The Film Daily (1935)

THE HERE & THERE Boston — Strong response by local private schools to a "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Warner production currently at the Majestic theater, has given -film extra publicity m newspapers. Children represent famous families in all parts of the country, making photo planting easier. Recent example was twocolumn cut in "Boston Traveler," showing girls from Choate School, one of oldest and most famous, attending a matinee. New Buffalo, Mich.— R. W. Miller has taken over the New Buffalo theater, formerly operated by him in partnership with Johnson & Miller. Odium to be Examined In Atlas Stockholder Suit (Continued from Page 1) Corp. by William F. Walsh, attor ney, to "restrain the company from investing its funds in Paramount Pictures has been signed by Supreme Court Justice Steuer and is being appealed by Atlas. In a statement concerning the suit, Odium said that it was "without foundation" and that "the transaction complained of specifically resulted in a substantial indicated profit to the corporation." 13 New Shorts Released By Government Bureaus Films sponsored by eight bureaus of the Department of Agriculture are included in recent releases by the Division of Motion Pictures, the subjects covered varying from mosquito control to canning and grading lima beans. The Forest Service sponsored six of the releases, five silent and one sound. "Chaparral" is a two-reel subject setting forth the value of chaparral cover in the water supply problem of southern California; "Game Management on the Kaibas," two-reels, is an exposition of the need for and methods employed in managing deer on the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona; "Regulated Deer Hunting," two-reels, sound, describes how a regulated deer hunt was conducted as a measure for maintenance of balance between game and forage, while "Trail Riders of the Wilderness" is a two-reel record of an American Forestry Association tour of western Montana. The work done by Civilian Conservation Corps boys in California in fighting the Pickens Canyon fire is shown in "Lest We Forget," two reels. "We Can Take It," one reel, is a general story of Civilian Conservation Corps activities in California. Other bureaus have contributed "The How and Why of Bird Banding," "Tunnelling to Yosemite," "Canning and Grading Lima Beans," "The Control of Worms in Hogs," "The Mosquito— Public Enemy," "Irrigation— A Broad Outline," and "Farm Women's Markets." '££1 DAILY Monday, Nov. 25, 1935 AO*** ~* PHIL M. DALY ° J^R* T T T • • • WE HAVE received so many favorable comments on Chester Bahn's statistical breakdown of the 50 remake productions recently reproduced in the kolyum that we are now glad to present to our more or less constant and loyal readers tssk! another feature from Chefs film dep't in the Syracuse "Herald" the following survey covers production schedules and announcements from the producers in which the pictures noted all fall in the division of historical or biographical in other words, the next year will show that production in Hollywood has entered the Era of Fact and Fancy the union of these two has proved popular with the public as evidenced by "Mutiny on the Bounty," "The Crusaders" and "Harmony Lane" every pix herein mentioned has a basis in historical fact or biographical truth and the list is very impressive looks as if the film biz is at last getting away from the sappy and saccharine lovey-dovey drool thankgawd ▼ ▼ ▼ • • • STARTING OFF with M-G-M as usual "A Tale of Two Cities" (Ronald Colman) "Maytime" (Jean ette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy) "San Francisco" (Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald) "The Gorgeous Hussy" (Joan Crawford) "The Great Ziegfeld" (William Powell, Luise Rainer) "Robin Hood of El Dorado" (Warner Baxter, Ann Loring) "Marie Antoinette" (Norma Shearer, Charles Laughton) "Big Time" "Love Tales of Hoffman" "Life of Dr. David Livingstone" "Johann Strauss" "Richard Wagner" ▼ ▼ T • • • AND FROM 20th Century-Fox "Shark Island" (Warner Baxter) "The City God Forgot" (Wallace Beery, George Raft) "A Message to Garcia" (Wallace