The Film Daily (1936)

THE ^i Vol. 69, No. 2 Fri., Jan. 3, 1936 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. V., by Wid'i 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. LondonErnest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 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 High Am. Seat 20'/2 Columbia Picts. vtc. 44'/2 Con. Fm. Ind 5% Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. . 18'4 East. Kodak 158 Loew's, Inc 52% Paramount 10% Paramount 1st pfd.. 81 Vi Paramount 2nd pfd. 12% Pathe Film 8 RKO 51/4 20th Century-Fox . 23% 20th Century-Fox pfd. 32 Univ. Pier, pfd 55 Warner Bros 10 do pfd 50 NEW YORK BOND Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 20'/2 Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 crfs. 20i/4 Keith A-0 6s46 94 Paramount Picts. 6s55 93 Vl Par. B'way 3s55. . . 57% RKO 6s41 77 Warner's 6s39 86</2 NEW YORK CURB Sonotone Corp 2 Technicolor 18% Trans-Lux 3'/2 MARKET Net Low Close Chg. 20% 20% — % 43% 433/4 + V* 5% 5% — % 18 I81/4 56V2 157% + 1% 52/8 52y2 + Vi 10 10% + % 791/4 80 +2 11% nvz + V2 7% 7% % 5 5% + % 22% 231/4 + % 31% 32 54 55+3 9% 10 +'/s 50 50—1 MARKET 19 2oy2 + iy8 19 20y4 + l'/4 94 94—1 92 93'/2 + ll/2 57% 573/4 + V/2 76% 77 — % 86 86% + % MARKET 2 2 I8I/4 I8V4 — % 3% 3% Marion Davies George Gerhard Dorothy Arzner George B. Seitz Anna May Wong Paul Benjamin Eddie Gribbon New RCA Electron Tube Enables Seeing in Dark St. Louis — A new electron tube which for the first time enables man to see through the dark was described and demonstrated here late this afternoon before the American Association for the Advancement of Science by Dr. V. K. Zworykin and Dr. George A. Morton, of the Radio Corporation of America Laboratories. The assembled scientists witnessed the projection of motion pictures focused on the tube, which converted light rays into electrons. The electrons sped through the tube and reproduced the pictures in enlarged form on a screen in its further end. Continuing the demonstration a dark glass filter was placed in the beam of the motion picture projector. All visible light rays were stopped dead, but the electron image tube continued to reproduce the enlarged pictures with hardly noticeable loss in clarity. British Firm to Make Ad Films for Celebrity Stanley S. Neal, head of Revelation Films, Ltd., largest British producers of business films, said yesterday that he will make arrangements with Celebrity Pictures, Inc., for production of nine color cartoons for advertising purposes and that while here he will endeavor, at the request of two national British advertisers doing business in this country, to line up theater bookings for business films. Neal has succeeded in Britain in obtaining bookings for business films, usually shorts, in theaters and circuits, including the John Maxwell chain, which never used business films before because, as he explained, he has always maintained a production and entertainment quality as high as similar non-advertising product and has paid high, er prices to theaters for showing such films than was ever paid before. Neal said he paid British theaters from $15 to $300 weekly for use of business films and that during 1935 his company produced 27 shorts which brought revenue conservatively estimated at $750,000 to theaters. Neal said his company's biggest success in business films had been obtained with a color cartoon produced by Celebrity Pictures for Booths Chemists, Ltd., the largest drug store chain in the world. While here Neal is also seeking to engage a producer for business films. He said he already has contracts to produce 24 subjects this year. Joe Rivkin is Promoted To Roach Casting Chief Joe Rivkin, representative for Hal Roach in the east, has been promoted to director of casting and general assistant to the Roach organization executives, and will leave New York tomorrow with David L. Loew, vicepresident of the organization, for the coast studios, where he will make his headquarters. RKO Radio Field Men In Annual Conference Annual conference of RKO Radio home office representatives in the field will be held today and tomorrow at the Park Central Hotel with A. A. Schubart, head of the contract department, presiding, and J. P. Skelly, head of branch operations, and M. G. Poller, in charge of the playdate department, also scheduled to make addresses. The home office representatives attending the