The Film Daily (1935)

THE Saturday, Nov. 23, 1935 -Zfr*» DAILY E PARA, FEATURES START IN TWO WEEKS (Continued from Page 1) duction has in full swing from script to screen. Those due to work and their pictures at Paramount are: Fred MacMurray and Gail Patrick in "13 Hours by Air"; Eleanor Whitney, Virginia Weidler, David Holt, Elizabeth Patterson and Samuel S. Hinds in "Timothy's Quest"; Kent Taylor, Rosalind Keith and George Barbier in "Preview"; Murray McLean and Robert Fiske in a thriller based on the air adventures of Jimmie Allen; Jack Haley and William Frawley in "F Man"; Larry Crabbe and Glenn Erickson in "Desert Gold"; Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer and Akim Tamiroff in "Invitation to Happiness". The Walter Wanger (releasing through Paramount) assignments are: Henry Fonda, Ida Lupino and Sir Guy Standing in "Palm Springs"; Joan Bennett, Spencer Tracy and Ricardo Cortez in "Big Brown Eyes". These casts will be augmented before this immediate series of Paramount's new product gets under way. Ap*^* ^ PHIL M.DALY 1%^ U^ Kansas City Items Kansas City — C. A. Schultz, manager of Commonwealth Amusement Corp., has been out of the city this week on business. Harry Taylor, Columbia manager, and Tommy Tompkins of RKO also have been away on business trips. Claude Ezell of Affiliated Enterprises, Denver, was in the city for a conference with Elmer Rhoden, general manager of Fox Midwest Theaters. The Fox-Midwest Plaza Theater was held up this week and robbed of receipts amounting to $250. Mainstreet Theater has added stage bills. Tower Theater offered a special ladies morning matinee in which Gene Dennis, psychic, made an extra appearance. Record crowds have been the order all week. Receptions and Such Lily Pons, whose debut film, RKO Raio's "I Dream Too Much," opens Thursday at the Radio City Music Hall, will be guest of honor at a reception in the studio of the theater on Tuesday, after which she will attend a preview of the film. Pert Kelton, who recently finished a role in RKO's "Annie Oakley," was guest of honor at a preview of a replica of P. T. Barnum's famous Museum, held in Gimbel's last evenine:. Virginia Reid, who appears in RKO's "To Beat the Band," now at the Palace, was the central figure of the "Golden Wedding" which climaxed the fashion pageant at the big Miami-Biltmore Ball in the Waldorf-Astoria last night. The unique gowns were designed by Walter Plunkett, RKO studio stylist. • • • CONCENTRATED Publicity Punch for about 800 selected theater spots important theaters that will play the picture . . that is the idea in back of the special compilation of advertising and publicity material that Charles McCarthy's department at 20th Century-Fox prepares on outstanding pictures this material is sent well in advance of playdates and tells the theater manager everything he needs to know and gives him every angle of publicity that he can work it is a model of intelligent presentation of the advertising angles T ▼ ▼ • • • THE PORTFOLIO that Mister McCarthy's boys have just sent out on "Show Them No Mercy" is a perfect example in the letter that accompanies the portfolio, the advertising director points out that it is a "shock" pix totally different from the preceding Zanuck productions and to go after it accordingly the special value of this portfolio procedure on special pix is that it goes out far ahead of the pressbook and gives the exhib loads of time to plan his campaign • • • IT IS just becoming apparent what a clever stunt the United Artists lads at the home office pulled with that H. G. Wells interview for the press it shapes up as one of the best examples of Advance publicity of the year the story started to break fin the newspapers the same afternoon of the interview with the celebrated writer and continued break ing for two days after throughout the world for when H. G Wells speaks on the movies or anything else of general interest it's NEWS the best part of it all was that every yarn carried the fact that the interview took place at the U. A. home offices that Wells has just written two pro ductions for Alexander Korda, "Things To Come" and "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" and that United Artists would release both of 'em • • • AND NOW the li'l ole paper is being used in foreign parts as a theater front builder-upper the first editorial written in the trade press on Warners' "Midsummer N:ffht's Dream" by our own publisher Mister Alicoate was translated in Spanish and blown up to a big smash size for use in all Spanish countries it created quite a stir when used for the first time in front of the Encanto theater in Havana • • • A SMART play was engineered by Dewey Bloom director of publicity activities for Regal Films Ltd. in Toronto when he obtained editorials, no less, m connection with the GB special, "Transatlantic Tunnel." .Exhibs who attended the recent Columbus convention, are still chuckling over the gag that George Weeks pulled for his company he planted alarm clocks labeled "GB" in their rooms set to call them at the unearthly hour of 7:30 in the morn • • • OVER IN Lunnon it seems that Noah Beery is goina great guns he recently completed work in a GB production "King of the Damned," sharing starring : honors _ with Conrad' Veidt now he is being co-starred with Nils Asther in "Nuptials of Barbal," a Capitol Film production . . in between, Noah made a hit in vaude appearances at the Palladium, Holborn Empire and pop music halls KAO IS UNAFFECTED BY RKO'S NEW SETUP (Continued from Page 1) suing the statement "because of the many rumors that are in circulation but have no foundation in truth." He said: "KAO is moving forward. It will earn profits this year after several years of heavy losses. The bonus system, which I am glad to claim as my contribution, is working well. The whole outfit is stepping; out with a new spirit. I thank all the men and women in the KAO group for their efforts. Our relations with RKO continue unchanged in a friendly and effective affiliation." Detroit Doings Detroit — Consolidated Amusement Corp., Inc., has been incorporated as the operating company for the Sam Brown circuit. Detroit Consolidated Theaters, Inc., also has been formed to sell stock for the erection of the University and Ambassador theaters by the Brown circuit. St. Clair Amusement Co., formed by Max E. Koch and Nelson A. Barry, has been dissolved. John Wigle has been made manager of the new house in Windsor, Ont., taken over by Gus Coplan. Shubert Lafayette Theater is changing to a class picture policy instead of playing straight British films. Shortage of product is the main reason, says Manager Harry Nathan. David M. Idzal, managing director of the Fox Theater, has formed Artists Booking Service, which will comply with the new Michigan legislation requiring all theaters to be booked locally. C. G. O'Dell has formed Broadcast Recorders, as a division of the O'Dell Engineering Co., to give service on sound recording for theaters and others. Opening date for the Rialto in Three Rivers, being built by Alex Schreiber, William London and Harold Smilay, has been advanced to Christmas. William Schuttenhelm, owner of the Globe, celebrated his 33rd wedding anniversary. Barney L. Kilbride, circuit owner, is the father of a new boy. Court hearing on the $50,000 suit of Film Truck Service vs. Independent Theater Owners is up for today in Circuit Court. Para. Opens New L. A. Exchange Paramount has opened the first of three new exchange buildings in Los Angeles, where the branch is now housed at 1613 West 20th St. Two more buildings are to be erected in Denver and Detroit. « « « » » » Arthur Vinton for Play Arthur Vinton has been added by Gilbert Miller to the cast of "Libel," forthcoming stage play.