Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1934)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Tuesday, October 16, 1934 MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 36 October 16, 1934 No. 90 Martin Quigley Editor-in-Chief and Publisher MAURICE KANN yR 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 "Ouigpubco, 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. „ , TT . _.. 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. Brient Joins Thalheimer Richmond, Oct. 15. — Elmer H. Brient has resigned as manager of Loew's to take charge of Morton G. Thalheimer's circuit of five houses here. George Arthur Jones, formerly of Loew's Wilmington, succeeds him, and Roscoe Drissel goes from Loew's Columbia, Washington, to Wilmington. Capitol, Roxy Try Names Name opposition between the Capitol and Roxy is slated for Broadway for the week starting Oct. 26. The Capitol has Eddie Cantor and Dave Rubinoff in for a personal appearance, while the Roxy has signed Dizzy and Daffy Dean for the same week. L. & M. Take Two Nov. 1 Leff & Meyers, Bronx circuit operators, will take over the Harris and Selwyn on West 42nd St., from Max Cohen on Nov. 1. Acquisition of the duo will make 10 for them. Mallard at RKO Studio Hollywood, Oct. 15. — William Mallard, RKO general counsel, arrived today for conferences with studio and home office executives who are here. Chodorov on "Adverse** Hollywood, Oct. 15. — Edward Chodorov will supervise Warners' "Anthony Adverse." Jersey 1933 Takes Reach $19,179,000 Washington, Oct. 15. — Box-office receipts of New Jersey's 238 theatres last year totaled $19,179,000, while $3,797,000 was paid to employes, according to the U. S. Census Bureau. Reports of the bureau on business in the leading communities showed 13 theatres in Atlantic City with a box-office of $1,159,000 and payrolls of $199,000; seven in Camden with receipts of $599,000 and payrolls of $119,000; four in Irvington with receipts of $323,000 and payrolls of $65,000 ; 30 in Newark with receipts of $4,056,000 and payrolls of $953,000; four in Hoboken with receipts of $420,000 and payrolls of $74,000; 16 in Jersey City with receipts of $2,698,000 and payrolls of $570,000; 11 in Trenton with receipts of $1,026,000 and payrolls of $214,000; three in Passaic with receipts of $575,000 and payrolls of $73,000; eight in Paterson with receipts of $1,186,000 and payrolls of $222,000; and four in Elizabeth with receipts of $668,000 and payrolls of $141,000. Hatrick Goes West Soon E. B. Hearst's coast in ferences. returned today or gone for Hatrick, general manager of film interests, leaves for the a month for production conMarion Davies. who recently from Europe, leaves either tomorrow. Hatrick will be about two months. "Crocus" to Carnegie "Autumn Crocus," an English picture, opens at the Carnegie tomorrow, establishing a long run policy for the house. Henry Seigel recently bought a half interest in the house. Leo Brecher owns the other 50 per cent. Seeks Richmond House Richmond, Oct. 15. — Samuel Craver of Norfolk, operator of houses in Norfolk, Danville and Lynchburg, is dickering for the Lyric, former Keith-Albee house here. He intends to operate it on a 15-cent basis, if the deal goes through. "Gentleman" to Rivoli George Arliss in "The Last Gentleman," 20th Century-U. A. release, opens tomorrow at the Rivoli. Costain, Fox Story Head, Former Editor Thomas B. Costain was appointed yesterday as chief of the new Fox bureau of literary material. For the past seven years Costain has been chief associate editor of The Saturday Evening Post and assistant to George Horace Lorimer, editor of the magazine. Headquarters of the new bureau will be located in the Fox home office until the first of next month and then will move to Radio City. Costain was born in Canada and worked there as a newspaper reporter until he joined the McLean Publishing Co. where he served as managing editor of McLean's Magazine. He then joined the Curtis Publishing Co. where he has been a member of the editorial board for the past 14 years. Charles Klein Married Deadwood, S. D., Oct. 15. — Charles