FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION LIBRARY ciass_LSS^y5i__ BookJLkt3__ y^2_ Scanned from the collections of The Library of Congress AUDIO-VISUAL CONSERVATION at The LIBRARY of CONGRESS Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation www.loc.gov/avconservation Motion Picture and Television Reading Room www.loc.gov/rr/mopic Recorded Sound Reference Center www.loc.gov/rr/record The Daily N Of Motion Now Fifteen ewspa per Pictures Years Old ^w £^v VOL. LYIII. NC. 1 W yOCI\, SATLCDAy, JLLy 1, 1933 *, DAILV PN/50 Broadway. New York, N. Y., Phone. Circle 7-4736. 7 4737. 7-4738. 7-4739. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Holly- wood. California— Ralph Wilk. 6425 Holly- wood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London- Ernest W. Fredman. The Film Renter. 89-91 Wardour St.. \V. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn, Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse. 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, I-a Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues. 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET High Low Close Am. Scat 5'i 5Vi 5Vi • Columbia Picts. vtc 18 18 18 — Con. Fm. Ind 4 3% 3% + Con. Fm Ind. pfd. 11% 11 Vi l'Vi + East. Kodak 83'8 80 82'/2 — Fox Fm. "A- 3Vi 3'/g 3»8 + Loews. Inc 23% 22% 23% + Paramount ctfs. . ... 1% 1% 1 ' s — Pathe Exch 1% 1% 1% — do "A- 5% 5V'2 5% - RKC 4 334 4 - Warner Bros. 6'8 5% 6 — NEW YORK CURB MARKET Technicolor 8 8 8 — Tnns-Lux 2% 2% 2% • NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 434 4% 434 Gen Th. Eq6s40ctfs. 3% 3% 334 + Keith A-0 6s 46 .. 46 Vi 43% 4638 — Par. By. 5'2s51 28 27 28 Par. 5'2s 50 13V4 12 ,2 — Pafhc 7s 37 75 75 75 — Warner s 6s 39 .36 3434 3434 — NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE Para. Publ.x ... 1 >/« 1% 1 '/« + Net Chg. 2 1 Va Publix-Cooper Company Taking Five Theaters itinutd from I'anc 1) Mountain States Theaters, now in bankruptcy. J. L. Finske, former Publix district manager, is in charge. I a expected that the J. J. Gold- stein houses in Pueblo, the Rialto and Palm, will also be acquired. Want "Say" on Code The National Association of the M. P. Industry has written to General Hugh Johnson. Administrator under the Indus- try Control Act askmc him to advise it when he receives film industry code drafts so the organization may register it> jpproval or disapproval. Sees Need of Exploitation Pictures Exhibitors arc angling for box-office releases that have strong exploitation possi- bilities. Charles L. Glett. vice-president of Monarch Pictures said yesterday following a tour of the company's exchanges. Glett predicted a decided increase in business before the new year and said "Coupled with the opening of a large number of closed houses, the prospect for the independents, in particular is very enrouraging." 150 ATTENDING RKO SCHAEFER DISCUSSES CHICAGO SALES MEET PARA, SALES POLICY Chicago — About 150 delegates to the RKO regional convention will attend the opening session at the Drake Hotel today. Mayor Edward J. Kelly will welcome the salesmen. Following the roll call by A. A. Schubart and opening addresses by Jules Levy and Ned Depinet, the feature "India Speaks" will be dis- cussed by J. H. Goldberg represent- ing Walter Futter, producer of the film. Al Mertz, short subject sales manager will announce and discuss the new line-up of shorts and will be followed by Fred J. McConnell of the Van Beuren Corp. Talks by Sol G. Newman, managing direc- tor of Radio Pictures in the United Kingdom, and Ambrose Dowling, head of the RKO export department will end today's activities. Those attending the meeting in- clude: Home Office contingent — Ned E. Depinet, Jules Levy, K. I.. McEvoy, Sol G. Newman. Ambrose Dowling, Al Mertz. Robert F. Sisk, S Barret McCormick, A. A. Schubart. Mich- ael J. Poller, J. P. Skelly. Leon J. Bam- berger. \Villi;rm Dahler, Frank Kennedy, Lou Miller. Lou Gaudreau. Chicago — Walter Branson, district man- ager; J. Osserman, branch manager; M. Kassel, office -manager; S. Decker, S. Gore- lick, R. Greenblatt, J. V. Nolan. Cincinnati S. C. Jacques, branch manager; G. J. Boudet, office manager. R. Kinsler, A. L. Sugarman, L. Rosenfeld. Cleveland — H. Sil- verberg, branch manager; A. F. Braeuning. office manager; A. Goldsmith. X. II. Gerson. Dallas — L. E. Harrington, branch manager ; R. Sachs, office manager; J. II. Gruben. E. A. Phelps, L. M. Sachs, J. Brecheen. Des Moines — B. J. McCarthy, branch manager; T. Evans, office manager; R. F. Crawford. M. A. Raymore. Detroit — Nat Levy, branch manager; E. Loye, office manager; E. C. Murphy, F. Bonnem, Herman Cohen. Omaha — A. M. Avery, branch manager; T. R. Ferrand, of- fice manager; O. Hanson. \V. J. Foley. El- mer llucnke. Sioux Falls — S. W. Fitch, branch manager; E. J. Frace. Indianapolis R, E. Churchill, branch manager; C. W. McKean, office manager; C. E. Penrod, C. i Wallace, R. L. Brentlinger. Kansas Cits I K. Thompson, branch manager; J. B. Wangberg, office manager; E. L. Dyson, J. Lewis, A. A. Renfro. K. G. Howe. Mem- phis 1'. M. Baker, branch manager: R. V. . office manager; N. J, Colquhoun. Milwaukee A. N. Schmitz, branch manager; W. .V Blaney, office manager; M. Anderson. I Ambrose, II Melcher. Minneapolis I. K. < loblhammer, branch manager; ('. I. DreSSell, office manager; W. i Winters. S. Frank, A. I.. Zacherl. Eph •'-leans -G, C. Brown, branch manager; J. R. I.amantia, office manager; i Pfeiffer, II. F. Cohen. Oklahom., Citj H. It. Williams, branch manager; M . I Dowling. office manager; P. Fielding, (. D. Burton Si I Buis L. Elman. branch man- R. G. Taylor, office manager; T. C. Tobiii. II. Sanders. W. F. De Frenne. Cal- J. T. Droy. Winnipeg— L. II. W. it- Traveling Representatives — Jack De Raj O'Brien, Elmer Sedin. HOLD FOR FOURTH WEEK Milwaukee — "Gold Diggers of 1933" continues for a fourth week at the Warner Theater here. Chicago — Sales policies and new season product were discussed by George J. Schaefer, general man- ager of Paramount, at the company's local sales meeting which closed yesterday at the Drake. Others who spoke to the gathering of nearly 170 were: Neil Agnew, Joe Unger and Stanley Waite. The home office dele- gation leaves today to participate in the coast sales meeting which opens at Los Angeles Wednesday. Ask Guild Writers To Quit M. P. Academy (Continued from Page 1) Committee. All but seven of the 144 members of the Academy's writers' branch are also members of the Guild, which has a total mem- bership of 388. Guild leaders declared that the Academy's new constitution favors employers. In defense of the Acad- emy, Frank Woods asserted that only one per cent of conciliation matters considered by this organiza- tion went against employees. John Frances Natteford, John Meehan and Harvey Thew have been elected members of the Guild execu- tive board. .oming a nd G oing WALTER CAMP, Jr. sailed from New Yl on the "Reliance" yesterday bound for cruise to the North Cape. AL ALTMAN of M-G-M returns to N York Wednesday from Chicago. ZOE AKINS left New York last night the Coast to cast a new play. JEANNE COHEN leaves New York FricI for the Coast. AL JOLSON leaves New York early ne week for California. MILTON DIAMOND sails from New Yc|j Monday en route for Paris. JOHN E. OTTERSON sailed yesterday f his annual trip abroad. Action-Family Films New Monarch Plan Although Monarch has not as ytJ decided upon the exact number 2 + Vi Trins-lux 2% 2% 2'8 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 4% 4'3 4'8 + '/g Par. By. 5'2s51 28 28 28 Par. 5'2s50 12% 12'8 + 7/s Warners 6s39 36 35>2 35' 2 — >/4 NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE Para. Pubhx P4 1 Us — !'s GERMANY BARS JEWS FILM LABORATORIES FROM ALL PRODUCTION FORM ORGANIZATION Berlin (By Cable) — Jews are ex- cluded from any part in German film product inn under a new film law announced Saturday by the Minis- try of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda. This applies to Amer- ican picture companies working in Germany. The law specifies that pictures given exhibition permits as German pictures must have been produced by "Germans of German descent and nationality" or, under conditions, "foreigners of German descent." One exception is under a provision which authorizes Dr. Paul Goebbels, Reich Minister of Popular Enlight- enment and Propaganda, to issue, in individual cases, permits for "for- eigners" to work in German produc- ti ;ns "for cultural or artistic rea- sons." SOVIET 'PATRIOTS' PREPARING Amkino is preparing the Ameri- can version of "The Patriots" for early release. PILGRIMAGE' OPENING JULY 12 World premiere of Fox's "Pil- grimage" has been set for July 12 Gaiety. Signed for 4 Each Hollywood — Directors Ernest B. Scho- edsack and John Cromwell have been signed by RKO to each direct tour fea- tures for the 1933-34 program. Among the four for Schocdsack will be "Fugi- tive from Glory." starring John Barry- more. First for Cromwell will be "Ann Vickers." RKO Chicago Meeting Ends Today; L. A. Next Chicago — This is wind-up day of the three-day RKO regional sales convention at the Drake Hotel. Jules Levy will discuss the company's sales policy, Robert F. Sisk and Bai-- ret McCormick will discuss general promotion plans for the new season, and Walter Branson, mid-west dis- trict manager will speak on Radio Pictures activities in his district and will conclude the morning program. In the afternoon Ed. L. McEvoy. eastern and Canadian sales manager. A. A. Schubart contract department head, and visiting home officers will hold the floor. MAKE 2 NON-THEATRICALS Two talking pictures have just been completed in the studios of Chicago Film Laboratory, Chicago. One is "Financing the American Family," produced for the House- hold Finance Corp. The second pro- duction, "Good Hospital Care," was produced for the Petrolagar Labora- tories in cooperation with the Amer- ican College of Surgeons. MADE RKO BKLYN. MANAGER J. J. Franklin assumes manage- ment of the RKO Albee, Brooklyn, replacing Marvin Park, who has been granted a leave of absence by Herschel Stuart. Park leaves today for California and will return Aug. 1. FOX MUSICAL FOR ROXY Fox's "It's Great to Be Alive" has been booked to open at the original Roxy starting Friday. The film is a musical and was directed by Al- fred Werker. {Continued from Page 1) meet next week, possibly Thursday, to elect officers, directors and for- mulate1 by-laws. H. J. Yates is acting president of the organization. The committee named to formulate a laboratory code is not expected to return a full report for several weeks. Meanwhile, Al Fiedler, chair- man of the committee will call sev- eral meetings at which time the code will be discussed and drafted in part. 4 New Season RKO Pictures in Work (Continued from Payc I) Shooters," "Fool's Gold" and "In the Fog," all 1932-33 releases. Films on the new schedule that are in pro- duction are "Glory Command," with Bruce Cabot; "Son of Kong," with Robert Armstrong; "Ace of Aces," with Richard Dix; "Little Women," starring Katherine Hepburn and "Rafter Romance," with Ginger Rogers and Norman Foster. In preparation for the new program are "Romance in Manhattan," star- ring Francis Lederer; "Blonde Poison"; "Ann Vickers," wTith Irene Dunne and Walter Huston; "Sweet Cheat," with Ginger Rogers, and "Aggie Appleby," with Charles Far- rell and Helen Mack. ARBUCKLE FUNERAL HELD Funeral services for Roscoe "Fat- ty" Arbuckle were conducted Sat- urday at the Campbell funeral .much by the B. P. O. Elks. Honor- ary pallbearers were: Bert Lahr, _.ert Wheeler, Leo Carrillo, Gus Edwards, Roy McCarey, Joe Rivkin, Johnny Walker and William LaHiff. Cremation followed ac Fresh Pond crematory, Maspeth, Queens. Mrs. Arbuckle will leave for the coast .n is week with the ashes of the late .omedian. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: RKO central sales meeting, Drake Hotel, Chicago. July 5-6: Paramount regional sales convention, Los Angeles. July 7-9: RKO western sales meeting, St I Francis Hotel, San Francisco. July 8: Monogram eastern sales meeting, New | York. July 10: M. P. T. 0. A. executive committee meeting, Hotel Congress, Chicago. July 10: Meeting of National Ass'n of M. P. In- dustry at Park Central Hotel. July 1 1 : Meeting of Allied Theaters of New Jersey at 2 P. M. July 13-14: Monogram central sales meeting, Chicago. July 17: United Artists sales convention, Chi- cago. July 18: Meeting of M. P. T. 0. of Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, Jackson, Miss. Juiy 20-2! : Monogram southern sales meeting New Orleans. July 21-24: Fox Film Corp. special stockholders' meeting, home office, New York. July 25: Meeting of Allied Theaters of New Jersey at 2 P. M. July 28-29: Monogram western sales meeting, San Francisco. Aug. 2-3: Monogram Canadian sales meeting, Tororto. Aug. 23-24: First annual convention of Inde- pendent Motion Picture Owners Association of Delaware and Eastern Shore of Maryland at Hotel Henelopen, Rehoboth, Del. Sept. 13: A. M officers P. A. holds annual election of BUY "SONG OF LIFE" RIGHTS Principal Pictures has acquired "Song of Life" from Mayflower Pic- tures for California, Arizona, Nev- ada. Archie Mayers, general sales manager of Mayflower closed the deal. NEW UNION AGREEMENT Wilkes-Barre — Comerford Amuse- ment Co. and Local 325 of the Mo- tion Picture Projectionists have reached an agreement for the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 1934. New wage scale and a revision of work- ing conditions are in the agreement. Ward Wing Set to Make Two Jungle Features Ward Wing, who directed "Sam arang," has organized Ward Wing Pictures, Inc., and has made definite plans for producing two jungle fea- tures for release during 1933-34. First is titled "Jungle Love" and will be made in Malacca. "Rerao! Remo!" ("Tiger! Tiger!"), will be the second and will be produced both in Malacca and Sumatra. Wing and his wife,, Lori Bara, leave New York within three weeks for Malacca. Neufeld and Heenon to Open Philly Exchange Philadelphia — Oscar Neufeld and Bill Heenon will open a new ex- change here within the next few weeks. Their product will include Harold Lloyd comedies, synchron- ized and with new effects. B. J. HYNES, of RKO Theaters, returns Thurs- day from Bermuda. MARVIN PARK, manager of the RKO-Albee, leaves for the coast today. MARLENE DIETRICH will return from Europe July 18 in time to attend the premiere of her Paramount picture, "Song of Songs," at the Criterion. THE Monday, July 3, 1933 -2&*l DAILY RKO Radio Chicago Convention Squibs }OB SISK still doing a Bob Wool- sey — puffing a perfecto at all ses- ons. Barrett McCormick hit it up with 'hurchill's gang from Indianapolis. [ac once ran the Circle in the In- ana city and make a rep for his ne ad campaigns. Several games of Culbertson sys- ■m bridge developed on the Twen- eth Century on the way to Chi- 'igo. Maybe RKO's champ will lallenge their star — even for the ere sake of publicity. Joe Goldberg is representing Wal- r Futter here. Walter didn't want i wend westward until he can go \ through to Hollywood. Fred McConnell, general manager ' the Van Beuren Corp., did a con- nuous handshaking job for Fred 'lows all the boys. 1 Walter Branson assembled a gang his keenest branch managers to iswer that sales challenge wire ished from New York by Bob olff, H. T. Dixon and Frank Mc- simee. ol|iMayor Kelly of Chicago made a j hit with the visiting Radiomen cause of his hearty welcome and niality. Ed McEvoy, now eastern district les manager, held his usual re- ion with the gang in this part of 2 woods which used to be his do- jcile when western division man- ler for Mister Pathe's talkies. orris Landres Resigns From Ideal Pictures {Continued from Page 1) nths. Ideal Pictures and Gen- ii Film Library offices have been ved from the ninth floor of 729 /enth Aye. to larger quarters on 17th floor of the same building. ?or the coming season Ideal will iduce and release six three-reelers 1 13 one-reel novelties titled "hat-nots." The first three-reeler, lie Next War," will be completed ;J:t week. The second will be an iiskan adventure film. : DROP VAUDEVILLE 'rovidence — Vaudeville will be dis- tinued at the RKO Albee on July The house will play straight tures. U. A. Still in Hays Ass'n President Joseph M. Schenck has not indicated any intentions of withdrawing United Artists from membership in the Hays organization, it was stated Satur- day at the association's New York head- quarters. Schenck on -Friday submitted Mie United Artists resignation from the Association of M. P. Producers at the oast. MGIth* WITH PHIL M.DALY LejbvubJ • • © WHILE ATTENDING the Midwest regional con- vention at Chi Paramount execs and salesmen were guests at a party given in their honor at the Hollywood exhibit at the World's Fair • © • HEADED BY George S'chaeffer the "visit- ing firemen" included Neil Agnew, Charles Reagan, Allan Usher and Bob Gillham they were treated to a spiffy floor show headed by Chaz Chase and Roscoe Ates. augmented by a courtesy appearance of Harry Richman, who opened at the Chicago theater for B. & K. last Friday • 6 • DIRECTED BY George Jeske and Jack Sullivan Ates and a company are making a series of shorts in the concession with the crowds permitted to watch the "shooting" Several of the Paramount execs expressed themselves as being highly enthusiastic over the conduct of the Exhibit and also the fact that authentic demonstra- tions of sound-picture making are given without benefit of the ole circus ballyhoo it looks as if the Fair offers a grand opportunity for producers to grab off some fine publicity with millions of sightseers from all over the country • • • MEET THE new playwright, Mary Pickf ord she has written her first play, which will be turned into an operetta and Grace Moore will appear in it this fall Elza Maxwell is working on the music The Mills Musical Playboys will hold a Composers and Arrangers nite this Friday over WJZ and the NBC network they will broad- cast a complete program comprising songs composed by mem- bers of the orchestra "TERROR ABOARD" with John Halliday, Charlie Ruggles, Shirley Grey Paramount 69 mins. TALE OF WHOLESALE MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS IS OVERDONE AND MISSES. Evidently they intended to make this a sensational shocker, but the long list of murders grows unconvincing and gives a distinct impression of being vastly over- done. Can't see how it can appeal to women, and is certainly out for the kiddies. John Halliday is the owner of a yacht on a trip to Australia where he plans to marry one of his guests, Shirley Grey. A wireless is received telling Halliday that the authori- ties are after him for crooked stock deals, and his arrest has been ordered when he lands. So the suave criminal starts on a campaign of wholesale murder, planning to destroy the entire crew and all his guests one by one and escape with the girl to some deserted island. One after another the people on board are done away with by various devices, and the audience is let in on the murderer's operations. It's a wild tale, and the fact that it is done with class and a good cast doesn't alleviate the morbid theme and overdone melodramatics. Cast: John Halliday, Charlie Ruggles, Neil Hamilton, Shirley Grey, Verree Teas- dale, Jack La Rue, Leila Bennett, Morgan Wallace, Thomas Jackson, William Janney, Paul Hurst, Stanley Fields, Frank Hagney, Clarence Wilson, Paul Porcasi. Director, Paul Sloane; Authors, Harvey Thew, Manuel Seff; Adaptors, same; Cam- eraman, Harry Fishbeck. Direction, Good. Photography, Fine. Ken Maynard in "TOMBSTONE CANYON" Fox 62 mins. EXCITING WESTERN HAS KEN MAY- NARD DOING HIS STUFF IN A WAY TO PLEASE THE FANS. This is a shocker western, with plenty of murder atmosphere in a mystery plot concerning the Phantom Killer. Ken May- nard comes to Tombstone Canyon to learn from a rancher what his real identity is. He is soon engulfed in a whirl of exciting events and mystery. The Phantom Killer is abroad, and Ken becomes the suspect due to a chain of circumstances. Still the killings of the Phantom proceed, with the sheriff one of the victims. The man who was to reveal his real identity is shot, and the killer is being forced by Ken to tell what all the mystery is about, when he is forced to flee to escape the gang he is embroiled with. The mystery is finally cleared up when the Phantom Killer re- veals himself to the hero as his father, who all these years had been planning revenge on his own brother who stole his baby boy, Ken. It finishes with a wild and hectic double battle between the two fathers and sons opposing each other to a death strug- gle. Maynard is victorious in his fight, but his father dies. Plenty of plot, action and excitement. Cast: Ken Maynard, Cecelia Parker, Shel- don Lewis, Frank Brownlee; Jack Clifford, George Gerwing, Lafe McKee, Edward Peil, Sr. Director, Alan James; Author, Claude Rister; Adaptor, same; Cameraman, not listed. Direction, Fast. Photography, Good. BIGGER PROGRAMS MEAN MORE HITS (Continued from Page .1) ferred to seven organizations identi- fied with production activities. Other recommendations are as fol- lows: Prevent in whatever manner pos- sible, in large studios, the interfer- ence of non-creative executives in story writing and creative work, except so far as economy warrants. Eliminate excessive and unneces- sary salaries for unproductive ex- ecutives. Limit to a reasonable extent over- bidding for talent. Establish standard compensations for skilled labor and craftsmen without lowering existing scales. Encourage the royalty system, whereby author, star and director shall receive a percentage of the actual profits, thus minimizing the excessive salary evil. Abolish for the time being, the importation of foreign talent, which, at best, is experimental. Adopt and enforce, with govern- ment aid if necessary, a code of de- cency to govern the production of pictures for the primary purpose of bringing back to the picture thea- ter the millions of former patrons who have been alienated by the trend towards what has been de- signed as ultra-sophistication." Encourage the rental of studio space and service for independent productions, especially with new and untried ideas. RKO THEATER ASSIGNMENTS Frank Hines has been appointed manager of the RKO Palace, Cleve- land, with Bert Hansen, formerly manager of the Proctor, Troy, will handle publicity for all Cleveland houses. Harry Schlinker has been transferred from the management of the Grand Albany, to Proctor's Troy. Lou Golding will supervise the Grand in addition to managing the Palace, Albany. fei MANY HAPPY mm Best wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the Industry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: July 3-4 Leon Errol Wynne Gibson Luther Reed Louis B. Mayer Joe C. Hornstein Goerge M. Cohan Ed Savin Harvey Thew Henry Armetta Mrs. Thomas Meighan Mary Patricia Alicoate ■ «• r DAILV Monday, July 3, 1933 A LITTLE from "LOTS ►// By RALPH W1LK HOLLYWOOD J-^UGH HERBERT, Warner con- tract player, has just completed a story of his experiences in vaude- ville, a period of 25 years of "hoof- ing." Two major studios are nego- tiating for the yarn. * * * Edward Sutherland has been un- usually successful in directing screen teams. He made "Behind the Front" and other comedy features of the series starring Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton. In "Close Har- mony" he introduced the comedy tern of Jack Oakie and Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, whom he is now- directing in "Too Much Harmony," for Paramount. * * * Director Robert Wyler is in New York, shooting backgrounds for Universal's "One Glamorous Night." * * * Sandra Ravel, who played one of the leads in "Three French Girls," now has a starring contract with the fines company in Italy, at a salary said to be the highest ever paid a movie star in that country. * * * Simile — As lonesome as a Malibu beach resident on Sunday. * * * As soon as Willard Mack com- pletes direction of "The March of Time," for M-G-M, he will undertake a featured role in the Jean Harlow- Lee Tracy picture, "Bombshell." * * * Paramount has signed Marcel Vallee, French comedian, to assume Edward Everett Horton's role in the French version of the Chevalier pro- duction "The Way to Love," now in production. Vallee sailed from Havre yesterday on the He de France. * * * Alex Troffey has finished editing "My Lips Betray" for Fox. * * * One of the principal feminine roles in "The World Changes," Paul Muni's next Warner Bros, starring picture, has been assigned to Jean Muir. * * * David Lewis has been signed by Merian C. Cooper, executive pro- ducer of RKO Radio Pictures, to supervise the production of "Hide in the Dark," filming of which will be- gin about the middle of July with Bruce Cabot in the principal male role. * * * "Mrs. VanKleek," novel by Elea- nor Mordaunt, has been purchased by M-G-M as a starring vehicle for Marie Dressier. Wells Root will write for RKO Radio the screen play of "Hide in the Dark," adapted from the novel by Frances Noyes Hart. * * * Barbara Stanwyck will next star for Warner Bros, in "Ever in My Heart." The film will be based upon a story by Bertram Milhauser and Beulah Marie Dix. * * * Spring Byington, New York stage actress, arrived in Hollywood recent- ly to appear in RKO Radio's "Lit- tle Women." * * * Richard Barthelmess's next star- ring vehicle for First National, "Shanghai Orchid." will go into pro- duction within the next 10 days. "Shanghai Orchid" is from the story by Gene Towne and C. Graham Baker and is to be directed by Wil- liam Dieterle. It will be the 52nd starring picture in which Barthel- mess has appeared. Jack Dugger, of Dallas, a former newspaperman who made good in the film business, worked on "To- peka State Journal," then with the Associated Press. A dozen years ago Paul Wilson was film inspector in Los Angeles. Now he's branch manager of a Memphis exchange. START MUSICAL JULY 20 Rowland - Brice resume feature production July 20 when they start work on the musical, "Take a Chance," at the Eastern Service Studio, Astoria. Work on their shorts series, also for Universal, is temporarily held up awaiting the return to New York <,( Walter Win- chell. who is now at the coast, and Morton Downey, who is abroad. HIGH FIDELITY PRESS BOOK A complete press book of advertis- ing and publicity material on its Hifrh Fidelity sound reproducing equipment, has been prepared by the Photophone division of the RCA Victor Co. for distribution to all ex- hibitors who have contracted for new installations. SIGNS PICKENS SISTERS The Pickens Sisters, NBC Har- mony Trio, have signed a con- tract with Charles R. Rogers to ap- pear in a feature for Paramount Pictures. They are to report in Hollywood at some time between Aug. 15 and Sept. 15 to begin work. This will be at the end of their present tour of personal appearances to which two additional RKO thea- ters have been added. These are Keith's, Boston, and the Albee in Providence. VELAS AGAIN AN EXHIB tt heeling, W. Va.— The State the- ater has been reopened with James \ elas, a former operator, again in charge. Velas operated the Liberty and Lyric here several years ago. 40 Monogrammers Due At New York Meet (Continued from Page 1) Ritchey, Edward Golden, J. P. Fried- hoff, J. S. Harrington; New York Division — Harry Thomas, Budd Rog- ers, Otto Lederer, Dave Sohmer, Jules Chapman, Dick Perry, Mike Thomas, William Benson, Bert Freese, Al Friedlander, Miss M. Shear; Philadelphia — Al Blofson, Moe Sherman, Miss E. Segal; Bos- ton— Herman Rifkin, E. H. Morey, Charles Wilson, Bob Cobe, Steve Broidy; New Haven — Harry Gold* man; Albany — Bernard Mills, Sam Milberg, E. M. Loew, Miss M. Haw- kins; Buffalo — Jack Berkowitz, H. Berkson, N. R. Sodikman; Pitts- burgh— J. H. Alexander, S. A. Fine- berg, H. M. Wheeler, C. A. Molte, A. R. Cherry; Washington, D. C— Sam Flax, Jake Flax. Two other Monogram regionals are scheduled to be held as follows: July 10, Jung Hotel, New Orleans, and July 15, Chicago. SHORT SUBJECTS LESLIE SWAEBE MARRIED Boston — Leslie Swaebe, manager of the Strand in Peabody and the Uptown in Lynn, is receiving con- gratulations on his marriage last week. Bobby Jones in "How to Break 90" (No. 6— Fine Points) Vitaphone 10 mins For Golfers Last of this series of golf sub- jects has J. Farrell MacDonald anc Edmund Breese as stooges foij Jones, with a bit of Pullman comedy in the action. Subject matter for the most part will interest golfers only. "Sing, Sister, Sing" Paramount 9 mins Novelty Cartoon A Max Fleischer song cartoon featuring the Three X Sisters. This' trio does several songs in costume at the piano while the lines are thrown on the screen with the danc-, ing white ball marking the time The cartoon end is clever, with the, setting a department store and all the animals doing their bits with the mouse and the cat as hero an villain, respectively. Lively an diversified with the injection of the human actors. ^ijjjjpm urn, i charge for a restful view of entire Central Park and a refreshing breeze . . . "Amer- ica's only truly Continental hotel . . . de- lightful . . . different . . . convenient to thea- tres, shops and business. • Dinner and supper dancing nightly in the SKY GARDEN, New York's intimate and popular Roof . . . entertainment. Luncheon or tea at . . . RUMPELMAYER'S. Rates: Single $3.50-55; double $5-$7; suites from $8 ATTRACTIVE WEEKLY AND MONTHLY CONCESSIONS Moderately priced apartments furnished or unfurnished available NOW or October 1st. DIRECTION . . S. GREGORY TAYLOR Inti mate in Cha raci 'International in Sco Independent in Thougl an j_ Wr^wti^4 The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fifteen Years Old VOL. LYIII. N€.3 NEW YCCr, WEDNESDAY, JLLY 5 , 1933 5 CENTS Outlines the Industry Code Ratification Procedure NEW BOOKING DEMANDSJLANNED BY 0 INDIES few Ohio Houses Affected by New Admission Tax Law The Cinema . . . on-a-string ;By JACK ALICOATE- UUITH EVERYBODY doing it the indus- "' try is being KILLED with codeness . . ARTHUR loew would rather FLY to iollywood than take a TRAIN to Glen Cove . . . The ROXY presentations at RA- )IO CITY are the most CONSISTENTLY pectaeular put on by any theater any- where ... No one on earth pays as many DIFFERENT taxes as the theater owner . . NICK schenck is the strong SILENT ian of pictures . . . The latest Mickey /louse opus is a RIOT . . . That old medi- ine man WELFORD beaton and his SPEC- ATOR are again doing business at the old tand . . . Only a LAST minute complication ept that DICK rowland big announcement rom breaking last week. [TWENTIETH CENTURY at least is get- ;' ting talked afcout PLENTY within the in- lustry . . . NOTHING has done so much to REVIVE business as BEER ... The LIE vas passed between two BIG shots last jveek and a duel is in the offing . . . WE ;now 'em both, HORATIO, and suggest IPONGES at sixty paces . . . ADMIRAL ranklin of Long Island Sound and points vest is taking SWIMMING lessons . . . There's a decided SNAP to the way that idvertising feller GILLHAM is doing things it PARAMOUNT . . . That Wilmington LECTRICS decision will be more IMPOR- TANT than most folks realize . . . THREE eature productions are in production HERE n New York with more on the schedule. MO one has taken the place of HARRY ^ reichenbach. His widow is in Spain . . . ^ BIG film outfit can be had and SAM katz came near owning it . . . Hollywood- at-the-Chicago-Fair is ANYTHING but a iuccess . . . We know at least ONE demo- crat that has rather ambitious ideas . . . ■The most frequent CRITICISM we hear From the patron folks is LACK of comedy ■ . CHILLED theaters are doing a rusti- ng business these DOG days . . . There's ARGUING plenty going on amongst the josses, which shows the boys are ON their toes. Greater Part of Revenue Will Be Produced by Sporting Events By J. W. LEHMAN Film Daily Staff Correspondent Columbus — Indications are that only approximately 12 Ohio houses will be affected by the new state ad- mission tax law which applies to charges of more than 40 cents. The greater part of the revenue will come from various sporting events. It is believed that Gov. White will not sign the measure but instead allow it to become a law without his signature. JOE SEIDER CIRCUIT TO BUILDJ HOUSES Construction of six theaters, four on Long Island and two in Connecti- cut, is planned by Prudential The- aters during the coming season. Jo- seph Seider said Monday. The cir- (Continued on Page 4) Warners Have Seven Ready for Release West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — With seven produc- tions that were completed previous to the recent closing of the Warner studios, awaiting release, shooting (Continued on Page 2) Roach Spending $1,600,000 West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — More than $1,600,000 will be spent by the Hal Roach studios on their 42 comedies and two features for M-G-M release during the new sea- son, according to Henry Ginsberg, vice- president and general manager. COLUMBIA PLANS 48 FEATURES IN '33-34 Atlantic City — Columbia's pro- gram for 1933-34 will consists of 48 features, including 36 to be known as "The March Forward Group" and 12 as "Action Western Melodramas," supplemented by 130 short subjects comprising seven single-reel series and 26-two-reelers. The program announcement was made by Jack Cohn as follows at the (Continued on Page 5) Foreign Dept. Execs Study German Problem Study of the German situation from the angle of withdrawal by major company foreign department officials has been given additional impetus by the Hitler Government ban on Jews identified with the in- dustry in that country. John Hicks of Paramount sails July 20 in com- (Continued on Page- 2) Procedure for Ratification Of Industry Code Outlined Four Classifications For Unemployed Survey W'St Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — In connection with Hollywood's part in the drafting of a production code, its personnel has been divided into four classifications (Continued on Page 4) Fifteen years of production, distribution and exhibition completely covered in the "New Deal" number of the FILM DAILY.— Advt. By WILLIAM SILBERBERG Film Daily Staff Correspondent Washington — Procedure to be fol- lowed in the final drafting and rati- fication of an industry code for the film and other industries was out- lined by General Hugh B. Johnson, administrator, here yesterday. Following drafting of a code by industry elements themselves, a hearing will be held with the ad- ministrator presiding at which dis- (Continued on Page 2) Want Major Co. Features Day-and-Date 2nd Run With Big Circuits Day-and-date bookings of major company product, second-run with all large circuits will be demanded by the smaller metropolitan New York independent circuits for the coming season. For the past year local circuits have been forced to play pictures fourth and fifth-run following the national circuit houses, according to an executive of one of the groups. Loew houses will not be expected (Continued on Page 2) DENY WARNER-KOPLAR DEALJNJT, LOUIS A persistent report in St. Louis film circles has Harry and Samuel Koplar planning to acquire the St. Louis Amusement Company's circuit of neighborhood and suburban (Continued on Page 2) Schuyler Grey Buried In Woodlawn Cemetery Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery yesterday followed funeral services Monday night for Schuyler Grey, technical director and writer who died early Monday morning at the (Continued on Page 5) To Analyze Decision "A sweeping victory for independent exhibitors" is the way Robert Robins, executive secretary of the American Society for the Protection of Motion Picture Theaters, yesterday described the Wilmington District Court decision finding certain restrictive clauses in the Electrical Research Products leas- ing agreement illegal. He said his as- sociation will hold a special meeting soon to analyze the decision, which "stops encroachments on the part of the electrics." Fifteen years is a long time in pictures, com- pletely covered in the forthcoming "New Deal" number of the FILM DAILY.— Advt. -. ■£&* OAILV Wednesday, July 5, 1933 Vol. IXIII. No. 3 Mil. JriT 5.H33 Prici5Cnb JOHN W IIICDME Editor tod Publisher hrd daily except Sundays and Holidiys at I6S0 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wids'o Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoatr. President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer ml Cciirr.il Manager; Arthur W. F.ddy, Asso- ciate Editor: Don Carle Gillette. Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1 0 1 S. at the post-office at N«w York, NY., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. A I !-css all communications to THE FILM DAILY. H.50 Broadway, New York, N. Y., Phone. Circle 7-4736. 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. address: Filmday, New York. Holly- wood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Holly- wood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest W. Fredman. The Film Renter, 89-91 Warlour St.. \V. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn, Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL 'QUOTATIONS AS OF MONDAY) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 6V4 6 6'4 + % Columbia Picts. vtc. 20 19'/4 19'/2 + % Con. Fm. Ind 43{, 4 4% + % Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 12 11% H34 + Vs East. Kodak 863$ 84'/i 85 + 1 Fox Fm. •'A" .... 3''2 3' g IVl + Va Loews. Inc 247'g 23S8 243j + % Paramount ctfs. ... 1% 1 1/4 1% + % Pathe Exch V/2 1% 1% do "A" 6% 53/4 6V4 + 3/s RKO 4V4 4 4 Warner Bros 634 6'g 63<4 + Vi do pfd 21 '4 2P/8 217/g -f % NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Pets. vtc. 20' g 20' g 20'/g + Va Gen Th. Eq. pfd ...11-16 5j, 11-16 +1-16 Technicolor 8% 8'/g 8'/g — % Trans-Lux 3 27g 2% NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. 5 4% 4% Gen. Th. Eq.6s40ctfs. 4 4 4 4- % Keith A-0 6s 46 . 49 49 49 + 2% Locw 6s 41ww... 80Vi 80 80''2 Paramount 6s 47 18'2 13'g I8V2 + °>Vl Paramount 6s 47cffs. 15 15 15 +1 Par. By. 5'2s 51.. 27'g 2'g 27>g — % Par. 5',2s 50 173; 13 17 + 4'/8 Par. 5'2s 50 ctfs . 16 14 16 2 Pathe 7s 37 75 75 75 Warners 6s 39 .... 36'i 35'g 36 -f % NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE Para. Publix 1% 1 138 -f 1/4 Hand in Hand Milwaukee — Prohibition was described as the "best friend the motion picture industry ever had" by Miss Maud Aldnch. director of motion picture ac- tivities for the Women s Christian Tem- perance Union, "because money which would have been used to buy liquor was spent for recreation for the entire family." She also rapped pictures for exerting "a derogatory influence." CODE RATIFICATION PROCEDURE OUTLINED (Continued from Page 1) senting minorities will have a voice. Present will be the Industrial Re- covery Board and labor representa- tives as well as industry delegates. All statistical data will be supplied by the Administration and will not be acceptable from outside sources. After the code has been completed it will be studied by the industrial recovery organization and finally goes to the President for his ap- proval. Foreign Dept. Execs Study German Problem (Continued from Page 1) pany with Eugene Zukor and among other matters, will survey conditions in Germany. Arthur W. Kelly of United Artists sails today to attend to European matters, including the German situation. Clayton P. Shee- han of Fox is sailing from Europe for New York immediately, follow- ing a tour of the Continent. Deny Warner-Koplar Deal in St. Louis (Continued from Page 1) houses, controlled by Warner Bros. The story was emphatically denied in New York Monday by Warner theater executives. The Metropolitan Theaters Corp., '•^ntrolled by the Koplars. Emil Strauss and the estate of the late David Sommers, as the holder of a -pcond mortgage for $640,000 on the St. Louis at Grand and Delmar Boulevards, St. Louis, has forced a foreclosure of the property, which •vill be put on sale July 22. It is believed that the Koplars will buy ;n the house. N. L. Godwin Operating Associated at K. C. Kansas City, Mo. — Associated Film Distributors. Inc.. has taken on nine Goldsmith productions for distribution in Western Missouri and Kansas. M. L. Godwin now owns this distribution unit, having recent- ly purchased the interest in it of Russell Borg. Bill Byrd. formerlv wth Fox-Edu- cational-Tiffany at Dallas, Tex., has joined Associated. R. R. Jersey, formerly covering Western Kansas for the company, has been transferred to the office here. LICHTMAN LEAVING FOR W. C. Al Lichtman leaves New York to- day for the coast to confer with Joseph M. Schenck, Darryl Zanuck, Samuel Goldwyn and other United Artists officials concerning the 1933- 34 production program. He will jro direct from the coast to Chicago to attend the company sales convention at the Drake July 17. N. Y. INDIES PLAN BOOKING DEMANDS (Continued from Page 1) to share M-G-M product second-run with the smaller circuits but the local operators now demand that all other major company product, played in the Loew houses shall be shared with the local circuits. The system will work the same for all circuit houses and all major prod- uct. Following the current reorganiza- tion of the Manhattan Playhouses, it is expected that a statement cover- ing booking demands will be issued. A similar statement will be issued by Lee Ochs, it is understood. Warners Have Seven Ready for Release (Continued from Page 1) has started on four new features with seven others prepared and ready for early production. Release dates for the pictures on hand are as follows: "Narrow Corner" July 8, "She Had to Say Yes" and "The Man from Monterey" July 15, "Good- bye Again" July 22, "Captured" July 29 and "Voltaire" tentative date Aug. 5. Those in production now are "Footlight Parade," "Red Meat," "Bureau of Missing Persons" and "Wild Boys of the Road." Four features are scheduled for produc- tion within the next three weeks. They are "Female," "Ever in My Heart," "Shanghai Orchid" and "America Kneels." Others ready for early production are "The Kennel Murder Case," "Convention City" and "Son of the Gobs." "Jack and Bean Stalk" New Cartoon Series West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — "Jack and the Bean Stalk," the first of a new series of cartoons in Technicolor, will be ready for release in September. This new series of famous old fairy tales in color will be produced by UB Iwerks under the screen title of "Once Upon a Time." Scenarios have been prepared on the follow- ing stories for future production: "Tom Thumb," "Cinderella," "Jack, the Giant Killer," "Little Red Riding Hood," "The Three Bears," "The Snow Queen," and "The Little Tin Soldier." RESIGNS FROM F.P.L. BOARD Toronto — Victor Ross has resigned from the board of directors of Fa- mous Players Canadian Corp., Ltd. It is understood that Ross, who is the third vice-president of the Im- perial Oil, Ltd., will become first vice-president of Imperial Oil. NEW RICHMOND HOUSE Richmond — Work will begin this week on the §30,000 theater to be built at 406 North 25th St. The new house will seat about 900 and will be owned and operated by a P. and G. Corp. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: Paramount regional sales convention. Los Angeles. July 7-9: RKO western sales meeting, St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco. July 8: Monogram eastern sales meeting, New York. July 10: M. P. T. O. A. executive committee meeting, Hotel Congress, Chicago. July 10: Meeting of National Ass'n of M. P. In- dustry at Park Central Hotel. July 11: Meeting of Allied Theaters of New Jersey at 2 P. M. July 12: World Premiere of "Pilgrimage" at Gaiety, New York. July 13-14: Monogram central sales meeting, Chicago. July 17: United Artists sales convention, Chi- cago. July 18: Meeting of M. P. T. O. of Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, Jackson, Miss. July 20-21 : Monogram southern sales meeting, New Orleans. July 21-24: Fox Film Corp. special stockholders' meeting, home office, New York. July 25: Meeting of Allied Theaters of New Jersey at 2 P. M. July 28-29: Monogram western sales meeting, San Francisco. Aug. 2-3: Monogram Canadian sales meeting, Toronto. Aug. 23-24: First annual convention of Inde- pendent Motion Picture Owners Association of Delaware and Eastern Shore of Maryland at Hotel Henelopen, Rehoboth, Del. Sept. 13: A. M. P. A. holds annual election of officers 48 St. Louis Theaters Holding "Family Nights" St. Louis — Forty-eight neighbor- hood houses are cooperating with the Better Films Council of St. Louis and St. Louis County in the giving of "family night" programs, it is shown by the annual report of the council's review committee. Out of 564 pictures reviewed during the past year the committee found 91 suited for "family nights." ANOTHER FOR HARRIS Oil City, Pa.— The Harris Amuse- ment Co. will take over the Lyric in Oil City July 9, Senator Frank J. Harris, president, has announced. This is the second Harris theater in this city, others being located in St. Mary's, Pa., Youngstown, Detroit, and Huntington. THEATRE OWNERS ATTENTION! We have in stock over 50,000 yards CRESTWOOD & PREMIER CARPETS Largest variety of THEATRE PATTERNS ever assembled Greater N. Y. Export House, Inc. 250 West 49th Street New York Theatre Carpets Our Specialty GETTING NEW YORK HOT AND BOTHERED! A teaser ad series used by the Capitol Theatre. Try it! DAILY Wednesday, July 5, 1933 TIMELY TOPICS The Director's I'lace In the Picture f AN the director contribute one single constructive and original idea to give the author a lead to follow? He cannot. His mind, in one word, is purely interpretative. * * * He at- tempts to tell the author how to construct plots, which is just as impertinent as if the bricklayer tried to "direct" the architect, or the caster in bronze the •^•ulptor, or the printer started telling the novelist how to write books. He calls in other au- thors to write over the original author's work, and then hands it to beautiful scenario writers with boy friends but no brains. He adds characters, dialogue and situations, and he invariably underestimates everybody's in- telligence but his own, including the public's. The result is the familiar hotch potch of legs and absurdity, and the ungainly spectacle of the film industry lying on its back with its spats in the air. One of two things has got to happen. Either the director has got to learn how to WTite stories or the story teller has got to learn how to write pictures, and the director must content himself with in- terpretation. The only man I've heard of who can do the first is Rene Clair. — Anthony Gibbs, "N. Y. American." RKO Home Office Execs En Route to Third Meet Chicago — RKO home office execu- tives en route to the company's third and final regional sales meeting opening Friday in San Francisco are: Ned E. Depinet, Jules Levy, Al Mertz, Robert F. Sisk, A. A. Schu- bart and Michael Poller. Meetings will take place at the St. Francis If tel Saturday and Sunday. .oming a nd G oing AL LICHTMAN leaves today for the coast. FRANCES AGNEW. writer, arrives in Holly- wood from New York. Saturday. HERBERT MARSHALL sails for New York from England today. SALLY EILERS. THELMA TODD and CHARLES LAUGHTON have arrived in New York from Europe. ARTHUR W. KELLY sails from New York today on the Aquatanla. JOHN HICKS and EUGENE ZUKOR, both of Paramount, sail July 20 for Europe. STANLEY WAITE and J. J. UNGER. Para- mount divisional managers, returned to New York Tuesday from Chicago, after attending the Paramount regional sales convention. NGthe R I ALTO WITH PHIL M. DALY • • • QUITE A nifty stunt that one pulled by George Bilson, Warners' studio publicity man at Grau- man's Chinese theater, where "Gold Diggers" is showing. as the patrons came out, a radio announcer with a miniature "mike" concealed in his coat lapel, asked them how they liked the show they didn't know it but their remarks went over station KFWB ,. when the radio columns car- ried the story the next day the patrons mobbed the radio gent the next evening he pulled the stunt in front of the theater all eager to crash as radio "entertainers" * * * * • • • THE WAY the stunt came to be originated is sim- ple George sez he was sick of listening to movie stars tell the public at premieres what they thought of their parts and the pix so he decided it was about time that the public got a chance to tell the stars what the customers think about THEM not a bad idea, say we Vicki Baum, author of "Grand Hotel," will be the honor guest Thurs- day nite at the Gala Supper Dance in the Sky Gardens of the St. Moritz * * * * • • • A VERY fine and sincere tribute was paid to Win- field Sheehan at the Fox convention in Atlantic City by Sidney Kent who stated that he had over 100 per cent confidence in his head of production and that coming from Mister Kent ought to settle several things. * * * * • • • LAST FRIDAY eve Joe Seider head of Prudential Theaters opened his West Hampton Beach theater with none other than ex-Governor Al Smith as the guest speaker * * * * • • • OVER AT Universal N. L. Manheim is cele- brating his 10th anniversary as the head of that company's Export Department Pat Garyn is just "Walter" to his two rich maiden aunties in Memphis IN Joan Crawford's "Dancing Lady," 24 gals who are dead ringers for Joan are being trained for a special dance routine in the pix Sol G. Newman, managing director in the United Kingdom for RKO Radio, will visit a movie studio for the first time when he goes to Hollywood after attending the third sales convention in San Francisco Ambrose Dowling, general manager of RKO Export Corporation, will accompany him * * * * • • • IT IS our privilege to cast a bouquet of nasturtiums or make it hollyhocks or hyacinths as you choose at Rutgers Neilson and his compact publicity dep't of 3 over at Radio's home office for the swell job they did in cover- ing the company regional sales conventions for the trade and popular press they swamped the film editors with lively and chatty news Rutgers is an old hand at this conven- tion reporting it did our heart good to observe the showmanship way in which he covered every angle * * * * • • • THAT VETERAN Fox director, John Blystone has started on "Shanghai Madness," his sixty-first pro- duction Jawn has been with Fox continuously for 15 years . Mae West has originated a new dance, "The Mid- way," for her next Paramount pix, "I'm No Angel" let Mae describe it "Not a dance of the hands and feet, but of the Mid- Way. I throw discretion to the winds, my hips to the North, East, South and West" and how Mae can do it! Columbia still leads the M. P. Baseball League with 8 wins and only 1 lost RKO is the runner-up Fox in the cellar with 6 zero EXPLOITETTES Novel Advertising Campaign on "Gabriel" A NOVEL and effective cam- paign was given "Gabriel Over the White House" in ad- vance of and current with its showing at the Criterion. Ob- I taining the names of the city's I leading citizens, ads were placed I in the "Times" showing pictures I of these men and women and I identifying them as far as the I reasons for their civic fame was I concerned. Advertisement copy I began: "If I were — " and went I on to urge the people to see "Gabriel." On the morning after the midnight opening of the film, \ a good break was received in the front page, first column po- litical news. At the start of the film's second week the "Times" carried a large adver- tisement quoting over 20 differ- | ent statements from Senators, Congressmen and leading citi- zens. — Criterion, Oklahoma City I Four Classifications For Unemployed Surve; (Continued -from Page 1) for the survey covering the unerr ployment situation. Following ar the classifications: creative talen skilled crafts whose work is peculia to the industry, skilled crafts whos work is not peculiar to the industr and semi-skilled and unskilled labo: « « « » » » Joe Seider Circuit To Build Six House (.Continued from Page 1) cuit is taking over the Huntingto Station at Huntington Station Jul 15 from Morris Markowitz, th house seating 780. Another theate was added to the group last Frida night when the new West Hampto Beach was opened at West Hampto Beach, L. I. FIRE DAMAGES STUDIO Newton, Mass. — Fire recently de stroyed the interior of the stone stu dio of the Atlas Film Co. in New ton Highlands, causing damage o some $18,000. THE Wednesday, July 5, 1933 &2H DAILY RKO Radio Chicago Convention Squibs TACK DROY, newly appointed J branch manager at Calgary, was [the recipient of congratulations and ; .welcoming handshakes in the Drake Jobby. Jack has been engaged in Canadian film circles for well nigh 15 years. Coming up from the ranks [he's been salesman, office manager and now branch chief. The boys who couldn't get time off to take in the World's Fair con- gregated in Walt Branson's projec- tion room and Jack Osserman show- ed 'em Pathe News' special two-reel trip through the Century of Prog- ress. ." Short subject specialist Al Mertz held old home-week sessions with " -the Cleveland gang whom he desert- [ "ed to assume his present position ' at the home office. Eph Rosen's natty panama head piece made him the "flour" of the Minneapolis man-power. That traveling trio, O'Brien, De Waal and Sedin, were looking for ¥ another partner to improve their harmony and graduate into the 1 "quartette class. j ; e: ?■ Page Baker from Memphis town |( is growing more like Paul Whiteman j .. . . in weight. | N. J. Colquhoun was offering two- big cigars (he bit 'em) to the boys who could pronounce his name . . . MjMemphis men ineligible, of course! Ye hosts, Walt Branson, district manager and Jackie Osserman, Chi branch chief, came through 100 per •cent, making everything "ducky" for the boys at the Drake. ! B. J. McCarthy of Des Moines was seen looking around the Chicago Boulevard for a "Free Beer" sign. Not having any luck, he finally per- suaded one of the luckier RKO gents ;o shell out for his ale. Nat Levy of Detroit told of buy- ing a new car just before he left for .the confab. Nat was sorry he had "fio leave the boiler behind, but Mrs. | Levy thought it would be best. Sherm Fitch longs to sell the big ' ihime. His advocation of Fitch's Shampoo warrants it, he believes. Levy Awards Watches Chicago — Jules Levy made personal awards of gold golf watches to the three leading RKO branch managers in the recent Jules Levy Anniversary Tes- timonial Eight Weeks Collection Drive. Those who received the watches at Monday's session of the company's sales meeting were: Ralph Williams, Okla- homa City; Sherman Fitch, Sioux City; and Nat Levy, Detroit. NEWS OF THE DAY Buffalo — Marvin Kempmer, for- mer branch manager for Paramount, has joined the Fox selling force. Emmet Dickman and William Row- ell also are covering western New York for Fox. Buffalo — George Rosing now is operating the Roosevelt which was purchased by his father from the Shea interests. Buffalo — With the showing of "Gold Diggers," the Buffalo Hippo- drome has changed from a double to single feature. The "Gold Dig- gers" is now in its second week. Atlanta — E. A. Rambonnet of Charlotte, N. C, has been added to the sales force of Arthur C. Brom- berg Attractions, Inc. Kansas City, Mo. — Homer Ellison has installed RCA High Fidelity sound equipment in his State theater at Garden City, Kan. Uhrichsville, O.— E. E. Bair, until recently manager of the State and American theaters in East Liver- pool, formerly identified with thea- ters here, has assumed charge of the State and Ohio here which he has leased. New Cumberland, W. Va. — Regis Duddy, new manager of Keith's 105th theater, Cleveland, and Miss Collette McGinty, also of Cleveland, were married here recently. Columbia Plans 48 Features in 1933-34 (Continued from Page 1) company's sales convention yester- day: Three roadshow specials to be directed by Frank Capra, Frank Borzage and Lewis Mile- stone. "Lady for a Day" (tentative title) a Frank Capra production including Warren William, May Robson, Glenda Farrell, Wal- ter Connolly, Guy Kibbee and Jean Parker. "The Party's Over," stage comedy drama. "Man's Castle," a Frank Borzage produc- tion featuring Loretta Young and Spencer Tracy. Another Frank Borzage production, "Most Precious Thing in Life," from Tra- vis Ingham's "McCall's Magazine" serial. "World's Fair," starring Jack Holt. "The Ninth Guest," from the play by Owen Davis. "The Lady Is Willing," from the stage com- edy drama by Louis Verneuil. Leslie How- ard is the star and Gilbert Miller is the di- rector. Two Lewis Milestone Productions. "Shadows of Sing Sing." "Whom the Gods Destroy," with Walter Connolly. "Black Moon," starring Jack Holt in the "Cosmo- politan Magazine" serial by Clements Ripley. "The Hell Cat." "Twentieth Century," Broad- way comedy drama hit, by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. "Men Need Women.'' "Let's Fall in Love," musical. "The Crim- inal Within." "Too Tough to Kill," from the story by J. D. Newsom, starring Jack Holt. One other Jack Holt production. "Once to Every Woman," from the "Cos- mopolitan Magazine" story "Kaleidoscope in K" by A. J. Cronin. "Above the Clouds," George B. Seitz story. A Carole Lombard production (untitled). "Fog," from the "Saturday Evening Post" serial by Valen- tine Williams and Dorothy R. Sims. "Blind Date." Another Frank Capra production, with Robert Montgomery. "The Lineup." "Hello Big Boy 1" musical comedy-drama. "Produce the Body." "Take the Witness," from the novel by Alfred Cohn and Joseph Chisholm. "Sisters Under the Skin," from the play by Courtenay Savage. "Among the Missing." "King of the Wild Horses," star- ring Rex, the Wonder Horse and William Janney and Dorothy Appleby, under the di- rection of Earl Haley. Four features of the police adventure drama type. 12 Outdoor Western Action Melodramas presenting Buck Jones and Tim McCoy. 26 Two Reel Com- edies (untitled) featuring star groups, two of which will be a Mickey McGuire series and a Smith & Dale series. "Krazy Kat Kartoons" produced by Charlie Mintz. "Scrappy," animated cartoons, produced by Charlie Mintz. "March of the Years," a one reel series. "Minute Mysteries," Detecto- grams, Produced from H. A. Ripley's mys- tery dramas by Bray Pictures. "A World of Sport," produced by Bray. "Screen Snap- shots." Walter Futter "Travelaughs" with John P. Medbury dialogue. Schuyler Grey Buried In Woodlawn Cemetery (Continued from Page 1) Stamford Hospital, Stamford, Conn., of peritonitis which developed after an operation two weeks ago. Grey was an authority on military and naval procedure and was technical director for "The West Pointer," "Gold Braid," "Men Without Wo- men" and "Casey of the Coast Guard." He also wrote a play "Love Your Body" which was pur- chased by Paramount. His widow, Mrs. Sally Muller Grey and a two-year-old son, Schuy- yer Grey, Jr., survive Grey, who lived at Sound Beach, Conn., was a native of New York and a gradu- ate from Cooper Union Institute in 1917. He served in the Intelligence Corps of the U. S. Army Aviation service during the World War. 42 Attending Paramount L. A. Sales Meeting West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Forty-two Paramoun- teers will participate in the com- pany's Los Angeles sales meeting tomorrow and Friday at tne Hotel Embassador. Following is the list: George J. Schaefer, Neil Agnew, A. J. Dunne, Robert Gillham, F. Leroy, K. Haddow, Al Wilkie and J. Ham- nell. From the exchanges are: Los An- geles: C. N. Peacock, I. G. White, H. Haas, M. C. Buries, H. Goodwin, J. Haas, B. F. Albertson; San Fran- cisco: M. H. Lewis, J. M. Betten- court, J. P. Meyers, A. R. Taylor, H. W. Haustein, C. L. DuRyk; Seat- tle: H. N. East, D. L. Spracher, M. Segel, G. H. Haviland, R. C. Brown; Portland: F. C. Clark, E. I. Hudson, L. G. Stang, H. L. West; Denver: H. W. Braly, W. P. Weins, C. J. Duer, E. I. Reed, J. Voe; Salt Lake City: J. J. Donohue, C. G. Epperson. F. H. Smith, W. M. Wil- liams, A. Heid, K. Lloyd, H. M. Glanfield. SHORT SUBJECTS "The Barber Shop" (Mack Sennett Comedy) Paramount 20 mins. Real Laugh Number W. C. Fields is featured as the barber in a small town who has dif- ficulties with a cranky wife while his manicure girl goes sentimental over him. A bad bandit is loose in town, and comes into the barber shop to be transformed so that the cops can't recognize him. Fields de- livers a good line of comedy in his own individual style, and the film is well gagged and moves along at a lively and laughable pace. It got more real hearty laughs from a Broadway audience than most of the comedy shorts seen for weeks. A safe bet any place. Charlie Chase in "His Silent Racket" M-G-M 20 mins. Snappy Plenty of the old Chase comedy antics in this one. Charlie gets hooked by Jimmy Finlayson, who is running a broken down cleaning es- tablishment and is being threatened by racketeers to blow up his shop if he doesn't kick in. So Mr. Chase becomes a partner for 300 smackers, and receives a package containing a bomb that the racketeers deliver addressed to his partner. The fun revolves about Charlie's efforts to deliver the package, and his panic when he learns what is inside. Fast and well gagged. "Hollywood On Parade" (No. 13) Paramount 12 mins. Entertaining Has a strong novelty angle with Buster Keaton acting as master of ceremonies and introducing the old family album. The characters come to life as he turns the pages. They are various well known screen celebs dressed in the costumes of the early 90's, appearing in couples and groups, and going through some chatter, and then fading back into the album photo pose at the close of their bits. The dialogue of Kea- ton is in rhyme, and the reel shows plenty of care in production. "MADE ON BROADWAY" SET "Made on Broadway," production featuring Robert Montgomery and Sally Eilers, will be open at the Rialto Friday. There will be a pre- view on Thursday evening. $23,957 Saenger Loss New Orleans — A net loss of $23,- 957.86 had resulted from the opera- tion of the Saenger Theaters Inc. from January 27 to April 29 of this year, E. V. Richards, receiver for the chain, has reported to the Federal court. During the period in question receipts for the enterprise in Louis- iana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida were $261,560.25. Expenditures were $285,518.11. With the Temperature Over 93° ATTENDANCE GOES OVER 100% AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL! House average unshaken during the most devastating torrid blast in years! With Broadway theatres wilting at high pressure, 16,064 paid admission on opening day to see CONSTANCE \K the 9,d tue Pr,tfl shor pa* ••;...