Beery, Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles).. "Death Valley Scotty" "Brigham Young" "John Paul Jones" (Wallace Beery) "The Littlest Rebel" (Shirley Temple, John Boles) "Ramona" (Rochelle Hudson, John Boles), in Technicolor • • • A BIG list from Warner Brothers of Fact and Fancy Films "Anthony Adverse" (Fredric March) "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (James Cagney) . "Captain Blood" (Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland) " 'Frisco Kid" (James Cagney) "The Life of Beethoven" "Glorious" (Marion Davies, Dick Powell) "Angels of Mercy" (Josephine Hutchinson) "Chopin" "Nap oleon" ▼ T ▼ • • • THEN COMES Paramount with this lineup "Rose of the Rancho" (Gladys Swarthout, John Boles) "So Red the Rose" (Margaret Sullavan, Randolph Scott) "The Raven" (Gary Cooper) "Victor Herbert". . "Garibaldi" "Buffalo Bill" "Samon and Delilah." ▼ T T • • • A LIST of six will be offered by RKO Radio "Annie Oakley" (Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster) "Mary of Scotland" (Katharine Hepburn) "Mr. Grant" "Dr. Samuel Johnson" "The Three Musketeers" (Walter Abel) "Ivanhoe" T T T • • • RIGHT DOWN the line of big production organizations goes the list of Fact and Fancy Films showing that the New Era has hit us overwhelmingly United Artists, Columbia and Republic each have three of this type scheduled and if Jawn Q. Public and his Wife take kindly to the New Era biography and history in films can well supply the studios for years « DATE BOOK Today: Philadelphia Motion Picture Forun international luncheon, Bellevue-Stratforc Hotel, Philadelphia. Today: Special meeting of Actors' Equity Ass'n, Hotel Astor, New York 2 P. M. Nov. 26: Allied Theater Owners of New Jer. sey, regular meeting, Hotel Lincoln, New York, 2 P.M. Dec. 1-3: Paramount sales department meeting, Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago. Dec. 6: Cleveland Variety Club annual banquet and ball, Mayfair Casino, Cleveland. Dec. 7: Allied Theaters of New Jersey convention cruise sailing to Bermuda on the S. S. Queen of Bermuda. Dec. 8-9: M.P.T.O. of North and South Carolina annual convention, Charlotte, N. C. Dec. 9: Annual meeting of stockholders of Warner Bros., Wilmington, Del. Jan. 26: Testimonial dinner in honor of Harry Hershfield, sponsored by the Broadway Cheese Club, Hotel Astor, New York. April 27-30: S. M. P. E. spring convention, Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago. 25% Sales Increase Expected by Para. « «** « » » » (Continued from Page 1) company's forthcoming sales drive starting Jan. 1. Estimates received by Schaefer from the exchanges on the "A" pictures, of which there will be 13 in the total of 32 to be released, show that the sales possibilities on this group alone is two to one in favor of the forthcoming drive over the previous year. In the matter of the number of pictures to be released, if the schedule remains undisturbed during the four months of the drive period, Schaefer points out that Paramount is 40 per cent stronger this season than last year and 35 per cent stronger than the season preceding that. The 13 "A" pictures which the company has slated for release before May 1 are: "Collegiate" with Joe Penner, Jack Oakie and Frances Langford: "Rose of the Rancho," co-starring John Boles and Gladys Swarthout; "The Bride Comes Home," starring Claudette Colbert with Fred MacMurray and Robert Young featured; "Anything Goes" with Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman and Charlie Ruggles; "The Milky Way," Harold Lloyd's stellar comedy; "Desire," co-starring Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper; "Klondike Lou," Mae West's latest starring picture; "Give Us This Night," co-starring Jan Kiepura and Gladys Swarthout; "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," Walter Wanger's production in Technicolor starring Sylvia Sidney with Fred MacMurray, Henry Fonda and Fred Stone in featured roles; "13 Hours by Air," featuring Fred MacMurray and Gail Patrick; "Big Brown Eyes," with Joan Bennett, Spencer Tracy and Ricardo Cortez; "Rhythm of the Range" with Bing Crosby and Frances Langford, and "Concertina" with Carole Lombard and George Raft.