Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1934)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Monday, October 8, 1934 MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 36 October 8, 1934 No. 83 Martin Quicley 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 "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 HERALDBETTER THEATRES, THE MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC and THE CHICAGOAN. m _ _ . T., Hollywood Bureau: Postal Union Lite Building, Vine and Yucca Streets, Victor M. Shapiro, Manager; Chicago Bureau: 407 South Dearborn Street, Edwin S. 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Single copies: 10 cents. Korda Forms Play Unit London, Oct. 7. — According to Alexander Korda, London Films head, his company is organizing a legitimate play producing unit to be known as L. F. Play Productions to sponsor plays prior to their being filmed. The first two scheduled for presentation to London audiences are "Josephine" and "Nijinsky," written by the dancer's wife, Romola. Pettijohn on Way West C. C. Pettijohn, M.P.P.D.A. general counsel, left last night on his second swing into the west during the past month. He will make stop-offs in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas en route to the coast and may be gone a month. Hopper En Route West Hollywood, Oct. 7. — Harold Hopper, assistant to Larry Darmour, Majestic production head, arrives from New York Tuesday. Darmour returned last week after conferring with eastern executives on budget increases. Para. Foreign Staff Up Total number of employes in Paramount International Corp. is now 3,447, of which 1,149 are located in England. The French office employs 465. The home office has 40 people on the international staff. New Garbo Pact with\ Father of Bureau M-G-M Almost Ready Of Saenger Passes Hollywood, Oct. 7. — Negotiations between M-G-M and Greta Garbo on a new contract are nearing completion, but details are being kept secret until the deal is signed. It is believed that if Miss Garbo and M-G-M do not get together, she will make some pictures for Walter Wanger for Paramount release or that she may divide her work between Wanger and M-G-M. Harry Edington, Miss Garbo's manager, would not discuss the contract situation prior to his departure early Saturday morning for England on a five-week vacation. He said any information regarding Miss Garbo's status with M-G-M would have to come from studio officials. The Swedish star does not contemplate a trip abroad at this time, Edington stated. Barbara Kent, Edington's wife, is accompanying him. Release Turner Plane Paris, Oct. 7. — "The Warner Comet," huge Boeing transport monoplane to be piloted by Col. Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn in the London-Melbourne air race, has been released by French customs officials. The plane had been seized because of the non-posting of a 500,000-franc bond by the pilots to certify that the plane would not be sold in this country. The United States Lines came to the aid of the stranded airmen and posted the bond for them when they were unable to raise the money. Clark to Coast Soon Within the next 10 days, John D. Clark, general sales manager of Fox, will leave for the coast and will be joined by Herman Wobber. After a visit to the studios, Clark and Wobber will return east, visiting Fox exchanges en route and holding special meetings in connection with the S. R. Kent Drive. Wobber is in Washington today. "Bo" Dowling Resigns Ambrose S. Dowling has resigned as European representative for RKO Export Corp. in London, where he is convalescing from a recent illness, the RKO home office stated Saturday. No successor to Dowling will be named, his duties to be consolidated with those of Phil Reisman, vice-president of RKO Export. New Orleans, Oct. 7. — Gaston J. Dureau, Sr., father of Gaston Dureau, head of the Saenger circuit booking department, is dead at the age of 67. He died from a stroke. Dureau, Sr., was a charter member of the Choctaw Club and a close friend of the late Mayor Behrman. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Theresa Maurice Dureau, three sons, Gaston, Milton and Alton, and a daughter, Mrs. Edmond Langhetee. Funeral services were held today and members of the local theatrical colony as well as exhibitors attended. Shift Date on "Aran" Opening of "Man of Aran" has been changed to Oct. 18 at the Criterion instead of Oct. 19. Simultaneous with the Criterion opening will be "The Little Friend" at the Roxy. Arnold Van Leer will manage and handle advertising and exploitation at the Criterion. Tiger King, Maggie Dillane and Michael Dirrane, three natives from the Island of Aran, will make personal appearances at the Criterion when the Gaumont British picture opens. Following the opening, the natives will return to the island. New Industrial Series Emerson Yorke. formerly of Paramount Studios, has just completed production on a two-reel industrial short, "Romance of Rugs." Described as "an educational photographic theme in two studies," the film depicts the origin, care and hygiene of Oriental rugs and is a.vailable in 35 mm. and 16 mm. in both silent and sound versions. Lefton Closes Deals Nat Lefton of Monogram of Ohio has closed a deal with Superior Talking Pictures, Inc., for 12 westerns for the western Pennsylvania and West Virginia territories. He has also contracted for six "Tarzan, the Police Dog" features and six "Northwest Mounted" features for the same territories from Stage and Screen Prod., Inc. R. L. Estill Promoted Seattle, Oct. 7. — Robert L. Estill has been promoted to assistant booker at the local Paramount exchange. Max Hadfield succeeds Estill as head shipper. Columbia Gains Half on Big Board High Columbia Pictures, vtc : 36n4 Eastman Kodak 10054 Loew's Tnc 29 M-G-M, pfd 26 Paramount Publix, cts 4% Pa the Exchange 154 RKO 2J4 Warner Bros 5 Net Low Close Change Sales 36 3654 -i V* 700 10054 + 54 300 28^ 29 800 26 26 300 VA VA + 5* 4.700 154 154 200 2H + 54 300 m 5 54 1.000 Technicolor Up Half on Curb Net Technicolor High Low Close Change Sales . 12% 1254 12*4 + *A i-ooo Warner Bonds Drop ll/g Points Keith B. F. 6s '46 Loew's 6s '41, ww deb rights.. Paramount Broadway 554s '51. Paramount F. L. 6s '47 Paramount Publix 554s '50 Warner Bros. 6s '39, wd Net High Low Close Change Sales . 62 62 62 J4. 5 ■101 7/6 101*4 10U4 54 • 4254 42M 42A4 + *4 5 . 6054 60 6054 54 . 60>4 60 60 — 'A 9 . 61 6054 60J4 -VA 4 * Purely Personal ► RUDY VALLEE and Lou Holtz leave for Fox studios this week. En route, they will meet Director Al Green in Denver and he will accompany them to the coast. Louis Bromfield'6 story, "De Luxe," has been bought by 20th Century and will be produced as a play on Broadway next month. Ad Schulberg, Jack Hulbert and Charlotte Greenwood sail for England on Oct. 12. Charles Ruggles is due in New York from the coast today. Film Men at Crime Session in Capital Washington, Oct. 7. — Representatives of the film industry will join with other groups coming to Washington Oct. 10 for a three-day conference on crime. The conference was -called by Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, who announced that it would be held in his recent radio address on the Lindbergh case. President Roosevelt will address the meeting at its opening session Wednesday night. The conference is to consider the causes and prevention of crime ; investigation, detection and apprehension ; criminal courts and prosecution, and detention, parole, probation and pardon. Hays on Clean Films Will H. Hays is scheduled to describe to the biennial convention of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae at the Waldorf Astoria, Friday, the industry's efforts to meet the clean films issues of the church decency campaign. Wilcox to Do Musical London, Oct. 7. — Herbert Wilcox, production chief of British & Dominions, will produce "The Bohemian Girl." a musical, and will direct the picture himself. Wilcox is also having a completely modernized score written for the picture. Nine Song Writers at Fox Hollywood, Oct. 7. — Fox has nine song writers penning tunes for future productions. They are : Ray Henderson, Ted Koehler, Johnny Green, Eddie Heymann, Herb Magidson, Joseph Myer, Jack Yellen, Jay Gorney and Don Hartman. Reagan Finds Upswing Returning from a sales trip to Chicago and Minneapolis, Charles M. Reagan, Paramount division manager, states business in the midwest is on the upturn and theatre grosses have taken a substantial swing upward. RKO Closes 4 Deals Jules Levy, general sales manager of RKO, has closed product deals with four circuits. Sparks. Hoblitzelle Interstate. Jules Rubens Great States and Kincey-Wilby.