The Film Daily (1935)

THE ilturday, Sept. 28, 1935 <^S DAILY IILM COMPANIES DENY STALLING' ST. L. SUIT (Continued from Page 1 ) I the actions, said that "we have len ready at all times." He defcred that his company objected to lie prosecution's plan for trial of le cases during July and August the grounds that St. Louis Bather, in those months, is unbearlle. Furthermore, it was stated, lere was nothing to justify a spenl court session during the sumfer months, when the courts always Ijcess. ("Whatever delays occurred were Icessary to protect the rights of le companies involved," he asserted. Detroit Doings ■Detroit — Local premiere of "A ■dsummer Night's Dream" will be I Oct. 20 at the Wilson, legit house, fcsed by United Detroit Theaters mr the occasion. lEddie Pascoe is remodeling the Impau Theater in Hamtramck. He Is decided not to take over the ■npire as previously contemplated. IClaude A. Dock, owner of the Dox leater, is traveling around the luntry as Kiawanis international lustee. Floyd Stone is managing le house. iRalph A. Philbrook, former owner I the Cooley and McKenzie-Allen leaters, is candidate for Mayor. iRoger Kennedy, I.A.T.S.E. Local business agent, is back from lashington. IBernice London, daughter of I. J. kndon, will be married tomorrow I Dr. Harold Conn. iBurton W. London will remain as Imager of the Beacon, Lincoln and kurtesy theaters instead of returnjg to college this fall. [Frank Stuart, formerly salesman Ith Excellent, has resigned to join niversal as state salesman. Max eine gave up his premium office to .ke Stuart's place. Al Ruttenberg, owner of the Iris leater, is expected home in a day so from Grand Rapids, where he iderwent an operation. Alban J. Norris of Michigan Film brary has moved to 15745 Roseont Road. Pittsburgh Briefs Pittsburgh — A. W. McCormick, th Cetury-Fox office manager, sucssfully defended his title at the urth annual film row golf tournaent. His gross for the 18 holes as 77. Runners-up were Vince Jo,ck and William R. Brown. Syria Mosque returns to a series Saturday movies tonight, manned by T. Ralph Barr. V. F. Scott, president of Ideal i.musement Co., will be in the hostel another month recuperating •om injuries received in an auto icident. Aq<V«J ^^il m mly °^i • • • A NEW use for cartoons cleverly employed in that series of United Artists' newspaper ads on Harry Goetz's "Red Salute" for the opening at the Rivolii cartoonist Jef ferson Machamer has caught the gay humor of the funny situations of the stranded lovers in Mexico there are a series of four Splash Ads and the public will read every word of 'em as we did and get a laugh out of the cartoons besides a fine example of selling an unusual production in an unusual way • • • MAKING HIS radio debut as an accordion player Fred Astaire will appear on the "Hit Parade" broadcast from Hollywood Saturday eve all of the five songs from "Top Hat" will be given on this program • • • FIRST APPEARANCE as a regular performer on a major radio program will be made by Michael Bartlett the tenor who is leading man in Claudette Colbert's new Columbia film. "She Married Her Boss" Bartlett will be the soloist on Jack Benny's program Sunday nite • • • A LUNCHEON party was given by Bland Johaneson of the "Daily Mirror" at Pietro's in honor of Dorothy Christy of Beverly Hills her guests included Kate Cameron, Regina Crewe. Wanda Hale, Eileen Creelman, Marguerite Tfizelaar, Irene Thirer, A:leen Brent, Hortense Schorr, Helen Hadakin and Mrs. John A. Schultz • • • DUE IN New York soon Sam Wood, who just Hnished directing the Marx Brothers in "A Night At the Opera" for Metro Sam w'll look over the current crop of plays with a view to securing the film rights for one he might like to do for the screen as his next Mister Wood is one director who went into the free lance field because he wanted freedom for choosing hi« stories and means just that Junior Laemmle's proffer of a two-year contract has been definitely turned down by Wood, according to Dave Epstein, his pressagey. • • • HAVING PURCHASED the 360-acre ranch from the King C. Gillette estate Clarence Brown will turn it into one of the biggest breeding farms for fine horses in the country Brown is coming to New York after he finishes "Ah, Wilderness," to contract for the services of two of the most prominent men connected with the breeding industry, now in Baltimore . . • • • A VERY appropriate tieup has been made by Cy Braunstein of Imperial Distributing Corp. on the company's series of shorts, Edgar Guest's Poetic Gems with the Mills Music Publishers who have issued a book of descriptive songs and music by Louis Herscher and Frank Loesser covering 15 of the most popular Edgar Guest poems with the mil lions of readers of Guest's syndicated poems this song book should be a grand seller • • • AN ANCIENT Chinese sage once said "One hundred tellings are not so good as one seeing." which might be appropriately adopted as the universal slogan of the Motion Picture * «? f4 v> » » PREDICTS INCREASED P.I. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Predicting an era of prosperity after the Philippines become self-governing in November, G. F. Harris, president of Philippine Film, a Manila producing organization and operator of theaters, is at the Hollywood Plaza buying more than $100,000 worth of sound equipment for making pictures in the islands. Native stories and casts will be used for the pictures, which will be made in 10 to 12 reels. Harris also is buying a quantity of westerns here for double-billing with the Filipino productions. Court Withholds Ruling On 50% Buy In Fox Met. (Continued from Page 1) condition at a hearing before Judge Manton on a motion by Jenks & Rogers, counsel for the Fox Theaters stockholders' protective committee to compel Weisman to purchase a halfinterest in the reorganized Fox Met. circuit. After Archibald Palmer, counsel for a number of creditors, raised the objection that all the creditors had not been notified of the hearing and that hence further consideration of the matter was improper, the court ordered that notice be sent to all creditors and adjourned the hearing to Oct. 8. Weisman said that he expected that the $30,000,000 in claims against the company would finally be allowed for about $4,500,000. With other liabilities, this would bring the total liabilities against the company to between $7,000,000 and $8,000,000. Weisman then indicated that the assets of the company totaled slightly over $2,000,000. He declared that a figure of $7,500,000 which he had included in the assets on the statement of Hughes, Schurman & Dwight that the company's claim against Wm. Fox was valid for that amount, would have to be amended because of Fox's recent statement in a court proceeding that he was without funds and existing on the charity of friends. Archibald Palmer maintains that the company should be liquidated because of its condition. Weisman said yesterday that he was uncertain whether he would advocate acquisition of the Fox Met. stock by Fox Theaters. If Fox Theaters does not acquire the stock, it is expected that Jos. M. Schenck will acquire it on behalf of United Artists Theater Circuit. In that event Schenck would sell an additional 10 per cent to Keith-Albee-Orpheum. Virginia Bars Fight Pictures Richmond— Any effort to show the Baer-Louis fight pictures in this state will be blocked, it is learned. The censor division has stated it will deny a permit for the films. Virginia has a rigid law against showing prizefights between white men and negroes.