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MOTION PICTURE
DAILY
Friday, December 21, 1934
MOTION PICTURE
DAILY
(Registered U. S. Patent Office)
Vol. 36
December 21, 1934
No. 146
Insiders' Outlook
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Martin Quigley Editor-in-Chief and Publisher MAURICE KANN
Editor JAMES A. CRON Advertising Manager
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Ritchey Closes Deal
Norton Ritchey, Jr., has closed a deal with William Fait to handle Monogram product in Brazil. Fait, formerly with Warners as head of the Mexico City branch, is opening his own exchange in February. He sails for Rio de Janeiro on Jan. 29.
Year's News in Reel
Twenty-three of the outstanding news events of the year have been pieced together by Hearst Metrotone News as a special subject under the title of "The News Parade of 1934." It is being released today with narration by Edwin C. Hill.
Two Warner Films Set
"Murder in the Clouds" opens at the Rialto Christmas Eve, and "I Sell Anything" starts at the Mayfair on the same night. Both are Warner pictures. "It's a Gift," Paramount film, goes into the Roxy on Jan. 4.
Back to Columbia
Hollywood, Dec. 20.— Alfred Santell, who has been negotiating with Harry Cohn at Columbia on a deal to direct "Feather in Her Hat" by I. A. R. Wyle, will probably do another feature for the studio first.
"Dealers" Held Over
"Dealers in Death" will be held for a second week at the Criterion.
... on what they want for Christmas
Harry M. and Albert L. Warner, Grad Sears, Andy Smith, et al. — Another "Flirtation Walk."
Manny Cohen — -Utter confusion to Ben Schulberg and Walter Wanger.
Harold B. Franklin — Better luck
next time. Mae West — Sinsorless sinema. L. B. Mayer— A book of Will
Rogers' speeches. Every Writer — A new plot. M-G-M — Another Hearst. Winfield Sheehan — An alarm
clock.
Al Jolson — To direct Walter
Winchell. Lee Tracy — Pistachio ice cream. Jeff McCarthy— Less back ache. Lynn Farnol — A lime orchard. Nick Schenck — More like "Cop
perfield."
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M. H. Aylesworth — Another
Dave Sarnoff. Dave Sarnoff — Another Al Reoch. Pan Berman — Less Lou Brocks. Lou Brock — Less Pan Bermans. Una Merkel — A Swedish accent. Marlene Dietrich — A two-pants
suit.
Columbia — Another Frank Capra. S. A. Lynch — To come out of the alley.
Lou Cohen — The answer to one question: Why?
Carl Mtlliken — Still more women's clubs.
Julius Klein — The impossible in film executives.
Marx Brothers — Zeppo.
Pete Smith — Colored shorts.
Max Baer — New powder puff.
Ben Bernie — Piccolo.
Louis Nizer — An emergency repair kit for after-dinner speeches.
Edward Bowes — A new microphone.
Ed Kuykendall — Seven-league boots.
Will Hays — A President's sonin-law, perhaps.
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George Schaefer, Neil Agnew, Joe Unger, Milt Kusell — That
those bankers become reasonable. Paramount — Shirley Temple's twin.
Andy Devtne — Herbert Marshall's voice.
A. C. Blumenthal — Another Bill Fox.
Charlie McCarthy — Jersey apples.
Ray Johnston — Franchise holders' O. K. on his new production plans.
Sam Goldwyn — Accentric dictionary.
Walter Wanger — Will Hays' baton.
Eddie Golden — Elusive Tomorrows.
Walter Eberhardt — An early return to Nassau.
Ben Schulberg — Continued business freedom.
Clark Gable — Ear muffs.
John Gilbert — A new deal.
Ruth Chatterton — A good story.
Dave Palfreyman — An alarm clock for office visitors.
Earl Wingart — Something to fill the new bar.
Truman Talley — News to go with the titles.
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Al Lichtman — More Zanuck, less
Goldwyn. Arthur Mayer — One break on
product.
