Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1934)

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MOTION PICTURE DAILY Tuesday, October 30, MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 36 October 30, 1934 No. 102 Martin Quigley Editor-in-Chief and Publisher MAURICE ICANN 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. Clifford, Manager; London Bureau: Remo House, 310 Regent St., London, W. 1, Bruce Allan, Representative. Cable address: "Quigpubco, London"; Berlin Bureau: Berlin Tempelhof , Kaiserin Augustastrasse 28, Joachim K. Ruteiiberg, Representative; Paris Bureau: 19, Rue de la Cour-desNoues, Pierre Autre, Representative; Rome Bureau: Viale Gorizia, Vittorio Malpassuti, Representative; Sydney Bureau: 102 Sussex Street, Cliff Holt, Representative; Mexico City Bureau: Apartado 269, James Lockhart, Representative; Glasgow Bureau: 86 Dundrennan Road, G. Holmes, Representative; Budapest Bureau: 3, Kaplar-u, Budapest, II, Endre Hevesi, Representative; Moscow Bureau: Civtzev Vrazhek, N. 25, Apart. 146, Moscow, U. S. S. R., Bella Kashin, Representative. Cable address: "Samrod, Moscow." Entered as second class matter, January 4, 1926, at the Post Office at New York City, N. Y., under Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates per year: $6 in the Americas, except Canada $15 and foreign $12. Single copies: 10 cents. Trade Loan Delays Scored by Giannini Washington, Oct. 29. — In a conference here today with Chairman Jesse Jones of the RFC, A. P. Giannini, of the Bank of America, National Ass'n., attacked the delay of the Federal Reserve banks in approving applications for industrial loans. The banker discussed with Jones the formation of mortgage trust companies for relief of mortgage bondholders in need of aid. Liens Against Schulbergs Hollywood, Oct. 29. — Federal income tax liens have been filed here against B. P. Schulberg and Mrs. Adeline J. Schulberg, agent. Schulberg is charged with owing the government $19,910 on his 1933 earnings and his wife with owing $24,240 for the same year. Kern Signed by Radio Hollywood, Oct. 29. — Jerome Kern has been signed by B. B. Kahane to write three songs for the screen version of "Roberta" for Radio. Kern, with Otto Harbach, did the book and lyrics for the production. Arthur Optimistic After Tour of West Amkino to Show "Lenin** Amkino will show "Three Songs About Lenin" to an invited group at the Paramount building Friday afternoon. Optimistic over business conditions, Harry C. Arthur of Fanchon & Marco returned yesterday from a three-week trip to St. Louis, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles, declaring that "things are looking up." "There is a wave of optimism sweeping through the country," he said, "particularly in theatre circles." "Good pictures are doing the business," Arthur asserted, "despite rainstorms, snowstorms and blizzards. The apparent efforts by producers to make better pictures is evident and the results are bearing fruit." Arthur points to "One Night of Love" as one example. He says this picture ran for 31 days in a St. Louis theatre seating 5,000, which is an all time record for that house. He also added that "The Gay Divorcee" and "Judge Priest" are corralling grosses three and four times the normal business. First Division to Get Chicago Branch Chicago will most likely be the next spot First Division will set up its own exchanges. Harry H. Thomas, president, leaves for the Windy City Friday to look over the local situation and from there will tour other cities with a view to establishing the First Division trademark. The last exchange center at which the company set up its own selling force was Atlanta, when a deal was made with M. C. Howard, who is in charge. Fox's Wife Testifies Mrs. William Fox was a witness in Federal court here yesterday against Maurice Mannier, a chauffeur, who is on trial charged with demanding $50,000 of her under threat of kidnapping her grandchildren. Schenck to Coast Soon Nicholas M. Schenck, president of Loew's and M-G-M, plans to leave shortly for the coast on his annual visit to the studios. No date for his departure has been set. Albany Gets Vaudeville Albany, Oct. 29. — Vaudeville has been returned to Harmanus Bleecker Hall in an attempt to meet the competition of bulesque and vaudeville at Proctor's Troy week-ends. "Widow" at $39,219 For First 18 Days "The Merry Widow" garnered $39,219.25 in the first 18 days of its two-a-day run at the Astor. For the first four days the gross tallied $12,364.25; for the next seven, $15,347, and for the last week, ending Sunday night, the picture did $11,508. At the Rialto, "The Case of the Howling Dog" took in §15,500 for nine days. "The Last Gentleman," at the Rivoli, took in about $27,000 for the first week, and the second week, ending tomorrow night, is expected to wind up with about $17,500. "Have a Heart," at the Mayfair, garnered $11,500. "Divorcee," "Wiggs" Big