„ to '°5 Jot -10 Ace "erSe n>a' BEDO With >y JOEL McCREA JOHN HALLIDAY Pert Kelton, Samuel Hinds Directed by Qregory La Cava, A Pandro Berman Production. MERIAN C. An RKO RADIO Picture -X .- w THE Wednesday, July 5, 1933 &&% DAILV A LITTLE from "LOTS" By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD JTENRY CRONJAGER, ace cam- eraman, handled the photogra- hy on "No Marriage Ties," starring lichard Dix. He will also photo- raph the next Dix picture, as yet ntitled. He did the camera work a numerous Thomas Meighan, Bebe laniels and Mary Pickford produc- ons. * * * Edwin Maxwell, noted heavy, will lay the menace in "Car Number 7," the newest Tim McCoy picture. e has just completed an important jle in the Cecil B. De Mille pro- uction, "This Day and Age." * * * John Darrow has returned from nnapolis, where he spent three eeks on location with the RKO 31ory Command" company. During le filming of one of his scenes at nnapolis, spectators applauded so )udly that the young actor was »rced to stop and take a bow. * * * Jane Murfin, the scenarist, has gned a new long term contract ith RKO Radio. The new agree- ent continues a professional rela- onship, which has already lasted >r five years, one of the longest udio-writer associations on record. * * * When Frederick Burton, noted age actor, arrived in Hollywood cently he brought with him a rare ate, 100 years old, which had been ven to his first wife by his grand- other. When Burton was in Indi- la last week, the first Mrs. Burton, om whom he is divorced, gave him is plate to present to the new rs. Burton, who is in Hollywood. * ♦ ■ ♦ Lloyd Knechtel has sailed for jigland, where he will be associated th Randall Terraneau at the orge Humphries laboratories, Lon- n. He will do free-lance trick mera work in England and will 50 be available to furnish Euro- an process backgrounds for Amer- in producers. Ernest Pagano, for several years th the M-G-M and Educational mario staffs, cut short his vaca- n to join the Warner Bros.' writ- r department. * * * With the signing of Jean Parker play the role of Beth, the family cle of "Little Women," RKO Ra- ► picture, is now completed. Typewriter News "I'll take your typewriter away from you if you don't stop squawking about rental prices," wrote Harry Buxbaum, ' Fox New York manager, to Jack Spring- er, circuit operator. And the next day Bux received a broken-down, antedated typewriter vol- untarily from Springer, who for once, gave in easily. Frank Conroy was signed yester- day to play a part in "Ace of Aces," the John Monk Sanders story now filming at RKO Radio Pictures' stu- dios with Richard Dix as its star. * * * B. P. Schulberg has purchased the Arthur Davis play, "Reunion," as the first of the eight productions he will make independently for Paramount's coming season release. Sylvia Sidney will be starred in "Reunion," and Herbert Marshall, who sails on Wednesday (5th) from London, will have the leading male role. * * * When Norman McLeod finishes the direction of W. C. Fields and Alison Skipworth in "Tillie and Gus" he will have one of Paramount's prize directorial assignments of the season awaiting him, in "Alice in Wonderland." * * * "British Agent," Leslie Howard's first starring picture under his new long-term contract with Warner Bros., will go into production during September. * * * Marguerite Churchill, absent from the screen for eight months while appearing on Broadway stage in "Dinner at Eight," will return to Hollywood for a featured role in the "Golden Harvest," which Charles R. Rogers is to produce for Paramount. C. REID ARRIVES IN CHICAGO Cliff Reid, RKO Radio producer, arrived in Chicago Monday for the closing sessions of the RKO region- al sales convention, as special envoy from Merian C. Cooper, vice-presi- dent in charge of production. Reid will address the convention. From Chicago he will go to San Francisco to attend the third reg- ional convention there and will then return to his duties at the studio in Hollywood. "LILLY" BROOKLYN PREMIERE First National's "Lilly Turner," starring Ruth Chatterton, which re- cently completed its run at the Ri- voli, New York, has its Brooklyn premiere at the Strand tomorrow night. CENSORS OKAY "CAPTURED" Warner Bros.' "Captured!" has been passed by the New York Board of Censors without a single change of elimination ordered. "Captured!" is set for a two-a-day opening at the New York Hollywood Theater in the Fall. ENG. HOUSES BAN. GER. FILMS London (By Cable) — Three Man- chester houses have banned German pictures at the request of Jews in that city. Several halls in the Cheetham and Broughton neighbor- hoods have also excluded these pic- tures. Short Shots from Eastern Studios i By CHARLES AHCOATE A SERIES of musical shorts to be made in color is being planned by M. B. Martino. "Fast Money" is the title of the first with production scheduled to start within the week. • Lee Stuart, casting director of the Vitaphone studio, and his able as- sistant, Milton Singer, are like two peas in a pod when it comes to cast- ing for a picture. Unknown to each other both had selected same three people for parts in a recent Vita- phone production. One of the most elaborate sets tc be built in an eastern studio is the jungle scene constructed for the Krimsky-Cochrane feature, "Emperor Jones," now in production at the Astoria plant of the Eastern Service Studios. Over two carloads of trop- ical plants, trees, shrubs and vines were shipped direct from Florida in order to obtain realistic settings. • "The Unknown Venus," the first of the series of six features to be produced by Starmark Pictures, Inc., and now in production at the Met- ropolitan Sound studio, Fort Lee, N. J., will be completed this week. Ernest Truex, Jean Arthur and Herbert Rawlinson head the cast with Grover Lee doing the directing. Herman Ruby, head of the Brook- lyn Vitaphone writing staff, return- ed hale and hearty with a load of new ideas for shorts, after a two weeks' vacation. • Cutting of the feature, "Mid- night," recently produced by All Star Productions, is being done un- der the supervision of Leo Zochling. Work is expected to be finished in about two weeks. • "Damaged Lies," a Beacon pro- duction, has been dubbed in Spanish at the Standard Sound recording studio. • Paul Lorenx, dance director at the Warner Bros. Brooklyn studio, is anxiously awaiting the completion of the new rehearsal hall now being constructed for the training of the chorus for their appearance in the series of Vitaphone musicals. Sam Kopp is now handling pub- licity for William Rowland-Monte Brice Productions. "New Deal" Number Now In Work Will Be Published On The Fifteenth Anniversary Of Film Daily * & YOUR t4r^TRIHC o0T Fo* *t znr MAM /re /Iras greaf nei^5 /or jow He's on his toes . . . burst- ing to tell you about what he heard and saw at the Atlantic City Convention. Is he happy! Who wouldn't be, ..with the swellest line- up in FOX history (to be modest about it). You'll congratulate him! Watch next week's trade papers for a striking announcement from FOX Intimate in Character nternational in Scope ndependent in Thought S*4 The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fifteen Years Old r€KI\.THlJC$DAr,JIJLy6, i<£33 c5 CENTS Kohn Tes a. Has Wiped Out Big Deficit ORGANIZED GROUPS' CODE CONFAB LATE IN JULY Stuart Resigns As General Manager of RKO Circuit Experience shorts, and other things =By JACK AUCOATE-^^^ "HE stronghold of most every industry is its executive manpower. Brains are easured more than any other element. ir industry and its inherent ability of ac- mplishment is no stronger than the know- g hands that guide it. In this tre- endous business-art-industry of entertain- g the public via the cinema, this process j established business practice seems to i reversed. New banking brooms sweep it old heads for no reason whatsoever, id executives, upon change of administra- )n, are knocked over like tenpins. It is ear-tragedy, this discarding of so many our experienced men. I'TEP right up and meet the latest out- fit to enter the independent ranks, :soiute Pictures, and its sponsor and esident, Herbert Ebenstein. We had jnch with President Ebenstein yesterday id know whereof we speak when we say e company will produce eight pictures ithin the next twelve months, that it is nply financed, that the first two pic- res will be in production within the next ree weeks and that first release for the dependent market is scheduled for Sept. ith. Just another straw that shows the inds of picture progress again blowing 'ward prosperity. • JOW that the double feature mirage is ^ fading and that sensible production hedules have written finis to overproduc- •n, the door is wide open for the short bject to again take its colorful and im- 'rtant place in the field of exhibition, is elemental that the success of the usic hall, vaudeville and pictures, has ien wholesome, diversified amusement at price within the reach of all. No field n offer so broad a variety of screen en- rtainment as the short subject. Its Jwsreels, cartoon comedies, travelettes id novelties are compellingly and charac- ristically its own. Now that the short bject is back it will be hard to dislodge from its rightful place in the scheme of ings in the theater. Executive Ending Duties Saturday — Post to Be Abolished Herschel Stuart, general manager for RKO Theaters, has resigned, it was announced yesterday by Harold B. Franklin, who stated that the position held by Stuart will be abol- ished. Plans are now being worked out for the division of Stuart's duties and it is likely that B. J. (Continued on Page 8) PUBLIX - NEBRASKA GUT TO 4 HOUSES Omaha — A. H. Blank, trustee for Publix-Nebraska, Inc., has cut the circuit of 15 houses down to four, three of which he is at present op- erating. These include the World in Omaha and the Majestic and Cap- itol at Grand Island, Nebr. The (Continued on Page 8) Commerce Dept. Drops Special Film Service Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Effective July 15, the U. S. Department of Commerce is discontinuing its special service covering the world film industry and it is probable that the Motion Pic- (Continued on Page 8) Lab Men to Talk Code Second meeting of the Motion Pic- ture Laboratories Association of Amer- ica will be held Friday at the Hotel Aslor at noon when plans will be made for a meeting at which officers will be elected and formation of the laboratory code discussed. Incorporation of the association will be announced Friday by H. J. Yates, acting chairman. FOX N. E. DEAL STILL REMAINS UNFINISHED Deal under which the Fox New England circuit, approximating 17 former S. Z. Poli houses, is reported passing to Loew control so far has not been closed, it was understood yesterday. Harry Arthur, who is operating the group, has indicated his willingness to continue in charge. N. L. Nathanson and A. C. Blum- enthal, through whom the deal is (Continued on Page 6) 12 "Newsreel Cameraman" One-Reelers for Fox A series of 12 one-reel films to be known as "Adventures of the News- reel Cameraman" will be made by Fox under the supervision of Tru- man Talley for the 1933-34 season. First episode will be "Following the Horses," with "Motor Mania" sec- ond. The third will be "Conquest of the Air." Paramount Has Wiped Out Big Deficit, Ralph Kohn Testifies McCracken to Produce Three African Pictures Harold McCracken, who has gone to Cuba and the West Indies to pro- duce a picture, plans to later go to Africa to make three exploitation productions. He returns to New York from the West Indies in about (Continued on Page 6) Paramount has wiped out a deficit of more than $1,000,000, Ralph A. Kohn, treasurer, testified at a meet- ing of creditors of the corporation yesterday at the office of Referee Henry K. Davis. As of April 1, the deficit had been reduced to $400,- 000, he said. Kohn stated that the company (Continued on Page 2) N. A. M. P. I. Plans Meet in N. Y. — Committee Meets Tonight A convention of representatives of all organized groups will be held by the National Association of the Mo- tion Picture Industry in New York late in July, probably the last week, with purpose of unifying an indus- try code for submission to General Hugh Johnson, Administrator of the (Continued on Page 11) PARA. MAKING TEN FEATURES WITH MUSIC Paramount will include not less than 10 feature comedies with musie in its 1933-34 production schedule, it was announced yesterday. The players will include Four Marx Brothers, Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, George Burns, Grade Allen, W. C. Fields, Alison Skipworth, Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Jack Ha- ley, and Skeets Gallagher. Pittsburgh Meeting To Seek Price Boost Pittsburgh — Local exchangenren are planning to call an exhibitor meeting here soon in an effort to bring about a general admission price increase, thus eliminating the 10 and 15 cent houses. Low-scale theaters are causing both Warner Bros, theaters and national distribu- tors much concern. So far double (Continued on Page 11) Air- Minded Conventioneers San Francisco — The advance guard of RKO executives has arrived here for the three days sales convention to be held at the St. Francis Hotel, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Those who took to the air were Ned E. Depin?t, Jules Levy, Ambrose Dowling, Robert F. Sisk, Fred. McConnell, Cliff Reid, Wal- ter Branson and Jack Pegler. -. &JW, DAILV Thursday, July 6, 19: Vol L X III No 4 Thus July 6. 1933 Price 5 Cents JOHN W WICrHTF Editor and Publisher Pulil -hr I I • \ rxcept Sundays and Holidays it I- New York. N. ?., bj V. Folk, Inc. J. \V. President, Editor and Publisher: Meraereau, Srcretary-Treasurer an! Genei I Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Asso ciatr I ale Gillette. Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office at New York, N. Y.. under the act of March 3, 1879. Term- P United States outside of Greater New Y"rk $10.00 one year; 6 months. $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, | icriber >hnulil remit with order, munications to THE FIT-M Ii Ml V, r ty, New York, N. Y., le M736, 7 4737. 7-4738, 7-4739. ess: Filmday, New York. Holly- wood. California— Ralph Wilk. 6425 Holly- wood Blvd., Phone O.inite 6607. London — Ernest \V. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 ur St., W. I. Berlin — Karl Wolffsohn, Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris * — P. A. Marie, I. a Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 6]2 Col. Con. Con. East Ptc. vtc 19'8 Fm. Ind 4% Fm. Ind. pfd 12 Kodak 85 6'/8 191/4 4% ll's 6'/2 + l/4 1914 41/z + Va Hi/a — % 81 1/4 82 — 3 31/4 31/4 — 1/4 23i/2 — % 1% + V4 11/2 + Va 6% + Va 4 61 2 — 1/4 20 — 1% 23 1% 1% 5% 4 6% 20 Fox Fm. "A" 3V2 Loews. Inc 243j Paramount ctfs. ... 1 5'g Pathc Exch 1 Vi do •A" 6% RKO 41/4 Warner Bros 6% do pfd 20 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. pfd. 11-16 11-16 11-16 Technicolor 8l/s 8Vs 81/g Trans-Lux 2% 2% 2% NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 5 434 5 + Ve Gen. Th. Eq.6s40cffs. 4 3% 4 Keith A-0 6s 46 . 48'2 48 Paramount 6s 47 . 21 Vi 20 Par. By. 5'2s 51 361/4 Par. 5'2S 50 21% Par. 5'2s 50 ctfs. 20' 2 18% 20Vi + 4'/4 Pathc 7s 37 76 76 76 + 1 Warner's 6s 39 36' j 35*., 36 — 1/4 NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE Para. Publix 1% 1 1 Vi + V* 48 — 1 2H/4 + 3 35 Vi 361/4 + 31/4 19% 2U/4 -f- 3y4 CHESTERFIELD'S THIRD RELEASE "Notorious But Nice" with MARIAN MARSH BETTY COHPSON DONALD DILLOWAY 1540 B'wav. N. Y. C. PARA. WIPES OUT BIG DEFICIT— KOHN (.Continued from Pa does not plan to borrow money for action scheduled for the next six months. Production costs have been cut, he said. Attorneys Saul E. Rogers and Sol Rosenblatt had an exchange of words over the ques- t inning by the former. The meeting was adjourned until Sept. 7. 80 Features Slated For Empire Release Toronto — Empire Films, Ltd., will distribute approximately 60 features throughout the Dominion during 1933-34, states Oscar R. Hanson, president. Through its six branches the company will handle the product of Majestic Pictures, British Inter- national and Twickenham Produc- tions. STARTING WINDSOR PICTURE St. Petersburg — With the comple- tion of the first picture, "Chloe," Kennedy Productions announces that work will begin immediately on a second picture, "Playthings of De- sire," in which Claire Windsor will star. Miss Windsor has arrived by plane from New York. Buster Kea- ton is also on the lot ready for the "Fisherman," in which he is to star. Other pictures under way include several Ford Sterling comedies. SELLING SHENANDOAH CO. St. Louis, Mo. — By virtue of an order issued by the St. Louis Circuit Court, Barney Rosenthal and Henry P. Schroeder, receivers for the New Shenandoah Amusement Co., 2227 South Broadway, will sell the prop- erties of that corporation at a re- ceiver's auction sale at 10:30 A. M. today. CHARGE EXPLOSION PLOT Pittsburgh — Three men were ar- rested by Allegheny County detec- tives on July 4 in connection with an alleged attempt to blow up Mat- ty's theater in Wilmerding. The tiny picture house, seating about 60 persons, is insured for $4,500, the detectives said. TORONTO CONFAB JULY 19 Toronto — Annual convention of Associated Theaters, Ltd., originally scheduled for July 12, has been post- poned until July 19. Postponement was because first date fell on anni- versary of the Battle of the Boyne. Paramount Bonds Up All of the Paramount bond issues closed up from 3 to 4i4 points yester- day. The 6s47's closed at 21 V4. a net change of plus 3 points. Paramount Broadway 5i/is51 closed at 361/4, a net change of plus 3'/4 points; Paramount 5Vis50 closed at 21 1/4, a gain of 3V4, while the 5]£s50 certificates closed at 201/2, a net change of 414. Plan Feature, Shorts On Mediterranean Trip With plans for a featui-e in addi- tion to a series of travel shorts, the staff of Arcturus Pictures is en route to the Mediterranean Sea from New York. F. Herrick Herrick is director and the expedition includes James Boring, world traveler. It returns to New York in September. I.T.O.A. BOARD MEETS TODAY A meeting of the board of direc- tors of the Independent Theater Owners Association of New York will be held this afternoon at the Globe theater at which time several matters regarding the exhibitors' code will be discussed. A general meeting of the association was held yesterday at which 100 members at- tended. WESTINGHOUSE RAISES WAGE An increase in wages of five per cent has been given all employees of Westinghouse Electric & Manu- facturing Co. It is retroactive to July 1. HOW GOOf Is You r M emory 1. What two executives, now identificl with the Paramount Publix interest were in the circus business about . years ago? 2. What was the first big patents litig tion in the industry? 3. When did the original Roxy theat open? 4. How much money did the indust pledge in the Fourth Liberty Lo. Drive? 5. Who were the leading players in "B Hur?" (For Answers See Page 10) HOOT GIBSON IMPROVED West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAL Hollywood — Hoot Gibson, who w injured when his plane crashed la Monday, is improving, but will ha to stay in bed for a month, accor ing to his doctor. ROXY INCREASES PRICES The Roxy, Seventh Ave., yeste day increased its week-day even admission prices from 35 to 55 cer for all seats. Film Daily Will Be 15 Years Old This Summe • CELEBRATING ITS CRYSTAL ANNIVERSARY WITH A "New Dear Number WARNER BROS/ YEAR-BOOK IS PRINTED ON CELLULOID You can read it today at any Warner Bros. Exchange ! J ] fa Last year Warner Bros, smashed precedent with the first advance trade showing of new-season product. You came — you saw — you bought solely on the basis of the production quality those first great 1932-'33 shows demonstrated. 1 We promised you nothing then about later re- leases . . . But we gave you everything. We didn't even mention "42nd Street" or "Frisco Jenny," or "Working Man" or "I Am A Fugi- tive" or "Little Giant" or Cagney . . . You got these and many other great properties without a syllable of obligation on our part. : So now again we invite you to give Warner product an eyewitness test. Come to your ex- change and see the last of the 1932-,33 pictures that you bought on FAITH IN WARNER BROS. See "CAPTURED!"- see "GOODBYE AGAIN"-see "MARY STEVENS, M. D."-see "VOLTAIRE" and "NARROW CORNER" and "MAYOR OF HELL." See for the first time in your experience a summer line-up without a let-up . . . See whether your faith in Warner Bros, was justified! Then let that decision guide you when it's time to buy for next year. Throw out all the reams of praise others have showered on War- ner Bros, for reviving theatre prosperity. Dis- card the judgments of hundreds of exhibitors and trade observers as to Warner Bros.' "lead- ership" and "highest consistent quality." BE YOUR OWN JUDGE! If these pictures convince you that we have dealt fairly with you this year, you will probably want to deal with Warner Bros, next year. If you are impressed by the way we are finish- ing this season, you can judge for yourself how we will start the next. For we unhesitatingly submit these final 1932- '33 releases as samples of the product we will give you in 1933-'34. We don't prom- ise you that on some arbitrary date on the calendar there will be a sudden magical step-up in our production quality. We honestly don't believe we need a shot in the arm or a new lease on life. We've been in there trying every minute on every production, and we're going to keep on trying to make every new picture just a little better than the last. pa*-..:-. "^ Our pictures for next year won't be much better than the ones we have to show you now . . . But we do promise you they'll be just as good. For Leadership is the sharpest spur to human effort . . . And next year's Warner Bros. Pictures will be produced by 4,000 hu- man beings who are grimly determined to retain this title . . . WARNER BROS. THE NO. 1 COMPANY VITAGRAPH, INC., DISTRIBUTORS THE -ZtJW DAILV Thursday, July 6, 193 SCHAEFER OUTLINES PARA. SALES POLICY I u n.ti.i.) II tlywood Sales and distribu- tion poli i rning Paramount product for the coming season of 1933-34 wile outlined here yester- day by General Manager George i. Schaefer before the Paramount Western Division sales personnel, in the first of the two-day meeting held at the Ambassador Hotel. Neil F. Agnew, assistant general sales manager, opened the meeting, followed by Schaefer. Robert M. Gillham, director of advertising and publicity, Al Wilkie, eastern pub- licity manager and John Hanimell from the Paramount New York office. Studio executives attending the meeting included Emanuel Cohen, vice-president in charge of produc- tion; Merritt Hulburd, story depart- ment; William Wright, Tom Baily, .1. II. Lazarus and Bill Pine of the studio advertising council, and Fred Leahy, studio production manager. Sale> personnel, including branch managers, sales managers, salesmen, booking managers and ad sales man- agers were present from Los An- geles, San Francisco, Seattle, Port- land, Denver and Salt Lake City ex- changes. The afternoon session of the meet- inn was devoted to the outlining of the new product for the coming year, which includes 65 feature produc- tions and 229 short subjects. Fox N. E. Deal Still Remains Unfinished (Continued from Pane 1) being negotiated, are reported to have offered financing amounting to .000 to take care of current ex- penses, as one phase of their propo- sition. Nathanson started the deal before he returned to Famous Play- < anadian as its president. < \PITOL HOLDS OVER SHOW Both the feature "Hold Your Man" starring Jean Harlow and ('lark Gable, and the stage show at the Capitol will be held over a sec- ond week starting Friday. .oming a nd G omg REGINA CREWE and HERBERT CRUIKSHANK have returned to New York from Europe. HAROLD McCRACKEN has gone to Havana from New York. HARRY KALWINE Warner theater 2onc man- ager, is in New York from Pittsburgh for home office conferences with Joe Bcrnhard. LEO MORRISON is in New York from the Coast. JOSE MOJICA. Fox Spanish player, has ar- rived in New York on the S S Garfield after a personal appearance tour in Central and South America. He leaves for the Coast within a few days. NGthe WITH PHIL M. DALY ■^^■JMirir.y/Ja,! • • • IN A recent analytical newspaper article on the legitimate theater the Broadway producer, Brock Pem- berton, takes a lusts Bwat at the film industry he speaks of Bollywood as "the arch consumer and destroyer of talent" he complains that as soon as a new playwright appears on Broadway he is abducted to the cinema city where his confidence is destroyed by the conference method his spirit is extinguished by the solitary confinement system and his judgment is warped by cinema life on and off the screen * * * * « O • HE ALSO notes a radical change in taste on the part of the customers toward stage plays which have veered away from the old artificial patterns a success- ful play today must be grounded in Reality characters must be reasonably real, and do moderately believable things, states Mister Pemberton * * * * • • • AND IF you add all these reflections up what do they signify? that Hollywood must some day come to rely on Original Screen Writers lads who think in terms of the Screen and not the Stage writers who ignore stage formulas and write about Life as it is lived in Ashtabula and Peoria sure, folks want plays grounded in Reality whether stage or screen the vast proportion of screen plots are based on racketeer's molls gold-digging janes chorus gals skyrocket- ing to musical comedy stars or a Park Avenoo apartment types as far removed from the average American home as an Eskimo from the Equator some producer is gonna get wise make productions about genuine Home Folks and Clean Up • • • WHEN WE reflect on those star salaries in Holly- wood our mind goes back to the good old days when Essanay took Chaplin away from Keystone in 1914 when Charlie got 25 smackers a day when he worked with Mabel Normand and Essanay almost gave Charlie heart failure by offering him the munificent sum of $250 a week work or loaf Henry Walthall was drawing .$200 per Francis X. Bushman was top, with $300 with Beverly Bayne Beverly got 75 berries a Pathe newsreel and a Chaplin two-reeler was the program in those days in hundreds of theaters store shows Bill Fox and Carl Laemmle built their success on such shows as foundation * * * * • • • WHEN YOU are down Greenwich Yillage way and want to see a house operated with courtesy and efficiency drop in at Loew's Sheridan which draws about the most discriminating audience of any in town assistant manager Ray Simons is invariably on hand in the evening here, there and everywhere look- ing after the comfort of all the customers * * * * • • • THEY* USED a double for a cockroach in Joan Crawford's "Today We Live" the substitute had to act as a stand-in. as the original roach claimed the usual M-G-M star's privilege of having a stand-in Buddy Cantor will interview Harry Davenport Saturday eve over WRNY Davenport appears in Starmark Pictures' first production "Un- wanted Venus," directed by Grover Lee, featuring Ernest Truex and Jean Arthur Eugene Eloy David of the RKO office and Lilian Okun have completed a play, "A Broadway Broad" Robert Montgomery once played for 72 weeks in a stock company portraying nothing but old men Marje Dresslei was laughed off the stage at the age of 14 in Lindsay, 'anada. while appearing in amateur theatricals so Mai-ie started out to show 'em and how! // I REMEMBER WHEN By ELMER J. McGOVERN as told to JACK HARROWER of The Film Daily Editorial Staff "IN 1913 I was assistant to Adam Kes ' sel, president of the Keystone Filrr Co. In the latter part of that year ; major company raided our preserves anc got away with Ford Sterling and a couple of lesser lights or comedians, as you will "Mack Sennett in California and we ir New York weren't any too happy ovei this course of events, and just as thing; looked their bluest Mack wrote on thai he was giving a young fellow a tryoul for five weeks at a hundred a week, anc that he was shipping on to us in New York a print of his first effort, and for us to look at it and if we liked him we were to wire the studio immediately as he could be signed up for a year at $17" a week. "When the print came in Mr. Kessel delegated me to take it to the projection room and look at it and bring back a' report. In looking at it I saw the young fellow playing with Fanny Davenport, Mabel Normand and 'Pathe' Lehman who also was the director. "The young comic wore an English top-i hat and frock coat. He also wore a cane upon which his detachable cuffs were con-h stantly sliding down, and he was adorned with a dropping mustache. "The picture entitled 'Making a Living' wasn't much, a semi-industrial but the comic showed promise. I brought back a favorable report to the boss and he told me to wire Sennett to sign him up. I did, and soon Sennett had in his office safe a contract with the signature of Charlie Chaplin." McCracken to Produce Three African Pictures (Continued from Page 1) one month. McCracken, who until recently was associated with H. H. Rogers, Jr., still retains the title of vice-president of Standard Motion' Pictures, Inc., but is making the i': West Indian film on his own. *,&j MANY happy mm ■est wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the Industry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: « « « » » » July 6 Don Mersereau Frank E. Garbutt Why DID THE BEACHES 7 LOOK LIKE THIS? Why DID BROADWAY LOOK LIKE THIS? Exploitation IS THE ANSWER! A campaign modeled after the Rivoli's will enable YOU to turn the crowds from the hot-weather spots in your town to the box-office of your theatre ! Directed by WARD WING m Windows everywhere! Three on Fifth Avenue. Black, Starr 8C Frost, world famous jewelers, Nippon Yusen Kaisha steam- ship window, Southern Pacific display halts crowds. And more than 100 key spot locations all ballyhoo "Samarang"! O Samarang Club. " Permit us. to strip to the waist " — that slogan started a furore that crashed the front pages of the New York dailies. Arrests on the beach, petitions to Mayor Frankel of Long Beach, 8,000 Samarang Club members signed in four days — all started as a gag, now seriously becoming a national organization ! O King Features Syndicate full page feature story on shark- octopus battle appears in 200 coast - to • coast top spot newspapers ! M Radio air waves plug "Samarang"— Abe Lyman, Rudy Vallee play Samarang Love Song. Director Ward Wing describes exploits over WOR. R. H. Macy's Boys Club endorses picture. B Startling 24-sheets blanket city. Vivid 1-sheets plastered all over big circulation subway boards. 50,000 tabloid newspa- pers attract the natives. Elliot Service plants more than 18,000 shark-octopus photos in merchants' windows. 6. Stunts attract attention. Marathon sitter on marquee arouses curiosity. N. T. G. Paradise beauties stage hot Samarang Dance. Ward Wing lassoes python as reporters cover story. And many other exploitation highlights that kept the crowds flowing steadily into the Rivoli ! Produced by B. F. ZEIDMAN RELEASED BY UNITED ARTISTS THE -c&H DAILY Thursday, July 6, 1935 Commerce Dept. Drops Special Film Service ture Division will be absorbed by the Bureau of Foreign and Domes- tic- Commerce. C. J. North, head of the M. P. Division, and his assis- tants, are completing their duties July 1"' Nate Golden is remaining. DIRECTION: S. GREGORY TAYLOR These Celebrated Film Stars Make THE ST. MORITZ On-the-Park Their New York Home Greta Garbo Joan Blondell Joan Crawford Estelle Taylor Racquet Torres Gilda Gray Judith Anderson Gloria Stewart Alice White Lil Dagover Edith Fitzgerald Edith Roake Philip Cook Phillips Holmes George Givot Monroe Owsley Nancy Carroll Gloria Swanson Ruth Roland Laura La Plante Lita Grey Chaplin Helen Twelvctrees June Clyde Billie Dove James Kirkwood Walter Slezak Douglas Montgomery Pat O'Brien Philip Lord Lotti Loder Cliff Hall Lanny Ross Maurice Chevalier Fifi D'Orsay Blanche Sweet Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Marion Marsh Borah Minnevitch Georges Carpentier Alexander Kirkland J. C. Flippen Richard Cromwell Chester Hale Lawrence Gray Jose Rubin Owen Moore Benny Rubin Ben Bard A WIRE WILL EFFECT A RESERVATION AND YOU WILL BE MET AT THE TRAIN ON YOUR ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK. Paramount Los Angeles Convention Notes 'pHIS is the first glimpse the Holly- wood studios have had of George Schaefer since he became Para- mount's general manager. It's "Old Home Week" for Al Wilkie. He's a veteran of the Para- mount Hollywood studios and began his film work here. H. N. East, Seattle exchange man- ager, came down from the north with a top coat and was nearly run out of town by the native sons. H. W. Braly, Denver district man- ager, has designs on the Paramount stars. He's getting an autographed photo of each to decorate his office back there in the hills. D. L. Spracher of the Seattle ex- change and E. I. Hudson of the Portland branch, were seen way over on Sunset Boulevard window-shop- ping during the lunch hour. How did they get there, and will the taxi be on the expense account? Neil Agnew takes in the view of Los Angeles from the hotel roof during his spare time. J. Vos, ad sales manager of the Denver exchange, caught standing out in front of Grauman's Chinese muttering to himself. Admitted later he was spotting places to plant accessories, "sort of decorate the place up a little," he explained. "Those palm trees don't sell any tickets." W. M. Williams, salesman from the Salt Lake City exchange, also found in the same spot, trying to fit his shoe in Charlie Chaplin's foot- prints in the cement at the entrance. A. R. Taylor of the San Francisco exchange, saw Jack Oakie steaming by on a bicycle, and a half hour later was renting one himself, barging down Wiltshire Boulevard to the dis- may of traffic. A girl in the Ambassador Hotel hailed C. L. DuRyk, San Francisco ad sales manager, and asked for his autograph. He solemnly gave it to her, and she went away happily, without a question. San Francisco exchangemen, head- ed by M. H. Lewis, district manager, keep looking at the sky and predict- ing rain, by way of making friends with the boys here on the home grounds. STUART RESIGNS AS RKO CIRCUIT MGR. (Continued from Page 1) Hynes of Stuart's staff will take over various important phases. Stuart is expected to leave his desk by Saturday. His future plans have not as yet been set. Previous to being with RKO, Stuart operated Fox-Poli, was identified with Fox West Coast and other circuits. Stuart has been with RKO the past 14 months. Stuart last night said that in leav- ing the RKO organization, he ends a pleasant association but takes with him deep renewed admiration for the ability of Franklin. ANOTHER STENCH BOMBING Council Bluffs, la.— The Strand was stench-bombed this week. The house has been operated with non- union projectionists since the lease was reverted a few weeks ago by A. H. Blank to Morris Cohen, build- ing owner. Publix-Nebraska Cut to Four Houses (Continued from Pane 1) State in Omaha is dark for the sum- mer. Blank's subsidiary company, the Iowa-Nebraska Theater Operating Co., is now in active management of the Paramount and World in Omaha, and also the Orpheum here, which was recently acquired from the RKO and Orpheum circuit interests. For the period of his receivership, Jan. 26 to Mar. 13, for Publix- Nebraska, Inc., Blank filed expendi- tures totaling $72,469. Of this amount, an item of $15,119 for film rentals was temporarily held up by Herman Aye, referee. He subse- quently decided that film rentals do not constitute "new merchandise," and accordingly Blank will receive the statutory receiver's fee on the full amount. Aye slashed Blank's attorneys' fees from $5,000 to $3,000. CRESSON SMITH AT 'FRISCO Vancouver, B. C. — ■ Cresson E. Smith, western and southern dis- trict sales manager for RKO Radio Pictures, after arriving on the Em- press of Japan from a year's so- journ in the Orient and Australia, where he was handling RKO film problems, has gone to San Francisco to attend the RKO regional sales convention. BLOCK "WALKATHON" MOVE Omaha — Organized efforts of the Omaha's established amusement en- terprises have been successful in preventing the removal of a "walk- athon marathon," now in progress, from Carter Lake, la., to the Ak- Sar-Ben coliseum here. Stanley Brown, manager of the Orpheum theater, wras the leader of the group. CREDITORS MEET JULY 11 Next Paramount Publix creditors' meeting is scheduled for July 11 at 10:30 o'clock at the office of Referee Henry K. Davis. SHORT SHOTS from EASTERN STUDIOS =^By CHAS. AI_ICOATE^= QLGA ANSON appears in "Tr | Unwanted Venus," initial Sta mark feature for Regent which now being cut under supervision c| Grover Lee, its director. Miss Anso has starred in various Continem successes. One of the "Easy Aces" sketch'. comic radio program, will be offr ed as a Vitaphone short. A de< has been closed by Sam Sax, pr< duction manager of the Vitaphon studio in Brooklyn, whereby th. original cast of the program ui appear in a one-reel film which wi be produced at the studio within fortnight. Joseph Henabery will di red. Stanley Bergerman, productio supervisor on the Rowland-Bri< musical, "Moonlight and Pretzels, plans to preview the picture som where in Westchester within th next 10 days. Robert Snody is no\ cutting the musical at the Easter Service studio. Lillian Roth has been signed t a contract by Sam Sax, productio: manager, to make a musical shor subject. She will be featured in on of the series of miniature revu called "Broadway Brevities," whicl are produced at the Brooklyn plant Molly O'Day flew from Florida where she has been making featu pictures, to join the cast of "T< Unwanted Venus," which Starma. is making at the Metropolitan stv. dios for Regent release. Hans Hanson, Continental stagi star, makes his movie debut in "Tht Unwanted Venus," now nearing com- pletion at the Metropolitan studios Fort Lee, N. J. Grover Lee is di- recting. Jack Aichele, formerly assisted director with the Rowland-Brio Productions and recently with Star Productions, has joined Eastern Service Studios in the ca j pacity of transportation manager \ with headquarters at the Astoria plant. 3 Warners on Broadway With the opening today of "Private Detective 62," at the Radio City Music Hall. Warners have three of their pic- tures playing on Broadway simultane- ously. The other two of the com- pany's films are, "The Mayor of Hell," which enters its second week at the New York Strand today; and "Gold Diggers of 1933," which is lodged in the Hollywood for what looks like an all Summer run. (9^6) (f^g) // // // // e ERE at the beginning of the new show year, the season of 1933-34 comes Motion Picture Almanac, the big stand- ard reference book of the industry — out in new dress and format. It appears to be a hit. For in- stance, among the many press clippings and let- ters bearing pleasant words, is one from a most competent reader, Mr. James O'Shaughnessy of Outdoor Advertising, Incorporated, in which he says: II It is a complete library of the motion picture industry. II It is many volumes in one, and any of them would be entitled to a place in a worth while collection of business books of reference. II As I have been going through its pages, I realize for the first time the gigantic proportions and tremendous signifi- cance of the motion picture industry — and I thought I knew a lot about it before. I am amazed at the comprehensiveness and the completeness of its ramifying detail and the vast amount of work the almanac represents. This book will do more to truly dignify the motion picture industry than a street of rococo palaces. If it could be in every home in the country, it would re- move the impression that the motion picture industry consists of nothing but sex and savagery. Such a worthy and useful book as this must undoubtedly have a good effect on the industry itself. It should give them a better appreciation of its inherent dignity and its limitless obligation to public ethics. // at five dollars, the copy Motion Picture Almamac AQUIGLEYPUBLI CAT I ON 1790 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 10 DAILV Thursday, July 6, 1933 A "LITTLE" from HOLLYWOOD TOTS //- By RALPH WILK A L BOASBERG has completed the direction of "The New Deal," a musical comedy for Bryan Foy Pro- ductions, for release by Universal. Boasberg, who, in the future, will concentrate on direction, also wrote the dialogue for "The New Deal." His cast included Myrt and Marge, radio stars, Eddie Foy, Jr., Grace Hayes, Tommy Jackson, Trixie Fri- ganza, J. Farrell MacDonald, and Ted Healy and his stooges. * * * Paul Cruger, veteran screen writer, and William Owens have completed "Robes of Redemption," an original dealing with reforestation. Refores- tation and the vast army of young unemployed men going to the 19 forest camps in the California forest region have supplied several major studios with up-to-date stories. * * * Frank Borzage spent the week- end at Arrowhead Hot Springs, working on the final script of "A Man's Castle," in which he will di- rect Loretta Young and Spencer Tracy. * * * Harry Langdon and Vernon Dent have started their first comedy for Paramount release under the direc- tion of Arvid Gilstrom, who is pro- ducing a series of 12 two-reelers, six KmmumMiimmin HOLLYWOOD PLAZA ,11 \P°. n.sd D"3 s SUMMER RATES, Now $2 per day single! $2.50 per day double! Special weekly and monthly rates All rooms with bath and shower. Every modern convenience. Our dining room now serving Al Levy's famous food — breakfast 25 -45c. Luncheon 3 5 c. Dinner 60c lookforthe"Doorway ol Hoipitalitv" OuiiDanyaviMax. Siting SletnThed.i 33 Writers at Warner Bros. -First National The latest personnel list from the Warner Bros. -First National studios in Burbank. Calif., contains thirty-three writers' names, four of which belong to composers and lyricists. The affiliated companies' 33 writers are Charles Kenyon, Edward Chodorov, Al Cohn. Peter Milne. Sam Engel, Kathryn Scola, Rian James, Paul Gerrard Smith, Sidney Sutherland, L i I lie Hayward, C. Graham Baker, Walter Donaldson, Louis Stevens, Ben Markson, David Boehm, Robert N. Lee, Manuel Seff, Carl Erickson, Niven Busch, James B. Wharton, Gus Kahn, William Rankin, Paul Green, Maude T. Howell. Gene Towne. Pierre Coliings, Earl Baldwin, Houston Branch, Gene Markey, Sheridan Gibney, Brown Holmes, Al Dubin and Harry Warren. VINE AT HOLLYWOOD BLVD. HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA of which will be with Langdon and Dent and a like number with Bing Crosby. "No More Money" is the title of the current comedy and it was written by Frank Griffin and Dent. * * * Loretta Young will take her next vacation in England and on the Con- tinent. She had planned to go to England to make two pictures, but these plans were set aside when she signed to appear in "A Man's Cas- tle." * * * Our Passing Show: B. B. Kahane, Eddie Cantor, Phil L. Ryan, Sam Jaffe, Felix Young, Wallace Mac- Donald, Maxwell Arnow at the pre- view of "Double Harness." William Rankin has completed "Hell's Bells," an original, for War- ner Bros. He is writing the screen play and dialogue, in collaboration with Carl Erickson. s|c jjc $ Instead of "Napoleon: His Life and Loves," Edward G. Robinson will appear in "Dark Hazard," by W. R. Burnett, following completion of "I Loved a Woman" at the First Na- tional studios. * * * Aline MacMahon, Warner Bros.' featured player, has been assigned an important role in "The World Changes," which will star Paul Muni. * * * "Mrs. Van Kleek," novel by Elea- nor Mordaunt, has been purchased by M-G-M as a starring vehicle for Marie Dressier. * * * For the first of a series of six musical shorts to be made by Hal Roach for M-G-M release, Henry Ginsberg, vice-president and general manager, has assigned Billy Gilbert to direct "Blow Me Down." Gilbert will also be co-featured with Billy Bletcher. * * * Laurel and Hardy have started work on their first comedy for the new season, "Calling All Cars," un- der the direction of Lloyd French. The third production on Chestei-- field Pictures' program starts today, titled, "Notorious But Nice." The cast includes Marion Marsh, Betty Compson and Donald Dilloway and will be directed by Richard Thorpe. George Batcheller is supervising the production. Raul Roulien, who recently scored in his English talking picture, "It's Great to Be Alive," has been signed to a new long term contract by Fox Films. * * * Casting for First National's film "Female" has started despite the illness of Ruth Chatterton who will be starred. Miss Chatterton who suffered a severe attack of bron- chitis is recovering rapidly. * * * Ann Hovey, one of Warner Bros, junior stars, has been assigned an important role in "Wild Boys of the Road," the Danny Ahearn story which is now before the cameras at the Warner Bros, studios. * * * Laurence Olivier has been signed for one of the leading roles in "Queen Christina," Greta Garbo's next starring picture, according to announcement by M-G-M. Olivier's last screen appearance was in "Per- fect Understanding." * * * Arline Judge has been borrowed by Monogram from RKO to com- plete the cast of "Sensation Hun- ters" which goes before the cameras Saturday on board the Panama- Pacific inter-coastal liner "Cali- fornia" at Los Angeles Harbor. Other stars in the picture are Marion Burns, Preston Foster, Ken- neth McKenna, Finis Barton, Nella Walker, Creighton Hale, Harold Minjer, Juanita Hansen and Cyril Chadwick. * * * Marcia Ralston, brunette, who played the night club vamp in M- G-M's "Night Flight" was yester- day given a contract by that com- pany. * * * Dorothy Burgess, who has just completed an important role in "Hold Your Man," for M-G-M, is playing a featured part in "Park Avenue Ladies," which E. A. Du Pont is directing for Universal. * * * In a letter received by M. C. Levee, Doug Fairbanks, Jr., writes of the marvelous time he is having in England. An enormous crowd greeted him upon his arrival in Lon- don. Golf, dinner parties and plays are keeping him busy. * * * Ben Yerschleiser assembled a pop- ular cast for "The Devil's Mate," which he is producing for Mono- gram, with Phil Rosen directing. As soon as she completes work in the picture, Peggy Shannon will join M-G-M. Preston Foster has an as- signment writing at Fox, while Ho- bart Cavanaugh will go to Warner Bros. Because of the seriousness of his illness, Dick Powell, Warner player, will be unable to play the juvenile lead in the company's all-star musi- cal, "Footlight Parade," which is now before the cameras. Stanley Smith has been signed to replace Powell. * * * Complete cast of "Bureau of Miss- ing Persons," now in production at the Warner Burbank studios under the direction of Roy Del Ruth, in- cludes: Bette Davis, Pat O'Brien, I Lewis Stone, Glenda Farrell, Gor- don Westcott, Allen Jenkins, Ruth j Donnelly, Marjorie Gateson, Wallia J Clark, Hugh Herbert, Noel Francis, ' Charles Wilson, Adrian Morris, Cloy Clement, Ted Alexander. * * * i Carole Lombard will replace Myrna Loy opposite Adolphe Men- jou in Fox's "The Worst Woman in ! Paris." Miss Loy has been ordered t by her doctors to take a complete r rest before resuming film work. In , the same production John Boles will have the part previously announced for Harvey Stephens. Monta Bell ' will direct. * * * Phil L. Ryan has signed Chic Sale for the first and Sidney Toler for l the second of the series of six two- reel comedies which he will make for the Paramount short subject program during the coming season. Del Lord will direct. Boots Mallory and June Vlasek, \ Fox players, have been signed to new contracts by Fox following their work in several Fox produc- tions. Both will next be seen with Lilian Harvey in "My Weakness." * * * Edgar Norton, veteran valet of the screen, has been signed to por- tray another lackey in "The Worst Woman in Paris?" with Adolphe j Menjou and Carole Lombard. * * * Ruth Chatterton's next starring f picture, "Female," will begin pro- I auction at the First National Bur- I bank studios on Monday. ANSWERS to "HOW GOOD IS YOUR MEMORY" QUESTIONS 1. George J. Schaefer and E. V. Richards. 2. Case involving Thomas Edison and Biograph in 1917. 3. March 11, 1927. 4. One billion dollars. 5. Ramon Novarro, Betty Bronson, May Mc- Avoy, Carmel Myers and Francis X. Bushman. THE (Thursday, July 6, 1933 iSBtl DAILY 11 NEWS OF THE DAY I Atlanta, Ga. — John Thomas of the .£. J. Sparks booking office here has rl>een transferred to Orlando, Fla., l-elieving M. J. Sparks as manager If the Ritz, Rialto and Baby Grand, jVinter Park theaters. Mr. Sparks ^aves for a three-month vacation. Fort Worth, Tex. — The Palace, one f the house operated by Karl Hob- izettle, has reduced prices. Matinee n-ices are scheduled at 15 cents and light prices at 25 cents. House lso makes a change from weekly so twice weekly films. St. Louis. Mo. — The Garrick the- ter, 513 Chestnut St., the last of he burlesque houses here, is to be old under a foreclosure of the pres- nt leasehold on July 15. Boston — J. L. Cronan, Maine sales- man for Columbia, is the father of jhe recently arrived Joan Doris. East Weymouth, Mass. — The Jack- ;on has been darkened by A. Me- mory. I Boston — George Kraska has held Maedchen in Uniform" for its ourth week of a return showing at he Fine Arts. Boston — Tom Jennings, who re- ently left sales duties at Fox, has ■ecome a salesman for Columbia ere. j Cleveland — "I Cover the Water front," now in its third week at the illen, has caused the Allen man- gers to drop duals for a single fea- ture policy. The Allen was the first jcal house to offer two first-run f ea- ures on the same bill. Portland, Me. — RKO will open the [eith for two weeks starting today. Ifter July 14 the house will close or the summer season. William 'reiday is manager. Omaha — The Orpheum, former iKO house, now operated by States ''heaters of Omaha, a subsidiary of fhe Central States Theaters Corp. ircuit, has replaced its sound equip- ient with complete new RCA Vic- Dr High Fidelity apparatus. Randolph, Mass. — Stetson Hall ^as been closed until further notice y McMahon and Brady. Kahane, Cooper RKO Speakers San Francisco — B. B. Kahane and Merian C. Cooper will address the RKO three-day sales convention here. These executives did not attend the Chicago meetings. Exchange managers attend- ing the convention here are from Den- ver, Los Angeles, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Seattle and Van- couver. Cleveland — The Hippodrome plans to offer vaudeville as regularly as possible. Following the success of the George White "Scandals" at 55 cents top, William Watson, man- ager, has booked Bill Robinson as headliner of a vaudeville bill to be presented next week. Gene and Glenn, radio entertainers who hold the Palace house record, are also booked for a week later in July. Sandusky, O. — The State, operated by Warner Bros., has been turned back to the owners, the Seitz Thea- ter Co., according to William F. Seitz, president. Cleveland — Monogram of Ohio and Standard Film Service Co. has moved to larger offices in the Film Exchange Bldg. They now occupy the fourth floor space formerly util- ized by Educational. Akron, 0. — C. E. Prinsen has been appointed manager of the Palace here, recently acquired from RKO by Chatfeld Theaters. Prinsen pre- viously had charge of the Publix theaters in this district. Cleveland — Regis Duddy, manager of Keith's East 105th St., surprised his friends recently by the announce- ment of his marriage. Kansas City, Mo. — Before leaving on a hurried visit to his wife, daughter, and new twins in Tennes- see, Don R. Davis completed ar- rangements for the installation of RCA High Fidelity equipment in the Armour, North Kansas City, Mo. Salt Lake City— The RKO Orph- eum averted a panic when a $25,000 fire broke out next door, by refusing to allow anyone to enter the theater to spread the news of the nearness of the flames, inasmuch as there was no danger. Richmond, Va. — Leon Stepanian, formerly with a local theater, has taken over the management of the Sky Lite Bowl, following the resig- nation of W. T. Stone. George Marr will remain as business manager. Boston — Annual outing of Warner Bros.' employees in Boston will be feature, "I Loved You Wednesday," tel in Plymouth. Bridgton, Me.— C. W. Millett has closed the State. HOLD CODE CONFAB LATE THIS MONTH {Continued from Page 1) Industry Recovery Act. Arrange- ments for the mass meeting, which will occupy at least two days, will be made tonight at a session of the organization's executive committee at the Park Central. Among other groups the Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences will be invited to participate. Whether or not the Hays association will be asked to take part has not as yet been decided, P. S. Harrison said yesterday. Fall River, Mass. — The Plaza has been darkened by J. W. Bredham. Middletown, Conn. — Joseph Boren- stein, formerly manager of the Broadway, Springfield, Mass., has succeeded Louis Olshan as manager of the Capitol here, owned by Mid- dletown Enterprises, Inc. Pittsburgh Meeting To Seek Price Boost (.Continued from Page 1) feature bills have made little or no impression upon this territory and there is nothing to indicate that they will develop during 1933-34, ex- changemen say. HOEFER NOW HOUSE MGR. Sheboygan, Wis. — Ernst Hoefer secretary-treasurer of the Rex Thea- ter Corp., operators of the Fox here, has succeeded E. J. Benjii as man- ager of the Fox. Benjii has gone to Manitowoc, Wis., to become as- sociated with the Mikadow in that city. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK July 7-9: RKO western sales meeting, St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco. July 8: Monogram eastern sales meeting, New York. July 10: M. P. T. O. A. executive committee meeting, Hotel Congress, Chicago. July 10: Meeting of National Ass'n of M. P. In- dustry at Park Central Hotel. July 11: Meeting of Allied Theaters of New Jersey at 2 P. M. July 12: World Premiere of "Pilgrimage" at Gaiety, New York. July 13-14: Monogram central sales meeting, Chicago. July 17: United Artists sales convention, Chi- cago. July 18: Meeting of M. P. T. O. of Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, Jackson, Miss. July 20-21 : Monogram southern sales meeting, New Orleans. July 21-22: Fox Film Corp. special stockhold- ers' meeting, home office, New York. July 25: Meeting of Allied Theaters of New Jersey at 2 P. M. July 28-29: Monogram western sales meeting, San Francisco. Aug. 2-3: Monogram Canadian sales meeting, Toronto. Aug. 23-24: First annual convention of Inde- pendent Motion Picture Owners Association of Delaware and Eastern Shore of Maryland at Hotel Henelopen, Rehoboth, Del. Sept. 13: A. M. P. A. holds annual election of officers * * * BUILDING BIGGER BUSINESS EXTRA * * * ITHE GOES EVERYWHERE COVERS EVERYTHING BP^tFDAILY' LONDON HOLLYWOOD NEW YORK PARIS BERLIN EARLY TO BED EARLY TO RISE WORK LIKE HELL AND ADVERTISE IN THE FILM DAILY . . . that is, of course, if you wish to take advantage of the fact that the door of opportunity is again wide open in this industry. The fortunes of tomorrow are to come from the plans of today. This business will have a bang-up come-back. You can reach the buying power of the industry through the columns of this publication. / GATEWAY GREATER BOX-OFFICE for 1933 1934 The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fifteen Years Old bo t\NEW TCKK. FKIDAy, JULT 7, 1333 .5 CENTS Stuart Rep Join Famous Players Canadian INDIE SUPPLY DEALERS CALL CHICAGO IDE MEET Important Changes Pending in Broadway Theater Setup Grand Opera . . . at grind show prices =By JACK ALICOATE^-^-^ IF THERE is any doubt in your young ' mind that grand opera will pack a 5,000- ;eat house night after night, at prices from i dollar top to two-bits for the balcony, try o edge your way into the New York Hip- jodrome one of these bright summer eve- lings at about eight-thirty. The operas )re conventional, the artists second-string, he productions just so-and-so but still they Iraw 'em by the train loads. And so what? t only proves, Horatio, that once again the lear populace wants good amusement, in- expensively priced, and that all this indus- ry needs to continue merrily along Pros- perity Avenue is showmen at the helm and (steady flow of good product, produced pon a basis of sound economics. • IA/E are not particularly in a squawking ™ ™ mood but it does seem to us that a lomewhat definitely wider box-office appeal vould be given leads of proven drawing >ower if their roles were more diversified. To make ourself somewhat clearer, why s it that once a lady makes a hit by being leurotic or naughty upon the silversheet |he is thereby and to-wit neurotic and laughry ever after. At least as far as her screen career is concerned. Seldom do ve find a great screen characterization that as not full audience sympathetic reaction. )h well. Perhaps we're just getting soft. QOME weeks ago Don Carle Gillette, man- "^ aging editor of this publication, took his ypewriter in hand, and typewrote a few veil chosen and poignant remarks anent vhat he considered the proper or improper nethod of film reviewing by newspaper critics. Being an embryonic critic our- felves we don't know yet whether we are [or Mr. Gillette or the extreme left wing )f the critics' party. We do know, how- ever, that the remarks of Mr. Gillette have een picked up and discussed freely hroughout the length and breadth of these p-and-coming United States and that a goodly portion of these written reflections omewhat slyly admit that perhaps Mr. (Continued on Page 2) Reported Policy Switches Will Affect Ziegfeld, Carroll and Garden More important changes are pending in the Broadway exhibition situation. Loew's Ziegfeld, which opened with a second-run picture policy over a month ago, is reported switching to summer stock. A weekly change policy is contem- plated with guest stars in leading roles. Providing negotiations now under (Continued on Page 12) CODE CONFATpLANS TO STUDYPRACTICES By RALPH WILK West Coast Manager, The Film Daily Hollywood — ■ "Monopolistic trade practices within the industry" will be studied by the Motion Picture Employees' Code Conference, which has decided not to submit a code but (Continued on Page 2) Court Denies the Petition For A Fox Receivership Justice Bernard L. Shientag in the New York State Supreme Court yesterday denied an application for receivership against Fox brought by James M. Cleary, a stockholder. Shientag announced his decision af- (Continued from Page 12) Ban Auto Handbiliing Richmond — Local theaters can no longer distribute handbills, cards and other advertising matter in automobiles parked on the city streets. A new or- dinance, just signed by the Mayor, pro- hibits the practice. FRANCE CONSIDERING BAN ON U. S. FILMS Paris (By Cable) — The French Government, urged by a group of French producers, is considering plans for an embargo on American pictures or subsidizing the domestic industry. Either plan might result providing the World Economic Con- ference over stabilization collapses, it is indicated. In recommending the governmental aid plan, French producers claim that the inferior quality of their product is due to lack of financing. Edward Kealey, Former Fox Vaude Booker, Dies Funeral services will be held to- morrow for Edward F. Kealey, su- perintendent of the Fox Movietone building and former vaudeville booker for William Fox. Kealey, who died Wednesday following an appendicitis operation, will be buried (Continued on Page 11) Stuart Reported as Joining Famous Players Canadian Claims Exhibs Will Stop Paying Service Charges Many members of the American Ass'n for the Protection of the Mo- tion Picture Theater plan imme- diately to discontinue further pay- (Continued on Page 12) Fifteen years is a long time in pictures, com- pletely covered in the forthcoming "New Deal number of the FILM DAILY.— Advt. Negotiations are reported under way between Herschel Stuart and N. L. Nathanson whereby Stuart may become head of operations for the Famous Players Circuit in Can- ada, the Film Daily learned yes- terday. Stuart, who resigned Wed- nesday as general manager of the RKO Theaters, will trke a short (Continued on Page 2) Ass'n to Contact MPTOA and Allied States Towards Co-Relating Drafts Chicago — Latest group to join the procession of code drafters is the Independent Theater Supply Deal- ers' Association which will hold a meeting at the Stevens Hotel, Chi- cago, July 28-31, to prepare a set of trade practices. The M. P. T. 0. A. executive committee which holds a session in Chicago July 10, will be contacted regarding the co-relating (Continued on Page 2) unit gives¥yers code action power Milwaukee — The Allied Wisconsin unit has authorized Abram F. Myers, Allied States Ass'n execu- tive, to represent it in drafting an industry code. Fred S. Meyer, presi- dent of the M.P.T.O. of Wisconsin, yesterday emphatically denied to The Film Daily that he has en- trusted any matters to Myers. His regional association is working with the M.P.T.O. A., with which it is affiliated. Independent Code Meet Set for July 24 and 25 The industry code .convention which will be held under auspices of the National Association of the M. P. Industry will take place July 24 and 25 at the Hotel Astor, ac- (Continued on Page 2) Sentenced To See Film Shreveport, La. — A novel sentence was imposed by Judge S. C. Fullilove in the Juvenile Court here recently when he ordered two first offenders to at- tend a picture show, "The Mayor of Hell," playing at the Majestic. The order was part of their probation punishment. Fifteen years of production, distribution and) exhibition completely covered in the "New Deal" number of the FILM DAILY.— Advt, ' —3&>* DAILY Friday, July 7J933 Vol. [XIII, No. 5 fri., July 7, 1933 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. SLICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wids's Films and Film Folk. Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. 