Variety (May 1933)

Tuesdar* MnJ ^^^^ PI CTUBES VARIETV 29 T^o Grabs the Jobs (Contlaved from pa«« S) top scorers are Sam Ha- Jy, ; ;Wade Boteler, SO; Blapch* EVed- tfrlcl, 80; PurneU Pratt, 28; liuclen liittlefleldj J- Parrell MacDon' aid, 28; and a termer at Tox, Daphne Poiiai^ 26, and Bert Roach, 23. All are jhtoWovers from the allent era. The complete UaUng with num- ber Qt engagements for each player, follows; Itiarle Alba «.»»f»t«*. IjuIs Albernl Frank Albertsbn . itlchard Alexander Glaud Alliater Don Alvarado Oscar Apfel Manuel Arbo Henry Arhietta Gertrude Astor >)^ary Astor Mischa Auer .... Trving.'^acon .... Reginald Barlow Vincent Barnett LiOTilse Beavers Noah Beery, Sr. >*••••< > • ■ • • • •' t • • • t • « t « « •«••••< • •f««tt. ••••••• )•»«•••'«'< I • • t • • I > • 4 • • • » • V.^ « • • • 8 i7' 10* 14 17 10 24 8 24*/ 10 13^ 10^ 9 9 21 21 11* 8* 14 10 8 . 12 20 16 14*- 11 13 10 10* 14 8 10 13 8 8 8 8* 9 12 I .a • • f • «~ I f • • • • • • t • • I Ralph Bellamy Lionel Belmore - Brooks Benedict Leila fienniett .- . Billy Be vain Herman BIng Maurice Blaclc Clara Blandick Sdlly.Blane May Boley .. ^........ Hobart Bosworth Wade Boteler .......... .„ IWlUlam Boyd. (Stage) . Sidh'Sy' Bracy " .: James. Bradbury. Jr.... t; j^dwin J. Brady Edmund Breese »««•. Tyler Brooke * ... * Herbert Bunston . ^ Dorothy Burgess .. Anthony BusheU. ....... George Byron .. ^... Marlon (Peanuts) Byron liouis Calhern 9 Maria CalVo 8 Walter li. Qattett 9 Paul Cavanagh... Joseph Cawthorn George Chandler Helen .Chandler .«.....;.... • Spencer Charters Emll Chautard .... Andrie' Gherqn ... Berton Churchill . Mae'Clarice ..... Claty Clement Xiew Cody Charles' Colenian Buster Collier, Jr. G. Pat Collins .... Monte Collins Mathllde Comment Betty Compson Albert Cent! Clyde Cook , Donald. Cook Ray Cooke Hallam Cooley . George Cooker . Marcelle Corday Inez Courtney .......i....... 8 Phyllis Crane ... 11 Cecil Cunningham ......... 8 Adrlenne D'Ambricourt 18 William B. Diavldson ......... 16 George Davis 21 Tyrrell Davis , 18 Tola D'Avrll 13 Ed. Daring 9 I • • • 4 « • )•••«•< I • a •*«-••*• « 10* 12* 14 8* 12 17 12 10 9* ft 14 12 14* 14 10* 8 16 21 13 9* 8' 12 16 8 SSmestO Qaruffl -oiXt^-fvatrvn Anita Oarvln Petpr Gawthorne Douslaa Gerrard .•...•...•■o Alessandro Olbllo ..i,. Claude GUUngwai ,r. Sr. James Gleason . . Harold Goodwin C. Henry Gordon Gavin Gtordon .. Maudb Turner <5ordon Dorothy Granger Iiawrence.. Grant Charley .Grapewin ilo.bert Greig .,, >; Shirley Grejr ... Eddie Gribbon... Harry P. Gribbpn. Alan Hale ......... Louise Clp.sser Haiie John Halllday Hale Hamilton .... Nell ttaniiltpn Sam Hardjjr ...... iRal£ Harolde .... Forrester Harvey Raymond Hattoh Q. P. Heggrle i)ell Henderson Ben F. Hendricks Aggie Herri Al Hill .......... Halliwell Hobbes Otto. Hoffman Harry Holman Russell, Hopton ........ Edward Everett Horton Arthur Housman Jobyna Howland: Arthur Hoyt .:Uoyd Hughes Arthur Huyhi ; Brandon . Hurst.. ^,r.-.>. Paul Hurst Walter Huston Ralph . Ince. .... liAoyd Iligraham George Irving: ...... Thomas E.. Jackson William. Janney .... De Witt. C. Jennings Soledad Jimenez Noble Johnson Charles Judels Armahd Kaliz Boris Karloft •.'...» I Nigel De BruUer Je<in' Delmour Jean D el V al . ..... ./.>..... ..r i'Veriidn Dent ...... ..... •.-. • Andres'De'SeguroIa .......... Dudley DIgges Donald Dillaway ............. Allan DInehart James Dbnlan Ruth. Donnelly ......?.