Pete Mayer, Maurice Rapf, Buddy Schulberg — Another trip to Moscow.
Ernst Lubitsch — Pittsburgh stogies.
Joe Breen — A couple more like
"The Merry Widow." Otto Kruger — Philo Vance. Fox — Eternal babyhood for Shirley
Temple.
Jack Oakie — Joe Penner's duck. Joe Penner's Duck — Jack Oakie. All Studios — A pipe of peace. Pete the Pup — A fire hydrant. Joan Crawford — Statuette. Screen Actors' Guild — Assorted nuts.
Mervyn Le Roy — Stilts. Henry Henigson — A new doghouse.
Pathe "A" Off % on Big Board
High Low Close
Consolidated Film Industries 554 554 534
Consolidated Film Industries, pfd 1954 1954 1954
Eastman Kodak 11054 110 110J4
Fox Film "A" 1354 13 13
Loew's, Inc 3454 3354 3454
Loew's, Inc., pfd 10454 10444 10451
Paramount Publix, cts 354 354 354
Pathe Exchange 1 1 1
Pathe Exchange "A" 1354 1334 1334
RKO 254 254 254
Warner Bros 434 VA 454
Net Change
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600 5,200
100 3,100
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General Theatre Equipment 6s General Theatre Equipment 6s
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
40.
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Change
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2
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2
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Change
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954
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834
54
30
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68
68
68
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105
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Greta Garbo — Home tank.
George McL. Baynes and Eastern Service Studio — Eastern production.
David O. Selznick — A diploma for propagandizing.
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Jules Levy — Lowdown on
John Considine — Another "Sequoia."
Elissa Landi — Icebox cake. Charles R. Rogers — Boxing
gloves. Al Lewis — Perfect yarn. Arthur Hornblow — Bass drum. William LeBaron — Mae West as
quintuplets. Carl Laemmle, Jr. — Less pills. Carl Laemmle, Sr. — More like
Herb Yates. Bayard Veiller — Cologne with
you.
Cecil de Mille — A shower bath. Von Sternberg — New Inverness. Norman McLeod — The Three
Marx Brothers. Don Mersereau — Subscription to
Esquire.
Earle Hammons — Better bridgework.
Jack Cohn — That Billy Ferguson's description comes true.
Elliott McManus — Hair dye.
Charles Winninger — A new brand of coffee.
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Bob Cochrane — Faster train service out of Hollywood for New York.
Vince Barnett — Another chance to rib Rosenblatt.
Ned Sparks — Lemon drops.
Arthur Caesar — Boxing gloves.
Rowland Brown — Design for directing.
James Seymour — Honeymoon. Leo Morrison — Man Mountain Dean.
Sol Rosenblatt — Less code in the head.
Al Santell — Toeplitz in the dark. Jean Parker — Adrian gowns. Karloff — Shin guards. Roger Pryor — Another West. Chester Morris — Sleeping pills. John M. Stahl — A schedule. Edward Laemmle — More slot machines.
Boris Morros — That one-way ticket to Hollywood.
Milt Schwartzwald — A bigleague sustaining hour.
Joe Bernhard — Less boycott in Philadelphia.
▼
Spyros and Charlie Skouras — Same as Thanksgiving: that 10year contract.
Charlie Einfeld — More Hearst papers.
Ruby Keeler — Caramels.
Marion Davies — Swimming pool for studio bungalow.
Warren William — Sound effects.
Kay Francis — Cavalier.
William Dieterle — A new pair of white gloves.
Max Reinhardt — A Warner miracle.
Jean Muir — Billing.
George Brent — A trip to Sweden.
Hal Wallis — Roller skates.
Henry Blanke — Badminton rules.
Harry Joe Brown— Herpicide.
Robert Lord — Jig-saw puzzle.
Sam Bischoff — Tabloid tales.
Felix Feist — A Chicago theatre circuit, or at least some more talk of one.
C. C. Pettijohn — Maxim silencers for traveling execs.
Herschel Stuart — A fast plane to Dallas.
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