The Film Daily (1935)

THE londay, Nov. 25, 1935 (JEW'S INC. REPORTS $7,579,743 PROFIT (.Continued from Page 1 ) 52,504,978.63, including $29,482,479,8 for films in process, completed nd released (after amortization), nd $2,218,654 for story rights, gainst inventories of $26,713,801.78 he year before, including $24,001,30.72 for films and $1,884,245.87 ar stories. Gross income for the year was 100,611,243.26, compared with $96,77,672.91 the year before. lalf -Million 2-a-day Fans lave Seen 'Dream' To Date (Continued from Page 1) future date on a popular continuus run policy. The 37 theaters where the Dream" has been shown to date inlude the Hollywood, New York; hestnut St. Opera House, Philadelhia; Warner's Beverly, Los Andes; Hanna, Cleveland; Wilson, letroit; Royal Alexandra, Toronto, lanada; Bushnel Memorial, HartDrd, Conn.; Shubert-Rialto, St. ouis; National, Washington, D. C; [is Majesty's, Montreal; Nixon, ittsburgh; Stanley, Baltimore; Ma>stic, Boston; New Rialto, Dallas; tamford, Stamford, Conn.; New 'ark Playhouse, Wilmington, Del.; hubert, Newark; Geary, San Franisco; Majestic, Grand Rapids, [ich.; Fine Arts, Westport, Conn.; Earner, Memphis, Tenn.; Palace, 'lint, Mich.; Gladmer, Lansing, [ich.; Apollo, Chicago; Warner Palce, Danbury, Conn.; Schweden-Kine, 'ienna, Austria; Embassy, Sydney, lUstralia; Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brail; Cathay, Shanghai, China; Camoamor, Havana, Cuba; Adelphi, ■ondon, England; Kino-Palats, Helingfors, Finland; Radius, Budapest, [ungary; Capitol, Manila, P. I.; and l Bombay, Calcutta, Rangoon, Inia. "Shipmates" in Return Run Charlotte, N. C. — "Shipmates 'orever," Warner-Cosmopolitan prouction, which recently played a ighly successful engagement at the Iroadway theater, played a return ate last week to better than averge business. SUNSHINC W "A IN THE DAY'S NEWS H. G. Wells predicts the movies will top all arts. Short Shots from Eastern Studios By CHARLES ALICOATE $674,158 NET PROFIT FOR WARNERS IN YEAR J^ CINEMATIC "sortie" into the animal world got under way Friday at the Brooklyn Vitaphone studios with the filming of a condensed version of a big-tent circus show featuring cats, dogs, pigeons, a chimpanzee, jugglers and acrobats. The short, which will be released in Vitaphone's series of Big Time Vaudeville reels, is being directed by Roy Mack. • "Thanks, Mr. Cupid," the tworeeler produced and directed by Al Christie for Educational, has been completed at the Eastern Service studio. Featured in the short are Niela Goodelle, Fred Lightner, Nell Kelly and William Barry. • Building of the new stage adjoining the Brooklyn Vitaphone studio is going ahead full blast and promises to be the most rrfodern in production facilities upon its completion. • The fourth "Major Bowes Amateur Theater of the Air" featurette has as its leading comedy feature a screen version of a typical "Harlem Rent Party," in which a group of talented colored boys and girls take part. Another feature of the film shows how auditions for the Bowes air hour are conducted. • Dorian Otvos of the Vitaphone scenario staff has completed the story for "Black Net Work," colored musical written around an all-Negro radio station. Roy Mack will direct the short, which is scheduled to get under way Dec. 6. • B. K. Blake, producing the "Voice of Experience" shorts for Columbia release, has completed the sixth of the series at the Biograph studios. • With all the established stage and radio stars being featured in Educational's comedies and novelties, these short subjects still always offer a chance for the promising youngster. Three or four weeks ago 17-year-old Marline Stuart was one of a chorus of 16 pretty girls working at the Astoria studios in a tworeel musical called "Perfect ThirtySixes," which Al Christie was making for Educational. Her beauty and sparkling personality attracted the special attention of Christie as well as his whole production staff. As a result she was given the leading girl part in a Young Romance Comedy. Playing opposite her is Ackland Powell, who made his debut in Educational pictures recently in a one-reel song novelty after several stage successes. • A comedy short subject featuring Bob Hope and Johnnie Berkes, from the