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Grand Opera ... at grind show prices (.Continued from Parte 1) Gillette is right. And by-the-by Mr. Gil- lette, who holds the long distance review- ing championship, having reviewed some 550 pictures last year is now on his annual vacation. It's 6, 2, and even that if we needed him in a hurry we would find him in the audience of one of the Broadway picture houses. Stuart Reported Joining Famous Players Canadian (Continued from Page 1) vacation at his New Haven home, following which a definite announce- ment as to his future plans will be released. Independent Code Meet Set for July 24 and 25 (Continued from Page 1) cording to plans made last night at a meeting of the organization's ex- ecutive committee at the Park Cen- tral. Committees were named as fol- lows: membership, chairman, Jack Bellman, Lester Adler and one more to be appointed; finance, chairman, Phil Meyer; Bob Savini and Frank D. Ferrone; publicity, chairman, Frank C. Wilson; Al Mannon, Pete Harrison, Charles Glett and Cy Barynstyn. The executive commit- tee consists of the chairmen of the previously-named committees and Pete Harrison, P. A. Powers and Frank Wilson. Members of the steering committee so far named are: Pete Harrison, P. A. Powers. Jack Bellman, Al Mannon, Pop Kor- =;nn. Bob Savini, Frank D. Ferrone, William Pizor and Frank C. Wilson. Goldsmith Prod. Plans To Produce 6 Features Six Goldsmith features, to be pro- duced for the 1933-34 season, will be distributed in New York, Philadel- phia, Buffalo, Washington by Holly- wood Film Exchanges, Jack Bellman announces. The pictures are tenta- tively titled, "Carnival Kid," "Work- ing Wives," "Bargain Day," "No- body's Children," "Taxi Dancer," and one feature as yet not titled. PARA. BONDS AGAIN ADVANCE Paramount bonds continued their upward trend yesterday. Para- mount's 6s47 bonds gained 3% points, 6^ for the two days; Para- mount Broadway B^sSl gained 1% points, 4% for the two days; Paramount S^sSO gained 3% points. 7% for the two days. The 5%s50 certificates were up 4 points, 8x/4 points for the two days. DOUG, JR., LEAVES HOSPITAL Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., who is re- covering from an attack of pneu- monia, has left for the country where he will convalesce after being discharged from the Doctors Hospi- tal Tuesday. E SUPPLY DEALERS GALL A CODE MEETING (Continued from Page 1) its code with the supply dea'ers' code and it is expected that Allied States Ass'n officials will be com- municated with in connection with the matter. Simon Libros, as chairman of the association's executive committee, is in charge of convention arrange- ments. Code Conference Plans To Study Film Practices (Continued from Page 1) instead work in close cooperation with the Administration in coordinat- ing interests of all employee groups, organized and unorganized, so that each may have fair consideration in the fixing of a minimum wage and maximum hours. Conference officials point out that under normal conditions there were about 3,000 accredited players in Hollywood, of which not more than 10 per cent ever had regular or steady part-time employment at any time. Seventeen thousand registered extras had average daily employ- ment of 800. These averages and those in labor groups have been radically reduced in recent months. Ferrone Is Releasing One Feature Monthly One feature per month will be re- leased by Frank D. Ferrone for the season 1933-34. First of the 12 is "The Double Crosser," which will be released Sept. 15. The next two will be titled "The Ghost Ship" and •"Helen Hunts a Job," respectively. Casting for the "Double Crosser" starts on the coast immediately up- on arrival of Richard Kahn, produc- cion manager, irom Mew York. Nathan Golden Heads Gov. Film Service Unit By WILLIAM SILBERBERG Wasliington Correspondent, FILM DAILY Washington — Nathan Golden, identified with the now defunct Mo- tion Picture Division of the Dept. of Commerce, has assumed charge of handling of film marketing in- formation in the Specialties Divi- sion, with two of the former M. P. Division staff aiding him. He will carry on his work with limited funds and personnel for the time being, at least. DEFER LAB MEETING Second meeting of the Motion Picture Laboratories Association of America scheduled to be held yes- terday was postponed indefinitely and will be held as soon as the or- ganization committee's report is completed. Date for the next meet- ing will be announced next week by Al Fiedler, of the Empire Labora- tories, chairman. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK July 7-9: RKO western sales meeting, St Francis Hotel, San Francisco. July 8: Monogram eastern sales meeting, New York. July 10: M. P. T. O. A. executive committee meeting, Hotel Congress, Chicago. July 10: Meeting of National Ass'n of M. P. In- dustry at Park Central Hotel. July 10: Monogram southern sales meeting, Jung Hotel, New Orleans. July 11: Meeting of Allied Theaters of New Jersey at 2 P. M. July 12: World Premiere of "Pilgrimage" at Gaiety, New York. July 15: Monogram central sales Blackstone Hotel, Chicago. July 17: United Artists sales convention, Chi- cago. July 18: Meeting of M. P. T. O. of Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, Jackson, Miss. July 21-22: Fox Film Corp. special stockhold- ers' meeting, home office, New York. July 25: Meeting of Allied Theaters of New Jersey at 2 P. M. meeting, July 28-29: Monogram western sales meeting, San Francisco. July 28-31: Meeting of Independent Theater Supply Dealers' Association at Stevens Hotel, Chicago. Aug. 2-3: Monogram Canadian sales meeting,' Toronto. Aug. 23-24: First annual convention of lnde-| pendent Motion Picture Owners Association of Delaware and Eastern Shore of Maryland at Hotel Henelopen, Rehoboth, Del. Sept. 13: A. M. P. A. holds annual election of officers 6 Features Are Listed By Tower Productions Tower Productions Inc., will make six features for the 1933-34 season it was stated yesterday by Joe Sim- monds, president. Work on the last four of this season's eight Tower features will be started as soon as Simmonds reaches the coast early next month. ARNOLD ALBERT PROMOTED Arnold Albert, formerly connected' with Warner Bros, home office ad- vertising department, has been pro- moted to the Warner Metropolitan; theaters' advertising and publicity department where he will act as I assistant to Arthur Jeffery and Irv-] ing Windisch. THEATRE OWNERS ATTENTION! We have in stock over 50,000 yards CRESTWOOD & PREMIER CARPETS Largest variety of THEATRE PATTERNS ever assembled Greater N. Y. Export House, Inc. 250 West 49th Street New York LAckawanna 4-0240 Theatre Carpets Our Specialty TAKE ANY OF In ■i.Jr^k W Bkt 4|gfF IN OUR BOOK... AND" YOU'LL \ THEY -: rOZ UOIA 6taA/untA MARLENE DIETRICH in "The Song of Songs", with Brian Aherne, Lionel Arwill and Alison Skipworth. Directed by ROUBEN MAMOULIAN. Those who have seen this picture say it is the finest "Dietrich" ever made — and you can believe it! CHEVALIER, with Sylvia Sidney, in "The Way to Love". Sweet, appealing Sylvia playing opposite dashing Maurice in a down-to-earth romance decorated with some of the most tuneful music ever written. • You will know that happy days are here again when you play this one! IDkxr loxnJUUct utdcuwu vl&A loMl crpe^L aAsiuA ! . . MAE WEST, that curvacious Diamond Lady who does right by every box office. ^^ ^^£sr «^Vj~ ,. "- * ,*l -••- :;;:■ *-* '" , ;: .-<•■ .. a HMJttUuJl! The FOUR MARX BROTHERS in "DUCK SOUP"... their funniest picture, embellished with girls, bright with music. Directed by Leo McCarey. turn to the nex _ \ "ALICE IN WONDERLAND." Backed by reams of publicity on The Search for Alice, this picture released during the Yuletide season becomes the greatest natural holiday attraction ever produced. DIETRICH. ..the one and only MARLENE in TWO MORE PICTURES. Directed by Josef von Sternberg. "DESIGN FOR LIVING"... Noel Coward's smash hit— play of the year, with Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. "50 YEARS FROM NOW" . . . one of the biggest exploitation pictures ever conceived. "THE SEARCH FOR BEAUTY"... already the newspapers of the country are flooded with publicity on this picture. It means money, money, money to every exhibitor. "CHRYSALIS"...with Miriam Hopkins, Fredric March, George Raft, and Frances Fuller. Another big smash hit play. A sure-fire success as a screen entertainment. "ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON". . . with Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, Neil Hamilton, Frances Fuller, Roscoe Karns. The runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize. One of the most delightful and human entertainments of the year, with a sock ending. jHI turn to the next page for more! % t) 'FUNNY with W.C. Fields, Charlie Ruggles, Jack Oakie, Wynne Gibson. Directed by Leo McCarey — 75,000,000 people waiting for this picture. "YOU NEED ME" with SYLVIA SIDNEY and GEORGE RAFT... The combination that coined money for you in "Pick Up" will go to work for you again. "HONOR BRIGHT" with Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert. A great team in a great story. "CRADLE SONG" with Dorothea Wieck, star of "Maedchen in Uniform" in a picture that promises to be even more sensational. "Death Takes a Holiday" with Fredric March, Claudette Colbert, Sir Guy Standing. Sure to be another "Dr. Jekyll &Mr. Hyde"! The END of the WORLD Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. A great DeMille spectacle. . . . Look at this shower of leaves! They will shower down gold for you! QMXX UU&lJL . Get th PARAMOUNT PRODUC ANNOUNCEMENT BOOK for 1933-34 NOW ... and see all the good things that are coming to YOU ! Friday, July 7, 1933 // // I REMEMBER WHEN As told to JACK HARROWER of the Film Daily Editorial Staff "IN the year of 1913 Herb Sanborn, now ' owner of the Brown Derby in Holly- wood, was a film salesman for us out of Syracuse and Rochester. While he was a good film salesman he was not up on nachine parts which we also sold in those Jays. "In making his rounds to the theater owners then in business he called on Dave Cohn in Binghamton. Dave at that time vas not interested in any films that San- >orn had to sell, but he wanted a 'lower ake-up' for his machine so he listened to erb's strong salesmanship and then said: Well, you can send me a lower take-up.' "Herb did not know what a lower take- jp was, but he rose magnificently to the mergency: "Dave, that picture has already een shown here, and we can't sell it to 15 Directors Working At Warner-F. N. Lot 'est Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Fifteen directors are low under contract to Warner Bros. [The list comprises Alfred E. Green, JLloyd Bacon, William Dieterle. Roy Del Ruth, Ray Enrght, Busbv Berkeley, Stanley Logan, Archie jMayo, Michael Curtiz, Mervyn Le- JRoy, William A. Wellman, Howard Hawks, Robert Florev, William jKeighley and Arthur Greville Col- llins. LeRoy is at present immersed ir> the details of "The World Changes." first announced as "America Kneels," which will be Paul Muni's nex star- ring vehicle. Dieterle has been as- s;gned as director of "Shanghai Or- chid," in which Richard Barthel- mess will star. REFUSE THEATER PERMIT Richmond, Va. — The board of zon- ing appeals has refused to grant an appeal of J. W. Atkinson for per- mission to erect a two-story brick, steel and concrete theater building at 406 North 25th Street without the required rear yard. KING GETS POST Akron, 0. — Frank King, manager of the Colonial theater here, an in- dependent house, has announced the arrival of Stephen Walters of New Haven, Conn., who will serve as assistant manager of the theater throughout the summer. PUBLIX CLOSES HOUSE Rockland, Me. — After running a week after its reopening, the Part hase been again closed by Publix. 'rtU^*W'Vf,->Uf HONG THE MALT® PHIL M DALY • • • FIFTEEN YEARS is a long time in Pictures that is the record of this li'l ole paper so pretty soon we are gonna celebrate our birthday just a kid in actual years but an old veteran in film experience and back- ground we can remember a lotta things that have trans- pired in those 15 years so in our Anniversary Issue we are going to review them for your delectation and information and mighty interesting reading it will make for oldtimers and newcomers alike © • • GOING BACK 15 years just to cite a few what were some of the film celebs doing? Clara Bow was attending the Bay Ridge High School in Brook- lyn Ronald Colman was preparing for a stage career after discharge from the British army following wounds at Ypres Gary Cooper was a cowpuncher in Ontario Roy Del Ruth was directing Ben Turpin for Mack Sennett Harold B. Franklin was managing Shea's Hippodrome in Buffalo D. W. Griffith was directing Lillian Gish in "Hearts of the World" Al Jolson was playing in "Sin- bad" on the New York stage Rowland V. Lee was shar- ing a hallroom with John Gilbert while trying to break into the directorial game Ernst Lubitsch was directing Pola Negri in Berlin for Ufa Louis B. Mayer was operating theaters in New England Mary Pickf ord was working in "Amarilly of Clothesline Alley" for Artcraft ZaSu Pitts made her screen debut in Rudolph Valentino's first film, a Universal release Terry Ramsaye was doing publicity for Mutual "Roxy" was making Government pix in Florida Richard A. Rowland was prexy of Metro Pic- tures Corp and Irving Thalberg was secretary to Carl Laemmle # * * * • • • SO IF you are a film celeb not according to your own appraisement but the consensus of opinion of the industry send along the dope on yourself 15 years ago we will be glad to have it so will our readers. .... • • • OUR ANNIVERSARY issue will hit the highlights of the entire panorama of the Motion Picture for the past de- cade and a half nothing will be overlooked of any con- sequence it will represent a compendium of valuable data and interesting information that you will want to preserve and hand down to your children so they can see what a great guy you were IF you happen to be mentioned • • • FIFTEEN YEARS from now we can hear mugs in the film game saying "Yes, yes, these are Great Days, but I can remember when the 'Film Daily' published its Fif- teenth Anniversary Issue — and what a Sensation that was! I'd like to show you my copy, but I have it in my safety deposit vault with my other Valuables." • • 9 BUT CASTING aside the airy persiflage we are proud of this Anniversary Number to come it marks the New Deal in Pictures we firmly believe that the industry is entering a new era along with President Roosevelt's New Deal that the old order is in the ash- can great days are ahead for all who strive, and plan, and do their bit in shooting the film biz forward to new heights today it is Initiative Ability Ideas that come into their own it's Anybody's Opportunity YOURS — if you make it and that is the mes- sage the Anniversary Issue will strive to put over what others have done in the past, YOU can equal or top To- morrow for that's the kind of a biz we are in a Game of Opportunities « « « » » » TIMELY TOPICS Cycles in Pictures and What They Mean WE hear a great deal about "cycles" of pictures. If two or three gangsters pictures are made in a row, everybody says "there's a gangster trend starting." Then producers either trip over each other trying to make gangster pictures, or pass up perfectly good stories from a fear of getting too many of this type. In quite a few years in the film business, I have learned at least one important thing about it, and that the public doesn't care what you do or how you do it, within the bounds of good taste, just so you enter- tain them. Therefore "trends" or "cycles" should mean noth- ing. Only one thing counts when you come upon a piece of likely material and that is, "Will it hold the public interest?" If you use that criterion it doesn't matter if there have been a thousand backstage, or mother love, or prison stories ahead of it. You just can't worry about "trends" and make good pic- tures. Good stories don't come in layers, like chocolate cake. They are where you find them and when you find them. You may find several of similar back- ground together; you may find them separately. However that may be, if they are good stories they should be put on the screen with no inhibitory thoughts as to whether the idea may be "too old" or "too new." — Clarence Brown. M-G-M Has 4 Features Ready for Release M-G-M has four features com- pleted and ready for release, their titles being: "Storm at Daybreak," "The Stranger's Return," "Dinner at Eight" and "Tugboat Annie." In production are: "Another Lan- guage," "Bride of the Bayou," "Es- kimo," "Night Flight," "The Danc- ing Lady," "The March of Time," "Penthouse" and "Turn Back ths Clock." FORM IOWA COMPANY Sioux City, la. — The Interstate Amusement Co. recently incorpo- rated here has these officers: A. B. Friedman, president; Sol Shulkin, vice-president, and Nathan Dax, sec- retary-treasurer. The capitalization is listed at $10,000. INSTALLS HIGH FIDELITY Detroit — Tom Lancaster, mid- western theater operator, has ar- ranged for the installation of the RCA Victor High Fidelity equipment in the Great Lakes. High Fidelity sound has already been put into the Lancaster, in the same city. THE -c&H DAILY Friday, July 7, 1933 Tabloid Reviews of FOREIGN FILMS "HEUTE NACHT-EVENTUELL" ("To- night— Maybe" i, musical comedy in Ger- man, with Jenny Jugo, Fritz Schulz, Jo- hannes Riemann, Siegfried Arno and Otto Wallburg; directed by E. W. Emo; an Al- lianz production. At the 79th Street The- ater. Pleasing musical with several light airs by Robert Stolz. Jenny Jugo is the at- tractive wife of a physician who spends his time in research, while the wife makes a secret living writing music. The doctor becomes suspicious because of a telegram offering a sum of money for her latest tune, which is the same as the picture title but he soon learns the truth. What the National Recovery Act Means To t he Picture and Other I ndu s tries "ALMAS ENCONTRADAS" ("Souls in Conflict"! — a romance in Spanish, with Jean J. M. Casado, Amparo Arozamena and Joaquin Bousquets; directed by Rafael J. Sevilla; produced by the Industrial Cinema- tografica of Mexico, D. F. At the Teatro Variendades. Smooth moving sentimental romance which seemed to please a Spanish speak- ing audience in spite of the antiquity of the scenario. Story concerns the redemp- tion of "bad" women and drunken men through true love, but moves rapidly enough to keep from moralizing. Progressive Pictures Sells Nine Territories Nine state rights exchanges have signed to handle the Progressive Pictures' line-up for the season of 1933-34. They are: Hollywood Film Exchanges, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Buffalo; B. N. Judell, Inc., Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwau- kee, St. Louis; Cameo Screen Attrac- tions, Boston; Standard Film Ser- vice, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh; Adams, Film Exchange, Dallas; All Star Features Dist., Los Angeles, San Francisco; Monarch Pictures Corp., Detroit; Square Deal, Oklahoma City; Elliott Film Exchange, Minne- apolis. First picture of the series, "Her Splendid Folly," is completed and work will begin on the second as soon as Willis Kent finishes shooting the talking version of "Road to Ruin," which will be released as a roadshow special. CANTON HOUSE DARK Canton, 0. — Double feature policy, inaugurated a week ago, at the Grand Opera House, after stage shows which were offered for more than six months, failed to attiact and the house went dark this week. House will remain dark until fall, when it is planned to revive the same policy. The Grand is the only dark Canton house. MIDLAND CHANGES POLICY Kansas City, Mo. — Loew's Midland will change its week's program on Saturdays instead of Sundays, start- ing with the new picture Saturday. Hundreds of letters are being received by the National Recovery Act Administration at Washington concerning the mechanics and scope of this revolutionary law as it applies to the motion picture and other indus- tries. Here is a list of the inquiries which predominate among the many received at the Administration office: Prices the recovery program i fleet _Q.- Hov, prices ? A. — In the long run it probably will mean higher prices. The Administration, however, will endeavor to prevent immediate price in- ii i ases. Q. — What means does the Administration have at its disposal for preventing price in- creases? A. — It has no legal powers hut intends to use full weight of persuasion and public opin- ion. Q. — Why does the Administration object to price increases? A. — General Hugh S. Johnson, Administra- tor, expla ns that an increase in prices par- alleling the expected increase in purchasing power would nullify the effects of the new purchasing power. Q. — Will fixing of minimum prices be per- mitted? A. — Price fixing in the initial stages will DAILY SIX tition may carry a provision that no one will sell below cost of production, thus preventing cut-throat competition. _ Q. — If the recovery program results in higher prices in this country, how will pro- ducers be protected against low-priced im- ports A. — The President has the power to raise duties to equalize any increase in cost of pro- duction of American goods. Q. — Do price agreements which may be written into codes apply to foreign trade as well? A. — Not necessarily; this is a matter of discretion with the industries. Wages Q. — What effect is the program to have on wage ? A. — The two immediate objects of the pro- gram are shorter working hours and higher wages. As stated by General Johnson, the plan is to "split up the existing work and put more men on the pay roll and raise the wages for the shorter working shift so that no worker is getting less than a living wage." Q. — Does the program call for the setting of wages ? A. — General Johnson explains that by hav- ing the codes stipulate a minimum wage for the lowest class of laborers, it is hoped the whole wage structure will be affected without minute regulation. Q. — What should the minimum wage be? A. — No hard and fast rule has been laid down or will be laid down because of differ- ing conditions between regions and industry, but the average for the lowest paid workers should be not less than 45 cents an hour. The general aim is a living wage in fact. Q- — What should the shorter work week be? A. — Here again no hard and fast rule is being laid down, but the lowest class of labor ought not to have to work more than 32 hours a week on an average. Q. — Will the Administration recognize re- gional differences in living costs and wage scales ? A. — Yes: all the codes submitted thus far allow a differential between the North and South on these grounds. While regional dif- ferentials will not be upset, they will not be tolerated to the extent of exploitation. Q. — Will the Administration deal with ex- ploitative labor costs at both extremes, that is. unjustifiably high and unjustifiably low wages ? A. — Yes. Codes Q- — What should the codes of fair competi- tion contain? A. — The Administration is urging that they l>e confined to stipulating wages, working hours, and means for protecting the industry from unfair competition. Q— Is there any definite time limit on the submission of codes? .A. — General Johnson is urging all indus- tries to get in their codes as rapidlv as pos- sible so that there can be a united movement toward greater purchasing power, but no lime limit has been set. Hanging back will be discouraged by persuasion and public opin- ion. Q. — How can a member of a group begin preparing for the enforcement of a code? A. — By starting to figure out ways of di- viding up his work between more employes and shorter shifts at a living wage. Q. — How wide a grouping should the code represent ? A. — The Administration would like to deal with as large sections as are possible, but it is willing to take the groupings as they come to it. Trade associations are the nuclei around which the work is starting. Q. — If an employer belongs to two or more trade associations with conflicting points of view, should he resign from one? A. — There is no necessity for him to do so; the conflicting points of view can be brought out at the public hearing and he may take either side he wishes. Q. — Does an employer have to join a trade association? A. — There is no compulsion except that co- operation is easier in groups. Q. — Are labor and consumers to be repre- sented when the codes are being drawn up by industries? A. — The Administration has no authority over the drafting of codes before they are submitted. Q. — How are the consumers and laborers to be represented ? A. — At the public hearings, which the Ad- ministration will hold on each code, labor, consumer and industrial advisory boards will be present and anyone demonstrating his in- terest in the problems will be accorded a hearing. Q. — May retailers, wholesalers and impor- ters present codes? A. — It is considered highly desirable that they do so; the recovery plan will work best if all branches of business cooperate. Q. — If a group of laborers, such as de- signers in the textile industry, organize and present a code, what action will the Admini- stration take? A. — It has no authority to deal with such codes. Q. — Will company unions be acceptable as representing labor? A. — Each code must insure to labor the right to organize and be represented by per- sons of its own choosing, and company unions will be acceptable if they fulfill this require- ment. Q. — How can a trade association bring in non-member industries which do not cooper- ate in drafting the code? A. — A code presented by any association representing 75 per cent of the industry, after being subjected to hearings and being ap- proved, becomes binding on the whole industry. Q- — If.a member of the association dis- agrees with the majority opinion, need he form a separate association? A. — Minorities within any association and non-member industries will both be given hearings when the Administration takes up the code. Q- — Will the President force a code on an industry? A.- — He has the power to do so, but the Administration feels that the program must work spontaneously to be successful. Q. — What if the code interferes with exist- ing sales agreements? A. — Congress has the power to pass laws abrogating private contracts, and the Ad- ministration will ask that contracts be re- laxed if necessary. Q. — How about intrastate businesses? A. — Any industry affecting interstate com- merce is included, and this provision is re- garded wide enough to embrace almost all cases, but purely intrastate businesses are, of course, outside Federal laws. Q. — What about state anti-trust laws which may conflict with the Administration's pur- poses? WORDS WISDOM from within and without the film industry "QUR success depends upon the public's willingness to vote in- telligently for the type of entertain- ment it wants."— EDWARD KUY- KENDALL. "The great confidence that the Government has reposed in industry under the Industrial Recovery Act must not be abused." — ABRAM F MYERS. "I recommend the (Mohammedan) religion to all American business men."— REX INGRAM. "Picture work is drudgery al- though we can't complain as long as the drudgery is pretty profit- able."—LESLIE HOWARD. "The world is sick of sophistica- tion. It likes a briskly tossed pie, a trip and fall, the collapse of the chandelier."— HAL ROACH. "A comedian is one actor who never has to fear the age limit"— ■ CHARLES RIESNER. 4 in Work, 11 Preparing At Paramount Studios West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Twenty-two produc- tions are now in various stages of oroduction oiA preparation at the Paramount studios. Seven films are in the cutting rooms for final edit- ing. They are: "The Song of Songs," "This Day and Age," "Mama Loves Papa," "One Sunday Afternoon," "Gambling Ship," "Her Bodyguard" and "Man of the Forest." Four pic- tures now in production are: "Mid- night Club," "Three Cornered Moon," "Big Executive" and "The Way to j Love." In preparation are 11 fea- tures, they are: "Chrysalis," "Torch i Singer," "To the Last Man," "White Women," "Design for Living," "Duck Soup," "I'm No Angel," "Lone Cow- boy," "Too Much Harmony," "Gol den Harvest" and "Swift Arrow." A. — Some enabling legislation may be nec- essary in some states, but Federal laws super- sede state laws where there is a conflict. Enforcement ■ Q. — How will adherence to an accepted code be insured? A. — As far as possible policing of an indus- try will be left to the trade group, and the agreement, once it is approved, becomes a "law merchant" for the industry enforceable in courts. Q. — What if violations become widespread in any industry? A. — The Administrator has the power to license all industries and forbid the operation of any to which a license is not granted. Q. — Will the licensing power be used widely? A. — The Administration hopes it will have to use it only to prevent the breaking down of a code. Q. — What other enforcement powers does the Administration have? A.— The President may modify any code or withdraw it, depriving the industry of the benefits under it. THE Friday, July 7, 1933 ■a&m DAILV 11 RKO San Francisco Convention Squibs D EGARDLESS of what Joe Ashby may forget to bring to the con- tention, you can bet he'll have a >ocket fulf of cigars. When asked, Herb Mclntyre will explain how necessary earthquakes ire in serving to clean up delinquent iccounts in record time. We're informed that Mark Cory ■f Portland was recently seen pur- hasing an automatic comb guaran- teed to keep his curly locks plastered '[own. Demonstration on request. Tom (Casanova) Walsh admits hat the Salt Lake femmes think Ws a greater guy than the great tuy he professes to be. Bill Wolf is the official welcoming 'ommittee of the 'Frisco exchange — | de luxe host. Eddie Lamb of Seattle has won ,he title, "The Ancient Mariner." {[We'd like to know the story be- l&ind it. "Big Bill" Jones of Vancouver, 3. C, occasionally has to travel three whole days to sell one account. Mew York City salesmen take no- ice. SIGNED FOR KENNEDY FILM :{ Linda Watkins, Josephine Dunn, fames Kirkwood and Molly O'Day iave gone to St. Petersburg, Fla., jo work in "Playthings of Desire" dor Aubrey Kennedy. Miss Watkins 'replaces Claire Windsor, who was iriginally slated for the leading role, flayers were signed through Mike Connelly, acting for the Jenie acobs office. Coming and Going GRADWELL L. SEARS left New York yes- Iferday for a week's visit to Chicago on busi- ess. J. SIMMONDS, head of Tower Productions 2aves New York for the coast today via the anama Canal. ") WALTER ABEL, stage actor, left for the ' oast yesterday to join Paramount. I JAKE WILK, story editor for Warners, ar- rives in New York from the coast Monday. Q JAMES R. GRAINGER is en route to the :oast from New York. RICHARD C. KAHN, production manager for I 'rank D. Ferrone is en route to the coast from lew York. i| WINFIELD R. SHEEHAN is due in New York ate this month from the Coast, en route to grope. I ED WYNN will arrive in Hollywood Sun- lay from New York. I NAT KARSON has returned to New York irom Chicago after doing murals for the ex- position. | AUBREY KENNEDY and MARSHALL NEILAN ^re due in New York next week from St. Petersburg, Fla. J. LEVY WILL REVIEW MIDSUMMER RELEASES San Francisco — A review of past season and midsummer releases will be given by Jules Levy, general sales manager, Al Mertz, short sub- ject sales manager, and Fred J. Mc- Connell, general sales manager of Van Beuren Corp. at the opening session today of the RKO regional convention here at the St. Francis Hotel. Major A. J. Rossi will wel- come the convention, at which Ned E. Depinet, vice-president in charge of distribution, will assemble his branch managers, office managers and salesmen of the western dis- trict. B. B. Kahane, president, who makes his headquarters at the stu- dio, will address the meeting. Merian C. Cooper, vice-president in charge of production, will address Sunday's session. Saturday the delegates will at- tend screenings. Courtesy cards to all RKO and Fox theaters will be given all the visitors and there will be a special broadcast in their honor from KPO. Cliff Work is cooperating with Bill Wolf on this and other entertain- ment. Those attending include: Denver — J. H. Ashby, branch manager; R. Bluck, office manager: F. J. Lee, F. B. Brown, J. A. Hughes. Los An- geles— J. H. Mclntyre, branch man- ager; Harry Cohen, district man- ager; N. Newman, office manager; N. P. Jacobs, S. W. Whitehead. Portland — M. E. Cory, branch man- ager; S. S. McFadden, office man- ager; B. R. Keller; Salt Lake City— T. J. Walsh, branch manager; E. S. Winward, office manager; H. C. Ful- ler, C. Boulet, F. S. Gulbransen. San Francisco — G. William Wolf, branch manager; H. M. Hollands- worth, office manager; J. Burk, W. B. J. Kelly. Vancouver — W. S. Jones. Traveling Representative — Ned Clarke. Home Office Contingent — Ned E. Depinet, Jules Levy, A. A. Schubart, Al Mertz, Robert F. Sisk, Michael Poller. RKO's Hollywood Studio Group — B. B. Kahane, president of RKO Radio Pictures; Merian C. Cooper, executive vice-president in charge of production; Cliff Reid, as- sociate producer; Eddy Eckels, pub- licity department. Ambrose Dowling, general man- ager of RKO Export Corp.; Walter Branson, mid-western district man- ager; Jack Pegler, Lord and Thomas Agency. 2 WARNER-F. N. RELEASES SET First National's "She Had to Say Yes" will have its national release July 15 and "Goodby Again," War- ner picture, on Sept. 2. "MAYOR OF HELL" HELD OVER "The Mayor of Hell," holds over for a second week's run at the New York Strand, beginning last night. Paramount Los Angeles Convention Notes J^L WILKIE has promoted himself a Chrysler coupe for the dura- tion of the convention out here. Studio advertising and executive offices a veritable deserted village, with all personnel sitting in on George Schaefer's sales talks at the meetings. W. M. Williams, salesman of the Salt Lake City exchange, all set to go to Malibu last evening after the convention session closed, but changed his mind on finding out the place had no night life. H. L. West, Portland ad sales man- ager, plans to take a small potted palm tree back with him to show the folks. R. M. Gillham, publicity director, flew in yesterday from Kansas City, where he stopped off to see his folks. Jack Pegler, Lord & Thomas guid- ing genius on the Paramount advertising campaigns, sitting in on the meetings during the daytime, conferring with studio heads after hours. J. Vos, Denver exchange ad sales manager, persists in telling the na- tive sons here that the climate doesn't hold a candle to that of the old home town. J. P. Myers and A. R. Taylor, salesmen from the San Francisco exchange, raving about the view of Los Angeles from the nearby hills, where they became lost en route — or say they did. Neil Agnew taking short walks around the hotel between sessions of the convention. George Schaefer trying to get a score of details cleared away in ad- dition to his big job of conducting the sales meetings. C. C. Epperson and F. H. Smith of the Salt Lake City exchange walking along Sunset Boulevard, spotting the stars as they pass. Edward Kealey, Former Fox Vaude Booker, Dies (Continued from Page 1) in Calvary cemetery following ser- vices at Rockaway. The deceased was in the late six- ties and had worked for Fox since his pioneering days. He is survived by a son, Joseph, who is a camera- man at the coast. Mrs. Kealey died some years ago. 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DAILV Friday, July 7, 1933 A LITTLE from "LOTS ►// By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD According to word received by M. C. Levee, manager of Douglas Fair- banks, Jr., the young actor will not return to Hollywood until next Oc- tober. He leaves for Switzerland just as soon as it is possible for him to travel. He is recovering from an attack of pneumonia. # ♦ ♦ Otto Yanoka, Oriental character actor, was signed yesterday for a role in the new musical featurette which will star Ruth Etting at RKO Radio Pictures' studios. The mus- ical will be filmed under the super- vision of Louis Brock, associate pro- ducer. sf: $ $ Lucille LaVerne, character actress, has been engaged for a part in "The Last Trail," Zane Grey story now in production at Fox. Reginald Mason has been added to the cast of "Shanghai Madness," Fox film production starring Spen- cer Tracy. RKO Radio Pictures' option on the services of Otto Brower, direc- tor, was exercised this week for an- other contractual period. * * * Brigadier Constant Franke, Bel- gian hero of the world war, has been signed by Merian C. Cooper to act as technical advisor on the new picture which Constance Bennett will soon begin for RKO Radio. * * * George R. Batcheller has started production in the third of the eigh- teen features to be made by Ches- terfield and Invincible for 1933-34. The title is "Notorious But Nice" and will feature Betty Compson and Donald Dilloway. Richard Thorpe is directing. * # * "Music in the Air," Jerome Kern- Oscar Hammerstein stage opertta, will be filmed by Fox and included in the 1933-34 line-up. * * * His Majesty's Consul, Wentworth Martyn Gurney, has presented a Manx cat of pedigreed lineage, the gift of the Governor-General of the Isle of Man, to Walter Disney. Dis- ney has named the animal, "World Economic Conference," because he believes that the conference will be cut short like the cat's tail. Our Passing Show: Charlie Mur- ray, John Miljan, Jean Hersholt, Alan Dinehart, Onslow Stevens, Tom Brown, Hobart Bosworth, Anita Louise, Kane Richmond, Marion Burns, Abram Robert Simon, Bill Newberry, Buster Crabbe, Mozelle Britton, at the reopening of T. L. Tally's Criterion. Asserts Exploitation Para. Product Keynote West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — Exploitation will be the keynote in marketing the new season's product and in aiding the individual exhibitor to excite public interest, George J. Schaefer told delegates to the Paramount conven- tion here yesterday. Exploitation compaigns will be started with the writing of the scripts and carried throughout the production of the pictures, Schaefer said. Schaefer's speech wound up the final day of the regional meeting here. fc&s MANY PAPPY RtTUM ■est wishes are extended by THE FI-LM DAILY to the following members of the Industry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: July 7 George Cukor Richard Carle Raymond Hatton Jackie Searl Ricardo Cortez Notre Dame Glee Club Attends "Gold Diggers" The Notre Dame University Glee Club attended in a body one of the performances of "Gold Diggers of 1933'" at the Hollywood Theater last night. The Glee Club has come East to make a Vitaphone short subject for Warner Bros, at the Brooklyn studio under the direc- tion of Joseph Henaberry. "Gold Diggers of 1933" is beginning its fifth week on Broadway, the picture having been moved from the Strand to the Hollywood after the second week. All box office records have been broken by this musical hit, in which appear Warren William, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee, Aline MacMahon, Gin- ger Rogers and many other well known players. GILMORE JOINS "POST" Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Eddy Gilmore, for- merly publicity man with Loew's theaters and more recently in charge of Loew's Grand as manager, has joined the staff of "The Washington Post." HORLACHER EXPANDS Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Horlacher's delivery service has been expanded to cover the entire zone. Ann Harding Re-Signs West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Ann Harding has signed a new RKO Radio contract. She has one picture, "Beautiful," to make under her old Radio agreement. Miss Harding first achieved screen fame through "Holiday" with the same company. Claims Exhibs Will Stop Paying Service Charges (Continued from Page 1) ment of service charges to Erpi or RCA and will begin purchasing re- placement parts in the open market, according to Robert Robins, execu- tive secretary, yesterday. "They will use service only when, as and if necessary and on competitive terms," he said. Robins further declared that plans are under way whereby members of his association will institute suits against Erpi and RCA to seek to recover damages allegedly sustained by the leasing agreement which the Wilmington District Court, in grant- ing a temporary injunction, found illegal. BROADWAY THEATER SETUP CHANGES PEND (Continued from Page 1) way are closed, M. Shapiro & Son will take over the Earl Carroll and install a picture policy, thus remov- ing the house from the legit class. The Winter Garden, which War- ner Bros, dropped several months ago upon expiration of its lease, will be reopened by the Shuberts, who' own the property, with legiti- mate productions, musical in na- ture. The Shuberts have been shop- ping around for pictures but ap- parently have been unable to buy the type of product they feel the house requires. HOLDING BALTIMORE MEET Baltimore — The Theatrical Mutual Association, which succeeded the Theatrical Mechanical Ass'n, will holds its annual convention at the Lord Baltimore beginning Sunday. CAMEO HOLDING OVER "What Price Innocence?" remains for a third week at the RKO Cameo j starting today. Court Denies the Petition For A Fox Receivership (Continued from Page 1) ter several Fox executives who arc- underwriting the re-organization stock issue had signified their will- ingness to withdraw their demands for release of obligations and re- sponsibility of acts performed since April, 1930. SCHMELING WEDS ACTRESS Berlin — Max Schmeling, German heavyweight pugilist, and Anny On- dra, actress were married here yes- terday at a registry office. * * * BUILDING BIGGER BUSINESS EXTRA * * + GOES EVERYWHERE ilfms COVERS EVERYTHING LONDON HOLLYWOOD NEW YORK PARIS BERLIN WE KNOW THAT BUSINESS IS GETTING BETTER AND THAT INTEREST IS AGAIN RUNNING HIGH BY THE GROWING NUMBER OF INQUIRIES FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY RECEIVED EACH DAY BY THE INFORMATION DEPARTMENT of THE FILM DAILY . . . if you cannot find it in the latest copy of the Film Daily YEAR BOOK of MOTION PICTURES, write, phone or wire and we will do our best to dig it up for you. i , Inti mate in Charact International in Sco independent in Thou The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fifteen Years Old VOL. I VIII. NCJ. 6 NEW yCCI\, $ATLCD4y, JLLT 8, 1933 5 CENTS Ray Johnston Sees Scarcity of Independent Product PACT LIMITS SHOWS' RUNNING TIME T0 150 MINS. Kuykendall Assails Move' To Block Industry Code Work I M.P.T.O.A. Head Attacks "Group of Professional Organizers" . Columbus, Miss. — Assailing a 'small group of professional organ- izers who have set out to oppose the plans of the new Administration," President Ed Kuykendall of the M. P. T. 0. A., in a statement yester- day, declared these men are trying 'to obstruct the development of a code of fair competition for the mo- tion picture industry." Although he did not refer to the group by name (Continued on Page 3) 50 p.c.¥¥tter producing in east Walter Futter will transfer half if his 1933-34 production activities .o New York, he told Film Daily Yesterday. Although his eastern stu- dios has not been selected, Futter ,ftas decided to make in the East 13 •'Travelaughs," featuring John C. {Continued on Page 7) Loew Is Taking Back Great Lakes, Buffalo Buffalo — Loew's will soon take oack the Great Lakes, which has seen operated by the Shea Theater Corp. for a number of years. No iate as yet has been announced for l^the opening. Ralph Schwartz and i (William Van Dine are in temporary charge of the property. Bryson Reorganizing London (By Cable)— J. V. Bryson, well known in American film circles, is en- gaged in reorganizing British Poly- chromide Co., color process firm. Plans are under way for making of a British- French feature entirely in color. The company's laboratory in Charlotte St. is. being re-equipped. ' Fifteen years is a long time in pictures, com- pletely covered in the forthcoming "New Deal" number of the FILM DAILY.— Advt. Says Every RKO Production Dollar to Show on Screen San Francisco — "Every dollar expended on RKO Radio's new program will be re- flected in screen values," declared Frank O'Heron, vice-president, in a message to the San Francisco regional convention here yesterday. The company's production plans for 1933-34 will be outlined by Ned E. Depinet this afternoon and Robert F. Sisk will speak following his talk. Merian C. Cooper will address the final session tomorrow. Wilby-Kincey Houses Drop Union Labor; Unfair "Competition" Is Charged By Circuit Birmingham — Notice effective to- day has been given all union men in the Wilby-Kincey houses here that because of "unfair competition" fur- nished in Birmingham by the unions, their services will not be needed. The "unfair competition" is the Jef- ferson theater where consecutive run pictures, an hour stage show and several acts of vaudeville are given for fifteen cents. The house is run co-operatively by stagehands, musi- cians and operators thrown out of work by houses closing, and aboli- tion of stage shows from Birming- ham. The Jefferson was started last fall as a strictly stock company. After 25 weeks or more, the house was wired and pictures put in. Lately the house has been doing a turnaway business at some shows, yet is re- ported not making money because of the heavy "nut" and the low price. Name Daven Head of New Fox Fr. Producing Firm Paris (By Cable) — Capitalized at 6,000,000 francs, Fox has formed Societe Anonyme Francaise des Pro- ductions Fox-Films, which will pro- duce foreign language pictures in Paris. A. Daven, who was formerly a director for Ufa-A. C. E. produc- (Continued on Page 3) F. F. Proctor Estate Valued at $5,836,697 The estate of F. F. Proctor, cir- cuit owner who died Sept. 4, 1929. was valued at $6,200,880 gross and $5,836,697 net, it became known yes- terday in a tax transfer filed in the Surrogate's Court, White Plains. The N.V.A. and the Actors' Fund each will receive $50,000. Scarcity of Independent Films Is Seen By W. Ray Johnston Court Finds Goebel Case Defendants Guilty A verdict of guilty was brought in yesterday by the Federal jury that heard 206 days of testimony in the mail fraud case against Otto E. Goebel, motion picture producer, and eight others connected with the Na- tional Diversified Co. The company sold about $3,000,000 worth of stock to prominent persons, claiming that it would make religious films. Strong possibility of an alarming scarcity of independently - made product during the fiscal year will be stressed by W. Ray Johnston in his address today at the first region- al convention of Monogram franchise holders at the Park Central. John- ston will tell the exchange execu- tives that a large percentage of independents have this year failed to deliver complete line-ups, and with reduced schedules for the new (Continued on Page 7) Wis. Trade Practice Plan Set To Operate on Aug. 14 Milwaukee — Under a trade prac- tices plan, including a uniform zon- ing and clearance schedule which distributors and exhibitors in this territory are now studying for adop- tion, maximum running time of shows is limited to 150 minutes. The plan, which was exclusively an- nounced in The Film Daily of June 16, is scheduled to become operative Aug. 14, when ratified by a majority of exhibitors, as expected. The agreement was sponsored by (Continued on Page 3) wis. im.ru okays M.PJMC0DEW0RK Milwaukee — The board of direc- tors of the M. P. T. O. of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, Inc., has rati- fied the industry code so far as it has been worked out by the execu- tive committee of the M. P. T. O. A. A vote of confidence has been for- warded that committee for the work that is being done. Bear Mountain Outing Planned by M. P. Club An up-the-Hudson cruise and out- ing at Bear Mountain on Aug. 2 was planned yesterday by the Mo- tion Picture Club through its house committee. The day's program will (Continued on Page 3) Lillian Gish Returning Lillian Gish will end her retirement from the screen by appearing in a fea- ture for RKO which will be her initial talking picture. She was last seen in pictures in "The Swan." Miss Gish has been working in the legitimate theater since leaving the screen. Fifteen years of production, distribution and exhibition completely covered in the "New Deal" number of the FILM DAILY.— Advt. ij fjg^a DAILV Saturday, July 8, 193: Vol. LXIII, No. 6 Sat.. July 8. 1933 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. UICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays it 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wids's Films and Film Folk. Inc. J. \\ . Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher: Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur \V. Eddy, Asso ciate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office at New York. N' " Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY. 1-650 Broadway, New York, N. Y.. 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Eq. 6s40. . 53s 5 5% + Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 4% 4V2 4l/2 . . Keith A-0 6s46 ... 50 49 49 + Loew 6s 41 ww 83 81 83 + Paramount 6s 47... 26% 25 25 + Para. 6s47 ctfs 25 24l/2 25 +1 Par. By. 5i/2s51 ... 39 37% 37*4 .. Par?. By. 5i2s51 ctfs. 35 35 35 + Par. 5'2s50 26 1/4 25 25 + Par. 5'2s50 ctfs 25% 25 25% + Warners 6s39 .... 38 36 36 — N. Y. PRODUCE EXCHANGE Para. Publix 2% 1% 2 Net Chg. 2% Para. Certificates Rise Paramount 6s47 certificates staged a sensational rise on the New York bond market yesterday, closing at 25. a net change of 10 points for the day. Para. Broadway 5i2s51 certificates staged an advance of 3 points, closing at 35. Para. 51 2s50 closed at 25, an advance of 13s points, while the certificates of that issue were up % of a point. Circuit Execs. Discuss Industry Code An informal discussion of industry code proposals occurred at a regular meeting of circuit representatives yesterday afternoon at the Hays office. Attending were: Sam Dembow, Harold B. Franklin, Phil Reisman, Col. E. A. Schiller. Willard Patterson and Spyros Skouras. Ohio Pays $315,000 Tax in 10-Mo. Period Columbus — Under the Federal ad- mission tax law, the Government col- lected a little more than $315,000 from Ohio theaters during the 10 months' period ended last May 1. ac- cording to figures obtained by P. J. Wood, business manager of the M. P. T. O. A. A new checkup of the number of Ohio houses affected by the recent- ly-enacted state tax on amusement admissions above 40 cents indicates that not more than five picture houses will come within the law. said Wood yesterday. Of these, two are in Cleveland and three in Cin- cinnati. "CAPTURED" FOR HOLLYWOOD "Captured!" Warner Bros.' picture "O-starring Leslie Howard and Doug- las Fairbanks. Jr., is scheduled to follow "Gold Diggers of 1933" into the Hollywood about the first week in September, as a two-a-day offer- ing. BECOMES MAYOR MONDAY Minneapolis — A. B. "Buzz" Bain- bridge. Minneapolis theaterman, takes over his duties as mayor Mon- day. Exhibitors are also glad to hear the report that Herman Miller friendly to their interests, may head the council. LAURA LEE MARRIED San Francisco — Laura Lee was secretlv married to Louis Payne New York broker, June 29, it be- came known here yesterday. The couple are en route to New York bv airplane and will continue to Europe where they will spend sev- eral months. PLANNING MAJESTIC LINEUP Majestic Pictures' new season's lineup will be announced the first of August upon the return of Herman Gluckman, president, who is now7 on the coast conferring with Phil Goldstone. Majestic's production head. First four of the new line- up will be ready for screening within three weeks. BARTON AT PALACE James Barton, famous funster of musical comedy and vaudeville, heads the new vaudeville bill at the RKO Palace theater starting today. "Melody Cruise," RKO Radio Pic- tures' newest musical picture, is the feature screen attraction. BOOK ETHEL BARRYMORE Ethel Barrymore wrill appear in person at the Capitol, for the week beginning July 21. The actress will be seen in Sir James Barrie's play- let, "The Twelve Pound Look." Receivership Petition Filed Against Del. Co. Wilmington — A petition for a re- ceivership suit was filed in Chan- cery Court here yesterday by the Industrial Trust Co. against Dia- mond State Theater Co., which op- erates the Capitol and Temple, both at Dover, Del., and the Strand at Smyrna, this state. The trust com- pany sets forth that it holes the de- fendant corporation's promissory note for $2,636, payable on demand and dated Nov. 14, 1932. Pantages at Salt Lake To Take Over Orpheum Salt Lake City — Alexander Pan- fages has arrived here from New York in connection with his deal to take over the RKO Orpheum. Trans- action is completed except for a few details. PROTESTS RECOVERY CODE Dallas— Col. H. A. Cole, president of Allied Theater Owners of Texas, has issued a call for all members and also the general public to meet at the Jefferson Hotel Monday to protest the new code governing the- aters, exchanges and employees under the National Recovery Act. "I LOVE THAT MAN" OPENING "I Love That Man" opened at the New York Paramount yesterday. Heading the suppoi'ting cast are Robei-t Armstrong, Lew Cody, War- ren Hymer and Dorothy Burgess. Harry Joe Brown directed this Charles R. Rogers production for Paramount. ATLAS NOT CLOSING Ben Berke, head of the Atlas Sound Studios in Long Island City, denies the report that the studio will cease operating and close. Berke stated that conditions were never better for producing and at present the latest of the Paul Terry-Toon cartoons is now being synchronized. INCREASE NEGATIVE COSTS West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Ken Goldsmith an- nounced today a 30 per cent increase in negative costs over his last year's budget for productions. Goldsmith will make six features for 1933-34. "PILGRIMAGE" AT §1.50 Price scale for Fox's "Pilgrim- age," which opens at the Gaiety July 12, will be 50 cents to $1.50. plus tax. PLAYING RKO ROXY "I Loved You Wednesday" is the feature attraction for four days starting today at the new RKO Roxy in Radio* City. "Cocktail Hour" will hold forth on the screen as the main attraction for three days start- ing Wednesday. