Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1938)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Wednesday, February 9, I MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) May Act on A.F.A.'s Support of I A Claim Vol. 43 February 9, 1938 No. 33 MARTIN QUIGLEY Editor-in-Chief and Publisher A-MIKE VOGEL, Editor J. M. JERAULD, Managing Editor JAMES A. CRON, Advertising Manager Published dally except Sunday and holidays by Quigley Publishing Company, Inc., Martin Quigley, president. Colvin Brown, vice-president and treasurer. Publication Office: 1270 Sixth Avenue at Rockefeller Center. New York. Telephone Circle 7-3100. Cable address: "Quigpubeo, New York." All contents copyrighted 1938 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 HOLLYWOOD: Postal Union Life Building. Vine and Yucca Sts. : Boone Mancall, Manager. CHICAGO: 621 S. Michigan Ave.: C. B. O'Neill. 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ROME: 54 Yia Delia Mercede: Joseph D. Ravotto. Representative. SANTIAGO de CHILE: Casilla 13300; A. Welssmar.n. Representative. SHANGHAI: Rooms 38-41: Capital Theatre Building. 142 Museum Road: J. P. Koehler. Representative. STOCKHOLM: Kungsgatan 36: Ragnar Allberg, Representative. , , „ _ TOKYO: 880 Sasazuka, Ichikawa-shi. Chiba-Ken; H. Tominaga, Representative. VIENNA: Neustiftgasse 54 Vienna VII: Hans Lorant. 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 56 in the Americas, and foreign $12. Single copies: 10 cents. Wilcox Plans Color Picture on Victoria London, Feb. 8. — Herbert Wilcox on April 13 will place in production a Technicolor picture titled "Victoria and Albert," to star Anna Neagle and Anton Walbrook. The film's storywill concentrate on the private life of Queen Victoria, starting with her wedding and ending with her death. C. Aubrey Smith is scheduled to play the part of Wellington. The film on the life of Admiral Lord Nelson has been postponed by Wilcox until June to permit the en gagement of a particular star to play the role of Nelson, generally believed to be Leslie Howard. The new Wil cox company, Imperator Productions, has six features scheduled for 1938 Rosenthal to Republic Hollywood, Feb. 8. — Aaron Rosenthal, who resigned recently as comp troller at Grand National, today joined Republic as assistant business man ager under E. H. Goldstein. 'Follies' Dated in Rivoli The New York premiere of "The Goldwyn Follies" has been set for the Rivoli on Wednesday morning, Feb. 16. Action on complaints that the American Federation of Actors, an affiliate of the Associated Actors & Artistes of America, is giving support to the I.A.T.S.E. claim to jurisdiction over the entertainment field may be taken following the report of an investigating committee which is scheduled to make known its findings to a board meeting of the Four A's next Monday. Actors' Equity Association, also an affiliate of the Four A's, deferred action yesterday on proposals for its absorption of Chorus Equity Association. Chorus Equity recently won uncontested jurisdiction over night club and presentation house performers, which had been claimed by the American Federation of Actors. Rejection of the latter's claim is believed to have led to the organization's sympathetic flight in the direction of the I.A.T.S.E. The council of Actors Equity will consider the Chorus Equity amalgamation plan at a special meeting tomorrow. Action on the proposal of the League of N. Y. Theatres to curb theatre ticket speculation by means of an Equity contract favoring producers who subscribed to the regulatory proposals was also deferred by Equity's council yesterday. The council recommended that the producers designate a committee to explain the plan in greater detail at a future meeting of the council. Report L A, Plans Jurisdiction Fight Hollywood, Feb. 8. — Unverified reports here today were to the effect that George Browne, I. A. T. S. E. president, and his assistant, William Bioff, would arrive here over the weekend to push the fight to extend jurisdiction over all production crafts including actors, writers and directors. Browne and Bioff, as well as other members of the I. A. T. S. E. executive council, will meet Thursday in San Antonio. Harland Holmden, international vice-president in charge of the Hollywood locals, left today to attend the conclave. Harold Smith, in charge of four I. A. T. S. E. studio locals here in the absence of Holmden, could not verify the report and said he knew nothing of the plans of either Browne or Bioff. Gather for San Antonio Meet San Antonio, Feb. 8. — Officials of the I. A. T. S. E. arrived here today for the union's