< .•• • • • • Tommy Dugah ............... Mary Duncan Emrha Dunn David Dtjrand ■ Frank-Eastman ... ...-.i ... Maude Eburne Robert Elliot Gilbert Emery Alphonz Ethler Dot- Farley. ........ ...j.... i....• Louise Fazenda. Leslie Fenton Andre. Ferrier .......-. Stanley Fields Jimmy. Fiiilayson ..Roslna Fiorini Emily Fitzroy = .-Rila-.'MickfiyJJ0yjQIL=jiaji.^ Mary Forbes Ralph Forbes .. Norman Foster Earle Foxe ^2 ; • f • • • * I 8 8 12 ^ 9 11 15* «• 12 8 ii 9 16 8 8 17 8 12 9 15 1? li 8 .19 9 12 •8 9 ■ io' 11 8* > • • • k 4 • 4 • • • • • 9 < 8 12 9 li 13 10* 9 12* 11» 9 i6* 10* 9 12 8* 8 9* 8* 14* 10* 18* 16* 31 12* 9 15* 12 12 15 8 8 17 10 8 12* 13 10 13 14 10 10 9 18* 9* 11 10 15 14 16 12 8 11 8* 8 10* Pat O'Brien 12* Robert Emmet O'Connor .20 Warner Oland ,••••«<••*'«••• 1^0 12 9* 10 10* 8* 20 12 10* 8 18 8» 43 26 14 28 8 11 9* S*. 12 11 I « t e-e • .« Nance O'Nell Sally O'Nell Reginald Owen• *•, • > ^ •.,•••« • Monroe Owsley Eugene pallette Franklin Pangbpm Elizabeth Patterson Nat Pendleton, jack Pennlck' Dorothy Peterson . Eddie Phillips . Zasu Pitts ..... Daphne Pollard P.^aul Porcasi Purnell B. Pratt Aileen Pifingle jed. Proiity Frank Puglia Terrance Ray Frank ice Ir.erie Rich Warner Rich.mond Tom RlCketts Bert Roach Jason Robards ...... Florence Roberts WiUiard' Robertson Ginger Rogers Bodil'Ann Rosingr .. John M. Saint Polls Virginia Siaile Sid Sayibi" . ... Charles Sellon John Sheehan Frank Sheridan . . Lpwell Sherman ... Gertrude • Short Lee Shumway Ivan F. Simpson Russell Simpson Alison SklpWpr^ . . C. Aubrey Smith Ned Sparks MyrUe Stedman F!i>rd Sterling Charles;.' tevens" Arthur Stone .;..... George E. Stone Nick Stuart Harry Stubbs ..... Slim Summerville Lilyan Tashman Harry Tenbrpok ... Kenneth Thomson Thelma Todd Sidney Toler David Torrence Richard Tucker Stock Market I • • f • •.• Roscoe KaTiis 15* Anders Van Haden 8 18 ,10* 9 13 8 9 15 8 9 9* 9 8 20* 9 12* 11* 18* 8 li 10' i9 16* &♦ 10 is* 12* 9 16 39 12 i4 14 9 Sr. I • • • • • 4 Ian Keith . . ..^ Fred A- Kelsey Edear Kennedy Tom Kennedy- Crfliufurd Kent :Doris. Kenyon Frederick Kerr, Guy B. Klbbee .. Claude King ...... Murray Klnnell Henry Kplker Tetsu Komai ..... Arnold Korff ..... Florence Lake .... David Landau .... Nora Lane Jack LaRue ...... Anderson Lawler . William Le Maire Mitchell Lewis Ivan Linow ........ Lucien Littlefleld ;. Margaret Livingston Doris Lloyd .......... John Loder. Walter Long Montagu Love EMlmimd Lowe MyrnaLoy.. ..r • ^* Arnold Lucy .. 10 Bela Lugosi 16 Ben Lyon 11* J. Farrell MacDonald. 28* Donald 'Ma<ri|cenzl.e .r.......... 6^ Louise .Macl^intosh " n Aline MacMahoh Noel Madison , David Manners Vera Marsh Tully Marshall i.'m « •. • 10 9 12* ii 8 8 10 8* 13 20 11 9 11* 12 20 12* 8* 8 8 13 9 24 11* 16 io 10 10 8* I • k • * • • • 8* 14 9* 8 15* Hilda Vaughn Lupe Velez Arthur Vinton ........ Jose Sorlan ViQSca .... Theodor Von Elti ... .. Gustav Von Seyffertitz Judith Vosselli Harold Waldrige Nella Walker' ^ , Walter Walker Morgan. Wallace ....... Henry B. Walthall .... Kathrln Clare Ward Helen Ware H. B. Warner Robert" Warwick Gutnn Williams Clarence Hummel Wilson Charles J. Wlnnlnger Ernest Wood , Woods li* I 4 • • • 9 9* ft 8 17 18 9 10 15 17 11 10 9 12 17* 8 13 13 .8* Harry Fay Wray ..., Roland Young . ♦ •.