The Film Daily (1935)

THE ■cBZH DAILY Wednesday, Oct.! 6, 1935 Vol. 68, No. 90 Wed., Oct. 16, 1935 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y.. by Wid's Films and F.lm Folk, Inc J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher, Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-T^asurer and 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 outs.de of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 mon?hse,a $5.00; 3 months $3.00. Few $15.00. Subscriber should remit _w.th order Address all communications to THE tlL.M DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York NY. Phone, Circle 7-4736 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739 Cable Address: Filmday New York Holly wood, California— Ralph Wilk 6425 Holly wood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607 London Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin-LichtbUdbuehne Friedrichstrasse, 225. Pans-P. A Harle ,La Cinematographie Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL Expect 350 Engineers At S.M.P.E. Meeting Reservations made in connection with the fall convention of the S. M. P. E. at the Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, Oct. 21-24 indicate that more than 350 of the industry's leading engineers will be present. About 50 technical papers will be presented. Frank Buck at Ampa Frank Buck will be the main speaker at tomorrow's A.M.P.A. luncheon in Jack Dempsey's restaurant. Film critics who alreadv have accepted invitations to the meeting include Louella Parsons, Regina Crewe, Thornton Delehanty, Irene Thirer, Gerald Breitigam, Kate Cameron, Wanda Hale, Marguerite Tazelaar and Bland Johaneson. Acceptances from the other local critics also are expected by Prexy Gordon White. Cartoon Third Dimension Perfected by Fleischer Max Fleischer, producer of '"Popeye" and "Betty Boop" cartoons for Paramount, announces he has perfected a third dimension process for cartoons. He expects to apply the new development to "Sinbad", tworeel color film now in preparation. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Am. Seat 14% 13'/8 13% Columbia Picts. vtc. 68'/2 °6 66V4 Con. Fm. Ind 5 43/4 43/4 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. 17V2 17 17 East. Kodak 156'/2 155'/2 155V2 Loew's, Inc 49 48 48 Paramount 11 10V4 10V4 Paramount 1st pfd.. 96% 96 96 Paramount 2nd pfd.. 13% 13 1/4 13 1/4 Pathe Film 5% 5% 5% RKO S'/s 5% 5% 20th Century-Fox .. 17V4 16% 16% 20th Century-Fox pfd. 26% 26% 26% Univ. Pict. pfd 35 35 35 Warner Bros 8% 7% 7% do pfd 443/4 44 44 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. . 16 15% 15% Gen. Th.Eq. 6s40 cHs. 15% 15% 15% Keith A-0 6s46 88% 88% 88% Loew 6s 41 ww 105V4 105V4 105% Paramount Picts. 6s55 963/4 96% 96% Par. B'way 3s55 61 % 61 % 61 % RKO 6s41 83 83 83 Warner's 6s39 83 1/4 827/8 827/8 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Sonotone Corp 2% 23A 2% Technicolor 197/8 19% 19% Trans-Lux 3 3 3 Net Chg. • % — 3/4 — % + 1% — % — % — % — % + Vs — % + 1% — % % + 1 % — % + % 1 % — Roxy-Philco Tie-Up on "Tunnel" An extensive tie-up between the Roxy and Philco Radio in connection with the premiere of GB's "Transatlantic Tunnel" late this month is announced by Howard S. Cullman. The deal includes radio tieup, window displays in the 1500 metropolitan stores and cooperative newspaper advertising with special trailer and display space in the Roxy. Selznick Adds to Staff West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — David O. Selznick, whose Selznick International Pictures will produce for United Artists, has appointed Val Lewton story editor and Joseph Shea press representative here. Kay Brown will represent Selznick in New York. Hugh Walpole and Richard Schayer will do the screenplay of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" for Selznick. Beaton to Resume "Spectator" West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood— Welford Beaton plans to resume publication of "Hollywood Spectator" about the first of Novem _ ber, issuing it every other Saturday, phia where he has been looking after the "Mid Beaton at present is writing on films ! summer Night's Dream" campaign in the "Los Angeles Spectator," of which he is an editor. Coming and Goinq MERIAN C. COOPER, executive vice-president of Pioneer Pictures, and his wife, DOROTHY JORDAN, arrive in New York today from the coast en route to Europe. FRANCHOT TONE and JOAN CRAWFORD, who are in New York honeymooning and to make radio appearances, return to the M-G-M studios in about a week. LOUELLA PARSONS and her husband, DR HARRY MARTIN, have checked in at the Hotel Warwick for an eastern vacation. BYRON RUSSELL has returned to New York for a new play after appearing in "Mutiny on the Bounty" for M-G M ROSA PONSELLE, Metropolitan