in Cincinnati Cincinnati, Oct. 29. — "The Gay Divorcee" proved a box-office magnet at the RKO Albee last week, leading the town with an estimated §18,000, which is $2,000 ahead of "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch," immediately preceding. The Astaire-Rogers opus moves to the RKO Lyric for its second downtown week. "Mrs. Wiggs," incidentally, which moved to the RKO Grand following its week at the Albee, piled up approximately $4,500 in its second stanza, which is a record high for the Grand. Korngold Arrives Here Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Viennese composer, will arrive in New York today on the Majestic en route to Hollywood to arrange the music for "Midsummer Night's Dream." Nijinsky, Russian dancer, is due in this country in a few days to go to the coast to coach the dancers in this production. RKO Directors Meet A meeting of the board of directors of RKO Radio Pictures was held yesterday. Only "routine business" was transacted, according to a company statement. J. R. McDonough, president of the picture company, who came east for the meeting, plans to return to Hollywood tomorrow. Schiller at His Desk Col. E. A. Schiller, vice-president of Loew's, Inc., yesterday returned to his desk from a lengthy recuperation following his recent illness. Big Board Stocks Show Losses High Low Close Columbia Pictures, vtc 3454 3454 34J4 Consolidated Film Industries 35i 3A 3*A Consolidated Film Industries, pfd 15-54 1554 1554 Eastman Kodak 103M W3V2 10354 Eastman Kodak, pfd 14354 143J4 143J4 Fox Film "A" 1154 1134 Loew's, Inc 2954 2854 29 Paramount Publix, cts 454 4 45i Pathe Exchange 154 154 VA Pathe Exchange "A" 1254 1254 1254 RKO 2A VA 2 Warner Bros 454 4J4 VA Net Change 54 54 +1 54 + 54 + A Paramount F. L. Bonds Advance 2 High Low Close Keith B. F. 6s '46 63 63 63 Loew's 6s '41, ww deb rights 103 WVA 102% Paramount Broadway 554s '51 4154 4154 4154 Paramount F. L. 6s '47 5754 5554 5754 Paramount Publix 554s '50 5754 56 5754 Warner Bros. 6s '39, wd 58 5754 5754 Net Change + 54 -154 +2 +154 54 Sales 100 200 700 100 2,000 600 2,600 2,700 300 100 1,500 1,100 Sales 1 4 1 51 110 20 Sees Films Changed Little by Campaigi Baltimore, Oct. 29.— Speaking heiJ today at the opening session of three-day film conference at the En] erson Hotel, Mrs. Robbins Gilma motion picture chairman of the N; tional Congress of Parent-Teach' Ass'n, declared there has been "n fundamental change in motion pictu: producers in spite of the concentre tion of agitation for better films." / a substitute for commercial film entet tainment for children, Mrs. Gilma, recommended that a recreational pn gram for the young be introduced. I "The objective of this new move ment," she said, "is welfare and n' profit. We want to take children recreation out of the hands of con< mercial money-makers and put it i the hands of professional recreation; leaders. Toward this end we holi that the power of boards of educatio should be extended to provide for d: rection and administration of chil dren's recreation. And we ask the every school board be equipped wu\ motion picture projectors to be use for instructive films to supplement th textbooks." Mrs. Gilman recommended the e> tension of the little theatre movemer in this country, with, special stress o. the production of children's plays. Short Silent About E. G. Levy's Charge (Continued from page 1) general counsel, that Dr. Short's or^ ganization had as its ultimate ot| jective the promotion of "widespread non-theatrical exhibitions" in competi tion with established theatres. Explaining that he had not yet see a copy of Levy's address containin the charge, Dr. Short said : "All know about it is what I have see: in the papers, and from that I wouln say that Levy is barking up the wroni tree." Levy's charges against the researcl council were made in a recent ad dress to the New Haven Better Film Council, copies of which were printe<i and distributed to M. P. T. O. A members last Saturday. LeRoy Sees No Early Spread of Color Ust Chicago, Oct. 29. — Use of colo! isn't likely to spread in the near fu ture, says Mervyn LeRoy. He person] ally prefers black and white, he say; LeRoy and Mrs. LeRoy, the forme | Doris Warner, stopped off here be tween trains, New York bound. H said he would be in the metropoli about 10 days and would see as man; : plays as possible. His next will b "Oil for the Lamps of China." "An thony Adverse" will not be startei until next March. To Show Sports Film Frederick W. Rubien, secretary o the American Olympic Committee, anc Ernst Schmitz, American representa tive of the German Tourist Informa tion Office, will be hosts at a cocktai party Friday afternoon at the Waldorf. The feature of the party will bi a preview of "The Olympic Wintei Sports Capital," scenes of winter sports at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, sea' of the 1936 Olympic Games wintei sports.