Variety (April 1933)

Tuesday, April 11, 1933 PIC¥U RES VARIETY 23 Hollywood Productions Week of April 10 (Pieturoa now'fiim'ino» or about to ftart, aro listed below alphabetically |>y studies. Synibbffe aro D—Director. A—Author, C—CameYaman.) COIiVBIBIA 'Ann Carver's ProfeBsloa' (8rd week) j>—Bddle Bnszell A—Robert Riskin C—Teddy Tetzlart Fay'Wray Gene Raymond Claire Dodd Claude GUIInKwater >' Jessie Ralph Frank Albertson Arthur Plersdn Frank Conroy •CocktaU Hoar' .. <l8t week> p—Victor Schertzinger A— 3. K. McQulnflesa '' Cast: Bebe Daniels . Sidney Biackmef Muriel Kli;|iland FOX 'Five Cents A Ola^s' (3rd yieeiJi) ' P—^Frank Cravea- A—3am MIntz Frank CraveiK-. —L. W. O'Connoll' ^. ast: Buddy Roe^'rB Marian Nlxoh " ' Joseph Cdwthotil" Don Jarrett ^Ilie I'ower and the Glory' (Lasky) (3rd weekX S> —Wm. K. Howard A—Preston SturEes. ■ C —James Wong Howe .Cast: Spencer TtAC^' J ■ Colleen Mdore.' ; ■;■ Ralph Mor'etia ;.' ■ ClIRord Jone^ r. 'Hy Lips iteti«rV (3rd viee^y^:'::P 1>—John Blyston*-;-3 -::v A—Hans Kraly \: f^V-V; James Storm Atllla Von Orbok.. C—Lea Garmes V: Cast: V- : Lilian Harvey V; John Boles ^ El Brendel Una O'Connor Henrietta Crossman Maude Elburne 'PIlRrimaKe* (8th week) X> —John Ford A—I. A. R. Wylie Bacry Connors Philip Klein thidley Nichols Henry Johnson B—Geo. Bchelderma'a Marian Nixon Henrietta Crossmaa Norman Foster. Heather Angel Louise Carter Adele Watson Chas, GrapewlQ Betty Blythe Frances Rich Jay Ward Robert "Warwick Hedda Hopper Maurice Murphy Lucille LaVerne Inez Palange 'Adomble' _ (Gth week) p —^Wllheliu Dieterle A —Paul Frank Bllllc Wilder Geo. Marlon, Jr. James Storm Tohn Scltz St: Janet Gaynor Henry Garnt C. Aubrey Smith Herbert Mundin Edward McWade James Marcus Hans von Twardowakl Barbara Leonard Douglas Scott Blanche Friderlct 'Hold Me Tight' (2nd week) D—^Davld Butler A—Gertrude RIgdon Gladys Lehman ^Arthur Miller t: James Dunn Sally Ellers % Iiov<!d You Wednesday' (1st week) IP—Henry King A—Molly lllcharde! Wm. DuBols Philip Klein _ Horace Jackson f—Hal Mohr Casl; Warner Baxter EllH.sa Landl Victor Jory It's Great To Be Alive' _ (iBt week) X)—Alfred Werker A—John D. Swayne _ Arthur Kober East: Raul noullen Edna Mae Oliver Herbert Mundin 'Tire -American' (l8t week) D—^Unas8lgned A—Dudley Nichols Lamar Trotti Cast: Unasslgned METRO ■Whe^ I.ad|es. 9Ieet' (Srd week) D—Harry Beaiimbnt A—Rochel Crotbers C—Ray June Cast: Robert Montgomery Anii Harding Myrna Loy . Alice Brady:;' Sterling: HMloway Frank Horgani - Luis Albernl . Martin. Burton •Dinner of Elght^ (3rd week) - D—Geo. Cukor A—Geo. S. Kaufman Edna Ferber' . ... Frances Marlon C—BUI Daniels tiast: Marie Dressier Wallace Beery . Lionel Barrymore John Barrymore Jean Harloiv Madge Evan^ Karen Morley Franchot Tone Lee Tracy Jean HershoU Herman BIng Hilda Vavghb JtlpNOQib&llff , 'Return of CA9ey%76taeA'- (Sed weet>^'... ;-v D^. P. McC8rt|»y-:'- A—John P. Johns.'' Harry O. J<gies ' - John Morgan'-' C—Archie Sto.irtf ■ • Cast: • ■ ■''■••'S'.; •• Charles ^taftett - Ruth Hallv'ixf-'"- - Robert HUJbMh ... Margaret Seofdon George Walsh George Hayes George Nash , 'Sunset Pads' (Srd week) D—^Henry Hathaway A—Zane Grey C—Archie Stout Cast: Tom Keene Randolph Scott Harry Carey Kent Taylor Kathleen Burke Fuzzy Knight Roscoe Karns lifla Bennett Patricia Farley 'Song of Songs* (»th week) D—Reuben MamouUan A—Herman Sudermann C—^Victor Mllner Cast: Marlene Dietrich Brian Aherne - AUeon Sklpwprttl Lionel Atwill Hardie Albright Helen Freemaq 'Intematleiyd House' (7th week) D—Bdward Sutherland A—Lou Helfetz Neil Brant Francis Martin Walter DeLeon C—Arthur Martlnelli Cast: Peggy Hopkins Joyce W. C. Fields Stuart Brwin Sari Marltza Burns & Allen Col. Stoopnagle & Budd Bela Lugosl Edmund Breese Lumsden Hare Franklin Pangbom James Wang Edwin Stanley Ernest Wood Clem Beaucharap Henry Sedley