The Film Daily (1935)

THE ■a&H DAILY Thursday, Nov. 7, 1935 SEES PRODUCERS USING MORECAREWITHMUSiC That producers will exercise more care in the handling of grand opera music in their productions was predicted by Sam Fox, president of the Sam Fox Publishing Co., yesterday in New York. There is no reason why such compositoins should not continue to be used provided their presentation does not interfere with the progress of the stories with which they are coupled, declared Fox, whose company exclusively publishes music used by the Movietone Music Corp. Producers must avoid the repetitious use of numbers, said Fox, and must not "drag them in". Musicals will continue to grow in popularity year after year, he asserted. Supply Dealers Directors Meet in New York Nov. 21 (Continued from Page 1 ) other matters will be taken up, as well as ways and means for the furtherance of an intensive advertising campaign already under way in the interest of the membership. Officers and directors who will attend are: B. F. Shearer, president, Seattle; K. R. Douglass, vice-president, Boston; J. E. Robin, executive secretary, New York; Clem Rizzo, treasurer, Philadelphia; J. M. Graham, Denver; J. C. Hornstein, New York; George McArthur, Detroit, and A. F. Morrone, Pittsburgh. More Exhibitor Optimism Found by Weeks on Trip (Continued from Page 1) ager, on his return this week from a trip that included St. Louis, Dallas, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Omaha, Des Moines, Minneapolis, Chicago and Detroit. The season started out above the average and has been making further strides, said Weeks. The GB sales chief closed a number of deals on the trip. Fort Worth Flickers Ft. Worth, Tex. — "Screeno", which has been featured at the Hollywood, Palace and Majestic theaters since June, will continue at these theaters through the winter, according to P. C. Levy, city manager for Interstate Theaters. The Rose Theater at 1440 North Main Street has reopened to operate until Christmas, when the New Isis is completed. Both houses are owned by L. C. Tidball. The Weaver Brothers and Elviry stage show broke their own former high record when they played the Worth Theater last week. Business at other theaters here also was considered the best in five years during that week. The Parkway, Interstate's new theater here, will open Nov. 22 instead of Thanksgiving Day. • • • THE SUBJECT of Eastern production is experiencing one of its periodical revivals at the present time and it may be accounted for in great part by the irritation of the brg money earners in Hollywood who are forced to pay that 15 per cent California income tax a visit to the Eastern Service Studio in Astoria under the business administraton of Capt. George McL. Baynes uncovered a lot of other cogent reasons why Eastern production should be far heavier than it is • • • IT HAS always seemed to us that there are certain secret forces fighting against an increase of Eastern production for selfish reasons for you can analyze it any way you like and you will find that the advantages of Eastern production far outweigh any of the minor disadvantages. • • • THERE WAS a recent movement on foot in one of the major producing organizations to bring certain big stars to the Eastern Service studio to make a feature once a year . . the stars come to New York periodically for a vacation, to see the stage shows, and replenish their wardrobes so this production in New York would serve the purpose of a vacation, and the star and the company would both be making money at the same time it would also be a sort of reward for good work to some director and his staff the whole crew could be transported east and the picture made in Astoria with all the advantages that Hollywood affords in the wav of studio facilities • • • TO GLANCE over a partial list of the important players who were first brought to the screen via productions at the Eastern Service Studio gives a slight idea of the value of a New York studio for developing new talent Walter Huston, Claudette Colbert, the Marx Brothers, Miriam Hopkins ... Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, Charlie Ruggles, Jimmy Durante William Powell, Margo, Jimmy Savo, Julie Haydon, Claude Rains, Kay Francis, Tallulah Bankhead • • • A FINE job is being done by John Ojerholm as production manager for Hecht and MacArthur on their current pix at the Astoria studio "Soak the Rich" night now they are finishing the campus scenes on the big stage producing "outdoor" stuff on the set better than it could be done on an actual college campus Ojerholm has held executive positions for 16 years with Paramount for seven years he was eastern film editor and then filled the trying position of censorship editor brilliantly. . one of the real ctudio experts that you seldom hear about T ▼ T • • • ON THE ground floor Al Christie keeps batting out the shorts for Educational it is amazing what this vet producer-director can do with a budget the sets he erects look like a million and would cost about that if made in Hollywood but Al knows all the short cuts and money-saving tricks and he can step up production faster than any director we ever lamped always finishing ahead of schedule so, as Capt. Baynes observed after we sauntered over the studio Service such as his studio offers is a grand thing for the producer who furnishes his own script, director, cameraman and cast and the studio provides everything else at a price Hollywood can't begin to touch and with facilities that only New York can offer. FIVE BROADWAY PLAYS HAVE MGM FINANCING (Continued from Page 1) Sam Harris show, and "Seen Bui1 Not Heard," which Theron Bamberger will do. M-G-M is alscj interested in "Jubilee," current Ma> Gordon production, and "Pride anc Prejudice," which opened Tuesday, night. Loans for Improvements Obtainable Until April ] (Continued from Page 1) the Federal Housing Act, its execu j tives pointed out yesterday. Loansj up to $50,000 may be secured foi structural improvements to a theater under an amendment to the act enacted last May. <4 €4 €4 » » » Protestants in Philly Threaten a Boycott (Continued from Page 1) chief opposition to open Sundays yesterday called for a Protestant church boycott of all theaters responsible for the Sunday campaign "The battle is on and the religiou: forces of Philadelphia are preparec to put up a real fight," he said yes terday. As members of the I.E.P.A. an reported to have worked with Forney in his campaign, local filn people are interested in waiting tc see if that organization's members will open houses on Sunday or remain closed. The Philadelphia vote on the ques tion was 352,830 for and 143,89< against. Upstate towns stayinf closed include Lancaster, Bethlehem Reading, Carlisle, York, Hanover Stroudsburg, Lebanon, Hazelton Sunbury, Shamokin, Mauchchunk Leighton, Hamburg, Birdsboro, Wil liamsport, Penargle, North Hampj ton, Nazareth, Bangoroz. Most o!j the Philadelphia suburbs will b< open. Victory is Scored In Pittsburgh Are* (Continued from Page 1) been compiled and certified by thi returning board. Neighboring cit ies and boroughs will be ready thi: Sunday, while Pittsburgh will ushei in Sunday movies on Nov. 17. Reflecting the benefits expected t< accrue to the Warner circuit ii Pennsylvania as a result of the Sun day show victories in that state Warner shares on the New Yorl Stock Exchange shot up to a nev high yesterday, the common closint at a new high of 8% on a tumovei of 84,500 shares.