Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1934)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Saturday, May 26, 1934 MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 35 May 26, 1934 No. 123 Martin Quigley Editor-in-Chief and Publisher MAURICE KANN Editor JAMES A. CRON Advertising Manager Published dailv 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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New Consent Decree In Radio Trust Suit (Continued from page 1) a radio anti-trust suit brought several vears ago by the government against RCA, General Electric, International General Electric, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing, Westinghouse Electric International, NBC, RCA Communications, RCA Photophone, RCA Radiotron, RCA Victor, A. T. & T., Western Electric, General Motors and General Motors Radio. This issue of the anti-trust action had been left for future determination in November, 1931. When the consent decree for general features of the case was signed by Judge Nields today a stipulation agreed to by the government and defendants was filed in court. Defendants agreed to send letters to foreign companies with which they have had exclusive licenses and sales agreements, waiving exclusive features of these contracts. There remains one more issue to be settled — traffic and communications agreements which the defendants have had with foreign companies. Lesser Signs Meighan Hollywood, May 25. — Sol Lesser, president of Principal, has closed a deal by phone with Thomas Meighan to play the role of the father of "Peck's Bad Boy." Warners Sell Three Houses in Wheeling Wheeling, W. Va., May 25.— Three Warner theatres here, the Court, Liberty and , Victoria, have been acquired by West Virginia Theatrical Enterprises, Inc. R. T. Kemper has returned as city manager. All three will be redecorated. Kemper announced only one change in the managerial setup with the change of ownership, this at the Court, where Tony Stern, manager of the Court, has resigned and Kemper will manage the house in addition to his duties as city manager. U. S. Action Routine Formal dismissal of the Department of Justice anti-trust suit against Warners, charging that the Clayton Act was violated by the acquisition of First National, occurred, as predicted in Motion Picture Daily of May 7, when the case was reached on the U. S. District Court calendar Thursday. Originally set for dismissal months ago, the formality was delayed by the death of Federal Judge Francis Coleman, to whom the case had been assigned. Warners Non-Committal Warners yesterday had nothing to say concerning the barring in Poland of "The Life of Jimmy Dolan" and "How Many More Nights?" because certain phases of the films were objected to by the Polish government. Lloyd Heads East Today Hollywood, May 25. — Harold Lloyd leaves for New York tomorrow with a print of "The Catspaw," to be previewed at the Fox sales convention. Final Warner Meet Set The last of a series of four re gionals has been set by Warners for the San Francisco Hotel, San Francisco, June 18-19. Gets $46,000 in London London, May 25. — "The House of Rothschild" took $46,000 at the Tivoli at its London premiere, which was for charity. May Robson Re-Signed Hollywood, May 25. — M-G-M has signed May Robson to a new long term contract. Cohn Flies West Harry Cohn is en route to Hollywood via the air line. $52,518 Earned by Roxy in 25 Weeks An operating profit of $52,518.79 before fixed charges, for the 25 weeks from November 10, 1933, to May 3, 1934, was reported to Federal Judge Francis G. Caffey yesterday by Howard S. Cullman receiver for the Roxy. This compares with a loss of $56,325.70 for the corresponding weeks a year ago. Payment of $65,000 in back taxes was made during the period. The favorable showing this year was made in the face of a $16,600 increase in payroll under the NRA. Final Action Impends On Bankruptcy Bill Washington, May 25. — Final action will be sought early next week on the corporation bankruptcy bill under which embarrassed firms will be permitted to reorganize without going through the processes of bankruptcy. Conferences of the House and Senate have come to an agreement on the