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: Monogram eastern sales meeting, Ne York. uly 7-9: RKO western sales meeting, S Francis Hotel, San Francisco, uly 10: M. P. T. O. A. executive commits meeting, Hotel Congress, Chicago, uly 10: Meeting of National Ass'n of M. P. Ii dustry at Park Central Hotel, uly 10: Monogram southern sales meetin; Jung Hotel, New Orleans, uly 11: Meeting of Allied Theaters of Ne' Jersey at 2 P. M. uly 12: World Premiere of "Pilgrimage" i Gaiety, New York, uly 15: Monogram central sales meetin Blackstone Hotel, Chicago. uly 17: United Artists sales convention, Cfi cago. uly 18: Meeting of M. P. T. O. of Arkansa Mississippi and Tennessee, Jackson, Mis uly 21-22: Fox Film Corp. special stockholc ers' meeting, home office, New York. uly 24-25: Code convention at Hotel Ast' under auspices of National Association the Motion Picture Industry. uly 25: Meeting of Allied Theaters of Ne Jersey at 2 P. M. uly 28-29: Monogram western sales meetin San Francisco, uly 28-31: Meeting of Independent Theat- Supply Dealers' Association at Stevei Hotel, Chicago. Aug. 2: Outing at Bear Mountain under air pices of Motion Picture Club. Aug. 2-3: Monogram Canadian sales meetin Toronto. Aug. 23-24: First annual convention of lnd« pendent Motion Picture Owners Associatie of Delaware and Eastern Shore of Marylan at Hotel Henelopen, Rehoboth, Del. Sept. 13: A. M. P. A. holds annual election i officers Monogram Is Moving To Radio City Bldg Monogram has leased extensiv floor space in the RKO Building ii Radio City and will move from it present quarters early next montl Richie Export Corp., Monogram5 foreign affiliate, will also move t the RKO building under the least which covers five years. Both cow; panies have been situated at 72! Seventh Ave. since their inception. '■uaerL^q^ ^President ATLANTIC CITY'S NEWEST BOARDWALK HOTEL Five Hundred Rooms with Sea Water Baths — American and European Plans. Also Beautiful Furnished Housekeeping Apartments with Complete Hotel Service by the Week, Month or Year. SEA WATER SWIMMING POOL MARINE SUN DECK TURKISH BATHS 151 Saturday, July 8, 1933 !,l IMITS RUNNING TIME IFSH0WST0150MINS. (Continued from Page 1) ie M. P. T. 0. of Wisconsin and fpper Michigan, headed by Presi- ent Fred S. Meyer. It bans double '•features, including "added" westerns n Sundays or other matinees. The plan provides against give- ways, coupon and thrift cards or 3oks, etc., and against all mention njf price in newspaper advertising ?cept in announcements of changes 1 admission prices when prices may i mentioned for not more than seven msecutive days. Maximum running jme of a show is limited to 150 min- tes with units limited to total of *» sve and three in case of a stage How policy. hi J Under the schedule, first-run •puses playing at 50-cent admissions ire given 45 days' clearance over lbsequent houses charging 35 cents, '' '§9 days over houses charging 30 ents, 59 days over houses charging p cents and 73 days over theaters fith a 20-cent admission. The ad- lission classification is determined :cording to the lowest adult admis- on after 6 P. M. The plan provides that no subse- uent house shall advertise any jming attraction until the comple- 'on of the first-run showing in Mil- aukee and likewise in an outlying me where more than 14 days' clear- rice prevails, no picture shall be dvertised until the completion of revious runs. Institutional adver- sing used at the beginning of the uying season is exempt from this ause. Directly competitive situations are rictly denned under the plan which ivides the city into zones and a rastic penalty has been provided r any violations. The plan be- Dmes effective as adopted Aug. 14, abject only to such revisions as may ||e embodied in a code under the ! rational Recovery Act. Unfair rade practices as outlined in the plan become effective immediately, jewever. It becomes binding upon J fie signature of a majority of the Inhibitors in Milwaukee county. A continuing zoning and clearance i jmmittee consisting of four inde- Jendent exhibitors, two circuit repre- sentatives and two distributors will |e named. Independent exhibitors fsrving on the committee include B. I. Fischer, R. J. Patterson, E. f.angemack and L. K. Brin. Affili- ate representatives are Sol Hankin (nd H. J. Fitzgerald, while the two j istributors are yet to be named. j The plan is now being submitted p the distributors. Hanson's Bow-Wow Wins Toronto — Oscar R. Hanson swept the beards in the Dachshund Class at the recent annual dog show at Hamilton, Ont., the final canine exposition of the season in Canada, when he captured the silver plate and seven ribbons with entries of his own breeding. DAILY lONCfHt WITH PHIL M. DALY © • • IT IS fundamental in human nature .... a normal trait in every human being with ambition to strive to attain that degree of independence financially where they can run their own business and feel that they are free and untrammeled : beholden to no overlord • © • THAT IS a rather tough attainment in the film biz where the average individual is so dependent on others yet this position of Freedom and Independence has been achieved to a remarkable degree by 37 men in this industry and their associates referring to the franchise holders of Monogram Pictures • • © AND EVERY one of these 37 will gladly admit that his present fortunate status in the economic scheme of the films is largely due to one man W. Ray Johnston president of Monogram whose organizing genius banded them together whose executive ability, keen judgment and shrewd business sense has kept them moving forward through the toughest times the biz has ever known ® © © SO TODAY the first regional sales convention of Monogram at the Park Central starts off auspiciously bringing together a group of men who each controls his own little world known as a film exchange runs it absolutely independently secure in the knowledge that he is a unit in a nation-wide organization that is consistently moving for- ward furnishing 100 per cent co-operation sup- plying him with a high standard of product under arrangements that allow him to make his full share of the profits so this Monogram Bunch are a reasonably happy and contented group of individuals they have come to attend THEIR convention. . involving a company of which they are Part Owners they have a full voice in every decision the future of Monogram can be as great as these individuals choose to make it by Co-operative Effort 9 • © IN THIS spirit the year that confronts the Mono- gram franchise holders looks rosy to say the least there is no confusion no guess work they have clicked together the past year the machine is running more smoothly than ever with production decreased from last year's 32 to the current program of 20 which allows increased production cost on a tight program that is bound to result in superior product setting a New Standard in the independent field here is an organization spending MORE dough for production when most other companies are pruning is it any wonder they are a supremely Optimis- tic Gang? . ® 9 9 AND WE have a hunch that most of these 37 co- ops will be with Monogram 10 years from now if they are still alive it is a Johnston tradition to hold his men even the office porter has been with him 13 years and it would take some inducements to grab such men as Eddie Golden, John Harrington and Pete Friedhoff away from Ray as for the franchise holders, the following have been buying from him for 15 years Harry Thomas, Herman Rifkin, Jack Jossey, Irving Mandel, Sam and Jake Flax, Bill Underwood, Jack Berkowitz, Bernard Mills, Bob Withers, Jim Alexander, J. T. Sheffield, Floyd St. John such Confidence must be deserved Hail, Monogram! all the best from everybody on this paper's staff and from the Heart « « « » » » ASSAILS BLOCKING OF INDUSTRY CODE WORK (Continued from Page 1) it is understood that he meant cer- tain leaders of Allied States Ass'n. Said Kuykendall, in part: "These men thrive on controver- sies and dissention and are consis- tently unwilling to permit the set- tlement of industry disputes. This new law calls for a show-down. Those who honestly desire to remove unfair trade practices and wild cut- throat competition have an opportu- nity to sit down with the rest of the industry and our Government and work out a practical plan to do so. The impudent and misleading asser- tions of this group of professional organizers that they, and they alone, speak for all of the theater owners in the country is just a brazen hal- lucination. The actual owners of the country's theaters are perfectly com- petent to speak for themselves." Name Daven Head of New Fox Fr. Producing Firm (Continued from Page 1) tions, is in charge of the concern, organized under the supervision of Clayton P. Sheehan, head of the Fox foreign department. Mr. De Regnier is general secretary. Bear Mountain Outing Planned by M. P. Club (Continued from Page 1) include a schedule of athletics. All persons identified with the industry are eligible to participate. Committees in charge of the event comprise: program, William Fran- kel, Jack Alicoate, Louis Nizer and Robert Wolff; tickets, Leo Kleba- now, Arthur W. Stebbins and Jos- eph Bernat; prizes, Hank Linet, George Morris and Harry Brandt; publicity, Hank Linet and Maurice D. Kann. MANY HAPPY RETURNS, Best wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the Industry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: July 8-9 Bradley King Lon Young Eugene Pallette S. L. "Roxy" Rothafel Claude C. Ezell Frank Namczy MONG Proudly As GIGANTIC PRC Plain English For Plain Facts! An increased budget for each neg- ative ... in these times means Monogram is going big time . . . that it will pay you to "March on with Monogram." TALK IS CHEAP! . . . but money talks ! That's why MONOGRAM is being recognized as the leader . . . there's no depression around the Mono- gram Studios or the Monogram Exchanges. GET GOING WITH MONOGRAM. Tremendous Iner "Monogram II —WITH THESE 20 "NEW "KING KELLY OF THE U. S. A." . "THE WOMAN IN WHITE" .... "BROKEN DREAMS" "JANE EYRE" 0 "THE MOONSTONE" By Wilkie Collins. Con "THE SWEETHEART OF SIGMA CHI" . "THE AVENGER" "MONEY MEANS NOTHING" "MYSTERY LINER" "BEGGARS IN ERMINE" .... "WOMAN'S MAN" . . From Adela R "NUMBERS OF MONTE CARLO" . "16 FATHOMS DEEP" "THE LOUD SPEAKER" .... "DERBY DAY" "HAPPY LANDING" "MANHATTAN LOVE SONG" "SENSATION HUNTERS" . A Charles V "HE COULDN'T TAKE IT" .... "CITY LIMITS" 13 One Reel Port O'Call Novelties— Se| "It Will Pay You to Ke There Are 37 Monogram Exchanges GRAM t,Mces Us lAM 1933-34! In Negative Cost Over Last Year! Right Idea" SPECIALS FOR 1933-34 leal production from the famous stage play. Wilkie Collins' famous novel. An original by Olga Prinzlau. ost widely read of Charlotte Bronte's books. wf the greatest detective stories of all time. The famous song in a popular picture. By John Goodwin, with Ralph Forbes. By William Anthony McGuire. tor Wallace's Saturday Evening Post Story. By Esther Lynd Day. ohn's famous story, "Great God Four flush". Phillips Oppenheim's story of Monte Carlo. . An undersea story by Eustace Adams. . An original story by Tristram Tupper. . County Fair Days are Pay Days. Stuart Anthony's air story. By Cornell Woolrich. tion, with Arlene Judge and Preston Foster Albert Payson Terhune's comedy drama. By Jack Woodward. World Through The Camera's Eye [Ijuth With Monogram!" £erve You — Get Monogram Is Going Places! Not only was MONOGRAM the first company to announce next year's product . . . but MONO- GRAM is the only company an- nouncing an increase in its Budget! A big increase over last year's negative cost is something to shout from the house tops! MONOGRAM is going into First Place this year . . . with the out- standing Product . . . the out- standing Stars. CLASS A PRODUCTION FOR CLASS A HOUSES. Your Contract Now! THE DAILY Saturday, July 8, 1933 A Little from "Lots" — By RALPH WILK ^— HOLLYWOOD "jy[Y WEAKNESS," the preten- tious musical production which Buddy DeSylva is producing for Fox, is already in rehearsal and will go before the cameras on Monday. Be- sides Lilian Harvey and Lew Ayres, the cast will include Harry Langdon, Charles Butterworth, Sid Silvers, Boots Mallory, Barbara Weeks, Marcelle Edwards, Susan Fleming, Mary Blake, Shirley Lloyd, Marjorie King, Gladys Blake, Jean Allen and Dixie Francis. * * * Harry Joe Brown, back from Eu- rope, is full of pep and rarin' to go. He is an associate producer with Chas. R. Rogers Productions, and also a director. * * * Frank Gay, veteran scenarist, is busy, to say the least. In collabora- tion with Charles R. Condon, he has written "Buy America." He has also written "City Guy." * * * Jimmy Durante has been added to the cast of "The March of Time," which Willard Mack is directing for M-G-M. * * * Florine McKinney has been signed to a long term contract by M-G-M and will have a role in "The Dancing Lady," starring Joan Crawford. IHSI1I1IH HOLLYWOOD PLAZA "0 U' nooQ 0 SUMMER* RATES, Now 8 $2 per day single] $2.30 per day double! Special weekly and monthly rates All rooms with bath and shower. Every modern convenience. Our dining room now S serving Al Levy's famous food— breakfast 25 -45c. Luncheon 35c.Dinner 60c I Look for the"Doorway of Hospitality" B VINE AT HOLLYWOOD BLVD. HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA "I LOVE THAT MAN" with Nancy Carroll, Edmund Lowe Paramount 65 mins. RAMBLING YARN WITH EPISODIC TREATMENT RATES AVERAGE ENTER- TAINMENT. Another of those yarns about a gent who lives beyond the law by his wits at the expense of others, and gets a girl to believe in him and sacrifice all for his sake. A very unbelievable and arti- ficial story at best, that carries no sym- pathy for the principals and gets no place in particular. Edmund Lowe is a confidence man who loses all his ill- gotten gains at the roulette wheel as soon as he gets his hands on a pile. He meets up with a perfectly nice girl in Nancy Carroll, who learns to love him so much that when she discovers he is a racketeer and not a wealthy society man as she supposed, it makes no difference. She just becomes his partner in semi-crime. So the tale wanders along without build- ing any particular suspense. Then the pay-off when Lowe is fatally shot by a criminal he double-crossed, and marries the girl on his death-bed. Cast: Edmund Lowe, Nancy Carroll, Lew Cody, Robert Armstrong, Warren Hymer, Dcrothy Burgess, Susan Fleming, Walter Walker, Inez Courtney, Harvey Clark, Grant Mitchell, Belle Mitchell, Luis Al- berni, Lee Kohlmar, Leon Holmes, Esther Muir. Director, Harry Joe Brown; Authors, Gene Towne, Graham Baker; Adaptors, same; Dialoguers, same; Cameraman, Mil- ton Krasner. Direction, Satisfactory Photography, Good. "IT'S GREAT TO BE ALIVE" with Raul Roulien, Gloria Stuart, Edna May Oliver Fox 69 mins. BRIGHT, SNAPPY ENTERTAINMENT WITH LAUGHABLE DIALOGUE, CATCHY TUNES AND PRETTY GIRLS. The plot of this comedy with music is hilariously nonsensical but it provides a capable cast with a wealth of clever dia- logue and many situations that will please the most sedate. Raul Roulien makes his American screen debut as a real heart- throb hero who can sing his way into feminine affection. A galaxy of glorious girls brighten up the musical numbers. The story concerns a young man-about-town who becomes engaged to "the one and only" girl but who runs into considerable difficulty ridding himself of his old "flames." The past loves manage to break up his new romance. He winds up by attempting a trans-Pacific flight but is forced down on an uninhabited island. An unheard-of malady wipes out all the male population of the world and being the only man left, he demands the re- turn of his former fiancee. To save the world from utter ruin, the other women consent. Cast: Raul Roulien, Gloria Stuart, Edna May Oliver, Herbert Mundin, Joan Marsh, Dorothy Burgess, Emma Dunn, Edward Van Sloan, Robert Greig. Director, Alfred Werker; Author, John D Swain; Adaptor, Paul Perez; Dialoguer, Arthur Kober; Cameraman, Robert Planck; Recording Engineer, Alfred Bruzlin. Direction, Good. Photography, Good. William Powell in "PRIVATE DETECTIVE 62" Warner Bros. 67 mins. MILD ENTERTAINMENT PEPPED UP BY GOOD SUSPENSE AND DRAMATIC SITUATIONS. William Powell in a typical role that gives him plenty of chance, but the plot is of the stereotyped order relieved by some dramatic situations that hold the in- terest. As a detective in the American diplomatic service he gets in a jam, and takes a job as partner with a crooked de- tective agency. Margaret Lindsay plays the role of a society girl who nicks a gam- bling casino for fifty grand which she leaves with them on credit. So the crooked detective and his pal, the casino owner, try to frame something on the girl to keep her from collecting. Powell is assigned the job, without knowing what is in back of it. When he learns the truth he quits the job. Developments then come rapidly, with the girl's visit to the apartment of the casino proprietor to collect, and a frame-up to make it appear she killed him. He is actu- ally killed by a hireling of the crooked de- tective. Powell clears the case with some exciting happenings, and so to the happy ending. Cast: William Powell, Margaret Lindsay, Ruth Donnelly, Gordon Westcott, James Bell, Arthur Byron, Natalie Moorhead, Sheila Terry, Theresa Harris, Renee Whitney, Ann Hovey, Irving Bacon, Arthur Hohl, Hobart Cavanaugh. Director, Michael Curtiz; Author, Raoul Whitefield; Adaptor, Rian James; Dialoguer, same; Cameraman, Tony Gaudio. Direction, Adequate Photography, Very Good. Many Ownership Changes Occur in Buffalo Area Buffalo — Recent switches in thea- ter ownership and management in- clude the following: Harold Raives, formerly manager of the Regent and Century, Roches- ter, is now manager of the Rialto. He also has taken on the manage- ment of the Temple, Fairport. These houses formerly belonged to the Schine interests. George A. Ver Valin has closed the Lincoln at Rochester. The Star, Addison, operated by B. S. Newman, is now open on Sundays and Mondays. Mrs. Bessie B. Blair has taken over the Laurel, Binghamton, from D. Conklin. N. E. Wood is now man- ager of the Park, Hammondsport. J. Propis is now managing the Avon, Buffalo, alone. F. G. Hahn formerly was associated with him. Leaven- worth Steele has purchased the Variety, Baldwinsville, and reopened it under the name of Steele's Para- mount. Steele has operated the Steele's, East Syracuse, for the past 20 years. "NELL GWYNN" IN SOUND London — A sound version with music of "Nell Gwynn" will be pro- duced by Herbert Wilcox, production head of B. and D. films. A silent version of the story was made eight years ago with Dorothy Gish in the title role. Canadian Buying Co-Op Opens Alberta Branch Toronto — Expanding Associated Theaters, Ltd., Oscar R. Hanson has organized an Alberta branch of the buying co-operative and appointed H. T. Long as manager. The office will cover western Saskatchewan as well as Alberta. At a general meeting at the York Hotel, Calgary, directors for the Al- berta federation were elected as fol- lows: W. J. Long, Edmonton; R. J. Grant, Wetaskiwin; D. B. Free, Stettler; W. H. B. Sharp, Didsbury, and M. Beatty, Red Deer. FIXTURES FOR RADIO CITY Westinghouse Electric and Manu- facturing Co. has received an order from the Radio City Group of Rocke- feller Center for interior lighting fixtures for buildings No. 1 and 9. The initial order includes an allot- ment of 10,000 fixtures. It is ex- pected that a total of 20,000 will be required. W. E. EXECUTIVES RETURNING London — Three Western Electric executives who have been associates with the British company since the early days of sound are en route to the United States. They are S. E. Hawkins, R. C. Meeker and Lincoln Weld. Para. Is Building Big Theater in Glasgow Glasgow — Paramount will likely resume activities in the construction of a new "super" here on the "is- land" site at Renfield St. A company may be formed late this summer to operate the house. Earl St. John, supervisor of Paramount theaters here, will control the new house. Pictures and stage show will be the policy. SETTLE PASS DISPUTE Richmond — Settling a dispute, lo- cal theater managers have agreed to admit one censor board inspector for each picture shown. Arrange- ment was reached with the Division of M. P. Censorship, after an attor- ney for the managers' association had protested against the number of inspectors visiting local theaters. SUN. SHOWS FOR FROSTBURG Frostburg, Md. — Sunday shows are allowed under a new ordinance just adopted by the City Council and signed by the Mayor. Theaters may keep open from 2 to 6 p.m., and from 8:30 to 11 p.m. A tax of five cents for charity is imposed on each admission. LYCEUM, MINNEAPOLIS, DARK Minneapolis — With the temporary closing of the Lyceum, independent house, the Minnesota Amusement Co. (Publix), is left without Twin City first-run opposition. Lyceum is scheduled to open early in August. THE Saturday, July 8, 1933 -%&! DAILV RKO San Francisco Convention Squibs 'pRISCO'S branch manager, Bill Wolf, was kidded by Augie Schubart for being more economical with "F's" than Bob Wolff of New York, who doubles up on his last let- ter. W. S. Jones of Vancouver is the lone Canadian at the 'Frisco fanfare — you'll recall the other Dominion- eers heard their 1933-34 story in New York and Chicago. Did Cress Smith get the glad hand from Ned Depinet, Jules Levy et al? ■ — You bet he did. Cress spent the 1 past 10 months in Australia but now { he's back on the old job in the : States. "Big Bill" Kelly, Portland sales- man, admits that his sobriquet has been tacked to his Irish monicker because it is the direct antithesis of his diminutive stature. Mike Lee, that Wyoming cowboy salesman working out of the Denver branch, threatened to gallop through ! the St. Francis lobby to prove that i his cowboy ability is not of the drug i store brand. Norman Newman, of Herb Mcln- tyre's Los Angelans, has the looks of an actor and since Merian C. Cooper will be at the convention Norman has hopes of being discovered. W. J. Kelly, Seattle salesman, is an ex-Yale fullback and his pals say he's still a great team-mate. George Seach is dog-minded since his wire-haired terrier, the pride of 'Frisco film row, won a prize. HELBER'S NEW SALES HEAD Howard Hummell, who has joined Helber Pictures Corp. in charge of sales to independent distributors, was formerly with Universal. Pre- viously he was associated with Se- lect Pictures as assistant general sales manager and also opened vari- ous Columbia exchanges throughout the country. Coming and Going S. E. HAWKINS, R. C. MEEKER and LINCOLN WELD, all connected with Western Electric, are en route to New York from London. BETTY GARDE has returned to New York from Bermuda. S. FOWLER WRIGHT, writer, leaves New York today for the Coast to attend the pre- view of his filmed novel, "Deluge," made by KBS. EDDIE GOLDEN of Monogram leaves New York tonight for New Orleans. INDIE FILM SCARCITY SEEN BY JOHNSTON (Continued from Page 1) season a scarcity of product may be the result. Eddie Golden, general sales man- ager, will ask for an increase of 35 per cent in gross sales for the coming year in face of the fact that Monogram will make 12 features less than it produced this year. He will announce a 100 per cent in- crease in negative costs on all new season pictures. Monogram's next regional meet- ing will be held Monday at the Jung Hotel, New Orleans, with the following present: Atlanta — Arthur C. Bromberg, J. W. Mangham, P. H. Savin; Tampa — Carl Floyd, E. A. Dorsey; Charlotte — H. H. Everett, J. H. Dillon, Jack London; New Orleans — L. V. Seich- snaydre, G. J. Broggi; Dallas — Claud Ezell, W. G. Underwood, Les- lie Wilkes, Doak Roberts; Oklahoma City— Sol Davis, J. A. Smith, W. J. Cammer, Thelma Rhodd; Little Rock, Ark. — B. F. Busby. Home Office — Edward Golden. Attending regional sales conven- tion July 15, at the Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, will be: Home Office — W. Ray Johnston, Trem Carr, Ed- ward Golden; Chicago — Irving Man- del, Maurice Godshaw, Max Dreifuss, Jack Barry, Frank Nardi, W. Drake, Harry Lorch; Milwaukee — J. G. Frackman, John Bates; Indianapolis — L. W. Marriott, E. A. Sipe, Rus- sell Bleeke; Detroit — Sam Seplewin, Wm. Hurlbut, Harry Hondorf, Fred Strubank, Jack Saxe; St. Louis — Nat Steinberg, Barney Rosenthal, James Gateley, Miss M. DeVinney; Min- neapolis — Edward Walton; Cleve- land— Nat Lefton, J. S. Jossey, S. P. Gorrel, R. A. Novisch, F. E. Bel- las, Milton Lefton; Cincinnati — Wm. Onie, L. P. Hudson, R. J. Burns, G. H. Kirby, H. M. Albrinck, V. S. Levine; Kansas City — Robert With- ers, Chas. Lewis, John Scott, L. 0. Ringler, L. F. Durland; Omaha — C. M. Parkhurst, Joe Smith, I. W. Johnson, L. Von Dollen, R. H. Bark: LATE SHOWING AT ROXY The Roxy, 7th Ave., tonight will present a late showing of its new Fox musical, "It's Great to Be Alive." Prices for all seats will be reduced tonight to 25 cents after 10 P. M. BOOKS "SLEEPLESS NIGHTS" Arthur Mayer, managing director of the Rialto, has signed a contract with Jack Bellman and Ira Simmons for the American premiere of "Sleepless Nights," a musical com- edy starring Polly Walker and Stan- ley Lupino. The opening will take place July 30. Exploitation and pub- licity on "Sleepless Nights" for the showing will be handled by Joe Lee. Fox Renews 2 Contracts New contracts awarded Fox person- nel includes that to Henry King, who has been re-engaged to direct "The House of Connelly," the Paul Green play in which Janet Gaynor will have the leading role. Sammy Lee, dance direc- tor, is another who has been rewarded with a new contract following his stag- ing of the ballet sequences in "I Loved You Wednesday." 10 Vitaphone Shorts Set For July Release Ten Vitaphone short subjects, in- cluding two double reels and eight of one reel length, are scheduled for national release during this month, announced Norman Moray. The two reelers for July release are Ruth Etting in "Crashing The Gate," and Russ Columbo in "That Goes Double," both part of Vita- phone's "Broadway Brevities" ser- ies. The eight one reelers include "Costumes of the World," one of the E. M. Newman's "World Adven- tures" numbers; "Beau Bosko," a "Looney Tune" comedy cartoon; "Shuffle Off To Buffalo," a "Merrie Melodies" song cartoon; "The Audi- tion," a "Melody Masters" band number with Hannah Williams and Phil Emerton's Band; "Fishermen's Holiday," a "Pepper Pot" novelty reel; "Bosko's Mechanical Man," a "Looney Tunes" comedy cartoon; and the fifth and sixth of the Bobby Jones' "How To Break 90" golf reels entitled, "Down Swing," and "Im- pact." 50 P. C, OF FUTTER PRODUCING IN EAST (.Continued from Page 1) Medbury, whom he re-signed yester- day for the new series which will be released by Columbia. Futter will make his headquar- ters in New York and visit the coast three or four times during the year. Two features, as yet untitled, will be made at the Futter Hollywood studios for 1933-34. BURNS-ALLEN AT PARAMOUNT George Burns and Gracie Allen have been booked for a week's ap- pearance at the Paramount theater prior to starting for Hollywood for their next Paramount picture. They will offer their own original revue at the Paramount entitled "Where's My Brother?" NAMED MONTREAL MANAGER Toronto — Appointment of Maurice Davis, veteran film exchange official of Montreal, as manager of the Montreal branch of Empire Films, Ltd., is announced by President Oscar R. Hanson. PARA. SIGNS IDA LUPINO Ida Lupino, 17-year-old daugh- ter of Stanley Lupino, British com- edian, has been signed to a long term contract by Paramount. Miss Lupino, who is now in England, will report at the coast in August. New Deal 15 YEARS * Film Daily YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS BEFORE THE SUMMER IS OVER!!! r THE SILENT FACTOR IN SOUND BEHIND every talkie stands your original sound record... unknown, unseen, unheard by the public, but arresting in its im- portance. For clear superiority . . . for highest fidelity under all conditions of variable-area and variable-density recording... use Eastman Sound Recording Film. It is a vital though silent factor in today's sound suc- cesses. Eastman Kodak Company. (J. E. Brulatour, Inc., Distributors, New York, Chicago, Hollywood.) EASTMAN SOUND RECORDING FILM rrzt The Dai y N ewsp < i per Of M o t i o n Pict u r es Now F.ft, sen Years Old DL. LYIII. NO. 7 JUL 1 l iq-^E^YCEK, MONDAY, JULY 1 C, 1933 <5 CENTS VewChecku MajorsPlanning386Features 1LLIED WILL URGE EXHiBS TO GET ERPI REFUNDS iays Too Much Attention Paid to Theater Decorations That Code . . . too many cooks, etc. ^=^By JACK ALICOATE^^= /E ARE not unmindful of the rather ' dominant fact that any completed in- I try code, under which this business is work in harmony in its march back to sperity, must reflect the thoughts of flicting elements in the motion picture 'jstry. This, obviously, must mean the tration of aims, ideals and desires. It ;t mean sacrifice, here and there, for d of all. It must mean facing the prob- from the broad standpoint of the in- I try as a whole. It is to be regretted i that certain meddling elements, under it of the code, are already seeking sim- to further only their own selfish inter- Any code relating to this business j Id come from the recognized headquar- of the industry. • IERE is no questioning the fact that the office of the Motion Picture Producers , Distributors of America, presided over Will Hays, is the recognized fountain i of this splendid industry. We some- ;s wonder where this business would headed without the matured, efficient comprehensive service rendered the re industry by Will Hays and his ener- |c group over on 44th Street. This talk trustification is so much balmy apple- :e. This business was never more wide i. It needs all the help Washington U give it and in going to Washington it t do so with clean hands and a united t. • IE Hays office then, and no where else, is the logical place for any industry : to be drafted, and then when ready, lly presented to Washington. The inter- iiate steps, of course, are another mat- l Every element must be consulted and proposals of conflicting aims carefully ghed. The success or failure of a code ! motion pictures will not depend upon draft or presentation to the administra- but upon its honesty of purpose, fair- and workability after being put in tice. Its success, therefore, becomes matic. If it is honest it will follow ugh successfully. If it be dishonest ill fall of its own accord. More "Warmth," Comfort Needed, Declares John Eberson In their rush to build theaters, ex- hibitors have paid too much atten- tion to decorations and too little to warmth and comfort of their houses, declared John Eberson in an inter- view: Saturday. Architects, said (Continued on Page 15) ALLIED ASS'N BOARD PLANS CODE DRAFT Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Definitely indicating that Allied States Ass'n will not re- main aloof from participating in drafting an industry code, a state- ment issued here Saturday says that (Continued on Page 15) Harry Thomas Suggests Co-Op Advertising Plan A co-operative advertising plan involving producer, distributor and exhibitor was presented by Harry H. Thomas, head of First Division, to delegates to the Monogram re- gional convention held at the Park Central Hotel, Saturday. Stressing the theory that the public is becom- ing more "picture-wise" each year, (Continued on Page 2) Texas to Draft Code Dallas — Suggestions for what they term an "equitable code" will be dratted by Allied Theater Owners of Texas at a mass meeting to be held at the Jeffer- son Hotel today. They will forward the draft to the M. P. T. O. A. president, Ed Kuykendall, for consideration by his executive committee, which convenes today in Chicago. NOBLE PLANS SERIES; REPORT ERPI BACKING Jack Noble, who is reported to have Electrical Research Products' backing, is planning a series of 10 features to be made at the Eastern Service Studio, Long Island. William Bach, who heads a new subsidiary which has been organized by Erpi interests, yesterday said he had not decided whether or not his company will engage in theatrical picture production. Camden Anti-Trust Case Resumes in Court Today Camden, N. J. — Hearing on the Victoria Amusement Company's anti-trust action against major dis- tributors will resume today in the District Court before Judge Avis when a preliminary hearing will be (Continued on Page 15) Eight Majors Plan 386 Features For '33-' 34, New Survey Shows N. A. M. P. I. Committee Moves to Simplify Code In an effort to simplify the indus- try code draft being prepared by the National Association of the M. P. Industry, its code committee on Sat- urday eliminated provisions for an enforcement setup. It had been planned to recommend a National Control Council to handle this phase of the code with the assistance of a committee. Latest checkup of 1933-34 feature plans of eight major companies in- dicate that they will offer at least 386 pictures during the new season. With lineups of six of these organi- zations already formally made pub- lic, two are yet to be officially heard from. Warner Bros.-First National are expected to list 40 features while United Artists is understood to be announcing 35 at its Chicago sales convention July 17. Bases Recommendation on Wilmington Ruling on Leasing Pact Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Confident that the Wilmington District Court ruling granting a temporary injunction against certain restrictive clauses in the Electrical Research Products agreement after finding them illegal, Allied States Ass'n will advise its members to protest further en- forcement of the clauses in question and to demand the refund of all money paid Erpi under these provi- sions. "Forms for carrying out these (Continued on Page 6) SCORE CHARGES NOT TO BE DISCONTINUED No junking of score charges are planned by distributing companies during the new season, according to a checkup made Saturday. Various exhibitor organizations, including the two national associations, the M. P. T. 0. A. and Allied States Ass'n, have repeatedly sought elimi- nation of the assessment. Goebel and Eight Aides Are Given Prison Terms Prison sentences and fines have been imposed on Otto E. Goebel and eight others convicted of mail fraud in connection with the proposed pro- duction of religious films. Sentence was passed by Federal Judge John W. Woolsey. Goebel was sentenced to a term of five years and a fine if $41,000. Irene C. Flautt will go to prison for four years and pay a (Continued on Page 6) Buffalo Optimistic Buffalo — With business showing gains in all lines, local film people are look- forward to much improvement for the last half of the year as compared with recent months, a checkup made by THE FILM DAILY indicates. THE ■%£1 DAILY Monday, July 10, 1933 Vol. LXIII, No. 7 Mon., July 10, 1933 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE ■ Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holiday? »t 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y , Ijj Wids's Films and Film Folk. Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau. Secretary-Treasurer »nd General Manager; Arthur W. Edily, Asso ciate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. 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"A" 3% 3% 3% + % Loew's, Inc 25% 243/8 243/4 + % do pfd 70 70 70 — 1% Paramount ctfs 2% 2 2% Pathe Exch 1% 1% 1%+ % do "A" 7% 71/4 75/8 + 1/4 RKO 434 4% 4% + % Warner Bros 7 6% 6% NEW YORK CURB MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 4% 4% 4% + % Technicolor 8% 81/4 8% — 1/4 Trans-Lux 2% 2% 27/8 + % NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 5% 4% 4% + % Keith A-0 6s 46 50 49 49 Loew 6s 41 ww 83 83 83 Paramount 6s 47 25% 25 25 Paramount 6s47 ctfs. 25 25 25 Par. By. 5%s51 37% 373/8 37% + % Par. 5%s50 2578 25 25—1 Pathe 7s37 75 75 75 Warner's 6s39 3734 37l/4 37% + 1% 6 PREPARING AT M-G-M West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — M-G-M has six fea- tures ready for production soon. They are "Bombshell," "Cat and the Fiddle," "Christopher Bean," "Queen Christina," "The Big Liar" and an Ed Wynn story as yet untitled. The company now has four fea cures ready for release, and eight pictures in production. M-G-M Max Baer, < weight boxing a contract to picture for M and the Lady. Signs Max Baer hallenger for the heavy- championship, has signed appear in at least one -G-M, "The Prizefighter The Itroatlwsiv Parade FIRST RUNS Distributor Theater Warner Bros Music Hall Columbia "!KO Roxy RKO Radio Palace M-G-M Capitol Warner Bros Strand Paramount Paramount Picture Private Detective 62 Ann Carver's Profession!*) Melody Cruise! * I Hold Your Man (2nd week) Mayor of Hell (2nd weekl I Love That Man Made on Broadway M-G-M. . Rialto It's Great to be Alive Fox 7th Ave. Roxy Samarang (2nd week) United Artists Rivoli ThcSphinx... .» . Monogram Mayfair Gol^ Diggers of 1933 (6th week) Warner Bros Hollywood (*) Subsequent runs. FOREIGN PICTURES Poll de Carotte (7th week) Harold Auten Europa 26 Comissars (2nd week) Amkino Acme Das Lockende Ziel Chas. Herri itz Vanderbilt A Nous, la Liberte Harold Auten Little Carnegie FUTURE OPENINGS Pilgrimage I July 12) Fox Gaiety Hell's Holiday ( July 14) Superb Pictures Miyfair Best of Enemies (July 14) Fox 7th Ave. Roxy Economics and Labor Expert May Be Code Aide Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — An authority on economics and labor problems, some uersonality not connected with the business, is expected to be the type if assistant which Gen. Hugh S. Johnson will appoint to handle the film industry code. The assistant will serve as judge, official and arbi- ter. U. A. to Distribute New "Nell Gwynn" Film United Artists will release the British & Dominion sound version of "Nell Gwynn," which Herbert Wilcox is now directing in England. \nna Neagle will be starred in the title role. RELEASING "TOM MOONEY" "The Strange Case of Tom Mooney," a Brvan Foy two-reel pro- duction, will be released by First Division early in August. Lou Golder arranged the deal. LOEW SLIGHTLY INJURED Arthur Loew was slightly in- iured Saturday afternoon when his amphibian plane stalled 30 feet above Roosevelt Field and nose- dived. Loew was taken to Nassau Hospital, at Mineola, with cuts on both legs and on the neck. GERTRUDE NIESEN FOR ROXY Gertrude Niesen, well knowm radio star, will make her debut on the NewT York stage as the headliner of the new variety show which begins Friday at the Roxy theater, 7th ave. NAMED FOX BOSTON MGR. Boston — Maurice Grasserreen has been appointed manager for Fox in Boston. Harry Thomas Suggests Co-Op Advertising Plan (Continued from Page 1) Thomas suggested that second-run houses will derive the benefit of first-run exploitation and publicity by co-operative advertising in which all theaters playing features from Monogram will be mentioned in the ads, day and date with the playing of the films. Thomas mentioned the co-operative ad campaign for "Down to the Sea in Ships" as an example. The Monogram franchise holders wrere also addressed by Eddie Golden, who outlined the new product and reviewed Monogram's past records. W. Ray Johnston, president, voiced his objections to the dual bill clause being included in the proposed ex- hibitor codes. In the afternoon ses- sion, individual franchise holders were heard. About 35 delegates at- tended. SPITALNY TO CONDUCT Phil Spitalny, noted conductor who recently concluded a week's successful engagement at the Capi- tol theater with his renowned or- chestra, has been engaged by Louis K. Sidney to conduct the orchestra 9t the Capitol during the time that Yasha Bunchuk is vacationing in in Europe. BUYS "MARIE ANTOINETTE" Acquisition of picture rights to Stefan Zweig's "Marie Antoinette" is announced by M-G-M. BENITA HUME IN LEAD West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Benita Hume, English actress, will have the leading femin- ine role opposite Adolphe Menjou in Monta Bell's story, "The Worst Woman in Paris." Carole Lombard was originally selected for the role. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: M. P. T. O. A. executive committee meeting, Hotel Congress, Chicago. Today: Meeting of National Ass'n of M. P. In- dustry at Park Central Hotel. Today: Monogram southern sales meeting, Jung Hotel, New Orleans. July 11: Meeting of Allied Theaters of New Jersey at 2 P. M. July 12: World Premiere of "Pilgrimage" a Gaiety. New York. July 15: Monogram central sales meeting Blackstone Hotel, Chicago. uly 17: United Artists sales convention, Chi cago July 18: Meeting of M. P. T. O. of Arkansas. Mississippi and Tennessee. Jackson, Miss. July 21-22: Fox Film Corp. special stockhold- ers' meeting, home office, New York. July 24-25: Code convention at Hotel Astor under auspices of National Association of the Motion Picture Industry. July 25: Meeting of Allied Theaters of New Jersey at 2 P. M. 'uly 28-29: Monogram western sales meeting San Francisco. July 28-31: Meeting of Independent Theater Supply Dealers' Association at Stevens Hotel, Chicago. Aug. 2: Outing at Bear Mountain under aus- pices of Motion Picture Club. Aug. 2-3: Monogram Canadian sales meeting Tororto. Aug. 23-24: First annual convention of Inde- pendent Motion Picture Owners Associatiof of Delaware and Eastern Shore of Marylanc at Hotel Henelopen, Rehoboth. Del. Sept. 13: A. M. P. A. holds annual election officers Monogram Sales Policy Discussed at Meeting Monogram's 1933-34 sales plai policies were discussed at the New York regional meeting Saturday x the Park Central, with President W Ray Johnston in charge. Edwarc Golden presided as general sales manager and Harry Thomas ano various franchise holders spoke. Th« New Orleans regional meeting take place today. H. CROSMAN AT PREVIEW Henrietta Crosman, star of Fox*; "Pilgrimage," will make a persona appearance at the Gaiety on tin opening night, July 12. THEATRE OWNERS ATTENTION! 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(or star values, story strength, superlative direction, balanced entertainment. COMPARE IT . . . with the loudest and most boastful claims of any other company. WE KNOW . . . you will agree that FOX manpower has hit the heart of the box office ... as no other company has for 1933-34. My Weakness Lilian Harvey, Lew Ayres, Sid Silvers, Charles Butterworth, Harry Langdon. Girls! Girls! Girls! . . . and still more beautiful Girls! B. G. DeSylva musical pro- duction. Directed by David Butler. Pilgrimage Henrietta Crosman, Heather Angel, Norman Foster, Marian Nixon. Story by I. A. R. Wylie. Directed by John Ford. Paddy the Next Best Thing Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter. Remember "Daddy Long Long Legs"? From Gertrude Page's novel. Directed by Harry Lachman. Charlie Chan's Greatest Case Earl Derr Biggers' Charlie Chan adventure. Warner Oland, Heather Angel. Directed by Hamilton MacFadden. The Good Companions Musical romance based on J. B. Priestley's best seller and stage smash. With Jessie Matthews. Doctor Bull Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Vera Allen, Marian Nixon, Ralph Morgan. From the sensational selling novel, "The Last Adam" by James Gould Cozzens. Directed by John Ford. The Power and the Glory Spencer Tracy, Colleen Moore, Ralph Morgan, Helen Vinson. Jesse Lasky production. Directed by William K. Howard. Walls of Gold I Sally Eilers, Norman Foster. From Kathleen Norris' American Magazine serial and popular novel. He Knew His Women [Tentative Title] Warner Baxter in further adventures of "The Cisco Kid," O. Henry's famous character, footloose on the Bowery in 90's. The Worst Woman in Paris? Adolphe Menjou, John Boles. Jesse Lasky production., Written and directed by Monta Bell. Berkeley Square Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Irene Browne, Beryi j Mercer. From John L. Balderston's Broadway smash Directed by Frank Lloyd. Jesse L. Lasky production. The Mad Game Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Ralph Morgan. Directed) by Irving Cummings. Jimmy and Sally James Dunn, Sally Eilers. Story by Mauri Grashin andij James Seymour. My Lips Betray Lilian Harvey, John Boles, El Brendel. From the play) sensation by Attila Orbok. Directed by John Blystone.| The Last Trail Zane Grey story. George O'Brien, El Brendel, Clairei Trevor. Directed by James Tinling. The World Moves On Based on an original screen play by Reginald Berkeley. Directed by John Ford. Fox Movietone Follies Musical super production with every star on the Fox lot, and 300 of the world's most beautiful girls. Hoop-La Clara Bow, Norman Foster. With Chicago World's Fair Background. Directed by Frank Lloyd. I Am a Widow John Boles, Ralph Morgan. From the story by C. N. Williamson and Sidney Arundel. Frontier Marshal George O'Brien. Based on the story by Stuart N. Lake. Untitled Picture Janet Gaynor, Lew Ayres. Based on the Broadway stage success, "The House of Connelly" by Paul Green. Directed by Henry King. I There's Always Tomorrow Will Rogers, Zasu Pitts, Florence Desmond. Frank Borzage production. From the Saturday Evening Post story, "Green Dice," by Anne Cameron. Kiss and Forget Henry Garat in a spicy, delightful musical romance. Musk in the Air Broadway's current outstanding musical hit (in its ninth month), by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein 2nd Watch for important cast announcements. David Harum Will Rogers. Based on the famous American classic by Edward Noyes Westcott. In Your Arms Lilian Harvey. From the story by Sig Herzig and Maurice Hanline. Peking Picnic Jesse Lasky production. From the novel by Ann Bridge. A brilliant cast is being selected. I Come from Hell El Brendel. Comedy riot by George Marshall and Andrew Bennison. Dressed to Love From the Parisian stage hit, "Dressmaker of Luneville" by Alfred Savoir. As Husbands Go Philip Merivale. From the stage hit that ran for a year on Broadway by Rachel Crothers, author of "When Ladies Meet." Jesse Lasky production. The Favorite James Dunn, Sally Eilers. Roaring, rollicking story of the race track. Woman and the Law Preston Foster, Claire Trevor. Story by Judith Ravel and Lowell Brentano. Odd Thursday Warner Baxter. Based on the story by Vera Caspary. Orient Express Heather Angel, Norman Foster, Herbert Mundin. From Graham Greene's novel. Directed by Paul Martin. Smoky From the Will James story that lives forever in the hearts of millions. Directed by Eugene J. Forde. Marie Galante From the sensational story by Jacques Duval ... A tremendous cast is being assembled. The Grand Canary The story scoop of the year. A. J. Cronin's novel, high ranker in all bestseller ratings. Untitled Picture Lilian Harvey, Charles Boyer. Musical special directed by Frederick Hollander. Three on a Honeymoon An original story built on unusual romantic theme. Details will be announced when advisable. Nerve George O'Brien. Roaring, rousing outdoor drama from the story by Peter B. Kyne. Sleepers East From Frederick Nebel's high-speed, best-selling novel. With an important cast. The Constant Nymph The outstanding best seller and Broadway hit by Margaret Kennedy With a cast worthy of its bigness. Three Against Death Marion Burns, Kane Richmond, Harry Woods. Directed by Clyde Elliott. I Was a Spy Herbert Marshall, Madeleine Carroll, Conrad Veidt. Directed by Victor Saville. ■ WATCH this week's TRADE PAPERS for indisputable proof that FOX is the new leader of this industry. THE -<2^ DAILY Monday, July 10,1933 SHORT SHOTS from EASTERN STUDIOS ■By CHAS. ALICOATE PREPARATIONS on the first of the new series of shorts featur- ing Tom Howard, to be made by the W-K-D Productions, headed by I. N. Weber and D. Doran, with headquar- ters in the Bond Building, has been started with production scheduled in an eastern studio within two weeks. • Shooting on "The Emperor Jones," the Eugene O'Neill play starring Paid Robeson, being pro- duced by Krimsky-Cochrane at the Eastern Service studio in Astoria for United Artists release, is ex- pected to be completed next week- Dudley Murphy is directing. A Vitaphone short subject which features the Notre Dame University Glee Club is now in production at the Brooklyn studio. Roy Mack is directing. Jack Henley, staff writer at the Brooklyn Vitaphone studio and polo player extraordinary, is again play- ing the game this summer but is found under the horse more than he is on top, say those who have wit- nessed him in action. John T. Doran, stage manager for the Eastern Service Studios, left Monday on what John claims is his first vacation in 12 years. He plans to visit the Century of Progress Ex- hibition in Chicago. Eddie Moran, actor, writer, has joined the writing staff at the Brooklyn Vitaphone studio. Production is under way at the Vitaphone studio on a Vitaphone short starring Dave Rubinoff and his band. Jean Sargent, one of the stars in the recent musical hit, "Fly- ing Colors," is also featured in the cast. Joseph Henabery is directing the picture, which will be released in the Vitaphone series called "Mel- ody Masters." CAST OF "EMPEROR JONES" Complete cast of "Emperor Jones," which is being produced at the Astoria studios for United Art- ists release, is as follows: Paul Rob- eson, Dudley Digges, Frank Wilson, Fredi Washington, Ruby Elzy, George Haymid, Jackie Maybie, Blueboy O'Connor, Brandon Evans and Tavlor Gordon. Coming and Going THELMA TODD has left New York for Holly- wood. MARCEL MEKLEBERG, president of Century Film, Boston, is in New York. HARRY ASCHER, head of American Pictures of Boston, is in New York. A. W. SMITH, JR., Warner Bros, divisional sales manager, leaves New York today on an ;astern tour. • • • GOING AFTER the foreign field Warners' gang in Gr?at Britain took advantage of the annual conference of the exhibitors' association the C. E. A. in Glasgow last week to put over "Gold Diggers" they had a special trade showing after which they did some heavy bookings right on the spot the weekly trade paper, "Kinematograph," reproduced the pressbook cover in gold, with a four-page insert and back cover also in the gold motif and out in Paris, Robert Schloss who handles the Warner biz for France, is steamed up over signing an exhib for "Gold Diggers" five minutes after he gave him a private screening • • • IT SEEMS that a printed statement on the lineup of officers and directors of AMPA for the coming year that recently appeared gave the impression in some quarters that these gents underwent some sort of star chamber proceed- ings being sentenced to be shot at sunrise without ben- efit of clergy or even being consulted tut, tut we know all these boys and from president-elect John Flinn down they are happy to be associated with AMPA and why not? an organization with a glorious record so why step out of line to pan a gang of fellers who are sincerely trying to do their bit in advancing the inter- ests of all in the industry was that a sporting thing to do ? • • • OVER AT HER Lab Morris Rosenzweig re- cently threw a party because his wife had a baby boy Morris is doing fine Todd Rollins has started west with his orchestra on a ten-week tour of one-nighters and picture houses Gordon White is all excited and justifi- ably so over the fact that the last 20 Educational re- leases played consecutively on Broadway also three new Broadway bookings this week which give his company a record for consecutive first-run business in New York • • • DOWN IN Shreveport, Louisiana Judge S. C. Fullilove in the Juvenile Court ordered two boys to see "Mayor of Hell" as part of their probation sentence and what gives Eddie Selzer of Warners' publicity dep't a kick is the fact that he had a similar incident as a stunt suggested in the pressbook • • • WE CAN remember as far back as the time when Director Harry Beaumont was playing in a stock company ........ before he ever knew about Hollerword and Harry useter come out between acts and sing his specialty one of those goofy endless-chain songs with oompty verses wonder if Harry remembers that? •. • • WHEN WE asked Grad Sears why he Lat in the Warner home ossif dining room in his shirt sleeves he looked at his companion, Mister Skouras, and sez "With Spyros all over the place in conversation and what not, you HAVE to be in your shirt sleeves." Walquist & Gatteii have added John Michael Flick to their technical staff in their synchronizing and recording « « « » » » ALLIED URGES EXHIBS TO GET ERPI REFUNDS (Continued from Page 1) suggestions will be sent to Allied leaders in a few days," said a state- ment issued here Saturday. Since the Wilmington decision only applies to the complainants, which are Stanley Co. of America, General Talking Pictures and Duo- vac Radio Corp., Allied will petition President Roosevelt to have the re- lief applicable to all theaters. It is further stated that "Allied urged that Attorney-General Mit- chell bring a suit in behalf of all exhibitors similar to that brought by the Stanley Co. in behalf of its own houses, but he took the position that the Government should not prejudice the parties to the pending litigation." Now Allied will ask the President to instruct the Depart- ment of Justice to reverse its policy in the matter so all exhibitors may obtain relief secured by the three complainants in the Wilmington suit. Goebel and Eight Aides Are Given Prison Terms (Continued from Page 1) fine of $41,000. Elizabeth M. Flautt, for whom the jury recommended mercy, was given a year and a day in prison. Jerome D. Klein, and James E. Cassidy were given four- year terms and fines of $41,000 each and similar fines and two-year terms in prison were meted out to Bernard J. Flynn, Franklyn Johnson, Robert Patterson and John Elder. RKO THEATER ASSIGNMENTS Effective today, Thomas Meehan will be transferred from city man- ager for Providence to manage the Keith's Memorial, Boston, replacing William Raynor, resigned. George French, formerly assistant manager at the Keith's Memorial, Boston, will be transferred to the RKO Albee, Providence. French will not be re- placed at the Keith's Memorial. Gor- don Hughes remains as manager of the Victory, Providence. MANY PAPPY RETURNS ■ est wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the Industry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: July 10 William M. Counselman Sam Wood Dudley Murphy Joan Marsh John Gilbert PRODU . NOT PRED HIS is an advertisement to call your attention to a book advertising the RKO-RADIO Program for 1933-34. It will be handed you by the postman or an RKO-RADIO salesman. It is important that you get a copy for two reasons. First, it is the only advance summary of our forthcoming product that you will see before the new season begins and secondly, it is an answer to a frequent question in this in- dustry, "Can motion picture producers ever learn to sell a film in a sincere merchandising manner?" In this book you will find few superlatives and no figments of the imagination. "Flying Down to Rio" Staged in the clouds! CTIONS :tions! IN THIS BOOK WE TALK ABOUT PRODUCTIONS, NOT PREDICTIONS. It seeks to make one important point ... it is that RKO- RADIO will continue making first rate pictures! In the season just closing no program was more consistently . no other LIONEL BARRyMORE filled with substantial audience attractions . producer turned out so many definite box- office hits. The list is long, we will not repeat it here. But we will repeat that our studio, under the direction of Merian C. Cooper is committed to a plan to surpass that enviable record in 1933-34. The frequency with which this company turned out successes is proof that they were not accident, but the product of an organization geared to the production of successful shows, with the genius to conceive and the resources to produce with intelligence. RICHARD DIX CONSTANCE BENNETT "Little Women" — dear to the heart of every woman "Ann Vickers" — This year's greatest dramatic property s* Beautiful — explores the secret heart of womankind One Man's Journey" a drama of devotion KATHARINE HEPBURN FRANCIS LEDERER 52 FROM RKO-RADIO 1933... 1934 IRENE DUNNE It is upon a record of accomplishment that RKO RADIO presents in this book an outline of its forth coming program. This book intentionally does not attempt to list the title of every picture that RKO-RADIO will pro- duce during the 1933-34 season. You know, and we know, that is not practical. In a business as kaleidoscopic as this, almost journalistic in its reflection of shifting public tastes and interests, a producer's course must be laid to grasp1 every new opportunity, to acquire new books and plays, to sign the new stars that sweep across the theatrical skies. FRED ASTAIRF. ADOLPHE MENJOU *:. Francis Lederer, a soul Of Human Bondage" greatest novel of the 20th century on fire with song! DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jr. Morning Glory" — a small 'own girl, human and real Our plans resources to grasp these ever rising opportunities & ... because we vvant these things t and so do you In this book you will find productio not predictions. LESLIE HOWARD Tou will be told about pictures actually made or in production. About books and plays that have been bought and will be produced. About stars and players signed and cast. The list is too long to talk about here but it includes such notable productions as "ANN VICKERS" by Sinclair Lewis, beyond doubt today's greatest dramatic property with IRENE DUNNE in the most coveted role of the year. Ace of Aces' — A woman's heroic battle for a burned- out soul Green Mansions ' — love ZASU PITTS DOROTHy JORDAN "GREEN MANSIONS", W. H. Hudson's majestic novel of idyllic love with the stars of "Bird of Paradise", DOLORES DEL RIO and JOEL McCREA. FRANK BUCKS "WILD CARGO", W. Somerset Maugham's "OF HUMAN BONDAGE" with LESLIE HOWARD, Louisa M. Alcott's "LITTLE WOMEN", beloved by every woman of every age with a brilliant cast headed by KATHA- RINE HEPBURN, who will also be seen with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Adolphe Menjou in "MORNING GLORY", John Barrymore in "FUGITIVE FROM GLORY", LIONEL BARRY- MORE in "ONE MAN'S JOURNEY", the new Cooper-Schoedsack romantic sensation "SON OF KONG" and the musical extravaganza staged in the clouds "FLYING DOWN TO RIO" with Fred Astaire, and music by Vincent Youmans. These are but a few. The starring vehicles of CONSTANCE BENNETT, RICHARD DIX, JOAN BENNETT "Fugitive from Glory — Filmed in Arabia, where Lawrence reigned Escape to Paradise — Love and danger in the whaling seas Wild Cargo nature saves her ]reatest thrills for Frank Bvck! GINGER ROGERS ANN HARDING, IRENE DUNNE, KATHARINE HEPBURN, FRANCIS LEDERER, JOEL McCREA, DOLORES DEL RIO, DOROTHY JORDAN, WHEELER AND WOOLSEY, BRUCE CABOT and others of our galaxy are equally as impressive to the exhibitor who looks at the new season product with a keenly ana- lytical eye. You will find a cross-section representative of a program planned to produce only outstanding shows for the simple common-sense reason that they are the only ones that are profitable. JOEL McCREA "Son of Kong" — the Cooper- Schoedsack big show of 1933 "A Chance at Heaven — written down to earth by Vina De/mar II* make em say THE WHOLE SHOW WAS GREAT!"... Mi ELV CULBECTSON }M®vISm EDGAR KENNEDY & FLORENCE LAKE CHARLIE CHAPLIN HEADLINERS BLONDES and REDHEADS MUSICOMEDIES with Ruth Etting MERIAN C. COOPE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER 8 PICTURE MINI THE Monday, July 10, 1933 ■^ DAILY A LITTLE from "LOTS ►// By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD "HE title of Will Rogers' next starring- production for Fox has )een changed from "Life's Worth Nothing" to "Doctor Bull." This Itory is from the successful novel. 'The Last Adam," by James Gould iTozzens, and was adapted to the ;creen by Paul Green, Pulitzer prize winner, for his "In Abraham's , 3osom." * * * Samuel and Bella Spewack have leen signed to new long term con- racts by M-G-M, while Paul Green a new addition to the roster of vriters at this company's studios. * * * Davis Lewis, associate producer t RKO studios, has been appointed y Merian C. Cooper to succeed lexander McKraig as story editor. JcKraig will engage in New York tage-play production for a few onths and return to RKO as asso- iate producer later in the year. * * * Added to the cast of Buddy De- iylva's production, "My Weakness," or Fox are Charles Butterworth, larry Langdon, Suzan Fleming and Jarbara Weeks. Featured player* ire Lilian Harvey and Lew Ayres. )avid Butler will direct with Lee Jarmes as cameraman. Music and yrics for the production are by lichard Whiting and Leo Robbin. * * * John Ford has been signed to di- rect "Patrol," for RKO Radio Pic- lures. * * * Rouben Mamoulian has been en- raged to direct Greta Garbo's new ftarring vehicle. * * * Agnes Christine Johnston, screen writer, has been signed by RKO Ra~ jlio to write the screen play version |>f "Stingaree," an original story by W. Hornung, which will star Irene Dunne. * * * Jimmy Durante has been added to Jhe cast of M-G-M's "The March of rime." * * * Conrad Nagel, after a sojourn in few York and stage activity there, nil return to the screen in one of \he leading roles of "Ann Vickers." Jagel is slated to leave New York |>n July 9 and will assume his role the new picture immediately on ^is arrival in Hollywood. * * * Richard Boleslavsky will direct I-G-M's "Beauty Parlor," featur- ig Otto Krueger and Madge Evans. Due to last minute revisions in cript requiring a change in char- cterization, Fay Wray will play the ole announced for Elizabeth Allan n "Shanghai Madness," opposite Spencer Tracy. Ralph Morgan and Howard Lally are other members of the cast to be directed by John Blystone. * * * "Bombshell," for which Jean Har- low had been previously announced, will have Victor Fleming as director and Lee Tracy in the principal male role, according to announcement by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. * * * Hugh Herbert, comedian, who was signed to a long-term Warner con- tract immediately following his work in First National's "Goodbye Again," is working simultaneously in "Foot- light Parade" and "Bureau of Miss- ing Persons" at the Warner Bros, studios here. * * * Ed Wynn, who will arrive in Hollywood Sunday, will begin work at once on a feature picture for M-GM, tentatively titled "The Fire Chief." Musical numbers have been contributed by the team of Rodgers and Hart. * * * The complete cast of "Beauty Par- lor," forthcoming M-G-M picture based on Faith Baldwin's novel, "Beauty," includes Madge Evans, Otto Kruger, Una Merkel, Eddie Nu- gent, Phillips Holmes, May Robson, F'lorine McKinney and Louise Clos- ser Hale. Zelda Sears and Eve Green prepared the film adaptation of Miss Baldwin's book, and Richard Boleslavsky is director. * * * Three writers joined the Para- mount story department yesterday. They are George B. Seitz, Lewis Gensler and George Marion, Jr. * * * Paramount yesterday made six acting assignments for current pro- ductions. Lilyan Tashman was added to the cast of "Too Much Harmony," Verna Hillie and Ed- ward Arnold were cast in the com- edy "Duck Soup," James C. Kenton and Charles Middleton joined the cast of "Big Executive" and Sidney Toler was cast in "The Way to Love." * * * Paramount's "One Sunday After- noon" is completed and will be one of the first of the new season's re- leases. * * * Henry O'Neill has been assigned to a role in "I Loved A Woman" in which Edward G. Robinson is star- ring for Warner Bros. * * * Fox has purchased "The House of Connelly," Theater Guild Stage success by Paul Green, Pulitzer Prize winner, to star Janet Gaynor. * * * John Warburton and Walter By- ron have been added to the cast of "Charlie Chan's Greatest Case," which Hamilton MacFadden is di- recting for Fox. Camden Anti-Trust Case Resumes in Court Today (Continued from Page 1) held on a motion to quash service of processes in connection with the case, on the grounds that the defen- dants are not doing business in New Jersey and therefore are beyond the jurisdiction of the court. The hear- ing is scheduled to occupy two days. Allied States Ass'n Board Is Planning Code Draft (Continued from Page 1) "the( influence of independent ex- hibitors will be marshalled in sup- port of the plan finally drawn by the board of directors." Allied will first determine exhibitor wishes be- fore proceeding, says the statement. PHILIP MERIVALE CAST West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Philip Merivale will play the leading role in Fox's "As Husbands Go," which Jesse L. Lasky will produce. THEATER DECORATION GETS TOO MUCH CARE (Continued from Page 1) Eberson, allowed themselves to be carried away by the ambition and enthusiasm of theater company ex- ecutives. The architect, who has designed various interesting small houses as well as de luxe theaters, declared that the tendency is generally to build houses of too large capacities. He has a plan for a new small-type house, presenting a new seating ar- rangement and which can be built and operated at low cost. "Audiences should feel, not see, theater decorations," declared Eber- son. The architect deplored failure of many exhibitors to renovate their houses, postponing this work owing to business conditions. In the long run, said Eberson, the costs will be higher because of this delay. NEW OHIO CORPORATION Cincinnati, 0. — The Clinton Amusement Co. has been incorpo- rated with a capital of 250 shares of no par stock to operate picture the- aters, by Morris Segel, Jacob Segel and Alvin H. Rowe. H. BURMAN AT NIGHT CLUB Baltimore — Howard Burman, for- mer publicity director for the Hip- podrome, is now managing the May- ;air Gardens, local night club. ORITZ 1VE above the tree-tops . . No extra charge for a restful view of entire Central Park and a refreshing breeze . /'Amer- ica's only truly Continental hotel"., de- htful . . different . . convenient to theatres, shops and business. • Dinner and supper dancing nightly in the SKY GARDEN, New York's intimate and popular Roof . . entertainment. Lunch- eon or tea at . . . RUMPELMAYER'S. Rates- Single $3 50-$5; double $5-$7; suites trom $3 ATTRACTIVE WEEKLY AND MONTHLY CONCESSIONS Moderately priced apartments furnished or unfurnished avaiWe NOW or October 1st. DIRECTION CREGOr,y TAYLOR "THE SONG OF SONGS", a statue by S. C. Scarpitta inspired by certain incidents in Paramount's motion picture, "THE SONG OF SONGS". A Rouben Mamoulian Production, starring MARLENE DIETRICH, with Brian Aherne, Lionel Atwill and Alison Skipworth. "THE SONG OF SONGS" is Dietrich at her best! The Daily N ews paper Of Motion Pi ct u r es Now Fifteen Ye; irs Old ABB VOL. LXIII. NO. 8' yCEtt, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1933 34 as at the New York meeting, ■5 titles of the scheduled 52 were sted. The new features on the line-up re "Rodney," "Aggie Appleby, laker of Men," "Monsters of the eep," "The Family Man," "Man (Continued on Page 4) IEW HUFFMAN FIRM GETS PUBLIX HOUSES ; Denver — Publix is definitely out c Denver and its two houses here (,ve been taken over by the Gen- al Theaters, Inc., with Harry Huff- an as president. Theaters controlled 'w the company are the Denver, mg the ace house here, the Para- lount, also a Publix operation; jladdin, Tabor and Rialto, the last (Continued on Page 4) 'ompel Austrian Houses To Run Domestic Shorts ashington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Under new Austrian lm reelings, all picture theaters mst include shorts of an average ■ngth of 250 meters, produced in ustria over Austrian apparatus, he subjects may be newsreels and (Continued on Page 6) Film Issues Generally Show Upward Trend Film stocks generally evidenced a decided upward trend on the big board yesterday, Loew's, Inc., led the list of stocks, closing at 27y2, a net gain of 2% points. Loew's preferred closed at 71%, a gain of 1% points. Warner common advanced 1 %, closing at 8, and the preferred 1 l/i, closing at 22. Pathe Exchange showed a net gain of % of a point, the "A" stock a rise of 1 Vs points. RKO was up % of a point, Fox Film "A" 1 point, Consolidated Film Industries Vi with the preferred closing at IB'/s, a gain of % of a point. Paramount certificates gained a quarter point. Ask Over Thirty Independent Distributors To Code Meet At Hays Office Tomorrow More than 30 independent distrib- utors have been invited to partici- pate in a conference tomorrow at 3 p. m. at the Hays office to discuss proposed clauses for the industry code. In the absence of Attorney Gabriel Hess, who left New York last night by 'plane for the Coast to sit in on code conferences being held there by Will H. Hays, Attor- ney Louis Nizer will aid at the New York meeting. The following companies have been invited to attend: Amkino Corp., Arena Attractions, Aywon Films, Al Bondy, Capital Film Ex- change, Century Pictures, Chester- field Pictures, First Division Ex- changes, General Electric Pictures, (Continued on Page 6) 23 Film Trade Ass'ns Wash. Bur. of THE FILM DAILY Washington — According to a Dept. of Commerce survey, made in connection , with the Industry Recovery Act, there are 38 national and interstate associa- tions identified with the amusement Field, 23 of which are concerned with motion pictures. Mayor of Minneapolis Starts New Preview Plan Minneapolis — Mayor A. G. Bain- bridge, in his inaugural address, said that he would personally exercise proper supervision over theatrical attractions in the city and that he would appoint a committee to view motion pictures in advance of their public showing. This committee would recommend cuts and changes and inspect all advertising matter intended for use in connection with the showing of films. Warner Bros. Oppose Fees In St. Louis Company Row St. Louis, Mo. — Circuit Judge Henry Hamilton has taken under advisement the application of Roy F. Britton and Henri Chouteau, temporary receivers for the St. Louis Amusement Co., for additional fees of $10,000 each for their services under the receivership. They were placed in charge of the company's properties in November, 1931, and have already been paid fees of $24,- (Continucd on Page 6) First Run Minimum Admission Price Urged By Toledo Exhibs Equitable Plan Will Be Urged as Feature of Code Draft Members of the T. O. C. C. who are now being surveyed for their suggestions for incorporation in the industry code, are understood plan- ning to recommend a national sys- tem of arbitration, equitable in char- acter and with persons not identified with the industry acting as arbiters. The New York exhibitor associa- tion will not undertake to draft an exhibition code of its own but in- stead will co-operate with groups en- gaged in the work. UNITED ARTISTS MAY SELL AS MANY AS 40 United Artists' employees totaling 118 will attend the company's an- nual sales convention opening Mon- day at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, when announcement will be made that its new season program will be (Continued on Page 6) Contract Breach Penalties Provided in Writers' Code West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — The Screen Writers' Guild code provides that producers may file complaint against Guild members for violation of its rules of conduct in not living up to the terms of their contract with pro- ducers. Members found guilty of (Continued on Page 6) Fifteen years is a long time in pictures, com- etely covered in the forthcoming "New Deal" imber of the FILM DAILY.