The Film Daily (1936)

DAILY Monday, Aug. 10, 1936 Vol. 70, No. 34 Mon., Aug. 10. 1936 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher 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 {QUOTATIONS AS OF SATURDAY) Net High Low Close Chg. *m. Seat 27l/4 27 27i/4 + 1/4 Columbia Picts. vtc. 38 373* 37% — 1/4 Columbia Piets. pfd. 45 45 45—1 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd... 17y4 \7Va HVi + 'A East. Kodak 185 182% 185 + i Loew's, Inc 543/4 54 Vi 543/4 + Va Paramount 8 7% 8 + Va Paramount 2nd pfd. . . 8y8 8% 8""/8 + Va Pathe Film 8'/8 8'/g 8'/8 RKO 63/4 6S/8 634 + i/4 20th Century-Fox .28 28 28 20th Century-Fox pfd. 37'/4 3V/a 37i£ Warner Bros 123/8 12i/4 12y4 + Va NEW YORK BOND MARKET Keith A-0 6s 46.. 96 96 96 +1 Loew 6s 41ww 98 97% 98 Para. Piets. 6s 55.. 88 Vi 881/4 881/4 — 1/4 Warner's 6s39 98 1/4 97 'A 98 + V4 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Grand Nat'l Film.... 4ft 4 • 4'/8 + Va Sonotine Corp 2% 2'A 23,4 Technicolor 27'/a 27 27 Trans-Lux 3% 3% 3% + Va Gets "Gags and Gals" Lead Prudence Hayes, little red head from the Riviera, will play the principal girl part in Jefferson Machamer's first "Gags and Gals" picture for Educational. Production starts at Astoria this morning. Charlie Kempner and Henry Jines also have roles in it. Al Christie will direct. FOR PRODUCTION STOCK SHOTS WRITE OR WIRE ABE MEYER GENERAL SERVICE STUDIOS Hollywood, Calif. m The Broadway Parade II Picture and Distributor Theater Mary of Scotland (RKO Radio)— 2nd week Music Hall Rhythm on the Range (Paramount) — 2nd week Paramount The Devil Doll (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Capitol The Road to Glory (20th Century-Fox) Rivoli M'liss (RKO Radio Pictures) Roxy Jailbreak (Warner Bros.) Strand Down Under the Sea (Republic Pictures) Rialto Crash Donovan ( Universal Pictures) Globe Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Columbia Pictures) (d) World Public Enemy's Wife (Warner Bros.) (a-b) Palace Ticket to Paradise (Republic Pictures) (a) Palace ♦ TWO A DAT RUN ♦ The Great Ziegfeld (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)— 18th week Astor ♦ FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURES ♦ Gypsies (Amkino) — 2nd week Cameo II Serpente a Sonagli (Nuovo Mondo) Cine Roma Le Dernier Milliardaire (France Films) (a-d) Cinema de Paris We Are from Kronstadt (Amkino) (a-d) Cinema de Paris ♦ FUTURE OPENINGS ♦ China Clipper (Warner Bros.)— Aug. 11 Strand The Noose (Paramount Pictures)— Aug. 14 Rialto At the Race Track with Charlie Chan (20th Century-Fix)— Aug. 14 Roxy The Shakedown (Columbia Pictures) — Aug. 15 Globe Romeo and Juliet (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) — Aug. 20 (e) Astor Anthony Adverse (Warner Bros.) — Aug. 26 Strand His Brother's Wife (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) (c) Capitol1 Yours for the Asking (Paramount) (c) Capitol The Last of the Mohicans (U. A. -Reliance* (c) Rivoli My American Wife (Paramount Pictures) Paramount (a) Dual Bill. (b) Subsequent run. (c) Follows present bill. (d) Revival. (e) Two-a-day. Ascap Fears Canada's Law Might Be Copied in U. S. Ascap's threatened withdrawal from Canada as a result of the new Dominion law requiring the music society to justify its prices if they are challenged as exorbitant is reported to have been determined in part by fear of enactment of similar legislation here. Ascap holds that the Canadian law gives the government the right to dictate prices and that this makes operations in Canada unpractical. Jeffrey at New Criterion Arthur Jeffrey of the Warner home office advertising and publicity department will leave the company to become advertising and publicity director for the new Criterion Theater, soon to open on Broadway, it is announced by Harry Charnas, managing director of the theater. Phil Laufer of the Strand Theater exploitation department also leaves