The Film Daily (1935)

THE ■&&* DAILY Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1935 Vol. 68, No. 96 Wed. Oct. 23, 1935 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher French Inventor to Show Third Dimension Pictures 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 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 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. 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, 22'5. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographie Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL Prof. Jacques Brettmon of the College of France, who is the inventor of more than 800 devices for medical and other use, arrived in New York this week aboard the Normandie with a new camera and film with which he claims to be able to show third dimension movies. The camera is equipped with two lenses and each unit of film has more than 1,000 slight indentations which can be felt but cannot be seen except under a microscope. The film is not pierced. The projector contains a lens with a revolving apparatus that gives relief to the subjects. Prof. Brettmon plans to give a series of demonstrations here. Loew Books Handicap Nite NEW YORK Am. Seat. Columbia Picts. vtc. . Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. . East. Kodak Loew's, Inc do pfd Paramount Paramount 1st pfd.. 95 Paramount 2nd pfd.. Pathe Film RKO 20th Century-Fox . 20th Century-Fox pfd. Warner Bros do pfd NEW YORK Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 . . Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. Keith A-0 6s46 Loew 6s 41 ww. Paramount Picts. 6s55 Par. B'way 3s55 RKO 6s41 Warner's 6s39 NEW YORK Sonotone Corp Technicolor Trans-Lux STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. 14 13% 13% + % 66% 65% 65% — Vi 5% 51/2 5% 19% 19 19 — % 162i/2 161 Vi 162 + 1/4 50 49% 493,4 IO8I/4 IO8V4 IO8V4 10% IO1/4 IOV2 — % 94% 943/8 + % 131/2 12% 12% — % 6I/4 5% 5% % 6 5% VA — 1/4 16% 163/8 16% 26i/4 25% 26% + Vs 8% 7% 7% — % 44 43'/2 44 — 1 BOND MARKET 15 141/2 141/2 — l/2 14% 14% 14% + % 92 91 92 + 3/4 105 105 105 963^ 96i/4 9614 — 14 61% 61 61 — % 84i/4 83 83 83i/4 82 82 — 3/4 CURB MARKET 3% 2% 3 + % 191/2 19 19 — 1/2 "Broadway Handicap Night," attendance stimulator distributed by Meridian Pictures Corp., of which George Gullette is vice-president, opened Monday night at Loew's Palace in Brooklyn and brought out the biggest crowd the theater has had in years. Other Loew houses may adopt the stunt. Meridian Pictures, which has moved into RKO Building offices, also has booked "Handicap" into a number of Warner and Paramount houses and others throughout the country. In the Boston territory alone there are 40 theaters playing it, according to Gullette. Gala Opening for "Tunnel" at Roxy Opening of GB's "Transatlantic Tunnel" at the Roxy on Friday will include a special gala performance in the evening for dignitaries from England and the United States, as well as leaders in political, social and financial circles. 3% 3% 3% — % Regular Columbia Pfd. Dividend Regular quarterly dividend of 75 cents on preferred stock has been declared by Columbia, payable Dec. 2 to stockholders of record Nov. 14. Grace Moore Returning to Opera Grace Moore, now in Hollywood, will appear with the Metropolitan Opera again this winter. Her last appearance at the Met. was in 1932. .OVIOL/A ' V \ / Film Viewing and A. Reproducing Machines ALL MODELS ON DISPLAY-FOR SALERENT • Illustrated Literature on request. • Motipn Picture Camera Supply, Inc. 723 Seventh Ave N.Y.C. Cable: "Cinecamera" Awarded $6,000 for Injuries Albany — B. F. Keith Corp. must pay Elizabeth McCormack $6,000 and interest for personal injuries sustained in the Bushwick Theater, Brooklyn, in October, 1931, according to a decision by the Court of Appeals yesterday. Marx Brothers on Air The Marx Brothers, whose newest picture, "A Night at the Opera" is soon to be released by M-G-M, will be featured over Louella Parsons' Hollywood Hotel program Friday evening. New Contract for W. C. Fields West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — W. C. Fields has signed a new one-year contract with Paramount calling for three pictures. The comedian, recuperating from a recent illness, is reported ready to start work. A script will be ready for him within a month. "Thanks a Million" for Center "Thanks a Million," 20th CenturyFox musical feature with Dick Powell, Fred Allen and Dave Rubinoff in the cast, opens next Wednesday at the Center Theater. StoryWriter Demand At Peak, Says Hampton {Continued from Page 1) fact, studio activity in signing up writers has resulted in a dearth of material for the national magazines, Hampton declares. Top prices are being paid for authors and stories, Hampton says. He ascribes this activity