— Advt. Limit New Indep't Ass'n To Producers, Distributors Members of the Association of the Motion Picture Industry, Inc., at a meeting at the Park Central Hotel last night, decided to restrict their membership to independent producers and distributors. It had (Continued on Page 2) Toledo — In an effort to eliminate five-cent admissions, which, accord- ing to present indications, may fur- ther spread in this territory, the Toledo Amusement Managers' Ass'n has appealed to exchange managers here to enforce their contracts which provide for a 10-cent minimum ad- mission. They have urged them to (Continued on Page 6) Charting RKO Harold B. Franklin will today re- lease an RKO Theaters organization chart in which the duties of all RKO theater executives will be defined. Ac- cording to Franklin, the work formerly in the hands of Herschel Stuart will be divided between Phil Reisman, B. J. Hynes, Arthur Benline, and the local di- vision managers. Fifteen years of production, distribution and exhibition completely covered in the "New Deal" number of the FILM DAILY.— Advt. THE •<%£1 DAILY Tuesday)Julyir,1933 Vol. LXIII, No. 8 Tues., July 11, 1933 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. M.IC0ATE : : : Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays it 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wids's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Asso- ciate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office at N«w York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1-650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., Phose, Circle 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Holly- wood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Holly- wood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest VV. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn, Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 6 5% 5% — % Columbia Picts. vtc. 223,4 215/8 21 % — 1/4 Con. Fm. Ind 5 4% 5 + Vt, Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 131/4 12V4 13'/8 + 3A East. Kodak 84 81% 82'/2 — 1 Vl Fox Fm. "A" .... 43/4 33/4 45/8 + 1 Loew's, Inc 27% 243/8 27 Vi + 23/4 do pfd 71% 713/4 713/4 + 13/4 Paramount ctfs. . . . 2% 2 23/8 + l/4 Pathe Exch 2/2 1 % 2'/2 + Va do 'A" 83/4 71/4 83/4 + l'/8 RKO 51/4 4i/2 51/4 + % Warner Bros 8 65/8 8 + 1 1/4 do pfd 22 21 22 +114 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. pfd... % % % Technicolor 8I/4 81/4 8V4 — 1/4 T nans-Lux 3 3 3 + Va NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. 5 4y2 4 1/2 — Va Keith A-0 6s 46... 50 50 50 +1 83 83 83 26 25 371/2 37 Loew 6s 41 ww. . . . Paramount 6s 47 Par. By. 5&s 51 Par. 51/2S 50 26i/4 25 Pathe 7s 37 75 75 Warner's 6s 39.... 39Vi 37/2 NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE Para. Publix IVa 1% 2l/8 26 + 1 371/2 251/2 + 1/2 75 39 + VA JOSEPH URBAN DIES Joseph Urban, internationally- famous stage designer and artist, died yesterday at the age of 61 at the Hotel Regis, New York. Latest type DOUBLE and SINGLE track SOUND MOVIOLAS with NEW SI- LENT MOTORS FOR SALE AND RENT by DAY, WEEK OR LONG TERM. Reasonable Rental Charges Ruby Camera Exchange 727— 7th Ave., N. Y. Tel. BRyant 9-9430 Incorporate New Lab. Association at Albany Albany — Motion Picture Labora- tories Association of America, Inc., New York City, has been chartered by the Secretary of State as a mem- bership corporation without capital stock to foster trade and commerce and promote the interests of its members engaged in the motion pic- ture laboratory business; to adopt and submit to the President of the United States for approval and to enforce a code or codes of fair com- petition for the industry represented by the members as provided by the National Industrial Recovery Act. Cateryn C. Magenheimer, 98 Litchfield Avenue, Babylon; Milton Green, 674 East 163rd St., New York City; Louis Gray, 259 Rockaway Turnpike, Lawrence; Frank Budick, 537 East 146th St., New York City; Sally Canton, 239 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn; Francis Soule, 2233 Hen- drickson St., Brooklyn; Emma Maio, 221 William St., Port Chester; Eve- lyne Harker, 541 Isham St., New York City; Florence Macneil, 316 West 56th St., New York City, are the incorporators. Meyer H. Laven- stein, New York City, is attorney for the new association. PICKFORDS TO DIVIDE TRUST West Coast Bureau, of THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — Mary Pickford and Lottie Pickford Guillard, her sister, will benefit under a $227,038 trust fund, it was revealed when a peti- tion for authority to dispose of the funds left by their mother, Mrs. Charlotte Smith Pickford, was filed. The money was left in trust for the benefit of Jack Pickford, who died last January. LOEW BACK AT DESK SOON Arthur Loew, who was injured Saturday when his airplane crashed at Roosevelt Field, will return to his office late this week, it was an- nounced at the M-G-M offices yes- terday. Loew was at his home yes- terday nursing scratches on his chin and legs after being treated at Mineola Hospital. "DIGGERS" RELEASE SEPT. 2 Warner Bros, musical hit, "Gold Diggers of 1933," which has been having numerous pre-release en- gagements, will be given its general release over the country starting Sept. 2, as the first of Warner Bros. 1933-34 product. M. P. T. O. A. MEET TODAY Chicago — Meeting of the M. P. T. O. A. executive committee will start .today. It had originally been planned to open yesterday at the Congress. FUNERAL OF SIGMUND MOOS West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Funeral of Sigmund Moos, manager of the leasing de- partment at the Universal studios, who died of a heart attack, was held yesterday. Progressive to Make Features and Shorts A new production company to be known as Progressive Pictures, Inc., with Meyer Davis as president, Mon- roe Shaff, vice-president, and Jerry Wald, secretary, has been formed. Plans are to produce a series of mu- sical and comedy shorts as well as features. Work on the first of the series, which will be a group of musicals, is scheduled to start in an eastern studio in about two weeks. JUDGMENT VS. BLUMENTHAL A receiver has been appointed for the property of A. C. Blumenthal as the result of a judgment obtained against him because of a note for $32,000 which he indorsed for John Zanft, former vice-president of Fox Theaters Corp. The receivership was sought by the Banking Dept. of Pennsylvania. 'Phantom Broadcast' For RKO Contracts will be signed today by First Division and RKO whereby Mono- gram's "The Phantom Broadcast" will play the entire RKO circuit Aug. 9, 10 and 11. The deal was handled by Johnny O'Connor tor RKO and H. H. Thomas and Bud Rogers for First Di- vision. SUE DUBINSKY BROTHERS Kansas City, Mo. — As the result of an explosion in the Orpheum at Leavenworth, Kan., Aug. 20, 1930, Albert R. Evans has filed suit against Edward and Irwin Dubinsky, owners, asking $10,000 damages. J. G. Eisch, violinist and orchestra leader, was killed when the com- pressor valve on the refrigeration plant exploded, which he went to the basement to shut off. Evans, machinist, was with Eisch at the time and was blown 20 feet. Limit New Indep't Ass'n To Producers, Distributors (Continued from Page 1) been originally intended to include other independent elements of the industry in the association^ All phases of the business, however, are invited to submit independent code proposals to the association. Twenty-two members of the di- rectorate, which is to comprise 30, were named last night. They are: Frank Wilson, Robert Savini, Les- ter Adler, Jack Bellman, William Pizor, P. A. Powers, Phil Meyers, Pop Korson, Arthur Greenblatt, Charles Glett, Ben Berk, Frank D. Ferrone, Cy Braunstein, J. S. Kess- ler, John Weber, Al Mannin, Sam Flax, Harry Thomas, Jack Berko- witz, Bernie Mills, Herbert Eben- stein and George Batcheller. Officers of the association, which will be incorporated under the above mentioned name, were instructed to invite every organized industry unit to send delegates to the Coast con- vention to be held at the Hotel As- tor July 24-25. Attorney Jacob Schechter was named counsel of the organization. Next meeting will be held Monday evening at the Park Central. New Deal 15 YEARS * I Film Daily Just Words Now But Wait Until The Middle of August and You'll Find Out!!! ; AND THEN COMES THE CAKE! The Announcements for 1933-34 all look great! You've seen them all — * MORE POWER TO THEM! • They'll need it to compete with— ji METRO - G OLD WYN- MAYER's 10th CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR-1933-1934 Watch Tomorrow's Film Daily for the Announcement of THE MAJOR COMPANY! THE // I REMEMBER WHEN // By CHARLES L GLETT as told to DON HANCOCK of The Film Daily Editorial Staff II A BOUT 15 years ago, when the Ac- *» tors' Fund of America held its bene fit show at the Grand Central Palace, they had constructed at one end of the hall an improvised movie studio so that the laymen might see the 'secrets' of mo- tion picture production," said Mr. Glett, vice-president of Monarch Productions. "Naturally they needed actors and ac- tresses, and a wealth of 'talent' was al- ways to be found in the volunteer ranks around the make-shift studio. I was called upon to appear before the lens, doing a 'clinch scene' with a beautiful blonde. Sometimes the camera was loaded with film, sometimes not, but as long as the public heard the click of the camera, that was sufficient. "After we had done our little scene, the director, whom I believe was Alexander Leftowitz, told me that I was 'fair' but that the blonde who appeared with me was 'just too bad and had no chance in the movies.' That blonde is known today as Marion Davies." FRAZER SALT LAKE MANAGER Salt Lake City— Dave Frazer has become manager of the Salt Lake Sheffield-Monogram exchange here, replacing H. G. Glanfield who has resigned to take a position as sales- man for Paramount in the Montana territory. Frazer comes from the northwest. H. D. ARNOLD DIES Harold DeForest Arnold, director of research for Bell Telephone Laboratories, died at his home, Summit, N. J., yesterday. Coming and Going CONRAD NAGEL is en route to the Coast from New York. CLAYTON P. SHEEHAN is due in New York Thursday on the Manhattan. DAVE PALFREYMAN of the Hays office re- turns to New York Thursday from Chicago. BERT ADLER has returned to New York after a Washington visit. NAT DORFMAN leaves New York Friday for* a vacation at Lake George. ATTORNEY GABRIEL HESS left New York last night for the Coast. JOHN M. SPEAKS of the RKO studios is in New York and will return to the coast late this week. GEORGE SCHAEFER arrives in New York to- morrow from the coast. JAKE WILK, Warner story chief, returned to New York from the coast yesterday. J^ DAILY Tuesday, July 11, 1933 IONGthe WITH PHIL M DALY • • • MAKE A notation right now on your desk calendar to give yourself a holiday on Aug. 2 to sport in the woods and meadows with the frogs and daisies up at Bear Mountain for the M. P. Club is staging its first annual boat ride, clam bake and nudist colony cult on that day an extensive schedule of athletic events and games will be on the card for the rheumatic gents who can't indulge in the strenuous sports there will be a Nature Study Club formed also a Boy Scout Division for the lads who like to tramp over hill and dale the Clam Bake will be the big attraction with real clam? served more details later but meanwhile keep the date open you can't go wrong on this booking .... a five-spot will cover everything * * # * • • • BREAKING OF ground for the Palazzo d'ltalia in Rockefeller Center will take place with suitable ceremonies on Wednesday morn at 11 o'clock Jack Noble is not defi- nitely set as yet on his reported production of features A. S. Kirkpatrick is back on Film Row, and looking quite chipper after his siege of illness "Hell's Holiday," open- ing on the 16th at the Mayfair, is copping a lot of advance talk • © e IT LOOKS as if crashing in his airplane is becom- ing a habit with Arthur Loew so Dave Blum suggests that Arthur should take up the study of tropical fish or some other equally hazardous pastime Harry Beaumont is taking his first vacation after working 14 years on the M-G-M lot Harry is on his way to China for a six-month layoff. • • • ONE GENT who has caught the Spirit of the Far East for the films Ward Wing who produced "Samarang" a pix with a different flavor Mister Wing is making preparations to leave for the Malay Penin- sula in a few weeks to produce "Jungle Love" to be followed immediately by another before he hits back to civili- zation here is a gent who works without much bally- hoo he just goes out and does it • • • A LINE from Mike Simmons now in Holly- wood Mike came pretty near breaking the record for an Eastern tenderfoot goin' to work in the Cinema City he arrived late in the evening, and at 9:30 the next morn he was in conference with Raoul Walsh, supervisor Ray Griffith and Wally Beery on "The Bowery" Mike has the honor of having his script the first on the production schedule of Darryl Zanuck • • • IN THE M. P. Tennis League United Artists heads the teams with six straight wins Columbia is the runner-up with Universal trailing in the cellar Sam Warshawsky's drama, "The Woman of Destiny," will be pre- sented at the Red Bank theater the week of July 31st, with Broadway production lining up for October Miss Eurega Eloy David of the RKO booking ossif, who wrote a stage play with Lilian Okun, calls our attention to the fact that she is a gal, and her name is not "Eugene" as we originally quoted far be it from us to change your sex, Eurega . . A nifty souvenir put out by RKO on their series of Ely Culbert- son shorts in the form of a deck of bridge cards strung together making a Grand Slam it goes through the mail in a compact container NED DEPINET LISTS 11 MOREJKO TITLES (Continued from Page 1) of Two Worlds," "Dance of Desire," "Stingaree," "Three Came Un- armed," "Patrol," "Hide in the Dark" and "Just Off Fifth Avenue." The remaining 18 are now being selected by the story department and will likely be announced next month. New Harry Huffman Firm Gets Publix Denver Houses (Continued from Page 1) named three Huffman houses. The new company introduced several Denver social and financial names to the theater business, and include, besides Huffman, Claude K. Boett- cher, Wilbur Newton, W. W. Wat- son, Frazer Arnold, L. C. Brown, John Evans and Horace W. Bennett. Capitalization is set at $50,000. By this move Huffman controls nine Denver theaters, one-fourth of those operating. He is managing the Orpheum for the receiver, owns the Bluebird and Bideawee, neigh- borhoods, and is president of the company controlling the Broadway, used for legit. Fanchon & Marco stage shows, with a resident manager and line, will go into the Orpheum Aug. 4. The Denver will be used for class A films downtown, the Aladdin for the uptown, and the Rialto will continue second-run, with the Tabor second- run, with stage shows produced there. « « « » » » Name Division Managers For Chicago Contest Chicago — Division managers for the Hollywood-Universal "Miss Per- sonality" contest will be: Harry Rathner, Buffalo, New York, Al- bany, Boston and New Haven; Charles Moore, Philadelphia and Washington; William Callahan, St. Louis; Harry Neill, Indianapolis; Al Wolf for Dallas and Oklahoma City and Eddie Askin for the Chi- •ago and Wisconsin territories. Sally Blane Walter Wanger r-Hi: 1 ^^^^ \ UeG\eV* 'U.'litirS A$tOU a on the TV tlirr QUICK! PUT THE ONE-SHE ,tS \£^?£» by »££>, UP ONE-SHEET! A Short Subject . -i„ ree\er. \ THE (And get the press-sheet) \\\ :\W\ ist a it all about ? i at doej it meart thusiasm ,T . short-feJ= d Dy tn This «,5 idea and ^eUoeV^ oUt of ticket ^or t e snort an ^iajeW g „„- g ^ - .^ re«-w gaga.-** c i&^c- ^ various org p that aS a r turn ornics i^ediateW- . .j to his S> tor " through cr of P- -_r Qf « lor -inria- KArM sin^-e reetor . The ^C^reat P>ece ot < edu- ,. -,s a grea X;ng P'enT!ftie un- ,n5 tod< TSH MINUTE? or entertaining pkrufef exptamirKj > the moff ri. »:.-v. „ m^ns J t stood " . ees v^ d the s mana ge^' ent causi co ng ofron ted ith ,hort_ thee stor «r ticket the box - nd than dema1 ireati ng gre atef anV attra( ction the house has repor ted that Y este Vear.!.- c<-«erit. bus m mess vvay over the ark* r'ec ©,rd for the house for non ths. RM TSS and,how% is 0n the 5n^sea^^r.Whed bv Or- nov. as ?0h charts turn orn»cs Through r of ^ of the Catkins. Pr dlpg P infiatio-1 nCLA' 192.6 up un h0Vy/n, ari° ,Tl',r from >v^ ,933 is sn° e then- do»a rt {eCt »n Ay ct slnce hJha bas ^eP f stimulation o every t^tZo^r* ot^or ^er?es Scause f * ope sPo ' .„ u c nicture an" pd. \Qnl £l sSns ott at « and w.« «° ? back hG great stu^" oaf,on ^ get I in beip>,T| v\DED «f*f^ show- way. feet, PR0 Xtimu\ate i» he,r on its.«S 'picture, st> ^ and tn behind tne/uus\ness [" ong e^uo f0\oitation s uSua\ 'p • » the mos^ pr0- V, work- had in rdav $3 oooj rnar io?-:' E BOX-OFFICE! -BOOK IT NOW WHILE IT'S HOT! THE ■g&H DAILY Tuesday, July 11, 1933 THEATER CHANGES Reported by Film Boards of Trade NORTH CAROLINA Changes in Ownership HAMLET--Catolina. transferred to H. H. Anderson by R. P. Rosser. TARMV1LLE — Paramount, transferred to J. S. Brown by Norwitt Bros. FRANKLIN — Macon, trans- ferred to Vester Woods by Porter & Lias. LOUISBURG — Opera House, transferred to L. V. Parker by Murray, Pratt and Owens. ROANOKE RAPIDS— Imperial, transferred to General Amusement Co., Inc., by Nash, Traynham and Wheeden. SELMA — Carolina, transferred to J. E. Norket by C. L. Massey. Openings AYDEN — New (new theater), by T. S. Brown. CHARLOTTE— Pearl, by George L. Orr. Closings BLOWING ROCK— Carolina (damaged by fire). WILSON— Wilson. NORTH DAKOTA Openings COLUMBUS— New Columbus. Closing ST. THOMAS— Opera House. OKLAHOMA Changes in Ownership CHICKASHA— Ritz, transferred to Griffith Amusement Co. by Leon Milne. CLINTON — Rio, transferred to Griffith Amusement Co.. by John Terry. MARLOW— White- way, transferred to Burrell Jones by Miss Orene Stephenson. PERRY — Annex and Roxy, now being operated jointly by Tate & Willeson. WEST TULSA— Cameo, transferred to Midwest Theater Operating Co., Inc., by J. Jacobson. WEWOKA— Key, transferred to John Terry by L. Chattham. New Theaters COMMERCE— Nusho, by L. A. Zimmerman. VINITA— Grand, by L. L. Taylor and R. B. Sexton. WELLSTON— Merchants, by H. B. Morris. OHIO Changes in Ownership CINCINNATI — Beecher, transferred to James H. Ross by J. McCoul. HAMIL- TON— Regent, transferred to Midham Corp. by Grand Theater Co. ; Rialto, transferred to Midham Corp. by Jewell Photo Co. MID- DLETOWN— Gordon, transferred to W. Gibbs by Charles Kuehle. MILFORD— - Family, transferred to Finke & Hautz by Charles Weigel. Openings MILLERSPORT— Pythian. Closings CINCINNATI — Capitol. COLUMBUS — Pythian. GROVE CITY — Kingdom. HAMILTON— State. NEW STRAITS- VILLE— New. TENNESSEE Changes in Ownership HALLS — Halls, transferred to Escue & Woodley by George H. Likens. JACKSON — Paramount, transferred to Melco Thea- ters, Inc., by Publix-Saenger. WAVERLY — Palace, transferred to Jack Saunders by Victor Sensing. Openings MEMPHIS — Lyric (new theater), by Your Theater Corp. Closings MEMPHIS— Lyric. RIDGELY— Palace. United Artists May Sell As Many as 40 Features (Continued from Page 1) increased from 14 to 35 or 40 fea- tures. Among the United Artists execu- tives expected to go direct to the convention from the West Coast are Joseph M. Schenck, president of United Artists; Al Lichtman, vice- president in charge of distribution; Samuel Goldwyn, producer; Hal Home, director of publicity and ad- vertising; Edward Finney, assistant to Home; Lynn Farnol, personal representative for Samuel Goldwyn. Leaving from New York will be Harry Gold,, assistant to Al Lichtman ; Monroe Cireenthal, director of exploitation; Carroll S. Trowbridge, personal representative in the East for Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pick- ford; James Mulvey. Samuel Goldwyn's rep- resentative; W. P. Phillips, executive; Sadie Feuerstein. secretary to Al Lichtman Dennis O'Brien, counsel; Leon Lee, sales promotion department; Sam Cohen, foreign publicity department; Paul Burner, Martin Moskowitz, Ciummo Marx. Jack Von Tilzer, Moe Strei- mer, David Burkan, Meyer Lieberman, Nat Beier, Leon Herman, Edward T. Mullen, E. T. Smith, S. W. McGrath and Jack Dacy. Among the highlights of the con- vention will be accounts of each day's happenings forwarded to ex- hibitors throughout the country. On the last day an open forum for prominent exhibitors and trade pa- per representatives will be held with United Artists sales executives taking part. Following is a list of exchange managers and salesmen who will attend from all sections of the United States and Canada: C. Eiseman. Paul Harrison. M. C. Hill and A. M. Tolkins from Atlanta; Charles Stern. John J. Dervin, Sam Stern, A. I. Weiner, Lou C. Wechster and George Hager Compel Austrian Houses To Run Domestic Shorts (Continued from Page 1) educationals to propagate knowledge of culture and economic life in Aus- tria, or films showing Austrian landscapes, says the Dept. of Com- merce. from Boston; E. C. Markins, M. V. Sullivan, Tr.. T. A. Bvkowski and J. H. Kaplan from Buffalo; H. W. Helmbold and R. H. Master- man from Charlotte; E. H. Benson, S. B. Kramer, H. Dudelson and George C. Porter from Cincinnati; A. M. Goodman, L. Geiger and N. Levin from Cleveland; A. C. Bucha- nan, T. R. Barber, Jay Schrader. Doak Rob- erts and C. J. Cammer from Dallas; Harry Stern, James Hommel and Al Hoffman from Denver; J. D. Goldnar. Leonard Soskin. Wm. Feldstein and M. Dudelson from Detroit ; Joseph Cantor, E. V. Donnelly, Gaylord Black and Carl Goe from Indianapolis; W. E. Truog, F. A. Rohrs. W. C. Haynes and Guy F. Navarre from Kansas City; E. W. Mac- Lean, Guy S. Gunderson, Fred Gage from Los Angeles; Frank Young, A. I. Kent. Max Weisner and Edward C. Krofta from Mil- waukee; William Gould, F. E. Abelson, H. J. Devlin, Max Stahl and R. S. Cramblet from Minneapolis; Arthur Horn and Reville KnifFin from New Haven; G. R. Frank and Floyd Murphy from New Orleans; D. V. McLucas, H. R. Barker, E. Rostermundt. Leo J. Dotv and M. Frankle from Omaha: H. C. Bodkin. H. A. LaVine. T. L. Davis from Philadelphia; Bert M. Steam, Harry Rees, William Scott and Leonard Cantor from Pittsburgh; S. M. Horowitz. Edward Rosecan, L. J. Williams, A. R. Dietz and A. M. Weingerber from St. Louis ; Joe Solomon and E. M. Gibson from Salt Lake City: D. J. McNerney. O. H. Watson and W. M. B:gford from San Francisco: Irving Schlank, Jack O'Bryan, F. M. Higgins and Edward J. Kennedy from Seattle; Charles Franz. A. H. Retler. G. P. Jacobs. Samuel R if kin and Sidney Lehman from Washing- ton; A. Feinstein from Calgary, Alta. ; A. J. Jeffrey from Montreal. Que.; G. M. Hovt from St. John, N. B., H. M. Masters, S. Glazer, M. H. Wilkes, H. Kohen from To- ronto, Ont. ; D. Griesdorf from Vancouver. B. C, and Philip Sherman from Winnipeg. TOLEDO EXHIBS URGE ADMISSION MINIMUM (Continued from Page I) establish a minimum of 20 cents admission for first-runs. Representing the managerial as- sociation in the matter are Martin Smith, chairman of its board of con- trol; Nat Charnas and Bud Silver- man. They told the branch heads that the Atlas and World, operated by George Fleischmann, and the Ohio, operated by Jack O'Connell, are running two days a week on a nickle policy. The managers claimed ignorance of these policies. MONOGRAM MENTIONS Ask Over 30 Indie Distribs To Code Meet Tomorrow (Continued from Page 1) Guaranteed Exchanges, Helber Pic- tures, Interstate Film Foundation, Invincible Pictures, Irving Ex- change, Italian Star Productions, Kinematrade, Lincoln Pictures, Mad- ison Pictures, Majestic Pictures, Mayfair Pictures, Monarch Ex- change, Monogram Pictures, Mono- pole Films, Napoli Films, Principal Pictures, Protex Exchange, Public Welfare Pictures, Quality Exchange, Standard Exchange, Syndicate Ex- change and Transcontinental Pic- tures. New Orleans — Eddie Golder stumbled in after 48 hours on a hoi train from New York, having caughi a late one after the Monogram ban- quet Monday night. He wore a nevi green hat, which may have had something to do with the fact tha- his old green hat — known to every- one in the industry — had met a sac fate at the Monogram New York meeting. Arthur Bromberg of Atlanta %% beaming with smiles. Arthur i watching the reports on cotton pricn confident that things are going ft be all right down south. Carl Floyd from Tampa, th- youngest Monogrammer in atten- dance, is also the most enthusiastic Warner Bros. Oppose Fees In St. Louis Company Row (Continued from Page 1) 000. In addition they have also re- quested the Circuit Court to fix their future fees at $1,666.67 a month each, or at the rate of $40,000 a year. The application of the receivers for the fees was vigorously opposed by Sam B. Jeffries and Arthur E. Simpson, attorneys for Warner Bros., owners of 92 per cent of the outstanding capital stocks of the St. Louis Amusement Co. They con- tended that the receivers have given but little personal attention to the business, confining their activities to merely a supervisory role while all of the actual management has been done by the general manager of the company, who is paid $150 a week for his services. Contract Breach Penalties Provided in Writers' Code (Continued from Page 1) such practices are subject to any one or a combination of the follow- ing penalties: private reprimand, public reprimand, suspension or ex- pulsion from the Guild, fine of from $50 to $1,000. Any member who might refuse to abide by a judgment against him would also be breaching his contract with the Guild and would be liable up to $10,000 to the Guild. Leo Seichsnaydre, the genial host from the New Orleans office, wasM full charge of arrangements and aio a swell job. Bill Underwood, the distributor- theater owner from Dallas, told the convention that he had been through the pioneer days of Warner Bros and Columbia, and felt that Mono- gram was now sitting in the sami spot and is headed for the big time Sol Davis from Oklahoma arrivk with a wide sombrero — hot off tha plains of Oklahoma. Claude Ezell, formerly Warnei sales manager, is one of the boy? welcomed at this regional sales meeting. He is a new Monogramme: | and full of Monogram Pep. He ar- rived from Dallas with Bill Under-| wood. Heck Everett of Charlotte knom\ this town like a book and is showing] the boys all the high spots of tm\ unusual city. When the Jung Hotel manage ment learned that their hotel had been picked for the meeting the; drew a deep sigh, remembering per haps the wreck that had been causei here a couple of years ago when al' the Monogrammers were here at < national convention. WAFILMS MOVING Wafilms has leased space on the 11th floor of the RKO building, 1270 Sixth Ave., for occupancy immed- iately. B. F. Busby of Little Rock sak he must have come in on "The Sim Train from Arkayisas" it was » darn hot. Booking Offices Starting Salt Lake City — Pantages Booking Of- fices, Ltd., formed in New York, will start functioning as soon as the new circuit planned by Alexander Pantages begins operations, Alexander Pantages told THE FILM DAILY yesterday. Pan- tages is here working out the wrinkles in his deal to take over the RKO- Orpheum. Herman Zohbel, receiver for the RKO Western Circuit announced yesterday that the Orpheum will close Thursday. the HEADLINES TODAY'S BIG NEWS in a 3 STAR SHOW ( CRAMMED WITH Says the National Exhibitor RKO pictuius he crook they couldn't arrest is in the hoose- gow now, He shook down the nation with crooked bonds . . . but he had no defense for crooked blondes! . . . , The Little Napoleon of wildcat finance , , . his life and love With GEORGE E. STONE PHILLIPS HOLMES FAY WRAY Minna Gombell, Reginald Owen, Lilian Bond, Reginald Mason, Sam Hardy, Lueien Littlefield Directed by George Archainbaud. Samuel Bischoff, associate producer* ytf$& BROS. . n&K^0^ J^e 15, 19.S S«EARS oetai»e u »£S ****** fiea** ja°* ^4 *. *^ . e8 Ken*0* Ullie ^^ B°* n sett Bara4°rBTa»c,a H™ , M-G-M Announcement In This Issue The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fifteen Years Old FDAILY YCCI\, WEDNESDAY, JULT 12, 1933 5 CENTS Name Frank Walker Secretary of Recovery Council ANTI-BLOCK BOOKING PROVISION FOR PATMAN BILL Geo. Weeks Resigns From Mayfair; Plans New Concern That Decision ...Mr. Lasky and a squawk By JACK ALICOATE \FTER some ten days of reflection we find that no greater mental or physical rimulant could be given this up-and-re- jrning motion picture industry than the ■cent sweeping decision of Federal Judge )hn P. Nields, Jr., in Wilmington. The pinion is revolutionary in character and eans that all tying agreements and re- rictive conditions heretofore imposed by le electrics are outlawed. It is that oad that it covers every branch of pic- ires including the theater, the studio and 'en music. It is a brilliant victory for ie industry and gives this great business ■ amusing our millions the god-given right : living in the sunshine and working out s own destiny entirely free and apart om the ever-threatened domination of the iectrics. yjEET Mr. Lasky. We might say "the *' man who came back" if it were not r the fact that he never left. When Isse Lasky and Paramount parted there ere those who opined that, cinematically eaking, that was the last of Mr. Lasky. nfortunately they did their opining with- jit a full appreciation of the resourceful- :ss and ability of Mr. Lasky. Witness his st four productions for Fox. Each one fine picture, a credit to the industry, id each one better than the last. "Zoo Budapest," "The Warriors' Husband," The Power and the Glory" and now ierkeley Square." And the finest of ese is "Berkeley Square." At least that the confidential and unprejudiced ad- ce we have from Southern California. .OR a long time we have wondered j whether the human noises that pop from ost news-reels and travelettes get into e hair of screen patrons as they do with A Col. Alicoate. Imagine our glee, then, \lien the first letter we opened this morn- (g contained the following: "Is there no ,ipe that the imbecile 'wisecracking' of (.Continued on Page 2) Former Para. Distribution Head to Resume Early in September George W. Weeks yesterday re- signed as president of Mayfair Pic- tures Corp. and in the fall will an- nounce plans for a new independent company. As yet a successor has not been named. Ill health was given as the cause (Continued on Page 43) TEXAS EXHIBS URGE 42-HOUR MAX. WEEK Dallas — A working week with a 42-hour maximum and 30 cents an hour as a minimum wage will be recommended for inclusion in the industry code as a result of Mon- day's exhibitor mass meeting held under the auspices of the Texas (Continued on Page 42) Allied N. J. Convention At A. C. Sept. 6, 7, 8 Annual convention of Allied The- aters of New Jersey will take place Sept. 6, 7 and 8 at Atlantic City, it was decided at a meeting of the unit yesterday in New York. The indus- try code and the Electrical Research Products decision handed down at Wilmington were discussed. Work on Code Draft Chicago — Drafting of an exhibition code was continued by the MP. TO. A. executive committee at a meeting at the Hotel Congress yesterday. Those attending were Fred Wehrenberg, chair- man of the board; Fred Meyer of Mil- waukee; Love Harrell of Atlanta; M. A. Lightman of Memphis; Dave Bar- rist and George Aarons of Philadel- phia; Jack Miller of Chicago; Ed Kuy- kendall, and Dave Palfreyman of the Hays Office. REISMAN VICE - PRES. FOR RKO THEATERS Phil Reisman becomes vice-presi- dent in charge of theater operations and J. J. O'Connor, formerly Reis- man's assistant, is named film buy- er in an RKO Theaters organization chart issued yesterday by Harold B. Franklin. The chart is divided into (Continued on Page 43) Indie Ass'n Committee To Draft Labor Code A proposed working arrangement, fixing a minimum wage scale and maximum number of working hours, will be drafted by the labor commit- tee of the Association of the Motion Picture Industry. Comprising the committee are: Harry Thomas chairman; William Pizor, Alex Moss, Ken Kulick, Ben Berk, Frank C. Wilson. Walker Appointed Secretary Of National Recovery Council Fox-Loew Product Deal Now Being Negotiated Negotiations have started towards purchase of Fox's 1933-34 product for the Loew circuit. John D. Clark, in charge of Fox distribution, and Col. E. A. Schiller are now arrang- ing a deal covering out-of-New York theaters. Frank C. Walker, general coun- sel of the Comerford circuit and formerly general counsel of the M. P. T. 0. A., yesterday was appointed executive secretary of the recovery council organized by President Roosevelt which includes Cabinet members. Walker, who is now in (Continued on Page 42') Amendment Is Planned for Measure Now in Committee Bv WILLIAM SILBERBERC Wash. Correspondent, THE FILM DAILY Washington — A provision to pro- hibit block booking is to be added to the recently-introduced bill of Congressman Patman of Texas ask- ing for creation of a Federal Mo- tion Picture Commission. Patman's bill which was intro- (Continucd on Page 42') SEES HEAVY~DEMAND FOR SHORTS IN SEPT. Envisioning short subject produc- tion given a "new impetus and fresh incentive" by the decline of the double feature, Eai-1 W. Hammons, president of Educational, yesterday declared "I sincerely believe that there will be the heaviest demand in years for short subjects starting in September, when most com- panies' current season's releases will have been exhausted." Director Answers Slaps At Hollywood-At-Fair Answering attacks on Hollywood- at-the-Fair, a feature of the Cen- tury of Progress at Chicago, Jack Sullivan, co-director of the exposi- tion with George Jeske, yesterday (Continued on Page 43) Beauty Contest Tieup In addition to the Seventh Ave. Roxy, six Wilmer & Vincent houses have tied up with the International Beauty Pageant, managed by Martin Starr. "Miss New York" finals will be staged at the Roxy. Under a deal closed by Pete Woodhull with Joe Eagan, Wil- mer & Vincent houses in the following towns will sponsor entries in the 14th annual "Miss Universe" event: Rich- mond and Norfolk, Va. and Allentown, Easton, Harrisburg, Reading and Al- toona, Pa. —3JIK, DAILV Wednesday, July 12J933 I -THE lUt MWMVIlf. Of IIUMrOM ne Ul llll MHS Ml llll IIMl if— V=DAILY- Vol. LXIII, No. 9 Wed., July 12, 1933 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE : : : Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays ■t 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wids's Films and Film Folk. Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur \V. Eddy, Asso- ciate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office at N«w York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. 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Warner Minneapolis "Field Day" Minneapolis — Warner Bros, pictures are having a field day here this week, as no less than five of the seven first runs are playing pictures from the house of Warner. "Gold Diggers" is at the State; "Little Giant" Uptown; "Mayor of Hell" Lyric; "Private Detective 62" Grand and "The Silk Express" Astor. That Decision . . . Mr. Lasky and a squawk (Continued from Pckic 1) news reels and travelogues be stopped. Interesting and oftimes beautiful scenes are made completely nauseating by the verbal effusions tacked on to them. Since the producing powers seem to lack the taste necessary to distinguish the common- place from wit it would be advisable to discontinue that sort of comment alto- gether." And so, with running the risk of offending the entire membership of the Association of Motion Picture Travelogue Commentators we say, "us too." Morton Heads Manitoba Buying Co-operative Unit Toronto — The organization move- ment in Canada has spread to the independent exhibitors of Manitoba where the Western Associated The- aters Limited has been formed with headquarters in the Film Exchange Building at Winnipeg, R. S. Bell be- ing general manager. Officers of Western Associated have been elected as follows: Presi- dent, H. A. Morton; Vice-President, J. Miles; Treasurer, Nat Rothstein; Secretary, M. Triller; Director, S. Weiner, and General Manager, R. S. Bell. 271 of 296 Ontario Houses Are Licensed Toronto — Of the 296 picture houses in Ontario that were operat- ing in 1932, a total of 271 have re- ceived their licenses from the On- tario Government for the current year, as from July 1. All the film theaters in Ontario are now sound houses. TREM CARR AT CHICAGO MEET West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Trem Carr is now in Chicago where he will attend the Monogram regional sales convention Saturday. Following the meeting Cax-r and W. Ray Johnston will leave for the Coast for the western sales meeting in Los Angeles July 28 and 29. Lou Ostrow, executive producer, is in charge of Monogram studio activities during Carr's ab- sence. ADJOURN P. E. MEETING Adjourned meeting of creditors of Publix Enterprises scheduled for yes- terday was deferred until July 21 at the office of Referee Henry K. Davis. It is expected that M. F. Gowthorpe will be examined. TEMPORARY HEADQUARTERS Hershel Stuart is temporarily making his headquarters at the Fan- chon & Marco office. 12 of Statewide Theaters Are Placed in Bankruptcy Milwaukee — Statewide Theater Corp., former operators of 12 houses, now closed under court or- der, has been adjudged bankrupt by Federal Judge F. A. Geiger. Sched- ules of assets and liabilities must be filed by July 18. Since an involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed against the com- pany by creditors six weeks ago, its assets have been under control of Clarence Benton, receiver ap- pointed by Judge Geiger. Houses operated by the circuit included the Modjeska, Mirth, Garfield, Princess, Plaza, Savoy, Tivoli and Uptown theaters, Milwaukee, Lake at Keno- sha, State at Racine, Oshkosh at Oshkosh and Jeffries at Janesville. REGENT CHANGES TITLE "Get That Venus!" is the final title of the feature picture recently completed by Starmark, Inc. for Regent Pictures release, its working title was "The Unwanted Venus." This film is now being edited under the supervision of Grover Lee, di- rector, with release set for an early date. HOW GOOD Is Your 1. When and with whom did Cecil B. De Mille enter pictures? 2. What was the first picture made at night under lights? 3. Who directed Thomas Ince's "Civiliza- tion?" 4. Who was the first president of the M. P. T. O. A.? 5. What was the title of the first feature to be roadshown? (For Answers See Page 43) Herman Ross Organizes Yiddish Picture Company Herman Ross, president of Ros Enterprises, has formed a ne\ Jewish art motion picture compan to make Yiddish classics. Ross has already signed Jacob Ben-Ami, for merly with Eva LaGallienne ant the Theater Guild. First produc tion will be "The Wandering Jew. George Roland will direct. * * * BUILDING BIGGER BUSINESS EXTRA * * : GOES EVERYWHERE syne COVERS EVERYTHING LONDON HOLLYWOOD NEW YORK PARIS BERLIN' There is nothing mysterious about adver- tising. It will not work miracles or run pennies into millions over night butl| it is as necessary to modern business, particularly in this industry, as the telephone. Two advertising fundamentals! are; 1st, Truth in Advertising, and 2nd,| reaching directly the man you wish to interest. In the motion picture indus- try The Film Daily reaches its buying power every day of the year because it j has behind it fifteen years of prestigs^i reader interest and clean journalism. !' l>AkAD£ bunion «/-(ULV4R(lTY, (^LlfOl^ni^ The celebration is on! It's the Tenth Birthday of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ! What a party 1933-34 is going to be... everybody will be back at the world's most renowned studio for M-G-M's Tenth Championship Year! Welcome, Greta Garbo...glad to hear you've had a grand vacation. You're look- ing perfectly beautiful, and are your fans hungry for a new picture! Nobody ever received so much publicity during an absence from the screen! And what a pleasure to see beloved Marie Dressier back on the lot! She's just completed 'Tugboat Annie" co-starring with Wallace Beery. . . and will soon start on another. By the time this message gets into print, the most celebrated screen Mr. and Mrs. will be packing their trunks en route to Culver City, U. S. A. Certainly we mean Norma Shearer and Irving Thalberg who will immediately resume their activities on the M-G-M lot. What a Reunion Party! They're all welcomed back by delighted associates. And what a Welcoming Committee — headed by Louis B. Mayer— David O. Selznick, Eddie Mannix, Harry Rapf, Hunt Stromberg, Bernie Hyman, Al Lewin, John Considine, Jr., Lawrence Weingarten, Walter Wanger, Lucien Hubbard, Sidney Franklin, Howard Hawks, Lou Edelman, Frank Davis, showman producers without equal! And the Star Committee of Welcome . . . Marion Davies, Wallace Beery, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, John and Lionel Barrymore, Jean Harlow, Robert Montgomery, Helen Hayes, Jimmy Durante, Ramon Novarro, Laurel & Hardy, Lee Tracy, Ed Wynn, Jack Pearl and all the others. Happy days ahead, indeed! M-G-M's not only got its Million Dollar Family all together again . . . but powerful additions in every phase of producing, acting, writing, direction ! Cast your box-office orbs on my Parade of Stars. That's Music for your Marquee! Greater Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933-34! Tenth Championship Year! You're invited to a party! (signed) LEO of M*G'M I w ** ■ VJ ^ '*&rafer %^ i. ■ ■ I 1 ¥ theater Utititoli,!; SKS ^B *¥ u* ^, — .-— ^ h^_- ito£ 1 1 ii 1 l. \ I 1 V ^ v J***fct T * *f *< % m >£ z. '*&* ^ K ^"ea/e/. **» ■ \ \ ■• M i / / On the occasion of its 10th Birthday, the happy family of M-G'M presents , 46 Pictures In 1933 34 6 Specials NIGHT FLIGHT CLARK GABLE, JOHN & LIONEL BARRYMORE, HELEN HAYES, ROBERT MONTGOMERY, MYRNA LOY in the cast. "Night Flight" is based on the French prize novel which has its locale in South America. A giant production under the direction of Clarence Brown. HOLLYWOOD PARTY MARIE DRESSLER, JOAN CRAWFORD. JEAN HARLOW, JIMMY DURANTE, LUPE VELEZ, JACK PEARL, CHARLES BUTTER WORTH, NILS ASTHER, LEE TRACY, JEAN HERSHOLT, ALBERTINA RASCH DANCERS, WALT DISNEY "SILLY SYMPHONY" and many more Big Names . . . that's just part of "Hollywood Party," a grand musical screen story developed by Edmund Goulding and Howard Dietz into what will be a revolutionary screen attraction. Dialogue by Herbert Fields. Music by Rodgers &. Hart. Additional music by Brown &. Freed. Director, Edmund Goulding. MARIE DRESSLER Her own special starring production! Beloved Marie Dressier, idol of the screen, in a story brimming with the laughter and tears she knows so well how to bring forth. Title to be announced. TWO THIEVES CLARK GABLE, ROBERT MONTGOMERY in the leading roles. Probably the most ambitious dramatic spectacle since "Ben Hur." An intensely exciting romance set in the period of Pontius Pilate. A few highlights : Pillage of Herod's Tomb; Chariot pursuit through city and country; Romance of ex-slave and Roman beauty; Plot to overthrow Pilate; Abducting girls from harem of Ben Rashid, etc. Picture is based on Manuel Komroff's best-seller novel. (Continued) (Specials, Continued) TARZAN and his MATE JOHNNY WEISSMULLER, MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN in a giant sequel to their earlier "Tarzan, the Ape Man." A new story, with amazing features built for thrill and romance, has been written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. SOVIET WALLACE BEERY, JEAN HARLOW, CLARK GABLE and a large cast enact in "Soviet" a picture which will be unique in the new season. It is the first important American picture to use as its background the dramatic implications of Russia in its current phases. Typical of M-G-M showmanship ingenuity in seeking new locales for romantic picturization. Frank Capra, director. 30 Star Pictures 3 JEAN HARLOW 1 LIONEL BARRYMORE 1 CLARK GABLE 1 MARION DAVIES 1 WALLACE BEERY 4 COSMOPOLITAN 2 GRETA GARBO 2 JOAN CRAWFORD 1 ROBT. MONTGOMERY 2 HELEN HAYES 2 JIMMY DURANTE with STUART ERWIN 1 JOHN BARRYMOR 3 LEE TRACY 1 ED WYNN 1 JACK PEARL 1 RAMON NOVARRO 1 NORMA SHEARER 2 LAUREL-HARDY 3 Co Star Pictures CRAWFORD-GABLE HARLOW-GABLE BEERY-GABLE 7 TYlarquee Pictures The industry has come to know that the M-G-M MARQUEE symbol in the past several seasons has meant pictures of quality. Many outstanding hits carried this distinguishing mark, among them "Hell Below," "Tarzan the Ape Man," "Red Headed Woman," etc. WE LIST just a few of the many story properties, stage plays, originals and novels, from which picture material will be drawn during the new season: "BIOGRAPHY," Theatre Guild stage hit; "ROAD TO ROME," Robert E. Sherwood's stage success; and these other stage hits, "THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET," "THE LATE CHRISTOPHER BEAN," "THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE." "THE GOOD EARTH" and "THE FOUNTAIN" are two inter- national best-sellers. "GRAND CANARY" the new book success by A. J. Cronin; Edith Wharton's "THE OLD MAID," Somerset Maugham's "THE PAINTED VEIL;" the Pulitzer Prize novel, "LAUGHING BOY;" Vina Delmar's new serial "PRETTY SADIE McKEE;" "THE EDUCATION OF A PRINCESS;" Stephen Zweig's "MARIE ANTOINETTE," and others. Champions offtl(p]7l's IO/^iHTlJ>IOn$HII> Y %v% JOHN BARRYMORE LIONEL BARRYMORE WALLACE BEERY JACKIE COOPER JOAN CRAWFORD MARION DAVIES MARIE DRESSLER JIMMY DURANTE CLARK GABLE GRETA GARBO WILLIAM HAINES JEAN HARLOW HELEN HAYES ROBERT MONTGOMERY RAMON NOVARRO JACK PEARL NORMA SHEARER ED WYNN STARS AND PLAYERS Elizabeth Allan Tad Alexander Nils Asther Alice Brady Charles Butterworth Mary Carlisle Mae Clarke Nelson Eddy Stuart Erwin Madge Evans Muriel Evans C. Henry Gordon Lawrence Grant Louise Closser Hale Russell Hardie Jean Hersholt Phillips Holmes Jean Howard Benita Hume Walter Huston Otto Kruger Myrna Loy Ben Lyon Margaret McConnel Una Merkel John Miljan Colleen Moore Frank Morgan Karen Morley Maureen O'Sullivan Jean Parker May Robson Ruth Selwyn Martha Sleeper Lewis Stone Franchot Tone Lee Tracy Johnny Weissmuller Diana Wynyard Robert Young Lupe Velez DIRECTORS Richard Boleslavsky Charles Brabin Clarence Brown Tod Browning Jack Conway George Cukor George Fitzmaurice Victor Fleming Edmund Goulding Howard Hawks Robert Z. Leonard Russell Mack Charles Riesner Edward Sedgwick Edgar Selwyn W. S. Van Dyke William Wellman Sam Wood AUTHORS Frank R. Adams John L. Balderston Beatrice Banyard Philip Barber Cormack Bartlett Vicki Baum Richard Boleslavsky Malcolm Stuart Boylan W. R. Burnett Edgar Rice Burroughs Frank Butler Erskine Caldwell Ruth Cummings Jack Cunningham Delmar Daves John Emerson Gene Fowler Paul Hervey Fox Becky Gardiner Oliver H. P. Garrett Harvey Gates Benjamin Glazer Frances Goodrich Howard Green Rene Gueta Albert Hackett Elmer Harris Moss Hart H. M. Harwood Ben Hecht John Housemann F. Hugh Herbert Robert E. Hopkins Boris Ingster Laurence E. Johnson Gordon Kahn Harry Kahn George Landy Vincent Lawrence John Lawson Anita Loos Josephine Lovett John Howard Lynch Willard Mack John Lee Mahin John McDermott James K. McGuinness Wm. Slavens McNutt John Meehan Helen Meinardi Bess Meredyth Lucile Newmark Leonard Praskins Norman Reilly Raine W. L. River Wells Root Bradford Ropes Madeleine Ruthven Robert Sherwood Paul G. Smith Ralph Spence Samuel &l Bella Spewack Donald Ogden Stewart Edward Dean Sullivan Matt Taylor Courtney Terrett Sylvia Thalberg Wanda Tuchock Ernest Vajda John Van Druten Bayard Veiller Lieut. Comm. Wead Claudine West Basil Woon YOU ARE INVITED TO A PARTY at which will be present more Big Stars, more Great Directors and Authors, more Celebrated Producers th an have ever come together before at any studio, at any time. METRO - GOLDWYN - MAYER The Major Company JUNE 26 d eiF : 1 ' it GOSH! HOW JUNIOR HAS GROWN!" I GO AHEAD BOY TELL THE FOLKS YOUR PLANS FOR NEXT YEA Ps "Okay, Pop! Here's the story in a nut- shell . . . FEATURE STRENGTH in SHORT SUBJECTS . . . The line-up for 1933-34 talks for itself . . . STAR VALUES . . . I'm giving them names for the marquees... PRODUCTION VALUES . . . nobody in the industry can touch our de luxe qualities. We've purposely kept the quantity down, so that we're sure to keep the quality up! We've built a program of short subjects with one idea. . . to help sell the entire show." M-G-M FEATURE STRENGTH SHORTS "No introduction necessary here. Never-the-less for the benefit of those who came in late, I give you HAL ROACH, the master-mind of mimicry, king of comedy (pardon me while I toss him a crown). Star-finder, star- maker! He has under contract the greatesr<^sor!ment of big-time stars in the snort feature comedy field. He has his own studios, his own writers, his wn directors — he visits more theatres to get first-hand audience reaction than any producer m captivity. He believes in action on the screen ! He knows what it's all about! 42 two-reel come- dies from Hal Roach — a pleasure!" M-G-M FEATURE STRENGTH SHORTS next page please- — 6 STAN LAUREL OLIVER HARDY tivo reel comedy SPECIALS "They are FEATURE AT- TRACTIONS in any length! Did you ever nonce how the folks begin to laugh when their names are flashed on the screen, before the picture even begins! That's popularity. Six short comedies from these boys in '33-'34 is good news for the box-office. And you know how their full-length comedies help build them for shorts! Keep a poster cut-out of these boys handy... build them up in your ads ... no one wants to miss a Laurel-Hardy comedy!" M-G-M FEATURE STRENGTH SHORTS 8 CHARLEY CHASE TWO REEL COMEDIES "Pardon my upside-down position — my enthusiasm gets the best of me. But no matter how you look at this fellow, Chase — he's there! Ex- hibitors asked us to put him in more comedies like 'High C's' and 'Ara- bian Tights'. Okay, folks, that's just the type of he-man, action comedy he's going to give you. Plus music, too! That's the stuff, Charley, give 'em the works in '33-'34." 8 THELMA TODD with PATSY KELLY TWO REEL COMEDIES "Hal Roach scoured the show world for a comedienne to team up with beautiful Thelma Todd— Patsy Kelly is the girl! Watch her carefully. She's a scream! The name Todd-Kelly is going to mean fast, furious fun to audiences. Patsy Kelly comes direct from New York's biggest musical comedy successes, Vanities, Flying Colors, etc. What a team these two leaping ladies are going to make!" M-G-M FEATURE STRENGTH SHORTS TWO REEL COMEDIES "This Hal Roach fellow is a genius. He has , Pluto and Juno. t Egard G. Robinson, First Na- ufstar, will go to work in "Dark Hi," by W. R. Burnett, within e Bxt four weeks, according to E t plans. More Sign Code neral Film Library and Ideal Pic- fji yesterday signed the NRA plan. H'sHe Pictures also signed and sent nngreement to Washington. Eastman Nik and Monarch (Freuler) signed S(||al days ago. Bob Steele in "THE GALLANT FOOL" Monogram 61 mins. CIRCUS ATMOSPHERE IN WESTERN CARRIES GOOD PUNCH WITH PLENTY OF HUMAN INTEREST TOUCHES. This one gets entirely away from the usual Western routine with a very pleasing human interest yarn built around the cir- cus atmosphere. Bob Steele is the son of the manager of the circus which comes to the western cattle country. There is a mystery surrounding the hero's mother, which is cleared up after a spectacular scene as Bob Steele and his father are do- ing their aerial act and the latter is shot but not mortally wounded. Then the de- velopments disclose that McDonald, the overlord of the cattle country and his henchmen were trying to get rid of Bob's father to cover up a murder in the past which the gang leader had framed on him. The bully had been a rival for the hand of Bob's mother, so the father was forced to flee with him as a baby to avoid arrest for the crime. Carries a good human kick with the mother story and a nice love interest. Cast: Bob Steele, Arietta Duncan, George Hays, John Elliott, Perry Murdock, Pascal Perry, Theodore Lorch,- George Nash. Director, R. N. Bradbury; Author, Harry 0. Jones; Adaptor, same. Direction, Smooth. Photography, Okay. Tabloid Reviews of FOREIGN FILMS "MELODIA DE ARRABAL" ("Suburban Melody"), Spanish dialogue musical; pro- duced by Paramount; directed by Louis Gasnier; with Carlos Gardel, Imperio Ar- gentina, Jose Sentis and Marcel Lattes. Action and music combine to make this an enjoyable offering for the Spanish- speaking clientele. Story has a pleasing romantic trend and the music is quite agreeable. Production quality is A-l. LEAVES ST. LOUIS HOUSE St. Louis — Samuel Konn, well known Southern Illinois exhibitor, has leased the New Shenandoah and plans to reopen it as a neighborhood house on Aug. 11. SHORT SUBJECTS "Lullaby Land" (Silly Symphony) United Artists 8 mins. One of the best This is about the cutest and most entertaining of the series. It is de- lightfully handled and although its greatest appeal will be for children, the grown-ups are bound to enjoy it thoroughly. The cartoon opens showing a chubby baby and its stuffed doggie being rocked to sleep by the mother. Then comes the baby's dream in which the dog comes to life and follows the child through ?. land of fables and into a cave of things the little one should not touch. It is highly amusing and the color adds considerably to the ap-: peal. "Mickey's Gala Premiere" (Mickey Mouse Cartoon) United Artists 8 mins. Swell They'll go wild over this one which shows in caricature about 20 screen stars attending the Holly- wood premiere of a Mickey Mouse cartoon. The various celebrities speak into the mike before entering the theater and are also shown watching and laughing at the pic- ture on the screen. It is a Mickey Mouse cartoon in a Mickey Mouse cartoon. And it has nearly double the appeal and humor of any single release, which is going some. THOMPSON AT ST. LOUIS St. Louis — Hugh Thompson, late of Hollywood and New York, has been retained to direct motion pic- ture, stage and radio departments of the St. Louis Theatrical School. BILL SHIELDS WITH "U" New Orleans — Bill Shields, former manager of Affiliated Producers, Inc., has resigned to become a sales- man for Universal. "Played to amazing busi- ness at Strand. .Marvelous showing notwithstand- ing played every theatre our territory MY PREDICTION CAN BE PLAYED FOR MANY YEARS TO COME!" -A. R. BOYD ti DAILY Wednesday, Aug. Unanimous Cooperation Pledged on Industry Co Hope to Set Washington Hearings by End of Month tinned from Page 1) ed as though there was a general C( nsciousness that this NRA baby is treading softly but carrying a Big Stick. Calling the meeting to order, Rosenblatt explained its purpose. Having noted that different industry factions were unable to get together, and shocked to learn that work was under way on 47 different codes relating to the movie business, for which the Administration desires but one code, he said he had taken it upon himself to set up the machinery for coordinating the work of fram- ing an agreement acceptable all- around. Various suggestions were sub- mitted to the NRA for separate codes covering production-distribu- tion and exhibition, Rosenblatt stated, but the administration feels that the main problems, principally labor, were so inter-related that a single code would be preferable. The Government, he pointed out, is interested chiefly in three things: wages, hours of employment and the adoption of such trade practices as affect employment and make for a healthier industry. He promised as much consideration for the small exhibitors as for the big circuits, but emphasized that the situation calls for national rather than local thinking. ALL PROBLEMS INCLUDED All industry problems will be dealt with in the code, Rosenblatt stated. Letters and suggestions pertaining to block booking, blind booking, score charges, suggestive- ness in films and other matters had come to him in large numbers, he said, and in accepting the final draft of the code the NRA hopes to dis- pose of all these matters. Every- body entitled to be heard will be given a hearing, and no problem is too big or too small to receive con- sideration, he stated. He added that a great many so- called problems of the industry arc not problems at all and would be disposed of readily when the con- flicting factions really get together. Speaking of the "teeth" in the code, Rosenblatt declared that, in addition to the enforcement ma- chinery to be set up, the power of public opinion would constitute Create NRA Policy Board Wash. Bur. of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Many exhibitors are not obtaining the NRA blue eagle insignia due to inability to comply fully wirh the blanket code, it was stated yester- day. The NRA announces the crea- tion of a policy board headed by Robert T. Stevens to which applications for approval of modified agreements will be referred for immediate action. An ex- ceptions division of the General Ham- mond also has been created. Coordinators and Committees PRODUCERS-DISTRIBUTORS SIDNEY R. KENT, Coordinator Producers' Committee: H. M. Warner, Louis B. Mayer, B. B. Kahane, Adolph Zukor, Joseph M. Schenck, M. H. Hoffman, W. Ray Johnston, William Saal, George Batcheller, Phil Goldstone, J. T. Reed. Distributors' Committee: George Schaefer, Nicholas M. Schenck, M. H. Ayles- worth, E. W. Hammons, Jack Cohn, R. H. Cochrane, Herman Gluckman, Harry Thomas, Eddie Golden, Charles W. Trampe, A. C. Bromberg, J. Berkowitz. EXHIBITORS CHARLES O'REILLY, Coordinator Committee: Ed Kuykendall, M. E. Comerford, Fred Wehrenberg, Jack Miller, Abram F. Myers, J. C. Ritter, H. M. Richey, Sidney E. Samuelson, Joseph Bern- hard, Col. E. A. Schiller, H. B. Franklin, Sam Dembow, Jr., George Skouras, Harry Huffman, Gus A. Metzger, John Hamrick, A. H. Schwartz, Harry Arthur. effective pressure to make general observance imperative. PARTNERS WITH GOV'T Motion pictures, like other indus- cries, is now in partnership with the Government, Kosenbiatt told the gathering, and Government repre- sentation will be included on the cribunai which is to see that the code is carried out. He stressed the admonition that, if the industry itself doesn't write and agree on a code, together with che seaing up of an administrative cribunai, it will be done in Wash- -ngton. itosenblatt said he would like to see a tentative draft completed by the first of next week and date set for code hearings in Washington by the end of the month. The Deputy Administrator here took occasion to comment on the Hays production code, which he characterized as a "marvelously con- structed" document which, if prop- erly observed, would obviate all complaints against pictures and all agitation for censorship. He urged chat producers, by control from within, make it impossible for any- one to find a cause for advocating federal supervision of motion pic- tures. WILL HAYS SPEAKS Leaders of different industry groups were then called upon by Rosenblatt to make a brief state- ment on how far they had proceed- ed with a code. First to be called was Will H. Hays. He stated that producers representing more than 80 per cent of the output of the in- dustry have already placed in force che terms of the President's blanket agreement as to wages, and that near.y all of the leading companies serving in the distribution and ex- hibit.on fields as well as in produc- tion, have individually signed the agreement with the President. Hays said he believed that upon the most vital point, at least, abso- lute solidarity exists within all branches of the industry, and that is the earnest desire of every facto.r to enlist to the fullest in the drive tor national recovery inaugurated by president Roosevelt. Despite many conflicting views, all have the same objective, Hays de- clared, and he pledged the complete cooperation of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of Amer- ica, as well as his own personal efforts, toward achieving tne ulti- mate goal. EXHitf LEADERS CALLED ON Next to speak was Abram £'. Myers, chairman and general coun- sel of Allied States Ass n, wno said his organization stood ready -to co- operate luiiy with any plan to fur- cner tne interests ot tne industry, ne recalled Alliea's efforts as far back as ly29 to put into effect a plan of ail-industry cooperation. Ed iluykendall, president of the M.r.i'.O.A., followed Myers. He said nis organization started working on a code lor exhibitors two days alter che NKA was announced and that every errort had been made to have che code as representative as pos- sible. The IVi.rYi'.U.A. is not so much concerned who writes the clauses, kuykendall declared, so long- as they are equitable. MAYER REPORTS COAST WORK Louis B. Mayer, chief of produc- tion for M-G-M, attending tne con- ference as representative of the Association of Motion Picture Pro- ducers on the coast, reported that production executives in Hollywood nave been devoting a great deal oi cime to the formulation of a code and he was prepared to give the coordinating group the benefit of ail chat had been evolved out there. Mayer hailed the emergency situa- cion as a helpful factor in forcing che industry to put its house in order. Jacob Schechter, attorney for the Federation of the Motion Picture industry, told Rosenblatt that this group of independents had workea on a code and substantially agreed upon the major points. He pledged che cooperation of his organizatian in the drafting of a coordinated code. Schechter also spoke for Sam Wolf, representing the Inde Motion Picture Producers of wood. J. M. Beck of Allied ' Owners of New York f Schechter and promised hit support. EMPLOYER-LABOR AN When J. T. Reed, presiden Academy of Motion Pictur and Sciences, was called ui an expression, Rosenblatt rupted to point out that the lation of codes is primarily ployer proposition, but tha representatives had been cc to come in and cooperate on tl clauses. The latter include dent William Elliott of the S.E., President Frank Gilh Actors Equity, President Jo Weber of the American Fei of Musicians, and various o ganizations such as electricE ers, writers, etc. Rosenblatt cautioned the blage about becoming invc jurisdictional disputes regar bor. He said a plan for I these controversies is being out and will be announced § STATE UNITS NOT IN\ Rosenblatt stated that in =tate exhibitor units had r invited to attend yesterda ference because most of tl affiliated with either the Ml or Allied. G. A. Metzger, president Independent Theater Owi Southern California, an uni group, announced that his o tion had approved the M.'