Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1934)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 35 January 17, 1934 No. 14 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 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 TJureau: 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. Kansas City Union Elects Kansas City, Jan. 16. — Theatrical Stage Employes' Local 31, I. A. T. S. E., Kansas City, has elected these officers for the ensuing year : President, J. R. Sanderson ; vice-president, C. Donovan ; recording secretary, V. Hudson; financial secretary, J. Caldwell; treasurer, Julius EhrHch ; sergeant-at-arms, C. J. Klausen ; guide, Charles E. Newby ; reading clerk, L. P. Hyre ; executive board, Sanderson, Donovan, Edward Purcell, H. H. Milli gan and Walter Brown. Felix Snow, business representative, was again named and will serve to April, 1935. Harry Gold in N. O. New Orleans, Jan. 16. — Harry Gold of United Artists arrived here today. He is expected to handle United Artists' sales policies on subsequent runs. This exchange has not been selling in certain situations, evidently awaiting Gold's arrival. Loew Pfd. Soars 5% Points Net High Low Close Change Sales Columbia Pictures, vtc 25 25 25 — % 200 Consolidated Film Industries 3% 3% 3% — 1,000 Consolidated Film Industries, pfd 1354 12% 12% — % 2,500 Eastman Kodak 84% 83% 84% +2% 2,400 Eastman Kodak, pfd 122 120 120 —3% 4,000 Fox Film "A" 14% 14 14 1,600 Loew's, Inc 28% 27% 27% — % 17,300 Loew's. Inc., pfd 79% 79% 79% +5% 100 M-G-M, pfd 22 22 22 -f % 100 Paramount, cts 2% 2% 2% 10,900 Pathe Exchange 2 1% 2 + % 2,100 Pathe Exchange "A" 12% 12 12 — % 200 RKO 2% 2% 2% 2,100 Warner Bros 6% 5% 6 + % 8,500 Technicolor Lone Curb Issue High Low Close Technicolor 8% 8% 8% Most Bonds Show Gain High Low Close General Theatre Equipment 6s '40 5% 5 5% General Theatre Equipment 6s '40, ctf 5% 5% 5% Keith B. F. 6s '46 54% 54% 54% Loew's 6s '41. ww deb rights 90 88J4 90 Paramount Broadway 5%s '51 37% 37% 37% + H Paramount F. L. 6s '47 39 37% 39 +1 Paramount Publix 5%s '50 39 38 38% + % Pathe 7s '37, ww.. 88% 88 88% + % Warner Bros. 6s '39. wd 45% 44% 45 + ft Net Change + % Net Change + % 4 % Sales 200 Sales 12 9 2 12 4 25 58 4 115 Delay Miller Hearing Chicago, Jan. 16. — Hearing on contempt charges against Jack Miller growing out of his alleged refusal to give clear information to the Grand Jury about alleged payments to Tom Maloy, head of the operators' union, has been continued until Saturday. Maloy's income tax reports are under investigation by the Federal .government. Metzgers Leave Hospital Kansas City, Jan. 16. — Lou B. Metzger, San Diego theatre operator, and Mrs. Metzger have resumed their return trip to the coast after five days in the Menorah Hospital here recovering from the flu. They became ill on the train following their departure from New York and were rushed to the hospital on their arrival in Kansas City. Burr Hearing Set Jan. 23 Los Angeles. Jan. 1(5 — A bankruptcy hearing will be held here on Jan. 23 in the offices of Referee R. B. Turnbull to hear the trustee's first and final report, accounting and petition to c'ose the. estate of Charles C. Burr, producer. Obtains Foreign Rights J. H. Hoffberg Co., Inc., has acquired the foreign rights to two westerns featuring Lane Chandler, "Battling Buckaroo" and "The Texas Tornado," from Willis Kent. The firm has also obtained distribution rights to "The Mystic Hour." TWO LITTLE WORDS THAT MEAN A GOLD MINE FROM WARNER BROS. 4 Purely Personal s mediately TAN SHUFORD returned to his Warner post yesterday and imfound himself knee-deep in engravers, typesetters and printers. Florida sun has tanned him a brown berry hue. Feels grand, too. Morton Goldstein, formerly connected with Warners, has been appointed second assistant manager at Loew's New York. Jules Levy hits back into town in a couple of days. Scales in St. Louis Await F. & M. Deal (Continued from page 1) have been talking seriously of cutting to 10 cents for adults. However, they have agreed to hold another few weeks to see what happens on Grand Boulevard. Loew Meeting Set Back Stockholders of Loew's, Inc.. have postponed their meeting for a month because of their inability to obtain a quorum at this time. It was stated that a committee representing the noteholders of Film Securities Corp.. who are the owners of 660,900 shares of Loew's stock, feels they should have the opportunity to vote and, as they have not had time to transfer the stock to their names at least 20 days prior to the meeting, the additional time has been granted. Theatre Architect Dies Pasadena, Jan. 16 — Leon H. Lempert, theatre architect, died here yesterday at his home at the age of 66. after a long illness. Pickford at Hub Met Boston, Jan. 16 — Mary Pickford is scheduled to make a personal appearance here at the Boston Metropolitan, beginning Jan. 19.