Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1936)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Monday, November 23, 1936 MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 40 November 23, 1936 No. 123 Martin Quigley Editor-in-Chief and Publisher MAURICE KANN, Editor J. M. JERAULD, Managing Editor JAMES A. CRON, Advertising Manager Published daily except Sunday and holidays by Quigley Publishing Company, Inc., Martin ClEfl Quigley, president; Colvin Brown, vice-president and treasurer. Publication Office: 1270 Sixth Avenue, at Rockefeller Center, New York. Telephone Circle 7-3100. Cable address "yuigpubco, New York." All contents copyrighted 1936 by Quigley Publishing Company, Inc. Address all correspondence to the New York Office. Other Quigley publications, Motion Picture Herald, Better Theatres, Teatro Al Dia, International Motion Picture Almanac and Fame: The Box Office Check-Up. Hollywood Bureau: Postal Union Life Building, Vine and Yucca Streets, Boone Mancall, Manager; Chicago Bureau: 624 South Michigan Avenue, C. B. 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Class A-l, Unobjectionable for General Patronage — "Can This Be Dixie," "Conflict," "Fiat Voluntas Dei" (Italian), "Gun Ranger," "Love on the Run," "North of Nome," "The Plot Thickens," "Wanted, Jane Turner," "Wild Brian Kent." Class A-2, Unobjectionable for Adults— "Lady from Nowhere," "Love in Exile," "Reunion," "Wenn Der Hahn Kraeht" (German). Condemned — "Les Amours de Toni" (French). Plan "Plough" Previews Hollywood, Nov. 22. — Sam J. Briskin plans to preview unedited prints of "The Plough and the Stars" in 14 key cities. The audience in each case will be given preview cards and asked to record their reactions. O NEAKING up well in this is the first instalment of "What They Are Thankful for The American Exhibitor — The M-G-M formula. Charlie Pettijohn — No strangers in the new legislatures. Dave Palfreyman — Ed Kuykendall. Ed Kuykendall — Bob Cochrane. Bob Cochrane: — The New Universal. J. Cheever Cowdin — Ditto. "Deac" Aylesworth — Bisodol. Joe Schenck — For picking Maine and Vermont. Carole Lombard — That Clark isn't working all the time. Clark Gable — Because he isn't. Adolph Zukor — A place in the sun. Eugene Zukor — A place for the son. Merian Cooper — Jock Whitney and Technicolor. Leo Spitz — John D. Hertz. Austin C. Keough — A vacation prospect. John Boettiger — Four more years of F.D.R. T E. C. Mills — Canadian music taxes. Stanton Griffis — Floyd B. Odium. Willard McKay— That it's a short walk to "21." Grad Sears — Carl Leserman. Carl Leserman — The Warners. Eddie Alperson — Spyros. Abram F. Myers— Re-election of Nelly and Pettengill. Ned Depinet — Astaire and Rogers. Jules Levy — Mickey Mouse on the horizon. Sam Spring — Charles R. Rogers. Budd Rogers — John Maxwell. The Ostrers — Repeat above. Andy Smith — George J. Schaefer. George J. Schaefer — "Doc" Giannini. Howard Cullman — W. G. Van Schmus. Eddie Churchill — Lynn Farnol. Lynn Farnol — Lord and Thomas. Herman Robbins — ' Trailers. What do you think? Sam Dembow — Magnalite. National Screen — Accessories. Herschel Stuart — Lawrence Bo lognino. T Mort Spring — That the horse stopped stepping — on him. Jack Skirball — The same. William Melniker — Arthur Loew. Arthur Loew — That the ex-secretary said yes. RKO Theatres — Warner product. Local 306 — Mayor La Guardia. Dave Loew — Joe E. Brown. Eddie Cantor — Bobby Breen, Deanna Durbin, Joe Schenck. Ed Hatrick — "News of the Day." Irving Lesser — The Roxy. Sol Lesser — Bobby Breen. Harold Lloyd — His new Paramount deal. Dick Powell — Joan and Campbell's Soups. Joan Blondell — Just Dick. T Jeff McCarthy — California winters. Whitford Drake — Those new advance on the week's holiday, the annual nonsense column, on Thanksgiving." producers' licenses. Dave Sarnoff — The corner television is "just around." Nick Schenck — Leo and the racing season. Maurice Kac Kenzie — Terry Ramsaye's observations on the celluloid scene. Hal Horne — Leo Spitz. Charlie Einfeld — That baby girl. Bruce Gallup— Billy Wilkerson. Arthur Ungar — Coast Variety. James Cagney — Grand National. Grand National — Pathe. Pathe — Grand National. Bette Davis — Warners and 3 G's per week. T The Flying "Gold Diggers" — Boston by Xmas. Beans are something, after all. Laurel and Hardy — Domestic bliss ? Simone Simon — Her Siamese name. Bill Koenig — Metro. Joe Breen — There's only one Mae West. Manny Cohen — ??? John E. Otterson — Paramount. Henry Fonda — A new house at last. Carl Laemmle, Jr. — Things to come. B. P. Schulberg — Harry Cohn. Harry Cohn — "Lost Horizon." Jack Cohn — 3,000 miles to Hollywood. Marion Davies — Double trucks. Edward Peskay, Ed Finney, Jimmy Davidson — Jack Barnstyn, Sol Edward. Sidney M. Biddell — Eddie Alperson. Ray Johnston — Herb Yates. Harry H. Thomas — James A. Fitz Patrick. John Barrymore — Elaine Barrie. Elaine Barrie — The great American profile. Jeff Bernerd — That contract. T William Fox — All-Continent. Warners — Lord Tennyson. Mary Nolan, Evelyn Nesbit — Neighborhood beer gardens. Charlie O'Reilly — Candy-vending machines and the Texas Centennial. Marc Lachmann — Judith Barrett or is it Joe Weil? Joe Moskowitz, Joe Pincus, Bob Goldstein, Whitney Bolton, Dick Watts, et al — The New York stage plays. Al Lichtman — Nick Schenck. Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz — That Zanuck has a musical ear. Dan Frankel — O. Henry Briggs. O. Henry Briggs — Pathe. Jimmy Grainger — Releases on schedule, occasionally anyway. Edmund Grainger — Mary Rogers. Claudette Colbert — A doctor in the house. Walter Wanger — Mussolini's invitation. Vic Shapiro — Hour glass figures. Jack Warner— British justice. Hollywood Husbands — The shipping strike and wives in Honolulu. "Not Interested" in Berry Meet, Says ITO The I.T.O.A. is "not interested" in the meetings to be held in Washington Dec. 10 and 11 to further proposals for enabling legislation on wage and hour and trade practice agreements, an official of the organization said on Saturday. "We are not interested in this phase of the situation," it was stated. "If proper legislation does materialize later and we are satisfied that the Hays organization will not dominate whatever administrative body is set up for this industry, the chances are we would participate, but not otherwise." The spokesman said that no bid to the Washington meetings, called by the National Council for Industrial Progress, had been received by I.T.O.A. yet. So far as could be learned neither the M.P.T.O.A. nor Allied States had received bids on Saturday, either. The M.P.P.D.A. received and acknowledged a bid to the meetings late last week. Indications are that the industry will have at least an "observer" at the sessions. Use "Zombies" Title By Special Consent Syndicate Exchange will distribute "Revolt of the Zombies" in the local territory under that title, according to a special arrangement between Robert Benjamin, co-assignee of Melbert Pictures, and Amusement Securities Corp., which recently obtained an injunction against use of the title. N. Y. Supreme Court Justice Wasservogel has approved the arrangement. Phillips & Nizer and Harold Lerman acted as attorneys for Melbert Pictures, while Krellberg & Fitzmons represented Amusement Securities in procuring the court's approval. The arrangement in no way affects previous decisions handed down against Producers Laboratories, the Rialto, New York, and Academy Prod. M. Ostrer on Normandie Expected on the Normandie today are Mark and Mrs. Ostrer, Steve Pallos, Martin Beck, Herbert Marshall, Roland Young, Johnny Weismuller, Sir Cedric and Lady Hardwicke, Lady Standing and John Beattie and Lillian Kerekes, winners of the "Movie Type Contest" sponsored by Modern Screen, returning from tests at the G. B. studios. M-G-M in Two Deals Cleveland, Nov. 22. — Frank Drew, M-G-M branch manager here, has closed new product deals with the two largest local subsequent run circuits, Associated Theatres, headed by Myer Fine, and Community Theatres, headed by Max Lefkowich and Henry Greenberger. Thirty-one theatres are included. Agnew, Gillham Return Neil F. Agnew, general sales manager, and Robert Gillham, publicity and advertising head for Paramount, returned Saturday from Chicago after conferring with B. & K. officials on campaigns for the company's new product. Century Takes Central Century has finally taken over operation of the Central, Cedarhurst. Skouras Theatres is interested.