Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1934)

2 MOTION PICTURE DAILY Tuesday, October 9, 1934 MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 36 October 9, 1934 No. 84 Martin Quicley Editor-in-Chief and Publisher IBSBi MAURICE KANN unA |ST1 Editor C*£ IkTiEJ JAMES A. CRON JK. U^BHw 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 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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Single copies: 10 cents. Does $15,480 in Day "Power" grossed $15,480 at the Music Hall on Sunday, according to Jeffrey Bernerd, who also declared yesterday the picture grossed £2,601 in its first three days at the Tivoli, London. The record, he added, for an opening three days there until now was held by "The House of Rothschild" at £2,486. Refuse Barrymore Case Washington, Oct. 8.— The U. S. Supreme Court today rejected an application by Dolores Costello and John Barrymore for a writ of certiorari against the Guarantee Building and Loan Ass'n., in a suit over a judgment resulting from some of their deposits in the institution. Crime Meet on Dec. 10-12 Washington, Oct. 8. — The threeday conference on crime called by Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, which will be attended by film industry representatives, is scheduled for Dec. 10-12, instead of Oct. 10, as reported yesterday. "Wimpole" Gets 3rd Week "Barretts of Wimpole Street" will get a third week at the Capitol. This will be the eighth film to be held three weeks in the 15 years since the Capitol was opened, according to Major Bowes. Expect to Complete G>B Staff in Month (Continued from page 1) and midwest, Weeks will fly to Los Angeles to set his staff. From there he will go to Dallas, Des Moines, Omaha, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Salt Lake City. Mark Ostrer, chairman of the G-B board ; Jeffrey Bernerd, general manager, and Michael Balcon, production head, sail on Oct. 19 aboard the Aquitania for London. Berthold Viertel and Robert J. Flaherty, directors, sail later. Arthur Lee and Balcon will visit Scarsdale, N. Y., on the first leg of a tour of theatre visits to get audience reaction. Gaumont British today will announce sales setups in Washington, Pittsburgh and other cities Weeks visited last week. G-B After Jack Holt Hollywood, Oct. 8. — Gaumont British is negotiating for Jack Holt to appear in two pictures. Michael Balcon, production head of G-B, is in New York and conducting negotiations with Holt's representatives here. Holt is under contract to Columbia, which will have to approve the deal, which would be in the nature of a loan. Two other stars are being considered by G-B, but their names are being kept secret for the time being. G-B to Give a Luncheon Gaumont British will give a luncheon in honor of Nova Pilbeam, Jack Hulbert, Robert J. Flaherty and Berthold Viertel at the Waldorf Astoria next Monday at 12:30 o'clock. Following the luncheon "Little Friend," starring Miss Pilbeam, will be screened in the ballroom. Walter Donaldson Wed Hollywood. Oct. 8. — Walter Donaldson and Walda Mansfield, New York chorus girl, were married in Aguai Caliente over the week-end. Witnesses were Mrs. Eddie Mannix and Leo Morrison. Pay Visit to Sing Sing Ossining, Oct. 8.— Will H. Hays and Harry M. Warner visited Sing Sing Prison yesterday and attended a football game between the prison team and a team from Kingston, N. Y. Aarons for Combine In Percentage Fight (Continued from page 1) affiliated theatres as compared with a maximum of 50 per cent which, he says, is demanded from independents. "The answer," Aarons says, "is the formation of an independent buying circuit. As the current season is pretty well advanced, I do not suppose much can be done now, but the theatre owner should lay plans at this time and by concerted action develop the situation to the point whereby he will be amply protected for the 1935-36 season." "If you hold off from buying," Aarons concludes, "you will be able to break down this abnormal, unjust and unfair, high percentage policy." Cartoon Programs Set Cartoon programs are to be featured at the Bijou Theatre, 45th St., starting tomorrow. The house will be renamed the Mickey Mouse Theatre. The house has been taken back by the Astor-Bijou-Morosco Theatres