conference include Wm. McShea, Elmer Sedin, Ned Clark, Emmett Cashman, Ray O'Brien, J. S. Schmitzer, and R. E. Helms. All the h.o. reps with the exception of McShea arrived in New York yesterday. Illness of Samuel Fordyce Won't Delay St. Louis Case St. Louis — Illness of Samuel W. Fordyce, one of the defendant counsellors, is not expected to delay the trial of the Department of Justice's equity suit against Warners, Paramount and RKO, scheduled to start Monday before Federal Judge Molyneaux. Fordyce was personal counsel for George J. Schaefer, former Paramount vice-president, in the recent conspiracy suit which was won by the defendants. The various corporations have officially stated they will ask for a dismissal of the equity case on the ground that the issues were decided in the recent criminal action. Making Survey of U. S. For GB Product Slants A survey, national in proportions, to gather theater information on which to base the 1936-37 GB product designed for the American market, will be made by Arthur A. Lee, vice-president, and George W. Weeksj general sales manager. Both executives leave New York tonight for a two-week trip to Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Upon returning to New York they will spend a week at their offices and then make another survey trip to exchange centers. Resume Hearing Monday On AT&T Coaxial Cable Washington — Rehearing on the application of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. for permission to lay a coaxial cable for television experimental purposes between New York and Philadelphia will be resumed Monday before the Federal Communications Commission. No Further KRS Withdrawals London (By Cable) —No other American distributors are expected to withdraw from membership in the K. R. S., despite such a move on the part of 20th Century-Fox, which controls a 49 per cent interest in Gaumont British, who has pending a court action attacking refusal of the society's members to sell film to certain super cinemas ii operates. GB quit the organization some time ago. Coming and Going EDWARD HALPERIN. who is in New York from the Coast, returns west in two weeks. JULES EPSTEIN, Warner-First National writer, has returned to Hollywood after a holiday visit in Pittsburgh. HENRY ARMETTA opens a week's engagement today at the Ambassador Theater in St Louis. DAVID L. LOEW and JOE RIVKIN leave New York tomorrow on the Twentieth Century en route to the Hal Roach studios on the coast. FLORINE McKINNEY has arrived from the coast and will be at the Warwick for a few days. MR. and MRS. ERROL FLYNN (Lily Damita) have left for the coast after spending several weeks in their apartment at the Ritz Tower. WENDY BARRIE, now in Hollywood playing opposite Gene Raymond in RKO Radio's "Don't Bet On Love," has applied for a reservation on the trans-Pacific plane, The China Clipper, and intends to fly to the Orient to visit her father, who is a King's Counsel in HongKong. ARTHUR A. LEE and GEORGE W. WEEKS leave New York tonight for a trip to Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. HENRY FONDA leaves New York today on his return to the Coast. GLADYS SWARTHOUT arrives in New York on Wednesday from the coast after a stopover at Chicago to do a broadcast over NBC Monday night. CHARLES REAGAN leaves New York Sunday for Detroit. DAVIDD BATH leaves Singapore the first week in February en route to New York. TYREE DILLARD returned to New York yesterday from North Carolina. ARTHUR SANCHEZ of Trans-Oceanic Film Export Co. sails today on the Orizaba for Mexico City on a sales trip. He will be gone about five weeks. JACK WARNER is in town from the coast. MAJOR ROGER MARCHETTI leaves tomorrow for Hollywood. STANLEY S. NEAL, head of Revelation Films, Ltd., sails Jan. 15 for London. Halperins Plan 4 Specials Academy Pictures, headed by Edward and Victor Halperin, plan to produce four specials for current season release in addition to eight features already announced, said Edward Halperin, who has arrived in New York with a print of "I Conquer the Sea." Second picture on the company's schedule is "Revolt of the Zombies." "I Conquer the Sea" was directed by Victor Halperin, with Steffi Duna starred. NATIONAL STUDIOS INC. announces that Thomas G. Wiley and Merlin Lewis are no longer employed by it, and have no authority to represent it. December 28, 193 5. NATIONAL STUDIOS INC. E. ROSENBLUH President