. code. J. B. Fishman, .president M.P.T.O. of Connecticut, group had formulated a drai the lines adopted by Allied 1 Tom Murray of the Mot: ture Theater Industry, Metr District, also said a few w. COORDINATORS NAto Having heard promises operation from the different Rosenblatt announced that, of the complete disassoci; groups, he had taken it u self to appoint coordinators ulate a united film industi A coordinator, he interpose industry representative with1 tation for honesty and squa ng among all groups. Th of this appointee will be to nate the various groups in i sion so there will finally be code, approved by the majori all routine and minor matters. so that there can be prese the hearing in Washingtc, (Continued on opposite Pagt Exhib Unit Delegate; The two national exhibitor org tions had the following represent at the industry code meeting yes at the Bar Association Building: T. 0. A.— Ed. Kuykenhall, Jack I J=y Emanuel; Allied — James C. I Abram F. Myers, Al Steffes, H Richey, Nathan Yamins, Sidney E. uelson, Benny Berger and Lester rVi esday, Aug. 9, 1933 DAILY t" AND O'REILLY 0 RDINATING CODES initialled from opposite Page) |fatters on which the industry come to an agreement ij';||[i its own efforts. ■oordinators, Sidney R. Kent producers and distributors, larles O'Reilly for the ex- ', were instructed to begin »'ork immediately upon ad- ?nt of the morning session :-ontinue their work, day and intil a draft is completed, rittees, chosen so as to be itative of all groups in the /, were named to work with rdinators, the procedure be- the committees to work with •dinators, the coordinators to ith each other, and Rosen- work with the whole bunch, was not included on any committees, Rosenblatt ex- ; inasmuch as it was felt that ys Office should make its co- m available to all groups j the coordinators, the com- and Rosenblatt. ORDINATION STARTS unch the coordination work, tnnounced that his group ieet right after lunch at the League Club, while O'Reilly i committee would get under « the Bar Building following Ti at the Astor. Both co- 3rs will maintain permanent '.irters in the Bar Building, lblatt explained that the ]s conducted by the coordina- i to be just pro-forma hear- Jid he emphasized that both '.ees must cooperate with la- iresentatives so as to take all classes of labor right ) scrubwomen. search division, particularly spect to labor matters, is be- up, Rosenblatt stated, and functioning shortly to help these problems, ■lation of the film industry ith radio, vaudeville, legiti- nd other show business, in- B they intertwine, also is be- en up by Rosenblatt. the final master code is 1 by the Administration, it jfpersede the NRA blanket OTHER SPEAKERS , ional speakers at the session 1 R. B. LaRue, representing E. Greene in connection with submitted by theater supply Minna Wallis of the Artists i?rs Ass'n; A. M. Schuman, jjiting a group of Bridgeport 'hood houses organized to e on a code and to end ad- price competition, which jatt said would be handled ■ommittee and advised Schu- get in touch with that group you don't get attention, see enry Chesterfield of the Na- jfariety Artists, organization leville actors, who was ad- Code Meeting Sidelights By ARTHUR W. EDDY COL A. ROSENBLATT, occupying one of the toughest spots ever assigned a man in connection with the film industry, did a splendid job in organizing the industry code ma- chinery. His conduct of the meet- ing was straightforward, with a ban on waste motion. In the appointment of Sidney R. Kent as coordinator to serve with Charles L. O'Reilly, Rosenblatt has selected an executive who holds the confidence of every element of the industry. No official has devoted more hours and energy towards eradicating industry problems than the Fox Film president. Whenever S. R. talks, it's news — not merely words. Charley O'Reilly, who will super- vise code work of the exhibitor com- mittee, brings to this important post an almost unparallelled background of experience in dealing with exhi- bition problems. Like his associate he enjoys industry-wide confidence. That each phase of the industry intends to sidetrack any semblance of politics and cooperate wholeheart- edly in code-making was clearly in- dicated by the numerous speeches which followed Rosenblatt's prelim- inary talk. Total of 276 classes of labor and employees are identified, directly or indirectly, in the making of pictures, the meeting was informed. Proceedings of the daily meetings of the three divisions of code-makers will be given to the press at confer* ences each afternoon at 5 o'clock. Kent and O'Reilly will do the con- tacting. Complete support of the Hays or- ganization was promised by Will H. Hays, who forecast 100 per cent in- dustry cooperation. Allied States Ass'n, which has been maintaining a policy of "watch- ful waiting" pending determination of the extent the NRA applies to theaters, is anxious to do its part, Abram F. Myers told the meeting. In his pleasant southern voice Ed Kuykendall, M. P. T. O. A. chieftain, briefly described the code-drafting efforts of his association. The dynamic Harry Warner con- tributed a punch to the proceedings when he declared that unless a "fair deal" is provided under the code, he stands ready to do battle. Louis B. Mayer, who arrived in New York yesterday morning from the coast, Nicholas M. Schenck, Irv- ing Thalberg and J. Robert Rubin put aside important home office con- ferences to attend the code meet. The auditorium in which the meet- ing took place held memories of the trade practice conference several years ago at which Abram F. Myers was introduced to the industry as chairman of the Federal Trade Com- mission. Two outstanding members of the New York bar were present in Nathan Burkan and David Podell. Johnnie Walker, who starred on the screen for years, attended the initial meeting as president of Mem- ories, Inc., producing company. Frank Wilson, now identified with Gen. Hugh S. Johnson's staff in a publicity capacity, told of the organizing of Chambers of Com- merce throughout the country to support the NRA and its program. Rosenblatt, both in his talks from the rostrum and in personal con- versation, made it clear that every element of the business, regardless of its size, will have a fair hearing. "The small theater is entitled to the same consideration as the circuit," Rosenblatt reminded his auditors. Units of the industry which do not have direct representation on the code committees may submit their proposals to the committees. After preliminary luncheons held yesterday all code meetings will be held at the Bar Association Building on West 44th St. vised that these performers would be affected wherever they play movie houses and was told to confer with O'Reilly; J. T. Reed, pointing out that the Academy also has a pro- ducer membership, and who was re- ferred to Kent; A. Julian Brylawski of the M.P.T.O.A., who showered praise on the work of the NRA as eye-witnessed by him in Washing- ton; Sidney Kent, who said he was prepared to give his full time and energy to the code work; Charles O'Reilly, voicing the same pledge; Frank R. Wilson, who spoke briefly of the NRA public relations work, and H. M. Warner, who said that Warner Bros, had held off from par- ticipation in code discussions be- cause too many were seeking selfish ends, but now that the NRA had stepped in and assured a common objective, his company would co- operate to the limit. Warner esti- mated that employment in the film industry could be increased by 20 to 30 per cent without the payment of much more money than at pres- ent, but by better apportionment of salaries. He also urged a correc- tion of the practices which best an industry built up to the highest level on one side, yet remains so low on the other. Attendance at the session exceeded 200. DON'T... WORRY . . . ABOUT THE MOTION . . PICTURE . . INDUSTRY . . IT CAN'T . . BE LICKED . . BECAUSE . . IT WON'T . . BE LICKED . . WHAT IS . . MOST NEEDED IS COURAGE. , a * r 99%AGREED0NC0DE, EXCEPTING DUAL BILLS i ( ontinued from Page 1 * dinating of the drafts, following the morning's general meeting. With B. B. Kahane presiding, producers affil- iated with the Hays organization met at the Union League Club, while independent distributors also held a session to get their proposals further in shape. Both majors and inde- pendents, together with representa- tion from the Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences, will meet at 10 a. m. today at the Hays office. Distributor and exhibitor commit- tees met yesterday at the Bar Asso- ciation Building. Kent presided^ at the former session, while O'Reilly was in the chair at the exhibitor meeting. Both Kent and O'Reilly expressed optimism over the committees' ef- forts to agree on an industry code From time to time, as the work progresses, joint sessions will be held between the various groups Major companies are not as yet in "full agreement" as to a code, Kent stated. Actual work of preparing code drafts may begin today, tomor- row at the latest. Night sessions planned so to have the work com- pleted by early next week, said Kent. Coordinators Authorized To Increase Committees {Continued from Page 1) committees under their supervision which they deem necessary in order to give equal representation to all elements of the industry. Upon petitions of independents, Rosenblatt instructed the coordina- tors to give their representatives the same amount of representation as the major companies. MONARCH SALES UP Sales on Monarch product have jumped 14 per cent over the first three months of the year, and show the largest increase for any quarter, according to Charles L. Glett, vice- president of Freuler Film Associ- ates, Inc. Glett also is looking for- ward to accelerated buying within the next 60 days. VAUDE POLICY DROPPED Tampa — Lack of sufficient busi- ness under the vaudeville policy at the Victory, which Jesse Clark, dis- trict manager for Sparks, reopened as a result of agitation for stage shows, has caused the house to go dark again. N. J. Allied Talks Code Code discussion took up the major tion ot yesterday's semi-monthly vjng of the Allied Theater Owners \w Jersey. The organization favors Je following the lines of Allied Ass'n recommendations to the Suggestions to this end were pd for submission to the code co- ling group. AmongThose Attending Code Meet Isaac Weinberg, M. P. T. 0. A. of Virginia. J. A. Partington, representing Harry Arthur and Fanchon & Marco. William A. White, New York Division Manager, Skouras Theaters. Henry Herzburn, Attorney, Paramount Productions. David Barrist, Executive Committeeman, M. P. T. 0. A. A. Stone, President, Allied Theater Owners of New York. George P. Skouras, Vice President, Skouras Theater Corp. David M. Podell, Attorney, Paramount Productions. Lewen Pizor, President, M. P. T. 0. of Eastern Penn., So. N. J. and Del. E. J. Rosenberg, Treasurer, Producers Laboratories. Jack Bellman, President, Hollywood Film Exchanges. George P. Aarons, Secretary M. P. T. 0. (Phila.). Milton C. Wiseman, Ind. Theater Owners Assn. Felix F. Feist, General Sales Manager, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. J. Bernhard, General Manager of Theaters, Warner Bros. A. Julian Brylawski, Vice President, M. P. T. 0. A. E. W. Hammons, President, Educational Pictures. H~rry Brandt, President, Independent T. Owners, City of N. Y. Andrew Stone, Vice President, General Film Products. Jcmes C. Ritter, President, Allied States Assn. Lawrence S. Bolognino, Vice President, Consol. Amusement. W A. Steffes, President, Minnesota & N. D. & S. D. Theater Assn. Benny Berger, Minn. & S. D. & N. D. Association. P. S. Harrison, President, Federation M. P. Industry. W'lter B. Littlefield, Vice President, Ind. Exhi. of New England. R. B. LaRue. Representative of Walter E. Green (Members of Administration Board Proposed Code of Theater Supply Dealers). Edward Ansin, Director, I. E. of N. England. H'nry Chesterfield. Executive Secretary, N. V. A. N-th-n Yamins, Director, Allied States Association. H. M. Richev, General Manager, Allied of Michigan. Ch^ter R. Didsbury, Treasurer, New York State Allied. J. J. McGuiness, Executive Secretary, Allied Theaters of Mass. Sylv=>n Harris, Society of Motion Picture Engineers. A Srhneider, Treasurer, Columbia Pictures Corp. Ed. A. Sargoy. Counsel, Copyright Protection Bureau. Edward A. Schiller, Vice President, Loew's. Inc. Tom Murray. M. P. T. Industry, Metropolitan District. I. Levine, Asst. to Pres., America's Theaters Pictures Corp. David R. Hochreich, Pres., America's Theaters Pictures Corp. fester F. Marin, Secretary, Allied Theaters Iowa, and Nebraska. Ht'v V. Hecht, Representative T. 0. of New Jersey. J'cob Schechter, Counsel, Federation M. P. Industry. William R. Fraser, General Manager, Harold Lloyd Corp. Sam Rinzler, Secretary & Treasurer, Randforce Amusement Corp. S'm E. Morris, Vice President. Warner Bros. C. A. Neeper, Sales Manager, Harold Lloyd Corp. E. D. Miller, Executive Board, M. P. T. 0. A. H'rold S. Bareford, Counsel and Secretary, Warner Bros. FHdle Gold°n. General Sales Manager, Monogram. Harry H. Thomas, First Division Exchanges. E. S. G=>vlor, Vice President, Morgan Lithograph Co. R. A. Metzger, Pres., Indeo. T. O. of Southern California, Los Angeles. F. L. Newman, Evergreen State Theaters nf the N. W. J. T. Reed. Acad°mv of M. P. Arts and Sciences. I O. Donovan. Arbitration Board. Varipfy Mgrs. Assn. Ponhmin Metviner. Rep. Counsel, M. P. Lithographers. M. F Comerford, Comerford Circuit, Scranton, Pa. A M. Schnman, Black Rock Theater, Bridgeport. I Pnrte°. Indenend»"t Th°'ter Mgrs., Rm. 414, 630-9th Ave.. N. Y. C. Z. A. Ste»mu1lor. Mgr Warburton, Yonkers, also Rep. Farrish Theaters, Schenectady, Com- mittee, Catskill, N. Y. M W'x. Theater Operator, Philadelphia, Pa. c W F=>v. Theater Ooerator, Providence, R. I. W H Cadoret. Capitol Theater, Rochester, N. Y. ' ""is Nizor, Atty. and Executive S»cretarv, N Y Film Board jf Trade, Benjamin B. Kahane, President, RKO Radio Pictures. H. Suchman, Lee Ochs Circuit. S. P. Skouras, Fox Theaters. Walter Vincent. Wilmer & Vincent Corp. Frank Wilson, N. R. A. Leo Brecher, T. 0. C. C. Austin C. Keough, Paramount. S=>m Dembow, Jr.. Paramount. M. J. O'Toole, Secy., M. P. T. 0. Maurice McKenzie. M. P. P. D. A. Minna Wallis. Artists Managers Assn. J. M. Beck, Liberty, N. Y. Irving Dollinger, Allied of N. J. A. Fishman, Rep. of Conn. M. P. T. 0. J. B. Fishman, Pres. of Conn. M. P. T. 0. RalDh A. Kohn, Paramount. Nathan Burkan. Charles Schwartz, N. Burkan Office. Joseph M. Schenck, United Artists. Arnold Cohen, Arnold Audio Assn., N. Y. Jack Alicoate, "The Film Daily." Roy Norr, M. P. P. D. A. Martin Quigley, Quigley Publications. Elmer Pearson, Morgan Lithograph Co. J. H. Steimman, Man. Playhouses. M. H. Aylesworth, R-K-O. Louis Phillips, Paramount. J. Robert Rubin, M-G-M. Edwin Loeb, M-G-M. Nicholas M. Schenck, M-G-M. Sidney R. Kent, President, Fox Film Corp. Louis M. Weber, Attorney, Skouras Theaters. B. N. Bernstein, I. T. Owners of So. Cal. Johnnie Walker, President, Memories, Inc. Al Friedlander, First Division Exchanges. Irving Thalber?. M-G-M. L. B. M=>ver, M-G-M. Ado'ph Zukor. Paramount. G. J. Schaefer, Paramount. Martin S. Sisser, Atty. Alfred Harding, Actors Equity Assn. Edward J. Peskay, Skouras Theaters. Harmon Yaffa, T. 0. C. C. Lee A. Ochs. T. 0. C. C. Charles L. O'Reilly, President. T. 0. C. C. Jay Emmanuel, Treasurer, M. P. T. 0. A. Louis F. Blumenthal, T. 0. C. C. T. F. Walsh, General Film Products. Will H. Hays, M. P. P. D. A. H. B. Coles, Ass't Sec'v F. M. P. I. Harry Arthur, Indep. Theater Operator. L. Rosenblatt. Allied of New Jersey. Sidney Samuelson, Allied States. Abram F. Myers, Allied States. Sam Wolf, Attorney, I. M. P. Producers. L. G. Justin. In. T. 0. A. H. B. Franklin, R-K-O. Sam Roth, M. P. Theater Ind. Sam Sonin, Secretary, T. 0. C. C. Gabriel Hess, M. P. P. D. A. Charles Pettijohn. M. P. P. D. A. Harry Warner, Warner Bros. A. H. Schwartz, President, Century Circuit. Wm. Small, Treasurer, Indep. T. 0. Assn. J. Louis Geller, Vice President, T. 0. C. C H. E. Weber, Liberty Theater, Liberty, N. Y. Neil Agnew, Asst. Sales Mgr., Paramount. N. Vidaver Counsel, M. P. Lithographers. Ed. Kuykendall, President, M. P. T. 0. A. LABORATORY GOD: WILL BE SEPA (Continued from Paye 1) blatt left New York last n 'plane, for Washington. The Associated Laboratc America, of which Alan Frie president, held another co ference yesterday and decide submit its draft to the co< mittee for rewording of clauses. There will be no ch the 40-hours maximum for la 50-cents-an-hour minimum v. the general tenor of the co Hvhole. Another meeting will' Friday, when the revampf will be submitted to the ir Allied Eastern Confa Atlantic City Sept. (Continued from Page 1) tion of Allied Theater Ow New Jersey, Sept. 5-7. In to the presence of Allied generally, independent exhib the territory east of Pit have been invited to attend . part in a discussion of indus ditions and the outlook for ture. Conn. M.P.T.O. Wai Man on Code Comi! The M.P.T.O. of Connec ! protesting to Sol. A. Ros deputy administrator, seeki resentation on the exhibitc mittee undertaking to draft President J. B. Fishman h: delegation which attended day's general code meeting him were: William Brennan stead and Albert Schun> Bridgeport. ADOPT NRA WORK C Oklahoma City — Georere ger, zone manager for War' aters, and Frank McCabe, zo ager for Regal theaters, hav ed a 40-hour week and $14 ffl waee scale in their houses cordan^e with the NRA cod large theaters throughout tl are expected to do likewise. E. D. BREWER DEA Oklahoma City— E. D. Bft manager of the Reno theat recently after a brief illness. REOPENING OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City— Officials < ner theaters here are plan reopen the Mid-West in ah other month. Long Run in the Bag "We Modern Nudists," the ti which tells enough, is to be she Bro'dwiy shortly, according to N. Rothe, publisher of "The Nt official publication of the Intern. Nudist Conference. The pictur m?de in Germany. Eng'and and Ar with a noted physician as mas ceremonies. yJui^O<^LtA^ imate in Charactei ernational in Scope endent in Thought The Daily N Of Motion Now Fifteen ewspa pe» Pictures Years Old ML. I VIII. NC. 34 NEW yCRK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 €, 1933 J CENTS Coast Studio Employment Registers Big Increase (MBITOR CODE COMMITTEE AT ODDS ON 6 POINTS c RCO to Operate Radio City Houses for Another Year U'tal May Be Reduced nder New Deal With Rockefellers I 0 will continue to operate the ivc ladio City theaters for another a but the Rockefeller interests ia\ not as yet announced the basis which RKO will work, The Daily learns. The lease, expires Aug. 31, now calls »!. yearly rental of $1,200,000 | ied the theaters cost $14,004,- (Continued on Page 9) ufaItWios fORKING OVERTIME E lin — Indicating its definite in- n of continuing to make prod- :t nth a view to exhibition in n countries as well as Ger- I , Ufa at present has all of its I is in Tempelhof and Neubabels- I working overtime, with 10 pro- ns in various stages of ac- (Continued on Page 9) v-MGM Consolidating Broadcasting Stations solidation of radio broadcast- - ations WHN, WPAP, WRNY /'QAO into station WMGM will )o be complete The Film Daily eatj">. The station which will be I and operated by Loew, will ected at Winthrop Ave. and t St., Long Island City. Two H'eet steel towers will rise above I transmitter. Major Edward 5 will be in charge of all pro- raj;. Five floors in Loew State 1 ing are now being re-arranged o Ifommodate the new broadcast- •-' )mpany. Aim at Year's Run 'aris — Warner's "42nd Street," now its 15th week at the Washington fee here, has settled down with the jntion of making it a full year's run. | musical has played to practically acity since it opened. O'Reilly Reports Progress by Exhib Group "Considerable progress has been made," said Charles L. O'Reilly, code coordinator, yesterday afternoon in commenting on the work of the exhibitor codifying committee. He stated that members of the group are working and functioning with national, rather than local viewpoints. Local situations are only allowed in the proceedings in order to illustrate a condition, said O'Reilly. Hochreich Appeals to Gen. Johnson For Open Meetings on Code Draft 10 State-Righters Sign For Pathe Re-issues Ten state rights distributors have signed to handle the Pathe re-issues, according to Dan Frankel of Pathe. The distributors are Hub Films of Boston; Harry Gibbs, New Haven; American Film Exchange, New York and Albany; Preferred Pictures, Philadelphia and Buffalo; Selected (.Continued on Page 7) In a communication to Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, administrator of the Na- tional Recovery Act, David R. Hoch- reich, president of America's The- aters Pictures Corp., yesterday protested against "private committee meetings between producer and ex- hibitor to discuss code practices. "Open hearings should be de- manded by every independent pro- ducer and distributor in the indus- try," declared Hochreich, describing (Continued on Page 7) Allied Opposes M. P.T. O. A. Code Proposal! Members of the Allied States Ass'n delegation expressed opposi- tion to various clauses of the option- al standard exhibition contract when it was discussed at yesterday's meet- ing of the exhibitors code committee at the Bar Association Bldg. Repre- sentatives of the M. P. T. O. A., (Continued on Page 7) W. B. Victory Won't Affect Skouras St. Louis Leases St. Louis — Warners' victory this week in regaining control of houses in this area through ending of the receiverships of Skouras Bros. En- terprises and St. Louis Amusement (Continued on Page 7) Employment and Payrolls Increased by Coast Plants Warners Include Canada In Dual and Dime Ban Toronto — Warner-First National's ban against double-featuring and 10-cent admissions on its pictures will apply throughout Canada the same as in the U. S., according to instructions given the Canadian sales executives at the meeting held here this week. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Employment and pay- rolls in the motion picture industry took a big leap in the month of June, the number of workers show- ing an increase of 25.9 per cent over the same month in 1932 and 31 per cent over May of this year, while pay envelopes were 15.8 per cent higher than June of last year and (Continued on Page 7) S. R. Kent Group Silent- O'Reilly Divides Issues Into 3 Classes Members of the exhibitor code- drafting committee yesterday were in disagreement on six major issues, Charles L. O'Reilly, coordinator in charge of this group, said at a press conference late yesterday afternoon. No report was received from Sidney R. Kent, coordinator supervising the producer and distributor committees, (Continued on Page 7) RKO CIRCUIT CALLS MANAGER MEETING RKO's first annual theater man- agers' convention will be held Tues- day at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Activities will start at 9:30 A.M., with an introductory talk by Phil Reisman, and continue throughout the day with speeches and screen- ings. A banquet will be served at 7:30 P.M. Talks will be made by Ned Depinet, John Clark of Fox, Jack Cohn of Columbia, George Schaefer of Paramount and Harold B. Franklin, Robert F. Sisk and Terry Turner of RKO. The pictures to be screened are (Continued on Page 9) Erpi Will Continue Selling Sound Parts Electrical Research Products will continue offering spare and replace- ment parts to users of its equipment on request, says H. G. Knox, vice- president, in a letter to all Western Electric equipped theaters notifying (Continued on Page 7) NRA Won't Help Him Kansas City — A salesman for Para- mount was out selling newsreels the other day and called on an exhibitor who asked him what it was worth. "We sell it on the basis of age," the salesman replied. "Well, I'm 40 years old. What will it cost me?" It 1 M LXIII, No. 34 Thurs.. Aug 10. 1933 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway. New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur \V. Eddy, Asso- ciate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. 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Kodak 79 77 79 +3 Fox Fm. new 18'/8 17% 17%— % Fox Film rts 3/g l/4 l/4 — % Loew's, Inc 2834 273/8 28% + 1% Paramount 2 1 % 2 + % Pathe Exch 1% 1% 1% + % do "A" 8'/2 8 8V4 RKO 314 3 3% + % Warner Bros 7% 7% 7% + % NEW YORK CURB MARKET Nat. Scr. Ser 12 11 11 +1 Technicolor 8V4 8 8V4 + 3A Trans-Lux 2% 2% 2% — % NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. . 63,4 63^ 6% + 3/8 Keith A-0 6s46.. .48 48 48 Loew 6s 41ww 84 Vi 83V2 84y2 + 1 % Paramount 6s 47... 32 31% 32 Par. 5i/2s50 32% 32 32%— % Warner's 6s39 42i/4 41 42'/4 + 1% L0 MEJOR DE LA PR0DUCCI0N HABLADA EN ESPAN0L Noiv Available 1°r Foreign Distribution "SANTA" "MANO A MANO" "UNA VIDA POR OTRA" "AGUILAS FRENTE AL SOL" EIGHT FEATURES IN PREPARATION FOR 1933 - 1934 Spanish Language Films Exclusively INTER-AMERICAS FILM CORP. 50 East 42nd Street New York City CABLES— INTAFILM NEW YORK THE Making One-Reelers For Tie-Up Nights Production of 30 single reel "Race Night" pictures, to be sold in groups of 10 each, is planned by General Film Products for the new season, T. F. Walsh said yesterday. Five hundred houses on the Coast are now playing the pictures, Walsh stated, in connection with merchan- dise tie-ups. Next territory to be developed by General Film Products is the Middle West, with the East third on its schedule. SPARKS HOUSES REORGANIZED Jacksonville — Two more theaters of the E. J. Sparks group bave been reorganized, taking out new state charters. They are the Jacksonville Florida Theater, Inc., and St. Peters- burg Florida Theater, Inc. Direc- tors are C. G. Ashby, J. H. Markman and F. H. Kent, the latter two also being directors of five other Sparks houses reorganized last week. ABE KAHN IN NEW POST Des Moines — Abe Kahn is mana- ger of the newly opened local branch of the Associated Film Distributors. M. L. Godwin, Kansas City, is presi- dent of the company. L. B. CARLETON DEAD Lloyd B. Carleton, early day movie actor and director, died Tuesday at his home, 250 West 88th St. Fun- eral services will be held at the Campbell Funeral Chapel today un- der the auspices of the Actors' Fund. . THEATER OWNER ROBBED Chicago — John Remijas, owner of the Acadia, was robbed of $200 in receipts as he was leaving the the- ater the other night. RICHMOND HOUSES GO NRA Richmond — Local houses that have signed the NRA blanket code include the Capitol, Venus, Grand, Colonial, Bijou, National, Loew's, Byrd and Brookland. ANTHONY RICHARDS DEAD Memphis — Anthony Richards, 67, pioneer independent exhibitor in this territory, is dead. He closed the Chelsea a few months ago and re- tired due to ill health. A son, J. M. Richards, has a house in West Mem- phis, Ark. JAY MEANS HELD UP Kansas City — Jay Means, presi- dent of the Independent Theater Owners Ass'n, was held up in the Oak Park Theater by three bandits who tied him up with wire and robbed him of $200. CHARTER BOAT FOR OUTING Independent Theater Owners Ass'n has chartered the steamer Empire State for its Hudson River boat ride and outing Aug. 23. The boat leaves Pier 84, foot of 42nd St., at 10 A. M. on that date. SHOW- ^^^f MAN'S p ^|, REMINDER Job rotation among employees is a good idea. 4 ROXY BOOKINGS SET Four advance bookings have been set for the original Roxy. The schedule follows: Aug. 18, "The Blarney Kiss," Principal; Aug. 25, "Air Devils," RKO; "Sept. 1, "Her First Mate," Universal; Sept. 15, "F.P.I," Fox. "Tarzan the Fearless" opens tomorrow. PUBLIX MEET DEFERRED Meeting of Publix Enterprises creditors scheduled for today at the office of Referee Henry K. Davis has been deferred until Aug. 24. SHEA REOPENS GREAT LAKES Buffalo — The Great Lakes reopens Aug. 19 under Shea management with Fox and M-G-M pictures and eight acts of vaudeville. Ralph D. Schwarz is expected to head the orchestra. GOTTLIEB ON OWN Arthur Gottlieb, who recently re- signed from Invincible Exchange, will open his own exchange next week at 630 Ninth Ave. Gottlieb will announce his product for release within ten days. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: Adjourned meeting of Publii terprises creditors at office of R Henry K. Davis. Aug. 15: RKO theater managers con« Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York. Aug. 18-20: Monogram-Monarch sales ing, Cleveland. Aug. 21 : Annual outing of Omaha filn Lakeview Country Club, Omaha. Aug. 22: Semi-monthly meeting of Theater Owners of New Jersey, » ganization headquarters, New York. Aug. 23: Independent Theater Owners cruise up the Hudson. Aug. 23: Independent Theater Owners' outing and Hudson River boat ride. Aug. 23-24: First annual convention of pendent Motion Picture Owners Assot of Delaware and Eastern Shore of Ma at Hotel Henelopen, Rehoboth, Del. Sept. 5-6-7: Allied Mew Jersey conv and Allied States Ass'n Eastern Confe at Atlantic City. Sept. 13: A. M. P. A. holds annual elect officers Sept. 28-29: Third Annual Miniature I Conference, New York. A. D. V. ! secretary. Oct. 16-18: Society of Motion Pictun gineers fall meeting, Edgewater Hotel, Chicago. INDIE OPERATION CLICK Operation of the Allen in C land by a group of seven inds dents, who control 60 per cent 0 houses in that city, has proc satisfactory results, in consider of business conditions, said Attc Sam Horwitz, counsel for the Theater, Inc., in New York ye day. Horwitz was attorney fo: Cleveland exhibitor association recent dispute with the Loew ci in Cleveland. NED WAYBURf ZIEGFELD FOLLIES PRODUCER Offers unusual opportunities for a cotc on STAGE, SCREEN, RADIO, ot TEACHING DANCI SOME OF THE STARS NED WAYBURN HAS HELPED TO FAME Al Jolson Marilyn Miller Eddie Cantor Jeanette McDonald Ed Wynn Mae West Will Rogers Ann Pennington Fred and Adele Astaire Hal Leroy Patricia Ellis and hundreds of others Note Dates ADULT GIRLS' DANCING CLASSES Ages 16 years and over. Fall term starts MONDAY, SEP- TEMBER 11th. Also special one-hour evening classes, 1, 2, or 5 times weekly. Mondays to Fridays. CHILDREN'S CLASSES Boys and girls 3 to 16 years of age. Rounded training in all types of dancing. Fall term starts SATURDAY, SEP- TEMBER 16th. Also special one-hour weekly classes after school hours. for Fall Classes BODY PROPORTIONING Have a beautiful body! Wayburn's famous r based on years of tr*' celebrated stars of stafci screen. Rates as low as weekly. BROADCASTING INSTRUCTION How to talk, sing, reo1 play before the micro Class or private ins:m FREE tryouts gladll ranged. NED WAYBURN INSTITUTE OF DANCING AND ■ BROADCASTING SCHOOL Dept. F, 625 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. Between 58th and 59th Streets. Tel. Wlckersham 2 ■•< : SCREEN V SYOU fHING Year after year, one great producing organization has led the way in motion pic- tures! The first talking picture . . . the first musical picture . . . the first gangster picture... one first after another— all made by Warner Bros.! aM*1 Warner Bros year of sensational another first of ii flfa "TOlABlf DAVID" I TEN COMMANDMENTS' THE DIG PARADE" 7M "BEAU GESTE" CAPTUHliT © WHAT PRICE GLORY ® THE JAZZ SINGER" DISRAELI LESLIE HOWARD • DOUG. FAll PAULLUKAS-MARGARET the highest honor the screen can confer goes to LESLIE HOWARD Greater than ever in GREAT ^OfiON PICTURE INSPIRES THE WORLD! GOLD DIGGERS OF BROADWAY PUBLIC ENEMY I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG" and ii. the heart of the world j has been fired by Warner Bros.' mi SLIE HOWARD - PAUL LUKAS DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jr. MARGARET LINDSAY p in cast of thousands!' fflillfti T R A N D 'j WARNER BROS. BEL TRUTH IN ADVERTISING And these three Ads* are nothing but the truth about CAPTURED! with LESLI T LINDSAY * Use them to tell your friends you've got a really great picture coming! They were made specially for you as an advance series. See the press sheet for these and other punch ads that make "Captured" an easy show to sell. I'°ph, Inc., Distributors Don't Read Our Announcement of New -Season Product, appearing in trade papers this week, if you can't spare the time from proper pro- motion of this season 'sWar- ner hits. There's grand news in it — but there's grander news rolling in hourly about "Voltaire", "Mary Ste- vens, M. D.", "Baby Face", "Gold Diggers", "I Loved A Woman". Shows like these are worth DAILY Thursday, Aug. 10, II EXPLOITETTES Invitation Preview On Arliss Pix TJARRY MAIZLICH, exploita- tion manager for the War- ner Los Angeles Hollywood and Downtown theaters, grabbed off a free three column ad for both theaters on "The Working Man," in every Los Angeles newspaper, in addition to a couple of columns of news copy. Here is the way he did it. He staged an invitation preview of the Arliss picture for the Ad Man Club of Los Angeles. He then sold the newspaper pub- lishers the idea that they should devote some of their promotion- al space to some copy on what George Arliss has to say in the picture about advertising. The copy to be written by an out- standing advertising agency. The result was a three column ad ten inches deep written by an advertising agency and car- ried free in all Los Angeles papers, together with great breaks in their news columns. — Hollywood, Los Angeles. Pocketbooks With Coins for Street Ballyhoo TOU METZGER, pulled a niftie while playing "Baby Face" at the Spreckles Theater. He announced in his advance ad that at a certain time and place, opening day, "Baby Face," would hand out 500 purses to the first 500 people that came along the street. When the time arrived a crowd of several thou- sand had gathered on the spot. Metzger's girl then handed out small leather pocketbooks, some containing "Gold Digger" coins, some with a nickel or dime, but all containing a strong piece of selling copy for the picture in the shape of a small folder. Coming and Going HELEN HAYES, M-G-M star, arrives in New York tomorrow from the coast. JACK LYONS, Buffalo exchangeman, is in New York on business. WALTER WINCHELL has returned from Cali- fornia and is living at the Hotel St. Moritz. B. B. SCHULBERG sails tomorrow on the Paris for a vacation abroad. ELMER RHODEN is in New York from Kan- sas City. FRANK NEWMAN of the Fox Northwest cir- cuit arrived in New York yesterday from Seat- tle. CHARLES SKOURAS arrived in New York yes- terday from the coast. R. E. GRIFFITH of the Griffith circuit in Oklahoma arrived in New York yesterday. FRED WEHRENBERG arrived in New York yesterday from St. Louis. JOHN HAMRICK, Pacific Northwest exhibitor, is in town. |!THt m PHIL M DALY ijtjfigtianam • • • THEY SAID Sol Lesser couldn't do it so he stepped out and did it bigger than he had promised re- ferring of course to his Exploitation Innovation on "Tarzan the Fearless" a new and practical showmanship idea that we prophesy will put Principal Distributing Corporation in the Film Records as the pioneer in the New Deal for handling serials in the strictly Modern Manner • • • IN CASE you haven't been following the march of current film events here's how the Plan works the new "Tarzan" starts off with a 7-reel version of the first four chapters to be played as the Feature on the program to be followed with 8 two-reel episodes, one each week covering episodes 5 to 12 that's not only a Revolutionary Idea but Sound Showmanship here is not only a new technique in handling serials but a refresh- ingly original slant in the Exploitation Field which has gone kinder sere and yellow these warm summer days * * * * • • • ABOUT THE picture itself ..well, there's Buster Crabbe as Tarzan with a physique seldom seen on the screen or anywhere else swinging with wild aban- don from tree-top to tree-top on the screen most of the time fighting man and beast rescuing the fair heroine from innumerable dangers Jacqueline Wells fea- tured as the beautiful white girl in love with the ape-man with an oo-la-la figure displayed without benefit or handi- cap, rather of too many clothes and ACTION from the fade-in to the close the Picture MOVES with every element it takes to make a sizzling serial • • • WORLD PREMIERE at the 7th Avenue Roxy starts Friday get a copy of that pressbook prepared by George Harvey's outfit of Pressbook Specialists and learn what can be done with a serial backed by a Showman's Selling Campaign not a line of hooey in the entire 20- page book straight publicity and merchandising dope with a swell exhib help in the form of 12 slugs all on one mat or cut each slug plugging a separate episode Mister Lesser hasn't overlooked a thing the entire biz will watch his Innovation with interest for it's a Move Forward from outworn methods not over-look- ing 12 Edgar Rice Burrough's "Tarzan" books of Grosset & Dunlap to plug * * * * • • • AT THE Capitol theater "Another Language" has 'em lined up every morn four deep up Broadway and clear down the block for a hundred yards with the uniformed bally- hooer out front sing-songing continuously "Seats in the balcony — two hours wait for seats in the orchestra." c'n ya imagine? just Bob Montgomery on stage and screen goalin' the femmes in his double act * * * * • • • OVER AT Nat Saland's lab they were putting "The Wandering Jew" through the bath and one of the pro- ducers of the Hebrew epic was worried he thought they should clean out the tanks and use fresh soup "Why?" queries Nat "Veil," sez the gent, "you've been using the bath for English talkies and mebbe it will spoil the Yiddish in my fillum." honest't'gawds'elpus! * * * * • • • THE LUNCHEON and preview for Lesser's "Tar- zan" at the Waldorf-Astoria was announced to Mister Zittel of "Zits" over the phone "To be held in the Sert Room," informed the gal on the phone Mister Zittel exclaimed "Oh, the Surf Room! Great idea! Shall I bring my bathing suit? " oops « « « » » » TIMELY TOPK Cartoonists' Contributions to American Slang £ARTOONISTS have enrich. America's slang by hu dreds of catch phrases some which have served as inspir tion for popular songs ar others for motion pictures. "M ma Loves Papa," which Norm; McLeod is now directing fi Paramount, came from the po; ular "Mr. and Mrs." cartoo drawn by the late Claire Brigg He frequently drew a small b< asking his father if "Papa lov Mama" in the last frame. Fro this came the answer whit later grew into a song and no a motion picture title. Tt greatest of all phrase make among the cartoonists was tl late T. A. "Tad" Dorgan, wl started "Yes, We Have N Bananas," and hundreds other such expressions. Rul Goldberg, creator of "Boob M Nutt," is credited with "Banar Oil," and "He don't know fro nothin' " among others. Bil DeBeck, of "Barney Googh fame, started "Youse is a viper and popularized "01' boy, C boy, 01' boy." Alan Sega creator of the inimitable "Po eye," both as a newspaper ar animated cartoon characte launched "I will gladly pay y< Tuesday for a hamburger t day," and "Come up for a due dinner — you bring the duck- Carl Ed gave the campus cutii a break when he had Haro Teen call his sweetheart "1 lamb's lettuce." The similari of Paramount's "Mama Lov> Papa" to the "Mr. and Mrs cartoons does not stop with tl title. Charlie Ruggles and Mai Boland, the leading charactei have roles patterned somewh after the husband and wife the Briggs comic strips. — Paramour MANY HAPPY REJU Best wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: August 10 m Harry J. Gumbin Harry Bernstein Norma Shearer Joe Goldb Walter Li|' Joseph R. Flies EXTRA! I | -G- SALESMEN CANT GET IN TO SEE EXHIBITORS! — you can't blame the exhibitors. NEXT PAGE! • You bet I'm inteirested in 1933-34 MARIE DAESSLE* - WALLACE BEEftv TUGBOAT ANNIE" N0W PLAYING WOW! "Tugboat Annie" thumbs its nose at hot weather! BOSTON— Beats "Prosperity". Held 2nd week! Remarkable! NEW HAVEN— Way ahead of "Prosperity" and "Grand Hotel" lmagine] HARTFORD— Beats "Smilin' Thru". And that's plenty! CINCINNATI — First three days beats full week of biggest hits! WORCESTER— Far ahead of "Smilin' Thru", "Grand Hotel". Oh boy! PROVIDENCE — Tops "Prosperity's" marvelous record! DES MOINES — Tops anything this house has ever seen! DENVER — Outstrips "Prosperity" and all of biggest successes! SALT LAKE CITY — Leaves all past performances behind! MEMPHIS — Smiles that grow broader every day! SEATTLE — Record! Biggest in history of house! Thank youl "Stranger's Return" and "Another Language" are doing very nicely, too! METRO- GOLD WYN- MAYER The Major Company . i THE lay, Aug. 10, 1933 -C&H DAILV ) COMMITTEE 0 FER ON 6 POINTS , (Continued from Page 1) s d through a spokesman that laj nothing to announce. Ully stated that his committee ided its issues into three ations, as follows: tatters in which the commit- are in full accord as to prin- Maatters in which the commit- mn full accord except as to ^|atters in which "sincere dif- are in evidence. itbnnection with the initial O'Reilly said that 12 pro- ^re being considered. He de- rized when the NRA has granted ipproval of the exception. Excep- ; are only allowable in instances e a labor contract is not subject pange at the discretion of the em- s'- Employers desiring exceptions add the following wording to the fment which they sign: "except ,equired to comply with the terms agreement in effect between the 'signed and (name of organization)." Praise from Abroad for Hollywood Product "The incomparable development of the American production has been the sensational event of 1932-33. A splendid year for Hollywood! In very dif- ferent types of films, with unceasingly renewed sources of inspiration, many films produced on the other side of the Atlantic in a country where the best things rub elbows with the worst have been for us, we are obliged to admit, the source of cinematographic joys. America has won the big race of the year. She has even walked away with it because the others engaged in the race have attempted nothing to dispute their chances. France, particularly, seems to have remained at the starting post. . . . "French productions make us weep with grief. Every time the camera begins to work, it falls on our feet. . . . "Must we wait to perceive the smutty trend of our films until foreigners find fault with our too Licentious genius? Canada has complained. Latin America has complained. Most French scenarios gravitate about a bedroom and, in order to attract the lower instincts, they are advertised with so-called suggestive titles. The American cinema which wallowed for a long time in foolishness and platitudes has recently happily attacked vast moral and social problems. With us, adultery is a stagnant pond where light is reflected doubtfully. The screen dribbles with triangle plays. The home of Latin culture has been furnished with a divan — and its accessories! And all this is cloaked with an artistic mediocrity of which we have the naiveness to show ourselves proud! "If one judges by its latest product, the German cinema seems not to have progressed. Except for Liebelei' what have we received from the other side of the Rhine? Very little. . . . Thus Old Europe lowers its banner before America. . . ." — Translated from "L'Homme Libre," Paris, July 28. Erpi Will Continue Selling Sound Parts (Continued from Page 1) them of the recent decision in Wil- mington. The Knox communication reads as follows: "In the decision which the Federal Court at Wilmington, Del., rendered on July 26 in three suits brought respectively by the Stanley Company of America, Inc., General Talking Picture Corporation and Duovac Radio Corpo- ration, it denied the application of the plain t.ffs for a temporary injunction to restrain Electrical Research Products, Inc., from ser- vicing Western Electric sound equipment in stalled in theaters and collecting payment: therefor in accordance with its contracts. We shall continue to render service in ac cordance with our contracts with exhibitor.' at current charges. "The order of the Court provides that, upon .he plaintiff's giving bond in amounts to b fixed by the Court hereafter, preliminary in junctions will be issued against the enforce- ment of one provision contained in most of the theater equipment contracts and one provision in the recording license agreement. "The provision in the theater equipment contract, enforcement of which is enjoined b} the Court, is that which obligates the exhibi- tor to obtain from Electrical Research Prod ucts all additional and renewal parts and as sembly parts required for the operation o the equipment. "The provision in the producer contract, enforcement of which is enjoined by the Court, is a clause which the Court said limits dis tribution of their sound pictures to theater- equipped with reproducing apparatus supplied by Electrical Research Products. "The Court denied the request of the plain- tiffs for temporary injunctions against othei parts of the exhibitors' and producers' con- tracts, including the service charges which were attacked in the suits. "It has been the practice of the company to furnish the exhibitors spare and replace- ment parts upon their voluntary written order. The company will continue to offer to it' exhibitor licensees spare and replacement part; o be furnished on orders signed by the ex hibitor and at the company's current charges "Many exhibitors have entered into 2 eparate agreement with us covering our furnishing spare and replacement parts a' required for the normal maintenance and operation of our equipment and the payment of a weekly sum in consideration of the furnishings of such parts. These maintenance agreements are in no way involved in th- above decree. "There has been apparently considerablf misunderstanding about the significance of this recent Court decision and we hope through the foregoing statement to make clear to our customers this company's position." W. B. Victory Won't Affect Skouras St. Louis Leases (Continued from Page 1) Co. will in no way affect the leases of the Ambassador, Grand Central! and Missouri theaters, acquired re- cently by Central Theater Co., in which the Skouras boys are said to be the chief factors, it is stated by attorneys. Harry Koplar, who was the leader in the fight against Warners, is scheduled to reopen the St. Louis theater in September. KINEMATRADE TWO-REELERS "Soviet on Parade," the Kinema- trade release, has been cut from fea- ture length to a two-reeler and has been booked over the entire Loew circuit. It is the first in a series of 12 two-reelers to be released by Kinematrade. The second "Main Stem" has been booked to play first- run next week at the Loew's State, St. Louis. The company will also import six French features to be selected from a series of 12. The first will arrive in New York next week. A series of 12 one-reel novelty shorts will also be released by Kine- matrade. NEW MARQUEES FOR LOEW Harry Barr of United Signs Corp., has secured contracts from C. C. Moskowitz for the erection of new marquees on Loew's Orpheum, De- lancy, Spooner, 86th St., State and the State, Newark. FOX METROPOLITAN EARNINGS Income of $396,048, before inter- est, depreciation and amortization, is reported by Fox Metropolitan Play- houses, Inc., controlled by Fox The- aters, for the six months ended May 31. Subsidiaries and receivers' ac- counts are included in the statement. STUDIO EMPLOYMENT REGISTERS BIG GAIN (Continued from Page 1) 41.9 per cent higher than May of this year. This is shown in official data reported by the State Division of Labor Statistics for Los Angeles. The gain in the film division was the largest of all California indus- tries for the month, according to the monthly summary of business conditions compiled by the Security- First National Bank of Los Angeles. Hochreich Appeals For Open Meetings (Continued from Page 1) the meetings as "star chamber ses- sions." Hochreich said in part: "We be- lieve that if certain provisions of the proposed codes having to do with the admission prices are enacted and an attempt made to legislate the public into motion picture theaters, or to adopt provisions of a code which will regulate the amount to be paid by the public to enter a the- ater, it will not come within the spirit of the National Recovery Act, but on the contrary, if, such plans are adopted, the larger theaters will practically wipe out the smaller the- aters and instead of seven or eight thousand theaters being closed, an additional five thousand will be added to the list." 10 State-Righters Sign For Pathe Re-issues (Continued from Page 1) Pictures, Cincinnati and Cleveland; N. E. Savini, Atlanta; Monarch Pictures, Detroit; Capitol Film, Chi- cago and Indianapolis; Richard Fox, Minneapolis and Northwest Film Distributors, Portland. REVIVE MEMPHIS ASS'N Memphis — Harry Travis, secre- tary-treasurer of the recently re- vived Ass'n of Suburban Theaters, is conferring with neighborhood ex- hibitors with regard to application of the NRA code to individual houses. Bringing the suburban houses collectively under the code was one of the main purposes for revival of the organization, of which J. W. Eaton is president, and Mike Cianciolo vice-president. M. A. Lightman also is on the committee which has been studying the pro- visions of the code as applied to houses operating part-time. The association's other chief aim is to obtain wage cuts from the unions, with whom Lightman has been hav- ing difficulty. 6,000 Mae West Repeats Total ot 6,000 repeat bookings has been played by "She Done Him Wrong," according to Paramount. Its field force is being urged to push the Mae West picture for return engagements. -. lft» Ei OAILV Thursday, Aug. ]\ I A "LITTLE" from HOLLYWOOD "LOTS"E! F)EFINITE signs of film produc- tion getting into full swing are evident at Educational. Andy Clyde, who has been clean shaven for the past two months, has started to raise his famous crop of whiskers again. * * * Karl Freund host to Carl Laemmle, Jr., Nat Goldstone, Leonard Silliman, Hans Kraly, Henry Henigson, Ed- ward Laemmle, William Wyler, George Landy, Jerry Hoffman, Dick Hunt, Dr. H. Firestone at his home in Brentwood. Warren William, who is playing opposite Anna Sten in "Nana," is delighted the picture has started. Several weeks ago he started raising a wide mustache and sideburns for the role. Production — on the pic- ture, not the hirsute adornment — was deferred from time to time, but William had to keep the mustache and sideburns intact — to his own consternation and the amusement of his friends. * * * Charles Bickford, who has com- pleted the leading role in Cecil B. De Mille's production, "This Day and Age," will remain at the Paramount studios for one of the important parts in "White Woman." He joins a cast which already includes Charles Laughton, Percy Kilbride and James Bell. Stuart Walker will direct. * * * Gottfried Reinhardt, son of Max Reinhardt, went to work at the Paramount studios in Hollywood this week. He is associated with Ernst Lubitsch, who once worked with the elder Reinhardt as an actor and stage director, in a technical capa- city on the screen version of Noel Coward's stage success, "Design for Living," which Lubitsch is directing. * * * Clark Gable is to appear with Joan Crawford in M-G-M's "Dancing Lady." He will start work imme- diately after his convalescence from an appendicitis operation performed last week and which still confines him to a hospital. * * * Herbert Fields, playwright, author and scenarist, son of the famous Lew Fields, has been engaged by Colum- bia to write the book for the corn- In the DeMille Tradition West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAIL7 Hollywood — Refusing to deny himself the lavish gesture which characterized his productions in the days of spectacle, Cecil B. DeMille chartered an ocean liner this week, the S. S. City of San Francisco, on which he will assemble the cast of his forthcoming Paramount production, "Four Frightened People," and sail out onto the Pacific to make sequences. Claudette Colbert and Mary 3oland have already been selected for leading roles, and DeMille promises a complete lineup of actors by the time Bartlett Cormack completes the script By RALf pany's musical feature, "Let's Fall in Love." * * * Phillips Holmes, Ted Healy and Alan Edwards are additions to the cast of M-G-M's "Stage Mother," which is now under way with Charles Brabin directing. * * * Next Wednesday will mark the completion of "Female," the latest Ruth Chatterton starring vehicle for First National. "Female" is the feature based on Donald Henderson Clarke's novel of the same name and it was adapted by Gene Markey and Kathryn Scola. The cast includes George Brent, the husband of the star, in the leading male role, Laura Hope Crews, Ferdinand Gottschalk, George Blackwood, Philip Faver- sham, Gavin Gordon, Sterling Hollo- way, Huey White, Rafael Ottiano, Walter Walker, Charles Wilson, Ed- ward Cooper, Usay O'Davern and Samuel Hinds. William Dieterle is directing and Henry Blanke is su- pervising the production. Jeanette MacDonald and Ramon Novarro, recently back from Europe, will both be on hand this week at the Culver City studios to start work in "The Cat and the Fiddle." Samuel and Bella Spewack are doing the continuity and dialogue for an adap- tation of this musical comedy. * # * The cast of "The World Changes," Paul Muni's next for First National, has been augmented by the addition of Donald Cook, Oscar Apfel, Sidney Toler, Marilyn Knowlden and David Durand. "The World Changes" is now in production under the direc- tion of Mervn LeRoy and the super- vision of Robert Lord. The support- ing cast, in addition to those already mentioned, includes Mary Astor, Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Mar- // W1LK garet Lindsay, Henry O'Neill, Jean Muir, Anna Q. Nilsson, Willard Rob- ertson, Douglas Dumbrille, Mickey Rooney, Clay Clement and Wallis Clark. The adaptation was made by Edward Chodorov from Sheridan Gibney's novel, "America Kneels." * # # "Mickey's Touchdown" is the title of the first of the series of 12 two- reel Mickey McGuire comedies which will be distributed by Columbia Pic- tures the coming season. It will shortly be placed in work under the direction of J. A. Duffy. Earl Mont- gomery and Joseph Levering are the authors of the series. Mickey Rooney again has the leading role. Douglas Scott will be seen as "Stinkey" Davis, while Shirley Jean Pickert, formerly with "Our Gang" Com- edies, will have the role of "Tom- boy" Taylor. * * * Edwin Justus Mayer has been as- signed to write the shooting script of "Marionettes," Jesse L. Lasky's seventh production for Fox in which Lilian Harvey and Gene Raymond will be starred. =fc * * W. P. Carleton, stage and screen veteran, has been cast for a part in the RKO Radio Pictures film ver- sion of the Sinclair Lewis novel, "Ann Vickers." Carleton is doing double duty, as he is currently carry- ing one of the leading roles in the Hollywood Playhouse stage presen- tation of "A Tale of Two Cities." * * * "He Knew His Women," with Warner Baxter, Mimi Jordan and Heather Angel, will go into produc- tion at Fox on Aug. 14 with Irving Cummings directing. * # * Captain George de Richelavie. former officer of the Imperial Aus- trian Army, has been named tech' RKO THEATER NOTES On Aug. 25 the Proctor, Newark will drop vaudeville and revert to straight pictures. The house has been transferred from H. R. Emdee's division to that of J. M. Brennan. The Capitol, Cincinnati will reopen Aug. 26 with a straight picture policy, and the Palace, Cincinnati, which has been playing pictures only, will open Aug. 25 with vaude- ville and pictures. On Sept. 1 the Keith, Boston, will change to Friday opening instead of Saturday. Al Beckerich has replaced Bert Loew as manager of the Keith, White Plains. Beckerich was form- erly in Akron. DROPS VAUDEVILLE Atlanta — The Fox, now operated by a Shrine committee, has discon- tinued vaudeville, and has returned to straight pictures with a 20-cent admission until 6 o'clock and 30 cents at night. RESOLUTE TO START FIRST 2 Al Mannon, chief of production for Resolute Pictures, will leave for the the coast next week with the scripts of the first two features on the an- nounced schedule of 12 to be made this year. Production will likely be at the Universal studios. Coast offices and cutting rooms will be at the old Metro studios. A lease for home office space in the RKO build- ing is now being negotiated. Walter Futter and Joe Goldberg, who re- cently joined Resolute, will close the Wafilms office in the RKO building and occupy offices in the new lay- out. MAJESTIC FILM FOR LOEW Majestic's "Sing Sinner Sing" has been booked to play the entire Loew circuit following its run at the Rial- to starting Friday. VINCENT MANAGING BEACHAM Orlando, Fla. — Harry Vincent, for- mer E. J. Sparks city manager here, is now managing the Beacham. nical advisor for "Without RKO Radio Pictures' new tion starring Constance Bern * * * Waldemar Young, Paramon tract writer returning wit1 Young from a six months woi reported for work at the stul week to find himself assij work with Achmed Abdullah screen version of Francis Brown's novel, "Lives of a Lancer" soon to go into proij Maurine Watkins, author cago" and other stage hits, h] assigned by Paramount to the adaptation and dialog! Paramount's "Search for l| production for which the wor teen handsomest young rm fifteen beautiful girls are I process of selection by the co Charles Dow Clark, actc Edna O'Keefe, singer, hav signed by RKO Radio for f spots in a Headliner Corned Ted Fio-Rito and his band, signing completes the cast a: duction is slated to start the this week, Sam White at the phone. * * * Following her performance site Will Rogers in "Doctor Rochelle Hudson has been at another important supporting Fox in "Walls of Gold," the leen Norris story in which Eilers and Norman Foster hi leading parts. Ralph Morga is in the film, which will be d by Kenneth MacKenna. Fr.