The Film Daily (1936)

THE V-'. 69 No. 78 Thus . Ap-. 2. 1936 10 Cents !C HN W AUCCAT' Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidav* at 1650 BrnaHwav. New York, N. V ^v Wid's Films and Film Folk. Inc. J. W Alicoate. President. Editor and Publisher Donald M. Mersereau. Secretary-Treasurer and General Manaeer: Arthur W. Eddy, Assrv fiate Editor: Don Carle Gillette. Manaeinp Editor. Entered as second class matter May 21. 1918, at the post-office at New Ynrli N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879 Terms (Postatre free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; f< months, $5.00: 3 months, $3 00. Foreier $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY. 1650 Brnadwav. New York, N V Phone. CTrcle 7 4736. 7-4737. 7-4738, 7-47.10 Cable Address: Filmdav. New York. Hollv wood. California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Holly wood Blvd.. Phone Granite 6607. LondonErnest YV Fredman. The Film Renter, 89 91 Wardour St., W I. Berlin— Lichtbildbuehn' Friedrichstrasse. 225. Paris — P. A. Harle. La Cinematoeranhie Francaise, Rue de la Cour 'les-Noues. 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. 24'/4 24 24 V4 + Va 37 36 Vz 37 + 1 47 47 47 + V, 6i/4 6V4 6V4 + Va 18 1734 1734 1701'2 169 169 +34 163 163 163 — 1 4734 46% 471/4 + Vs 9V2 72 10 91/4 70 93/4 91/4 70 9% 1% Vs Am. Seat Columbia Picts. vtc. . Columbia Picts. pfd Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. East. Kodak do pfd Locw's. Inc Paramount Paramount 1st pfd.. Paramount 2nd pfd Tathe Film RKO 20th Century-Fox . 20th Century-Fox pfd. Univ. Pict. pfd Warner Bros do pfd NEW YORK Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. 27l/2 27'/2 27Vi + V4 Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 271,4 263/4 27 1/4 + V2 Keith A-0 6s46 . 95 95 95 + Vl Paramount Picts. 6s55 90V4 89% 89% — % RKO 6s41 71 V2 71 Vl 71% Warner's 6s39 95 '/4 95 95 — Va NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Picts. vtc. 37 37 37—1 Sonotone Corp 3V4 3V4 3'A 4 % Technicolor 30'/4 29V4 30'/4 + % Trans-Lux 4% 4 4 1134 111/4 ny2 + l/2 7% 75/8 7% 28V2 28V2 28V2 + Va, 35% 35% 353/8 91 89i/4 89V4 + V4 123/g 12 12% + % 531/4 53% 531/4 — Va BOND MARKET Declare Loew Dividend Loew board yesterday declared the regular quarterly dividend of $1.62 on the company's common stock. REEVES STUDIO Most Modern Equipped Sound Recording Studio in the East • Special Dubbing System • Location Equipment WE INVITE YOUR IHSPECTIOH 1600 Broadway LAck. 4-5662 New York Coming and Going LEE GARMES arrives in New York today on the Washington to resume work for HechtMacArthur at the Long Island studio. BILLY WILKERSON sailed from England yesterday returning to New York. JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON sails from Southampton Saturday on the Europa returning to New York. GEORGE ABBOTT returns to New York from Florida within three weeks. MAX GORDON is due back in New York May 1 from Hollywood with plans for sailing for London May 13. ULA HOLT. Coast player working on the Burroughs-Tarzan p'ctures, has gone to Miami from the Coast. JACKIE COOGAN left New York last night for the Coast and next week resumes his personal appearance tour with Betty Grable. WILL H. HAYS is en route to Hollywood from New York City. CAPT. PHILIP ASTLEY is en route to Hollywood to visit his wife, Madeleine Carroll, who has the lead in Walter Wanger's "The Case Against Mrs. Ames." GENE SNYDER, assistant director of the Music Hall Rockettes, sails on the Lafayette th;s afternoon for a five-day cruise to Bermuda. F. G. and GORDON SPENCER, New Brunswick circuit operators, left New York yesterday for home after a visit to Florida. B. F. ZEIDMAN is due in New York next week from Hollywood. MIKE MARO arrived in New York yesterday from the Coast. GEORGE DE KRUIF, executive secretary of the Associated Theater Supply Dealers, returns to New York from Grand Rapids in about 10 days. JEFFREY BERNERD, who arrived yesterday from Hollywood, will remain here three months at least before sailing. HARRY MICHALSON, Radio Pictures' short subject sales manager, left New York yesterday for Scranton. RAYMOND MASSEY goes to Washington Monday to attend a special showing of "Things to Come," in which he appears. WILLIAM WYLER left New York yesterday returning to the Coast after a month in the East. ROBERT RITCHIE is en route to New York on the Paris. A. H. McCAUSLAND, representative of the Irving Trust Co., RKO trustee, returns to New York next week from Hollywood. Chi cago . see America first (Continued from Page 1) trains during their stay