Motion Picture Daily (Jun-Aug 1931)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Wednesday, August 5, 1931 MOTION PICTURE DAILY Registered U. S. Patent Office Formtrh Exhibitors Daily Review and Motion Pictures Today Purely Personal Vol. 30 AuKUSt 5. 1931 Xo. 56 Martin Quigley Editor-inChxef and Publisher MAURICE KANN Editor JAMKS A. CRON Advertising Manager ^^rK. PUBLISHED daily, except Sunday lH 1 and holidays, by Motion Picture V<|X Daily, Inc., a Quigley Publication, >l at 1790 Broadway, New York. Telephone: Circle 7-3100. Cable address: "Qui^pubco, New York." All contents copyrighted. Hollywood Office: Pacific States Life Building, Vine and Yucca Streets; Wtlliam A. Johnston, Manager, Chicago Office: 407 South Dearborn btreet; Edwin S. Clifford, Manager. London corresponde«t: W. H. Mooring, The Bioscope, 8-10 Charing Cross Road, London, W.C. 2. Berlin correspondent, Alfred Weiner, "The Film Kurrier," Berlin, W. 9. Entered as second class matter January 4, 1926, at the Post Office at New York City, N. Y., under Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates per year, including postage: $10 in the United States and Canada; foreign $15. Single copies, 10 cents. Film Royalties Raise Estate of Novelist film royalties have nearly trebled the estate of Richard Harding Davis since the author's death in 19i6. When he died, he left |49,029, but film and dramatic royalities, chiefly the former, have increased it to $136,000, it is shown by an accounting filed in White Plains by the Bank of America, executor and trustee. The largest item is sale of 67 stories to Fox for $54,000. "BUY RIGHT— BUT BUY NOW" Puhlix Building Charlotte Alhambra Charlotte, N. C. — Reconstruction of the Alabama here to provide Publix with a better showhouse to replace the burned Imperial Theatre soon will be started. The improvements will cost in excess of $25,000. Whatever plans Publix may have had for rebuilding the Imperial have been abandoned. "BUY RIGHT— BUT BUY NOW" Beaudine to Columbia Hoi.LY\vooi> — William Beaudine has been signed by Columbia to direct several productions, the first to be "The Man in Mer Life." "BUY RIGHT BUT BUY NOW" Showing Gibbons Film Moyd Gibbons' first picture will be the first film to be screened on top of the Empire State Building, world's tallest structure. RKO Van Beuren Corporation, producers of the thirteen "Floyd Gibbons' .Supreme Thrills" will screen the first release, "Woodrow Wilson's Great Decision," at a special showing following; a luncheon to the press today. "BUY RIGHT BUT BUY NOW" Plague Closes Theatres Belmo.nt, \. C. — Theatres and other public gathering places here have been ordered closed as a precaution against what is believed to be an outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis, which has already claimed three victims in this vicinity. HUBERT VOIGHT came in town with Elmer Fryer, head of the still department at the W.B.-F.N. studios. They are waiting for Marion Marsh to arrive Monday and they will take pictures of her in various parts of New York, as exteriors for her next. Lil Dagover wmII get in from abroad on the 24th and Voight will escort her back to the Coast, stopping off at various cities on the way. Ruth W.\terbury, fan magazine editor, and Norman Kranza arrived in town on the same train Voight and Fryer did. Karl Dane and George K. Arthur, co-stars of a series of two-reel comedies, are at Newport for scenes for their new Paramount comedy, "Join the Navy." Major Edward Bowes of the Capitol is wearing a broader smile nowadays, having made a hole-in-one at the Sleepy Holly Country Club. Leo Abrams, Universal New York exchange manager, is reported engaged to Charlotte Kessler, also identified with a picture company. Frank Lloyd will leave for an extended tour of Europe upon completing the direction of Billie Dove in "The Age for Love." A. S. Kirkpatrick of Educational is convalescing from his recent illness and is expected to return to duty within a few days. "Pat" Garyn may have to learn the sign language if that paving work on 46th St. keeps on. It sounds like a miniature war. David Idzahi., manager of the Fox Theatre, Philadelphia, has been elected to the Chamber of Commerce by unanimous vote. Jack (Larry) Gardner, Boston RKO manager, is in New York on a visit. Larry's an ardent baseball fan. William M. Wilkinson has been made company manager of the Fanchon & Marco "Vacation Days" Idea on tour. It opens tomorrow at the Denver Theatre, Denver. Mike