Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1936)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Thursday, December 31, 1936 Para., Loew Stock Issues Hit New Highs {Continued from page 1) some circuit heads, grosses this New Year's will reach the highest point since 1929. On a turnover of 44,300 shares, Paramount common jumped 2% points for a new record figure of 25. The first preferred gained 16^4 points when 2,800 shares were traded, the stock closing at 174, the highest it has ever reached. The second preferred at 22% profited by 2% on a turnover of 7,500 shares. Loew's common closed at 67 after a gain of 3% points. There were 4,300 shares traded. Columbia common and preferred each gained over two points. Consoli dated Film, Warner common and 20th Century-Fox common and preferred also showed good gains. Para. Nominates 183 More Medal Showmen Paramount has designated an addi tional group of 183 exhibitors in this country and Canada who played "Queen Elizabeth," to receive the Adolph Zukor Silver Jubilee medal lions in connection with the Para mount celebration of Zukor's 25th an niversary in the business. An earlier list of 204 exhibitors was reported several weeks ago, making a total of 387. A complete list of the exhibitors and the exchanges which serve them follows : Albany: Ernest J. Wolf, Lowville, N. Y. Boston: L. M. Boas. Joe Levenson, Jacob Lonrie, Nathan H. Gordon, A. Bendslev Wellesley; William Deitch, Arctic, R. I. Frank Lyden, Dorchester; A. Silverman Providence; George Ramsdell, Maiden George Hackett, Medford; Frank Bosketti Lawrence: Lon Vail, Warren, R. I.; Frank Wotton, Holyoke; Charles Hodgson, Wake field; E. R. Hutchinson, Burlington, Vt. Edgar S. Hill, Webster; Nate and Sam Goldstein, Springfield, Mass. Brooklyn: Bernard W. Simon. Buffalo: Jake Rappaport. Louis Isenberg. M. Hochs, M. Schuchert, Sr., Charles Hayman, James Wallingford, A. A. Fenyvessy, Rochester. Charlotte: Charles Arrington, Rocky Mount, N. Car.; O. I. Sheely, Clinton, So. Car. ; L. L. Drake, Wadesboro, No. Car. ; E. G. Stellings, Wilmington, No. Car. Chicago: J. G. Hruby. Harvey, 111.; Paul White, Decatur, 111.; James Coston. Cincinnati: L. Shore, Williamson, W. Va. Dallas: T. M. Dunn, Mineral Wells, Tex.; Homer Mulkey, Clarendon, Tex. Des Moines: J. F. Cass, Sumner, la.; J. H. MaClay, Dubuque; C. L. Niles, Anamosa; R. H. Frantz, Ackley; A. J. Diebold, Cedar Rapids; C. E. Carragher, Clear Lake; P. D. Cota, Waukon; M. A. Brown, Forest City; E. O. Ellsworth, Iowa Falls; H. E. Rehfield, Bloomfield; Harry Pace, West Union; G. L. DeNune, DeWitt; Ludy Boston, Muscatine; Charles Peterson, Hampton; George Haight, North wood; F. R. Bandy, Britt; R. E. Pratt, Washington; Clyde Pratt, Washington; George Hake, Belmond; Stuart R. Peake, Maquoketa; M. A. Fauver, Brooklyn; Mrs. C. S. Hoffman, Knoxville; G. Ted Allen, Guthrie Center; William H. Mart, Grinnell, and A. H. Blank, Des Moines. Detroit: Tom Ehland. J. E. Stacker, E. C. Beatty, George W. Trendle, J. Eugene Pearce. Walled Lake, Mich.; Custer Carland, Frankfort; Glen Cross, Battle Creek; Paul Schlossman, Muskegon. Jacksonville: Alec N. Fortunas, Apalachicola, Fla. Indianapolis: Carl Niesse. H. P. Vonderschmitt, A. W. Baker. A. C. Zaring, Marc Wo'f, s. J. Switow. Louisville. Ky. ; F. J. Dolle, Louisville: Percy Gladden. Bloom ington; Joe Brokaw, Angola, Ind.; Billy Insiders' Outlook something Chan. ^^^i^m(Continued from Page 2) else than Charlie -To show a show Vince Barnett — To rib Jack Warner. Rosalind Russell — To land another part like "Craig's Wife." Joel McCrea — Haircuts more frequently. Spyros Skouras — Bigger, better dividends for Nat'l Theatres. Clark Gable — To convince critics he's an artist. Cary Grant — To improve the