The Film Daily (1936)

DAILY Monday, Mar. 30, 1936 Vol. 69, No. 75 Mon, Mar. 30. 1936 10 Cents JOHN W. AL1COATE : Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y. by Wid's Film, 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, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographie Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK (.QUOTATIONS Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc Columbia Picts. pfd. Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. East. Kodak Loew's, Inc Paramount Paramount 1st pfd.. Paramount 2nd pfd. Pathe Film RKO 20th Cent.-Fox . . . 20th Cent.-Fox pfd. Univ. Pict. pfd... Warner Bros STOCK MARKET AS OF SATURDAY) Net High Low Close Chg. 23 Vi 23 Vb 231/8 + Vs . 35V4 35 351/4 46i/2 46i/2 461/z + 15/s 6 6 6 mA 1734 173/4 1633^ 163 1633/4 _ i/4 473/g 47 47 — i/8 95/8 93/8 95/g + i/8 721/2 72 lO'/a 10 72 10 11 l/2 10% 11 % + 3/4 73/4 75/a 271/4 27 75/8 + '/s 27 1/2 351/2 351/2 351/2 — 1/2 89 89 89+1 12 113/4 12 + Vs NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. . 27i/2 27i/2 27i/2 Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 2734 271/2 271/2 Para. Picts. 6s 55... 8934 88y8 895/8 Warners 6s39 953/4 95'/2 95% NEW YORK CURB MARKET Sonotone Corp 3 2% 3 Technicolor 29 29 29 Trans-Lux 4 3% 4 96 "Dream" Dates This Week "A Midsummer Night's Dream" will open at 96 theaters throughout the country this week on limited schedules. Closes Serial Deal Atlanta exchange of Republic has completed a deal for serials with the Wilby circuit comprising 23 theaters. REEVES STUDIO Most Modern Equipped Sound Recording Studio in the East • Special Dubbing System • Location Equipment WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION 1600 Broadway LAck. 4-5662 New York 11 The Broadway Parade II Picture and Producer Theater Dancing Feet ( Republic Pictures) Roxy Snowed Under (Warner Bros.) Strand Sutter's Gold (Universal) Music Hall Petticoat Fever (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) — 2nd week Capitol Milky Way, The (Paramount-Harold Lloyd) Paramount Moonlight Murder ( Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Rialto These Three (United Artists-Goldwyn) — 2nd week Rivoli Everybody's Old Man (20th Century-Fox) Center Leathernecks Have Landed (Republic) — 2nd week Globe Boulder Dam (Warner Bros. ) Astor ♦ FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS ♦ Mystic Mountain, The (French production) 55th Street Playhouse Maternelle, La (Metropolis-Tapernoux) — 2nd week (a) Acme Crime et Chatiment (Lenauer) (b) Cinema de Paris Signora di Tutti (Everybody's Woman) (Metropolis) World Dubrovsky (Amkino) Cameo Dodek at the Frcnt (J. S. Starczewski) Bijou Re Burlone ( Nuovo Mondo) Cine Roma ♦ FUTURE OPENINGS ♦ House of a Thousand Candles (Republic) — April 1 Center Little Lord Fauntleroy (United Artists)— April 2 Music Hall Unguarded Hour (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) — April 3 Capitol Laughing Irish Eyes (Republic Pictures) — April 3 Roxy Singing Kid (Warner Bros.) — April 3 Strand Silly Billies (RKO)— April 3 Rialto Children of the Revolution (Amkino) — April 4 Acme Give Us This Night (Paramount) — April 4 Paramount O'Malley of the Mounted (20th Century-Fox) — April 4 Globe Great Ziegfeld (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) — April 8 Astor (a) Subsequent run. (b) Return engagement. Academy to Hear Reports Hollywood — Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences Research Council will meet Wednesday, under the chairmanship of Wm. Koenig, to consider reports submitted by the chairman of the silent camera subcommittee, scientific subcommittee, standard release print subcommittee and the sound recording subcommittee. In addition, Maj. Nathan Levinson of Warner Bros., will report on developments in the East in connection with the cooperative studio technical program. Denies Minimum Scale Set No minimum scale has been set in the agreement between Republic Pictures' film exchange and the