The Film Daily (1936)

THE M -3&*\ DAILV Saturday, Aug. 1,1936 Vol. 70, No. 27 Sat., Aug. 1, 1936 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE : Editor and Publisher Marchetti to Set Release For Color Shorts Abroad Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 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, 127-133 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin— Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise. Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 267/8 26i/4 26l/4 — S/8 Columbia Picts. vtc. 38'/4 37% 37% — Va Con. Fm. Ind 4y8 4% 43^ Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 163/4 16i/2 16'/2 — Vi East. Kodak 180 179% 180 +1 do pfd 157 157 157 +3 Gen. Th. Eq 24% 22% 24% + 1% Loew's, Inc 53% 523/4 53 '/4 Paramount 8'/8 8 8 Paramount 1st pfd.. 70 69 69 — % Paramount 2nd pfd. 9 8% 8% — V* Pathe Film 8% 8 8 — % RKO 7 63/i 6% 20th Cenlury-Fox . . 29 28% 283/8 — % 20th Century-Fox pfd. 37% 37 37 — % Univ. Pict. pfd 107i/4 102'/4 107 +5% Warner Bros 123/8 113^ 12 — l/4 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 . . 31 30 3034 -f 13/8 Keith A-0 6s46 94'A 94% 94% + 1 Par. B'way 3s55 55% 55% 55% — 1% Paramount Picts. 6s55 89 88% 88% + % Warner's 6s39 95% 95 95% + % NEW YORK CURB MARKET Grand Nat'l Film 4 33/8 3% + % Sonotone Corp 2'/a 2 2% — % Technicolor 273/8 263/4 263/4 — % 3% 3% — % Roger Marchetti, coast lawyer and president of Motion Picture Capital Co., sails Wednesday on the Normandie for London to negotiate for distribution of six Technicolor shorts made in Hollywood by his company. Marchetti, who is at present in New York at the Hotel Gotham, also will look over the foreign talent. Trans-Lux 4 X AUGUST Erie C. Kenton Judith Wood William Orlamond Madge Evans Herman Gumbin AUGUST 2 Jack L. Warner Myrna Loy Claude Gillingwater Glenn Tryon Olga Baclanova Hal Mohr Second Edition for "Romeo" Special motion picture edition of "Romeo and Juliet" published by Random House has met with such a good sale in bookstores, although the M-G-M picture will not have its world premiere until later this month, that a second edition is now on the presses. Arthur Baker will publish the special volume in England. Harris Jr. Gets Rossen Play "Corner Pocket", a new comedy drama by Robert Rossen, who is now in Hollywood under a writing contract to Mervyn LeRoy, has been sold by the William Morris offices to William Harris, Jr. The latter will begin casting immediately for early production on Broadway. "Rhythm" to Hold Over Paramount's new Bing Crosby film, "Rhythm on the Range", will hold over for a second week at the New York Paramount. In its first two days the picture played to 2,400 more admissions than "Poppy" in a similar period. Phil Spitalny and his All-Girl Band, appearing in person, also will hold. Warners to Make "Penrod" West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Warners will produce "Penrod and Sam," from the story of American boyhood by Booth Tarkington, with Billy Mauch in the role of Penrod. Dick Powell's Next West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Dick Powell's next Warner picture, following "Gold Diggers of 1937," in which he is now appearing, will bear the title "The Singing Marine." It will be a musical. GB Signs Wallace Ford London — Wallace Ford of "The Informer" has been signed by GB for the untitled production now being directed by Raoul Walsh at Shepherd's Bush. Others signed to date are Anna Lee and John Mills. Equipment Firms' Outing Outing of the employees of General Theaters Equipment, National Theater Supply and International Projector Corp. will be held today at the Lido, Long Beach, L. I. About 500 are expected to attend. 