Etta Lee Norman AInslee 'Jennie Gerhordt' (2nd week) D—Marion Gering A—^Theodore Dreiser C—Leon Shamroy Cast: Sylvia Sidney H. B. Warner Louise Carter Cora Sue Collins 'College Humor* ' (2nd week) D—Wesley Ruggles A—Dean Fales Frank Butler Claude BInyon Cast: BInR Crosby Jack Oakle Richard Arlen Frances Dee Burns & Allen Randolph Scott 'Dlsgraoed' (Ist week) D—Brie Kenton A—Alice D. G. Miller Cast: Claudette Colbert 'Wm. Hurrlpan 'On rrobntion' (Ist week) D—Wm. Beaudlne A—Howard Spellman RIan James Manuel SefT Frank Pii Cast: . BdmUnd .I'0,w6 . : Wynn Gibson ' BADIO •SUver Cord' (5th week) D—John Cromwell A—Sidney Howard Jane Murfln C—Chas. Rosner Cast: Irene Dunne Joel McCrea Laura Hope Crews Frances Dee Eric Linden 'Maiden Cruise' (4th week) D—Mark Sundrlch A—Ben Holmes Mark Sandrlch' Allen Rivkin P. J. Wolfson C —Bert Glcnnon" Cast: Charlie Ruggles - Phil Harris Greta NIssen * Chick Chandler Joan Brewster ■ » Helen Mack ^ - • Shirley Chamb.erj^ '£mergency;. CalP (3rd weejc) . D—E(LWA£d Cfthh . A—Huston Branch Joe Manktewitis C—Roy Hunt Cast: Bill Boyd Wynn Gibson Wm. Gargan Betty Furnesa •Bed of Boses* (let week) D—Gregory LaCava- A—Wanda Tuchock Leonard Prasklns Cast: Constance Bennett 'Rafter Romance' ' (Ist week) D—Alfred Green A—John Wells H. W. Hanneman Al Block Willis Goldbeck Cast: Joel McCrea Dorothy Jordan 'Flying Circus' (1st week) D—Russell BIrdwell A—Rusaell BIrdwell Byron Morgan Louie Stevens Cast: Brlc Linden Bruce Cabot Arllne Judge WABNEB •flold Dlgsera of 103S' (Mb week) D—Hervyn' Iie'Roy : A—^Avery Hopwood David Boehm James Seymour CV-SauI Pollto Cast: Warren William Joan Blondell Ruby Keeler DIok Powell Aline MaoMahon Guy KIbbee Ginger Rogers Tammany Toung Ned Sparks 'Voltaire* (Gth week) D—John Adolfl A—Wilson Mlzner Robert Lord C—Jamea Van Trees Cast: George Arllss Doris Kenyon Margaret Lindsay Theodore Newton Reginald Owen Alan Mowbray Geo. Westcott David Torrence 'Captured!' 6the week) D—Roy Del Ruth A—Sir Philip GIbbs C—Barney McGiU Cast: Leslie Howard Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. William Le Malre 'Goodbye Again' (Srd week) D—Michael Curtlz A—Geo. Halght Allen Scott Ben Markson C—Arthur Todd Cast: Warren William Joan Blondell Wallace Ford Genevieve Tobln Ruth Donnelly Helen Chandler 'Mary Stevens, M. D.' (4th week) D—Lloyd Bacon A—Virginia Kellogg RIan Jamea C—Sid Hickox Cast: Kay Francis Cl^nda Farrcll Lyie Talbot Thelma Todd Harold Huber George Cooper Christian Rub Pittsburgh TUts a Dime For 'Cavalcade' Booking Plttsbursh, April 10. In order to get 'Cavalcade' for Ita first popular-priced engagement here, Fulton, Shea-Hyde house, had to agree to tip Its top from 40c to BOfi and also to dispense with all two-for-one ooupons during film's engagement. Fulton Is scaled from 15 to 40 and has been operat- ing on a two-for-one policy for some time. Rai^e in admission will bring Pulton's top to the level of other leading first-run sites here. 'Caval- cade' opens there April 20 indefi- nite, minimum of three weeks looked for. Phil Dunas Back—^Again Chicago, April 10. Bill Brumberg is out as exchange manager for Columbia Pictures here and Phil Dunas has the job. It's an on again off again proposi- tion, as Dunas has filled the as.slgn- mcnt twice before. Milwaukee hdie Sues As Champion for AH Other Indie Exhibs DAEK FOR HOLY WEEK Pittsburgh, April 10. After miserable showing during its first week of straight pictures, Variety decided a": last minute to pull up shutters for Holy Week, and Is closed for the current session. Reopens next Monday (17) with Columbia's 'Mus.'jolini Spealts,' in Indef. Milwaukee, April 10. John E. Hofthaner, owner of the Comet, nabe, has named practically every major distributing company- and chain-owned theatre in Wiscon- sin defendants in a suit alleging that- dlstribs and