Film Exchange Employes' Union terminating a strike which began Jan. 1, it having been agreed that a minimum scale would be fixed on the basis of a survey to be made of wages paid by other film companies, it was said Saturday by William Mahoney, New York A. F. of L. representative. A $15 minimum wage would not be satisfactory, Mahoney said. Calhern in "Left Turn" Louis Calhern, stage and screen actor, has begun rehearsals for the lead in the stage comedy, "Left Turn," slated for opening in midApril at the 48th St. Theater. He replaces the late Leslie Adams. Scott Reseating Two Theaters Johnstown, Pa. — Verne Scott, independent circuit operator, is reseating his Ideal and Rivoli Theaters here. He also ordered a new screen and seats for his Lyric and National Theaters in Altoona. Kane Burial in East West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Beverly Hills — The body of Edwin Vincent Kane, writer and sportsman, is en route to New York for burial, following services here on Saturday. Kane, 46, died on Thursday, two days before he was to be married to Mary Lou Fisher, 18-year-old society girl. Pallbearers were Hal E. Roach, Leland H. Driver, Robert Rowan, Robert H. McAdoo, William Mayer, Harry D'Arrast, Gene Markey, Harry Crocker, Lynn Spencer and William Slater, Jr. Objects to St. Louis Claims St. Louis — Nelson Cunliff, Federal trustee for Skouras Brothers Enterprises, Inc., has filed objections with Referee in Bankruptcy John A. Hope to claims totaling $3,387,093.53 filed against the company by the Bondholders Protective Committee. The referee advised attorneys for the bondholders committee to file an answering brief by April 11. Grace Moore Paying Tax Washington — Grace Moore has filed an income tax stipulation for $1,677, in compromise payment of additional taxes for 1932. The Bureau of Internal Revenue had granted further deductions for expenses from its recent billing of $6187 for additional taxes. Playing "Connecticut Yankee" Indianapolis — Re-issues of "The Connecticut Yankee" have been booked for day and date showings at the Apollo here and the Strand, Louisville, April 3. Coming and Going CARL BRISSON arrives in New York from the coast in one week. ARLINE JUDGE is due in New York shortly from Hollywood. NOEL FRANCIS is in Dallas from New York. JACK COHN, who is in Hollywood, refund to New York in two weeks. JANE WINTON is back in New York f Palm Springs. MAURICE MARKS returned to New York last night from Atlantic City. WALTER KOFELDT, general sales head J Centaur Films, is en route from the coast to New York with stops planned at Denve St. Louis, Kansas City and Chicago. AL FRIEDLANDER arrives in New York tod after a visit to several exchange centers. MARK L. GERSTLE, president of the new! Associated Cinema Studios, leaves the coast early next month for a trip to New York. CARL LAEMMLE is due in New York today from Hollywood. JEFFREY BERNERD, in Hollywood for a month returns to New York tomorrow. EDMUND LOWE arrives in New York tomorow on the lie de France, returning from England, where he worked for GB. WILLIAM GEDRIS, president of the Ideal Seating Co., returned Saturday to Grand Rapids. STEVE NEWMAN, I. A. vice-president, is ex-! pected in New York in the next few days from the coast. SIDNEY BERNSTEIN, English exhibitor, has arrived at Hollywood from New York . DAN D. HALPIN, general sales manager of Acousticon Products Corp., left by plane Saturday for the coast on a business trip of two weeks. Plan Flood Benefit Shows New Haven — A midnight vaudeville show, for the benefit of flood sufferers, is being sponsored by the city's first-run houses, to take place at the Poli Theater on Wednesday, with Harry Shaw acting as master of ceremonies. A similar show will be staged at the Poli, Waterbury, on Tuesday, and at the Poli, Hartford, on April 12. Meantime, all Hartford theaters, with the cooperation of local exchanges, will offer benefit matinees on Sunday, April 5. Anna Q. Nilsson Lester S. Tobias C=S=7