Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1934)

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MOTION PICTURE DAILY Tuesday, January 16, 1934 MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 35 January 16, 1934 No. 13 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. Oth«r Quigley publications: MOTION PICTURE HERALD, BETTER THEATRES, THE MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC and THE CHICAGOAN. „ . *t ■ tt Hollywood Bureau: Postal Union Life 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-Tempelhof, 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. L. B. Mayer Is Made Life Islam Member San Francisco, Jan. 15. — Louis B. Mayer was made an honorary life member of Islam Temple at a luncheon tendered him at the Palace Hotel. Principal state and city officials, including Governor James Rolph, Jr., greeted Mayer. Samuel Shortridge, former U. S. Senator, spoke. Majestic Setup to Be Agreed on Soon The Production setup of Majestic will be announced within the next week, Herman Gluckman, president, stated yesterday. The company has eight more pictures to go on the current program. Studio headquarters on the coast and an executive producer will be set within the next few days, he says. FitzPatrick Looks For Drop in Shorts A decided decrease in the shorts output next season is seen by J. J. FitzPatrick, .president of FitzPatrick Pictures. He states the number of short subjects will be cut by all major producers because of the code. He believes exhibitors will be at liberty to choose only those subjects which have been successful at the box-office and the producers must make the type of shorts desired by theatre owners. Having just completed "Tschaikovsky," first of 12 musical subjects, FitzPatrick declares he has put in twice the amount of time and double the expense ordinarily required for one short. He says Walt Disney has set a new standard in shorts production and all producers will have to spend more time and money in their product to equal it. Headliners for Benefit Jack Pearl, Eddie Cantor, George M>. Cohan, Abe Lyman and his band, George Jessel, Bob Hall, Joe Penner, Milton Berle, Ed Sullivan and "The Voice of Experience" are among the talent being lined up by Steve Trilling of the Warner Artists' Bureau for the annual benefit of the Milk and Egg League for New York's Tubercular Poor at the New Amsterdam, Jan. 28. Medal for Disney Philadelphia, Jan. 15 — Walt Disney will be awarded this year's gold medal of the Poor Richard Club of Philadelphia for the outstanding achievement of 1933 at a banquet at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel Wednesday. Eddie Cantor will accept the medal for Disney, who will not be able to attend. Loew Trip Canceled Arthur M. Loew, vice-president of Loew's and in charge of M-G-M's foreign business, has canceled his 'roundthe-world trip and is returning to New York, via China. He is due back in a month. Illness is described as the reason. Disney Joins Hays Walt Disney Prod, is now a member of the Hays organization. This sends the total of producing and distributing company members up to 25. Pick Grace Moore's First Hollywood, Jan. 15. — Grace Moore's first for Columbia will be "Don't Fall in Love," a play by Charles Beahan and Dorothy Speare. Milwaukee Boosting Grosses with Shows Milwaukee, Jan. 15. — Faced with plenty of outside competition, the Alhambra, Palace and Wisconsin, first runs, are playing stage shows in addition to their regular picture fare. A six-day bike race, just closed at the Auditorium, grossed approximately $24,000 with a paid attendance of 39,804. The automobile show moved into the Auditorium Jan. 13 for a week's stay. And to top it off a walkathon has blossomed forth in the Horticulture Building at State Fair Park in West Allis, operating 24 hours daily with two daily broadcasts over WISN. Paramount Promotes Six In line with its policy of promoting from within the ranks, Paramount has made six elevations in the sales force. James J. Donahue, Salt Lake City manager, is now head of the Minneapolis office, succeeding Chester A. Roeder, who has been switched to San Francisco. Harold E. Pickett, Oklahoma City branch manager, has assumed a similar post in Dallas. Charles G. Epperson, salesman at Salt Lake City, is now manager, and Sidney