Motion Picture Daily (July–Sept 1938)

fuesday, August 9, 1938 MOTION PICTURE DAILY ■ ranklin Is Made Manager For Ad Drive (Continued from page 1) ist^W. A. Steffes in conducting the ng at the Nicollet Hotel tomorfor exhibitors of the Twin Cities erritory. Full details of the "Movie Quiz" rontest for theatre patrons, which will :>e conducted during the drive, are scheduled to be made public within k day or two. Campaign officials are waiting final rulings from postoffice (authorities on various phases of the [250,000 prize contest before making jublic the complete details. The committee in charge of the contest decided yesterday, however, to issue only one booklet of rules and picture questions for contestants instead .lof the two which had been planned originally. The decision means that participating companies must have the titles of all releases from Aug. 1 to ; Oct. 31 on which contest questions .-"■will be based, prior to the end of this hi week. Features Listed Among the pictures which will form the subject matter of the contest are li "Mother Carey's Chickens," "The Chaser," "The Amazing Dr. Clitter • house," "Professor Beware." "Little i Miss Broadway," "Algiers," "The Crowd Roars," "Bulldog Drummond in Africa," "Letter of Introduction," "Mr. Chump," "I'm from the City," "Barefoot Boy," "Rich Man, Poor : Girl," "Keep Smiling," "The Texans," "The Missing Guest," "Racket Busters," "The Gladiator," "Painted Desert," "Blockheads," "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Give Me a Sailor," "That Certain Age," "Smashing the , Rackets," "Boy's Town," "Speed to Burn," "Spawn of the North," "Boy Meets Girl," "Breaking the Ice," ■ "Under the Big Top," "Marie Antoinette," "Dark Rapture," "Too Hot to Handle," "My Lucky Star," "Sing, You Sinners," "Freshman Year," "I • Am the Law," "Carefree," "Four's a I Crowd," "The Young in Heart," "Stablemates," "Safety in Numbers," ; "In Old Mexico," "Youth Takes a ; Fling," "The Affairs of Annabel," , "Secrets of an Actress," "Listen, Dar| ling," "Hold That Co-ed," "Sons of 1 the Legion," "Crime Club No. 1," I "The Lady Objects," "Crime Takes a Holiday," "Ranger Code," "The Valley of the Giants," "Vacation from Love," "Time Out for Murder," : "Campus Confessions," "Juvenile 1 Court," "Fugitives for a Night," ! "Four Daughters," "Wanted by the Police," "Drums," "The Great Waltz," "Wooden Anchors," "Orphan Annie," "Road to Reno," "Girl's School," i "Room Service" and "Mr. Wong, ■ Detective." j Monogram's entry for the campaign " was received by the campaign coraI mittee yesterday, the first of the independent companies to participate. Edward A. Golden, Monogram vicepresident, will be the company's representative on the campaign committee. Oklahoma Subscribes $2,000 in Ad Drive Oklahoma City, Aug. 8. — With $2,000 subscribed by independent theatres toward the industry's "Motion Pictures' Greatest Year" campaign, the local committee is continuing efforts to obtain additional contributions. The pledges received, at a meeting here late last week, represent 20,000 seats of the state's seating capacity. The state committee includes Morris Loewenstein, Oklahoma City ; L. C. Griffith, president, Griffith Amusement Co., and Ralph Talbot of Ralph Talbot Theatres, Tulsa. Mr. Griffith said he would put up $200 to be divided among the three film salesmen turning in the largest number of subscriptions from their territories. All Oklahoma circuits are participating. Fishman to Report At New Haven Meet New Haven, Aug. 8. — Meeting here Wednesday in connection with the "Motion Pictures' Greatest Year" campaign, Connecticut exhibitors will hear a report from Jacob B. Fishman of Fishman Theatres on plans for the drive discussed at the recent meeting in New York, which he attended. Maurice Shulman, president, Allied Theatres of Connecticut, and Irving C. Jacocks, Sr., president, Connecticut M.P.T.O., joined in calling the statewide exhibitors' meeting, which will be held at noon at the Hofbrau Haus. A Connecticut committee to cooperate with the national group will be appointed. W. B. List for Two More Los Angeles, Aug. 8. — Warners have closed with the Cabart and South Side circuits for the showing of the 1938-'39 list. Carolina Meeting on Drive Set on Monday Charlotte, Aug. 8. — Exhibitors in the Carolinas will be acquainted with the "Motion Pictures' Greatest Year" promotion drive at a meeting here next Monday at 11 A. M. at the Chamber of Commerce. The regional committee, appointed by George J. Schaefer, general chairman, includes George W. Parr, Lyle M. Wilson, H. F. Kincey, Ben Rosenwald and J. J. Ingram. Subscriptions will be solicited at the meeting. Orr Names Committee Hollywood, Aug. 8. — Troy Orr chairman of the newsreel committee for the industry's advertising and busi ness building drive, today named as members of his full committee : Joseph Hubbell, News of the Day ; Jack Darrock, Fox Movietone News ; Norman Alley, Universal Newsreel ; Marshall McCarroll, Paramount News ; Mervin Freeman, RKO Pathe News ; Jean Bosquet, Paramount ; Ed Olmstead Universal ; James Pollack, RKO ; Otto Winkler, M-G-M, and Tom Al fred, 20th Century-Fox. The com mittee will meet this week. Va. to Aid Campaign Virginia