Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1935)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Thursday, April 4, 1935 MOTION PICTUKI DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 37 April 4, 1935 No. 79 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 addness "Quigpubco, New York." All eontents copyrighted 1935 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. X, Bruce Allan, Representative. Cable address: "Quigpubco, London"; Berlin Bureau: Berlin Tempelhof , Kaiserin Augustastrasse 28, Joachim K. Rutcnberg, Representative: Paris Bureau: 19, Rue de la Cour-desNoues, Pierre Autre, Representative; Rome Bureau: Viale Gorizia, Vittorio Malpassuti, Representative; Sydney Bureau: 600 George 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 H eve si, Representative. 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. Pathe to Get Loans May 1, Says Poole (Continued from page 1) agreed upon will be turned over to the company. These will be used to pay off the balance of the funded debt, amounting to approximately $1,900,000. He added the loans will retire the remaining seven per cent bonds of the company, which would thus save about three per cent yearly on the $1,900,000 and also receive a later maturity date on bank payments. Poole reiterated that Pathe's policy would be to confine its operations to financing and printing for producers and laboratory work for distributors. He said that another source of income, more pronounced recently due to market conditions, has been the profit from the sale of screen material owned by the company, contained in 2,000,000 feet of original negative. The sale of several stories from this negative has been negotiated, Poole asserted. 4 Purely Personal ► Cooper Again Heads Canada Distributors (Continued from page 1) attendance had shown a slight improvement for 1934. The following were named directors : C. Hague, Universal ; A. W. Perry, Empire; J. P. O'Loghlin, Fox; M. A. Milligan, Paramount; Henry Nathanson, Regal ; L. M. Devaney, RKO ; H. M. Masters, United Artists; H. O. Paynter, Vitagraph. BARNEY GLAZER, Sharon Lynne and Ben Piazza were among those present at the Versailles until the wee small hours yesterday morning, all for the purpose of seeing and hearing captivating Helen Morgan do her piano-singing turn. Si Seadler was there, as were Faie Jarmel, Joe Rivkin, Charlie Morrison, Morris Small, Stan Shuford and his wife, Larry Reid, Mary Boyle, Eddie Edelson and Robert Young, the actor, and Mrs. Y. • Earl Tucker, now safely ensconced in London where he is identified with the Kay Kamen outfit, distributors of Mickey Mouse accessories, writes that he is enjoying the British business and scheme. His disappointment to date is this : Not a London fog in sight. Quip of the Day Well known film man yesterday found himself involved, pleasantly, of course, in an extended luncheon date with fellow film men. Came 4 :30, conscience , and intention on the farmer's part to return to his ofhee. "Wfxat for?" inquired one in the party, "To close my desk." Jack Buchanan arrives in New York from a holiday in Nassau on Friday. He'll be at the premiere of "Brewster's Millions" at the Rivoli on Saturday. He's starred in the film. • Howard Cullman will be one of the speakers at a massmeeting at Cooper Union tonight at which ratification of the Child Labor Amendment will be urged. • Lewis Hyman, vice-president of Principal Distributing Corp., is coming to visit New York and other key spots in the east. It'll be a six weeks' tour. • Col. John Buchan, recently appointed governor general of Canada, is the same man who wrote "Thirty-nine Steps," which Gaumont British filmed. • M. A. Lightman has postponed for another week his planned visit here. Expects to get away from Memphis the first of next week. • George W. Weeks, general sales manager for Gaumont British, went to Buffalo yesterday. He'll be back in town Saturday. • Helen Vinson is on her way to town from the coast. She is headed for England, where she is to appear in a British film. • Michael Balcon of Gaumont British gets back from the coast the latter part of next week. • Peggy Wood was one of the cruise passengers on the Volcndam which sailed last night. • Ben Rosenberg of National Screen in on the road again — this time New England. • Charles Laughton arrives from England on the Europa today. JOHN W. HICKS, Jr., vice-president