Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1934)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY 2 MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 35 March 27, 1934 No. 71 Martin Quiglev 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 CIcle 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. 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Chevalier-Laughton In One English Film London, March 26. — London Films will make "The Field of Cloth of Gold," with Charles Laughton as Henry VIII, Maurice Chevalier as the King of France, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Emperor Charles, Flora Robson as Catherine of Aragon and Merle Oberon as Ann Boleyn. Alexander Korda will direct. Pommer Joins Eaves Otto Pommer, general manager of the Brooks Rental Co. the past 12 years, has joined the Eaves Costume Co., Inc., U. A. in Miami Court Row on "Rothschild" Miami, March 26. — United Artists, after confirming dates to Wometco Theatres on "The House of Rothschild," attempted to take the picture from them and serve the State as a roadshow. Wometco obtained an injunction against the State, prohibiting it from showing the picture and U. A. attorneys rushed to the Supreme Court without notice to Wometco attorneys and put up $10,000 supersedeas bond securing the right to run the film. Womecto attorneys secured a hearing today in the Supreme Court to set aside the supersedeas bond and Judge Thompson stated the affair was an attempt by United Artists to take away the picture after confirming the dates, which appeared as an unfair trade practice to him. Wometco attorneys are Henry D. Williams and Albert Bernstein. In Miami, U. A. counsel is Evans, Mershon and Sawyer. U. A. yesterday stated they knew nothing of the case except that the picture is playing in Miami as a roadshow. Monogram Considers Two Western Series Monogram is considering one or two series of westerns to include in next season's lineup. The outdoor series will be exclusive of the regular program, tentatively set at 20, four of which will be listed as specials. Franchise holders meeting in Atlantic City April 4-7 will be asked to approve the schedule. John Wayne is being considered for one of the western series. Trem Carr Due Trem Carr, Monogram producer, arrives from Hollywood Saturday preparatory to the company's annual sales convention scheduled for Atlantic City April 4-7. Lou Ostrow, production manager, trails Carr a couple of days later. Michael Shea Is III Buffalo, March 26. — Michael Shea, head of the Shea theatres, is gravely ill. He recently observed his golden anniversary in show business. He will be 75 April 1. Film Board Aiding Ampa Dinner Plans Henry Randell of Paramount, president of the New York Film Board of Trade, last night called a special session of members of the board to map plans for cooperating with the Ampa on the Naked Truth Dinner. Half of the net profits will go to the M. P. Charity Fund and the other 50 per cent to the Film Daily Relief Fund. Paul Benjamin, handling the affair, was present. Robert Wolff has been named chairman of the exchange committee and Jack Bowen is in charge of finances. Al Jolson may be master of ceremonies at the dinner. Palfreyman to Talk At N.O. Convention New Orleans, March 26. — David Palfreyman. theatre contact for the Hays organization, will be one of the speakers at the Gulf States convention here April 3-4. Another will be Ed Kuvkendall, president of the M.P.T. O.A. Arrangements were completed today. Rodney Toups of Loew's State is handling the floor show and entertainment program for the banquet which will climax the convention on the final night. Majestic After Theatre Majestic is negotiating for a Broadway house to open "Unknown Blonde," in all probability on a twoa-day basis. E. H. Goldstein, executive vice-president, is considering the Gaiety and the Criterion. M-G-M last week rented the latter house on a four-week basis for "Viva Villa," starting April 6. Majestic, however, is anxious to get its picture, dealing with an expose of the co-respondent racket, into circulation immediately, and therefore mav close for the Gaiety, now housing twin bills. Claims Reputation Hurt Hollywood. March 26. — Ginger Rogers' $100,000 suit against Earl C. Anthony, owner of Station KFI, the Health Bread Co. and NBC is on the ground that her reputation was ruined by Sylvia, the Hollywood masseuse's, alleged interview with her on the night of March 20. Tuesday, March 27, 1934 i Purely Personal ► PERCY PHILLIPSON of General | Register, who has been here for a Couple of months reorganizing thc company, expects to return to London on the Beroiyaria which saiU April 5. He'll be back in May, however. Mort Blcme.vstock, Warners' theatre advertising and publicity director, left Saturday for St. Louis to open Shubcrt's Rialto there the end of this week. Clayton Hendrickson, who was I transferred from the Paramount New York exchange to the home office, i? j not Don Yelde's assistant, but a member of his staff. Irving Windisch of Warners left Sunday night for a week's trip to Buffalo to handle the exploitation o: "Wonder Bar" there. James (Schnozzle) Durante will be guest of honor at a cocktail party at Leon and Eddie's tomorrow after noon. Abe Waxman has been name chairman of the publicity committee of the forthcoming annual NVA drive "NVA Week" begins April 27. Bob O'Donxell is in from the south and will stay for a couple o weeks. A. H. Fisher has joined Gaumon British and will handle G-B sales di rectly to theatres throughout the U. S Irene Dunne will arrive in Nev York tomorrow morning for a visi with her husband. Bogart Rogers', original. "Twent; Hours by Air," has been purchase! by Paramount. Sam Dembow will attend th M. P. T. O. A. convention in Lo Angeles next month. Nathan Burkan lingered behin at Miami, although Jack Cohn returned late Saturday. Hal Horne is back from a vaca tion south. Usual tan on Hal an envy around the U. A. office. Morris Keizerstein is back from I Hollywood trek. Al Jolson and Sid Silvers anion I those at the Music Hall Sunday nigh I Production Gains; 41 Features Goint (.Continued from page 1) continue to be conjested with 43 fe; tures and 18 shorts in the editin stages. Paramount continued to lead tl field with eight features in work, si preparing and four cutting; Fox fo lowed with five, five and five ; Un versal, five, one and two ; Columbi j four, three and four; M-G-M. fou two and nine; Warner-First Nation;; four, one and nine; Century, two, zei and one ; Radio, one, seven and foul Sam Goldwyn, zero, one and zer while the independent groups regist j a total of eight, seven and five. Among the short subject makei Roach reported two in work, thr I preparing and four cutting ; M-G ; had one, two and one ; Universal, or j one and one; Columbia, zero, one aij two; Radio, zero, three and thre while the independent group had si j five and seven. 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