Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1933)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Tuesday, October 17. 1933 MOTION PICTURE DAILY Resristered U. S. Patent Office Formerly Exhibitors Daily Revitw and Motion Pictures Today Vol. 34 October 17. 1933 No. 91 Martin Quigley Editor-in-Chief and Publisher MAURICE KANN Editor JAMES A. CRON Advertising Manager ^•\W\ PUBLISHED daUy, except Sunday / 11 J and holidays, by Motion Picture N^< Daily, Inc., a Quigley Publication, ^ at 1790 Broadway. New York, Telephone Circle 7-3100. Cable address "Quigpubco, New York." All contents copyrighted. Hollywood Office: Pacific States Life Building, Vine and Yucca Streets; Victor M. Shapiro, Manager. Chicago Office: 407 South Dearborn Street; Edwin S. Clifford. Manager. London correspondent: W. H. Mooring. 41 Redbill Drive, Edgware, London, England. Berlin correspondent: Joachim K. Rutenberg. "The Film Kurier," Kothenerstrasse 37, Berlin, W. 9. Paris correspondent: Pierre Autre. 19 Rue de Cour des-Noues. Entered ai 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: $6 in the Americas, except Canada; Canada and foreign $15. Single copies: 10 cents. vNRA^ Franklin Returns; Will Remain Here (Continued from page 1) up my affairs at RKO and resting. If it were earlier in the season, I'd like to take a long vacation in Europe. I'll probably decide during the week and may go out to the west coast for a while, after all." Franklin's resignation was effective Sunday and no successor has been nained in the interim by M. H. Aylesworth, RKO president. Meanwhile, Phil Reisman, assistant to Franklin, is taking over some of the latter's duties under the direction of Aylesworth and J. R. McDonough, Aylesworth's assistant. Franklin reiterated yesterday that he was leaving RKO "with the best of feelings for the company and everyone in it." He said he expected to oi>en Radio City offices "in about three weeks" and would begin to make plans for his projected production venture at that time. "I have no production associates yet," Franklin said, "and haven't even approached anyone in connection with my plans." He said he favored the east as a center for his production activities. Big Sign for O'Brien What is asserted to be "one of the largest signs ever used in a political campaign" is being erected by the Democratic Theatrical Division on the front of the Criterion Theatre here. A feature of the display will be a 14-foot portrait of Mayor O'Brien. A speakers' platform will be at the base of the sign. Goldsmith Is Renamed Head Of Engineers (Continued from page 1) Griffin of International Projector Corp. was re-elected to the board. Almost 100 members were registered here by noon with the expectation that the meeting will attract twice that number. Donald Bean of the University of Chicago, addressing the luncheon session, stressed the educational value of films and took issue with the code attempts to bar historical pictures from showing outside of theatres. Goldsmith, in his address later, said he saw no threat to theatres frorn educational picture competition. Proposed changes in the constitution and by-laws occupied the afternoon session and the creation of five new executive vice-president posts to assist the president was still being debated as the meeting closed tonight. Wynn to Visit President Hollywood, Oct. 16. — Ed Wynn leaves for Washington Wednesday to vMsit President Roosevelt. Theatre War Gets Hotter About Frisco U, A, Appoints Two To Foreign Offices Two new appointments have been made by United Artists in its program of foreign expansion. Williard G. Triest of the foreign department here has been named district manager for the company in the Scandinavian countries, the Baltic States and Germany. He will sail for his new post on Oct. 20 aboard the Paris and will make his headquarters in Stockholtn. Lester Sussman has been appointed manager of United Artists' new office in San Juan, Porto Rico. He sails from New York the latter part of the month. (Continued from page 1) shows and the Rube Wolf band ; in the latter is the Ted Fio-Rito band and a girl lineup. With prices way down, these houses are stealing quite a bit from the top-chargers, who, several months ago, had a tight hold on the first run situation. Now the United Artists comes in with the new 20th Century product and the standard U. A. output at 40 cents top. "The Bowery," now in, has been packing them in. In the meantime, FWC's own houses, the Embassy and St. Francis, are taking away some of the trade from the two bigger spots, the Warfield and Paramount. Another FWC house, the El Capitan, is humming along nicely in the town's largest district, the Mission, and keeping a lot of customers in their own neighborhood. Last week there were 11 big house vying for grosses here. That means tremendous overseating. Blumenstock Given Dave Weshner Post Mort Blumenstock, who has been handling Warner theatre advertising and publicity in the east, has been named successor to Dave Weshner, who last week was appointed manager of the company's theatres in Wisconsin, with headquarters in Milwaukee. LandowPhillyBoardHead Philadelphia, Oct. 16.