Klein, president of the Black Hills Amusement Co., has married Miss Hilda Wendt, also of Deadwood, at Hot Springs, S. D. They are spending their honeymoon in Denver and Kansas City. His son, Richard Klein, was recently married in New York to Miss Jeanette Waugh, also of Deadwood. Richard is booking for Paramount in New York. Harold Jones Marries Sidney, Neb.. Oct. 15. — Harold Jones, manager of the Fox, has been married to Miss Imogene Mary Kastarek of Beatrice, Neb. They will reside in Sidney. Partington West Oct. 23 Jack Partington of F. & M. leaves for the coast Oct. 23. Harry C. Arthur returns from Los Angeles after conferences with Mike Marco on Oct. 27. Yates in California Hollywood, Oct. 15. — Herbert J Yates, president of Consolidated, is here from New York and will remain about a month. Solomon Gets "Bengal" Louis A. Solomon is now sole distributor on "Beyond Bengal," he states. The feature was produced by Harry Schenck. Eastman Equals Previous High on Big Board Consolidated Film Industries, pfd. Loew's, Inc Paramount Publix Trans Lux Net High Low Close Change Sales 38-4 38 38 54 400 354 354 354 Si 100 15 WA 15 + H 800 10414 103 103 900 13 12% 13 200 35 35 35 -X 100 3054 VA 29% 29% 54 2.200 m VA A 11.500 154 154 1,500 1354 1354 1354 -Va 100 2V2 254 400 SA W H 3.200 , on Curb Net High Low Close Change Sales 13 12A 13 500 m va + A 100 Loew Bonds Hit New High High Low Close Keith B. F. 6s '46 62 62 62 Loew's 6s '41, ww deb rights 103 102% 103 Paramount Broadway 554s '51 40 40 40 Paramount F. L. 6s '47 5654 5654 5654 Paramount Publix 554s '50 5754 56% 56% RKO 6s '41, pp 32 32 32 Warner Bros. 6s '39, wd 6054 59 59 Net Change + % + V2 -2% -1% +1 -154 Sales 400 4 5 1 5 1 4 i Purely Personal ► WILLIAM FOX, Jack G. Leo, Jack Miller, Edward Silverman, Herman Robbins, Sam Dembow, Jr., Toby Gruen, David Loew, Mort Spring, Gus Schlesinger and Loc Metzger were M. P. Club lunchers yesterday. Michael Balcon, who sails on Friday for England, plans to return in February when he will visit the coast on a talent hunt. He returned yesterday from Toronto with Arthur Lee and Jack Hulbert. Ernest Truex has returned to town from a brief Bermuda vacation. He starts work next week at the Eastern Service plant in Astoria on his next Educational comedy, "Sue, Dear." Charles Farrell, Yvonne Printemps and Pierre Fresney, French stage stars, and Florence Walton, dancer, are among the passengers on the He de France which arrives today. Jeanette Rex, publicity representative for Sol Lesser, leaves for Chicago by plane today. She will visit her brother in the Windy City for a few days and then go on to the coast. Arthur Landau of the Small-Landau agency has postponed his trip to Hollywood. He has been delayed on several deals. He plans to get away about Thursday. Arthur Sanchez will return today on the lie de France after a sixweek business trip through the continent for the Trans-Oceanic Export Co., Inc. T. Hayes Hunter, former American director who is now in the agency business in England, is here on a visit. He represents Film Rights, Ltd. Art Jarrett is recovering from minor injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Warners to Produce Philadelphia Reel Philadelphia, Oct. 15. — Warners will produce their own newsreel for distribution to the 75 theatres they now operate in this zone. To be known as the Warner Theatres News Reporter, the reel will cover social, political and human interest stories transpiring in and around Philadelphia. Leonard Schlesinger, zone manager, and Harry Goldberg, advertising and publicity chief, will be in charge. Mort Blumenstock will supervise from New York. The proposed newsreel will be confined to Philadelphia, the Warner home office stated yesterday. Asked if this was to be construed as an opening or a trial step in the organization of the company's own reel along national lines, a company representative said it was not. Trio Will Fly Here Hollywood, Oct. 15. — Hal Roach, accompanied by Bebe Daniels and her husband, Ben Lyon, will fly to New York tomorrow. Roach has some( business to handle and Miss Daniels' and Lyon will do some broadcast ing.