The Film Daily (1936)

DAILY OTH-FOX AND FABIAN INTERESTSSEEK ROXY (Continued from Page 1) ng with the committee represented / Col. Hartfield on a reorganizaon plan for the Roxy up to last uesday when the committee harmed Fabian that there was a betr offer. In the intervening days nee Tuesday Fabian has not been lie to work out a better offer, but prepared to go into the matter irther, Jacobs declared. Judge Caffey fixed Jan. 15 for the sxt hearing on the plan and said at he would hear everyone at that ne. The committee's plan provides for rmation of a new company to take 'er the Roxy Theater, with 20th mtury-Fox holding most of the ock. 20th Century-Fox, under the an, would put up $650,000 in new oney and would get a 20-year lease i the theater from the new commy. New 20-year bonds equal in incipal amount to the old bonds ill be issued bearing 3% and 4 r cent interest instead of the prest 6 per cent bonds. Harold P. Seligson, an attorney presenting $200,000 in bonds, said at he had been informed of the ain outlines of the plan proposed ■ the bondholders' committee, and at he considered some parts of it >od, some bad. nited Artists Shifts Five Branch Managers (Continued from Page 1) salesman working out of San Fran3co, succeeds Schlank. F. A. Rohrs, tio has been Charlotte manager, is tw in charge of sales at Atlanta id Jay Schrader has been transrred from the Dallas branch to ke charge of Charlotte. Frank lea succeeds Schrader at Dallas, e was formerly engaged in speal sales work for the company. Hied Keeping Tabs On Dallas Anti-Trust Suit (Continued from Page 1) ve interested himself in the case. |A discussion of the action is exIcted to take place when Allied's lard holds its annual meeting in Washington next month. ra. -Blank Operating Deal Is Seen as Permanent (Continued from Page 1) Ml be continued until Mar. 6. Blank ell come to New York before that fee for further conferences with : Frank Freeman, theater departimt head, and other home office bcutives. Two Republic Men III jirover Schaefer, Republic secrely-treasurer, and Rodney deSarro, director, down with colds. A "£Mc" (torn "lots" By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD TUCIEN HUBBARD rejoins the production staff of Paramount, it was announced today. Hubbard, in association with William LeBaron, managing director of production, and Adolph Zukor, chairman of the board of directors, will be assigned to the production of some of the most important pictures to be filmed by Paramount during the coming year, it was announced. Since leaving Paramount Hubbard has been a producer for Warners and M-G-M. T T T Buster Keaton will complete this season's series of two-reel comedies for Educational on the West Coast. He is now shooting the first of three pictures to be made at the Educational Studios. Charles Lamont is directing. ▼ t » Camera work was started today on "Waikiki Wedding," Bing Crosby's next Paramount starring picture which is being directed by Frank Tuttle. The supporting cast is headed by Shirley Ross, Bob Burns, Martha Raye and George Barbier. Two camera units are preparing to leave Hollywood for Hawaii to procure background scenic material including native feasts, dances and weddings. Director Tut tle has a shooting schedule of 42 days. T T T "Old Lady Ironsides" has been set as the title for the first Alison Skipworth-Polly Moran picture for Republic, replacing "Steamboat Mary," which will be tag of new team's second production. T ▼ T Proving that the rugged, twofisted type of screen star is still in big demand, Paramount has signed Charles Bickford, red-headed firebrand of the industry, to a 52week starring contract. Bickford, who would never qualify as the matinee idol type of star, is always wanted by studios when the script of a picture calls for a hard-bitten engineer, a jungle adventurer, a soldier of fortune, an oil driller or some other kind of a man's man role where the star must look the part. T ▼ T "The King and the Chorus Girl" is expected lo go to the Warner cutting room within the next week. Only a few final shots now remain to be made. Warner's "Ready, Willing and Able," has been completed and is now being cut and edited. It is expected the new picture will be ready for national release early in March. Ruby Keeler stars. 115 Motion Picture Cos. Dissolved by N. Y. State (Continued from Page 1) six months by the payment of all back taxes, interest charges, penalties and a filing fee of $50. Motion picture and affiliated corporations dissolved include: A.L.A. Film Trading Corp., Advertisers Motion Picture Co., Inc., Aeolian Pictures Corp., Alco Film Laboratories, Inc., All Right Pictures, Inc., American Cinemavox Corp., American Motion Picture Operator's School, Inc., American Sound Film Productions, Inc., Apollo Film Supply Co., Inc., Arcade Pictures Corp., Armory Photoplay Corp., Artclass Pictures Corp., Artists Pictures, Inc., Auburn Capitol Theater Corp., Aurora Film Corp. Biophone Disc Pictures Corp., Box Office Pictures, Inc., Brandt Theatrical Enterprises, Inc., Brandt, William, Flatbush Theater