Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1935)

2 MOTION PICTURE DAILY Thursday, January 10, 1935 4 Purely Personal ► MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 37 January 10, 1935 No. 8 Martin Quigley Editor-in-Chief and Pullisher 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 1935 by Motion Picture Daily, Inc. Address all correspondence to the New York Office. Other Quigley pub lications. 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. Hecht-MacA rthur Dicker with Coward Contracts calling for the appearance of Noel Coward in a picture to be produced by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur at the Eastern Service studio are now in the hands of lawyers representing both parties. It is expected they will be signed any day now after certain minor difficulties have been ironed out. Coward will be starred in the proposed feature, which will be the third of a series of five that Hecht and MacArthur are producing for release through Paramount. B. & D. 1934 Profit Placed at $400,000 London, Jan. 9. — Profits for the year of $400,000 and a final dividend of four per cent, making eight per cent for the year are reported by British & Dominions. This was after income tax payments. In 1933 the company was reorganized and 425,220 shares of $5 shares were issued at par for the purpose of reducing liabilities. Goes Double Feature The Paramount, Brooklyn, swings into double features tomorrow with "It's a Gift" and "The White Cockatoo" on the same program. No change in the price scale is contemplated. Top is 65 cents. HUSTLE and bustle around The Tavern yesterday with the following contributing to the scene : Eddie Golden, who did the shuffling off to Buffalo act last night, and Pete Harrison very busily engaged in conversation all by their lonesome. Abe Montague, Joe McConville, George Batcheller, Sr., and, later, Harry Thomas in an ■ other party while Batcheller, Jr., sat it out with William F. Barrett of Amer Anglo. R. M. Rolan of Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn, Inc., bigtime agency handling "The March of Time" account. Joe Brandt, who has a world cruise in the offing, and Bill Jaffe chit-chatting about this and that. Dick Brady, Ted Curtis, Lowell Calvert' and Martin Quigley in one foursome. Irving Lesser waiting for Leon Netter and not disappointed. O. H. Briggs and Arthur Lee. Charlie Paine. Marvin Kirsch. Jimmy Cron. Compliance Director Sol A. Rosenblatt finally got out of the fog yesterday. He immediately left for vVashington. One of the radiograms he received while fog-bound read : 'Come home, all is forgiven." Charles A. Morla is now special representative for Ritchey International Corp. in Cuba. Here now, he ieaves for Havana shortly under mandate of Norton V. Ritchey. Martin Dickstein is back in New York reviewing pictures for the Brooklyn Eagle again when he'd rather be where he had just come from : Miami. Dave Palfreyman will wade through a heap of correspondence today that accumulated while he was in Washington for the first half of the week. Carole Lombard is due today from Hollywood by train. The plane in which she was en route east was forced down at Abilene, Kan. Al Fineman is leaving M-G-M to go to Arizona for his eyes. He has been having considerable trouble with his optics for several years. Jennie Jelin, operator of the Opera House, New Brunswick, says she hasn't any intentions of getting married. Ben Serkowich is in Philadelphia on special promotion for "My Heart Is Calling" at the Locust. It's a G. B. film. Sidney Justin says he was ill for three days on the boat when he went to Bermuda recently. He called it the grip. Milt Kusell shuffled off to Buffalo yesterday and from there goes to Albany. He expects to be gone two days. Joseph Schenck is still in town. R. H. Cochrane has been made a member of the M. P. Club. Ed Tarbell of Allied of New York leaves for Albany today after a twoday visit. Ed Kuykendall's train from New Orleans is due at Penn Station this a. m. LAUDE RAINS sailed on the Majestic last night to say "Hello" to his native England, from which he has been absent since the war. He'll be away six or seven weeks, not returning to the Universal studios before March. Rubinoff returns to the Paramount this week. He'll have his fiddle and orchestra, but Cantor is still in Europe. Rubinoff says business should be okay because he hears a good picture is going in with him. Robert Paskow succeeds Jules Jurley as advertising manager for vVarner Theatres in the Newark zone. He has been working in the Stanley, jersey City. The appointment was made by Mort Blumenstock. Boris Morros has presented