story by Jack Henley and Burnett Hershey, is scheduled to go into production today at the Brooklyn Vitaphone studio under the direction of Lloyd French. More Amity on Coast Seen By Maj. Warner (Continued from Page 1) plans for the first six months of 1936, Maj. Warner said the company's studios are at peak of activity and shortly after the first week in January six of the more important Warner films for 1935-36 will be under way. These include "Glorious," with Marion Davies, Dick Powell, Charlie Ruggles and Edward Everett Horton; "The Man with the Black Hat," with Bette Davis and Warren William; "Stage Struck," with James Cagney and Ruby Keeler; "Lovely Lady," with Kay Francis, and "Three Men on a Horse." The number of Warner films now ready for release sets a new record, Maj. Warner said. 'Screen Romances' to Plug Fictionized "Capt. Blood" Gillmore and Dullzell In Equity Showdown Whether Frank Gillmore and Paul Dullzell, president and executive secretary of the Actors' Equity Ass'n, which they have run for many years, will resign as officers of the association will be determined today at a special meeting of the Equity membership at the Hotel Astor to vote on whether the members will uphold the policies of its chief officers "Screen Romances," fan magazine which is publishing a fictionization based on the Warner filmization of the Rafael Sabatini novel, "Captain Blood," is going the limit in exploiting this feature. Beginning next week, 2,000 twocolor 40x45 posters, with copy and dramatic art work, will be planted on as many American News Co. trucks all over the country. The Dell Publications, which is behind this campaign with a total combined circulation of 1,200,000 will run fullpage institutional ads on their inside covers plugging the "Captain Blood" story in "Screen Romances." Pictures of Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, who are co-starred in the production, are featured in these ads. "Captain Blood" is set for national release Dec. 28. or of The Forum, a highly organized group of actors within the association. Gillmore and Dullzell will resign if the membership upholds the policies of The Forum, which they term a "menace to the association and to the theater as an institution." (Continued from Page 1) of $6,291,748.46 for the fiscal year ended Aug. 26, 1933. In addition to the operating profit there was a net credit to deficit account in the amount of $711,094.85 and capital surplus has been increased by $325,020.42. On Aug. 31 cash amounted to $3,312,592.79, after the payment of $957,720.00 debenture interest due Sept. 1. This compares with cash on Aug. 25, 1934, in the amount of $4,664,137.62, before payment of debenture interest due Sept. 1. On Sept. 10, the company retired $1,300,000 principal amount of its optional 6% convertible debentures, fulfilling the purchase fund requirements due on Aug. 1, 1936. Operations of the company for the current quarter show a substantial improvement over the previous quarter and the corresponding quarter last year, says Harry M. Warner in his letter to stockholders. He also anticipates substantial benefits from the Sunday shows in Pennsylvania. Ascap and Film Firms Resume Parley Today (Continued from Page 1) fully worked out in short order. Tomorrow Ascap will hold its monthly board meeting at which Warner Bros, may announce its decision to quit the society. The crux of the difficulties between Warner Bros, and Ascap is that the Warners believe their music firms should receive $1,000,000 annually from Ascap instead of approximately $400,000 as at present and have stated that if they ran the society they could earn $1,00,000 yearly for their publishing companies and a proportionately higher amount for the other society members. Other members of the society maintain that it is not "in the cards" for the Warner Bros, to earn $1,000,000 annually from the use of their music, the Warner Bros, hold that Ascap is not charging the broadcasters enough for the use of music. The society maintains that it is impossible to charge broadcasters more than the present tariff. "Elisabeth Risdon traveled by automobile from New York to Hollywood because she refused to have her pets ride in the baggage car." — Columbia Pictures.