Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1934)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Saturday, October 27, 193 MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 36 October 27, 1934 No. 100 Martin Quigley 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 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. Walter Connolly Injured Hollywood, Oct. 26. — Walter Connolly suffered a broken rib during scenes of Paramount's "Father Brown, Detective." The actor, however, was taped up on the set and continued working. The company was working at the Fox studios. Nathanson Heads Drive Toronto, Oct. 26. — N. L. Nathanson, president of Famous Players Canadian Corp., has accepted the presidency of the forthcoming annual drive of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. Kalmine to Open Two Pittsburgh, Oct. 26. — Harry Kalmine, zone manager for Warners, has decided to reopen two houses in this territory for week-ends. They are the Hollywood, in Dormont, and the Ritz in New Kensington. M-G-M Gets June Knight Hollywood, Oct. 26. — M-G-M has signed June Knight, formerly under contract to Universal, to a long term contract. Her first role will be in "Broadway Melody of 1935." Press Books for Shorts Warners are compiling press books to accompany the releases of the 13 "See America First" short subjects. The press books will be identical with those turned out on feature releases. Fox Is Speeding Up On Production Work Hollywood, Oct. 26. — Production has been speeded up at Fox following a light summer season during which the studio averaged only four pictures each week. This week the studio has eight in production, including : "Helldorado," "Lottery Lover," "The County Chairman," starring Will Rogers : "Bright Eyes," starring Shirley Temple : "Insure Your Wife," a Spanish production: "Twenty-Four Hours," and "Thunder in the Night," Erick Pommer's next production. Scheduled to start within the next two weeks are : "Dante's Inferno," and "One More Spring," starring Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter. Pickets Found Guilty Eight pickets who were arrested in front of the Globe Theatre on Oct. 17 have been found guilty of disorderly conduct by Magistrate Richard F. McKiniry in West Side Court. They received suspended sentences. Witnesses testified that the defendants, with nine others, blocked the theatre entrance. Magistrate McKiniry held that their action was mass picketing. To Show "Inca-Cuzco" "Inca-Cuzco," record of the Bingham expedition to Cuzco, Peru, and of the visit of the Prince of Wales there is to be shown at the H.E.R. Laboratories next Wednesday night. It is being distributed by Inter-Continent Film Corp. War Film Is Revamped "World's First War," a new edition of "Forgotten Men," is being released by Samuel Cummins and Jacques A. Koerpel through First Division. War Film to Rialto "The First World War," produced by Truman Talley and Laurence Stallings of Fox Movietone News, will open at the Rialto Nov. 8. Kutinsky's Father Dead William Kutinsky, father of Morris, who operates the Community, Queens Village, L. I., is dead after a long illness. He was buried yesterday. Toronto Confession Reopens Bomb Case Toronto, Oct. 26. — The stenchbombing case of the Cum-Bac Theatre, on Labor Day, 1933, took a further sensational turn when Albert Gold, chief witness against two accused men, Lew Kendall and Fred Pitton, in the original proceedings, testified that he had committed the crime and not the two who had stood trial. Kendall, who had been sentenced to one year in prison, and Pitton, both Toronto operators and members of the I.A.T.S.E., were immediately acquitted by Judge O'Connell, sitting in County Criminal Court. Another turn occurred when Gold, who had spent four months in jail awaiting the hearing, was ordered released by the judge, but he was immediately rearrested as he left the courtroom on a charge of perjury. Gold was taken to the Police Court where the case was postponed to a later date and he was released on S2,000 bail. Ben Steerman Married Pittsburgh, Oct. 26. — Ben Steerman, chief auditor for Warners here, and Miriam Wald, a secretary in