Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1934)

Friday, December 21, 1934 MOTION PICTURE DAILY Council Is Behind Clean Films Drive (Continued from page 1) through its chairman, ex-Governor Alfred E. Smith, that it would lend its fullest support to the efforts of the industry in providing clean pictures. Smith also stated the council would exert all possible endeavor to assist Patrick Cardinal Hayes in his demand for the maintenance of proper standards in public entertainment. Here is the text of Smith's statement : "We agreed to marshal public support for motion picture industries carrying out the code for clean, wholesome, decent pictures. We stand solidly behind Cardinal Hayes in his endeavor to see that only clean pictures are shown." The complete personnel of the council attended the meeting. Its membership follows : Manhattan — -James A. Farrell, former president of the U. S. Steel Corp.; George MacDonald, former Mayor John P. O'Brien; Martin Quigley, John J. Raskob, former chairman of the National Democratic Committee, and Alfred Talley, former judge of tlie Court of General Sessions. Bronx — James Donnelly. Richmond — William T. Fetherston, former justice of the Court of Special Sessions. Westchester — Supreme Court Justice William F. Bleakly. Dutchess and Putnam — John E. Mack of I'oughkcepsie, former Supreme Court justice. Orange and Rockland — Arthur O'Leary. Sullivan — George Cook. Ulster — James Dwyer. New RKO Sales Unit For the Continent (.Continued from page 1) Depinet, Reisman and R. W. G. Mackay are directors. Phil Reisman is aboard the Empress 'of Britain, which is due here Saturday. Deplore Dowling's Death RKO executives yesterday wired condolences to London on the death there of Ambrose J. ("Bo") Dowling, former general manager of RKO Export Corp., and general European manager prior to that. Dowling had been ill for some time, the immediate cause of his death being attributed to pneumonia and complications. London, Dec. 20.— Death came to Ambrose J. Dowling Tuesday night at the Rochester Hotel. Treasury to Study Overlapping Taxes (Continued from page 1) some consideration must be given the increasing tendency to add to the burden of commodities and services already heavily burdened. The study may result in a national conference on taxation to be called by President Roosevelt next summer to consider the development of a national system of taxation which would minimize overlapping. Film interests are deeply interested in the movement, in view of the recent tendency of state agencies to impose admission taxes on top of the 10 per cent Federal levy. Meriden Poli to Open Meriden, Dec. 20.— The Poli, which closed a short time ago, is set to resume operations Dec. 24 on a straight film policy for the time being. Insiders' Outlook (Continued Walter Reade — A bidder — with cash — for the Mayfair. Dick Powell — Flying trapeze. Pat O'Brien — Reducing machine. Dolores Del Rio — Enchiladas, tortillas, mantillas. Stanley Bergerman — Orchids for his buttonhole. B. F. Zeidman — A megaphone. Wm. A. McGuire — Ziegfeld's shoes. Margaret Sullavan — Lorgnettes. Hortrnse Schorr — The lowdown on what makes a good Martini. Georce Kann — A mess of spaghetti. Or a hot dog. Helen Twelvetrees — Another tree. Irving Thalberg — Free-wheeling hour glass. Lucien Hubbard — Stop watch. Harry Rape — Pinochle set. Hunt Stromberg — Unbreakable film. Bernie Hyman — Revised code. Herman Robbins, Toby Gruen and Sam Dembow — That deal. Harry Arthur — To win the Marshall Square suit against FWC. Irving Lesser — Another "Imitation of Life" at the Roxy. T Andy Clyde — Safety razor. Harry Lancdon — Pie pan. Duncan Sisters — Doughnuts. Robert Kane — A cane from Kent. Jesse Lasky — More parades. Ann Harding — A grass shack in Kahalakahoo. Katharine Hepburn — Overalls. Howard Dietz — Revenge with or without music. Charley Laughton — A vassarette. George Raft — Another bodyguard. Sylvia Sidney — Avocados. Eddie Buzzell — Hitler's biography. Victor Sciiertzinger — Another "Marcheeta." Howard S. Cullman — Roxy to stay in Philly. First Division — Time and still more time. Sidney Samuelson — A unit on Ed Kuykendall's home ground. ▼ Lloyd Pantages — Pipes of Pan. Dan Thomas — Dancing lessons. Louella Parsons — Rompers. Edwin Schallert — Better Times. Jimmy Starr — Hair restorer. Sidney Skolsky — Electric razor. Adolphe Menjou — Hat, coat and glove. Archie Mayo — Esquire. Jeannette MacDonald — Frigidaire. Carole Lombard — Rhumba. Sid Grauman — Fright wig. Joe Sciienck — Man o' War. Will Rogers — Bankers' banquets. Ronald Colman — -Hermit's lodge. George Arliss — Tea and crumpets. Jimmy Cagney — Doctor's degree. Joan Blondell — -Twins next time. Lilian