Simmons leaves this weekend for a vacation in the Adirondacks. It's to be "Hark, hark, the lark" from now on. Herman A. Chrisman has been made booker and office manager at Columbia Memphis exchange. ToM Thornton, formerly selling for Universal, has joined the Denver Columbia branch. Ed Hurley has joined the publicity department of the Fox Theatre in Washington. Gloria Swanson will land Friday from the Paris after a vacation abroad. M. J. Weisfeldt rises to remind that his first picture is "I am from Siani." George Ross is now in charge of Columbia's Milwaukee exchange, being transferred from Kansas City. Sol Brill is at his home recovering from a recent heart attack. "BUY RIGHT— BUT BUY NOW" RKO Gets Break In Cincinnati Sheet Cincinnati — Following the recent dissension between RKO and the Cincinnati Enquirer, the only morning and Sunday paper in the city, which was amicably settled, the local circuit office crashed the sheet during personal appearance of Laurel Miller, astrologer, at the Capitol, in the biggest tieup ever put over here. During the week's engagement, five pages of exploitation, and the equivalent of three pages of reading matter appeared in the Enquirer, which, incidentally, carries a daily horoscope by the astrologer as a regular feature. Dull Day for Stock Market High Low Consolidated Film Industries 754 7^4 F.astman Kodak 138J^ 135H Fox Film "A" 15^4 15'/^ General Theatre Equipment new 3^4 35/^ r,oew's, Tnc 47 46Mi Paramount Publix 235^ 23J^ Pathc Exchange 1^ VA RKO 14 13^ Warner Bros T/z 7!4 Curb Issues Irregular Higrh Low f"olumbia Pictures 11^ \\]4 Cohimbia Pictures vtc 10 10 General Theatre Equipment pfd 6% S% Sentry Safety Control ^ % Technicolor 7^i 7 Trans Lux S'A S'A Bond List Rallies; P. F. L. Gains 3 Net High Low Close Ch2mge General Theatre Equipment 6s '40 29 28J^ 28?^ +3^ Ixjew's 6s '41 ex war 98 9754 97^ —'A Paramount Broadway 5'/is '51 101J4 101^ 101}^ + 'A Paramount F. L. 6s '47 90 90 90 -|-3 Paramount Publix S^s, 'SO 78 78 78 + 'A Pafhe 7s '37 ww 91J4 91 9VA +2'A Warner Bros. 6s '39 wd 4SJ4 44J4 45^4 + 'A Net Close Change Sales 7-/« + v^ 200 1.37 '/ 3,20C 15'/ Vs 1,200 3^ 900 46'/ '/ 4,200 2m 3/ 1.800 V4 '/ 200 7p, '/ 2,60C 6,400 Net Close Change Sales 11'/ + /a 300 10 100 6 % 3,100 7/« LOOC 7'/4 + 'A 1,000 5J4 1,200 Prinz to Stage Warner Units In ^ThiUy' Le Roy Prinz was signed by Warners yesterday to take charge of the flexible unit shows to be produced as part of the programs at the Magtbaum Theatre, Philadelphia. The first of the new shows will be staged on August 22, when the Warners will introduce their own bills in their houses in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Washington, Milwaukee and Jersey City. Prinz has had considerable experience in staging legitimate shows, having put on the Earl Carroll "Sketch Book," "Vanities" and "Top Speed." Each of the theatres in the Warner chain featuring stage shows as preludes to pictures is to have a producer of its own. Prinz's work in Philadelphia will be supervised by William Goldman and Al Kays. "BUY RIGHT— BUT BUY NOW" Epics Gets Shorts With Femme Appeal "Let's Go Places" is the title of a series of unique travel pictures to be handled by Talking Picture Epics, Inc., and which are designed to have especial appeal to the female portion of theatrical audiences. The series will consist of visits to little known places. The accompanying recorded talks will be written and spoken by Emma Lindsay Squier, authoress, a regular contributor to "Collier's," "The "Ladies' Home Journal" and "Good Housekeeping." "BUY RIGHT— BUT BUY NOW" Exhibitors Trying to Get Republican Meet Philadelphia— Pledge of co-operation to the mayor and William Goldman of Warner-Stanley in their efforts to bring the national Republican convention to Philadelphia in 1932 has been made by the eastern Pennsylvania exhibitor unit. "BUY RIGHT— BUT BUY NOW" A. M. P. A. Nominations Members of the A, M. P. A. will meet tomorrow at the Dixie Hotel, where a nominating committee to select officers for the ensuing year will be appointed. Michael Simmons, incumbent, will not run again for president. Elections will follow within the next few weeks. Studio and Location Sound on Film Recording Low Daily or Weekly Ratat Powers C'inephone Equipment Corp. 723-7th AVE., N. Y. BRyant 9-6067 Sales 4 9 1 5 1 15 15 SOUND MOVIOLA jnd Expert Assistjnce available per day or week DU-ART FILM LABORATORIES, Inc. 245 W. 55th St., N. Y. C. Phone: Col. 5-4907