Mayor La Guardia a special newsreel covering the mayor's activities during the first year in office. It is not known whether Morros wore his Admiral's uniform at the presentation. Meyer Schine, who operates 60 houses in Upper New York and Ohio, takes to the rails today after a twoday visit to attend code hearings in which he and William Smalley are involved. Joseph Hanley, formerly with Van Beuren and Pathe, has been spotted oy Norton V. Ritchey a>s chief accountant for Ritchey International Corp., the Monogram foreign distributors. Achmed Abdullah, who worked on the script of "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer," is in town for the opening of the film at the Paramount this week. Katharine Hepburn is catching up on her film content around town. She's seeing lots of pictures, but doesn't always wear that beret. Helen O'Donnell, tawny-haired secretary to Bob Sisk, leaves for the coast next week to resume her duties on the other coast. William Troy, film critic on the Nation, will talk on "The Film as an Art" at the Film & Photo League Sunday evening. W. A. Scully of M-G-M plans to leave for Miami next month if he can get away. Dave Levy is now basking in Florida sun. George Agiman, of the French film firm, Les Distributeurs Francais, arrives today from Paris on the Cham-plain. Sam Dembow hurried home from St. Louis last night to give the latest addition to his family paternal approval. Rubin Frels changed his mind and left for Washington yesterday instead of Victoria, Tex., his home town. Mervyn Le Roy has gone the wayof thousands of others. He became a Kentucky colonel yesterday. Fred Cooper, ninth floor receptionist at Paramount, among the diners at the 44th St. Childs cafeteria. Sam Berger came through from the coast yesterday. The fog spoiled a swell flying trip for him. Ed Finney explains the lack of color after his Bermuda jaunt as "I tan take it." Ben Goetz, vice-president at Consolidated, is in town from the coast. Abe Lyman, tunesmith, heads west shortly on assignment at Warners. Charles Reagan is out of town. Taxation Problems Up at Sacramento Sacramento, Jan. 9. — Taxation came to the fore at the opening of the Legislature today, but specific proposals were lacking. Governor Merriam stressed the need of new taxes in his inaugural address, but reserved details for his budget message. Lieutenant Governor George J. Hatfield, in his message, reiterated the Republican platform promise of a 30-hour week and a more equitable distribution of the tax load. It was learned definitely that two bills will be introduced soon by Democrats, one providing for an increased tax on negatives, the other for censorship. Walter McGovernor, new senator from San Francisco, said that because his district is a theatre center he has a friendly interest in the business. J. G. Bryson, representing the Hays organization, said he would remain throughout the session, "principally as an observer." Nothing inimical to the industry is in sight as yet, he said. W. H. Lollier and Tulda McGinn left for their homes today, feeling that the situation for the time being is favorable. Senator Culbert Olson of Los Angeles said today he was preparing bills to tax all advertising and was also considering the introduction of a 10 per cent admission tax. Others say an admission tax will be included in a general sales tax. Assemblyman Rodney Turner of Kern County says he will put in a bill. His tax ideas are not clarified is to detail thus far. U. A. Course Unknown Six telephonic efforts to communicate yesterday with Arthur W. Kelly, vice-president in charge of foreign distribution for United Artists, for comment on the company's course following the banning of "The Gold Rush" in Germany were fruitless. The picture was banned by an order from Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda, who explained "the film does not coincide with world philosophy of the present day in Germany." Set "Copperfield" Dates M-G-M has decided to open "David Copperfield" in key spots as rapidly as bookings can be set and prints secured following the showing at the Capitol which starts Jan. 18. This ends tentative plans for roadshows. 'U' to Tell Serial Plans Hollywood, Jan. 9. — Within a few days Universal will make a full announcement of its serial lineup for the 1935-36 season. It will mark the company's 23rd year of serial production. Hungarian Film Here "Cornflower," Danubia Pictures' film made from the Hungarian operetta of the same name, opens at the Tobis tomorrow. Night Start for "Clive" "Clive of India" will go into the Rivoli next Thursday evening. This is a deviation from the usual morning opening.