Motion Picture Daily (July–Sept 1938)

MOTION PICTURE DAILY Monday, August I, 1 93 i What Key City Critics Say . . . 4 Purely Personal ► Following are excerpts from the reviews of new fihns by film critics of the key cities. "Algiers" Hollywood Citizen-News— ... An action melodrama. . . . Hedy Lamarr gives a fresh and exciting slant. Sure to draw the attention of discriminating patrons. Los Angeles Examiner — . . . Satisfying contribution to motion picture entertainment. . . . Keeps you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. Los Angeles Evening Herald — . . . A first class attraction . . . richly shaded picture. . . . Hedy Lamarr is going to be an actress to be reckoned with. San Francisco Call— . . . Deluxe underworld stuff, mysteriously electric . . and spectacular in its native atmosphere. . . The spell of "Algiers" will get you. San Francisco Chronicle— . . . The best picture from Hollywood in many months . . . should be set down immediately on the "must" list. ... A fascinating study. "Marie Antoinette" Los Angeles Times — ... A dazzling setting for the return of Norma Shearer to the screen. In the fullest sense was the seeing of this picture a fresh experience even for Hollywood. Los Angeles Evening News — . . . Belongs as definitely to the splashmaking category as the R.M.S. Queen Mary. "Marie Antoinette," from the very beginning, was destined to make cinematic history. Hollywood Citisen-News — . . . For Norma Shearer the role of Antoinette is a triumph. Long after the glowing memory of first-night lavishness will have faded . . . her performance will remain. Los Angeles Examiner — ... I am happy to say the "Marie Antoinette" Irving Thalberg planned and dreamed about has fulfilled his highest hopes. Tyrone Power is splendid and sincere. Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express — ... In every sense a roadshow attraction. A brilliant triumph. The picture is Hollywood at its best. Lloyd and Paramount Releasing Deal Near Harold Lloyd remained in New York over the week-end to complete discussions of a new releasing deal with Paramount for his next picture, "What, Ho," which he plans to finish by next spring. Although Mr. Lloyd and the company are in agreement on all essentials of the deal, details may delay actual signing for several weeks, it was said. Mr. Lloyd's deals are made on a picture to picture basis. He will leave for the coast today by train. EVELYN KEYES, "Miss Ameri, can Legion," arrived from Boston Saturday where she extended a legion invitation to Governor Hurley and Mayor Mansfield of Boston to the National Legion Convention in Los Angeles in September. Miss Keyes is due in Chicago today. • Milan Todorov, assistant to Charles Bierbauer of Wilmer & Vincent's Colonial, Allentown, is in town. • Sidney R. Kent, 20th CenturyFox president, will confer today with Darryl F. Zanuck following the latter's arrival on the Normandie. • Eddie Cantor, Benny Goodman, John E. Otterson, Harry Lachman, Feodor Chaliapin and A. H. Giannini are due on the Normandie today. • Col. John A. Cooper, head of the M. P. Distributors of Canada, is in New York from Toronto for conferences at M.P.P.D.A. headquarters. • Doug George, publicist for Warner houses in Philadelphia, is vacationing in New York. • Thomas Orchard, associate producer of March of Time, will return today from a Caribbean cruise. • J. J. Milbtein of Warwick Pictures will leave for the coast in three weeks to line up a production deal. • Harry Brandt and his family are spending the month of August at Lake George. • Lou Nizer left over the weekend for Hollywood and Hawaii, to return in six weeks. • Sol A. Rosenblatt, will return this week from a jaunt in the Adirondacks. • Doris Valente of the Better Theatres staff left over the weekend on a cruise to Quebec, Gaspe and Bermuda. • Charles Schwartz of the Schwartz & Frohlich law firm has returned to New York from the coast. • Max Herschmann is the father of a seven-pound boy born at the Jewish Hospital, Brooklyn. Rossiter Made Secretary Indianapolis, July 31. — Don Ros siter, now with the Swartz Amusement Company of New Albany, Ind., has been named secretary of the As 'iated Theatre Owners of Indiana. CARROLL TROWBRIDGE did not make his regular weekend trip to his upstate farm and R. E. Anderson cut short his motor trip through New England to be on hand today for a meeting with John E. Otterson and Harry Lachman who came in on the Normandie. • Mrs. Florence Marston, eastern head of the Screen Actors Guild, left New York for the coast by motor over the weekend on a combined vacation and business trip. She will be away about six weeks. • Sidney Davis, former foreign publicity head for Columbia, will leave for the coast today by