chain operators are conspiring to put Milwaukee In- dependent theatre men out of busi- ness. Robert Hess, attorney for Hoft- haner, said the suit was really be- ing brought by every Independent nelghborhotod manager in the city He maintained th^t nabes are com< peled to wait 40' to 1.20 days after chain houses get their product be^ fore they get a chance to show them. Eph Rpiiieii'ft Accident ■ "Stinbeapolls, April 10. injured in an a^iitoiroblle "accident, Eph Rosen, Par^Huipunt 111m. sales man, has had tp sljlimit to a, Serious operation on 'hl£i\tlpine at Asbury hospital herfe. / v ' He will be laid up for ihore than a month. Stock Market Studio Phcements Herman Blng, 'My Lips Betray,' Fox. Phoelu Foster, "Dinner at Eight,' Metro. Rita LeRoy, Morgan Wallace, 'Song of ^ongs,' Par. hcorporations Albany, N. Y. Albany, April 10. I>. and S. nieatre Corp., Kings; gen- eral theatrical; iio;ooo. Hagor Frodaotlons, lira., Manliattan; theatrical; $1,000. Waft UotIoB PletOM Oorp-> Manhattan; pictures: 100 shares no par. 182S Broadway Amnsement Co., Inc., New Tork; theatrical; 110,000. Wege Theatres Corp., New Tork; ther atrlcal; 20 shares no par. . April Prodacttonsi Ine., New Tork;- theatrlcial: 100 shares no par. Select Theatrea Corp., New Tork; the- atrical; 200 eliarea no par.' Helber Pk) tunes Corp., Manhattan; pictures; 126 shares no par. Roadsides Beet, Ine., Queens; the- atrical; 16,000. Cosmopolitan Bridge Clab, Inc., New Tork; operate cluba and restaurants; 100 shares no par. - The City Biteiprises, Ino., Albany; theatrical: $20,000. Bay West Amnsement Corp., Queens; pictures; $10,000. Borly Amnsement Corp., New Tork; theatrical; $3,000. Niagara TUIs Sporting CInb, Inc.; Niagara Falls; boxing, wrestling, foot- ball: $2,000. Silver Health Institute, Ine., Brooklyn; conduct bathhouses, amusement enter- prises; 200 shares no par. Arsy Amnsement Corp., Manhattan; realty, theatrical; $20,000. Change of Name From IVn Corporation for the Baltic States, New Tork, to Fox Film Bxport Company, Inc. Change of Capital Pond Amnsement COk, Inc., New Tork, 6,000 shares—2,000 pfd., $100; 4,000 com- mon, reduced to 4,000 shares no par. Memberships The Acton Betterment Assooiatloa, Ino. California Sacramento, April 10. Sterling Piclnrea Corporation. Capital stock $2S,000. none subscribed. Donald D. Mactarland, A. M. Carroll, O. Steln- berger. Ken Uaynard Frodnctlons, Ine. Capital stock $15,000, none subsorlbed. Ken May- nard, Mary Maynard. Milton Gatzert, Producing Artists Pictures, Ine. Capital stock 100,000 shares, none subscribed. Lrf>yd Wright, Charles B. Mllllkan, Herschel B. Oreen, Richard M. Qold- water, 8. Earl Wright. Experimental Cinema, Inc. No capital stock. B6ymour Stern, Conrad Seller, Fred H.. Moore, A. C. Jensen, Chrlstel Gang. Marx Bros., Ino. Cbpital stock 1,000 shares, none subscribed. Arthur Marx, Herbert Marx, Julius Marx. Certified copy of Bono-Art World Wide Pictures, Inc., eity and State of New York, also ohanglng name to World Wide pictures, Ino. Permits to sell stock Issued to: Marx Bros., Inc. Motion picture pro- duction. Arthur Marx, Herbert Marx, I/eo Marx. Julius Marx. To Issue 100 out of 1,000 shares, no par. Oxnard Theatres, Inc. Theatre operat- ing. Manny Feldstein, Bmil Swanson, Paul Dietrich. To Issue all 1,000 ahares, no par. First National Badle Produotlons, I.td. Radio entertainment. To Issue 6S4 shares out of 1,000, par value $100. Kl Tie Rerreatlooal Center. Outdoor recreations. To issue all S.OOO member- ships, par $100. The Cast. Ltd. Publishing. To Issue all 100 shares, no par. (Continued from page 6) pee.