The Film Daily (1935)

THE ■c&m DAILY Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1935 <m v*ni ^*"tiHt«M> PldJK ' " ^^^ All THl HMI Vol. 68, No. 120 Wed., Nov. 20, 1935 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE : Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 16S0 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 Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL M-G-M Foreign Production May be Extended to Paris M-G-M's foreign production activities will not be confined to England but will extend to other European capitals, including Paris, it was stated in New York yesterday, following announcement that Ben Goetz will take charge of all of the comoany's producing outside of the United States. Extent and nature of the program will be determined after Goetz surveys the European situation. Goetz, who joins M-G-M about Dec. 1, will spend a week at the Coast studio prior to leavir" for New York en route to London, where he assumes his duties the middle of December. NEW YORK Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc. . Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. East. Kodak do pfd Loew's, Ine do pfd Paramount Paramount 1st pfd. Paramount 2nd pfd. Pathe Film RKO 20th Century-Fox . . 20th Century-Fox pfd. Univ. Pict. 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 RKO 6s41 Warner's 6s39 NEW YORK Columbia Picts. vtc. Sonotone Corp Technicolor Trans-Lux STOCK MARKET Net H;gh Low Close Chg. 18'/4 18 18'/4 + Vb 72Vi 69 721/2 + 6l/4 5S/g 5V2 5</2 191/2 19i/4 193/8 + y4 172V4 172 172 — 1/4 1551/2 155 155 53% 53 533/4 + 3/4 106y4 106 1/4 106 1/4 + 1/4 91/2 93/8 91/2 + 1/8 803/4 79 79 — % 115/8 "V2 11% 63/8 6i/8 6V4 + 1/4 53/g 5V8 53/g 20y8 201/2 205/g — 3/8 29'/8 28i/2 28V2 — % 54 531/s 531/2 + 1 9 85/8 9 + 3/s 50 49 491/2 + 1/2 BOND MARKET 153/4 151/4 153/g + 1/8 151/2 153/g 151/2 94 931/2 931/2 — 1 1041/2 104i/4 IO41/4 — 1/4 93 921/2 923/4 — 1/4 80 781/2 80 + 2V* 88 1/2 88 88 — Vi CURB MARKET 693/4 693/4 693/4 -f 21/4 23/4 21/2 25/8 — I/4 I8I/4 18 18 + 1/4 43/g 4i/a 43/g + i/g Robert W. Armstrong Elsa Benham Rosita Delmar Eleanor Walters Hammons on Coast Trip E. W. Hammons, head of Educational, leaves today for his periodical visit to the coast studio. J. H. Skirball, sales chief, left yesterday for Chicago, where he will meet Hammons tomorrow and proceed with him to the coast. All-Disney Show for Porto Rico Setting a precedent for show business everywhere, Ramos Cobian, managing director of United Theaters, San Juan, Porto Rico, will present a gala premiere of an AllDisney unit show Nov. 25-27 at the Paramount Theater, San Juan. Arrangements for this special presentation were made by Cobian with Arthur W. Kelly, vice-president of United Artists in charge of sales. A complete publicity, advertising and exploitation campaign has been prepared by U. A.'s foreign publicity department under the supervision of Samuel Cohen. 5 More "Dream" Openings Warners' "A Midsummer Night's Dream" will have five special roadshow premieres this week, as follows: Rialto, Williamsport, Pa., today; Apollo, Chicago, and Geary, San Francisco, tomorrow; Palace, Danbury, Conn., Friday; Regal Bombay, Calcutta, India, Saturday. First-Run on Palace Bill RKO's "To Beat the Band," with High Herbert, Helen Broderick, Fred Keating, Eric Blore and the Original California Collegians, will have its local first-run showing at the Palace starting Friday on a twin bill with Warners' "I Found Stella Parish." 20th-Fox Contract Cases Up Tuesday Five 20th Century-Fox breach of contract cases are scheduled for arbitration Tuesday at the New York Film Board of Trade. Defendants are: Casino, Richmond Hill; Vanity, Brooklyn; Regent, Brooklyn; Howard, Howard Beach and the Monterey, Brooklyn. Berne to Direct Films in East Joe Berne, who is in New York from Hollywood, will direct two pictures and one play while East. One film is entitled "Lower Depths." Supply Men's Meeting Gets Under Way Thurs. (Continued from Page 1) and others who are expected to attend are vice president K. R. Douglas of Boston, Clem Rizzo of Philadelphia, treasurer; J. E. Robin, executive secretary; J. C. Hornstein, George McArthur of Detroit, J. M. Graham of Denver, and A. F. Morrone of Pittsburgh. The board will review the activities of the association, discuss conditions in the business and go into other matters. RKO Product for Africa RKO Export Corp. has closed a contract with