Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1934)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 35 January 19, 1934 No. 16 Martin Quigley Editor-in-Chief and ^Publisher MAURICE KANN UDA Editor \SSr n JAMES A. CRON jjK. Advertising Manager SZU, 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 Flnchley 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 Matpassuti, 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. Notables at "Fashions" Many notables were in attendance at the world premiere of Warners' "Fashions of 1934" last night at the Hollywood Theatre. Among them were Princess Kropotkin, Prince Matchabelli, Doris Duke, Whitney Bourne, Dolores Del Rio, Tallulah Bankhead and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Goldwyn. A feature of the opening was a fashion parade on the stage of the theatre in which were displayed creations by Orry-Kelly, Hollywood stylist, worn by players in the film. The lobby display included the original sketches of these and other costumes. Laemmle, Jr., East Soon Hollywood, Jan. 18.— Carl Laemmle, Jr., will leave Hollywood Jan. 27 for New York, where he will sail on the lie de France for a vacation in Europe. Eastman, Columbia Up One Point High Low Columbia Pictures vtc 25% 24% Consolidated Film Industries 3% 3% Consolidated Film Industries pfd 12% 12% Eastman Kodak 85% 84% Eastman Kodak pfd 121 121 Fox Film "A" 14% 14% Loew's, Inc 27% 25% Loew's, Inc., pfd 80J4 80% Paramount cts 3% 3 Pathe Exchange 1% 1% Pathe Exchange "A" 12^ 11% RKO 254 2% Warner Bros 6% 5% Close 2554 3/8 12% 8454 121 14% 27% 80% 3 154 11% 2% 5% Net Change +i % % % +i + % + % Trans Lux Loses Eighth High Low Close Technicolor 9% 9% 9% Trans Lux 2% 2% 2% + % % Net Change Pathe Bonds Drop iy2 Points High Low Close C Net General Theatre Equipment 6s '40 ctf. Keith, B. F., 6s '46 Loew's 6s '41 ww deb rights Paramount F. L. 6s '47 Paramount Publix 5%s, '50 Pathe 7s '37 ww 6% 5% 6 6% 5% 6% 5754 56% 56% 89% 8954 89% 40 39% 39% 38% 37 38% 8854 87 87 46% 46% 46% + + % + % + % % % -1% % Sales 400 100 700 600 6,000 300 29,100 100 6,700 400 200 3,200 5,000 Sales 500 100 Sales 122 94 22 4 Purely Personal ► HE BUXBAUM today celebrates • his 45th birthday and he will be given a surprise party at his home by friends. As one birthday gift, his doctor has put him on a strict dairy diet. George J. Schaefer didn't return from the south yesterday as expected, and, according to latest reports, he is due back today. Bert Sanford, eastern division sales manager for Erpi, leaves Monday for a sales trip through upper New York state. Nicholas M. Schenck has fully recovered from a bad cold and is back on the job again. Arthur production Service. Brtllant has joined the staff of National Screen David Manners will return Jan. 25 from Europe, where he has been making a picture for Gaumont British. Al Lichtman and E. A. Alperson munched their food together yesterday afternoon. Sam Dembow, Jr., returns either today or tomorrow from the south. George Skouras is in Chicago these days. TWO LITTLE WORDS THAT MEAN A GOLD MINE FROM WARNER BROS. Gaumont to Open on Coast Hollywood. Jan. 18.— GaumontBritish will soon open a branch office here with George W. Weeks, former general sales manager for Paramount, in charge. Local distribution will be handled, but the office will not interfere with deals already made with national distributors, according to Arthur A. Lee. Col. Doing Mexico Film Hollywood, Jan. 18.— Columbia is making a picture in Mexico in cooperation with Miguel Contreras Torres called "Juarez and Maximilian" for distribution in Spanish speaking countries. It will be a costume picture. Hays Silent on Trip Albuquerque, Jan. 18.— Will H. Hays refused to make any comment on film conditions when he passed through here today en route to the coast. On the same train are Mr. and Mrs. Roy Howard of the ScrippsHoward papers. They are on their way to Honolulu. Nazi Film in Portland Portland, Jan. 18— "S A Man Brand," first Nazi film passed by the local censors, is booked for a week starting next Tuesday at the Taylor St. Theatre. A heavy exploitation campaign is creating general discussion and excitement. Pollard to Film Ball "Bud" Pollard intends to film the Beaux Arts ball at the WaldorfAstoria tonight. He will release the show as a short and hopes to get as many society figures in it as possible. 2 "Christina" Openings "Queen Christina" opens tomorrow at the Ohio, Cleveland, and the Majestic, Boston. Further dating of the roadshow awaits reaction on these dates. Frank C. Walker Resigns Washington, Jan. 18. — Frank C. Walker has resigned as treasurer of the Democratic National Committee.