in Chicago. Through •ts dingy portals, at one time or another, has passed every famous, or infamous, star, director, writer, executive or cameraman in Hollywood. For many it was the doorway *o success, fame and fortune. To others who failed to malce the grade it was simplv a coffee-and-sandwich stop on the way back. Going out, the gateway to greatness. Coming back, the open door to oblivion. Many now in the big money waited here unknown and unsung. Others who passed through with maids, valefs and sec'ofarirs wore luckv to h've a retu-n t'ckpt heme. Hollywood. What a town. Colorful and cold. Coddling and cruel. It seems but yesterdav when we knew it as a location spot. When its onlv studio was the wide open spaces, its only liehfs the sun and when westerns were made on Hollywood Boulevard. Times marches on. Whitney Plans to Produce Four Features in England London (By Cable) — ■ John Hay (Jock) Whitney, completing negotiations with Alexander Korda for, production space at the Denham studios this spring, states that one of two features will be filmed in Technicolor. One production will be for Selznick International and the other, which mav also be done in Technicolor if Whitney is satisfied with public reaction, will be made for Pioneer Pictures. New York House Opens The Miami, a new house on West 47th St. near Sixth Ave. was opened last nieht by Ben-Jim Amusement Com. Policy will be subseauent run dual bills. Leonard C. Victor is house manager. Three Olvmpic Films Arriving Threo of the 16 English pictures which Olvmnic Pictures nlans to reJ^nse in this countrv will arrive in NoW Vork Anril 15. Titles are: "fVnuph'np Bea«t." produced bv Stafford Productions: "Sabotage,1" Sound Citv Films and "Ewil and the Dptectjvp." Wainwrieht Film Ltd. Olvmnic is pNo distributing a series of novelty shorts made in England. Snarks Radio Story Editor It'rsi Const Tl-renu n* THE FTT.M T1ATT.Y Hollywood — Robert Sparks has been named story editor at Radio. "Give Us" Opens Saturday "Give Us This Night," opens Saturday at the N. Y. Paramount. "O'Malley" For Globe "O'Malley of the Mounted Police," Twentieth Century-Fox production, opens at the Globe Sunday. "Silly Billies" at Rialto The Rialto will present "Silly Bilies," starting tomorrow. Release Davies' Pix May 30 Warner Bros, have set May 30 as the national release date for Marion Davies' latest Cosmopolitan production. Third Week for "These Three" "These Three," entered its third week at the Rivoli yesterday. Hold Over Italian Pix "La Signora Di Tutti." Italian nn'ze picture, has been held over for a second week at the World. "Torritoriale Milizia" is slated to follow. GET CLE. HEARING I SALE OF ASSETS Wilmington, Del. — Chancellor Josiah O. Wolcott of the Court of Chancery yesterday set April 28 for a hearing on a petition of the reorganization committee of General Theaters Equipment, Inc., which has asked for an order for the sale of assets and a receivership of the property of the company. The petitioners — ithe reorganization committee — is acting under the plan of agreement and reorganization of August 31 last. They say the sale of assets and property of G. T. E. and of the receivership estate should be ordered and offered in such parcels as may appear appropriate after the hearing. Chancellor Wolcott yesterday also made an order approving the action taken by the debenture holders' committee constituted under a certain deposit agreement dated February 10, 1932 relating to the ten-year six per cent convertible gold debentures of G. T. E., and by the reorganization committee. GB Will Budget Product As A Pictures — Bernerd The 24 pictures to be distributed here next season by G-B are being budgeted as A pictures and consequently G-B sales policy will be changed and rentals will be increased, it was said yesterday by Jeffrey Bernerd, G-B general manager, on arriving from Hollywood. Bernerd will remain here for three months during which time he will supervise distribution here, he stated. G-B will increase its sales force next season. Bernerd said he talked yesterday over the transatlantic telephone to Mark Ostrer, G-B head, in London and that Ostrer said he was not selling out his controlling interest in G-B to 20th Century-Fox. Criticize Equipment Dealers Omaha — At a session of the Nebraska, Iowa, Dakota Exhibitors' Ass'n yesterday a resolution criticizing theater promotional activities of equipment dealers was adopted. JUST /cN COMPLETED A charming new Colonial home in New Rochelle priced for quick sale at $12,750. 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