- They went forward slowly yesterday, but there was nothing in the performance of the carrier group to inspire much enthusiasm. Opening prices for the trading Mocks were sharply up on a good accuthulatlon of overnight buying orders. Profit taking came in dur- ing mid-day, ut it was well ab- sorbed and the bull party mustered sufUcient momentum to close the session with a real demonstration of aggressiveness, the list closing at the peak of the day and the movement. Amusements Trailing A rnoderate rally last week was ballyhooed a good deal beyond Its .desserts. The industrial averages were up about 3 points and the best that could be said of the movement was that it was sustained to the end of the week, accompanied tow- ard the final hours of trading by somewhat expanding volume. . Not that the turnover showed any im- portant figures, but dealings were a little brisker on the upside than -they had been during the preceding retreat. ' It was noted that in the face of advancing .prices for industrial "shares ther^ was an actual net loss in the price index for the railroads, a situation that so far in the de- pression has been a bad. omen. '^he amusements staged a mild rally with Lioew's and Warner Bros, gathering fair volume, but tli0. par- ticipation, was.'not Impressive and certainly the. active Issues failed to match important trading stocks In the extent of their gains.' It was the now fiamlllar picture of the the- atre shares venturing . cautiously and half-heartedly Into a general forward movemient. If there are any dliques at worjc In the group they certainly display no .gt^^at aggres- siveness, apparently afratd that If they work prices up in their favor- ites, they will meet plenty of of- ferings at any material advance. Maximum net gain for an active stock was in Loew's common, net up 1% on sales of abouf 14,000 shareSi a mild advance considering the e:ytent of. the stock'B" drastic mark-down in the last few months. Warner Bros, crept up a mere frac- tion. Dealings continued relatively heavy in Lioew's preferred, which recovered less than 2 points of its rQC^nt loss of nearly... 20, with a turnoyer of i;300 shares. Disposl- 'ilOti'ot. this senior dividend ikayer to hang , back gives the whole group a 'sick'' appearance. If there is a stock in the amusement family that holds out a prospect for a specula- tive whirl, It is this one with Its yield of better than 16%. If nobody is willing to give the best equity issue in the group a speculative tumble, what can be said for the generality, of stocks ruling in the 'penny' class? Another straw in the wind with the behavior of Eastman Kodak, only a distant relative of the thea- tre stocks, to be sure, bu( still an active trading medium which should respond to conditions in the pic- ture Industry. After defending Its position above a critical level of 60 for - months. It suddenly broke through on the down side and failed signally to attract bullish interest during a general foreward move- ment. Basis of the move-up late in the week was variously Interpreted. The Summary for week ending Saturday, April 8: STOCK EXCHANGE Judgments Artclass Pictures Corp.; Consolldatod Film Industries, Inc.; $6,$20. Universal Chain Thoatriool Ilnter- prises; Asa O. Candler, Ine.; $ll,9S«. Publlx Theatres Corp.i C. M. Fox, $47,723. Palmyra Theatre Corp.; Theatre Own- ers Trading Corp.; $2,1C1, Millon BIsnlts; Dyckwood Amusement Corp.i $24«. Paul Spechtt State Tax Commissioner; 167. bullish partisans sought to attribute It to an improvement In • general business sentiment over the coun- try, improvement being described in rather intangible terms. Neutral observers took it that the market was seeking to hedge against the possibilities of inflation, but nobody seemed able to explain how Inflation could be 'on the way, with the bond list making a better showing than the market for equity shares, par- ticularly the glltredge issues. A rising bond market flatly contra- dicts any promise or threat of in- flation. Publication of the Exchange's