Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1939)

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Thursday, August 10, 1939 Motion Picture Daily 9 'Iron Mask9 Coast Winner With $28,500 days. Los Angeles, Aug. 9. — "The Man in the Iron Mask" and "You Can't Get Away with Murder" at the War/^7"r Hollywood and Warner Down-i^vn showed the way with a total of $28,500, taking $14,300 at the former v and $14,200 at the latter. "Bachelor Mother" and "Parents on Trial" drew $10,300 at the Pantages. Estimated takings for the week ending Aug. 9 : "Frontier Marshal" (ZOth-Fox) "Miracles for Sale" (M-G-M) CHINESE — (2.500) (30c-S1.0O) Gross: $11,900. (Average, $12,500) "On Borrowed Time" (M-G-M) 4 STAR— (900) (40c-50c) 7 days, 3rd week. Gross: 55,600. (Average, $3,250) "Bachelor Mother" (RKO) "A Woman is the Judge" (Col.) HILLSTREET — (2.700) (30c-65c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $9,500. (Average, $6,500) "Frontier Marshal" (ZOth-Fox) "Miracles for Sale" (M-G-M) LOEWS STATE— (2,500) (30c-$1.00) 7 days. Gross: $14,100. (Average, $14,000) "Bachelor Mother" (RKO) "Parents On Trial" (Col.) PANTAGES— (3,000) (30c-65c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $10,300. Average, $7,000) "Man About Town" (Para.) "The Magnificent Fraud" (Para.) PARAMOUNT — (3,595) (30c-65c) 5 days, 4th week. Gross: $8,200. (Average. $15,000) "The Man in the Iron Mask" U. A.) "You Can't Get Away With Murder" (W. B.) WARNER BROS. (Hollywood)— (3,000) (30c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $14,300. (Average, $14,000) "The Man in the Iron Mask" U. A.) "You Can't Get Away With Murder" (W. B.) WARNER BROS. (Downtown)— (3,400) (30c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $14,200. (Average, $12,000) Warners Plan Two Big British Pictures Production of two or three big pictures in England in addition to the smaller quota credit films is under consideration by Warners. If the company decides to make them, their production will follow the same method which M-G-M used on "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," "The Citadel" and "A Yank at Oxford," with Hollywood talent and directors going to the Teddington studios and the scripts prepared at Burbank. The plan will be discussed by Harry M. Warner, president of Warners, with Sam Sax, British production head. Warner sailed yesterday on the Queen Mary. He expects to be gone about three weeks. Max Milder, Warners managing director in Great Britain, sailed on the same ship after visiting in New York and Hollywood five weeks. Another passenger was Max Gumpel, general manager of Denham Laboratories, who is returning to London after a visit here. N. H. Outing Today New Haven, Aug. 9. — The annual film district outing will be held Thursday at the Rustic Inn, Lake Quonnipaug. Morris Joseph will award 25 prizes for sports events. Homer C. Downey heads the committee in charge, assisted by Jack Mullen, George Weber, Jerry Massimo, Irving Cooper, Peter Canelh, Katherine Fitzgerald, Katherine Higgins and Freda Kogan. Heat Got 'Em RKO's home office succumbed to the heat yesterday afternoon, and closed at 3 o'clock. Warners closed at 4:30. They were the only home offices to do so, however, with 20th Century-Fox, Columbia, United Artists and M-G-M enjoying partial or complete air conditioning. TMAT Strike to Hit Springfield Houses Motion Picture Division of Theatrical Managers, Agents and Treasurers Union voted to strike today at three Edward Goldstein houses in Springfield, Mass. The strike vote was taken at a meeting which ended early yesterday. Houses affected are the Paramount, Arcade and Broadway. Harry Mirsky, member of the executive board, left last night to aid the strikers. Discharge of union members was given as the reason for the strike. Picketing at the Vogue, Bronx, is continuing. The house was reopened last night after alterations were completed. Press agents and some of the managers in the legitimate stage field met in a caucus meeting at the Capitol Hotel last night to prepare for tonight's meeting which will decide whether a referendum shall be sent to the membership on the question of affiliation with the I.A.T.S.E. Free Films Hurting Wisconsin Houses Milwaukee, Aug. 9. — What with outdoor amusement parks, resorts and even dairy and ice cream stands showing free films, Wisconsin exhibitors are searching for some means of controlling the 16 mm. films which are being shown in these various spots. While producers and distributors claim they have no jurisdiction over these films, state exhibitors in resort territories are taking a bad licking in business because of competition from them. One exhibitor operating theatres in a town of 5,000 population reports at least seven resorts and parks in his area showing free films and attracting as many as 25,000 persons. Competition from jackrabbit operators in Wisconsin has always been bad but this added opposition presents a serious problem for exhibitors. Approve Sunday Films Albany, Aug. 9. — The Rensselaer Common Council has legalized Sunday films in the city under a new ordinance. The move is designed to allow the people to attend pictures in Rensselaer rather than journeying on Sundays to Albany or Troy. Lone theatre in Rensselaer is the Bright Spot, operated by Herbert Gardner. De Palma Forms Firm Albany, Aug. 9. — Ralph DePalma Corp. has been licensed with 1000 shares of