sun tan. George Raft — To check his temper. Willie Wyler — To switch from directing to acting. Bill Powell — To never grow old. Reginald Owen — To hire a press agent. Ted Healy — To stay married. Bruce Cabot — To look less like a menace. Irving Hoffman — To tell taller tales. Bill Fields — To recover. Andy Devine — To become a basso profundo. Ruby Keeler — To lock up Al during the racing season. Kay Francis — To keep title as the screen's best-dressed woman. Joan Blondell — To win that title. Pat O'Brien — To really book passage on the China Clipper. Carole Lombard — To gab more with Gable. Ed Fortman — To promote harmony between screen and radio. Hal Bach — To halt all rumors. Dave Carter — To get more phones and secretaries. Warner Baxter — To do another "Cisco Kid." Freddie March — Less orating. Mary Astor — To exercise greater caution. Claudette Colbert — To do "Marie Antoinette." George Brent — To refrain from doing two films at one time. Percy Phillipson — To register more registers. Frank Walker — To coordinate Comerford and politics. Ed Fay — To seek the aid of Providence. Eddie Dowlingor two. Carl Leserman — To make things fair and Warner. Grad Sears — Pictures and the weather — both Warner. Jack Levin — To eliminate bicycles. T J. J. McCarthy — Not to see snow this winter. Gabriel Hess — To think up answers to the Government's Dallas anti-trust suit. Joe Stein — To see that no one double features the same prints in different theatres on the same night. Eddie Klein — Not to abdicate without a contract. Andy Smith — To give Goldwyn as good a "break" as the rest of the partners. Harry Gold — To find some circuits in his territory that want contracts like Karl Hoblitzelle's. Eddie Peskay— To get to bed earlier. Paul Lazarus — To get mad just once. Dave Bernstein — To sign some new dividend checks. Harry Thomas — Not to believe what bankers tell him. Arthur Loew — To beat Howard Dietz at bridge. Al Wilkie — To be good and let who will be clever. Jules Levy — To "break 100" next summer. Dave Loew — To visit America. Nate Blumberg — The same ones he made at Yom Kippur. T Charles R. Rogers — To find another Deanna (if possible). Nicholas M. Schenck— To put Loew's on a paying basis. Ray Johnston — To make sterling Monogram pictures. Major Bowes — To find a new kind of amateur. Howard S. Cullman — To sell cigars from the Roxy stage. Si Seadler — To make man bite dog. Darryl Zanuck — To find something new — or else. Monroe Greenthal — To roll a log in Central Park Lake. Earle Hammons — To give duals a run for their money. Louis Weiss — To remain faithful to cereals. Connors, Marion, Ind.; M. Marcus, Fort Wayne, Ind. Jersey : Harry K. Hecht, Passaic, Jacob Unger, Hillside. Kansas City : A. R. Zimmer, Springfield, 111. ; Roy Burford, Hutchinson, Kan. Los Angeles: Joseph Skirboll. Sid Grauman, Sam Pouros, Bakerfield, Cal. ; A. J. Simos, Bakersfield; Harry L. Nace, Phoenix, Ariz.; Charles Alden, Globe, Ariz.; R. Siler, Balboa, Calif.; Mike and Abe Gore, Los Angeles; Johnny Young, Mike Rosenberg, Gus Metzger, Los Angeles ; Harry Holland, Bishop, Calif. ; Glenn Harper, Corona, Calif.; Walter Calvert, Lompoc, Calif.; E. Cragin, Las Vegas, Nev. ; Nick Diames, Tucson, Ariz.; F. C. Martin, Clifton, Ariz.; Phil Pocharich, Jerome, Ariz.; Charles Born, Frescott, Ariz.; W. A. Pike, Las Vegas, Nev. Milwaukee: Tom Saxe. Minneapolis: Theodore Hays, Ben Friedman, Eddie Ruben, Henry Green, Lou Rubenstein, St. Paul; Abe Kaplan, St. Paul; Oliver Rowe, St. Paul; W. A. Mustard, St. Paul; Henry Ludcke, St. Paul; J. R. Mc Donald, Barron, Wise; C. L. Hiller, Crook ston, Minn.; Al Anson, Duluth; T. B. Clinton, Duluth; Will J. Glaser, ' Faribault, Minn.; Gene McCarthy, Fergus