Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1934)

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MOTION PICTURE DAILY Thursday, March 8, 193 MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 35 March 8, 1934 No. 55 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 "yuigpubco, 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: 6 Brookland Close Hampstead Garden Suburb, Bernard Char man Representative; Berlin Bureau: Berlin-Tern pelhof, 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. Pathe Exchange '33 Profit $386,629.02 {Continued from page .1) creased operations last October, according to A. B. Poole, treasurer. Gross income from operations was $312,243.54, but the cost of sales and rentals and general administration expenses was $416,847.40, leaving a net loss of $104,603.86. Other income, however, including dividends from affiliated companies, interest earned and discount on 10-year seven per cent sinking fund gold debentures purchased for retirement, totalled $675,600.47. Interest charges amounted to $184,361.59. Clyde Osterberg Is Held Chicago, March 7. — Clyde Osterberg, former member of the operators' union who is alleged to have shot Emmett Quinn, union steward, in the thumb last week during an argument with Tom Maloy, has been held for the grand jury under bond of $9,500 on a charge of assault with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. Batcheller in Town George Batcheller of Chesterfield Pictures is in from the coast. BEN BLUE Under Contract WARNER BROS. VITAPHONE STUDIO Now Making Personal Appearances in England Direction of JOE RIVKIN — Leo Morrison Agency Universal to Make 12 Features Abroad (Continued from page 1) Men," which will be made at Twickenham, England. The four pictures to be made in Vienna will feature Francesca Gaal, Hungarian actress, popular on the Continent. English, French and German versions will be made of these four. The European production plans result from conferences between Friedland and Carl Laemmle which were held here and on the coast. Universal's plans originally called for a European schedule of approximately 20 features, but after viewing forthcoming product during his coast visit, Friedland believed the bulk of it to be adapted to Continental distribution and recommended a reduction in the proposed schedule. Ruling on Talking Film Rights Upheld (Continued from page 1) lower court in January was appealed by Jesse Levinson, attorney for Konrad Bercovici, the plaintiff. Bercovici's story, "The Volga Boatman," was sold to Cecil B. De Mille in 1924 and made into a silent picture. It was later produced as a talking picture and Bercovici brought suit charging that he had never conveyed the talking picture rights to his story. The Court of Appeals today, upholding the lower court, ruled that conveyance of the dramatic and stock production rights to the story in the original contract, covered all of the elements essential to production of a talking picture. Simmons Joins U. A. Hollywood, March 7. — Michael L. Simmons is back on the United Artists lot doing the story for a musical which Edward Small of Reliance will produce. He has just finished an original for John Barrymore and Jean Harlow at M-G-M. Ampa Adds Miss Janis Elsie Janis has been added to the list of guests who will appear at the Ampa luncheon today, designated as "Tower Magazines Day." Mary Pickford, Don Bestor, Ruth Etting and the Voice of Experience will also be on hand. Showdown Brewing On Chicago Reels (Continued from page 1 ) cuts of mob scenes and riots is a subterfuge and an effort to impose his will on news reel producers to offset the campaign under way for some time to have news reels completely lifted from the jurisdiction of the censors. It is said one company is prepared to produce evidence that the elimination of news reels from censorial operations already has the approval of the City Council finance committee. Universal Newsreel, through Henry Herbel, local manager, has thrown the defy to the Mayor's order by refusing to make cuts and has challenged the Mayor to back his dictum with an arrest order. So far this has not materialized. ITOA Asks Lowell, Belmont to Meeting (Continued from page 1) ner at the Astor on March 21 for installation of officers. Members