the circuit's local booking office, slipped away to nearby Uniontown, Pa., today and told it to a rabbi. The new Mrs. Steerman is a native Pittsburgher. Her husband's home is in Philadelphia. Grainger East Nov. 1 Hollywood, Oct. 26. — James R. Grainger will leave for New Orleans, Atlanta and New York following the previews of Universal's "Imitation of Life" and "Night Life of the Gods," which will be about Nov. 1. Maurice Harris to RKO Maurice Harris, formerly of the Columbia exploitation department, has joined RKO as assistant to John Dowd, handling exploitation in RKO theatres. Feist Back to Coast Hollywood, Oct. 26. — Felix Feist will return to Hollywood Sunday night aboard the Santa Helena following a 10-day business trip to New York. Eastman Off 2x/± on Big Board High Low Close Columbia Pictures, vtc 34J/J 3354 341^ Consolidated Film Industries y/2 3l£ 3}£ Consolidated Film Industries, pfd 15f4 15A T.SlA Eastman Kodak 10454 103 10314 Eastman Kodak, pfd 142J4 142}4 142J4 Fox Film "A" 12ji 12 12& Loew's, Inc 29'A 28J4 29 Paramount Publix 4 4 4 Pathe Exchange 154 1J4 VA Pathe Exchange "A" 13 12J4 12J4 RKO 2%. VA 2 Warner Bros 4V2 4J4 V/2 Net Change -254 -H JA + Vt, -VA Vs 'A Technicolor Drops Half on Curb Technicolor Net High Low Close Change . 12>$ 1254 12J4 'A Paramount F. L. Bonds Lose 1XA High Low Close General Theatre Equipment 6s '40 7 6V2 dV2 General Theatre Equipment 6s '40, ctf 65^ 6§4 65^ Keith B. F. 6s '46 62% 6°% 621i T.new's 6s Ml. ww deh rights 1035/& 10214 10214 Paramount F. L. 6s '47 5534 5514 5514 Paramount Publix 554s '50 56J4 5514 5514 Warner Bros. 6s '39, wd 58 57J4 58 Net Change — '/2 — a + 54 — M -VA Sales 400 200 500 1.000 10.000 1.300 6 800 7.900 1,100 6 5.600 2.900 Sales 800 Sales 6 2 1 9 12 31 i Purely 1 Personal ► \X7 ILLIAM FOX, Jack Lec, VV George and Sam Dembow Louis Blumenthal, Herman Roebins, Lou Metzger, Louis Phillips Arthur Hamerslag, Jack Aljcoatl Herbert Ebenstein, Henry Randel and Robert Wolf were spotted yesterday among those luncheoning at the M. P. Club. Walter Jourmann of Vienna, a composer, and Mrs. Jourmann; anc Bron Kaper of Warsaw and his wife; all composers, are at the Edison, pending their departure for the coast te start work for M-G-M. Jack Lewis, assistant to Joseph I Breen, heads back for Hollywood tonight. He same east on the new Union Pacific speed train, but goes back on the old-fashioned regular limited. John Boles is on his way to Hollywood with Mrs. Boles via the Panama Canal. He will start work soor in Jesse L. Lasky's "Redheads or! Parade." Jules Levy leaves Sunday on a tour of Radio exchanges. He will visit the studio where he will confer with production heads on new product Jack Partington of F. & M. ar-. rived on the coast yesterday by plane from New York. Harry C. Arthut gets in today. Edward Raftery of O'Brien, Dris coll & Raftery returns from Detroit today. He will go back to the autc city on Monday. Mark Sandrich, Radio director and Mrs. Sandrich, with their twe sons, leave for the coast today on the Santa Paula. Ginger Rogers left for the coast yesterday on the 20th Century aftei a week's vacation here. Robert Hurel, manager of Canadian Cinema Co., Ltd., Montreal, sails today on the Champ lain. Adeline Schulberg plans to fly tc the coast today after several week: here on a vacation. Lee Marcus is in town from Hollywood and is stopping at the Essex House. Amos 'n' Andy have been bookecf into the Capitol next Friday. Eugene Picker has lost 40 pound; and says he's feeling fine. Walter Reade returns from Flori-. da on Monday. Kramer Gets New Post St. Louis, Oct. 26. — Al Kramer, former manager and treasurer of the 1 Ambassador, has been made manager of the Tivoli, University City, Mo., a St. Louis Amusement Co. house. He replaces Silvert Setron, who has gone ! to the Egyptian, Milwaukee. Lee Marcus in Town Lee Marcus, short subject production head for Radio, is in town visiting his mother. He will leave fori Hollywood a week from today. He arrived by plane ahead of schedule. "Are You Mason?" Set "Are You a Mason?" English comedy starring Sonnie Hale and J. Robertson Hare opens Monday at the Westminster Cinema. It was made bv Twickenham.