7 Warner-F. N. Features For Release in August Warner-First National will release seven features in August. They are : "The Greeen Pastures", (WB), Aug. 1; "Jailbreak" (WB), with June Travis, Craig Reynolds, Barton MacLane, Aug. 8; "Satan Met A Lady" (GB), with Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth and Arthur Treacher, Aug. 8; "The Case Of The Velvet Claws" (FN), with Warren William, Claire Dodd and Winifred Shaw, Aug. 15; "China Clipper" (FN), with Pat O'Brien, Ross Alexander, Humphrey Bogart and Beverly Roberts, Aug. 22; "Love Begins At Twenty" (FN), with Hugh Herbert, Patricia Ellis and Warren Hull, Aug. 22; "Anthony Adverse" (WB), starring Fredrie March with Olivia de Havilland, Anita Louise, Edmund Gwenn and Donald Woods, Aug. 29. Film Delivery Service Is Extended in Penna. Philadelphia — Horlacher Delivery Service is now providing overnight film delivery on the route from Scranton to Sayre, including Towanda. Wyalusing and Tunkhannock. Para. Changes in Italy John H. Hicks, Jr., vice-president of Paramount in charge of the foreign department, has been advised by Fred W. Lange, general manager of Continental Europe, of the following changes in the Italian organization of which Americo Aboaf is managing director: Pio Pandolfi Alberici, retaining managership of the Rome exchange, appointed division manager of Southern Italy; Mario Francisci, promoted from office manager to branch manager of the Catania exchange; Vittorio Ceri appointed manager of the Florence exchange; Pietro Messori appointed manager of the Padua exchange; Vittorio de Semo, former branch manager in Turin, appointed branch manager in Genoa, and Mario Palladini, formerly of the Genoa branch, promoted to managership of the Turin exchange. Publishing More Plays "Dead End", Broadway hit by Sidney Kingsley. will be published in book form by Random House on Aug. 10. Random also will put out "Night Must Fall", the Emlyn Williams olay that has scored a big hit in London and will be brought to Broadwav in October bv Sam H. Harris; "The Bov David", J. M. Barrie play, bought for the screen by Samuel Goldwyn. and "That Was Balzac", nlay by George Middleton. to be presented on Broadway with Elisabeth Bergner in it. Coming and Going R. E. GRIFFITH and H. J. GRIFFITH of Griffith Amusement Co. are on a trip to New York from Oklahoma City, combining business and pleasure. r,.PAJ Mi9?E.' 8eneral manager of Standard Theaters, Oklahoma City, is in New York for a brief visit. 1wa^?,^WARING' orch«»" leader, and MRS. WARING sail today on the Monarch of Bermuda for Bermuda. FRED ASTAIRE, RKO star and MRS. ASTAIRE have come east on their way to London for a three-month vacation. VIRGINIA PINE has returned to New York from abroad and is proceeding to Hollywood. MARLENE DIETRICH and her husband, RUDOLPH SEIBER, are in London after a visit to France. CHARLES HENDERSON and JOSEPH NUSSBAUM, songsmiths, who have been working on arrangements for music used at the Fort Worth Frontier Centennial, have left Texas for Hollywood to work on the music for RKO's Lily Pons film. ROGER MARCHETTI sails Wednesday on the Normandie for England. CLINTON WHITE, assistant sales manager for GB has returned from a business trip to Albany. KEN HODKINSON, GB sales executive, has left for a visit to GB branches at Atlanta, Charlotte and Washington. PATRICIA BOWMAN, accompanied by her mother and sister, and MRS. NELSON KEYS. wife of the English comedian and mother of the scenario writer, John Paddy Carstairs, will sail today on the Champlain for Europe. SEPF ALLGEIER, European photographer, who is internationally famous for his mountain photography, has joined the production crew of GB's "The Great Barrier" which is now on location at Revelstoke in the Canadian Rockies. JOSEPH MOSCOWITZ of 20th Century Fox leaves today by plane for the coast. EDWARD L. ALPERSON, BILL FITELSON, WILLIAM TUTTLE, JESSE LASKY and JESSE LASKY, JR., sail today from Quebec on the Empress of Britain for England. CONSTANCE HOPE, personal publicity representative for Lily Pons, leaves New York today aboard the Conte di Savoia for Italy on a combined business and pleasure trip. CHARLES FORD, editor of Universal newsreel, left yesterday for Hollywood to spend a two-week vacation. MADELEINE WHITE, secretary to W. Ray Johnston, left yesterday for Hollywood for a two weeks' vacation. Pace That Kills' to Hoffberg J. H. Hoffberg Co. has taken over from Willis Kent the foreign distribution of "Pace That Kills". BIG news' TM^^r> AS SEEN BY J THE PRESS 1 AGENT * TO James Burke is wearing a two months' growth of whiskers in the Bing Crosby vehicle, "Rhythm en the Range." — JED BUELL.