Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1935)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Saturday, May 4, 1935 MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 37 May 4, 1935 No. 105 Martin Quigley Editor-in-Chief and Publisher MAURICE KANN Editor TAMES 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 DaUy, 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: 624 South Michigan Avenue, Edwin S. Clifford, Manager; London Bureau: Remo House, 310 Regent St., London, W. 1, Bruce Allan, Representative. 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Wall Street Slight Gains on Big Board Net High Low Close Change Columbia, vtc .... 45 44^ 44*4 Consolidated 4& 454 ty* + 5i Cons, pfd (lv).... 1754 17 17 Eastman 13854 13754 13854 Fox "A" WJi 10fi 107^ + H Loew's 39Ji 38f& 3954 +1 M-G-M, pfd 2754 27^ 2754 — 54 Paramount 3f£ 354 354 Pathe $6 % S6 Pathe "A" 8*6 854 m + H RKO m 154 154 Warner 354 3 3 Warner, pfd 1954 1954 1954 Technicolor Up % on Curb Net High Low Close Change Columbia 4554 45 4554 + H Sentry 54 54 54 Technicolor 19H 1854 19 + $6 Trans Lux(.lOK). 254 254 254 + 54 Warner Bonds Gain 2 Points Net High Low Close Change General Theatre Equip. 6s '40 ctf 1154 10^4 1154 + Vt, Keith B. F. 6s '46 78 78 78 ww deb rights.. 10454 10454 10454 Paramount B'way 554s '51 5554 53J4 55 -f-154 Paramount F. L. 6s '47 8854 885£ 8854 — 54 Paramount Publix 554s '50 90 89% 90 +1 Warner Bros. 6s '39 wd 58 56 58 +2 (K and v) Paid this year. (Quotations as at close of May 3) Get Hungarian Picture Danubia Pictures has obtained Afnerican distribution rights to the official Hungarian film, "Hungaria." 4 Purely Personal ► t« p\ ODO" and Si Seadler, "Buddy" U and Leo Lubin, at the Rivoli for "Les Miserables," then to the Versailles; Leo Spitz and Sam Dembow, Jr., at "Awake and Sing," then to the same night spot. Monroe Greenthal, another glimpsed there. • Willard C. McKay's family is en route from Miami by automobile. They have stopped in Washington for a few days looking over the sights before hitting New York. • Arthur Hornblow, Jr., Richard Halliday, Murray Scheward, English producer, and Ax Rosen sail today for Europe on the Champlain. • Monroe Greenthal leaves Sunday for Columbus. Pittsburgh and Indianapolis to engineer the opening of "Les Miserables" in those spots. • Florine McKinney will be the guest star of the Motion PictureRadio Club of WHN on Sunday morning. • John D. Clark arrived on the coast last night. He left by plane Thursday, but was grounded en route. • Edward Schnitzer returned from Atlantic City yesterday fully recovered from a recent illness and feeling full of pep. • Edward Golden was one of the speakers at the Eiction Writers' Guild meeting yesterday at the Knickerbocker. • W. Ray Johnston is due back from the coast either Monday or Tuesday with several important announcements. • Barbara Bland, night club and vaudeville dancer recently signed by Fox, left for Hollywood yesterday. • Neil Agnew is due to arrive by plane from Hollywood today. Bill Pine is on the same air conveyor. • W. P. Lipscomb planed in from the coast yesterday. He sails for London shortly. • Robert Edmond Jones will discuss his work on "Becky Sharp" over the ether Sunday on WJZ. • Ann Sothern, her brief vacation over, wings back to the coast today. Joe Hornstein was operated on for nose trouble yesterday. • E. B. Hatrick is due in New York in a week or so. • C. L. ("Bill") Yearsley is in town. Ohio Tax Plan Going Over to Fall Session (Continued from page 1) says Senator Paul M. Yoder, majority leader, is consistent with the Senate's program, which calls for no new taxes, and no unnecessary expense in considering unimportant bills. The upper branch, however, will pass unimportant and "pet" measures of the House, but the Ward income tax bill, and similar legislation involving the industry, will die in committee. Governor Davey has indicated that he will reconvene the Assembly early in the fall, by which time it is expected a new taxation program will be ready for presentation. Liberty Changes Title "Born to Gamble" has been selected as the final title for Liberty's recently completed "I'll Bet You." Croy Yarn Is Now "Mom" Hollywood, May 3. — Universal has changed the title of Homer Croy's "Lady Tubbs" to "Mom." Seek Mass. Walkathon Ban Boston, May 3.