International Variety & Theatrical Agency, Inc., for distribution of RKO Radio's 1935-36 product in Africa south of the Equator by the agency's principals, African Consolidated Films of Johannesburg. Negotiations were conducted by Phil Reisman for RKO and M. A. Schlessinger for the agency. Republic Adds 5 Writers Weti Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — To take care of increased production activity, Republic has added five writers to its studio scenario staff. H. W. Hanneman will do a screenplay on Meredith Nicholson's novel, "House of a Thousand Candles"; Sidney Sutherland is putting the finishing touches on Al DeMond's screenplay of "The Leavenworth Case," by Anna Katherine Green; Wallace Sullivan will collaborate with Mary McCarthy on "Laughing Irish Eyes," musical for Guy Robertson; Ferdinand Reyher is working with Henry Wales on "Legion of the Lost." In addition, Bernard McConville is writing an original for the John Wayne series, Lester Cole and Gordon Rigby are adapting "Tiger Valley" and Joseph Fields is collaborating with Jerry Chodorov on Tristram Tupper's "Gentleman from Louisiana." Leichter to Plug Margaret Morris West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — As a result of enthusiastic reception of her work in "Desert Guns," Conway Tearle vehicle produced by Beaumont Pictures, Margaret Morris will work through the rest of the series with Tearle and also do the lead in the Black King series, it is announced by Mitchell Leichter, head of Beaumont. Next season Leichter says he will make a series of six melodramas or a serial featuring Miss Morris. Found by Paramount as a Baby Wampas Star, Miss Morris has not appeared previously in independent films. Loew-Metro Employes' Party Friday First mid-autumn festival of the Loew-Metro employes will be held Friday evening at Mecca Temple and will include dancing, supper and entertainment. Coming and Going MINNA GOMBELL, who recently finished work in 20th Century-Fox's "Champagne Charlie," is in New York from the coast for a brief vacation. STANLEY LOGAN, who has been on directorial work at the Warner studios for the past three years, returned to New York a few days ago from Hollywood. JED HARRIS is due back from the coast this week. MEYER W. WEISGAL has left New York for Hollywood, presumably to acquire players for "The Eternal Road," stage production which will have a cast of about 400. It was inadvertently reported yesterday that Max Reinhardt was making the trip west. W. C. CARRIER, head of Carrier Engineering Co., and SHERIDAN GIBNEY, author, and MRS. GIBNEY sail from New York today on the Washington for Europe. HARRY GOETZ, president of Reliance Pictures, leaves for Hollywood today to confer with Edward Small, production chief of the company. Next film on the Reliance schedule for U. A. is "Last of the Mohicans." M. J. WEISFELDT left New York yesterday for the coast, where he expects to announce a new affiliation following his arrival on Saturday. DOROTHY FIELDS is in New York from the coast. EDDIE BUZZELL has returned to Hollywood from the east. MAJOR ALBERT WARNER is due back in New York tomorrow from Hollywood. H. M. WARNER and HARRY CHARNAS return over the week-end. FRANK CRAVEN has arrived at the Hotel Warwick from the coast for the opening of "For Valor." He will be here for a short stay. LIONEL BARRYMORE and Mrs. Barrymore also are at the Hotel Warwick. JULES LEVY returned from Boston last night. JOE BERNE is in New York from the Coast. IRWIN KELSEY leaves New York Monday for the Coast, where he will write the next Fred Astaire script for RKO. JAMES HILTON leaves New York shortly for Hollywood. JOHN V. A. WEAVER has gone to the Coast from New York. CECIL MARKS, Australian manager for United Artists, is due in New York soon from the Coast. CLEM RIZZO, Philadelphia supply dealer, arrived in New York yesterday. SENATOR J. HENRY WALTERS of the RKO legal department has departed on a Honolulu vacation. HERBERT LAZARUS of the Paramount legal staff has gone to the coast. E. M. HAMMONS leaves New York today for the coast. J. H. SKIRBALL left yesterday and will join Hammons in Chicago. GUTHRIE McCLINTIC has gone to the coast. THE STANDARD Reference Book of th* MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY • 1936 FILM YEAR BOOK Now in Preparation. Out in January • Given Free with a Year's Subscription to THE FILM DAILY and THE FILM DAILY SERVICE 1650 B'way. New York