stock to conduct a motion picture and theatrical business. Directors are Ralph DePalma, John B. Mezey and Walter Van B. Claussen, New York. Bondy Seeks SEC Views On Atlas Plan {Continued from page 1) tified yesterday that the proposal was a "fair" one. Leib was asked by the court whether in his opinion there had been any opportunity for manipulation of RKO stock to keep the price at a low level. He replied that there may have been but that he doubted it. _N. Peter Rathvon, member of the new RKO board, also testified as at an earlier hearing, in favor of the proposal. Urging the need of working cash for the new RKO company, he stated that its production budget for new product would aggregate more than $15,000,000. Objections to the Atlas offer were made by Myron Kommel, representing H. Cassell & Co. ; by John S. Stover, H. B. Spring and Russell McKirk of Farlev & Co., all of whom are creditors of RKO's. H. C. Rickaby, attorney for Atlas, withdrew a statement he had made at an earlier hearing on the underwriting proposal, to the effect that Floyd B. Odium, Atlas head, would accept "any price" Judge Bondy set as the value of the stock for underwriting purposes. Rickaby said he was "in error" in making the statement originally. Assets of 90 Million Reported by ABPC London, Aug. 9. — Associated British Pictures Corp., headed by John Maxwell, has assets of approximately 590,000,000, Maxwell reported today at the annual meeting of the company. Maxwell welcomed the evidence of revived British production. An additional $20,000,000 was credited to reserves and undistributed profit balances. The general reserve was set at about $14,275,000. A final dividend of 20 per cent was declared. G. B. Meeting Today Arouses Speculation London, Aug. 9. — There is considerable trade interest in tomorrow's annual meeting of Gaumont British. It is expected that the Ostrer Brothers will be questioned on production, relative to company losses in the past. It is also considered likely that the stockholders may question the board of directors on their attitude toward the current Board of Trade investigation of Gaumont British affairs. (U' Chiefs to Coast Charles Prutzman, vice-president and general counsel of Universal, will leave for the studio by train today for a visit of about two weeks. He will be accompanied by his family. J. Cheever Cowdin, board chairman, will leave by plane for the Coast today. Mrs. Blanche Sears Dies Alhambra, Cal., Aug. 9. — Mrs. Blanche Ethel Sears, who with her husband, Benjamin, formed the early radio team of "Grandpa and Grandma" Sears, died here at the age of 68. They retired last year after 15 years on the air. Perfectly Timed Cincinnati, Aug. 9. — An audience at Keith's late last week witnessed a bit of realism not on the program. It furnished an example of perfect timing. Precisely at the moment that the picture director's platform fell in a sequence of "Quiet, Please," a short subject, the house curtain and fittings crashed to the stage. 'Hardy' at $15,400 Wins Buffalo Lead Buffalo, Aug. 9. — "Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever" hit a good $15,400 at the Buffalo in a better than average week. "The Man in the Iron Mask" clipped $8,800 at the Great Lakes. Estimated takings for the week ending Aug. 5 : "Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever" (M-G-M) BUFFALO — (3,000) (30c-55c) 7 days. Gross: $15,400. (Avesrage, $12,000) "The Man in the Iron Mask" (U. A.) GREAT LAKES— (3.000) (30c-50c) 7 days. Gross: $8,800. (Average, $7,500) "Indianapolis Speedway" (W. B.) "Bulldog Drummond's Bride" (Para.) HIPPODROME— (2,500) (25c-40c) 7 days. Gross: $4,500. (Average. $6,800) "Boys' Reformatory" (Col.) "Hurricane" (U. A.) CENTURY— (3,000) (15c -25c) 7 Gross: $4,200. (Average. $5,200) "Blcndie Takes a Vacation" (Col.) "The Street of Missing Men" (Rep.) LAFAYETTE — (3,300) (25c) 7 Gross: $4,500. (Average, $6,300) days. days. Mexico City Ruling Won by 'Juarez' Mexico City, Aug. 9. — Warners have won a temporary injunction against the order of the Federal prosecutor to the Municipal Government, forbidding the exhibition of "Juarez." The order followed a complaint against the film to the prosecutor. The injunction assures the exhibition of the film here indefinitely. Warners' local representatives won the injunction with the argument that thej' are merely the agents handling the imported product and have had nothing to do with the film's production. The action boomed "Juarez" locally, attracting 8,000 patrons yesterday to the Cine Orfeon, where the picture currently is establishing a house record. Delay Buzzell Hearing Los Angeles, Aug. 9. — On request of respondent's counsel, the hearing of contempt charges against J. W. Buzzell, Central Labor Council executive secretary, John Gatelee and five other I. A. T. S. E. officials has been postponed until Monday by Superior Judge Henry Willis. The charges grew out of alleged violation of a court order restraining the defendants from breaking up Local 37 of the I. A. T. S. E. Knox Denies Fox Plea Federal Judge Knox yesterday denied the application of the Trust Co. of Georgia for the appointment of a temporary receiver for Fox Theatres Corp. and for an injunction restraining Milton C. Weisman and Kenneth P. Stenreich from carrying on transactions as trustees of the Fox theatres. Judge Knox said the court had no jurisdiction over the matter.