car. He is on a one-year leave of absence. He plans to enter production. • Kenneth Clark, head of the M. P. P. D. A. press relations department, will return from a vacation in the Adirondacks today. • Herman Landwehr, manager of the Capitol, is vacationing at his farm in New Jersey for two weeks. Thomas F. Amerose of Holley, N. Y., will take over operation of the Star, at Middleport, this week. . . . New Haven Summer pastimes : Nathan Lampert grows potatoes and chickens when pictures are slow . . . Earl Wright is a weakfisher . . . Morris Nunes and Ben Simon weekend near Portland, Me., where their sons are at camp . . . Erie Wright of Poli's has put in an order for a cabin sailing cruiser . Maurice Bailey heads for Moose Lick, Meguntic. . . . San Francisco George Boles, house manager at the Golden Gate, is vacationing at Russian River. Charlie Schlaeffer, exploitation chief at the United Artists back on the job after a short stay in hospital with a torn ligament. Mrs. Phil Phillips, wife of the advertising manager for Fox West Coast Theatres, northern California division, visiting friends in Johannes burg, South Africa. M. H. Newman, western division superintendent of advertising and pub licity for Columbia, visiting local manager L. E. Tillman. Warners End Series Of Booker Meeting, The last of a series of regiona I meetings of Warner bookers and ad vertising accessory salesmen conclude here yesterday at the Warwick, wit eastern and Canadian representative attending the two-day session. Previ ous meetings in the series were hel in New Orleans, San Francisco an 1 Chicago. ^ Home office men attending th<^ D?;a sessions included A. W. Schwaiberg' Stanley Hatch and I. D. Dolid, wh were in charge, and C. C. Ryan, Bi M. Doherty, Lester Tietjen, Sc Shernow, Phil Abrahams, A. Braun inger, Joseph Tisman, Ben Goldmar Herman Goldberg and Bernie Good man. Branches represented were Mori treal, St. John, Toronto, New Yorl'j Albany, Washington, Boston, Buffak 1 New Haven, Philadelphia and Pitts ! burgh. O'Loghlin Near End Of Drive Itinerarx James P. O'Loghlin, S. R. Ken drive leader, next Monday will win up a nationwide series of branch meet ings preparatory to the 20th Century Fox sales campaign. The final meet ings will be conducted at the Ne\ York exchange. Working his way east with Roge Ferri of the home office, Mr. O'Logh lin, who is Canadian district managei today will hold meetings in Cincinnat Minneapolis and Indianapolis. The bal ance of the week's itinerary follows Tuesday, Detroit and Cleveland Wednesday, Buffalo and Toronto Thursday, Montreal and Albany ; Fri day, Boston. Mr. O'Loghlin will arrive in Ne\ York Friday night. The trip is be ing made by plane. Rites for H. M. Wilcox Private funeral services were held Saturday in New Haven for Herbert M. Wilcox, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. executive, who died Thursday from a heart attack. Following services at the Wilcox home at 200 Edgehill Ave., New Haven, the body was cremated. Interment was at Springfield, Mass. Vitaphone to Resume Warners' Vitaphone studio in Brooklyn is scheduled to resume operations Sept. 1 on the company's schedule of 134 shorts for the new season. The studio closed late in June. Sam Sax, production executive, will return shortly from the coast where he is vacationing with Mrs. Sax. W anger Names Ericksen Hollywood, July 31. — C. C. Erick sen, business manager for Douglas Fairbanks Prod., Inc., has been named business manager and treasurer for Walter Wanger Prod, of United Art ists. The latter is a new post, established following upon the recent extension of $1,500,000 of new financing for Wanger by United Artists. Officials See "Drums" H. S. Malik, Indian High Trade Commissioner who arrived here re cently for Washington conferences, at tended a special screening of "Drums" at United Artists' "prevue theatre" Saturday. In the party were Sirdar Kumar and J. J. Sing of the Indian Government staff. MOTION PICTURE) DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) MARTIN QUIGLET. Editor-in-Chief and Pul Usher; J. M. JERAULD, Managing EdUoi JAMES A. CRON. Advertising Manager. EDI TORIAL STAFF: Charles S. Aaronson, Jack Ban tier, Al Flnestone. Thomas Fitzslmmons, Sherwl A. Kane, Irene Kuhn. Joseph Prlore. Published dally except Sunday and holiday Sept. to May and dally except Saturday. Sunda and holidays June, July and Aug. by Quigle Publisning Company, Inc., Martin Quigley, presl dent; Colvin Brown, vice-president and treasurei Publication office: 1270 Sixth Avenue at Rocke feller Center. New York. Telephone: Circle 7-31O0 Cable address: "Qulgpubeo. New York." Al contents copyrighted 1938 by Quigley Publishln Company, Inc. 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