Corp., Brandt, William, Windsor Amusement Corp., Bridge Cinema Corp., British International Pictures (America) Inc., Buffalo Crescent Theater, Inc., The, Burnham Chain Theaters, Inc. Cardinal Film Corporation, Chipman Pictures Corp., Colony Pictures Corp., Color Film Corp., Color Studios, Inc., Columnist Newsreel Corp., Combined Film Laboratories, Inc., Craftsmen Film Laboratories, Inc., The, Criterion Pictures Corp., Cromlow Film Laboratories, Inc., Culture Films, Inc., Curia Pictures, Inc. DeLuxe Screen Service, Inc., Dowling Theater Co. of E. Syracuse, Inc. Echo Film Corp., Empire Pictures Corp., Excelsior Talkfilms Prod. Corp. Film Comedy Theater, Inc., The, Film Fact Finders Corp., Film Processing Mchry. Corp., Film Renovating Co. of Amer., Inc., The, Film and Theater Program Co., Inc., Filmplay Co. of America, a Corp., The, Films & Sound, Inc., Flammertone Film Corp., Foreign Exhibition Corp., Foreign Talking Picture Corp., Foreign Theaters Corp. General Sound Film Laboratories, Inc., German American Film Associates, Inc., German American Laboratories, Inc., Globe Pictures, Inc., Gloria Films, Inc, Graphic Film Corp., Guild Film Library Corp. Happy Hour Theater Corp., Home Spun Pictures, Inc., Houdini Picture Corp., Hudson Valley Theaters Corp., Hygiene Pictures Corp. Imported Photoplays, Inc. Judea Films, Inc. Kaleido Pictures, Inc. Lash. Lee Films, Inc., Lincoln Pictures, Inc., Little Cinema Theaters, Inc., Little Theater Movie Guild, Inc., Logan Motion Pictures Prod., Inc. Monogram Film Exchanges, Inc., Moss, B. S., Broadway Theater, Inc., Motion Picture Accessory Corp., Motion Picture Advertising Service Corp., Motion Picture Institute of American Industries, Inc., Motion Picture Publications, Inc. National Talking Movies Corp., Nerl-Don Film Sales Corp. Outlook Photoplays, Inc. Pacent Film Libraries, Inc., Personality Films, Inc., Pinnacle Film Service, Inc., Planet Pictures Corporation, Plastograph Film Laboratories, Inc., Pole Pictures Corp., Polyglot Theater & Cinema Exchange, Inc., Powers Film Products, Inc., Powers Pictures, Inc., Princess Film Corporation, Producers Film Sales Corp., Pyramid Film Corp. Radiant Pictures, Inc., Radiant Productions, Inc., Rame's Films, Inc., Republic Film Industries, Inc., Revalued Pictures Corp., Road Show Pictures, Inc., Rock Island Cinema Corp., Royal Projection Screen Co., Inc. Salina Theater Corp., Savoy Pictures Corp., Sherwood-Wadsworth Pictures, Inc., Silver Screen Publications, Inc., Southern Pictures Corp., Spanish Film Exchange, Inc., Summit Pictures Corp., Sun Pictures Corp., Supreme Film Exchange, Inc., Supreme Screen Service, Inc. Talkies, Inc. (New York Exchane), Talking Picture Epics. Inc.. Talking Picture Merchandising Corp.. Technical Color Corp., Transatlantic Talking Pictures Corp., Tremont Film Laboratories Corp. U. P. H. Film Co., Inc. V & V Moving Picture Enterprise, Inc., Variety Films Corp. First Graphic Exchanges, Inc. VAN PRAAG RESIGNS NAT'L SCREEN POST (Continued from Page 1) sales head, absorbs Van Praag's duties, for the time being, at least Van Praag was formerly genera) sales manager of Universal. M-G-M Plans Development of New Ideas in Color (Continued from Page 1) for an extensive building program at Culver City. Louis B. Mayer, vice president in charge of production, states that the studio capacity will be increased by the building of six large stages, providing a total of 29 sound stages available for simultaneous use. In addition, a five-story office building will be erected, new camera and still departments and a photographic lab. will be provided, along with a new building to house the sound department, a modern gymnasium, new projection rooms, two dozen more cutting rooms, and dressing rooms which will more than double the capacity of the ones now in use. Various buildings and equipment now in use at the studios will also be remodeled and expanded. Office building to be constructed will cover an entire city block. Special departments will be reserved in the new laboratories for color experimentation. $175,000 Saratoga Springs House Announced by Reade (Continued from Page 1) yesterday by Walter Reade and his associates. House will go up on a site acquired from Marcus J. Federman, will seat 1,200 and will cost approximately $175,000. Van Voast and Leonard Agency, Inc.. of Saratoga Springs was the broker. Plans for the theater have been prepared by Thomas W. Lamb, architect. First of the new communitv houses is being erected at Toms River, N. J. Union Cinemas, Ltd., Will Merge Three British Cos. (Continued from Page 1) the National Cinemas Ltd. New firm will have a nominal capital of $32,500,000 in the form of 3,500,000 shares of $5 par value and 12,000,000 shares of five shillings par. Dallas V. C. to Dance Dallas — Approximately 1,000 are expected to participate in the second annual Variety Club dance which will be held tomorrow night at the Adolphus Hotel. Proceeds will go to the Freeman Memorial clinic to aid its work with crippled children. Hyman Charninsky's orchestra will play and there will be a floor show.