R. Sampson, salesman at Dallas, heads the Oklahoma City office. Gerald Westergren, ad sales manager at Washington, has been moved to the home office and Stanley R. Chase, ad sales clerk in Washington, is now ad sales manager there. Para, to Build Up Ross Hollywood, Jan. 15. — One of the biggest star build-ups planned for the coming year will be given Lanny Ross, former Radio singer, bv Paramount. To date he has been given a featured role in "Melody in Snring," his first oicture. A starring vehicle is now being prepared for him and the studio will co-star him with Charlotte Henry in "Cinderella." Designates Shorts Week Paramount has designated the seven days starting Feb. 11 as National Short Subjects Week. Hays Plans Coast Trek Will H. Hays plans to leave for the coast shortly. Air Race to Hughes Miami, Jan. 15. — Howard Hughes was being congratulated today for winning the sportsman pilot free-forall event yesterday at the Miami AllAmerican air meet. His speed was 185707 miles per hour over a 20-mile course. Market Shows Upward Trend Net High Law Close Change Columbia Pictures, vtc 2534 25 2534 4-154 Consolidated Film Industries 354 354 354 Consolidated Film Industries, pfd 13 1234 13 Eastman Kodak 8254 81 82 +VA Fox Film "A" 14 1354 14 4 54 Loew's. Inc 27^ 2754 2754 + 74 M-G-M, pfd 2134 2134 2134 -t 54 Paramount, cts 27A 254 W* 4-54 Pathe Exchange 154 154 134 4-54 Pathe Exchange "A" 1254 1154 1254 4-134 RKO 254 254 254 4-34 Warner Bros 6 554 5^4 +34 Technicolor Advances Half a Point Net High Low Close Change Technicolor 854 854 854 4-54 Paramount Bonds in Sharp Rise Net High Low Close Change General Theatre Equipment 6s '40 554 5 554 + ?4 General Theatre Equipment 6s '40, ctf 434 434 434 — % Keith B. F. 6s '46 54 54 54 4-154 Loew's 6s '41. ww deb rights 90 89 90 4-54 Paramount Broadway 554s '51 39 36 3754 4-254 Paramount F. L. 6s '47 38 3534 38 4-3 Paramount Publix 554s '50 38 3534 3754 4-154 Warner Bros. 6s '39. wd 4434 4354 4*H 4-154 Sales 600 400 800 1.600 1.200 14.200 100 18.600 1,300 3.200 5.800 10.500 Sale 4 Purely Personal ► Makgit Nilsen, fashion illustrator and costume designer, will hold an exhibition of her soap sculpture at the world premiere of First National's "Fashions of 1934" at the Hollywood Thursday night. R. H. Bruce Lockhart, who wrote "British Agent," which First National is making into a film, arrives aboard the Aquitania on Jan. 30. He may visit Hollywood. Lionel Atwill, back from the coast, has gone to Pikesville, Md. He expects to make a personal appearance at the opening of "Nana." Dolores Del Rio will broadcast over the NBC network tomorrow at 9:30 P. M. James R. Grainger left for Canada last night. Back in New York the end of the week. 300 Sales 24 2 3 21 26 36 52 45 Many Shifts by RKO At New York Houses Many changes in its New York theatre personnel have been made b\ RKO. Ray Connor has replacec Herman Whitman as manager of th< Palace. His place at the Fordhan has been filled by Herbert Jennings Robert Ward has been named as sistant manager of the Orpheum Brooklyn, as successor to Nat Rubin Joseph C. Greenfield replaces Johr H. Patterson as manager of thi Greenpoint, Brooklyn. He is sue ceeded at the Franklin by Lou Golden Abe Vallet has been promoted t< manager of the Shore Road. Brook lyn, succeeding Hubert O'Camp. H w_as formerly assistant manager am treasurer of the Bushwick, Brooklyn where he has been replaced by An thony Belle, formerly chief of service Receiver to RKO Studio A. H. McCausland, representativ of Irving Trust Co. as receiver fo RKO, is en route to Hollywood t< confer with RKO studio represent; tives on matters pertaining to th receivership. McCausland left Ne\ York over the week-end with the in tention of remaining at the studio fo several weeks. Morosco Hurt in Fall Hollywood, Jan. 15. — Oliver Mc rosco is in a private hospital her with injuries sustained when he wa seized with a heart attack and fe to the pavement while strolling alon Hollywood Boulevard. His cond tion is said to be critical. Switch Robson Title Hollywood, Jan. 15. — "You Car Buy Everything" is M-G-M's fin title for May Robson's starring pi' ture which has been called "Old Hai nibal." Keene a Colonel Atlanta, Jan. 15. — Lionel 1 Keene, southern representative f Loew's theatres, has been named colonel on Governor Talmadgf staff.