Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1939)

2 Motion Picture Daily Thursday, September 7, 1939 Film Stocks, Bonds Show Recoveries (Continued from page 1) ferred dropped again, off % to 76'/&, and 2nd preferred, off lA to 8J4 Paramount '55 again closed at 50. Loew's common recovered 1 points of its 2% loss to close at 33^, and Loew's debentures 3l/2's, '46 rose \y2 to 96. Other stock prices were : American Seating, up Ve,. Columbia, up %■ Columbia preferred, 16, off 37A. Consolidated Film, 1, unchanged. Consolidated preferred, 81/-, up 14. General Theatre, up 1. Pathe Film, 9-Ks, up Y&. RKO, V/2, unchanged. 20th Century-Fox, 14, up Y% ; Twentieth-Fox preferred, 23%, off Y%. Universal preferred, 54, off 3. Monogram, up Sonotone, lfjj, unchanged. Technicolor, HMs, up Y%. Trans-Lux, V/2, unchanged. Universal Corp., 2^, off B. F. Keith 6's, 101, up \y2. Trade Officials Flee Home from Europe {Continued from page 1) son of the Schmidts arrived a few days ago from France. Another stranded New Yorker is Mrs. Columbia Sileo, wife of Jimmy Sileo, the photographer. She was in Spain gathering material for a book on the Spanish Civil War. Paramount has received no word from Stanton Griffis, chairman of the executive committee, who was last reported in France with his bride, the former Whitney Bourne. LOS ANGELES BOUND? ONLY OVERNIGHT Sleep your way to Los Angeles — on TWA's "Sky Chief" — fastest air service coast-tocoast. Leave 5:30 any afternoon arrive 7:13 next morning! TO 8AM Kit A. \ CI SCO — via Los Angeles or Boulder Dam! 120-day stopover privileges, anywhere en route, at no extra ,arc 9149.95 K \ \V\s OITX -New Daily alternoon service—leave at 1.00 p.m. arrive in Kansas City at 8:15 p.m $<S<t.4,"> 10% Discount on Round Trips! Schedules Shown are Standard Time i Purely Personal ► Phone Travel Agent or MU 6-1640 Transcontinental & Western Air Inc 70 E. 42nd St.— Air Desk, Perui.Station SHERWIN A. KANE of the editorial staff of Motion Picture Daily, is the father of a second son, born to Mrs. Kane at Lenox Hill Hospital early yesterday morning. • Ralph Poucher, James Mulvey, Sam Shain, Harry Gold, Bud Rogers, Erich Pommer, Joseph Moskowitz, Joseph Pincus, Arthur Lee, Murray Silverstone, at Bob Goldstein's Tavern for lunch yesterday. Also W. Ray Johnston, Hal Horne, S. Barret McCormick, Edward A. Golden, William Fitelson, and M. A. Schlesinger. • Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, Theatre Guild stars, return to New York today after a Summer vacation at their home in Genesee Depot, Wis. They will start a short road tour of "Taming of the Shrew" Oct. 2. • William F. Rodgers, Charles E. McCarthy, Harry Brand, Max A. Cohen, William Scully, Joseph Unger, Edward Saunders lunching at Nick's Hunting Room in the Astor yesterday. • Stuart Heisler, director of Paramount's "The Biscuit Eater," and Producer Jack Moss have arrived in Atlanta to prepare technical material and study location sites. William Pereira, nationally known architect, has been engaged as chief architect on Paramount's new Coast studio project. • Sally Eilers and her husband, Harry Joe Brown, are staying in town for a few days before returning to the Coast. • Mr. and Mrs. Percy E. Elkeles have returned to New York after spending the Summer at Lake Luzerne. • Dan Doherty, associate editor of Movietone News, returns Monday from a two-week vacation. Projectionist Day Set at Fair Today Today is "Projectionist Day" at the World's Fair. A large turnout of projectionists and motion picture engineers will hear addresses by leaders and pioneers in the field and see films tracing the development of the industry. The formal program will take place from 11 A. M. to 1 P. M. at the Little Theatre in the Special Events Building. Addresses are scheduled by George E. Browne, president, I.A T S.E.; Edward J. Flynn, U. S. Commissioner to the World's Fair; Nate Golden, U. S. Department of' Commerce; E. A. Williford, president S.M.P.E.; Earle Hines, president! International Projector Corp., and others. For Lunch. D inner or Su pper LaHlFF'S TAVERN The Industry's MEETING and EATING PLACE 1 56 W. 48th St. Tel. CHiclcering 4-4200 NATE J. BLUMBERG is expected in New York tomorrow from the Coast, where he spent the Summer. Charles D. Prutzman, Universal vice-president, left the Coast yesterday and will arrive in New York tomorrow. • Y. Frank Freeman, Paramount studio head, who postponed his return to Hollywood because of the European situation, may leave New York for the Coast tomorrow after home office conferences. • John W. Hicks, Paramount foreign head, returning from an Australian visit via Hollywood, will arrive in New York tomorrow. Adolph Zukor remained in Hollywood after returning from Australia. • Pat Casey, producers' labor representative, plans to remain in New York for a few weeks before returning to the Coast. • John Wexley, Warner writer, has arrived in town from Bucks County, Pa., where he spent the Summer writing a novel. • Dr. Joseph H. Shain has opened an office for the practice of medicine at South Norwalk, Conn. • Luis Enrique Perez, Republic distributor in Venezuela, is in New York for business conferences. • Ernest Emerling of Loew's publicity department has returned from a visit to Dayton. • Mary Shannon of Pathe News has returned from a vacation. rtM to tbe coastit" leaving M *" 1 Taloit Call ttawl agents, r> Accept Code's Best Features, Majors Urged Efforts to induce individual distribution companies to put basic trade practice concessions into effect are being made by Ed Kuykendall, M.P.T.O.A. nresident, during his current visit ff\ New York. "There are certain ordinary trade practices which every company can safely make a part of its film selling policy, and the M.P.T.O.A. will insist that this be done," Kuykendall said. "We would like to see every company do at least as much in this direction as was done by Warners recently." Kuykendall conferred yesterday with W. F. Rodgers, M-G-M general sales manager, and the two plan to meet again tomorrow. Kuykendall declined to comment on the meetings, as did Rodgers, but it was apparent that they concerned either the recently declared Department of Justice attitude toward an industry trade practice code or possible individual trade practice concessions by M-G-M. Rodgers would say only that he had "nothing new to report on the code" and would be obliged to so advise the I.T.O. of Southern California when it convenes in Los Angeles tomorrow. With the M.P.T.O.A. abandoning its proposed national convention this year, Kuykendall is endeavoring to complete arrangements for a meeting of the organization's board of directors in late October either here or in a midwestern city. N. J. Allied Debates Dual Features, War (Continued from page 1) film industry and drew a parallel with the World War. He pointed out that radio and modern communications today are a real threat to the boxoffice. The eighth annual Eastern regional conference is scheduled tomorrow with at least 200 more exhibitors, exchange men and others attending. Abram F. Myers, national Allied counsel, is not expected to attend. Colonel Cole will speak at the conference. H. M. Ritchey, public relations counsellor for RKO, also will be present. MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Published daily except Saturday, Sunday and holidays by Quigley Publishing Company, Inc., Rockefeller Center, New York City. Telephone Circle 7-3100. 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