Realty Corp., headed by Walter Reade and will be operated by Cartoon Exhibitors, Inc., of which Robert Schirmer is president. Criterion to Go Union When Gaumont British takes over the Criterion on Oct. 18, non-union help will be displaced by members of the A. F. of L., including Local 306 operators. G-B has the house for three months with an option and is not anxious to experience labor difficulties on its first venture into the theatre business here. No Lead Picked — W anger Hollywood, Oct. 8. — Walter Wanger denies all stories to the effect that Greta Garbo, Katharine Hepburn, Ann Harding or Irene Dunne will be in "Private Worlds." No feminine lead has been picked, he says. Strong Starts Own Firm M. D. Strong has resigned as director and general manager of InterContinent Film Corp. to go into business for himself. His new firm is known as Criterion Films. He will finance and distribute both foreign and domestic films. < Purely Personal ► David Loew, Felix Feist, Louis Nizer, Paul Benjamin, Earle Sweigert, Eugene Picker, J. D. Trop, Lou Metzger, Henry Randel, Howard Dietz, Capt. Harold Auten, Mort Spring, Al Friedlander, Herman Robbins, Sam Dembow, Jr., James Clark, Louis Phillips, Phil Reisman, Jack Alicoate and Harry Brandt were among the diners at the M. P. Club yesterday noon. Leon Schlesinger has arrived in town with the first print of the latest Merrie Melody cartoon, "Those Beautiful Dames," which he will show to the home office. It is done in Technicolor. David Bernstein gave a luncheon for Dr. A. H. Giannini yesterday, all for the purpose of presenting the California banker with the scroll that designates him a Kentucky colonel. Irving Lesser anticipates a $33,000 week at the Roxy for the first seven days of "Peck's Bad Boy." Exactly 58,837 persons visited the house from Friday morning to Sunday night. Howard S. Cullman will be one of the speakers at a luncheon today for Governor Lehman and Lt. Governor M. William Bray at the Commodore. James C. Bradford, composer and specialist in film music, is back in New York after doing the music for "Hollywood Murder Mystery" on the coast. Jeanette Rex, Sol Lesser's publicity head, returns to the coast by air the end of the week, stopping off in Chicago to visit her brother. Maurice McKenzie, on the sick list for the past several days, is expected back at his M.P.P.D.A. offices within a day or two. Clemence Dane arrives today on the Majestic. She is under contract to M-G-M to write a story for David Selznick. Alan Cross and Henry Dunn, Broadway players and radio stars, have been signed for a two-reel Vitaphone short. Earle Sweigert of Paramount and E. S. Applegate of M-G-M in Philadelphia were visitors yesterday. Ralph Kohn, ill for the past several weeks at his home, may be back on the job this week. Sam Picker of the Nathan Burkan office is vacationing this week. Arthur Brilant has joined Variety's reportorial staff. Barbara Barondess is on her way east. William Wellman is in town. Closes Shanghai Deal Ned E. Depinet, president of RKO Distributing Corp., has closed a deal with the Peacock M. P. Co., Inc., Shanghai, for the entire 1934-35 lineup. Telfair Knight, now in this country, handled the negotiations for the China firm. To Aid Basket Fund Warners will donate the net proceeds from the showing of "Happiness Ahead" at the Strand next Monday to the Christmas Basket Fund. Eastman Gains Quarter on Big Board Net High Low Close Change Sales Columbia Pictures, vtc 3654 3654 3654 — 54 200 Consolidated Film Industries, pfd 1454 1454 1454 + 54 800 Eastman Kodak 100% 100% 10034 + 54 700 Fox Film "A" 12 1134 12 — 54 200 Loew's, Inc 2954 2854 2854 — 54 3,600 Paramount Publix 4% 454 454 — 54 11,300 Pathe Exchange 154 154 154 — A 800 Pathe Exchange "A" 1354 1254 1254 — 54 500 RKO 254 254 254 1,200 Warner Bros 5 4% 5 2,500 Technicolor Off Quarter on Curb Net High Low Close Change Sales Technicolor 1254 1254 1254 — 54 1,400 Bond Issues Show Slight Losses Net High Low Close Change Sales General Theatre Equipment 6s '40 6V2 654 654 — 54 3 General Theatre Equipment 6s '40, ctf &A 654 &A —A 2 Keith B. F. 6s '46 6154 6154 6154 — 54 3 Paramount F. L. 6s '47 6054 60 60 13 Paramount Publix 554s '50 6054 60 60 — % 5 Pathe 7s '37 ww 98 98 98 — 54 1 Warner Bros. 6s '39, wd 60 60 60 — 54 2