to become assistant to Jeffrey. The change becomes effective today. Join Columbia Story Dept. William C. Lengel, eastern story editor for Columbia, has appointed Michael Kraike story scout for the New York office and Eve Ettinger head of the reading department. Kraike was formerly assistant to Katharine Brown at Selznick International. Sue to Enjoin Film Deal On Next Schmeling Fight Stockholder suit to enjoin Madison Square Garden Corp. from consummating a proposed sale of the Braddock-Schmeling fight pictures rights to Mike Jacobs for $25,000 will be instituted next week by Emil K. Ellis, counsel for Oliver Film Corp., Garden stockholder, on the ground that Oliver has offered $60,000 for the rights and that the Garden had no power to sell the rights because Max Schmeling has not yet signed for the bout. Ellis said yesterday that Schmeling has wired the Garden against going through with the contract because he wants the larger cut that would go to him from sale of the rights for $60,000. Wheeling Capitol on Block Wheeling, W. Va. — Judge J. Harold Brennan here ordered the Capitol Theater, the city's largest house, sold for cash by October 1 to satisfy claims of bondholders. Warners and independent operators have engaged in a drawn out court battle over control of the 3,000-seat theater. Moss After G. N. Lineup B. S. Moss is negotiating for complete Grand National lineup for his new Broadway theater, located on the sites of the demolished Criterion and Loew's New York. House, which seats 2,000, opens soon. Coming and Going ROBERT RITCHIE, whose departure for Europe was delayed, is now booked to sail Thursday on the Me de France. FRANK ORSATTI and wife are sailing from New York on Wednesday aboard the Queen Mary for a sojourn abroad. JAMES R. GRAINGER, Universal distribution chief, is back from a business trip to Toronto. ROBERT WOOLSEY has arrived in New York from Hollywood enroute to London to join Bert Wheeler, his team mate in RKO Radio productions. They will make personal appearances in England. THE RITZ BROTHERS go to the Coast in three weeks from New York. FRANCES WEIL of Reliance sails on the Franconia Aug. 29 for a West Indies cruise. W. RAY JOHNSTON leaves New York today for a vacation in North Carolina and later goes to Maine to continue his holiday. RICHARD KRAKEUR has returned from a brief trip to Poughkeepsie. RICHARD COLLET, general manager of the D'Oyly Carte Opera and personal representative of Rupert D'Oyly Carte, will arrive from London tomorrow on the lie de France to arrange for the reception here of the productions, principals and ensemble, arriving early next week for their engagement at the Martin Beck Theater. MILTON BLACKSTONE. head of the Blackstone Co., has returned from a trip to Hollywood. After contacting Walter Wanger and Sol Lesser on the coast, accounts which his company represents in the East, he stopped* off in St. Louis to confer on Fanchon & Marco activities there. GINGER ROGERS, RKO Radio star, and her mother are expected in New York this week following a visit to the Texas Centennial. CHARLIE CHASE, now appearing at the Stanley, Pittsburgh, has been signed by the William Morris office to appear in some onenight stands before returning to the coast. THE CABIN KIDS, who have been making personal appearances around Pittsburgh, return to New York this month to make two shorts for Educational. ARTHUR WILLI, talent scout, is expected to visit Pittsburgh this week to look over the cast in "Murder in the Old Red Barn." LOUIS B. MAYER is expected in New York today from the coast. 3 More Houses for Brandt Brandt Theaters last week took over the Rex Theater, Irvington, N. J.; Embassy Theater, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., and Gem Theater, Far Rockaway. This brings the Brandt circuit up to a total of 60 theaters. Norma Shearer Walter Lang Harry Bernstein Joseph R. Fliesler Harry J. Gumbin