— Michael Landow of Universal has been elected president of the Film Board of Trade here. Robert Mochrie is vice-president and Jack Greenberg remains as secretary. Herschel Stuart in N. Y. H'erschel Stuart, whose special assignment directing Paramount Publix theatre operations in Detroit was culminated late last week with the closing of the 10-months management deal for the houses between the Paramount trustees and George W. Trendle, former Detroit theatre operator, will be assigned to home office work for the time being, S. A. Lynch, dire.ctor of Paramount theatre reorganization, said yesterday. i Purely Personal ► MONROE GREENTHAL, exploitation manager for United Artists, is in Boston to arrange for the opening at Loew's State there of "Broadway Thru a Keyhole" on Friday. Herman Zohbel, treasurer, and William Clark, assistant treasurer of Radio, are in Hollywood to confer with B. B. Kahane. Karl Krug of the United Artists publicity department, is back from a week-end spent with his folks in Pittsburgh. Marion Nixon and Valentine Mandelstamm, scenarist, arrive in New York from abroad today aboard the Paris. William O'Neal, radio and musical comedy star, will be the Ro?cy headliner on the stage starting Friday. Ted Lewis and his orchestra will be Capitol headliners on the stage starting Friday. Norman Moray is in Cleveland for a few days on Vitaphone business. Market Falls Off Heavily Net ^High Low Close Change Columbia Pictures, vtc 22?^ 21J^ 21^ —V/n Consolidated Film Industries 3^ 3H ^'A — 'A r'onsolidated Film Industries, pfd 9K 914 9% —1'/^ Ka.stman Kodak 7f''/2 73 73 — 3 Fox Film "A" 14}^ 14 14!^ — 1'/8 Loew's, Inc 3W4 28 28'^ —3 Loew's, Inc., pfd 6914. 697^ 69^ —3'A Paramount Publix I'A Wi Wn —A Pathe Kxchange U/f. Wa I'/i -1-54 Pathe Exchange "A" 7?/, 7i/2 75^ — ^ KKO 25/« 21^ 2!4 —Vf Warner Bros 7"^ 6'4 6^ — Vn Warner Bros., pfd 21 21 21 —2 Technicolor Loses One and a Half Net ' High Low Close Change Sentry Safety Control Vi 'A 'A Technicolor WA 8.^4 9 —1'/ Pathe Rises Two Points Net High Low Close Change General Theatre Equipment 6s '40 SVn SA. 5!^ — V^ General Theatre Equipment 6s '40, ctf 4!4 VAe, 4A ^ '-'(■Uh B. F. 6s '46 45'4 45 45 —1 Paramount Broadway 554s '51 3154 31 31 Paramount F. L. 6s '47 315^ 315^ 3\'A — Vf r-'aramount Publix 554s '50 33 31M 31^4 —^H P^the 7s '47, WW 82 82 82 +2 Warner Bros. 6s '39, wd 4fi 44 44 — 2 Sales 200 200 200 700 200 3.500 lOO 700 600 1,200 12.700 ion Sales 100 2,100 Sales 25 Cohn Is Endorsed in Stand on Blue Laws Receipt of messages from all over the country endorsing his stand against blue law enforcement was reported yesterday by Jack Cohn, vice-president of Columbia, upon his return to the city from the code conferences in Washington. The producer had declared against blue law legislation in a recent statement on the ground thai it cut down sales and employment. "Wherever public sentiment permits Sunday baseball, golf, etc., which create little or no employment, all theatres, restaurants and similar activities requiring paid forces should be opened," Cohn declared. "Two purposes are served, accommodation of a public eager for harmless recreation, and extra employment for the men and women required to serve it. "At a time like this the liberalization of restrictive blue laws should extend to drug, cigar and confectionery stores, the sale of foods, etc., everything within reason to create demand and put people to work catering to those in the enjoyment of increasing leisure." Warner Club to Dine Warners Baseball Club will have its first "get-together" party on Nov. 25 at the Belvedere Tavern in Brooklyn. It will be a beefsteak dinner and cabaret night. Sam Mareno, assistant cameraman at Vitaphone Studio, is in charge and he has arranged to have a number of stage and screen stars attend. Hy Daab to Warners Hy Daab, former advertising and publicity director for Radio Pictures, yesterday was appointed assistant to Stanley Shuford on the Warner advertising staff by S. Charles Einfeld.