Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1934)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Wednesday, January 10, 1934 MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 35 January 10, 1934 No. 8 Martin Quigley Editor-in-Chief and Publisher MAURICE KANN Editor JAMES A. CRON Advertising Manager Published daily except Sunday and holidays by Motion Picture Daily, Inc., subsidiary of Quigley Publications, Inc., Martin Quigley, President; Colvin Brown, Vice-President and Treasurer. Publication Office: 1790 Broadway, New York. Telephone Circle 7-3100. Cable address "Quigpubco, New York." All contents copyrighted 1934 by Motion Picture Daily, Inc. Address all correspondence to the New York Office. Other Quigley publications: MOTION PICTURE HERALD, BETTER THEATRES, THE MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC and THE CHICAGOAN. Hollywood Bureau: Postal Union Life Building, Vine and ¥ucca Streets, Victor M. Shapiro. Manager; Chicago Bureau: 407 South Dearborn Street, Edwin S. Clifford, manager; London Bureau: 1021 A Finchley Road, Golders Green, Bernard Charman. Representative; Berlin Bureau: Berlin-Tempelhof, Kaiserln-Augustastrasse 28, Joachim K. Rutenberg, Representative; Paris Bureau: 19, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, Pierre Autre, Representative; Rome Bureau: Viale Gorizia, Vittorio Malfassuti, Representative; Sydney Bureau: 102 Sussex Street, Cliff Holt, Representative; Mexico City Bureau: Apartado 269, James Lockhart, Representative; Glasgow Bureau: 86 Dundrennan Road, G. Holmes, Representative; Budapest Bureau: 11_ Olaaz Fasor 17, Endre Hevesi, Representative. 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: $6 in the Americas, except Canada $15 and foreign $12. Single copies: 10 cents. "Cavalcade" First in Film Daily '33 Poll "Cavalcade" was voted the first on Film Daily's 10 best pictures of 1933. The Fox picture scored 304 of 384 votes in the test. Runner up was "42nd Street," a Warner film which chalked up 209 votes. The other eight selections follow : "Private Life of Henry VIII," (U.A.), 187 votes; "Lady for a Day," (Col.), 173; "State Fair," (Fox), 169; "Farewell to Arms," (Para.), 167; "She Done Him Wrong," (Para.), 158; "I'm a Fugitive from a Chain Gang," (Warners), 156; "Maedchen in Uniform," (Filmchoice), 137; "Rasputin and the Empress," (M-G-M), 128. MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 19*4-35 NOW /N PMPAAA T/ON WHERE THE WORLD LOOKS FOR MOTION PICTURE facb Flash Reviews "Cross Country Cruise" ( Universal) A well-knit, smoothly running story, with both young and old appeal. . . "The Fighting Code" {Columbia) Will please western fans to a "t." Buck Jones puts this over with a bang. . . . "Big Time or Bust" (Capitol) Little of originality is to be found in "Big Time or Bust." . . . However, there is some good acting and some glittering settings. . . . "Public Stenographer" (Showmen's Pictures) Fairly entertaining melodrama which would go nicely on a dual program. . . . Complete reviews of these films will appear in a later issue of Motion Picture Daily. No Film Help Seen In Foreign Quotas (Continued from page 1) ufactured products may then be substituted, it was said. The new French quota allowances set aside the projected restrictions announced last September insofar as America is concerned and continues the quota totals existing for the last year and threequarters, only 25 per cent of which had been allotted to the U. S. up to the time the new quota allowances were announced. Cullman Repeats Denial Answering reports that S. L. (Roxyl Rothafel would return to the Roxy, Howard S. Cullman yesterday reiterated "there is no change of any kind whatsoever contemplated in the management or operation of the theatre." "Moulin Rouge" Shown Simultaneously with trade showings in all key cities of the country, "Moulin Rouge," 20th Century's latest starring Constance Bennett, was shown at the Astor yesterday morning. Postpone P. E. Meet A Publix Enterprises creditors' meeting scheduled for yesterday before Referee Henry K. Davis was postponed to Jan. 16. Gold wyn Sees Jump In Theatre Scales (Continued from pane 1 ) shown. Last season Goldwyn forbade showing of his product first run at that price. Goldwyn was