opera star, returns to New York from abroad today on the Rex. PANDRO S. BERMAN, RKO associate producer, is on an eastern visit. WALLACE BEERY is back on the coast from his trip abroad. EDWIN B. WILLIS, head of the property department at the M-G-M studios in Hollywood, returns shortly from England and the continent where he has been acquiring furniture and materials for use in "Romeo and Juliet" and "Marie Antoinette." MORT BLUMENSTOCK, advertising and publicity chief for Warner Theaters, returns to New York tomorrow or Friday from Philadel Barnett Making Foreign Tour George Barnett, president of Modern Film Sales, sails Oct. 31 from San Francisco for Japan on the first leg of a six-month business trip during which he will visit China, Japan, Manila, Dutch East Indies, India, North Africa, France and England. Barnett will try to arrange distribution for three series of shorts and a large number of features. Gets First Darmour Franchise West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Larry Darmour has sold the first franchise for his new program of six pictures to Far West Distributing Co., which operates exchanges in Los Angeles and San Manager Publishes Local Newspaper LOUIS WEISS, president of Stage & Screen Attractions, Inc. arrives today from Hollywood with a print of "Custer's Last Stand," 15rpisode serial which he first completed as a feature. GEORGE HAIGHT has returned to the Coast from New York. JIM SHARKEY of the RKO short subject department visited Pittsburgh a few days ago. Francisco. Darmour plans to place "Fire Trap" into production in about 10 days. — % — % Miriam Hopkins for London Stage West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — After she finishes work in "Splendor" and another Samuel Goldwyn production for U. A. release, Miriam Hopkins will leave for London to appear on the stage there in an A. A. Milne play. 3VIOL/A. *"" " Film Viewing and Reproducing Machines ALL MODELS ON DISPLAYFOR SALERENT Illustrated Literature on request. • Motion Picture Camera Supply, Inc. 723 Seventh Ave N.Y.C. Cable: "Cinecamera" Forming School Circuit Pittsbugh — A. L. Peretta, western Pennsylvania showman, is forming a "high school circuit," operating with portable equipment in schools here and in neighboring territory. Such towns as Bessemer, New Wilmington and West Middlesex will be included. "Crusades" Big Abroad West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood— Cecil B. DeMille has been advised by cable that his latest Paramount release, "The Crusades," is a sell-out six weeks in advance in London and Stockholm. The producer is now preparing "Buffalo Bill" and "Samson and Delilah." Billy Brandt in Hospital William Brandt of the Brandt circuit was taken to the hospital yesterday to undergo an operation following a recent attack of pneumonia. Realistic Cast with Street Singer London — Arthur Tracy, who plays the role of a Street Singer, as he is professionally known, in the British & Dominions production of "Street Singer's Serenade," will have in his supporting cast Frank Boor, manager of the London Hippodrome, MacQueen Pope, press agent, and Ralph Reader, dance director, all playing their real life roles in the film. Denver — "The Mesa Movie Revue," a four-page weekly newspaper, is being published by the Mesa theater, a Westland Theaters house, in Grand Junction, Co. B. V. Warren, manager for Westland Grand Junction, started the paper when the town's newspaper, which is owned by an opposition theater, gave the theater bad breaks on their ads. The sheet contains ads from the city's merchants, large ads and film writeups for the theater, a continued novel, etc. Mrs. Ambrose Small Dead Toronto — Mrs. Ambrose Small, wife of the rich local theater owner whose disappearance in 1919 is still 1 unsolved, died Monday after an ill : ness of several years. Sunday Vote in 250 Penna. Towns Harrisburg, Pa. — More than 250 Pennsylvania cities and towns have taken steps to hold Sunday show referendums next month. Pittsburgh Variety Effects Pittsburgh — New local Variety Club officers for the year are: chief barker, Art Levy; first assistant, George Tyson; second assistant, Al Barnett; property master, James G. Balmer; dough guy, Harold Lund; canvas men, Jules Lapidus, C. J. Latta, Frank Smith, Ben Kalmenson, Joe Kaufman, Mark Goldman. Hungarian House Opens Tomorrow Hunnia Palyhouse, at Third Ave. and 81st St., opens tomorrow for the | „ „ n . „ exclusive showing of Hungarian | New Gulliver at Cameo Oct. 31 films. First offering will be "Csunya American premiere of "The New Lany" ("Homely Girl"), a Danubia 1 Gulliver," Soviet feature, will take release. I place Oct. 31 at the Cameo. lowing Mervyn LeRoy Rex Bell Harry Rapf Molly O'Day Ina Claire Lloyd Corrigan Al G. Ruben Frank D. Ormston