Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1934)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Friday, January 12, 1934 MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 35 January 12, 1934 No. 10 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 "Ouigpubco, 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 CHICAGO AN. Hollywood Bureau: Postal Union Lite Building, Vine and Yucca 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-Ternpelhof, Kaiserin-Augustastrasse 28, Joachim K. Rutenberg, Representative; Paris Bureau: 19, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, Pierre Autre, Representative; Rome Bureau: Viale Gorizia, Vittorio Malpassuti, 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. Look for No Deal on Roxy Within 10 Days No deal for reorganization of the Roxy will be culminated for the next 10 days, Louis H. Pounds, chairman of the first mortgage bondholders' committee, stated yesterday. Several plans have been under consideration and no action is expected for another week. When that is done, the Federal Court must approve the deal. On Dec. 12, Carlos Israels, attorney for the first mortgage bondholders, told the court that four reorganization plans were in his hands and that he expected to consummate one of them in about a month. However, it will take at least six months before financial entanglements in any reorganization deal are ironed out, it was stated from another authoritative source. Steffes-Cole Visit Kansas City Mystery Kansas City, Jan. 11. — Much mystery surrounds the short visit here the other day of Al Steffes, president of Northwest Allied States, and H. A. Cole of Dallas, president of Allied of Texas. It is reported they were interested in available local houses. In view of the fact that Steffes, Minneapolis operator, some time ago launched an expansion program, this may have some significance. Neither of the two called on Jay Means, president of the I. T. O. and close to Allied, or other organization leaders. Dispose of Publix Nebraska's Assets (Continued from page 1) Capital, Grand Island, Neb., and fixtures of the World and State theatres here. Repudiation of the leases of the World and State, held by the World Realty Co., has been filed here as a matter of form. Blank is already operating the houses on a new rental agreement. Omaha, Jan. 11.— -A majority of creditors of A. H. Blank Theatre Co. of Nebraska have filed written acceptance of the bankrupt company's offer to pay a total of $1,038,000 in claims at the rate of 20 cents on the dollar. It is expected that the company, which formerly operated the Paramount here, will be out of bankruptcy within a month. Committee to Help Run Para's Houses (Continued from page 1) territories in the United States and one for Canada. E. V. Richards of New Orleans has been named as representative for the southeast. The other representatives to be named will be for the southwest, the Chicago territory, the section west of Chicago and Canada. It is expected that the southwestern representative will be named at Dallas on Jan. 19. Columbia to Change Trio of Its Titles Hollywood, Jan. 11.— Three title changes are coming up at Columbia. The studio is looking for a new tag for the Frank Borzage picture, "Men of Tomorrow," having discovered that there is a European picture of that title. Colleen Moore's "Sisters Under the Skin" will be changed to "Men Need Women," with the former title being retained for another picture. Columbia is also looking for a new title for the Grace Moore picture, "Don't Fall in Love," because of its resemblance to the title of the recently completed musical, "Let's Fall in Love." Public's Reactions Unstable — Laemmle Hollywood, Jan. 11— Public reactions to films are more uncertain at present than they ever were prior to the depression, declares Carl Laemmle. In the old days it was possible to feel the public pulse, he says, but at present audiences are more discriminating. Pictures succeed in spots, he declares. Local politics, censorship and prejudice are factors. Present day films, he says, are better than they have been at any time during the past 25 years. Discussing trends, he makes the assertion that novelty films should be a success during the coming year, and "honest realism and frankness will mark new pictures." "There will never be a place for vulgarity," Laemmle insists. "No censorship can possibly be as severe as that practiced in the studios today. We have more 'don'ts' in our code of ethics than any three other industries." Allied Owners Case Taken Off Calendar Referee in Bankruptcy Theodore Stitt, in Brooklyn yesterday ordered removed from the calendar the motions to remove William M. Greve, president of New York Investors, Inc., as one of the three trustees in the case of the Allied Owners' Corp., bankrupt subsidiary of New York Investors. Greve and 11 other officers and directors of New York Investors and its affiliates are under indictment in connection with the affairs of the affiliated companies. Argument on the motion for removal of Greve, which was made by Archibald Palmer, representing bondholders, was to have been held today. Robert P. Levis, attorney for Allied Owners Corp., however, told the referee that the reorganization plan was nearly complete and was to be submitted to the court shortly. Greenblatt in New Office Arthur Greenblatt, Inc., has just opened an exchange in the Film Center Building. Loew's Pfd. in %-Point Advance Net Consolidated Film Industries, pfd. Eastman Kodak Fox Film "A" Loew's, Inc Loew's, Inc., pfd Paramount, cts RKO High Low Close Change Sales 354 354 354 700 135* 1254 1354 + Vt. 2.200 8154 8054 81 54 900 1« 12% 1254 700 2756 2654 27 3.800 7456 74 7456 + 54 200 2154 21 K 2154 + 54 100 256 2 2 6,300 IK 154 154 300 1154 n 11 54 500 254 254 + 54 500 sys 5 556 2,700 Warner Bros 51, Technicolor Sole Opener on Curb Net Technicolor General Theatre Equipment 6s '40. Paramount Broadway 554s Paramount F. L. 6s '47. . Paramount Publix 554s '50. High Low Close Change Sales 854 m 85i 200 ; Rises IV2 Net High 456 Low 4 Close Change Sales 456 456 456 456 + 56 + 56 2 2 %7% 8754 87^ + 54 2 3154 3054 3154 +1 3 3054 3054 3054 + 54 5 31 30 31 +154 3 4254 4254 4254 + 54 15 i Purely Personal HARRY HERSHFIELD, create, of "Abie Kabibble," has a ne. series in the offing called "Accordir, to Hoyle." The cartoon strip will firsT appear in the Sunday Herald-Tribuv and daily later. Fredric March and his wife Florence Eldridge, with their adopts daughter, will arrive in New Yorl j next Monday on the Virginia. Par] of their vacation will be spent her: and the remainder at Madison, Wis Carl Brisson, Danish musical com ; edy star, fresh from the English stag< was partied by Paramount at the Wal dorf -Astoria yesterday, prior to hi; departure tomorrow for Hollywoo where he will be cast in an early pre duction. Ed Kuykendall left last night fo his home at Columbus, Miss., plannin to return about Jan. 21 for the ne.\ meeting of the Code Authority. Leon Schlesinger is in New Yorj at the Astor. He will stay a week be fore returning to the coast. Saul E. Rogers nursed a cold a home yesterdav. List 195 Houses in Portland Territori (Continued from page 1) open and closed, in the territory served by this board. This area cover! Oregon and Washington, parts c northern California and Idaho. Of these, 26 are circuit house? Seven are affiliated and 19 unaffiliate The remainder — 169 houses with seating capacity of 78,426 — are ir dependents. Oregon has the large: number, 140, with a capacity of 68 646. Twenty sound houses and eigl silent are closed in the territorv. Reliance May Make Two Pictures Hert (Continued from page 1) rection of Chester Erskine. The sec ond has not been selected yet. Th deal has been under discussion be tween Harry Goetz, head of Relianci and Ben Stoloff, who made "Joe Pa looka" for the company. Stoloff will be on his way back t the coast the early part of next wee but will make another trip to Ne1 York in the near future to definitel close the deal. No Further Policy Shifts, Says Loeu (Continued from page 1) every house operates on a differei plan and changes according to cond: tions. He said the reason the policy shi: was made at the Times Square hous was that there were too many house with double features in the New Yor neighborhood. This forced the mov< In addition, the price from 8 A. 1 to 1 P. M. is now 15 cents. F01 merly it was 25 cents at all time except holidays.