non-committal on whether he thought increased production costs would boost film rentals. He did say, however, that he has not changed his mind on opposition to any code ban on star raiding. He reiterated that he was still in favor of "allowing stars full freedom in determiningfor themselves where they will work." Goldwyn will confer in New York with Eddie Cantor on his next picture and will then go to Russia. Flinn Back at Ampa John C. Flinn will again take up his post as president of the Ampa tomorrow, after being away one meeting. Flinn is executive secretary of Code Authority and attended a session of that body last Thursday. Gottlieb in from Mexico Bernard Gottlieb, manager of M-GM's Mexico office, is in New York, having made the trip to attend his father's funeral. He will remain in town for three weeks. Most Issues Show Slight Gain Columbia Pictures, vtc. Consolidated Film Industries, pfd Eastman Kodak Fox Film "A" Loew's, Inc Loew's, Inc., pfd Paramount, cts Pathe Exchange "A" RKO Warner Bros 5 Erpi Testing Out Phone Broadcasting (Continued from page 1) signed to be very small, added to telephone bills. Control switches at the reception end would permit a selection of dance music, classical or chember music and sports or news events from noon of one day to 1 A. M. of the next. As use of the system developed, it is understood, variety would be added to the broadcasts, and they would probably originate at central studios directed by Erpi. The experiments now under way at the Gotham employ only electrical transcriptions for the wire broadcasts. The success of the plan, it is surmised, would put Erpi, at present an accessory of the theatre and production industry, in the position of an entertainment producer and distributor. Technicolor Keith Bonds Rise Points High Low Close General Theatre Equipment 6s '40 4 334 334 Keith E\ F. 6s '46 5254 5254 5254 Loew's 6s '41. ww deb rights 86*4 8654 8654 Paramount Broadway 554s '51 30H 30J^ 30^1 Paramount Publix 554s '50 30 2954 2954 Warner Bros. 6s '39, wd..... 42 4154 42 Net Change + 54 VA + 54 + 14 4 34 Sales 5 3 1 1 16 3 Academy Protests Guild Code Moves Hollywood, Jan. 9. — Despite protests from the Academy that no groups or organizations have been requested to nominate candidates for code committee under the terms of a ruling received from Division Administrator Sol A. Rosenblatt, the Screen Writers' Guild is continuing its plan to submit a list of candidates for code committees. The guild has named Edward Lawson as its candidate for Code Authority, Ernest Pascal and Wells Root for the agents' committee, and H. P. Garrett, Rupert Hughes, Ralph Block, John Natteford, Seton I. Miller, Gladys Lehman, Samuel K. Conitz, John Emerson, Courtney Terrett. James Gleason, Dudley Nichols and Raymond Schrock for the five and five committee. Phillipson Arrives With Ticket Device Plans to strengthen the position of Automaticket England by creating a wider market for its product in this country through its American branch, the General Register Corp., were revealed yesterday by Percy Phillipson, managing director of both firms, upon his arrival here aboard the Aquitama. Phillipson hopes to introduce a ticket taker described by him as "absolutely silent" and a machine that prints tickets as they are issued at the boxoffice. These machines, according to him, have never been marketed. Net High Low Close Change Sales . 23 23 23 100 . 3^4 354 354 + Vs 100 1134 1154 11% + ?4 200 . 80J4 80 80 + 34 600 . 1254 1254 1254 + 54 100 27 2634 267^ + V% 2,100 73 73 73 +1 100 . m VA m 6 11 1054 ii + 54 1.000 . 2VS 254 234 200 5 4% 5 + % 600 % on Curb Net High Low Close Change Sales . 854 854 854 + H 100 Chase States Film Interests Improve (Continued from page 1) its picture interests. Earnings for the year amounted to $25,298,094 before reserves and charge-offs. Discussing its film activities the report said : "During the year substantial headway has been made in protecting and improving the interest of the bank in the Fox Film Corp., General Theatres Equipment, Inc., and associated enterprise." Bishop Set for Clean-up Los Angeles, Jan. 9. — Bishop John J. Cantwell of the Catholic diocese of Los Angeles, said today a campaign definitely will be launched by him to boycott questionable films.