of Paramount International Corp., leaves for Europe on the Washington on April 10. With him will be George Weltner, assistant manager of the company, and T. X. Jones, special New York representative attached to the Paris office. • Helen Westley, with a lot of Hollywood employment behind her, continues faithful to the Theatre Guild. She has joined the road company of "The Taming of the Shrew." • Fred C. Quimby, short subject sales manager of M-G-M, returned yesterday from a visit to the company's studios. He was away several weeks. • Claude Rains, "The Invisible Man," drove a station wagon — know what we mean ? — down Fifth Ave. yesterday, but he was seen. • George Bancroft will stride New York's stages in the fall. Cort and Abramson, who are a firm of producers, will do the honors. • Jack Flynn, M-G-M district manager with headquarters in Detroit, has returned to the automobile city after several days here. • Katharine Brown, eastern story head of Radio, has reached the coast, where she will confer with studio executives. • Harry Huffman of Denver was in town for a few hours yesterday and then sailed for a Bermuda vacation. • James A. FitzPatrick sails for Africa in about three weeks to start on his first independent feature. • Tullio Carminati is in line for the lead of "Silhouette," planned for the stage by National Players. • Jerome Lipman, president of Lipmel Corp.. English producing company, is visiting these shores. • Jack Cohn and Abe Montague may get back from the coast today. If not, it'll be tomorrow. • Larry D armour is back on the coast after conferences with Majestic home office executives. • Ballard McDonald, tunesmith, is doing the chores of "So Is Spring," stage vehicle. Nate Blumberg was in Cleveland yesterday and is due in New York today. • A. Carter Goodloe's play, "What Would You Do?" has gone to Metro. • Jim Clark arrived from Philadel nhia yesterday. He will return today. • Hubert Henry Davtes' play, "Outcast," will be filmed by Warners. • Netta Syrettes "Portrait of a Rebel" has been acquired by Radio. • W. Ray Johnston hasn't returned yet from Atlanta. Any day now. • A. H. Schwartz is back from Key West with plenty of fish stories. Fabian Upstate Deal To Start Next Week (Continued from page 1) next week with Fabian supervising operations for RKO with the circuit booking and buying for the houses involved. Fabian owns the Palace, Albany, which RKO is operating along with its Proctor's Grand. The two houses were pooled some time ago with Charles Buckley's Harmanus Bleeker Hall and the Leland, Albany. In Schenectady, Fabian owns the Plaza. RKO has been operating this house and the Proctor which were pooled with Farley's State, Erie and Strand. Entrance of Fabian into the upstate operation is a result of a compromise on Fabian's leasing deal with RKO on the two theatres he owns. Miriam Howell to "U" Miriam Howell, who has had considerable experience in the agency field, joins Universal tomorrow as eastern production manager, succeeding Max Hart. Elsie Newberger, for eight years story editor in New York for the company, continues without change. Jerry Sackheim, western story editor, left for Hollywood yesterday. Melville Shauer Marries Hollywood, April 3. — Melville Shauer and Rosita Moreno are back from Yuma, Ariz., where they were married Tuesday. Menjou Is Recovering Hollywood, April 3. — Adolphe Menjou today was reported to be recovering in a hospital here from an attack of influenza. Wall Street Warner Pfd. Leads on Big Board Net High Low Close Change Cons 4% 4% 4% — % Cons., pfd. (lv).. 17 17 17 Eastman 121 119% 120*$ — % Eastman, pfd. ...15354 15354 15354 — 154 Fox "A" 9% 9 954 Loew's 35% 3554 35*4 — % M-G-M, pfd 2854 28 28 Paramount 2% 2% 2% 4 % Pathe % % % Pathe "A" 1154 11 11% + Y% RKO 154 1% 1% — % Warner 2% 2% 2% + % Warner, pfd 17 1654 17 + Vi Technicolor Lone Curb Issue Net High Low Close Change Technicolor 19% 1834 1854 — % Warner Bonds Gain Vt Net High Low Close Change General Theatre Equip. 6s '40.... 6% 6% 6% — % General Theatre Equip. 6s '40 ctf 654 654 654 — % Loew's 6s '41 ww deb rights.. 10554 104% 104% + Ys Paramount B'way 554s '51 4954 4954 4954 54 Paramount F. L. 6s '47 71 71 71 % Paramount Publix 554s '50 7254 7254 7254 + 54 Pathe 7s '37 ww..103% 103% 103% Warner Bros. 6s '39 wd 5054 S054 5054 + Yt (v) Paid this year on account of accumulations. (Quotations as at close of April 3)