yesterday went on record as refusing to do business with Radio as a result of recent percentage demands. A committee is to be appointed to confer with the Mayor on a bill to permit children under 16 in theatres without guardians. It was decided yesterday not to sign code assents and also to refer its local labor issue to the President. A member of the organization will attend independent exhibitor organization meetings in Columbus, Kansas City and ( Iklahoma. Preston Joins N. & R. Lew Preston, formerly district supervisor for Randforce and Skouras and last at the Academy of Music, has joined the Nelson & Renner circuit in Brooklyn as general manager. The circuit controls the Endicott, Hollywood, Metro, Sun, Coliseum and Howard. Preston is making his headquarters at the Endicott. An expansion program is under way. Flinn Function Set Ampa dinner planned for John C. Flinn. retiring president who is now executive secretary of Code Authority, is definitely set for the Astor April 21. Ten dollars a couple will be the tariff. Most Issues Off on Big Board Net Consolidated Film Industries. Eastman Kodak Fox Film "A". Loew's, Inc. . . . Paramount Pub Pathe Exchange Pathe Exchange RKO Warner Bros Warner Bros., pfd "A". High Low Close Change Sales 25 2444 2444 200 454 4'/2 800 17^ 165/g 16?4 Vi 1,700 mi 87J4 8754 —154 1,500 15 1<% % 200 3254 3054 31 54 5,400 454 — yk 2.300 m 1V& Vi 10,600 2054 1844 19 3,400 m 3Vs 3Vs % 1.600 7 6Vb — 54 1,900 2oy2 2054 2054 100 Trading Light on Curb High Low Technicolor 954 954 Trans Lux 2}4 254 Net Close Change 954 254 General Theatre Bonds Off % High Low Close General Theatre Equipment 6s '40 1054 9|i 946 General Theatre Equipment 6s '40, ctf 9 9-9 Paramount F. L. 6s '47 „ 4654 4654 4654 Paramount Publix 554s '50 46 46 46 Warner Bros. 6s '39, wd 5654 5554 5541 Net Change v% u % Sales 100 200 Sales 18 10 11 5 16 Presidential Tariff Liked By Film Men (Continued from page 1) on American products would be m< I with a tightening of American tariff ! on their exports. Film men point out that the Unite States now has the lowest tariffs b foreign films and no quota laws ai fecting their importation, whereas vii tually every foreign nation has strii gent quota laws on American films i addition to high tariffs. The Amer can film industry regards these ii equities as unfair competition, foreig; representatives declared, and express* the hope that corrective reliet migl be obtained if Congress grants tl President the tariff authority he seek Reisman Calls Quota Films a "Boomerang" Quota pictures made in England a as a "boomerang," Phil Reisman, hei of Radio's foreign activities, state yesterday. He said the public prefe American films to those made in Bri ain and while all American compani< must make a number of quota pictur> they are not well received abroad. Reisman said he brought back a fe ideas about opening new offices abro; but because of unsettled conditions, e: cessive taxation and other problems 1 immediate decision will be reached c expansion. He said some compani are finding conditions so difficult Europe they are closing branches. The public abroad still wants actk pictures and also likes musicals wi not too much American jazz. Rei man stated Ambrose Dowling short will make a trip to Russia in an effo to make a deal there. Radio's quota producer is the Hag' company, which will make from to 12 next season. Millions Saw M-G-M Studio on Wheel Statistics covering the first year 1 ; the tour of M-G-M's traveling stud; show that since it got under way Boston in January, 1933, it has be< inspected by 2,256,000 and viewed 1, nearly seven times that number parades. Its itinerary included 6| cities and towns. Contests to uncov new screen talent were conducted 46 key cities in the east and sou and more than 1,000 screen and voi | tests were made. Brandt May Get Centri Harry Brandt may take over t Central, former burlesque house < Broadway, now being remodeled f pictures. When queried yesterday. Bran stated he had nothing to say at tl time. Dawson with Int. Seat Ed Dawson, formerly on the adve tising staff of Motion Picture Dai; and Motion Picture Herald, is nc sales representative for the New Yo territory for International Seat Cor S. &. C. in Beacon Springer and Cocalis have tak over the New in Beacon, N. Y.