Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1934)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Thursday, January 18, 19: MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 35 January 18, 1934 No. 15 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 4Juigley 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 Bureau: Berlin-Tempelhof, Kaisenn-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. Monogram Resumes Work Upon Its List Hollywood, Jan. 17.— Monogram resumed production today with "The Loudspeaker" going into work under William T. Lackey's direction. Three others are to go into production within a month. They are: "Numbers of Monte Carlo," "Manhattan Love Song" and "Jane Eyre." Trem Carr has closed a deal for more space at the Metropolitan Studios. In line with the plan to continue purchasing novels and plays as adopted last year, Monogram has secured the rights to "Sing Sing Nights" by Harry Stephen Keeler, English novelist, as the initial buy for the 193435 program. Famous Music Elects Lou Diamond was elected ^president of the Famous Music Corp. yesterday. Other officers named were Walter B. Cokell, vice-president; Norman Collyer, secretary and James S. Polk, assistant secretary. Diamond, Polk, Cokell and Sidney Justin were elected to the board of directors. Film Notables Here Ernest Stern, film art director; Dudley Wilkinson, actor, and Thomas C. Gibbs, English actor, arrived yesterday on the Champlain from abroad. H. & B. Take Another Haring and Blumenthal have added the Embassy, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., to their circuit. Most Issues Fairly Steady High Low Close Columbia Pictures, vtc 25 2454 2454 Consolidated Film Industries 3% 354 354 Consolidated Film Industries, pfd 12% 1254 12% Eastman Kodak 86 84% 8SJ4 Eastman Kodak, pfd 120 120 120 Fox Film "A" 14% 1334 14 Loew's, Inc 27% 26% 2754 Paramount, cts 3% 2% 3% Pathe Exchange 2 1% 1% Pathe Exchange "A" 12% 12 12 RKO 2% 2% 2% Warner Bros 6% 554 6 Technicolor Rises on Curb Net Change % + % + % + 54 54 High Technicolor 9% Low 9 Close 954 Net Change + % RKO Bonds Jump SXA Points High Low General Theatre Equipment 6s '40 5% 5% General Theatre Equipment 6s '40, ctf 534 554 Keith B. F. 6s '46 56% 56 Loew's 6s '41, ww deb rights 89% 88% Paramount Broadway 554s '51 40 37% Paramount F. L. 6s '47 40% 39J4 Paramount Publix 554 '50 40% 39 RKO 6s '41, cts 1854 1854 Warner Bros. 6s '39, wd 47 45 Net Close Change 544% + 54 Sales 100 400 1,500 2,700 5,000 900 9,800 36,900 1,500 1,200 2,800 8.70P Sales 400 Sales 21 5% 56 89 39 40 39 1854 4654 54 +154 +154 + 54 54 +3% +154 18 7 22 12 26 47 1 115 i Purely Personal JACK JOSSEY and Nat Lefton. Cleveland Monogram franchise holders, have returned to the Ohio city after spending the New Year's holidays with Trem Carr on the coast. S. A. Lynch will desert these chilly climes for a short vacation in Miami, starting Saturday. Benjamin Berk, of Blue Seal Sound, leaves for the coast today, to be gone several months. George J. Schaefer arrives today from the south, where he has been conferring with Paramount exchange heads. Dale Van Every will arrive tomorrow from Universal City to work on a story with Lincoln Quarberg. Milt Kusell is slated to return from his tour of Paramount exchanges on Monday. Leo Abrams, Universal exchange manager, returns from Miami on Monday. Vacation stuff. Marty Mullins returned to Boston yesterday following conferences with Ralph Kohn. Louis Nizer was in Washington yesterday on the poultry code. Hy Daab is trimming his avoirdupois. "Women" Heads M. P. Herald B. O. Champs In accordance with its custom of listing the monthly box-office champions, Motion Picture Herald, out today, will carry its December list, which is as follows : "Little Women" (Radio), "Dancing Lady" (M-G-M), "Alice in Wonderland" (Paramount), "Roman Scandals" (United Artists), "My Lips Betray" (Fox), arid "Only Yesterday" (Universal). "Little Women" and "I'm No Angel" have been the only two repeaters to occur during the last four months. "Catherine" Is Hailed By Press in Britain London, Jan. 17. — "Catherine the Great" was hailed as a masterpiece at its_ London preview yesterday. It is magnificently mounted and photographed and superbly acted, with Elizabeth Bergner and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., reaching great heights. It is a worthy successor to "The Private Life of Henry VIII" and is declared to be even more powerful in entertainment value. The film is a beautiful production that drives home Britain's challenge to the world. It will amaze America. Charman Fox Argues with Union Philadelphia, Jan. 17. — Fox is reported to be having difficulties with the musicians' union over its effort to reduce the orchestra from 36 to 18, and it is said the house will go to a straight picture policy if the trouble is not adjusted by tomorrow. Lloyd Wants Beery, But M-G-M Refuse Hollywood, Jan. 17. — Harold LAoy has put in a bid to M-G-M. for tfc loan of Wallace Beery for an impci tant role in "The Cat's Paw." M-G-M has turned down the de because of Beery's heavy schedule ; the studio. Open English "Uniform "Girls in Uniform," English versic of "Maedchen in Uniform" just con; pleted bv Krimsky & Cochran, vi open at the Criterion next Wednesds I night. Eleanor Phelps and Ade Ronson have the roles of Dorothi Wieck and Hertha Thiele. Margon in Air C. C. Margon, who has been a; pointed manager of Columbia's Sou American office, is enroute to the A gentine bv plane. He succeeds O. 1 Mantell, who resigned the post se eral months ago. Seidelman to Europe J. H. Seidelman, foreign gener sales manager for Columbia, sails t morrow on the Olympic for Englai From there he will visit the conti ent on a tour of all foreign branch of the company. He'll be gone abo two months. Bancroft to Coast George Bancroft left for the coa last night. When he arrives in He lywood, he'll go into a huddle wi 20th Century executives on a one pi ture contract. Chesterfield Starts 6th Hollywood, Jan. 17. — Chesterfie has started production on its sixth f the season, "The Understandii Heart." The film replaces "Ang Face" on the company's schedule. is a Gallant Lady great show! Already have a great carnpaign laid out for it ! Ralph Goldberg City Manager for Paramount, Orpheum & World Theatres Omaha, Neb.