exhibitors are supporting the "Motion Pictures' Greatest Year campaign, it was said yesterday by Ben Pitts, head of the Pitts Theatres circuit of Fredericksburg and president of the M.P.T.O. of Virginia. He was here for conferences with sales officials, accompanied by Charles Roth, president of the Roth Enterprises of Harrisonburg and a director of the Virginia organization. Hold Barn Dance Vyvyan Donner, fashion director for Movietone News, invited trade paper reporters yesterday to witness the shooting of a "barn dance fashion show" at the 54th St. studios. Mannequins who are accustomed to modeling expensive apparel decked themselves out in gingham and went to town with the shag. Miss Donner invited the reporters to don denim overalls and shag with the girls, but they were too bashful. Lew Lehr and his daughter contributed a dance number and Lowell Thomas served as an extra. Phila. Meet on Drive Called for Tomorrow Philadelphia, Aug 8. — The local area's fund for the industry's advertising and publicity campaign will be ined up at a meeting of exhibitors here Wednesday at 11 :30 A. M. in the assembly room of the Philadelphia Saving Fund Bldg. Lewen Pizor, president of the U.M.P.T.O. ; Ted Schlanger, Warner zone manager, and Ben Amsterdam are on the local committee. Gar bo to Do 'Curie', 'Ninotchka' for MGM (Continued from page 1) has been translated from the Russian and the script prepared by Jacques Deval. Miss Garbo's second picture following her return will be "Madame Curie," biography of the discoverer of radium which was written by her daughter, Eve. Vincent Sheean translated the book and Aldous Huxley is now preparing the screenplay. Technicolor Unit Ready The new, permanent installation of Technicolor for the Eastern Service Studios, Long Island City, has arrived and will be ready for operation this week, it was stated yesterday by Charles L. Glett, vice-president. William Steiner, Dick Mueller and Fred Detmars, technicians, are now here to handle the unit. The first assignment is a fashion series for Movietone News. To Auction K. C. House Kansas City, Aug. 8. — The Missouri Theatre, formerly the Century, will be sold on the courthouse steps Thursday by the trustee for the Butler cstcitc Built in 1898 by Ed Butler, St. Louis showman, it has been dark since early in the depression. Several efforts have been made to open it, but these have failed. Findlay Reaches Paris Charles Findlay of Pathe News has arrived in Paris to act as special representative for the newsreel on the Continent, with headquarters in the offices of Reginald Armour of RKO. He will set up special coverage in Czechoslovakia. Before joining Pathe News a year ago he was with March of Time. 20th-Fox Has 5,500 Sales Pacts Signed (Continued from page 1) too long for the film after the initial advertising momentum. "Suez," another big budget film, will be generally released Oct. 28 and will be given treatment similar to that devoted to "Alexander's Ragtime Band." The latter film will have its general release Aug. 19, after a number of pre-release openings this week designed to obtain attention for the picture in sectional areas. James P. O'Loghlin, Kent Drive leader, believes that this year's drive will exceed last year's record breaking results because of improved economic and industrial conditions expected in the fall and because 20th CenturyFox will release a number of big films in the new season, he said. He has just completed coverage of all exchanges in the United States and Canada preparatory to the drive. On Sept. 1 he will meet Mr. Wobber on the coast for another swing of branches, returning here Oct. 1. He will cover the field for a third time with divison managers, starting Oct. 15. District managers will accompany Mr. Wobber and Mr. O'Loghlin on both trips. Expect Quick Moves In No. Dakota Case (Continued from page 1) Paramount and Minnesota Amusement Co., the plaintiffs, of the necessity of applying to the court for a writ of supersedeas to halt the application of the law pending the companies' appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court. Paramount plans to complete and file its appeal papers within 30 days after the signing of the decree, attorneys for the company said yesterday. The filing of the appeal with the U. S. Supreme Court will automatically stay the enforcement of the North Dakota law pending the outcome of the high court's review of the proceeding. The appeal may be heard by the Supreme Court before the end of the year, in which case a decision would be probable in January. Milwaukee Men Sue Over Condor Stock Madison, Wis., Aug. 8. — Forty-six Milwaukee investors have started action against Glenn W. Stephens, a former director of Condor Pictures, Inc., for recovery of $34,318 which they claim to have paid for stock. Condor Pictures stock was promoted by the defunct B. E. Buckman & Co., local investment firm. The circuit court action charges the stock now has no market value and that a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in February contained "untrue" statements. Book "Boy Meets Girl" "Boy Meets Girl" has been booked into 22 special pre-lease engagements throughout the country. The national release date is Aug. 27.