— Marathon dances, walkathons and endurance skating contests will be banned in Massachusetts, if a bill to be filed shortly by Representative Charles H. Shea of Cambridge, is passed. Shea, who is also a city councillor, has submitted an ordinance in Cambridge to limit the appearance of contestants to four hours a day, which must be completed before midnight and before 11:45 Saturday nights. Entertainments, dancing and other such tieups would be forced to close at the same time. Mayor Richard M. Russell of Cambridge has already refused to grant a Sunday license to a walkathon. Change Kallam Bill Again Sacramento, May 3.— The Senate has removed the House amendment from the Kallam bill designed to permit dog racing with pari-mutuel betting on a local option vote by counties. As the bill now stands it calls for local option by communities. It is on the Senate calendar with a favorable committee recommendation. Extend Time On Submitting Fox Met Offer Again Delay Color Suit San Francisco, May 3. — The suit of Leon Douglas against Fox, Paramount and Walt Disney charging infringement of color patents and demanding an accounting has been continued to May 25 through stipulations of attorneys. On that date Douglas' attorneys must answer 35 interrogatories from Fox attorneys. This is the third time Douglas' attorneys have asked for an extension of time in which to file answers. (.Continued from page 1) action until he has consulted with Charles D. Hilles, the second Paramount trustee, who is now out of town but expected back on Monday. If the trustees regard the proposal favorably it is believed that the company's principal creditors would be canvassed for their views before any definite action was taken. If the proposal had sufficient creditor support it would still require the approval of Federal Judge Alfred C. Coxe. The probable bid from B. S. Moss and associated interests is also benefited by the time extension, as this group was not prepared to make its decision until early next week. Modifications of the reorganization plan proposed by Joseph M. Schenck will be in readiness for submission to the Fox Met bondholders' committee today and Si Fabian's on Monday. Farrell-Henry to Co-Star Hollywood, May 3. — Trem Carr will co-star Charles Farrell and Charlotte Henry in the first feature to be made under the new Republic Pictures banner. The story will be "Forbidden Heaven," by Christine JopeSlade, English novelist. Reginald Barker will direct. A. M. Botsford Stricken Hollywood, May 3. — A. M. Botsford, assistant to Henry Herzburn of Paramount, is home with an appendicitis attack. He left the studio Wednesday afternoon. Flash Preview Black Sheep — . . . should be well received by every type of audience, as it is well-above-average entertainment. This Him will be reviewed in full in a later issue of Motion Picture Daily. Allied Owners for Paramount's Setup (Continued from page 1) not be granted. No objectors appeared. The motion for approval was presented by Monroe Goldwater of Goldwater & Flynn, attorneys for the trustees. Appearing for the U. S. Reconstruction Finance Corp., Frank T. Plimpton of Debevoise, Stephenson and Plimpton, said that the corporation gave its "silent consent." The order for the approval will be transmitted to U. S. District Judge Coxe in Manhattan, before whom the Paramount Publix plan is pending. Also before Judge Inch was an order to show cause why Allied Owners' own plan of reorganization should not be approved. This was delayed for further hearing May 17, when the court was informed that the Reconstruction Finance Corp. would not give its consent until an income tax claim had been settled. The claim, with interests, amounts to approximately $20,000. Attorneys stated that an agreement on this had been reached and that a check would be tendered* some time next week, thus clearing the way for approval. Shares Gain in April The market value of all shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange rose $2,612,247,946 last month, according to a compilation issued by the exchange. Included in this amount was the gain shown by amusement stocks, which amounted to $154,378,877. This gain is equivalent to $10.17 a share. Settle Title Claims Columbia was awarded rights to the title "The Unknown Woman" over a conflicting title claim by M-G-M, settled at a meeting of the M.P.P.D.A. yesterday. M-G-M asked to use the title of a recent play acquisition, "The Unknown Girl," but Columbia's prior registration of the similar title was upheld.