The Film Daily (1936)

2 THE Saturday, Sept. 19, 1936 Vol. 70, No. 68 Sat.. Sept. 19. 1936 10 Cents JCHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays it 1<>50 Broadway. New York. N. V. 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. Mav 21, 1918, at the post-office at New York, X.Y., under the act of March J. 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months. S5.00: 3 months. $3.00. Foreign S15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 B New York, N. Y. Phone. Circle 7-473 7, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable ' ilmciav. New York. Holly wood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Holly. Phone Granite 6607. London — • \V. Fredman, The Film Renter. 127-133 St., \V. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne. 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'/4 1 Va Va l 25 601 7 106V2 115/g 90 7 8 123,, 858 31 39' 8 1 1 1 V4 133.4 62 24i/8 59i/2 1061 2 lll/4 88 1/2 12 Vs 8'4 V/a 30% 38% 110 131/2 62 241/4 60 1/2 106 1/2 11% 901/g 12Vg 83'g 7'/g 31 391/g 110 131/2 62 + V4 + 1 + Vz + s/g + 2% + Va + "% + % — 1 + 3 BOND MARKET 95% 95% 95% -f 1/g 99 6034 99 6034 603: 9534 9438 9538 78 1 4 78'4 78l/4 97 97% 9738 + % + lVg + % + % CURB MARKET 434 4 4% 2' 2 2% 2% 28 1/4 271/4 28 + 1 3% 334 33/4 — % Wbih i^mdc^_ SEPTEMBER 19 Ernest Truex Betty Garde SEPTEMBER 20 Elliott Nugent Marian Nixon Florence Ryerson Sidney Olcott T T T • • • A NEAT and impressive piece of sales literature turned out by United Artists on Samuel Goldwyn's "Dodsworth" . . .the booklet is modest in size and confines itself to a dignified presentation in keeping with the importance of the original novel and stresses these points written by Nobel Prize Winner Sinclair Lewis adapted by Pulitzer Prize Winer Sidney Howard. . featuring Walter Huston who scored such a triumph in the stage version T T ▼ • • • FROM SUCH widely separated places as Berlin and Sidney, Australia, comes news of the continued international success of Metro's "San Francisco" new records for gross intake will pi'obably be made with the feature both in Sidney and Melbourne T T T • • • IT MAY be that some of you producers are overlooking some valuable dope on picture material possibilities the M. P. Bibliography Division of the Federal Writers' Project, WPA, has read, synopsized, outlined and evaluated more than 200 books and the catalog division has listed and compiled complete information on 7,000 titles T T T • • • THE STAGE debut of Madeline Holmes will take place as a member of the cast of "Reflected Glory" the George Kelly play starring Tallulah Bankhead Miss Holmes is the daughter of Taylor Holmes, and the sister of Phillips Holmes, both actors of renown ... • Lawrence Tibbett arrives from the Coast after finishing work on the 20th Century-Fox musical, "Under Your Spell," being a passenger on the first trip of the new sleeper service inaugurated by American Airlines occupying the "sky room" de luxe aerial cabin Katzman Starts Another Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood— Sam Katzman of Victory Pictures has completed "Rip Roaring Buckaroo" and started work on "Phantom Of The Range". Tom Tyler is starred in both pictures. Sammy Cohen has been signed for an important role. "Shadow Of Chinatown", a 15chapter serial, with a feature version, was completed recently. Bela Lugosi, Herman Brix, Joan Barclay and Luana Walters headed the cast. Brix. a former Olympic champion, has been 'signed to a long term contra-t to star in a series of Sport Action pictures. The initial subject will be "Two Minutes To Play", a •"ootball story. It will be followed by "Silks And Saddles",. "Flying Fists", "Flashing Mallets", "Roaring Motors" and "The Winning Stroke". Schlesinger on New Lineup Hollywood — Leon Schlesinger has started production on the first of his 1936-1937 program for Warner release. A Merry Melodies subject, titled "Boulevardier From the Bronx", and a Looney Tune called "Milk and