to the final realization by Hollywood that it is the story that counts and that a good director cannot make a good picture from a bad story. Pittsburgh Symphony In "Dream" Broadcast A special one-hour broadcast over the WJZ-NBC national network, with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra playing the music from "A Midsummer Night's Dream", is scheduled for tomorrow night. The Warner production opens its Pittsburgh roadshow run next Monday. Republic Dining Morla Charles Morla, Republic Pictures' Latin-American representative, who sails tomorrow for Panama on the Petan, will be given a luncheon today in the Rainbow Room at Radio City, with W. Ray Johnston, Norton V. Ritchey, Robert Socas, Ed Finney and other members of the Republic staff attending. On his arrival in Panama on Nov. 1, Morla will go by plane to Salvador, returning Nov. 7. He will also visit Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires in the interests of Republic. More "Barbary" Holdovers Additional holdovers for "Barbary Coast," Samuel Goldwyn's latest United Artist release, which is going into a third week at the Rivoli on Broadway, have been set as follows: Denver, transferred to the Broadway from the Denver for a second week; Philadelphia, going into a third week at the Aldine; Detroit, second week at the United Artists; Portland, second week at the United Artists; Los Angeles, continuing at the United Artists after a simultaneous opening at Loew's State and Grauman's. Settle "Voice of Experience" Case Action brought by Harry Levy against Rex, The Voice of Experience, Columbia and B. K. Blake, seeking to have a distribution contract covering a series of short subjects transferred to the V. O. E. Pictures Corp., has been settled out of the New York State Supreme Court, where trial had started. Sum of $7,000 is reported involved in the settlement. "Crusades" Holding Over "The Crusades," now in its popular price run at the Paramount Theater following the two-a-day showing at the Astor, is set to hold over. K-A-0 Board to Meet Keith-Albee-Orpheum board of directors will meet tomorrow. Coming and Going WILLIAM BEAUDINE, Paramount director accompanied by MRS. BEAUDINE and their daughter, LUCILE. who is under contract to GB sail from New York today on the Washington for England. LAWRENCE TIBBETT, star of 20th CenturyFox's "Metropolitan," arrived in New York from the West this week for a brief visit preparatory to starting a concert tour in Detroit. MRS. RICHARD BARTHELMESS has come east from the coast to join her husband. JULIE HAYDON is being called back to Hollywood by Paramount. PETER LORRE arrives in New York today from Hollywood and sails Friday on the Majestic for England to appear in GB's "Secret Agent" with Madeleine Carroll. RICK RICKETSON is due in New York this week from Kansas City. GUY KENIMER, who is now in New York from Jacksonville, returns home within a few days. GEORGE TYSON of the Harris Theaters, Pittsburgh, is in New York. WINFIELD R. SHEEHAN, who returned to New York yesterday on the Majestic, will stay East four weeks before going to the Coast. ASTRID ALLWYN, 20th Century-Fox player now working in "Charlie Chan's Secret", expects to visit her folks in Springfield, Mass., for Thanksgiving. MAX REINHARDT is on his way to New York from the coast for a series of conferences in connection with his second Shakespearian production for Warners, "Twelfth Night," starring Marion Davies. CHARLES MORLA. Latin-American representative for Republic Pictures, sails tomorrow on the Petan for Panama. From there he will fly to Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. CONSTANCE BENNETT arrives in New York jicxt week from the Coast. GEORGE BARNETT is en route to the Far East from New York. SIDNEY JUSTIN of Paramount's New York legal department, will arrive in Hollywood on Oct. 28 to become assistant to Jacob Karp, Paramount resident attorney and this week elected assistant secretary of Paramount Productions. PHILLIP BARKER, Broadway actor, signed by Walter Wanger, has left for the coast to appear in Wanger's Paramount production, "Trail of the Lonesome Pine." J. R. McDONOUGH will return to Hollywood in a few days. RALPH CALDERONE of Mexico City is in New York to acquire films. Report Detroit Probe Detroit — Current rumor has it that federal agents have been assigned locally to investigate conspiracy charges against major exchanges. The situation arises out of the prolonged suit by Jacob Schreiber against various distributors and other exhibitors. Dramatists Guild Meeting Tuesday Annual meeting of the American Dramatists Guild is scheduled for Tuesday at the Guild headquarters in New York. CHIDNOFF STUDIO Irving Chidnofi PORTRAITS of DISTINCTION 469 FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK