlie Chase returns to the Hal Roach lot this week to prepare the second of a series of eight comedies in which he will star. Under his real name, Charles Parrott, comedian will direct himself in the forthcoming fun opus. T T T Rowland Leigh and Eve Green completed the screen play of "Live While You May," which Edgar Selwyn will produce for M-G-M. Leigh's operetta, "Annina" will open in New York sometime in October. J. J. Shubert is producing, with Jeritza being starred. T T T J. P. Carstairs is writing the screen-play of "Paris to New York," which Edgar Selwyn and Edwin Knopf authored. Selwyn will produce. Carstairs also worked on the screen-play of "Falling in Love," which stars Charles Farrell and Gregory Ratoff and which has been well received by the London critics While in London Carstairs directed "Paris Plane." He is now under contract to M-G-M. ▼ TV Frank Conroy has been signed for "White Parade", and Grace Bradley for "East River", both Fox pictures. ▼ ▼ ▼ Western Film Laboratory will handle all the developing work for the Adventure Picture Corp. It is expected that more than 12,000,000 feet of film will be used during the run of the contract. T T ▼ Dudley Murphy is looking for a horse that understands pantomime. Said horse must be a lady (mare) and should be able to dance as well. The horse will appear in his picture, "The Night is Young," for M-G-M. M. H. Hoffman Raising 1935-36 Lineup to 18 (Continued from Page 1) specials at greatly increased cost, Hoffman said. Within the next 48 hours, Hoffman expects to decide whether he will produce four additional pictures for Liberty's current program which is already completed. Hoffman may acquire some story material while here and is also considering a trip abroad, he said. Audio Productions, Inc. Expanding Activities (Continued from Page 1) F. Lyle Goldman as director of the theatrical division, and C. H. Bradfield, Jr., as director of the service division in addition to his other duties. In the industrial field, Audio is at present making pictures for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co., while in the theatrical field it will soon place in release three new shorts, "Musical Moods," in the three-color Technicolor process. MALLARD MADE V. P. OF RADIO PICTURES William Mallard was made vicepresident and general counsel of RKO Radio Pictures at a meeting Monday of the company's board of directors. Mallard, who has been secretary of the company, will continue in that post in addition to his new duties. General routine matters were taken up at the meeting with no moves of significance being reported. Frank Freeman Succeeds Sam Dembow, Jr., at Para. (Continued from Page 1) was announced yesterday by George Schaefer, vice president and general manager of Paramount. Freeman succeeds Sam Dembow, Jr., who resigned on Monday. Freeman, who was a vice-president of Famous and who originally handled realty matters when he joined the outfit, has gradually been familiarizing himself with other phases of theater operation at Famous. The post which Sam Dembow, Jr., will assume with National Screen Service about Oct. 1 is that of general manager. An expansion program will mark his advent into the company's executive setup. p, HOLLYWOOD VG) PLAZA MOST CONVENIENT Hotel in Hollywood $2.50 up. 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