pe- riodical figures of the outstanding short account was illuminating. From the data given out it became plain that the market \ bulge just preceding the banking holiday was accompanied by a sharp shrinkage in . the outstanding bear account. From the reopening of the market March IB after a lapsi of nearly two weeks, to April 3 short sales ex- panded slightly more than the pre- holiday shrinkage, so that the total for Monday of last week was about 800 shares iqore than at the close of business March .3, last day be- fore the moratorium. .What hap- pened apparently Wais thiat the bears covered in alntlclpatloii of a closed market, and resumed their" short lines promptly upon itff'reopening, continuing to carry alOn^ their short commitments to ^ate; That Is to say th3 Street'hM :beeh bear- ish during the whole {Mriod of the 'hew deal and continue,'of that mind. Inflation or ho IhflioitTon. Bonds Do Betted Amusement bonds did' better than atocks during the wQgk.; Compared to a maximum gain of less than 2 in IiOew's preferred, -gains in the liens amounted to -"^ much as 4 or more, the widest movements oddly enough being In the relatiVelv quiet Keith 6's and the old Pathe 7's. The. latter added to Ittt recent gains in a, single salO, going up 4% to 63. which Is 16 points above its 1933 low Of 47. The Keith Jump was also on minor, dealings, best nrlce of the week being the Saturday finale of 34^... which compares with a low this year of 20^. Loew's 6's moved ahead quietly to 67^ for a net gain of 234. ■ Low for, the current year was 48. Both of the Paramount liens showed net losses, the old 6's slip- ping back a fraction to 6 and the BiWg declining more than a point to 6%, which brlngrs the two bonds practically even again, concelling the premium that has prevailed, for no apparent reason, In favor-of the 6^'s. The RKO debentures did not share in the strength of the asso- ciated Keith bonds, appearing once on the tape up % at 8% only an eighth from its all-time bottom. Columbia Pictures, dividend promises for which aro circulated from time to time, did well on the publication of Its half-year income statement to Dec. 24. last showing net applicable to the common at $2.07 a share. —*>ich compares with $1.47 for the like fiscal period of the previous year. The net in fig- ures was $373,786 for the 1932 half year and $276,006 for the same pe- riod of 1931, suggesting the im- proved position of independent pic- ture makers under the present trade situation. Result marketwlse was a gain of 1% in the listed Columbia certificr.tes from 6% to 8. Volume Here was not Important, -1933 Sales. Issue and rate. American Seat 100 Consol. Film 2% 1,700 Columbia P. vtc 8% 1,600 Consol. Film pfd 7% 13,300 Eastman Kodak (3) t»2 3.700 Fox, Class A 1 46.500 Gen. Enec. (40c.) 13% 800 Keith pfd 0 13,700 Loew (I) 11% 1,300 Do pref. (0%) 89% 200 Madison Sq, Garden 2% Met-G-M pref. (1.89) Orpheum pfd 000 Paramount cfs % 400 Pathe Exchange % 1,500 Pathe, Class A 1% 47,100 Kadio Corp 4 1,200 RKO 1% Universal pref 10,500 Warner Bros V.i 100 Do pfd 5 25,700 Westlntfhouce , aH4 CURB High. Low. 2% 0% 7 40 % 12% 0 9% 36 2 % % 1% 3% 1% 1% 0 28% Net chg. Last for wk. % bid 2% 8 7 50% % 13% 0 11% 30% 2V4 14 bid 1 % bid 4- % +1% - % +1% + 1 +1% +1% + % % % 1% 4 1% - % + H + % + % + % 8V, bid m + % ■>:>% +2% 100 1,300 500 Columbia Plots Gen. Thea. E. pfd Nafl .Screen :>>A Technicolor :i\t Trans I.ux iv^ BONDS - H IS - \ - w 2% 37 Hl% 08'^ icy, if;% ID 1% so I 4S 47'/4 4U. ' % 12 •40. $13,000 Gen. Thea. 17.000 Kflth fl's, '40 :i.">.Otlf) ly^ow Cs, '41 2.000 I'alho 7'8, '37 14.000 r'ar-Fiim-rya.«ky iVn. 2.1.000 I'ar-l'ub 5'.4f>. -.VJ. 1,000 ItKO debs Us -.:v.. .Shubcre—O'B 42.000 Warnor BroH. O s. M •47. DI<J. A-kod. % Over the Counter. N Y. lluxy, ClasD A Produce Exchange 22 10 S,COO Si 16 20