measure. In all probability approval of the conference report will be asked Monday. A. T. & T. Probe Opposed Washington, May 25. — Opposition has developed in the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee to Senator Dill's resolution calling for an investigation of A. T. & T.'s relations with film and telephoto appliances. Dill contends these charges burden telephone users' bills, but some of the members are insisting upon a bill of particulars for the proposed investigation. Mayfair Goes to Duals Duals at the Mayfair started yesterday when Walter Reade added "Picture Brides" to "The Unknown Soldier Speaks." "Civilized" to Rivoli Raspin Production's "Are We Civilized?" is scheduled for the Rivoli following the run of "Born to Be Bad." Kent Returns to Town Sidney R. Kent, Fox president, returned from the coast yesterday by plane. Columbia Up One on Big Board High Columbia Pictures, vtc 33 Consolidated Film Industries 3$/& Consolidated Film Industries, pfd 16% Eastman Kodak 95 Fox Film "A" 1454 Loew's, Inc 31% Paramount Publix, cts 4% Pathe Exchange 254 Pathe Exchange "A".. 2154 RKO 3 Warner Bros 6 Low 32 95 14 3054 4% 2?4 21 2% Close 33 3% 16% 95 14% 313/6 4% 234 2154 2% 5% Net Change +1 % + % % + 54 +'% Columbia Up 5% on Curb High Low Close Columbia Pictures 3254 32 32% Technicolor 11% 10% 10% Trans Lux 1% 1J4 154 Keith Bonds Gain % High Low General Theatre Equipment 6s '40 9 9 Keith B. F. 6s '46 68 68 Loew's 6s '41, ww deb rights 100% 9934 Paramount Broadway 5%s '51 45^4 45% Paramount F. L. 6s '47 50% 50% Paramount Publix 5%s '50 52 50% Warner Bros. 6s '39, wd... 58% 58% Close 9 68 100 45% 50% 52 58% + % % 4 % Net Change +5?4 Net Change + % % 4-1 Sales 1,200 100 500 200 400 3,600 200 200 500 100 1.100 Sales 100 1,100 Sales 1 1 21 4 1 44 1 i Purely Personal ► VT EIL AGNEW, J. Robert Rubin, Roy Norr, Harold S. Bareford, Louis Nizer, Gabriel Hess, Louis Phillips, Herman Gluckman, Hal Horne, Earle Sweigert, Henry Randell, Leopold Friedman, Jack Barynstyn, Harry D. Buckley, Harry H. Thomas, Charles Rosexzweig, David Loew, Anthony Muto and a host of others kept the M. P. Club waiters busy yesterday. Walter Wanger, Sam Eckman, Jr., in charge of Great Britain sales for M-G-M ; Laudy Lawrence, European representative for M-G-M, and Robert Riskin, writer, will be on the He de France when it sails today. Harry Fox, assistant to John G. Paine of the Music Publishers' Protective Ass'n., left yesterday for the coast to inspect the association's office there. Jack Benny leaves today for Hollywood to start work for Reliance. With him will be Mary Livingstone, Don Wilson and Frank Parker. J. Maxwell Joice, chief of amusements at the Chicago fair last year, has opened a free lance publicity office here. Herman Robbins, Morton Van Praag and Pete Harrison lunched together at Schrafft's yesterday. Margaret Ettinger, Hollywood publicity writer, gets in tomorrow on the 20th Century. Irving Shiffrin of Radio Pictures publicity takes a short vacation in Massachusetts next week. C. C. Pettijohn returns from a four-day Washington visit .tomorrow. Paul Gulick began a season of week-end vacations yesterday. Edna May Oliver will sail on the Rex today for a vacation in Europe. Helen Chandler is on her way to England on a vacation. Sam Rifkin was in town from Washington yesterday. L. J. Schlaifer is back in town. Monogram Regional At Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, May 25. — The Monogram regional sales meeting opens here tomorrow with Edward Golden, general sales manager presiding. Trem Carr, vice-president in charge of production, is scheduled to speak. Representatives from the following territories will be present : Denver, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. Among those who will attend are J. H. Sheffield, W. D. Frazer, C. J. Fames, Howard W. Stubbins, Floyd St. John, J. T. Sheffield, Sidney D. Weisbaum, Sidney J. Goldman, Matt Aparton, Joseph Cooper, James R. Keitz, David Frazer and Al Seal. Jack Brockliss Dead Word has just reached here of the death in London of Jack Brockliss, 31, son of J. Frank Brockliss and an executive of J. Frank Brockliss, Ltd., European agents for International Projector Corp. and National Carbon Co.