semi-anual executive board meeting which will get under way Thursday. While no jurisdictional disputes exist, it was said, the meeting is scheduled to last three days. Headed by George Browne, president, delegations from all parts of the country will attend. Among those from New York are James Brennan and Dick Walsh, international vice-presidents. Sessions will be held at the Gunter Hotel. Goldwyn in Dual Fight Hollywood, Feb. 8. — Samuel Goldwyn has communicated with the Chicago Parent-Teachers' Association, commending it for its fight on double features, and offering his assistance in the campaign. The Los Angeles County Parent-Teachers' Association has begun a similar drive against duals. Poor Fish Waterbury, Feb. 8. — Loew's Poli here had a lobby display consisting of an aquarium in which was suspended a hoop. The gag was that any one seeing a fish swim through the hoop received a pair of tickets free. What the watchers were not told was that the hoop had been prepared with a circular piece of glass and the fish, therefore, could not swim through. Committees Set for Allied States Meet Committee appointments have been completed for the national convention of Allied States Association, to be held at the William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, May \7-\9. Plans are being made by M. A. Rosenberg, convention chairman, for the entertainment of all women delegates to the meeting which is expected to be heavily attended. The various committees, their respective chairmen and members follow: General Convention — William L. Brown, chairman; William Gray, Philip Brozier, Alex S. Moore, Samuel Gould, J. B. Kane, Charles R. Blatt, J. J. McFadden, H. Goldberg, H. Serventi, James Slanicus, Peter Profili, J. A. Nordquist, John Ogliotti. Banquet — Carl A. Poke and E. T. Beedle, co-chairmen; Charles S. Philbrook, Floyd Bender, Harry Fleishman, Frank Panoplos. Entertainment of Delegates — William R. Wheat, Jr., chairman; Norman C. Huhn, Floyd Bender, N. A. Malanos, Joseph Gellman, A. F. Glazer. Publicity — Dr. C. E. Herman, chairman; Fred A. Beedle, Harry Hendel, G. M. Purcell, J. H. Rankin, John A. Blatt, John C. Friburg, R. F. Klingensmith. Transportation and Hotel — Harry W. Walker, chairman; Wm. J. Walker, Harry Rachiele, F. H. McKnight, William D. Davis, E. H. Goldberg. Exhibits — Frank Panoplos and Sam Fleishman, co-chairmen; Fred J. Herrington, William Finkel, Norris Roth, Norman C. Huhn. Convention Arrangements — Bart Dattola, chairman; E. H. Goldberg, Frank H. King. George Corcoran, Israel Roth, Peter Antonoplos, Stephen Santa, Speer Marousis. Credentials — Bennett Amdur, chairman; H. L. Shearer, Herman Stahl, Fred Querner, Gilbert Gellman, William J. Blatt, John C. Bixler, Oliver A. Kinchel. A. P. Way. Reception — M. N. Shapiro, chairman; Rudolph Navari, J. Silverman, Archie Fineman, Harry Stahl, Jack White, Nathan Rosen, Larry Puglia, Fred Beedle, M. A. Malanos. Registration — William Finkel, chairman; Bart Dattola, Carl A. Poke, Harry Fleishman, William J. Walker, J. G. Carruthers, R. S. Higgins. U.A. Exploiteers Start Twenty-three exploitation men of United Artists left yesterday for their respective fields. Seventeen will handle the first national dates on "The Goldwyn Follies," three will cover single dates on "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and three will work on "I Met My Love Again." Previews for Strand A new policy of regular Friday night previews will be inaugurated Friday when "Gold Is Where You Find It" will be shown at the two regular performances after 6 P. M. in addition to the current attraction, "The Kid Comes Back." Czechs Honor Mayer Louis B. Mayer has been decorated with the Order of the White Lion by Czechoslovakia, the highest award a person in civil life can receive from the Government, according to advices to the home office from Prague. i Purely Personal HECTOR DODDS, chief film ecii I at the 20th Century-Fox stud I arrived yesterday from the coast i air with a print of "The Baroness ; I the Butler." The film was sere; at the New York office later (flj day. • Lou Lifton, Monogram advertis j and publicity director, will le:] Thursday for a 10-day vacation Hollywood, Fla., accompanied Mrs. Lifton. • Sonja Henie will leave tomorr.i for Miami. After the final appearai in her tour there, she will remain a three-week vacation, then return Hollywood. • W. A. Scully, Universal gene sales manager, is on an extended t( of company exchanges in the cent west and south, to be gone about th weeks. • H. J. Yates is expected back fr> the coast on Thursday. J. R. 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