^ • • • • < 9* 17* •This does not Include, engage ments wlhile under term contract. Afl BaltQ Unions Cut (Continued from page 6) lumbia Pictures. Consolidated Film Industries on the Big Board, and Technicolor on the Curb. There seems to be something to the argument that Inflation in Itself promised little for the Aim business. Certainly less than stocks linked In some way with commodities. Argu^ ment Is that that explains thie lag- ging behavior of the picture shares. But there can be. no tvirb.ways about :the benefit to be derived by the, theatre from a btisirtess .revival that would cut down , unemployment and encourage a loosening of the public purse 'strings. That sieems to be the impetus behind last week's sudden stiirt of the ^Im stocks to discount betterment. News from the Street, besides in- dicating a new spirit In general business, recorded encouraging de- velopments in the actual amusement industry itiself. . First item in the budget ^Yas the LoeW income report tor the half year, indicating net of $1,04 ;a share on the conrnion,'with all "that figure means-in assurance- of a Gontiriued. dividend at "the, cjir- rgnt rate . of $1 a', year. i^—sW Unofficial. estimates for Warners were broadcast about niidweek, in- dicating that that company has been making, headway for some' tinie toward cutting down its heavy losses. Prediction was that, the. re- port for the quarter ending Feb. 25 due soon would show a deficit bfc less than half that of the correr isponding period of .1932, when ope- rations went into red ink. to a total of $3;4I8,831. Estlniate thus puts the loss for the second quarter of company's- fiscal year at around 31,700,000. . In Shape to Benefit It is conceded that the company, .was Still in the. red, but the loss had t>een cut down materially>^largely-as a .r&ult of economies and not due to any spurt in theatre attendance. The market noted that the figure of the reduced deficit came at a time preceding the general Impirovement following the. March banking holi- day and the logic was applied that since the returns up to late Febru- ary represented tightehlhg up on operating costs, it followed that the iiiiit stood in excellent position to benefit from whatever general im- provement * has taken place since then. It iseemed reasonable to as sume that this favorable element in. Warners applied with equal force to the other units In the same Indus try. Under those clrcumstari£ea It be-r came ieasy. for a demonstration In any one of the active ainusements to attract a following. ThQ interest thus aroused' converged promptly into Loew which : pushed ahead to a new top on the movement since the middle df March at There was' no evidence that Che improve ment was in response to a . market operation. Volume was moderate and trading generally in minor lots. Total for the week was .under 60,000 The" Warner action looked' riather less genuine, turnover reaching the rather Impressive bulk of 140,000 shares, all done within the narrow range of about a point The sud den spurt h'are had rather an ar tificial look. On that volume a net gain on the week of only, halt a point or so seemed inadequate. It does seem that a spontaneous raiove of such proportions -would bring on a price change.more conclusive. With .nearly 150,000 shares chang. ing hands iii a week, obviously jthe price,movement ought to have been more definite if the volume was In response to buying demand. Along the same lines, turnover In Teqh nicolor amounted to 31,000 shares, which is extraordinary for an issue 11 9* 30 Aloe B. Francis Nool Francis Blanche Frederici Willie Fung ^ Skpets Gnllaffber 17* Augusto Gall! 1* Carlos Garufll * Edwin Maxwell 18 Kermit Maynard Francis McDonald "WTalter McQrall Frank McHugh Matt McHugfa Addie McPhail ...... Robert McWade George Meeker Adolph Menjou Beryl Mercer ........ Charles B. Middleton Walter Miller Gene via Mitchell Grant MitchieU ilatt Moore Natalie Moorhead Lee Morah "Anfcmi6'"TSlwenb^=?r.=. Jllan Mowbray Charlie Murray Clarence Muse Carmei Myers Carrol Naish Louis Naheaux Edgar Norton ... Edward J. Nugent Vivien Oakland Wheeler Oaltman . « • k V V 8 9 14 20* 9 13 22 10 10* 19 17 9 Id 11 8 18 9 -9- 13 12* 13 9 9 "9 14 15* 13 9 Baltimore, May 15.^ Following the musicians' agree- mi^nt to go along with the local theatres by accepting a 16% cut through the summer, the two other major crafts Joined the alleviation parade by agreeing to similar re- ductions.- Stagehands afe taking a 15% reduction to the eiid of the, contract, which- terminates on Labor Day. Operators have . divided, the houses into two classes, giving the larger houses a 16% reductibn and the smaller spots a 10% slice. Also to the end of the contract date In Sept. Spier Jumpt Intd, Lead Los Angeles, May 16. Opening. week of the latest biz dtive by Fpx West Coast hsis Dick Spier, San Francisco, city division, topping -the other districts... Special dl-strict, under superVis ion of Charles Skouras, is in. sec TjTia-^spot7=-wIth =George-=BowsecLs b^ach division running third. were quiet at ■ % Summary for week ending Saturday, May 13; so long represented by Weekly volume around 1,000 shares. But here the price actually doubled, ris- ing from 4% to 9 at the top and closing at 7% for a net gain of 3%. The difference between the two cases,, as far as. the ticker, interpre-. tatipn concerned, would be that at lea^t the clique in Technicolor was taking on long lines aggressively, while, there probably was a good deal of in-and-out trading by the Warner coterie. Fox Crosses W. Tlie same reasoning does- not quite apply to movement in Loew's; Voliime was top moderate tp sug- gest a ..major -operation,, and it . has lately been characteristic of Loew's to.. keep a moderate campaign In good technical posltipn by mild forward moves alternating with minor retreats. Whatever is behind the Fox move. It has taken the ag- srressive fPr the first time in two months of general market advance. Volume here reached the consider- able size.::.of.. 46,000...shares, .which, tops any week since last summer. Price was consistently held above Warners', reversing a long stkhd- Ing relation between the t!^o is- sues. Fox crossed Warners at the very outset of the campaign- in the film. group which first stlrreid in a preliminary way week before last and took on new. .Impetus in the Monday session of last week (8) .when Fox crossed Warners' for the first time. Eastman Kodak voted Its quarter- ly dividend , at -the |3 rate during the week, whlicl} £;ave a bit more push to Interest in the amusements and |itlmulated that issue to break through its year's high at .74 and a fraction. Despite late proflit tak- ing Kodak'finished the week with a net advance Of 6V& at . 70.H> lar|?