The Film Daily (1935)

Intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Seventeen Years Old -1? DAILY VOL. 68, NO. 120 NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1935 TEN CENTS IowaNeb. Allied Exhibs Form Buying Combine COLUMBIA PROFIT IN Fig QUARTER DOUBLE 1 934 Penna. Booking Combine Organized in Philadelphia Charles Segall Reported Heading the New Exhibitor Group Philadelphia — Associated Theaters of Pennsylvania has been organized here. The purpose of the concern is given as buying and selling theaters, booking films, etc. It is believed that this is a result of booking combine moves here. Charles Segall is reported heading the group which includes more than 20 theaters mostly in this city. Former Congressman (Continued on Page 7) How They Started MADISON SO. GARDEN MAKES BID AS STUDIO Motion picture producers in the metropolitan area have been notified in a letter from John R. Kilpatrick, president of Madison Square Garden Corp., that the Garden can be rented for use as a motion picture studio during its inactive season from the end of May until early in September and that arrangements can also be made whereby producers may photograph some of the se (Continued on Page 7) Costume Pictures Lick Old Southern Bugaboo ' New Orleans — A long-standing theory among film exchanges here that "costume pictures just won't go in this section" has been exploded by four recent releases in this cate(Continued on Page 7) "Mutiny" Going 3rd Week At Capitol on Broadway M-G-M's "Mutiny on the Bounty" will go into a third week at the Capitol starting Friday. In its first week the picture set an all-time house record by playing to more than 200,000 admissions and turning away about 50,000. Second week is running at about the same rate. HSP HRDLt/ Presenting Jules Levy, Vice-President and General Sales Manager of RKO Distributing Corp.. in FILM DAILY'S "How They Started" series. Jules made his show bir debut in dual fashion, as manager of legitimate shows and assistant to the pres:dent of a professional baseball team. Entered the movie end 22 years ago, and has been exhibitor, state rights operator and executive with Universal, First National, United Artists, and about seven years with RKO. Col. Map Hadley is responsible for the art work Buying and Building Combine Formed by Iowa-Neb. Exhibs Myers Doubts Likelihood Of NRA Being Revived Bv ROBERT CHARLES LUNCH FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Washington — That the recently announced plans for a conference with a view to reviving the NRA is not likely to materialize was the opinion expressed by Abram F. Myers, Allied Sta+es Ass'n counsel, (Continued on Page 7) By C. F. KARNAUGH FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Des Moines — Formation of a buying combine of 48 independent theater owners, each man to put in $1,000 for the protection of the combine and the building of theaters in the territory when necessary to meet competition, was announced at the convention of IowaNebraska Allied Theater Owners yesterday. Officers were reelected (Continued on Page 8) Columbia 3 Months' Net $495,083.54, Equal to $2.64 a Share Net profit of Columbia Pictures for the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the three months ended Sept. 28, amounted to $495,083.54, after all charges and tax provisions, equal to $2.64 a share on the 182,382 shares of common stock outstanding, compared with $235,712.19 or $1.29 a share in the corresponding period of 1934, when there were 172,073 shares outstanding. Consolidated balance sheet as of Sept. 28 shows current assets of $7,744,353.50 and total current liabilities of $1,381,271.65. Earned surplus amounts to $3,857,258.39 and work (Continued on Page 7) HAYS MEMBERS DIFFER ON SELF-REGULATION Another major obstacle in the path of voluntary industry self-regulation via a national arbitration setup, flanked by other provisions designed to settle differences between distributors and exhibitors, is the reported (Continued on Page 8) Supply Men's Meeting Gets Under Way Thurs. Mid-year board meeting of the Independent Supply Dealers Ass'n gets under way here tomorrow. B. F. Shearer of Seattle, president of the association, has already arrived (Continued on Page 2) Meet Again Next Week On New 2,000-Foot Reel More steps in the direction of adopting a 2,000-foot reel standard for the industry will be taken next week when a meeting, tentatively scheduled for Tuesday at the Hays (Continued on Page 8)