Falls, Minn.; E. S. Noreen, Hutchinson, Minn.; Harry French, Mankato, Minn.; Bill Smith, Menomonie, Wise; Fred Smith, Menomonie, Wise; Vince McCarthy, Montevideo, Minn.; W. T. McCarthy, Fargo. No. Dak.; Everett Dilley, Northfield, Minn.; Harvey Buchanan, Superior, Wise; Tohn Piller, Valley City, No. Dak.; Anton Gilles, Wahpeton, No. Dak.; Sid Heath, Wells, Minn.; John Synder, Williston, No. Dak.; L. G. Roesner, Winona. New Haven: Matt Saunders. Bridgeport; Michael Tommasino. New Haven. New Orleans: J. L. Alsina. New York: Milton Kronacher, Frank K. Goodale, Harry Shiftman. Oklahoma City: Leonard White, Weatherford, Okla. Philadelphia: Walter Vincent, Marcus A Benn, Earl M. Forte, A. R. Boyd, Herbert Effinger, Milton Rogasner, Charles Segall, N. Stiefel, S. Stiefel, Michael Lessy, John No Room for More Films, Says Kent (Continued from page 1) years ago called for the use of our exchanges throughout the country for the distribution of their pictures only. Our facilities will not permit us to distribute additional outside pictures which the Gaumont British organization now desires to circulate in this country. To handle this extra product it would be necessary for 20th CenturyFox to increase vault space in exchanges and make other changes which cannot be made at this time. I hope this statement makes our position clear." Ten of 24 from Outsiders Of the 24 pictures scheduled to be released by G. B. in this country, 10 are from outside producers. B.I. P., John Maxwell's company, has five and Herbert Wilcox recently made a deal for the other five. Last year G. B. released only 16 pictures and, according to 20th Century-Fox, there is little vault space in its exchanges to accommodate more than that number a year. Budd Rogers, American representative for Maxwell, said that G. B. has a contract to release five pictures and that he expects G. B. to live up to it. In the absence of Arthur Lee, who is in Miami and due back Tuesday, a sales executive of G. B. stated that no decision on the handling of the 10 outside pictures will be made until Lee returns. Univ. Corp. Takes Block of "U" Stock (Continued from page 1) common and 20,000 shares of second preferred, it was shown. The commission also reported continued disposition by the Chase National Bank of 20th. Century-Fox stock held under escrow agreement, 416 shares of common and 832 shares of $1.50 cumulative preferred being disposed of during November, leaving the bank with 352,776 shares of the former and 705,552 of the latter. Acquisition in July of 803 shares of Grand National Films common stock by Willis C. Bright, New York, all but 44 shares of the total through the exercise of rights, and sale in October of 600 shares, leaving him with 538 shares, also was shown by the report. Smith, Edward J. O'Keefe, William Woodin, Towanda. Pa. ; M. E. Comerford, Scranton; L. J. Chamberlain, Shamokin; Dr. H. J. Schad. Reading; J. Fox. Riverside, N. J.; Lewen Pizor. Camden; William C. Hunt, Wildwood, N. J.; Ralph Wilkins, Woodbury, N. J.; A. Sablosky, Norristown, Pa.; Lewis Sablosky, Wilmington, Del.; B. M. Hofelich, Shenandoah, Pa. Portland, Me.: William B. Williamson, Augusta, Me.; E. O. Gilbert, Berlin, N. H.; Harry Rosenthall, Lewiston, Me.; C. J. Russell. Sr., Bangor; J. J. Kenney, Auburn, Me. Portland. Ore.: H. J. UpdegrafF. San Francisco: Herman Wobber, Edward H. Wobber, William P. Wobber, A. M. Bowles. San Antonio: John C. Fanning. Brownsville. Tex.; L. J. Mason, McAllen, Tex.; C. C. Dues, El Paso and W. E. Crist. St. Louis: Steve Farrar, Eldorado, 111.; Fred Wehrenberg. St. Louis. Washington: Sidney Lust. Washington, D. C. Canada: W. L. Stewart. London. Ont. ; H. A. C. Osborne. Penetang; F. R. Pursel, Simcoe; Leo Mascioli, Timmins; Peter Bardessono, North Bay.