- est'; net gain in the'whole j^lcture' family. Loew's preferred was next in eixtent of climb, with a net ap- preciation Pf 4% on the respectable volume of 1,800, sizeable for a senior stock. Preferred stocks fared well gen-r erally, again callihg attention to the shift of sentiment toward Issues representing fixed in«>me as against a gamble on inflation for equity or partnership stocks^i The Keith preferred, long dorment, jumped 14 points in a few trades. Last previ- ous, transaction, several months ago, was iat 9. Last week the stock changed hands at 23, dealings amounting to 600 ' shares. These Sensational changes are oharacterr Istlc of Issues that i^tpear .at long Intervals on the tape, buyer and seller being ordlnari^ far apart In price Ideas until oq% side or the other 'takes, the. aggressive and meets the other's flgrure. Switch of sentiment to the 'better' tlines coming' idea was Indicated further in the bond department. Loew's Hens reached their best level on the movement above 74, more than 60% above Its bpttPm of 48 not long ago. Warners debentures added another 4 points, to recent gains, both these movliig In good volume. Older Paramounts were up more than a point and the Pathe ,7's zoomed on a trade or two to 73, new 1933 top and a net galii on the week of . 11 points. Another freak trade was a. single sale of RKO de- bentures at 19, up net since the last trahsactlPn, many weeks back, of more than 10. Keith bonds slipped back a point or so while the Par- . Publix. liens about held even. Par common on the Produce Exchange list did little around % while the certificates of deposit which still are traded on the Stock Exchange 1038- 2% 4% 13 11% 74V4 4 21% 33 21% isf) 4 19 ■.<?.. % . s u i>';4 11 BRUCE'S DOG SERIES Robert Bruce, is set with Educa- tional for a new series of six shorts on dogs. To be called 'As a Dog Thinks* and be so-called 'human- interest' items on pups. Production on the coast. -. ■ 72'/4 10% lO'.l 20 . 28</4 Bill. Xow, ' .%- 1% 0% 5% 40 • % lOVi ■ ft ■ 8'A. ar, 1% ISVi IK % V4. 1V4 3 1 10 1 «W 19% 1 2% T 48 47% 4Vi 1-i Sales. 1.200 0,300 6,400 11,800 35.700. 10,000 108,800 000 47,300 1,800 1,700 800 i',066 3,400 4.000 250,200 12,200 ISO m.ooo 300 10,100 500 31.500 3,500 • • * • • • ■ STOCK EXCHANGE Issue and'rats. American'.' Seat.'.', .Consol. Fllii(t. 4............... ' Columbia P. vtti..', Consol. B^lliti. pfd. ISasfman . Kodak (3). Fox, Class'A*. Gen. Elec. (40Ck).... Kettlj pfd...;................. Loew (1)I, Do pref. (0V4)..i>............. Madlsoii Sq; Garden. Uet-Q M.pref. <1.89).... Orpli^uin ptd >........ ^ • Paramount' cfs..'. Pathe KxctaAnse. Pialhe, Class A... Radio Corp..'....< l^lCO ...'...a......,.......'.'. Unlye'ranI pref.,.......;.... Warner. Broff^....«.'........ . Do pfd...... Wentlnshouse Columbia Gen. Thca. .Technicolor Trana LUx. > • * • • • • • «•••• *.f • « • High: 2% 18 10% 74% 4 21K 23 10% 60 4 10 '■'ii % s 7% 8 14 8% VA L«Vr. 1% 3 , 109ii 854 04% 2% 18% 14 10% 66 ■ .8%- 181% "% ; % 2 8% 2* 12 2% 7% S4% NetfihS, L«f ffif wK. 2% - +1% 3% 12% 10% 70% 8% 10% 23 18% .68, • ■.4- 19 l%bld % a'' T 13 3%' 0% 80% +1% -1-1% +6% +1% -f- % -»-14 +1% •+-4% + % + % -t-4% -H% (110,000 Gen, Thea 49,8<)0 Loew C's,- Pathe 7's, Eq. 17,000 110,000 170,000 2,noo 100,000 41. 37.. Par-Fa m-Lnslsy Par-Pu*} .C%'ft, XtKO dcbfl O'H.. Warner Bros. ■ .40% 73 0% n 20 28% 2% 30% 08 0% 8% 10 22 7% 2% 2% 4(>% •"-73%'-? 7.'J H% 10 19 27% Over the Counter. N, Y; a, 800 t>ar