Harvey — Ermine tales. Al Friedlander — No more titles. John C. Flinn — One clearance and zoning schedule approved, just one. ▼ Jimmy Durante — Nose guard and hankies. Franciiot Tone — Emily Post's latest. Lupe Velez — Mexican jumping beans. from page 2) Gloria Swanson — Martial music. Ketti Gallian — Slave bracelet. Harry Cohn — Loudspeaker. Sam Briskin — Velvet gloves. Grace Moore; — More nights. Gene Raymont> — Wave set. Fred Keating — Canary Islands. Frank Capra — A gondola. George Burns — Gracie's brother. Claudette Colbert — Leopard skin. Gary Cooper — Another "chimp." W. C. Fields — Four Roses. Bing Crosby — A Scotch purse. Harry Suchman — To win a case before the local boards. Local Exhibitors — More relief from Local 306. T Jimmy Grainger — Grosses, bigger and bigger. Ed Grainger — Daddy's long legs. Frank Mastroly — Pastrami. Tammany Young — Couple of gates. Charley Chaplin — Voice in the dark. Dr. A. H. Giannini — A few kind words. Al Kaufman — Mannie's nanny. Francis Lederer — World peace. Ginger Rogers — Doll's house. Wheeler & Woolsey — Cigars and apples. Al Rockett — History books. Buddy DeSylva — Hurdy-gurdy. John Stone — Trip to Zanzibar. A. M. Botsford — Toastmaster's Guide. Jeff Lazarus — Shufflcboard. Rudy Vallee — Web of love. Monroe Shaff, Buddy Kusell and Lou Goldberg — Another "Dealers in Death." T Douglas Fairbanks — Seven league boots. Faiebanks, Jr. — Six league boots. Mary Pickford — Just boots. Walt Disney — Twins for Mickey and Minnie. Tom Mix — Big top. Busby Berkeley — Gyroscope — telescope— Connoly's scope. Pat Casey — Palm Springs. Anna May Wong— The right cue. George White — Earl Carroll's chorus. Sol Wurtzel — Roulette table. Jason Joy — Ruby Laffoon's red book. Janet Gaynor— Pretzels and ice cream. Joyce and Selznick — Non-collapsible fountain pen. Connie Bennett — Stratosphere. Clarence Brown — A blimp. Lionel Barrymore — Wood-cut set. Wally Beery — Parachute. Maurice Chevalier — A Brown Derby. Jean Harlow — Toy balloons. ▼ Jack Lewis — Streamline. Stockholders — Dividends. Gene Fowler — Tricycle. Edward Small — Five-foot shelf. Lowell Sherman — Vogue. Mack Sennett — Golden egg for Father Goose. Lewis Milestone — Chicken sandwich. Lew Ayres — More ginger. James Dunn — Shirley Temple. Stepin Fetchit — Molasses and sulphur. Edmund Lowe — Westphalian morsel. it One Night" Heads Review Board List "One Night of Love" has been selected by the National Board of Review as the most entertaining picture of the year. Next is "The House of Rothschild," followed down the line by "The Barretts of Wimpole Street," "The Thin Man," "It Happened One Night," "The Count of Monte Cristo," "Of Human Bondage," "Queen Christina," "Treasure Island" and "What Every Woman Knows." The board has designated the following as the 10 most artistic American pictures of the year : "The Count of Monte Cristo," "Crime Without Passion," "Eskimo," "The First World War," "It Llappened One Night," "The Lost Patrol," "Lot in Sodom," "No Greater Glory," "The Thin Man" and "Viva Villa." Foreign pictures similarly honored are "The Blue Light," "Catherine the Great," "The Constant Nymph," "Madame Bovary" and "Man of Aran." His Hour Is 4:30 Mordaunt Hall, former film critic of The New York Times, and now a broadcaster of reviews over station WEAF, conducts his program at 4:30 P. M. each Monday, not 1:30 P. M., as reported earlier. MacKenzie Studies Sound Malcolm MacKenzie, sound technician for Monogram studios, is making a study of eastern laboratories in connection with sound printing. He arrived last Sunday and leaves today. Victor McLaglen — Beauty sleep. Frank Lloyd — Orchards to you. Raoul Walsh— Volume of Rabelais. Damon Runyon — Horsefeathers. Warner Baxter — Moose gun. John Boles — Corn pones. Alice Faye — Valleys with mountains. Peggy Fears — Big Bad Wolf. B. B. Kahane — One-man top. Merian Cooper — Ping-pong set. Kenneth MacGowan — Little art movement. Eddie Mannix — A new Paradice. T George Cukor — Harry Revel's waistline. Sam Katz — Kittens on the keys. Phil Goldstone — First mortgages. Mark Sandricii — Broccoli. E. B. Schoedsack — Atlas. Fred Astaire — Neckties and socks. Irene Dunne — Tea leaves. Bob Montgomery — Two-goal polo handicap. Bill Powell — Best cellars. Norma Shearer — Basinette. Hal Roach — Transcontinental record. Tay Garnett — Starting date for "China Seas." "Woody" Van Dyke— Speedometer. Anna Sten — Shashlik. Dakhyl Zanuck — Eddie Cantor's endorsement. Boleslawski— Garbo's skis. William K. Howard — Coca-cola. Sam Taylor — Laughter un-a Lloyd. Henry Ginsberg — Bagatelle. Nat Levine — Cap pistol. Joe Reddy — Exp-Lloyd-ation. Trem Carr — Kiddie Carr. Sol Lesser — Something greater. Eddie Cantor — Just a boy. KANN