Money", are in production. U. A. Completes Circuit Deals United Artists has closed 1936-37 product deals with Loew's Poli circuit and all Loew houses in greater New York as well as Loew theaters in Pittsburgh, Columbus, Louisville and Baltimore. Other deals concluded are with the Sparks circuit in Florida and Vincent McFaul at Buffalo. With the Balaban & Katz-U. A. deal completed some time ago, United Artists have virtually finished its circuit selling. "Godfrey" in 5th Week Universale "My Man Godfrey',' has gone five weeks at the Orpheum, San Francisco. The picture also has already piled up three weeks in Pittsburgh and Los Angeles, while at the Radio City Music Hall it opened Thursday to one of the biggest opening day grosses in the history of the house. RCA Raises Wages Camden. N. J. — RCA employees working on an hourly basis have been granted wage increases of 5 to 10 per cent. Criterion Films Moves London — Criterion Film Productions, headed by Marcel Hellman and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., has moved into its new quarters at the Worton Hall Studios. Criterion recently completed "Accused", starring Fairbanks Jr. and Dolores Del Rio, and is now making "High Treason," also starring Fairbanks, both for release through United Artists. Coming and Going E. J. SPARKS. Florida circuit owner who is now in New York, sails on Sept. 25 for a sojourn abroad. SYLVIA SIDNEY, who returned this week from England, has delayed her departure for the coast until Monday. She next starts work in Walter Wanger's "You Only Live Once," for U. A. release. CHARLES BOYER and his wife, PAT PATTERSON, arrive Monday on the Queen Mary from abroad. They are en route to Hollywood, where Boyer is to appear in a Wanger production. JEAN HENDERSON, Jacksonville Times-Union film critic, returns to Florida from New York over the week-end. MARLENE DIETRICH, now in England appearing in Alexander Korda's "Knight Without Armor," has postponed her return to Hollywood until December. HOWARD HAWKS has arrived in New York from Hollywood. JAMES MULVEY returns to New York late this month from the coast. GRANT MITCHELL sails today from New York on the Virginia for California. HERMAN SHUMLIN returns to New York on Monday from the cosat, where he went to line up players for the new Ben Hecht play, "To Quito and Back." OWEN DAVIS has arrived in New York from Maine with part of the script of a new play. HARRY COHN is expected to come east next wesk in company with Jack Cohn. MARY ASTOR may come to New York for the opening of "Dodsworth" at the Rivoli on Wednesday, if she can get permission from the Columbia studio. BILL GREEN, drum-beater for Rubinoff departs today for Kansas City, to announce the violinist's appearance in that city in connection with the "Jubilesta." GEORGE J. SCHAEFER makes a Coast trip from New York in November. MARY DORAN arrived in New York yesterday from the Coast to do a play. LEO CARRILLO from New York. A. H. GIANNINI is expected in New York from the coast within two weeks. BORRAH MINNEVITCH left by plane yesterday for the Coast. ANDRE KOSTELANETZ left by plane yesterday for Hollywood. COLE PORTER and TED VETTER left by plane yesterday for Indianapolis. D. PARKER of Pioneer Pictures leaves by plane tomorrow for Hollywood. has gone to Philadelphia Henry F. Eger Dead Columbus, O. — Henry F. Eger, 54, former manager of the old James Theater, now Loew's Broad, is dead following injuries received in an automobile accident while on a vacation in Indiana. Eger was associated with Willam "Billy" James for many years. Pawnee Bill's Wife Dies Pawnee, Okla. — Mrs. May Lillie, wife of Major Gordon W. Lillie (Pawnee Bill), died Thursday of injuries received in a recent auto accident. Band Leaders Back Drive Leading band leaders including Erno Rapee, Richard Himber, Shep Fields, Enoch Light and others met yesterday at the offices of Local 802, musicians union, and endorsed the drive of the union to return musicians to theaters.