| Santley, Emma Dunn, M Gateson, Mary Mason and Moreno will be seen in lessei in the production. * * * In the true tradition of "tWJ must go on," two players ini "My Weakness" are carrying: finish the picture in spite o sical handicaps. One is Liliai vey, who sprained her toe, Gladys Blake received a fra jaw in an auto accident. * * * Warner Oland will journeyi the Pacific to his ranch at Ma on the West Coast of Mexico, he owns a 7,000 acre estate 12-mile frontage on the ocean completion of "Charlie Chan's I est Case" at Fox. He raises on the property and vacations between pictures. Lilian Harvey's Castles Wei and Fernand Gravey for I ch version ; ''Fugitives," war ; L Certain Mr. Gran," with I Ibers in the German version J n Murat in the French edi- , ^mouldering Fires"; "Those I Days in Aranjuez," with I Helm in the German ver- I I Jean Gabin in the French ■10 in work are "Hitler-Boy with Heinrich George; in the Air," "Abel with the itl )rgan" and "Heideschulmeis- I i Karsten." Another on the t chedule is "The Palace of S ch," with Liane Haid in the , version and Daniele Dar- the French version. l( Circuit Calls Manager Meeting (Continued from Page 1) U', 'Morning Glory," Fox's "The I and the Glory," Columbia's I or a Day" and Paramount's a i Angel." About 100 man- : I om New York City, up-state I v England will attend. Plans l.O's Greater Show season I :arts Aug. 27 will be formu- I ding the dinner in ad- )ti o the managers and home I :ecutives will be Merlin H. iurth, Herman Zohbel, A. H. I land, Samuel L. "Roxy" I 1, Walter L. Brown, 0. R. m, W. G. van Schmus, Louis i Ed Peskay, Ed Alperson, ; and George Skouras, Sam Louis Frisch, J. J. Mc- W. Farley, Jules Levy and ; Mallard. id SCHOOLMASTER Lesson ok ui NlG in inset that flies across the set | the camera is operating; also, a per- photographic take. £ — Shield for a camera lens to protect ft top light. Kn electrician. o-'wount of electric power being drawn ™'P the generators or mains. Short Shots from Eastern Studios By CHAS. ALICOATE '"THE Eastern Service Studio has been "doing its part" in the NRA program since production started on "Take A Chance," which Laurence Schwab and Rowland & Brice are making at the Astoria plant for Paramount release. In the first week of work on the picture, em- ployment was provided for more than 250 persons, all of whom are receiving wages much higher than those required under President Roosevelt's recovery code. Milton Singer, able assistant to Lee Stuart, casting director at the Brooklyn Vitaphone studio, leaves on his vacation Saturday. He plans to visit the Century of Progress Exposition. Work on the script for the second of the series of 13 musical shorts to be produced by Mentone Pictures is being completed, with production scheduled about Aug. 25 at the West Coast Service Studio. In a recent item, Ray Foster, cameraman at Vitaphone's Brooklyn plant, was noted as an "assistant" to Ed DuPar, cameraman. To prove he was not an assistant Ray showed us his union card and it says he is a "1st Cameraman." So we're giv- ing credit where credit is due. A noteworthy feature of the mu- sical, "Take A Chance," is the ace dance routine of the chorus. It is the work of Bobby Connolly, dance director. "Enlighten Thy Daughter,'' the feature to be produced by Exploita- tion Pictures, is scheduled to be put into production Aug. 25 at the Photo Color studio, Irvington-on-the-Hud- son. Louis Weiss will supervise. • Eastern Service Studio Notes: Jimmie Dunn making telephone calls from the stage doorman's phone and directing business from the desk. . . . June Knight keeping the extras and technical crew amused with her clever antics. . .Cliff Edwards amus- ing himself with his Uke....Bill Rowland trying to answer two 'phones at once. .. .Frank Tuttle okaying sound. .. .Laurence Schwab studying the script. .. .Monte Brice showing Lillian Roth how it should be done. . . .Jack Aichele assisting Monte. . . .John Doran inspecting sets. . . .Buddy Rogers readying him- self to leave by plane for Chicago every week-end. • Gus Shy, stage comedian, has com- pleted his third short subject for Vitaphone at the Brooklyn studio under Ray McCarey's direction. The film, titled "I Scream," will be re- leased in the "Big V" comedy series. In the supporting cast are Hal Clarendon, Shemp Howard and Lionel Stander. W. S. McKay is in charge of ar- rangements for the party which is being held at the Rye Country Club for the principals and cast of "Take A Chance," Saturday, Aug. 12, in- stead of Aug. 19 as previously re- ported. RADIO CITY HOUSES REMAIN UNDER RKO (Continued from Page 1) 000, but as the total cost of the the- aters will not reach more than $10,- 000,000, the yearly rental, provided the lease is renewed, will amount to less than $1,000,000. Another plan now under considera- tion by the Rockefeller executives is to pay RKO a management fee, amounting to several hundred thou- sand dollars a year. Meetings were held yesterday, but no decision as to the future status of the two houses was reached. THE -<^3 DAILY IOMCthe PHIL M DALY • • • A VERY modern and gorgeously entertaining hard- boiled Fairy Story for grown-ups that gives you a rough idea of Columbia's smash pix, "Lady for A Day" it is so crowded with Showmanship Values that we are dizzy trying to figure out the angles to present to you suffice it to say at the jump-off that it is a swell mixture of Smiles and Tears with an Emotional Kick like seven Missouri mules characterizations by May Robson, Guy Kibbee, Ned Sparks and Warren William that have you fighting with your- self as you scan the opus, trying to decide which characteriza- tion is the most engaging, appealing and entertaining * * * * • • • AN AUDIENCE of metropolitan exhibs, their wives, sweethearts and daughters along with the fan crits and the trade fellers crowded the auditorium of the Waldorf-Astoria to the number of 1,000 and all about us the ladies were dabbing their eyes as May Robson hit her emotional and tremendously gripping human bits and the next moment laughing uproariously at some swell piece of business by Guy Kibbee or Ned Sparks and exhibs who only laugh when they put something over on their local ex- change (shall we name them? why? . ..you know the Type) laughed right out loud and were un- ashamed what if their laugh added another ten berries to the rental? they were in a Holiday Mood t'hell with the Expense .it is that kind of A Picture. * * * * • • • COMPARISONS? they are always odious especially in the film biz where producers are so touchy but as a matter of fact there can be no comparison "Lady for A Day" is so INDIVIDUALISTIC that it simply de- fies comparison it is one of that rare breed that auto- matically enters a Class By Itself * * * - * • • • I 'we're tellin' you that it's a honey for downright Entertainment a bear for continuous sparkle, suspense and surprise punches a lulu for what it takes to get the femmes all fluttevy and weepy with the Cinderella Stuff and the mother-love and human touches that tug right at your heart add to this the hard-boiled Ned Sparks humor and the polished finesse of the Guy Kibbee drolleries and if you can't get two dozen intestinal guffaws out «of it we hope your face muscles freeze and you never crack a smile till your toes turn up you deserve it if you're that hopeless. . ; . . . saying which, we sign off on "Lady for A Day" with deep obeisances to Damon Runyon for the type of Story this biz sadly needs to Frank Capra for beautiful pace and consummate cunning in masterly direction to Joseph Walker for cinematographic composition that is Art Work and to members of the Ace Cast aforementioned who deliver about the best work of their separate distinguished careers "9 10 -. £B0"£ DAILY Thursday, Aug. 1( WARNER STUDIOS HIT STRIDE; 20UNDERWAY West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Warner - First Na- tional .production activities are now at top speed, with 6 pictures be- fore the cameras and 14 more be- ing prepared to start as soon as stages can be cleared and set for them. . The six pictures now betore the cameras are "The House on 56th Street," starring Kay Francis, with Ricardo Cortez, Gene Raymond, Margaret Lindsay, Frank McHugh, John Halliday and Sheila Terry; "The World Changes," starring Paul Muni and featuring Mary Astor, Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Pat- ricia Ellis, Jean Muir, Margaret Lindsay and Donald Cook; "Female," starring Ruth Chatterton, with George Brent, Laura Hope Crews, Ferdinand Gottschalk and George Blackwood; "Ever in My Heart," starring Barbara Stanwyck and fea- turing Otto Kruger, Ralph Bellamy, Ruth Donnelly, Laura Hope Crews and Frank McHugh; "The Kennel Murder Case," with William Powell, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson, Ralph Morgan and Jack LaRue, and "Footlight Parade," musical, with James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee, Ruth Donnelly, Claire Dodd, Hugh Herbert, Frank McHugh and others. The 14 stories being whipped into scenario form are "Shanghai Or- chids," starring Richard Barthel- mess with Ann Dvorak as the fem- inine lead; "Havana Widows," fea- turing Joan Blondell, Aline Mac- Mahon, Glenda Farrell, Guy Kibbee, Frank McHugh, Allen Jenkins and Lvle Talbot; "The College Coach," with Pat O'Brien and Ann Dvorak; "Son of the Gobs," starring Joe E. Brown; "Sweethearts Forever," co- starring Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell; "British Agent," which will star Leslie Howard; "Broadway and Back," with Kay Francis in the starring role; "King of Fashion," for which a cast is now being se- lected; "The Finger Man," starring James Cagney; "Registered Nurse," cast of which includes Kay Francis, Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Glenda Farrell and Lyle Talbot; "As the Earth Turns," with an all- star cast as yet unannounced; "Dark Hazard," which will star Edward G. Robinson; "Convention City," which will feature an all-star cast with Adolphe Menjou already as- signed, and "Easy to Love," which will star Bette Davis. A. C. Burned Up Atlantic City — There is much consterna- tion here, particularly in the columns of "The Boardwalk Illustrated News," over the fact that "Gold Diggers of 1933." which had a run at the Stanley at 65 cents with exploitation of the fact that the picture would "positive- ly not be shown in any other theater in Atlantic City this season," went right from the Stanley to the Virginia, where it played for two bits. ROSE PELSWICK CHEERS May Robson, Aged Actress, Steals Show in Great Film And Soars to Stardom By ROSE PELSWICK. Disguised as a round-the-world flier arriving with a mes- sage for Damon Eunyon, this column slipped past an assort- ment of guards, sentinels and watchdogs yesterday afternoon .. and got itself an advance look at "Lady for a Day," Columbia Pictures' filmization of the famous Eunyon's equally famous Cosmopolitan Magazine story, "Madame La Gimp." And what a picture this one turned out to be! Make a note of the title and when "Lady for a Day" opens (sometime in the next month or so) at your favorite theatre, drop whatever you're doing and rush over to see it. For here's a piece of entertainment that packs every kind of a movie punch there is. You'll laugh and you'll cry. You'll sit in the audi- * | \ ence with your eyes glued to the screen and 2*i~- '^— -— * be» f°r more You'll enjoy yourself so thor- -r^r^^^z^j:^^^; oughly that you'll want to dash out and tell Rose Peiswick. everybody else in the block not to miss it. If I've made myself clear the picture is simply swell. Eunyon. who needs no introduction, rates raves for think- ing up one of the most appealing + story ideas of this or any other season. His yarn about a sodden old apple woman who has to im- personate a grande dame is rich in human interest, heart-warming in its sentiment and hilariously vivid and flavorous in its fast- moving comedy. To Director Frank Capra and Scenarist Bob Riskin go laurels for turning the brilliant yarn into a brilliant pic- ture, and Columbia, who filmed it, is assured of one of the year's smash hits. She Steals Show What's' more. "Lady For a Day" introduces a new screen star — May Robson. Hollywood, always crying for youth, has learned that dimples and long eyelashes aren't everything. Box-office records of pictures starring Marie Dressier, George Arliss, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Alison Skip- worth and other' veterans, have proved that. And now add to that [for you. distinguished list May Robson, a Broadway stage luminary for dec- ades when the Frohmans dom- inated the theatre world. Miss Robson recently celebrated her fiftieth anniversary in the theatre — and after the heart-tugging per- formance she gives in this pro- duction, is set for a long and suc- cessful career on the screen. So now Miss Robson is the star. And her supporting cast is some- thing to cable about, too. There's Warren William, as a big-time Broadway gambler. Glenda Far- rell, as Missouri Martin, a dizzy night club hostess. Guy Kibbee, as a pompous penny-ante plunger. Also Ned Sparks, of the dry voice and the quizzical eyebrows; that superb actor, Walter Connolly; Jean Parker, the 17-year-old film "find," and a number of others — all written with the colorful and tangy understanding that is Run- .yon's. You have a treat in store 1 ■ The Daily N ewspa per Of Motion Pict u res Now Fifteen Years Old Dl I VIII, NO. 3<5 NEW TCI5r,PKIDA.y, AUGUST 11, 1933 ver Jurisdiction, Wage Disputes to By RALPH WILK Coast Manager, FILM DAILY wood — In its report made yesterday, the Fact-Finding :tee of the Academy of Mo- ture Arts and Sciences states no reason why the jurisdic- dispute between the Sound- Local and the Internationa] hood of Electrical Workers be considered by the joint tees under the basic agree- (Continued on Page 7) IRUITS JOINING IETR0IT DUAL BAN RKO and Publix have agreed icipate in the ban on double n s which is tentatively set to 1 effective in Detroit the first ([tober, according to H. M. Allied leader, who is now N " York. One hundred of the ri -y's 156 houses have so far e to the plan, says Richey. A ■h ht of the agreement is a pro- vhich will be inserted in first- ' {Continued on Page 7) Mi),939 Tax Lien l/led Against Wm. Fox ^ !n to collect $1,980,939.46 from i a Fox for underpayment of 1929 and 1930 has been filed J) Internal Revenue Depart- The action was entered in >1 te, one in the District Court w York and the other in ot) yn so that the right to attach x' property could be extended to ' Ijne in Woodmere. • 77 M-G-M Writers •ffji Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Slywood— Additions this week to the *lhg roster at M-G-M brings the "< up to 77, the largest in the com- Pals history. Code Advisors at $25 a Day Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Upon presentation of a code by the motion picture industry to the NRA, the latter will appoint men from within the industry to their advisory board, to remain until the code is finally put through. These advisors, whose terms are limited to 30 days in succession, are paid $25 a day. REPORT PHILLY UNIT QUITTINGM.P.T.O.A. Owing to differences with the M. P. T. 0. A. on various issues, includ- ing some pertaining to the industry code, the M. P. T. O. of Eastern Pennsylvania, with headquarters in Philadelphia, is understood to be withdrawing from the national ex- hibitor association. President Ed Kuykendall last night said that he has received no formal notification of such a move. The reported "split" is reported to (Continued on Page 6) Code Minority Reports To Be Sent to NRA In addition to code proposals rec- ommended by a majority of a com- mittee, indications are that in each instance where a committee fails to reach 100 per cent agreement on an issue, it will submit to the NRA a minority report comprising a list of exceptions. That this procedure is being adopted was indicated yester- day when the exhibitor committee concerned with code drafting, at a session at the Bar Association Bldg., so handled the "open market" buy- ing problem. TWO EXHIB LEADERS NAMED NRA AIDES M. E. Comerford and Ed Kuyken- dall, both of whom are members of the exhibitor committee occupied with code-making, have been draft- ed by President Roosevelt to serve as national administrators in their respective states. Comerford is in charge of organizing support and enforcement for the NRA in North- eastern Pennsylvania while Kuyken- dall is functioning in a similar man- ner for the state of Mississippi. These appointments will not inter- fer with their code activities. St. Louis Territory 90% Against Duals Ninety per cent of the theaters in the St. Louis territory have ap- proved a plan to eliminate double feature bills, declared Fred Wehren- berg, M. P. T. O. A. leader in that section, in New York yesterday, fol- lowing his arrival to participate in the industry code-drafting work. Putting the arrangement into effect will be deferred until the industry code's attitude on dual bills is de- termined. Exhibitor Committee Seeking 15 P. C. Cancellation Right New Hollywood Company Starts Musical Series West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Triumph Pictures, newly formed producing company headed by Gene Laymon and Her- bert H. Oelke, has established offices (Continued on Page 7) ■ A cancellation clause, allowing an exhibitor to cancel 15 per cent of product bought from a distributor, is understood to have been agreed upon by the exhibitor committee develop- ing a code under the NRA. It will apply to instances where a theater (Continued on Page 6) Five Major Issues Still Being Discussed by Code Groups Agreements on open market buy- ing and clearance, two of the most controversial of the subjects con- fronting the exhibitor code-drafting committee, has virtually been reach- ed, Charles L. O'Reilly, coordinator, said yesterday afternoon at the Bar Association Bldg. Five major issues are still in various stages of dis- cussion, he said. Reports emanating from the pro- ducer and distributor committees en- gaged in code work tersely inform- ed the industry that "much prog- ress" has been made. They reached the press via Gabriel L. Hess of the Hays office, who acted as spokesman ' (Continued on Page 6) FIRST JOINT SESSION IS SLATED FOR TODAY The distributor and exhibitor code committees are expected to hold a joint session this afternoon at the Bar Association Building on the matter of correlating their drafts. This will be the first joint meeting held since the drafting work began. Arbitrator Agreed Upon By Coast Union Agents West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Representatives of lo- cal unions have wired President William Green of the American Fed- eration of Labor that Tom Ford or Captain Connell will be satisfactory as arbitrators. The unions are anxious to have arbitration rushed under Government auspices. Brylawski Gets Appointment Wash. Bur. of THE FILM DAILY Washington — A. Julian Brylawski of Warner Bros, has been appointed to the NRA re-employment army now being organized for the District of Columbia. VaL LXIII. No. 35 Fri . Aug 11, 1933 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donnld M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Asso- ciate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office at New York, N, Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway. New York, N. Y.. Phone, Circle 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable Address: Filmday, New York. Holly- wood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Holly- wood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest \V. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin — Karl Wolffsohn. Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Pari? — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise. Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg Am. Seat 4 1/4 4Vi 4'/4 + % Columbia Picts. vtc. 233,4 22y2 22'/2 + V2 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. 101/4 IOI/4 10'/4 + V4 East. Kodak 80 78% 78*4 — 1/4 Fox Fm. new 18'/8 17y2 17l/2 — % Fox Film rts % V4 14 Loew's, Inc 30V8 28 283/8 — 1/4 Metro-Goldwyn, pfd.. 19% 19i/2 }9% + 1 Paramount 2 1% 1 % — Vs Pathe Exch 1 % 1 s/g 1 5/8 _ l/4 do "A" 8 7'/2 8 — 1/4 RKO 31/4 31/g 31/4 + Vs Warner Bros 8'/4 7'/2 7?/8 + l/8 do pfd 211/2 20V2 20y2 + Vi NEW YORK CURB MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. pfd... l/2 l/2 '/2 — '/8 Technicolor 8% 8% 8V4 Trans-Lux 23/8 2% 23/8 + 1/4 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40. 6% 6 6 — % Keith A-0 6s46.. . . 50 48 50 +2 Loew 6s 41ww 8 5 1/2 84 V2 84l/2 Paramount 6s 47 32 30l/8 30 '/8 — 1 % Par. By. 5V2s51 38l/8 37}4 373^ — 1/4 Par. 5!'2s50 321/4 31 31—1 Vs Warners 6s39 443/8 41 1/2 42 — % "LE BAL" AT CARNEGIE "Le Bal" is the next French re- vival at the Little Carngeie Play- house. It opens today. American Adaptions of the British Productions "FAITHFUL HEART" "WHITE FACE" Re-Recorded under the direc- tion and supervision of JACK KEMP 723 7th Ave. Room 1001 BRyant 9-2180 Nizer Added on Code Attorney Louis Nizer yesterday began participation in the code meetings of the exhibition committee as counsel for the M. P. T. O. A. He will function in an advisory capacity. Business Picking Up In Atlanta Territory Business is showing1 an improve- ment in the Atlanta territory, said Arthur Bromberg, independent dis- tributor, yesterday in New York, where he is a member of the dis- tributor committee working on the NRA code. Last Saturday's grosses in Atlanta houses were the best in some time, said Bromberg. ZIRN APPEALS PARA. RULING An appeal from the decision of Judge Coleman denying Samuel Zirn's motion to remove the three Paramount trustees and Referee Henry K. Davis has been filed by Zirn in the Circuit Court of Ap- oeals. Hearing: will take place when the court resumes in October. "HE" PREVIEW First public showing of Guy De Maupassant's "He" will be a pre- view tonight at the Palace, Stam- ford. Conn. The picture is being handled by R. M. Savini. SIGNS SHORTS FOR PENNA. Capital Film Exchange of Phila- delphia has acquired Pennsylvania territory for "Two Hard Workers," featuring the radio stars, Molasses 'n' January, as well as the 12 re- vivals of Stan Laurel comedies. PERFEX TO RELEASE SERIES Raymond K. Johnson, producer of "The Skylarks," 12 single-reel avia- tion thrillers, has closed a deal for release through Perfex Pictures Corp. Johnson left yesterday for the coast. REGULAR LOEW DIVIDEND Regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents has been declared by Loew's, Inc., on the common stock, payable Sept. 30 to stock of record Sept. 15. MEET ON "BOWERY" DRIVE United Artists advertising, pub- licity and exploitation forces under Hal Home and Ed Finney held an overtime conference last night to make out a smash campaign on "The Bowery," which 20th Century Pro- ductions, the Zanuck-Schenck unit, just completed shooting in three and a half weeks. OLGA ALBANI IN PERSON Countess Olga Albani, radio sing- er, has been booked through the NBC Artists' Service for personal appearances starting today at the Fox, Philadelphia. DETROIT FILM OUTING Detroit — An outing planned by the Allied Michigan unit in conjunction with the Detroit Film Board of Trade will be held Aug. 22 at the St. Clair Golf and Country Club. Krimsky and Cochran Plan 2 More Features John Krinsky and Gifford Cochran, who recently finished "Emperor Jones" for United Artists release, are going over stories for two new pictures which they consider mak- ing. When production is decided upon, it will be at the Astoria stu- dios. M-G-M FINISHES TWO West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — "Beauty for Sale" and "Penthouse," both adaptations of re- cently published serials, have been completed at the M-G-M studios. "Beauty for Sale" is based on Faith Baldwin's story, "Beauty," with a cast headed by Alice Brady, Madge Evans, Otto Kruger and Phillips Holmes. "Penthouse" is a picturi- zation of Arthur Somers Roche's novel of the same name, with War- ner Baxter, Myrna Loy, and Martha Sleeper in leading roles. FOX GETS MARINETTE HOUSE Marinette — Wisconsin Amusement Enterprises, Fox subsidiary, will op- erate the Rialto here with the Cof- fey Brothers of this city, according to announcement by Charles Loew- enberg, advertising manager of Wis- consin Amusement. BUFFALO EMPLOYMENT UP Buffalo — Employment in the film exchanges is increasing. Three more workers have just been added at Fox, one at Paramount, one at RKO Radio. Salaries of 15 Fox and four RKO workers has been raised. Co- lumbia, United Artists and Universal are paying employees more than the code salary minimum. Exhibitors all report better attendances and a better spirit. "FAITHFUL" FOR MAYFAIR "Faithful Heart," a Phil E. Meyer presentation with Herbert Marshall and Edna Best, opens Monday morn- ing at the Mayfair. "BITTER SWEET" BROADCAST Frank Tours, who was musical director for the Ziegfeld production of "Bitter Sweet," which was filmed in England for United Artists re- lease and opens Aug. 16 at the Riv- oli, will conduct a rendition of the theme song, "I'll See You Again," on his Yesterday and Tomorrow pro- gram over NBC next Monday night. ST. CHARLES ATLANTIC CITY An Entire Block on the Boardwalk A most beautifully appointed resort hotel . . . Excellent Cuisine . . . Spacious, sunny rooms . . . The homelike atmosphere of the St. Charles make the days spent there a delightful memory . . . Come and enjoy I RATES GREATLY REDUCED Ready Reference Dire- With Addresses and Phone Num Recognized Industry Concen What To Buy And Where To Buy It Distributors • TOM TYLER -"- Caryl ■*- Lincoln Lane Chandler A Lafe McKee ~ in "WAR OF THE RA,\ A Monarch Actionfi * Engravers • CALL— ec CITY " PHOTO ENGRAVIN (Day and Night Service 250 W. 54th St., N. Tel. 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From Gertrude Page's novel. 'JQfJirJ0F.fi «**!#■-' / t is the privilege or KlxCJ^ Radio to present as the Hrst attraction or the new season a production or such superlative merit that it reels impelled to express in print a tribute to all who have contributed toward its greatness ... its stars, its cast, its director its producer^ A/lr. A/lerian O. Oooper. IN ever berore has a picture swept to such emotional heights . . . vaulted on wings or the transcendent art or Katharine Hepburn. R K O RADIO 'PICTURE MORNING GLORY with. ADOLPHE MENJOU Mary Duncan C. Aubrey Smith From the play by Zoe /\Jdns . . . Directed oy Lowell Sherman . . . f\ landro S. Derman lroduction MERIAN C. COOPER, Executive Producer THE ■%2H DAILY Friday, Aug. 11, VJ BUYING, CLEARANCE AGREEMENT IS NEAR (Continued from Page 1) for Sidney R. Kent, coordinator, who was occupied elsewhere. The "open market" buying clause was the initial major controversial issue disposed of yesterday after a discussion which started on Wed- nesday. The majority of the ex- hibitor committee is understood to have voted in favor of a provision giving theaters, regardless of their affiliations, the same buying status, but allowing distributors to consider the credit status of an exhibitor in the placing of his product. This clause is reported to have been sup- ported by all committeemen with the exception of the Allied delega- tion, which held out for the clause proposed in its code memorandum. This clause gives an exhibitor un- restricted buying rights, providing he "can pay the top price for that run in the competitive area in which he is located." The minority, represented by Allied, will file a report listing its exceptions to the clause as approved by the majority. Up to yesterday the subject of pro- ducer-ownership of theaters had not entered the discussions, O'Reilly said. Exclusive buying was dis- cussed yesterday afternoon. Hess, in talking to newspapermen at the daily press conference late yesterday afternoon, declared that he believes the men occupying with the code draft are "big enough" to work out an agreement which meets with mutual approval. After a telephone conversation with Sol A. Rosenblatt, administra- tor, early yesterday, Kent made it known that the producer and dis- tributor committees would not an- nounce clauses which they agreed upon pending their examination by Rosenblatt. oming a nd G oms JOHN KRIMSKY and GIFFORD COCHRAN have returned from vacation. RAYMOND K. JOHNSON, shorts producer, left New York yesterday for Hollywood. LILLIAN GAHAGAN has returned to New York after working with the Provincetown Players. ARTHUR BROMBERG has arrived in New York from Atlanta. IRVING THALBERG and NORMA SHEARER plan to leave this week-end for the coast. W. RAY JOHNSTON leaves the coast for New York on Aug. 19. DAVID MOUNTAN of Showmen's Pictures is returning to New York in about ten days from Hollywood. MURRAY ROSENBLUH of the National Studios left yesterday by plans for Montreal, where his wife was injured in an auto accident They are due back in New York on Sunday. RUBY KEELER, Warner star who recently completed one of the leading roles in the com- pany's "Footlight Parade," is en route to New York by plane to join her husband Al Jolson. -he will remain in town a couple of weeks. THE PHIL M. DALY m-ih • • • WE HAVE made a note in our li'l red book to check up One Year from today on the outfit and the fellers connected with it whose True Romance of the Film Biz we are presenting to you herewith for they have made us a most extraordinary Promise that within One Year they will be recognized as practically a Major Producing Or- ganization starting from scratch this week with a brand new setup! sounds almost preposterous but they've got us almost sold that they'll Make Good * * * * • • • THEY CALL themselves Resolute Pictures comprising Herbert Ebenstein, Co-ordinator, General Manager and Financial Fixer Walter Futter, the lad who has taken Film Scraps for years and made Money Series and Show- manship Pix out of 'em Joe Goldberg, sales manager with thousands of exhib friends from coast to coast Al Mannon, Studio Wizard who knows how to make two berries do the work of 12 in any studio you throw him in Alex Moss, a born advertising expert who says it in B. 0. Language because he knows what it takes to click at the showman's till and if this Scientifically Balanced bunch of Film Ex- perts can't deliver, who can? * * * * • • • IN A very few words they are out to make Showman Pictures with Novelty Slants and Timely Appeal done with Major Class in all departments of produc- tion distributed thru first-rate exchanges on the under- standing that they will take the exchanges over in ONE YEAR as part of a Major Producing organization and the ex- changes are so sold on their Plan that they have agreed! we should broadcast the Clever Details of this Plan? not much! these gents are pals of ours but kin ya picture shrewd foxes like Joe Goldberg and Walter Futter tying 'emselves up on a phoney? they've got SOMETHING' Producers' Committee Resumes This Morning The producers' committee draft- ing a code for incorporation in the industry code suspended its meet- ing yesterday noon and will resume this morning at 10 o'clock. A draft- ing committee spent the remainder of the day in preparing the phrase- ology of the clauses agreed upon. NAME DRAFTING COMMITTEE Work of putting into code lang- uage the provisions so far agreed upon has been assigned by the ex- hibitor committee to the following drafting committee: Ed Kuykendall, M. P. T. 0. A.; Abram F. Myers, Allied; Harold B. Franklin, RKO; H. M. Richey, Allied. RESTORE CONTRACT TO AUG. 31 Milwaukee — Contract of the union operators, whom the M. P. T. 0. has granted a restoration of the $77 scale which was cut to $50 after the bank holiday, has until Aug. 31 to run. New agreement will be ne- gotiated at that time. NEIGHBORHOOD FIRST-RUNS Buffalo — First-run pictures in neighborhood theaters is the newest thing here. "Under the Tonto Rim" was shown last week in Shea's com- munity theaters. This week "Man of the Forest" is being shown. The Embassy is showing "The Return of Casey Jones." Meetings With Unions Starting in Few Days Code committee representatives will meet with union leaders within a few days to draft a schedule of wages and working hours. Date of the meeting is largely contingent upon completion of a survey being made by producers and exhibitors concerning labor conditions now existing within the industry. Rep- resenting the major unions will be William Elliott, president of the I. A. T. S. E. and M. P. 0.; Joseph Weber, president of the American Federation of Musicians, and other executives. Work of collecting data is nearly completed. RKO SALT LAKE HOUSE SOLD Salt Lake City — All properties and equipment of the Radio-Keith- Orpheum theater here were pur- chased for a total of $69,361 by the Marshal Square Building Corp. at a sheriff's sale ordered by the District Court in satisfaction of a $62,500 judgment awarded the building com- pany in its suit to collect that sum for back rent on a San Francisco theater operated by RKO. The Cali- fornia firm, only bidder at the sale, may lease house to some operator. ORPHEUM CIRCUIT LOSS Net loss of $2,723,943 after all charges is reported by Orpheum Cir- cuit for the year 1932. This com- pares with loss of $798,621 the year before. REPORT PHILLY UNI QUITTING M.P.T.C (Continued from Page \) have followed an Atlantic City ference last week-end between I kendall. Jack Miller, chairman oi M. P. T. 0. A. labor committee a member of the current code hibitor committee; Lewen F: president of the Philadelphia and his associates, David Ba and Jay Emanuel. The Pennsylvania associatio understood to have asked the !■ T. 0. A. to urge its units to finance its suit brought against ^ ner Bros, in connection with "• Diggers of 1933." Additionally is reported, the M. P. T. 0. wa the parent organization to cease ference relations with major < panies affiliated with the Hays i ciation, but the M. P. T. 0. A. tended that such contact was n< sary in its efforts to adjust indu: problems. The fact that the IV T. 0. has no representation on exhibitor code committee is understood to have helped inspir reported withdrawal action, pai ularly when President Kuyken named Jack Miller as a commi man to substitute for Fred S. V. Milwaukee leader, who is unab attend the code conferences, kendall named Miller owing tc position as chairman of the M. . 0. A. labor committee. Exhib Group Seeking Cancellation Ri (Continued from Page 1) has bought a block of 10 or : features. The committee will present provision to distributors for j consideration, possibly at the meeting tentatively scheduled this afternoon. WILLIS KENT FOREIGN Df Foreign distribution of \ Kent's entire Progressive Pic, line-up for 1933-34 will be hat- by Showmen's Pictures. The signed yesterday, covers 16 feat! MANY UAPPY ROTS Best wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: August 11 Roy T. Barnes Hobart Boswd' Samuel Bischoff 1 1 Aug. 11,1933 THE ■%tk DAILY LOITATION BOARD RMED BY WARNERS exploitation advisory board, >sed of exhibitors, has been ■d to map out merchandising ugns for Warner-First Nation- ■tures, it is announced by S. es Einfeld, director of adver- and publicity. Among mem- )f the board are Earle Holden. ger of the Georgia Theater, ta; Lou B. Metzger of the kels Theater, San Diego, and " Goldberg, in charge of War- leater advertising in Philadel 'st picture to be treated under tew plan will be "Bureau of tig Persons," with Holden map- out the campaign after con- ion and planning with other ■ers of the advisory board and the Warner advertising and •ity department. uits Joining Detroit Dual Ban (Continued from Page 1) ontracts by distributors, with msent of exhibitors, fixing ad- m price scales. For instance. the plan, a first-run playing ht pictures must charge 40 top and one playing both films audeville must charge 50 cents. a house adds vaudeville or ways to its policy, according to t'rangement, it must automati- inerease its top 10 cents. Sanson Denies Move o Cut Operator Scales 1 onto — No negotiations have ri undertaken by Famous Players a: lian with officials of the Opera- I Union in an effort to cut wage , declares N. L. Nathanson, lent of the circuit, in comment- - i reports of a threatened strike ges are cut. Executives of the confirmed Nathanson's views : larmony exists between the cir- i and the union. They stated, rev, that negotiations were un- vay with operators in other of Ontario and that word was ed from London, Ont., that ex- uibprs has asked operators to take cH of $10 a week. I MAN, METAXA IN SHORT :e Froman, blues singer of the and radio, and Georges Me- v feature player and stage star, I be teamed in a Vitaphone Bndway Brevities" short subject :bpuled to go into production at irooklyn film plant on Monday. |11 be a two-reeler under Roy ,'s direction. Replace Sylvia Sidney (rf Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Ijlollywood — Paramount has borrowed ;|i Dvorak from Warners to replace |Via Sidney in the Maurice Chevalier A LITTLE from "LOTS" By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD EDWARD SUTHERLAND will. di- rect "Funny Page" following completion of his work on "Too Much Harmony." Familiar cartoon characters will be brought to the screen in "Funny Page." Heretofore when such figures have appeared on the stage or in the films they have been rather broadly burlesqued. Sutherland plans to handle them more fantastically, with the thought of giving the picture something of an "Alice in Wonderland" flavor. Our Passing Show: Al Rosen "catching" a sunburn — instead of a swordfish — on his yacht, Sea-Lure; Adell Pruett motoring to RKO. Tullio Carminati, Andrew Tombes and Etienne Girardot have been add- ed to the increasing roster of stage and screen stars being signed by Joseph M. Schenck and Darryl Fran- cis Zanuck for their 20th Century Pictures to be released by United Artists. Carminati, for the past several years prominent on Broadway, his last engagement being in the cur- rent hit, "Music in the Air," will appear in two pictures for 20th Cen- tury. He will support Ann Harding, Clive Brook and Janet Beecher in "Gallant Lady," and Constance Ben- nett in her first musical production, "Moulin Rouge." Andrew Tombes, one of the coun- try's most popular comedians, will be remembered for his work in the Ziegfeld "Follies," in which he shared honors with Will Rogers. He will play the part of a press agent in the Walter Winchell story, "Broadway Thru a Keyhole." Girardot will appear in "Blood Money," George Bancroft's first starring picture for 20th Century. Judith Anderson and Janet Beecher, Broadway actresses of wide renown, will also play in this expose of the bail bond racket which Rowland Brown wrote and will direct. ACADEMY PROBERS REPORT ON STRIKE (Continued from Page 1) ment between producers and the brotherhoods. Wage claims should be presented by proper uniform action of the lo- cals representing soundmen, it is stated. The committee avoided dis- cussion of wage claims of the I. A. T. S. E. soundmen, since the basic agreement provides for considera- tion of these claims. It was ruled by the committee that the I. A. T. S. E. could not be con- sidered to have withdrawn from the basic agreement because no written notice was mailed to producers. The agreement specifies that a with- drawal must be mailed, whereas President William Elliott of the I. A. T. S. E. withdrew by telegram. Under the recommendation of the Academy, settlement of the contro- versy would be transferred to New York. UNIVERSAL-SPARKS DEAL James R. Grainger yesterday closed a deal with the E. J. Sparks Florida circuit for the playing of the entire Universal 1933-34 line-up. Canada Praises Warners For Holding Meet There Decision of Warner-First Nation- al to hold the sales meeting for its Canadian territory in Toronto has evoked much favorable reaction across the border, according to Ray Lewis, editor of the Canadian M. P. Digest and candidate for the On- tario Parliament. Importance of the Canadian market has not always been fully realized by Hollywood, says Miss Lewis, but with stronger competition now looming from Brit- ish producers, the U. S. distributors will have to get a closer understand- ing of the Dominion's requirements. Speaking of the U. S. recovery program, Miss Lewis remarked that Canada "has no N. R. A. but it has an N. L. N. (Nathanson) who is nearly as good." New Hollywood Company Starts Musical Series (Continued from Page 1) in the Alexander Brothers Studios and will start shooting next week on the first of a series of musical two- reelers. Gene (Fatty) Laymon will recreate his fat made comedy char- acter, with Dedic Velde, pantomime star, in his tramp character and Gene's Gorgeous Girls for back- ground. Negotiations for release are under way. MOUNTAN FINISHES '33 GROUP IV est Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood— "The Ship of Wanted Men," third of the David Mountan Showmen's releases and last on the 1932-33 lineup, has been completed and will be snipped to New York next week. First in the new line-up, "The Public Stenographer," will go into production about Aug. 28. 1 . VESUVIUS erupts only once in a while - BUT THE LION ROARS FOREVER- "Speaking of Championship Years-" Here are the official records of Motion Picture Herald since the beginning of their "Box-Office Champions" survey: 39 BOX-OFFICE CHAMPIONS next company next company next company next two companies next company next company next two companies 25 17 16 15 8 6 2 » »> >> >» » a Not For Just A Day— Not For Just A Year— But Always! I" II The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fifteen Years Old . LXIII. N€.V LUBiffl^ ycc^ SATLPDAy, AUGUST 12, 1333 <5 CENTS aopose Zone Boards to Arbitrate Duals, Etc. lODUCER ; DISTRIBUTOR CODE NEARLY FINISHED >de Recommendations Submitted by Conn. M.P.T.O. I Suggestions Embrace S( le from MPTOA and Allied Drafts ;et of code recommendations, | ring 11 points taken from the memorandum, five from the T. 0. A. draft and five of its ireparation, was submitted by . P. T. 0. of Connecticut yes- 1 to the exhibitor committee. ^s L. O'Reilly, coordinator, as- the delegation that his cora- : will thoroughly consider the (Continued cm Page 3) rVENTIETH CENTURY STING THREE MORE 'oast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY ■ lywood — In line with its an- ; ed intention of speeding up its Action activities, 20th Century •es, the Darryl Zanuck and h M. Schenck organization re- g through United Artists, yes- \r placed "Blood Money" in with "Broadway Through a ole" following Monday and (Continued on Page 2) I ty) Reorganizing Australian Offices ^ complete reorganization in I Dd of operation and accounting I i seven RKO exchanges in Aus- ' i has been ordered by Ambrose -, Dowling, head of the com- s 's export department. E. V. -e iman, formerly manager of ex- ■ g'e operations for Universal in B York, is now in Sydney as RKO o ; office representative and treas- (Ccntinued on Page 3) irthur on Conn. MPTO Board i Harry Arthur of Arthur Theaters has sen elected a member of the board f directors of the M. P. T. 0. of Con- Ecticut. Arthur is serving on the ex- ijbitor committee drafting code recom- jlendations. Local 306 and Empire State Union End Feud In addition to admitting more than 600 permit men to full membership, Local 306 of the Motion Picture Operators Union yesterday voted to admit 300 members of the Empire State Union, thus ending a long and bitter fight between the two labor groups to gain control of the New York territory. THALBERG WESTBOUND TO RESUME MGM POST Following ironing out of differ- ences in the M-G-M production set- up, Irving Thalberg leaves New York today on his return to the Coast to resume the duties which he left when he went abroad to recup- erate from an illness. His contract with M-G-M is understood to run to 1940. Thalberg is understood to have received an offer this week from Da- vid Sarnoff in connection with the RKO studio, but declined. Costumers' Code Is Being Drafted Members of the costume industry, including those furnishing the cos- tumes for theatrical productions and movies, and those who rent cos- tumes for moving picture theater presentations, amateur and profes- sional productions, pageants, etc., started conferences this week in the law offices of J. M. Goddard for the (Continued on Page 3) LAB ASS'N MEMBERS SIGN MODIFIED CODE The entire membership of the As- sociated Laboratories of America yesterday signed the laboratory code as modified to meet suggestions made by Sol A. Rosenblatt, deputy administrator. It was immediately dispatched to Gen. Hugh Johnson at Washington. The unanimous vote was registered at a meeting of the association held yesterday at the Hotel Astor. Lewis J. Rachmil Joins Goldsmith Productions West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Lewis J. Rachmil has joined Goldsmith Productions as vice-president and treasurer, it is announced by Ken Goldsmith, presi- dent of the independent producing company. Rachmil was formerly as- sociated with Paramount in the East for two years and as a member of the Schnitzer and Bachmann or- ganizations at the Pathe studios here. Zone Boards of Arbitration Proposed for Dual Bills, Etc. Favor Reciprocal Clauses For Stage and Film Codes Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Sidney R. Kent's wire to the NRA proposing a clause in the film industry code whereby screen players are not to leave for the stage, corresponding with the legitimate stage code preventing the movies from taking talent from (Continued on Page 3) A proposal that local arbitration boards be established in each zone to handle double feature and other problems is understood to have been agreed upon by the exhibitor com- mittee which will recommend it for incorporation in the industry code. Equal representation will be given distributors and circuit and indepen- dent exhibitors on the committees, which will be permanent, according to the plan, it is reported. Exhibitor Group Needs More Time on Code — Duals a Stickler Expectations yesterday were that the producer and distributor com- mittees engaged in drafting industry code proposals will complete their work today or tomorrow, while the exhibitor group may require more time to whip its recommendations into shape. A conference committee, jointly (Continued on Page 3) RKO LINEUP BOOKED BY WARNER CIRCUIT Warner Theaters yesterday sign- ed for the playing of the entire RKO feature line-up and, in the majority of situations, 100 per cent of the short subject program. It is the first major deal signed this season by RKO. Jules Levy, Cresson Smith and Ed McAvoy handled the deal for RKO, while Joe Bernhard rep- resented Warner. Columbus Exhibitors Try Again for Pact Columbus — Another attempt to reach an agreement on raising ad- missions, eliminating double fea- tures except on Saturday and drop- ping premiums, etc., will be made at a meeting called for Aug. 14 by P. J. Wood, business manager of the M. P. T. O., on behalf of local exhibi- tors. Theater owners feel that the time is now opportune for a pact on various matters which have proved stumbling blocks for some time. Defeat Colorado Tax Denver — As a result of quick work by Duke Dunbar, Film Board of Trade secretary, with the aid of heavy pro- tests from exhibitors, merchants and others, the proposed 2 per cent state sales tax recommended by the Governor was defeated. DAILY Saturday, Aug. 12, — Vil IXIII, Ho. 36 Sit, Aug 12, 1333 Print 5 Cuts JOHN W. ALICOATE : Editor and Publisher rul.li-.hcU daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid'a Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. 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There is nothing like Forgotten Men - For Bookings and State Rights HARRY CUMMINS JEWEL PROD., lnc.7N2„3w7;hor^r Harry Van Horn Appointed NRA Consultant Washington Bureau of Till' FILM DATL1 Washington-Harry Van Horn. v,ce president of the Better Business Bureaus of United States and head of the Better Business Bureau of Columbus. Ohio, has been appointed c n utant in the study of the fair practice sections of all industry codes. V^e danger of a trade associate to effect a monopoly is something we must watch, General Hugh Johnson said yesterday, referring to an industry s set government under the approved code. Violators of the NRA code should be dealt with by Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Justice, Johnson stated, as the NRA will do no policing. Thirteen thousand letters were sent yesterday by John Flinn to theater owners advising of the forthcoming trailers and short subjects. .oming a nd G OE Twentieth Century Starting Three More (Continued from Page 1) "Moulin Rouge" going before the cameras a few days later. George Bancroft, Janet Beecher and Judith Anderson head the cast of "Blood Money," which is an original by Rowland Brown. "Broadway Through a Keyhole" is the Walter Winchell story with a cast including Constance Cummings, Stuart Erwin, Gregory Ratoff, Peggy Joyce, Tex Guinan, Russ Colombo and Abe Ly- man with his band. "Moulin Rouge," based on the French play of that name, is the first Constance Bennett vehicle for 20th Century and will have Tulio Carminati in its cast. Nunnally Johnson adapted it and Sidney Lanfield will direct. Al Du- bin and Harry Warren, who did musical numbers for "42nd Street" and "Gold Diggers," are supplying the song and dance numbers, and there will be a background of 75 girls. Para. Buys 3 Stories "Thirty Day Princess," serial by Clarence Buddington Kelland now running in "Ladies Home Journal"; "The Whipping," unproduced play by Eulalie Spence based on a novel by Roy Flanagan, and "Alien Corn," the Sidney Howard play, were bought by Paramount this week. New Ohio Company Cincinnati — Indohio Theaters, Inc. has been formed with a capital of $12,500 to operate theaters and other exhibitions in and near Cin- cinnati. Incorporators are M. J. Yost, A. B. Chisholm and Abraham Lipp. Garbo-Gilbert Film Starting West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — "Queen Christina," in which M-G-M is reuniting- Greta Garbo and John Gilbert, will go in work within the week under direc- tion of Rouben Mamoulian. Saunders' Silver Fete Edward M. Saunder, western sales manager for M-G-M, and Mrs. Saunders will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary tonight at the New York Athletic Club on Travers Island. "Night Flight" Opens Big San Diego — M-G-M's all-star "Night Flight" opened at the Cali- fornia to the biggest Thursday busi- ness in more than three months. It was a special advance showing, with many celebrities coming a long dis- tance for the event. Moviegoers' Spokesmen Expected on Code Board Uasluniiton Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — As in the case of the legitimate theater and other codes already heard, the NRA is expected to appoint one or two persons to the consumer's advisory board during the sessions on the film code. Don Velde Promoted Don Velde, for the past four years special representative for the Para- mount Ad Sales Department, has been appointed to succeed James A. Clark, who resigned Aug. 4 as Ad Sales Manager, it was announced yesterday by George J. Schaefer, Para, general manager. 5 U. A. Releases Set Release dates for the next five United Artists features have been set. They are: Sept. 1, "The Mas- querader"; Sept. 8, "The Emperor Jones"; Sept. 22, "Bitter Sweet"; Sept. 29, "The Bowery"; Oct. 13, "Broadway Through a Keyhole." MARY PICKFORD left the coast I for New York. ARTHUR J. BENLINE of RKO The return Monday from Boston. GIFFORD COCHRAN sails for Eur 19 on the lie de France. JOHN KRIMSKY plans to sail for Eu lowing the opening of United Artis Emperor Jones," Sept. 8. TOM HOWARD is back in New Y' a personal appearance tour. B. P. SCHULBERG sailed yesterday Paris for Europe. ROBERT HALLIDAY, British actor, i- New York and staying at the St. Mori GORDON, who arrived a few days . the coast, also is at the St. Moritz. HARRY ROSENQUEST, assistant ■ sales manager, returned to the hoir yesterday from a tour of the comp; changes. "Tugboat Annie" Holds Indianapolis — "Tugboat Annie" M-G-M production starring Marie Dressier and Wallace Beery, will be held over at the Palace. Johnston Appointing New P. A. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Appointment of a successor to Mike Simmons as pub- licity and advertising head of Mon- ogram will be made by W. Ray Johnston upon his return to New York in 10 days. He is now con- sidering several applications. Gets Yiddish Talker Worldkino Corp., now releasing "The Return of Nathan Becker," all- Yiddish talker made in Russia, has obtained from Amkino the American and Canadian rights to "Jews With- out Luck," a sound film based on a novel by Sholom Aleichem. It is scheduled for a Broadway premiere about the end of September. House for South Dallas Dallas— Construction of a $40,000 talking picture house has been as- sured for South Dallas. M. S. White, owner of the Forest and Dai-Sec theaters, said the new building will be open for fall business and will seat 1,000. Pool Albuquerque Houses Albuquerque, N. M. — Three thea- ters here, belonging to different companies, have been pooled. They are the Kimo, Bachechi Amusement Co.'s Pastime, Bachechi Bros., and Rio, R. E. Griffith circuit. Fox Rocky Mt. Dr Denver — Fox houses serve here and a few in the Sali division will compete in a 1 "New Show Year Drive," wit to be given in prizes. Salarie the managers will be adjuste the contest according to rest tained by each. Ideal Finishes Seco Ideal Pictures has completed Next War" from the story b;! net Hershey. This is the sec a series of eight three-reel p| and was directed by Allyn B.f rick. The three-reeler now into production is tentii titled "To The Ladies" or "T male of the Species." Kandel Signs Code M. J. Kandel, president of G Film Library, Inc., has signe NRA blanket code. This affects employees in the New York o: Rivoli Opening Delayed Opening of "Bitter Sweet" Rivoli has been postponed to 23 in order to allow more tin renovation of the house. Edward Stanley Dies Akron — Edward M. Stanley time manager of the Colonia and the Windsor in Canton, di< week. He was 71. Publix Meet Put Off Next meeting of Paramoun lix creditors has been de from Aug. 24 to Sept. 6. R Henry K. Davis will return office by the latter date follow vacation. New Miss. Tax Fight Mississippi exhibitors will renew efforts for repeal of the state admi: tax through replacing this assessi with a general sales tax when the L lature reconvenes in two weeks. Governor has notified President Ed kendall of the M. P. T. O. A. of forthcoming session. I lay, Aug. 12,1933 THE ■Z2H DAILY I N.MPTO SUBMITS JGESTIONS ON CODE unless every of five pic- the right to (Continued from Page 1) als. A copy of the recommen- s was forwarded to Sol A. )latt, deputy administrator, at igton. gbts of the draft are: booking to be illegal on involving the sale more carries with it ) per cent without payment; no forc- horts with features; arbitration to be protection settled through local arbi- provision against overbuying; score ■limination; ban on exclusive runs; allowed to designate playdates ; exhibition contract founded on the agreement to be placed in use this :ason; provision against building the- iless needed; deviation from sales must be publicly announced; alloca film rentals under certain conditions preventing distributor from refus late features because of delinquency : of shorts; right to not exhibit pic ch violates Hays production code; ex hould not be compelled to play or substitutions; premiums and double should be controlled locally; checkers lot be residents of town in which ate; in cases where a first run plays on a double feature program, and nt run exhibitors await clearance and l.y those pictures double feature in iters, any of such pictures sold to cular exhibitor on a percentage basis ■ delivered to him at SO per cent of intee and percentage price ; the code ipted should be retroactive insofar as for 1933-1934 product are concerned. ' enting the Conn, unit were: J. B. Edward G. Levy and Albert M. 4 ]ode Provisions )vering Chorus Girls set of code proposals relayed exhibitor committee from igton by Sol A. Rosenblatt, administrator, a number of endations were made in con- with the treatment of chorus theaters. The recommenda- .me from Actors Equity and Equity. Action on them was ed until later. ssociations are understood to ged that theaters pay trans- in costs of chorus girls trav- om one house to another and ley furnish Pullman accom- ns. Another phase of the J Is is that they pay the girls ley," not checks. jiits to Attend Hearing >itor units which will be rep- 'l at Washington when the (i nducts a hearing on the film ' code are expected to in- ie M. P. T. 0. of Eastern vania and the M. P. T. 0. > lecticut. Opens Suffolk House ke, Mass. — C. W. Radcliff ned the Suffolk house. ing Date Undetermined g of the date for the Washing- baring on the industry code is Hit upon submission of the draft eing prepared by three commit- aid Deputy Administrator Sol A. latt in a wire to THE FILM yesterday. • • • LOOKS AS if M-G-M has another star in the mak- ing with the selection of Dorothy Short 19-year old copper-haired beauty of Atlantic City as winner of the three-month film contract offered in connection with the screen personality campaign conducted during the Eastern tour of the company's Globe Trotter Traveling Motion Picture Studio in charge of Eddie Carrier under supervision of Billy Ferguson * * * t- • • • THE TRAVELING Studio long since demonstrated that it is the greatest long-distance ballyhoo ever engineered in the film biz and it is only beginning to hit its stride after several months of continuous traveling Miss Short was selected from over a quarter million screen applicants in countless cities and towns in the Eastern states she will appear in M-G-M's all-star musical, "The Hollywood Party" competing for honors with such stars as Marie Dressier, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, Jimmy Durante, Jack Peax-1, Lupe Velez wotta break! for any gal * * * * • • • AT LAST Charlie Chaplin has written his autobiog- raphy beginning in "Woman's Home Companion" issue of Aug. 18 ..We called him Arthur Gottlieb instead of Greenblatt in our news columns the other day Arthur opening his own exchange at 630 Ninth Ave. next week Advance sale of seats started yesterday at the Gaiety for world premiere of Jesse Lasky's Fox film, "The Power and the Glory" which opens Aug. 16 Harry C. Arthur heads the First Annual Horse Show of the Camelot Farms at Shrub Oak, New York, today other film gents gone horsey are Gabe Yorke, Howard Cullman and Irving Lesser on the committee of West- chester residents NRA Code Confab Sidelights By ARTHUR W. EDDY "NJATHAN BURKAN has entered the code .picture in an advisory capacity to Col. Ed Schiller of Loew's. James C. Ritter, Allied president, left for his home in Detroit last night, planning to return to the con- ference Monday. Abram F. Myers is scheduled to return to Washing- ton today to take care of pressing biz. Sol A. Rosenblatt has been in com- munication with the code-makers via the phone several times, but hasn't appeared personally at the Bar -As- sociation Building. A rare sight occurred the other day when Gabriel L. Hess and Ab- ram F. Myers walked down the cor- ridor in intimate conversation. Tom Murray is kept constantly on the run functioning as secretary of the exhibitor committee. Attorneys Mitchell Klupt and Al- bert A. Hovell are representing A. H. Schwartz, circuit operator, at the exhibitor session. Al Steffes, veteran of many an exhib battle, dropped in to say "hello" yesterday afternoon. He's an unofficial observer now. Metropolitan district exhibitor guests yesterday included Sam Rinz- ler and Leo Brecher. Favor Reciprocal Clauses For Stage and Film Codes (.Continued from Page 1) stage plays, has received the en- dorsement of William A. Brady and other legit, representatives at the hearing of their code here. William C. Elliott of the I. A. T. S. E. and Joseph N. Weber of the Musicians Federation have agreed on the labor phases of the legit, code. Costumers' Code Is Being Drafted (Continued from Page 1) purpose of preparing a unified code covering labor, wages and trade practices, and particularly for the curing of the present ills of the trade. An executive committee was formed for the purpose of drafting this code. PRODUCER-DISTRIB CODE NEARLY READY (Continued from Page 1) representing both the distributor and exhibitor groups, yesterday af- ternoon went to work in an effort to correlate proposals made by each side. Comprising this committee are: Exhibitors — Sidney E. Samuel- son, Fred Wehrenberg, Jack Miller, Sam Dembow, Harry Arthur, George Skouras, Col. E. A. Schiller and H. M. Richey; Distributors — Ned E. Depinet, Felix F. Feist, Eddie Gol- den, Charles W. Trampe and Sam E. Morris. Judging from reports leaking from the conference rooms, the ex- hibitor group is confronted by more difficult problems than the other committees. At a press conference late yesterday afternoon Sidney R. Kent said both the distributor and producer committees have virtually completed their preliminary work, the former with one major excep- tion. This is understood to be the double feature issue which the committee, composed of both major and independent company delegates, is exipected to refer to the Washing- ton hearing for settlement. The conference committee late yesterday was tackling the first point of a series to be considered for final incorporation in the code draft to be submitted to the NRA. A letter was read from the M. P. T. O. of Eastern Pennsylvania pro- testing against lack of representa- tion on the exhibitor committee. RKO Reorganizing Australian Offices (Continued from Page 1) urer for Australasia. With Ralph R. Doyle, formerly with United Ar- tists and now managing director for Radio Pictures in Australia, Leish- man will completely revamp the seven exchanges, but no changes in personnel are anticipated. The en- tire RKO 1933-34 line-up will be dis- tributed in Australia, and, accord- ing to Dowling, a 50 per cent in- crease in distribution grosses over last year is anticipated. MANY HAPPY RETURNS Best wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the ndustry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: August 12 Hal Home Cecil B. deMille Mort Spring Pauline Frederick DAILV Saturday, Aug. 12, A Little from "Lots" ^^ By RALPH WILK ' AfETRO has handed out new di- rectorial contracts to Harry Beaumont, just back from the Ori- ent, and Richard Boleslavsky, who is to direct "Forever After." Madge Evans also has had her contract ex- tended. Newcomers due to join the player roster soon include Mona Smith, young Broadway actress, who is expected here next month, and George Givot, comedian, due shortly. * * * AI Boasberg is getting ready to direct the first of three pictures at RKO. * * * Trem Carr has signed Robert Vignola to direct "Two Little Arms," Monogram feature, from the screen play by Olga Printzlau. Ben Versch- leiser will supervise. * * * Lou Ostrow has assigned Albert E. DeMond to write the dialogue for "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi,'" Monogram feature, which goes into production next week under the di- rection of Edwin L. Marin, with W. T. Lackey supervising. * * * Thelma Todd has been signed by First National for "Son of the Gobs," Joe E. Brown's next. The ingenue lead in this picture has been assigned to Jean Muir. * * * "The Return of the Terror," by Edgar Wallace, is to be produced by Warners in the late summer or early fall. Margaret Lindsay has al- ready been assigned the leading feminine role. Leslie Howard may also appear in it. * * * Victor Jory has been signed by Columbia for the male lead opposite Helen Twelvetrees in "My Woman," which bore the working title "Goin' to Town." Wallace Ford was signed recently for a featured role. Victor Schertzinger is directing. H. W. Haneman, formerly on the editorial staff of "College Humor," has been cast in RKO's "Ace of Aces," starring Richard Dix. * * * First National has begun to make cast assignments for "Registered Nurse," although production is not scheduled for several weeks. Kay Francis and Warren William play the leads. Cast also includes Mar- garet Lindsay, Glenda Farrell and Lyle Talbot. RKO Signs 30 Beauts West Coast Bur.. THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Fifteen blondes and 15 brunettes, winners in the Radio Pic- tures beauty search conducted over the last two months for the musical film, "Flying Down to Rio," have been placed under contract. They were picked from about 10,000 applicants. Marie Dressier and Wallace Beery in "TUGBOAT ANNIE" with Robert Young and Maureen O'Sullivan M-G-M 87 mins. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. DRESSLER AND BEERY AT THEIR BEST IN COMEDY AND PATHOS. For good clean entertainment, combining loads of natural laughs with an equal amount of natural human interest, this one delivers big. Marie Dressier and Wallace Beery are more important than the story, but that's quite all right because it's this team that will pull in the fans, and the work of the stars will not fail to satisfy. Marie is a tugboat skipper whose whole life s wrapped around her boat, her son and her shiftless but amiable drunkard of a husband, Wally. The action depicts their tribulations, mostly caused by Wally's drinking, which estranges them from their son, Robert Young, after he grows up and becomes a steamship captain, and finally the reunion when the tug goes to the rescue of the son's disabled ship in a storm. Maureen O'Sullivan supplies the juvenile love interest opposite Young. Cast: Mane Dressier, Wallace Beery,' Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan, Willard Robertson, Tammany Young, Frankie Darro, Jack Pennick, Paul Hurst. Director, Mervyn LeRoy; Author, Norman Reilly Raine; Adaptors, Zelda Sears, Eve Greene; Dialoguer, Norman Reilly Raine; Cameraman, Gregg Toland; Editor, Blanche Sewell. Direction, Aces Photography, Fine. "SING, SINNER, SING" with Paul Lukas, Leila Hyams, Donald Dillaway, George E. Stone, Ruth Donnelly Majestic 74 mins. TORCH SINGER DRAMA HAS PLENTY OF ACTION AND LENDS ITSELF TO EX- PLOITATION. A lot of stuff was crammed into this Phil Goldstone production, and between the unusually strong cast for an independent production, the intriguing title, and various angles of exploitation offered by the story, the exhibitor is afforded ample material to sell to his patrons. The drama itself is a conglomeration dealing with a torch singer, Leila Hyams, working on a gambling ship run by Paul Lukas, a free player among the women. Discovering Paul's duplicity in spite of his protestations of love for her, Leila runs off and marries a rich but con- tinually drunk playboy, Donald Dillaway, just as the pleasure boat is being held up by racketeers, with some murders resulting. Paul beats it and lays low for a while, then comes back for revenge on the playboy who took Leila from him. He arrives just in time to see the no-good husband com- mit suicide, with the wife being convicted of murdering him. To save her, Paul takes the blame himself. Cast: Paul Lukas, Leila Hyams, Donald Dillaway, Ruth Donnelly, George E. Stone, Joyce Compton, Jill Dennett, Arthur Hoyt, Walter McGrail, Gladys Blake, Arthur Hous- man, Edgar Norton, John St. Polis, Stella Adams, Pat OMalley, Walter Brennan, Walter Humphry. Director, Howard Christy; Author, Wilson Collison; Adaptor, Edward T. Lowe; Cam- eraman, Ira Morgan; Recording Engineer, Dean C. Daily. Direction, Good Photography, Good. "MONEY TALKS" Syndicate 66 mins. LIVELY JEWISH ATMOSPHERE YARN WITH TYPICAL CHARACTERS IN GOOD COMEDY SITUATIONS. This film adheres closely to the Jewish orthodox faith in all its scenes, situations and props, and ought to go big with the Jewish neighborhood houses. It tells the comedy story of the Abe Pilstein, an elder- ly Jew who retires after selling his business for $2,500. Immediately he is besieged in the boarding house where he rooms with his daughter by his friends with business propositions. The next day a lawyer in- forms him that his rich aunt has died and left him a half million provided within thirty days when the will is probated he is found to be practically penniless. So Abe frantically starts to get rid of his $2,500 by investing in the schemes of his friends. They all turn out to be financial successes. The final blow comes when a cheap show he backs goes over as a wow. He can't get rid of his dough to inherit the half million! Works up to a good surprise finish, with pleasing love interest of his daughter in love with two pugs, who fight it out for her hand. Kid Berg is one of them. Cast: Julian Rose, Judy Kelly, Bernard Ansell, Kid Berg, Lena Maitland, Gladdy Sewell, Griffith Jones, Gus McNaughton, Mary Charles. Director, Norman Lee; Authors, Norman Lee, Frank Miller, Edwin Greenwood; Cameraman, Walter Harvey. Direction, Satisfactory. Photography, Fair. Buster Crabbe in "TARZAN THE FEARLESS" Principal 61 mins. FEATURE PRESENTATION OF SERIAL HAS THE ACTION JUNGLE STUFF TO CLICK STRONG. With this feature comes an innovation in the presentation of serials, for this rep- resents a 7-reel version of the first four chapters with 8 two-reel episodes to follow in successive weeks. The pressbook covers 3 very comprehensive exploitation and sell- ing campaign, showing how exhibitors can capitalize by presenting the feature ver- sion as their main attraction, thus building strong publicity for the weekly chapters to follow for two months. Looks like a win- ner, both in film material and the Plan. Your audience gets seven reels at the start, and it's a cinch they'll come back for the serial chapters in succeeding weeks. Buster Crabbe is ideal for the ape-man, with his splendid physique swinging through the treetops, and in action practically most of the footage, fighting with man and beast and rescuing the lovely heroine from countless dangers. Keeps moving at a fast pace, sizzling with excitement, with a va- riety of action covering Arab marauders, a fanatic native chief and his tribe, crooked white men, jungle dangers and wild beasts galore. Cast: Buster Crabbe, Jacqueline Wells, E. Alyn Warren, Edward Woods, Philo Mc- Cullough, Mathew Betz, Frank Lackteen, Mischa Auer. Director, Robert Hill; Author, Edgar Rice Burroughs; Adaptors, Basil Dickey, George Plympton; Editor, Carl Himm; Cameramen, Harry Neuman, Joe Brotherton. Direction, Satisfactory. Photography, Very good. NEWS of the Dj Birmingham — Miss Vivia well, Manager of the Quee ture Service, Inc., is back frc cago, where she attended th pendent Theater Supply convention and visited the ( of Progress. Miss Harwell a member of the Associatioi there. Limon, Neb. — George Li bought the Limon theater t opened it. He has moved the ment here from the Aladdin at Minatore, Neb., closing house. Fowler, Colo. — Mrs. C. D. has reopened the Star. Marion, Mass. — The Mario ter has been opened by H. C. word. Chicago — A new policy acts of vaudeville with first- tures has been inaugurated Harding, neighborhood house Buffalo— Basil Bros.' Vic now being managed by Whitney. Buffalo— The Shea theate Lafayette are among the firs houses to adopt the NRA cod West Springfield, Mass.— T pire has been closed by A. eron. Boston — Wholesale Fihr has assumed distribution h B. I. P. and Trojan Productio merly handled by Harry Segf firm also handles the Bever productions for Phil Markel. Boston — Cyril McGerigl manager of RKO, is back i eight-week siege of pneumor ry Gardener and Frank R now on the sick list. St. Louis — William Power; producer at the Ambassador past 18 months, has resigne*, cept a similar position at th baum, Philadelphia. He will i ceeded by Ruth Miller. Portland, Me. — Al Moreau. manager for M. & P. The; this territory, has resumedi following a honeymoon trip. Chicago — John J. Clark, f with the Pathe Exchange h joined the RKO sales staff. takes the place of Herbert; blatt, now manager of th Cleveland exchange. Best Biz in Six Year Dallas — The Palace, showing "T I Annie," reported the best businef Saturday of any Saturday since fate in Character eiationa! in Scope lezndent in Thought The Dai ly N ewspaper Of M t i o n Pict u res Now Fift een Years Old VIII. N©. 37 NEW y©!2r,M©NDA.y, AUGUST 14, 1933 <5 CENTS let Friday on Producer- Labor Relations for Code I. CODES EXPECTED TO BE READY TOMORROW ater Employment Up 18,000 Under Blanket Code $250,000 Weekly ed to Exhibition Payroll m of NRA blanket code by nd theaters which already the plan into effect has add- 18,000 employees and in- he weekly payroll of the i field throughout the coun- pproximately $250,000, ac- i Continued on Page 8) SAYS STAGE )S SCREEN TIEUP of the legitimate theater ime way have to be an in- ,irt of the motion picture and possibly associated io as well, declares Arch stage producer, in a sym- n the theatrical situation by the "World-Telegram". whose brother, Edgar Sel- ;vith M-G-M in Hollywood, is convinced that in the rery important stage pro- I have to become associated cture organization to com- 'his producing activities in 'mate field. Regional Television Ready San Francisco — Television on a regional basis is ready to be launched, and will be introduced soon if business conditions continue to improve, says J. B. McCargar, presi- dent of Television Laboratories, Ltd., on his return from the East. Both pictures and sound can be sent over the same wave channels, making it possible to build combined television and radio sets at reasonable cost, says McCargar, but for some time the broadcasting will be on a regional basis. Only Small Number of Code Points Will Be Left for NRA to Settle Of the total number of points pro- posed for insertion in the industry code, only "a small number" will be forwarded to the NRA at Washing- ton as issues which could not be settled by the three committees which are drafting codes, Sidney R. Kent declared Saturday. Conference Slated for Friday On Producer-Labor Relations ?r Super Camera ^or Home Television r' ' — A "super-eye" camera } expected to facilitate home 1 has been developed by Dr. ;r' J. Henroteau, director of the I sical branch of the Domin- 1 rnment observatory in Ot- Boston firm of radio engi- now putting the invention 3iie for large-scale manufac- zage With Warners 'ast Bur., THE FILM DAILY 'ood — Frank Borzage has been y Warners on a long term con- ]e is now reading several scripts Kh to select his first directorial nt under the new agreement. Relations between the producers and the studio crafts, to be fixed under the industry code, will be the subject of a conference tentatively scheduled for Friday in New York, Sidney R. Kent, coordinator, said Saturday. It is expected to be held at the office of Pat Casey, who is chairman of the producers' commit- tee which handles labor matters reg- ularly. The labor agreement to be drafted will exercise no effect upon the cur- rent strike in the coast studios, Kent stated. It will concern itself with wages and working hours. Supply and Demand as applied to motion picture entertainment -By DON CARLE GILLETTE' — =^ XA/ITH apologies to Nicholas M. Schenck, there is SOMETHING the matter with "™ this business that good pictures will NOT cure. Surprising as it may sound, the trouble with the business is that it has too many good pictures. It has too many of the other kind, too, but principally it has too many good ones. Excellent pictures have become so common that a production nowadays has got to be super-excellent before the critics will call it even pretty good. The better pictures become, the tougher it is for them to get recognition of their entertainment qualities. • SOMETHING is economically wrong when such grand pieces of cinema diversion as *■' "Another Language," "Cavalcade," "42nd Street," "Tugboat Annie," "Double Harness," "Gold Diiggers of 1933," "International House," "Lady for a Day" and dozens of similar productions which could be retailed at $1 admission and send patrons {Continued on Page 8) Producers Agree on Code Draft — Distrib, Exhib Groups Resume Today With the producers' committee having unanimously agreed upon its code draft early Saturday morning, the distributor and exhibitor com- mittees over the week-end speeded up their work in an effort to com- plete their drafts and correlate them by tomorrow night. Distributor and exhibitor groups will resume their {Continued on Page 8) LEW BROWN TO MAKE FOX STAR MUSICAL Lew Brown, well known author and producer of musical comedies, has been signed as an associate pro- ducer by Fox. His first assignment will be "Fox Movietone Follies," which he will start early in October under the supervision of Winfield Sheehan. In addition to his super- {Continued on Page 8) Too Many Tarzans, So Burroughs to Sue West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — An injunction suit to prevent Weiss Bros, from reissuing the Tarzan picture made 15 years ago is being filed by Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of the Tarzan stories, it is announced by Sol Les- ser, producer of the current "Tarzan the Fearless." M-G-M, which is {Continued on Page 8) Code and Puns Eddie Golden, Monogram sales man- ager who is now devoting his time as a member of the industry code commit- tee, met an old Hebrew friend on Sixth Ave. "Vhere've you been," said the friend, "I didn't seen you in a long time." "I haven't been to my office for sev- eral days," replied Eddie, "you see, I'm a code maker now." "Vat, no pants?" replied the East Sider. *' . DAILV Monday, Aug. 1 VoL LXIII. No. 37 Mod. Aug 14.1933 Price Stents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher ! ihed daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Hroadway, New York, N. Y., ' \\ r I ilm's and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Asso- Editor; Don Carle Gillette. Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office at New York, X. ' Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater Now York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. A I Iress all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., Phone, Circle 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Address: Filmday, New York. Holly- wood. California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Holly- wood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest \V. Fredman, The Film Renter. 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin— Karl Wolftsohn. Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse. 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. RKO-Butterfield Deal Negotiations are about to be com- pleted between RKO and the But- terfield circuit for the playing- of the entire RKO 1933-34 line-up over the circuit's Michigan houses. Jules Levy, who is now in Canada, will stop off at Detroit before returning to New York and it is expected the deal will be set by the end of the week. While in Canada Levy will confer with N. L. Nathanson regard- ing RKO distribution in Canada. Detroit Trans-Lux Dark Detroit — Modern theater, Detroit's only Trans-Lux house, has been closed. Will reopen in the fall, ac- cording to present plans. No Offer From Radio Pictures Commenting on the report that David Sarnoff had made an offer to Irving Thalberg in connection with the RKO studio, President M. H. Aylesworth of RKO stated Saturday that "Thalberg was not offered a post with Radio Pictures," as such an offer would have come from B. B. Kahane, president of Radio Pictures, and Aylesworth as chairman of the board. Knowing that Thalberg was still under M-G-M contract, no ne- gotiations were attempted, Ayles- worth said. .oming a nd G oing JULES LEVY left yesterday for Montreal and Toronto. N. L. NATHANSON sails for Europe from Canada Aug. 19 on the Empress of Britain. NANCY CARROLL is expected to arrive in New York on Aug. 20 from the coast to re- hearse for the stage play, "Undesirable Lady," being produced by Leon Gordon. COLLEEN MOORE returns to New York today after a week's cruising and fishing in Canadian waters. ° The Broadway Parade • Picture Distributor Theater Mary Stevens, M.D. (2nd week) Warner Bros Strand Gold Diggers of 1933 (12th week) Warner Bros Hollywood Tarzan the Fearless Principal 7th Ave. Roxy Tugboat Annie M-G-M Capitol Three-Cornered Moon Paramount Paramount Pilgrimage Fox Music Hall It's Great to Be Alive Fox RKO Roxy Midnight Club* Paramount Palace Faithful Heart Helber Pictures Mayfair Sing, Sinner, Sing Majestic Rialto This Is America Beekman Cameo Shepherd of the Seven Hills (2nd week) . ..Faith Pictures Vanderbilt • Subsequent runs. ♦ TWO-A-DAY RUNS ♦ Song of Songs (4th week) Paramount. Criterion ♦ FOREIGN PICTURES ♦ Le Bal .Protex Little Carnegie ♦ FUTURE OPENINGS ♦ Power and the Glory (Aug. 16)* United Artists Rivoli Captured (Aug. 17) Fox Gaiety Morning Glory (Aug. 17) Warner Bros Strand Turn Back the Clock** R-KO Music Hall Moonlight and Pretzels*** M-G-M Capitol Blarney Kiss (Aug. 18) Universal Rialto Big Executive (Aug. 18) Gaumont-British 7th Ave. Roxy Bitter Sweet (Aug. 23) Paramount Paramount Two-a-day run Follows Tugboat Annie Follows Sing, Sinner, Sing THE INDUSTRY' DATE BOOK Today: Columbus (O.) exhibito, discuss agreement on double fe miums and raising admissions, Aug. 15: Special meeting of All Owners of New Jersey, organiz quarters, New York City. 2 P. Aug. 15: RKO theater managers Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New Y Aug. 18-20: Monogram-Monarch s ing, Cleveland. Aug. 21 : Annual outing of Omah. Lakeview Country Club, Oman Aug. 22: Outing of the Allied Michigan and Detroit Film Boai St. Clair Golf and Country CI Aug. 22: Semi-monthly meeting Theater Owners of New Jers ganization headquarters, New Aug. 23: Independent Theater Ov cruise up the Hudson. Aug. 23: Independent Theater 0» outing and Hudson River boat Aug. 23-24: First annual conventic pendent Motion Picture Owners of Delaware and Eastern Shore at Hotel Henelopen, Rehoboth, Sept. 5-6-7: Allied Mew Jersey and Allied States Ass'n Eastern at Atlantic City. 3 Televoice Devices Being Put on Market Inauguration of a new industry, to turn out three televoice devices that are expected to play an im- portant part in the entertainment and business world, will be cele- brated at a luncheon of business leaders today at the McAlpin Hotel. W. R. Timken of the Timken Roller Bearing Co. and J. Burns, general manager of the Televoice Corp. of America, will be among those at the luncheon. The three devices to be marketed were invented by Morris Keiser, for- mer associate director in chief of the U. S. Bureau of Standards. The first is a mechanical secretary which receives and records telephone mes- sages automatically in the absence of the telephone subscriber. It also gives any desired message to the party calling. Another is the pri- vate broadcasting system whereby an executive or any speaker can broadcast a message or instructions to an assembly at any point merely by talking into a telephone. The third device is the televoice monitor with which an executive can listen in on any telephone conversation be- ing conducted through any phone in his organization, to make sure the firm's telephone business is being conducted properly. F. & M. to Produce All Roxy Stage Shows F. & M. Stageshows, Inc., subsid- iary of Fanchon & Marco, will have complete charge of all future stage shows at the original Roxy. A new revue will be presented each week. Fancho & Marco has been supplying the vaudeville at the Roxy for the last several months. ^XlXuXlIi! :IVE above the tree-tops ... No extra charge for a restful view of entire Central Park and a refreshing breeze . . . 'Amer- ica's only truly Continental hotel . . . de- lightful . . . different . . . convenient to thea- tres, shops and business. • Dinner and supper dancing nightly in the SKY GARDEN, New York's intimate and popular Roof . . . entertainment. Luncheon or tea at . . . RUMPELMAYER'S. Rates: Single ?3.50-$5; double ?5-$7; suites from $8 ATTRACTIVE WEEKLY AND MONTHLY CONCESSIONS Moderately priced apartments furnished or unfurnished available NOW or October 1st. DIRECTION . . S. GREGORY TAYLOR BORZAGE! The whole industry's congratulating you — and us — on your long-term contract with Warner Bros. We're glad to welcome the director of such historic hits as "Seventh Heaven," "Humoresque," "Bad Girl" and "Farewell to Arms." And folks in the trade are saying you made a wise move in hooking up with a real studio ORGANIZATION where the only pull is the pull together! . . . They say you've got the chance of a lifetime, working with stars like Ruth Chatterton, Leslie Howard, Eddie Robinson, Muni, Stanwyck and Jim Cagney . , . They figure you were pretty cagey to sign with the one outfit that can give you such big-picture vehicles as "Wonder Bar," "As The Earth Turns," "British Agent," "Massacre," "Napoleon" . . . They believe the team-work you'll get from fellows like Jack Warner, Hal Wallis, Bill Koenig, Bob Lord, Henry Blanke, Jim Seymour, Bob Presnell, and all the other 3000 men and women on the Bur- bank lot will enable you to turn out the biggest hits of your career... They know you're mighty proud to start 1933-'34 with The No. 1 Company — WARNER R R 0 S. DAILY TIMELY TOPICS A Far Remarks About the Code AS THIS is being written, there is hope that this in- dustry may fashion for itself a code of fair play, a written schedule that will bar unfair practices forever from this busi- ness. Here is the ace chance of all time to abolish tactics that have been parasites, which have attached themselves to an indus- try that has never had strength nor courage with which to fight. The government is giving this business a chance to cleanse it- self. If the industry fails to avail itself of this opportunity, it will never have a chance to hold its head high as one of the country's leading industrial di- visions. Primarily, it should be the desire of those fashioning codes to direct their efforts so that the industry program will be ready for the new buying sea- son. There are many divisions arranging codes, production, distribution and exhibition. No one can venture to .predict what the finished code will be like. Only one thing is certain. There is going to be a code, either from the business or the gov- ernment. It would be best to have it formulated by motion picture people. Even the ad- ministration would like to see this take place. If, however, as might be indicated, there is go- ing to be a lot of haggling and arguing of a nature seen in the past, whatever the government arranges for the business will have to stand, right or wrong. Every exhibitor, through his or- ganization, should express his desires in code matters. Every theaterman has a right to give his opinion because the com- pleted code affects his business, his future. — Jay Emanuel. The SCHOOLMASTER To-Duy's Lesson KNOW YOUR FILM SLANG SCHNOZZLE — Extended microphone unit. CAN — Microphone amplifier. BUTTON— Microphone. GET HOT — Turn on the system. MORE HOP — To increase volume. NG THE WITH . PHIL M. DALY • • • THE FOREIGN Department over at RKO-Radio got a break when a specially prepared resolution was sent to President B. B. Kahane from the National Association of Mexico felicitating him and his company on returning Dolores Del Rio to the screen as it will do much toward furthering the cordial relations between Mexico and the United States where certain diplomatic matters of delicate im- portance have been somewhat strained which only dem- onstrates that the American Motion Picture can be of direct and inestimable service in aiding the Administration at Wash- ington in its international entanglements * * * * • • • THERE IS a Big Story in back of this seemingly innocent friendly gesture on the part of the National Associa- tl0n which will be news to Mister Kahane and the RKO- Radio organization they have set themselves in pretty for a Grand Smash of publicity when Miss Del Rio's forthcom- ing film of Latin-American life hits the screen listen, children, and we will tell you what's in back of it all. • • • IT SO happens that the Asociacion Nacionalista of Mexico is a tremendously powerful nationalistic organization whose aims are to further not only Mexican interests interna- tionally .but the interests of all Latin-American coun- tries it has affiliations in every country throughout Central and South America President Rodriguez of Mex- ico is vitally interested in the Association so when they say they approve of something that an American producer is doing to aid their nationalistic interests you don't have to be over-smart to figure out what a break the Foreign De- partment of RKO-Radio is getting throughout Mexico and all of Latin-America • • • THE GENT who promoted and sponsored this reso- lution of good-will sent to Mister Kahane by the National Association is Alberto L. Godoy president of the Duplex Theaters of Mexico which has plans to build a circuit of modern theaters in the capital city of each of the 30-odd States of Mexico also indorsed by President Rodriguez a proposition running into the hundreds of millions backed by Latin- American and American capital the latter right in Wall Street figure it out yourself we're only tellin' you a little * * * * • • • WHO IS this Alberto L. Godoy? son of a former Mexican Ambassador to Washington the gent who handled the Latin-American phases of President Roose- velt's presidential campaign, and put it over with a Slam an international lawyer known in inner diplomatic circles throughout the world persona grata with the Official Family at the White House for several years he moved quietly and inconspicuously through the American Motion Pic- ture Scene in New York and Hollywood camouflaging his Real Purpose which was to wise himself up on the Governmental Phases of American Producers' operations affecting the Government both in this country and Foreign Sales and the RESULTS of his survey has been sub- mitted to President Roosevelt, the Secretary of State, Controller of the Budget and others vitally interested in Theater Taxes, and Foreign Relations as influenced by American Films so we wouldn't be a bit surprised if a NEW Bureau is estab- lished by the Government affecting the American Motion Pic- ture with Mister Godoy a Very Important Figure that's what RKO has cut in on BIG « « « » » » EXPLOITET Chain of Bonfires for "Footlight Parad> 'THE national release of I light Parade" next will be signalized by a bonfires across the entin- American Continent in I Angeles to New York. T fires will be lighted on hi, mountains, the first flam.! set on Mount Warner Los Angeles. As soon ; seen from another moui few miles further East ; bonfire will be lighted, the message will be carriH thousand miles to the Pd of New Jersey, as in thi days of the Scottish da It is calculated that the of bonfires can carry the in a single nighl^-the fir ' in history that a messa. been borne by this mear. so great a distance. Ag< Warner Bros, are now i ing the ground and se suitable sites for the lor the "footlights" that w praise the world of the ] of "Footlight Parade." — Warner Br\ * * * Song Hit Plugs Pix Over Radio J^ SPECIAL postcarc mailed to all the Mi Callahans, etc., in Milw On the postcard was the of "Sweetheart Darlin'." went directly to the homt first class mailing list, i daily announcement was over WISN, the "News nel" station, three times Orchestras also had orcr tions of "Sweetheart D; and played it for ten days to showing. Orchestration; given to the band at Sch Hotel, Wisconsin Hotel, I Hotel, and all other dan chestras in the city. Re representative gave theat< cooperation in regards tie-ups in Milwaukee. — Alhambra, MUwii tiAPPY&ni Best wishes are extended b> THE FILM DAILY to th following members of thi industry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: August 13-14 W. E. Green Mary i Charles (Buddy) Rogers Alfred Hi < Regis Toomey Sam 1 Leo Brecher Gene Ril Edward L. Beniva Robert Lois Brisbane ~< i New Deal" Number )f the Film Daily n Celebration Of ts 15th Anniversary s On The Presses Vnd Will Take Wings o Film Folk Every- /here In A Few Days • THE WORDS WISDOM "'"THE requirements of the Nation- al Industrial Recovery Act have made it imperative for us to dig deep into the bases of the industry's problems. There can be no stop- gap measures of recovery for this industry."— WILL H. HAYS. "We would rather have our emo- tions stirred than our intellects taxed."— WELFORD BEATON. "The most conspicuous character- istic of a showman is his ability to withstand success." — DALTON TRUMBO. "I could be a great star too if I onlv had the chance and the right director."— THE EXTRA GIRL. "Years don't make up your age on the screen. It's the casting di- rector."—EDDIE NUGENT. "We will succeed to the extent to which each and every one of us makes the most of our opportunity." HAROLD B. FRANKLIN. lmmwmwmmiii HOLLYWOOD PLAZA SB o 9 SUMMER RATES, Now $2 per day single! $2.50 per day double! Special weekly and monthly rates All rooms with bath and shower. Every modern convenience. Fine foods at reasonable prices in the Plaza's Rus- sian Eagle Garden Cafe. Look For the "Doorway of Hoipltality" ^^OiaiDanwtnMqi. £untouStexnPA£A.i VINE AT HOLLYWOOD BLVD. HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA ■%2H DAILY A LITTLE from "LOTS" By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD QREGORY LA CAVA, now direct- ing for 20th Century, is being credited with the discovery of Pert Kelton. La Cava picked Miss Kel- ton for a minor role in "Bed of Roses," the Constance Bennett ve- hicle for RKO. After the first few days' work, the director realized Miss Kelton's possibilities and re- wrote her part. Miss Kelton for years was a stellar comedienne of the stage. * * * Production on the English version of Maurice Chevalier's "The Way to Love" has been resumed at Para- mount under the direction of Nor- man Taurog, with Ann Dvorak in the role vacated by Sylvia Sidney. Lloyd Bacon, now directing "Foot- light Parade" for First National, says the screen has done more than any other medium to stir up the public consciousness that is backing the Government's economic pro- gram. Films dealing with social, economic and political problems were among the most popular in the past season or two, he points out, and the vividness of these dramas proved more effectual than any newspaper editorials. RKO cast assignments: Sam God- frey and, Edward Ellis for "Without Glory"; Murray Kinnell, Mary Foy and Lillian Harmer for "Ann Vick- ers"; Bruce Cabot and Frances Dee for "Hide in the Dark." '"Tis Spring," first of Vitaphone's new series of Technicolor musicals, has been completed at Warner stu- dios. In the cast are included such feature picture stars as Hugh Her- bert, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Patricia Ellis and Frankie Albert- son. It is a two-reel production, di- rected by John Francis Dillon, and will be released in Vitaphone's "Broadway Brevities" series of mu- sicals. The screen play and dialogue were written by Edmund Joseph and Barry Trivers. Dances were staged by Larry Ceballos. * * * Arthur Hohl has been signed by Columbia as the villain in "A Man's Castle," being directed by Frank Borzage. Loretta Young and Spen- cer Tracy have the leading roles, with Helen MacKellar and Walter Connolly in featured parts. * * * In addition to performing a num- ber of spectacular airplane crashes for RKO Radio Pictures' "Ace of Aces," Frank Clarke, stunt flier, also plays the part of a member of the Lafayette Escadriile in the air drama, which stars Richard Dix in the title role. The French version of Maurice Chevalier's "The Way to Love," now being produced by Paramount in Hollywood will be released to French-speaking territories under the title, "C'est En Flanant Dans Paris." This is also the title of one of the most important songs in the picture. Supporting Chevalier in "C'est En Flanant Dans Paris," di- rected by Norman Taurog, are Jac- queline Francell, Marcell Vallee and several other well known French personalities. * # * Cedric Hardwicke, celebrated Eng- lish actor who played the part of Captain Dreyfus in Columbia's "The Dreyfus Case," has been engaged for a featured role in "The Lady is Willing," which the company is mak- ing in England under the supervision of Harry Cohn. Leslie Howard has the male lead, with Binnie Baimes playing opposite him. Gilbert Mil- ler is directing. * * * "Beautiful", Ann Harding's last picture for RKO under her old con- tract, has gone into production to- day. It is being directed by Alfred Santell. Following the completion of "Double Harness," Miss Harding was signed to a new long term con- tract by RKO. * * # "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi," first of Monogram's two musicals to be made this season, has gone into pro- duction, along with the first of a series of eight John Wayne specials. First prints of "Sensation Hunters," second in the 1933-34 group of 20 features, are en route to New York. * # * Sam White is directing Ted Fio- Rito's first musical for RKO. White has directed several Ely Culbertson featurettes and Clark and McCul- lough comedies. * # * M-G-M has completed the pur- chase of screen rights to "The Stam- boul Quest," an original story by Leo Birinski, and "Saint Louis Wo- man," an original by Albert J. Cohen and William F. Kay. Birinski, who is under contract to Samuel Gold- wyn, will be borrowed to work on the film adaptation of "The Stam- boul Quest." * * * Adrienne D'Ambricourt, a French actress who supported the immortal Sarah Bernhardt in some of her most notable triumphs, has been added to the cast of "Without Glory," RKO Radio Pictures' new Constance Bennett starring film. Cast also includes Gilbert Roland, Douglas Dumbrille, Vera Lewis, Wil- iam Wagner and William von Brink- er. George Archainbaud is direct- ing. * # * Arthur Bloch and George Seaton have been added to the scenario de- partment at the M-G-M studios. Monday, Aug. 14, 1 1 SHORT SUBJEC Ralph Staub's "Screen Snapshots" Good himself Id as a Columbia Featuring showing a feminine fan Ralph Staub brings into this ; the usual array of Hollywoo sonalities caught in informal o tions. Some of it is quite an especially a sequence of the Marx Brothers making thei and palm imprints in the cen front of Sid Grauman's Chine ater. There also is a treat women in the form of a gr actresses displaying chic And for the climax there is prise trick in which Staub t bull by the tail and throws the hill. "The False Alarm" (Scrappy Cartoon) Columbia Amusing Animated An enjoyable cartoon comec good action and funny gags, py is in the fire department plug horse that prefers its the fire house to going out o Action revolves around varic alarms, and the comedy an running to the fires, one of turns out to be a false alarm I in by a couple of birdies plaj the handle of an alarm box. "When Yuba Plays the Runr the Tuba with Four Mills Brothe (Screen Song) Paramount Lively Musical vocalizing by th(J Brothers, radio and vaudevill i liners, provides the backgroijl; this snappy little Max Fleiscli mated screen song number, are a couple of sprightly sequences, one up in the cloi the other dealing with a i chase, and in between con- bouncing ball routine super! on the four colored boys doir stuff. A very entertaining s its kind. 6 Hurt in Bombing ; Hartford, Conn.— Six patio burned, one severely, when • phur-phosphorous "bomb" off in the Princess the othei. Three New Haven houses we:| ilarly "bombed" about two:, ago, and other Hartford theat; such explosions within the p> months. All the houses t tacked were non-union, it isj stood. New Speed Photograph, Boston— Photography at a spec: o 500 photographs a second throug " aid of a stroboscope, a scientific < which permits stop motion photot of moving machinery, has been su' fully demonstrated by Dr. Haro Edgerton of Massachusetts Instifu. Technology. "eatures Reviewed in Film Daily Jan. 1 to Aug. 12 Reviewed l c Balvany-XX 4-19-33 : ble-F 5-19-33 ■ the Ball-F 3-18-33 ■r ostess-COL 1-21-33 Vh ny Madness-MAY... 5-5-33 r Encontradas-XX ..7-7-33 n "arver's Profession-COL 6-9-33 \n er Language-MGM . .8-5-33 iri a to Broadway-F. 7-22-33 »l Face-WA 6-24-33 Ba rian, The-M GM ... 5-1 3-33 tc >f Roses-RKO 7-1-33 It, le Story, A-PAR. .4-22-33 hi l Jury Doors-MAY.3-15-33 s the Sea-COL 6-3-33 iej ine Tonight-U 3-16-33 Alexanderplatz-XX 5-13-33 k« )f Enemies-F 7-17-33 ie en Fighting Men-WW 2.8-33 lie ttraction (Grosse t aktion)-BAV 7-25-33 I rain-RKO 8-5-33 ■ )rive-FD 1-20-33 »ii age, The-U 5-10-33 I i Dollar Scandal-PAR 1-7-33 ■ e Johnson-FN 3-1-33 Jo ge-F 4-22-33 io Anew-AM 7-25-33 ■ of the Border-MOP 5-10-33 ■ .vay Bad— F 3-7-33 iv Dpointment Onlv-INV 7-12-33 I nia Trail-COL 7-22-33 i ade-F 1-7-33 ■ill Afrport-FN 3-29-33 His XII— XX 4-3-33 I ng Blondes-CAP. . .5-20-33 I ine Kid-RKO 7-13-33 :h of Manhattan-COL. 2-1 1-33 I jpher Strong-RKO 3-11-33 I . Queen Murder-COL 5-6-33 I AU Wires-MGM 3-4-33 I ail Hour-COL 6-3-33 :o s and Kellys in Trouble- U.. 4-15-33 I : Humor-PAR 6-14-33 d On Danger-RKO. .2-16-33 c on Tarzan-WW 1-4-33 I erors of the Night- AM. .8-1-33 :c ant Woman, The-WW 5-23-33 I :ed-COL 2-1-33 ■ tion-IMP 6-21-33 ■ It, The King Killer- SNO 5-23-33 3oHiy Counsellor-FD . . . 2-1-33 1 of the Century-PAR 2-18-33 I rously Yours-F 2-24-33 ! Daughters-CAP. .3-25-33 isjachtigall Maedel-CAP 1-28-33 I 'ook Pass-FR 6-6-33 K Kiss-WW 1-28-33 >e|]ion-COL 1-10-33 )c [auptman Von Koepe- AMR 1-20-33 >c iebling von Wien-XX 6-14-33 *t chuetzen Koenig-HER 5-10-33 ation Unknown-U. . .4-8-33 1 Brother-MGM 6-10-33 1 in Love-F 7-28-33 );nd Trail-MOP 4-19-33 I rau von Der Man |]bht-XX 4-26-33 1 rosse Attraktion- BAV. .7-25-33 I laniacs-RKO 4-29-33 1 :ed!-PAR 7-17-33 '- Bet on Love-U 7-29-33 I loches-HOF 5-10-33 ■j Harness-RKO. . .7-13-33 ' | 'age Mittelarrest- XX. .5-18-33 1 Taps-WW 4-26-33 !3andit-ALD 6-21-33 and the Hawk-PAR. 5-6-33 laedel Der Strasse-XX 4-10-33 Uebesnacht-XX ...5-18-33 !"Jacht Im Paradise-AMR 2-23-33 |'uer Geht Auf-PRX 2-8-33 ith Commandment-ALD 3-25-33 the Great-FN 5-26-33 rcio De Un Beso- F.. 8-1-3? =ncy Call-RKO 6-24-33 zees' Entrance-FN 1-21-33 - the Trail-COL. . .2-23-33 Uy-WA 5-13-33 Jacli the Skv-F 2-18-33 *k\\ Express-WW 3-1-33 KEY TO DISTRIBUTORS ABC — Arkay Film Exch. FN — First National POL — Bud Pollard Productions AE — Aeolian Pictures FX — The Film Exchange POR — Portola Pictures AG— Agfa GB — Gaumont-British PRI — Principal Dist. Corp. ALD — Allied Pictures GEN — General Films PRX — Protex Dist. Corp. ALX — William Alexander GOL — Ken Goldsmith REG — Regent Pictures AM — Amkino GRF — Garrison Films REM — Remington Pictures AMR — American Roumanian HER — Charles B. Herrlitz RKO — RKO-Radio Pictures Film Corp. HOF— J. H. Hoffberg Co. SCR — Screencraft ARL — Arthur Lee ICE — Int. Cinema Exch. SHO — Showmen's Pictures AU — Capt. Harold Auten IMP — Imperial Dist. SNO — Sidney Snow. BAV — Bavaria Film A-G INA — Inter-Americas Films SUP — Superb Pictures BEE — Beekman Film Corp. INT — Interworld Prod. SYA — Synchro Art Pictures CAP — Capitol Film Exchange INV — Invincible Pictures SYN— Syndicate CHE— Chesterfield JE — Jewell Productions TF — Tobis Foreign Film COL — Columbia JRW— J. R. Whitney TOW — Tower Prods. COM — Compagnie Universelle KIN — Kinematrade U — Universal Cinematographique LEV — Nat Levine UA — United Artists EC — Enrico Cutali MAD — Madison Pictures UFA— Ufa EQU — Equitable Pictures MAJ — Majestic Pictures WA — Warner Bros. F — Fox MAY — Mayfair Pictures WK — Willis Kent FAI — Faith Pictures Corp. MO — Monopole Pictures WOK— Worldkino FAM — Foreign American Films MGM — Metro-Gold wyn-Mayer WW— World Wide FD — First Division MOP — Monogram Pictures XX — No distributor set FOR — Foremco Pictures PA R — Paramount ZBY — Zbyszko Polish-American FR — Freuler Film Associates PO — Powers Pictures Film Co. Title Reviewed Fast Workers-MGM 3-18-33 Fighting for Justice- COL.. 5-17-33 Fighting Parson-ALD 8-2-3: Fighting President. The-U. 4-8-33 Fighting Texans-MOP ..7-26-33 Fires of Fate-PO 4-4-33 Footsteps in the Night-INV 5-10-33 Forbidden Trail-COL 4-10-33 Forgotten-INV 5-20-33 Forgotten Men-JE 5-13-33 42nd Street-WA 2-4-33 Flaming Guns-U 6-17-33 Flaming Signal-INV 5-25-33 Four Aces-SYN 2-24-33 Fourth Horseman-U. .... .2-8-33 Frisco Jenny-FN 1-7-33 From Hell to Heaven- PAR.. 3-18-33 Gabriel Over the White House MGM 4-1-33 Gallant Fool-MOP 8-9-33 Gambling Ship-PAR 7-13-33 Gefahren Der Liebe-MAD. 5-1-33 Ghost Train-ARL 2-18-33 Gigolettes of Paris-EQU 7-19-33 Girl in 419-PAR 5-20-33 Girl Missing-WA 3-18-33 Glos Pustyni-XX 4-26-33 Gold Diggers of 1933- WA.. 5-25-33 Golden Goal (Das Lockende Ziel)-BAV 6-20-33 Goldie Gets Along-RKO . .6-3-33 Grand Slam-WA 2-23-33 Great Jasper. The-RKO . .2-17-33 Gun Law-MAJ 7-13-33 Hallelujah I'm a Bum-UA, 1-27-33 Haunted Gold-WA 1-11-33 He Learned About Women PAR. .3-2-33 Hell Below-MGM 4-27-33 Hell on Earth-AE 3-31-33 Hello Everybody-PAR ..1-28-33 Hello, Sister-F 4-14-33 Hell's Holidav-SUP 7-19-33 Heroes for Sale-FN 7-22-33 Her Bodyguard-PAR 8-5-33 Her Resale Value-MAY . .6-21-33 Hertha's Erwachen-UFA. 3-13-33 Heute Nacht-Eventuell-XX 7-7-33 Hidden Gold-U 3-22-33 High Gear-GOL 3-22-33 His Private Secretary-SHO 6-6-33 Hold Me Tight-F 5-20-33 Hold Your Man-MGM 7-1-33 Holzapfel Weiss Alles-MO 1-12-33 Hotel Variety-SCR 1-4-33 Hot Pepper-F 1-21-33 Horizon-AM 5-13-33 Humanity-F 4-22-33 Hyppolit A Lakaj-ICE ..1-20-33 Ich Will Nicht Wissen Wer Du Bist-INT 2-17-33 I Have Lived-CHE 7-19-33 Ihre Majestaet Die Liebe- WA. .2-8-33 I Love That Man-PAR. . .7-8-33 I Loved You Wednesday-F 6-16-33 India Speaks-RKO 5-6-33 Infernal Machine-F 4-8-33 I Cover the Waterfront- UA.. 5-19-33 International House-PAR. 5-27-33 Intruder, The-ALD 3-13-33 Title Reviewed Iron Master-ALD 2-4-33 Island of Doom-AM ... .7-20-33 Island of Lost Souls-PAR 1-12-33 It's Great to Be Alive-F. . 7-8-33 Ivan-GRF 2-23-33 Jennie Gerhardt-PAR 6-9-33 Jungle Bride-M OP 5-1 3-33 Justice Takes a Holiday- MAY.. 4-19-33 Kadetten-FX 3-31-33 Kazdemu Wolng Kochac-XX '5-24-33 Keyhole, The-WA 3-31-33 King Kong-RKO 2-25-33 WA.. 2-18-33 King of the Jungle-PAR 2-25-33 King's Vacation-WA 1-20-33 Kiss Before the Mirror-U 5-13-33 Korvettenkapitaen-AG . . . 3-25-33 Kuhle Wampe-KIN 4-26-33 La Donna D'Una Notte- POR.. 3-13-33 Lady's Profession, A. PAR. .3-25-33 Lady for a Day-COL 8-9-33 Ladies They Talk About-WA 2-25-33 La Ley del Haren-XX .. .6-20-33 Laubenkolonie-GEN 6-9-33 Laughing at Life-LEV . .7-12-33 La Voce del Sangue-SYA. 4-19-33 Law and Lawless-MAJ. .4-12-33 Les Trois Mousquetaires- COM.. 5-1-33 Life Is Beautiful-AM 2-17-33 Life of Jimmy Dolan-WA 6-14-33 Lilly Turner-FN 6-15-33 L'italia Parla-EC 2-20-33 Little Giant-FN 4-14-33 Long Avenger-WW 6-30-33 Looking Forward-MGM. .4-29-33 Love in Morocco-GB ....3-20-33 Love Is Like That-CHE. 4-29-33 Lucky Devils-RKO 1-28-33 Lucky Larrigan-MOP ..3-15-33 Luxury Liner-PAR 2-4-33 M— FOR 4-3-33 Madame Wuenscht Keine Kinder-XX 6-3-33 Malay Nights-MAY 2-1-33 Mama-F 7-20-33 Mama Loves Papa-PAR 7-22-33 Man Hunt-RKO 5-5-33 Man of Action-COL 6-6-33 Man They Couldn't Arrest- GB.. 3-13-33 Man Who Won-PO 2-25-33 Mano a Mano-INA 2-23-33 Marius — PAR 4-19-33 Mary Stevens, M.D.-WA. 7-28-33 Matto Grosso-PRI 1-14-33 Mayor of Hell-WA 6-23-33 Melodv Cruise-RKO 6-16-33 Melodia de Arrabal-PAR. .8-9-33 Men and Jobs-AM • - -■ Men Are Such F. Men of America-! Men Must Fight- Midnight Club-P/ Midnight Marv-W Mindreader-FN . Mistigri-PAR . . . Mon Coeur Balan Money Talks-SYi Monkey's Paw, T Titlt Reviewed Morgenrot-PRX 5-18-33 Murders in the Zoo-PAR. .4-1-33 Mussolini Speaks-COL ..3-11-33 Mysterious Rider — PAR... 6-1-33 Mystery of the Wax Museum- WA.. 2-18-33 My Mother-MOP (Reviewed as Self Defense) 2-17-33 Nagana-U 2-11.. 33 Namensheirat-FAM 1-12-33 Narrow Corner. The-WA . 6-20-33 Night and Day-GB 5-27-33 Night of Terror-COL 6-7-33 No Marriage Ties-RKO .. .8-4-33 No Other Woman-RKO. . 1-1 3-33 Noc Listopadowa-PRX . . . 5-1-33 Nuisance, The-MGM ...5-27-33 Obey the Law— COL. . .3-11-33 Officer 13-FD 1-27-33 Oliver Twist-MOP 2-25-33 On Demande un Compagnon- XX. .6-9-33 Our Betters-RKO 2-24-33 Out AD Night-U 4-8-33 Outlaw Justice-MA] 2-23-33 Outsider, The-M-G-M 3-29-33 Over the Seven Seas-XX . 5-24-33 Parachute Jumper-WA ..1-27-33 Paris— Beeuin-PRX 1-6-33 Parole Girl-COL 4-10-33 Past of Mary Holmes-RKO 4-29-33 Peg O' My Heart-MGM.. 5-20-33 Penal Code, The-FR 1-6-33 Perfect Understanding-UA 2-24-33 Phantom Broadcast-MOP 4-4-33 Phantom Thunderbo'.t-WW 6-14-33 Pick-Up-PAR 3-25-33 Picture Snatcher-WA 5-19-33 Pilgrimage-F 7-17-33 Piri Mindot Tud-ABC ..1-28-33 Pleasure Cruise-F 4-1-33 Potemkin-KIN 4-3-33 Primavera en Otono-F. .. 5-24-33 Private Detective 62-WA. .7-8-33 Private Jones-U 3-25-33 Professional Sweetheart- RKO.. 5-27-33 Racetrack— WW 3-7-33 Rebel, The-U 7-27-33 Reform Girl-TOW 3-4-33 Renegades of the West RKO 3-29-33 Return of Casey JonesMOP 6-30-33 Return of Nathan Becker- WOK.. 4-19-33 Reunion in Vienna-MGM. .5-2-33 Revenge at Monte Carlo-MAY 4-26-33 Riot Squad-M A Y 7-26-33 Rivals-AM 4-10-33 Robber's Roost-F 3-18-33 Rome Express-U 2-25-33 Sailor Be Good-RKO 3-1-33 Sailor's Luck-F 3-17-33 Samarang-UA 5-18-33 Savage Girl, The-FR 1-6-33 Savage Gold-AU 5-23-33 Scarlet River-RKO 5-24-33 Second Hand Wife-F 1-14-33 Secrets-UA 3-16-33 Secret of Madame Blanche MGM 2-4-33 Secrets of Wu Sin-CHE. .2-3-33 Self Defense-MOP 2-17-33 Shadow Laughs-INV 3-27-33 Shame-AM 3-15-33 Titlt Reviewed She Done Him Wrong- PAR.. 2-10-33 She Had to Say Yes-FN 7-28-33 Shepherd of the Seven Hills FAI. .8-8-33 Shriek in the Night. A-ALD 7-22-33 Silk Exoress-WA 6-23-33 Silver Cord-RKO 5-5-33 Sing, Sinner. Sing-MAJ. .8-12-33 Sister to Judas-MAY ...1-18-33 Sleepless Nights-REM ..7-22-33 Smoke Lightning— F 5-12-33 So This Is Africa-COL.. 4-22-33 Soldiers of the Storm- COL..5-18 33 Somewhere in Sonora-WA. 6-7-33 Son of the Border-RKO . .8-2-33 Song of the Eagle-PAR. .4-27-33 Song of Life-TF 3-17-33 Song of Songs-PAR 7-22-33 Sous La Lune Du Maroc- PRX 1-28-33 Speed Demon-COL 1-7-33 State Fair-F 1-27-33 State Trooper-COL 3-27-33 Storm at Davbreak-MGM 7-22-33 Story of Temple Drake- PAR 5-6-33 Strange Adventure-MOP 2-8-33 Strange People-CHE 6-17-33 Stranger's Return-MGM . .7-29-33 Strictly Personal-PAR ...3-18-33 Study in Scarlet-WW 5-26-33 Sucker Money-WK 3-1-33 Sundown Rider-COL 6-9-33 Supernatural-PAR 4-22-33 Sweepings-RKO 3-22-33 Taming the Jungle-INV. .6-6-33 Taras Triasylo-XX 3-15-33 Tarzan the Fearless-PRI. 8-12-33 Tatra's Zauber-PRX 2-20-33 Telegraph Trail-WA 3-29-33 Terror Abroad-PAR 7-3-33 Terror Trail-U 2-11-33 Theodore Koerner-XX ... 5-10-33 There Goes the Bride- GB.. 3-1-33 They Just Had to Get Married-U 2-10-33 This Is America-BEE. ..5-23-33 Three-Cornered Moon-PAR 8-8-33 Today We Live-MGM ..4-15-33 Tombstone Canyon-F 7-3-33 Tomorrow at Seven-RKO 7-12-33 Tonight Is Ours-PAR ..1-21-33 Topaze-RKO 2-10 33 Trailing North-MOP 5-17-33 Traum von Schoenbruhnn XX.. 6-3-33 Treason-COL 5-4-33 Trick for Trick-F 6-10-33 Truth About Africa-ALX .4-19-33 Tugboat Annie-MGM 8-12-33 20.000 Years in Sing Sing FN.. 1-11-33 Una Vida Por Otra-INA 2-17-33 Under the Tonto Rim-PAR 7-19-33 Vampire Bat-MAJ 1-10-33 Via Pony Express-MAJ. . 5-4-33 Victims of Persecution-POL 6-17-33 Voltaire-WA 7-28-33 Warrior's Husband-F ...5-12-33 West of Singapore-MOP. .4-1-33 Western Code-COL 1-12-33 What, No Beer-MGM... 2-1 1-33 What Price Decency ?- MAJ.. 3-2-33 What Price Innocence-COL 6-24-33 When a Man Rides Alone-FR 2-1-33 When Ladies Meet-MGM 6-24-33 When Strangers Marry- COL.. 5-25-33 Whirlwind, The-COL ...7-29-33 Whistling in the Dark-MGM 1-28-33 White Sister-MGM 3-20-33 Wild Horse Mesa-PAR. . .1-6-33 Wives Beware-REG 5-2-33 Woman Is Stole-COI 6-30-33 Woman's World-AM ...1-28-33 Women Won't Tell-CHE 1-3-33 Woman Accused-PAR. . .3-11-33 Working Man, The-WA. .4 12-33 World Gone Mad-MAJ. .4-15-33 Wrecker. The-COL 8-5-33 Yanko Muzykant-ZBY ..3-13-33 Young Blood-MOP ...1-18-33 Zapfenstreich Am Rhein- JRW.. 2-8-33 Zoo in Budapest-F 4-12-33 i THE THEATER EMPLOYMENT IS UP ABOUT 18,000 rttinued from Page 1 ) cording to figures compiled by The Film Daily. Effects of the plan are most conspicuous in the case of cir- cuits, with the Loew payroll being increased by around $15,000 a week, Warner circuit about $16,000, RKO more than $5,000, Balaban & Katz close to $6,000, and various others in corresponding amounts. In the addi- tion of employees to conform to the maximum work week, some houses have put on as many as 10 and 15 extra help. Lew Brown to Make Fox Star Musical (Continued from Page 1) visory capacities on the film, Brown will contribute musical numbers and dialogue. "Fox Movietone Follies" will have almost the entire Fox star roster including Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, Lilian Harvey, Warner Bax- ter, Henry Garet, Spencer Tracy, James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Heather Angel, John Boles, El Brendel, Nor- man Foster, Herbert Mundin, Lew Ayres, Mimi Jordan, Florence Des- mond, Sid Silvers, Wini Shaw and Stepin Fetchit. Sammy Lee will stage the dance numbers, Richard Whiting the song numbers and Louis De Francesco the supervision of mu- sic. Philly MPTO and Allied Seen in Closer Harmony A closer working agreement be- tween Allied States Ass'n and the M. P. T. O. of Eastern Pennsylvania is forecast owing to the "break" of the regional unit with the M. P. T. O. A. The Philadelphia association recently approached Allied delegates attending the codes conferences in New York for their aid in present- ing code proposals. Universal Signs Jacob Ben-Ami Jacob Ben-Ami, who recently com- pleted work in "The Wandering Jew," Yiddish talker produced by Jewish American Film Arts Co., has been signed by Universal and will leave shortly for the coast. BIG fKsA NEWS 1 \ J^X\^\T AS SEEN BY L- — ^^\ iy THE PRESS \c3fl ^ " AGENT "The 182 f n reckles on the face of pretty Dorothy Coonan, the 'discovery' who plays the leading feminine role in 'Wild Boys of the Road,' have been in- sured for $100,000, or S549.49 each." — FIRST NATIONAL. Supply and Demamd ... as applied to motion picture entertainment (Continued from Page 1) home satisfied that they got their money's worth, must be shown at scales down to two bits or less because this happens to be a shopper's market and the best of attrac- tions are obliged to compete with the cheap prices created by lower quality films. The fact that few producers or exhibitors are able to make money under such conditions, as balance sheets for some time have been revealing, is the most eloquent proof that something is screwy with the system. COLUTION of the problem is, in theory at least, amazingly simple. *■' In the case of wheat and cotton, overproduction having driven prices down below cost, the Government quickly brought about a doubling of values by ordering cuts in acreage and even going so far as to pay farmers a bonus for not producing. It is too much, of course, to expect the Government to become the same kind of a Santa Claus to the film industry, but what is there to stop this industry from being its own whiskered benefactor? • kJO BUSINESS can continue indefinitely if its income is smaller than its outgo. • ^ For three years now the studios have been making just as many pictures, at nearly the same cost, to feed a patronage of about 50,000,000 weekly, at an average admission of around two bits, as they did in the boom days when patronage was twice as big and box-office prices were one-third higher. Isn't there something lopsided in that? At the industry code meeting in New York the other day, a Bridgeport exhibitor wailed about a bunch of houses up his way being forced by price-cutting competition to reduce admissions down to a dime — at which level, he admitted, nobody is making any money and most of them are losing. Such a situation could not exist if a community were not overseated and if product were not so over-abundant that there is enough, not only to supply even houses in the under-priced category, but enough to make it possible for them to play even two and three features on a bill. • DUT it is stretching optimism to hope for concerted industry action to the end that, " say, fewer nondescript pictures are turned out, larger budgets are set for the smaller number scheduled, more money is expended in advertising and exploiting them, thereby making possible longer runs within a smaller seating capacity, and everybody makes a little money. It is easier to believe that producers, distributors and exhibitors will continue their individual ways, each out for all he can get without regard to the other or the business as a whole, and all of them suffering as a result. The film industry, it appears, has never heard of the law of supply and demand. NRA Code Confab Sidelights By ARTHUR W. EDDY "EVERY so often somebody has in- quired: "Who's paying for all this," meaning the costs incidental to the committee meetings. The an- swer, it seems, is that each group will have to finance its own activi- ties, for as far as the confreres know, the NRA has made no provi- sions along this line. Of course some cynic remarked that as usual, the exhibitors were doing the pay- ing. Al Steffes became officially iden- tified with the code-drafting work over the week-end, substituting for Abram F. Myers and James C. Rit- ter, Allied leaders, who were tem- porarily called out of town. No additions to the three commit- tees engaged in the codifying festiv- ities are planned by S. R. Kent and Charles L. O'Reilly, coordinators, it is understood. Despite some reports to the con- trary, Sol A. Rosenblatt, deputy ad- ministrator, will call no more gen- eral industry meetings in New York. The next big pow-wow will take place in Washington when the NRA holds its hearing on the code. Charlie O'Reilly, who has been de- voting plenty of hours to engineer- ing the exhibitor code efforts, re- ported that when he got home the other night, his dog, which has an aversion to strangers, barked seri- ously at him. A comprehensive picture of the 10-cent policy and giveaway situa- tions in the New York metropolitan territory will be presented through a survey now being compiled by Tom Murray, executive secretary of the Motion Picture Industry of the Met- ropolitan Division, for submission to the exhibitor code-drafting commit- tee. The report, which will be ready by Wednesday, indicates that there are 1,088 houses operating at pres- ent in the territory while 180 are dark. EXPECT ALL CODES READY BY TOMORR (Continued from Page 1) meetings this morning in the Association Building after a w end devoted to intensive joint sions and drafting activities. In clarifying the producers' pletion of their code, Sidney R. Y speaking as a coordinator Satur said that nine members votec favor of the draft and but one frained from expressing an oph Although Kent did not name repi-esentative which declined to it is understood he is J. T. E delegate from the Academy of h Arts and Sciences, who is expe to report back to his organiza before the forthcoming Washin; hearing. The favorable vote eluded both independent and producers. Over the week-end attorneys the producers' committee worke draft language. They were: ] Kahane, president of Radio tures; H. S. Bareford, Warner B Nathan Burkan, Edward Loeb, resenting coast producers, anc Robert Rubin of M-G-M. The ducers, said Kent, are in agreer on all except one point, which he clined to indicate. This is un stood to refer to double feati The draft includes a provision ering relations with coast agen' No joint meetings involving producers' committee will be nt sary, Kent pointed out. The distributors' committee's is expected to be agreed upor today and then will go to the ference committee, comprising distributors and exhibitors, for of co-relating. Too Many Tarzans, So Burroughs to (Continued from Page 1) making "Tarzan and His Mate" Johnny Weissmuller and Mau O'Sullivan, is said to be the other producer besides Lessei whom screen rights on the Ta: stories have been granted. Jack Roth in Akron Akron, 0. — Jack H. Roth, for ly manager of the Indiana P: circuit, has been named manaj the former RKO Palace here announces the house will i Aug. 31. FACT ABOU FILM Legislative matters pertaining to fill industry introduced throughout th country in the past year totalled aboi 2,200. K. r i m a t c in Charactei ^national in Scope nependent in Thought rk L (jxwnaiu/ jJLz Daily N ^Of Motion Now Fifteen ewspa per Pictures Years Old C. LXIII. NC.3§ NEW yCRI\,TLE$DAy, AUGUST 1<5, 1933 .5 CENTS z?rschel Stuart to Run Publix Detroit Houses SENBLATT PLEASED WITH PROGRESS ON CODE Jiited Artists to Expand Further, Says Joe Schenck a tig Whole Roll on )th Century, Says U. A. Chief [addition to the 10 per cent n '? already effected in sales rsi'iel and the current employ- n; f about 1,200 at the studios I 300 a year ago, the United I organization will be expand- fi'aer, says Joseph M. Schenck, 3i it, in a statement yesterday I ing confidence in the outlook I the NRA program. As ' {Continued on Page 6) HYNES QUITS !K0 CIRCUIT POST Hynes, for the past year and ith RKO Theaters in charge er personnel operations and of the budget, resigned yes- ;o take effect Sept. 1. Action (esignation has been held up i {Continued on Page 4) n tigham Houses Raising Admissions ingham — Increased admis- ent into effect at several m houses this week, follow- ption of the NRA code in- 'I wages of employees. The i, ace Wilby house, lifted up- j rice from 25 to 30 cents, 'erson, vaudefilmer, had al- 1 imped from 15 to 25 cents. • nple is starting its 20-cent scale at 2 P.M. instead of ther increases are expected. , 'U' Close Roxy Deals jr deals closed by John D. Clark, |srriburion head, and James R. .' r. Universal distribution chief, ?inal Roxy gets 26 pictures from "Hpmpany for the 1933.34 season. ^'■[Iiis deal Fox completes its Broad- "aV|;presentation, having previously \i- pictures for the Radio City Hall. Tri- Ergon Loses Patent Suit Suit brought by William Fox's American Tri-Ergon Co. against Paramount, charging patent infringement in connection with a process for taking of sound and pictures simultaneously on film, was dismissed yesterday by Judge Campbell in the Federal Court, Brooklyn. Electrical Research Products defended the case for Paramounf. The court ruled that the Tri-Ergon patent is invalid since it contained no improvement "over prior art" and had never been made a commercial success. The success of the Western Electric equipment, it was pointed out, was due to various other accompanying patents. FLORIDA STUDIOS ARE REORGANIZED T. C. Parker of St. Petersburg yesterday purchased the interest of Aubrey M. Kennedy in the Kennedy Florida Studios. Parker immediate- ly formed the Sun Haven Studios, Inc., of which he is president, and Fred U. Blair, is secretary-treas- urer. The new company plans to produce 24 features for 1933-34 and has engaged the following studio {Continued on Page 6) Governor Names Mediator In Coast Studio Strike Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — In reply to a re- quest for cooperation sent by the Na- tional Labor Board, in investigating the Hollywood strike, to Governor Rolph of California, the latter re- plied that T. A. Reardon, director of California industrial relations, had been appointed as mediator and had left for Hollywood. The board here immediately accepted Reardon's ap- pointment. FLEXIBLE NUMBER FOR THALBERG UNIT Irving Thalberg, who is to head his own production unit at M-G-M, will work on a flexible policy, turn- ing out as many pictures as he feels able to make, according to official statements issued yesterday by Thal- berg and Nicholas M. Schenck, presi- dent of M-G-M. Thalberg and his wife, Norma Shearer, left New York {Continued on Page 4) New Trials Are Asked In Warner St. Louis Suits St. Louis — Motions asking for new trials and also for an arrest of the judgment announced by Judge Ham- ilton in his dismissal of the receiver ships for Skouras Bros. Enterprise and St. Louis Amusement Co., Wjpr- ner subsidiaries, have been file/ by the losing stockholders as the^first step to an appeal to the State Su- preme Court. Harry Koplar is the leading spirit in the group opposing Warners. Stuart Signed by Publix Circuit On Profit-Sharing Arrangement Southeastern Exhib Unit Meets Sept. 10 in Atlanta Atlanta — Annual convention of the Southeastern Theater Owners Ass'n will be held here Sept. 10-12. Thomas E. Orr of Albertville, Ala., is president of the organization, and Love B. Harrell is secretary. Herschel Stuart, formerly general manager of RKO Theaters, has been signed by Paramount Publix as su- pervisor of operations, participating in the profits of any houses in his immediate charge. Stuart left last night for Detroit, where he will take charge of the 10 Publix theaters in that city. Should the Detroit houses {Continued on Page 4) Plan Permanent Council to Settle Code Questions Arising Later Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Progress being made by the code-drafting committees in New York under the direction of Sidney R. Kent and Charles L. O'Reilly is highly gratifying, Sol A. Rosenblatt, NRA deputy administra- tor in charge of amusement indus- try codes, told The Film Daily yesterday. Though he indicated at the New York meeting last Tuesday {Continued on Page 4) CODE WILL LAY OFF FOREIGN PICTURES The proposed industry code, as drafted by committees now at work at the Bar Association Building, is expected to maintain a "hands off" policy as far as foreign pictures are concerned. How nearsfhe exhi- bitor committee inadvertently came {Continued on Page 6) Block Booking Clause Believed Unnecessary No anti-block booking clause is un- derstood to be slated to appear in the industry code owing to reported agreement between the distributor and exhibitor committees on a pro- vision allowing a theater to cancel 15 per cent of a product buy in cases where blocks of 10 or more features have been purchased. Up to the time of the agreement this issue afforded many oratorical fireworks. Code Committees Silent Although the industry code commit- tees officially lapsed into silence yes- terday, it was learned that the distribu- tion group would likely complete its own set of proposals, late last night. Work of correlating the committee's draft with the exhibitors' committee code was still in progress last night and will continue today. THE Tuesday, Aug. 15, Yol. LXIII, No. 38 Tins., Aug 15,1833 Price 5 Ctnts JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 16S0 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Asso- ciate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. 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Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 5Vi 5 5—1 Keith A-0 6s46.... 48 48 48 Loew 6s 41ww 85Vi 85'/2 85Vi + 1 Paramount 6s 47.... 283/4 275/8 28l/4 — 1 Par. By. 5'/2s51 38 38 38 + 1/4 Par. 5V2S50 283,4 27 27 Vi — 1% Warner's 6s39 42 40l/2 41 Vi N. Y. PRODUCE EXCHANGE Para. Publix \y8 134 13,4— Vs THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: Special meeting of Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey, organization head- quarters, New York City. 2 P. M. Today: RKO theater managers convention, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York. Aug. 18-20: Monogram-Monarch sales meet- ing, Cleveland. Aug. 21 : Annual outing of Omaha film row, Lakcview Country Club, Omaha. Aug. 22: Outing of the Allied Theaters of Michigan and Detroit Film Board of Trade, St. Clair Golf and Country Club, Detroit. Aug. 22: Semi-monthly meeting of Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey, at or- ganization headquarters, New York. Aug. 23: Independent Theater Owners Ass'n cruise up the Hudson. Would Let 60% of Houses Decide on Duals A proposal for solving the double-feature question, reported to have been agreed upon by the exhibitor code-drafting committee, which will recommend it for incorpora- tion in the industry code, is that the practice would be abolished in any territory in which 60 per cent of the theaters vote against it. That this clause will be fought by independent producers on the distributor 0 — reaches this point, seemed likely yesterday. -•• -- r-' «•-••> ■»■ ■ •■*■ ...^«.^.- .«.>. „£,......,, _ _ .. „„ .„-c>.., „7 independent producers on the distributor committee, when the work of correlating Loew Cleveland Circuit Is Down to Five Houses Cleveland — Loew has given up the Mall, turning the property hack to the owners. This leaves Loew with only five houses here, the Stillman, State, Granada, Park and Alhambra, against 11 formerly. The Allen, for- mer ace deluxe house, is now an in- dependent house operated by Myer Fine, Max Lefkowich and associates. Fine and Lefkowich also are oper- ating the Doan and Liberty. The Heights now belongs to the Wash- ington circuit and the Circle, closed for over a year, opens in September under the control of Martin Printz. Mary Pickford Considering Two Stories for Next Film Mary Pickford, who arrived in New York by airplane Sunday night, to make arrangements with Max Gordon for the production of a play that she has written, and which she believes is screen material, is now considering two scripts, as her next screen vehicles. One is a semi-re- ligious theme with little dialogue and considerable "mood" music, the other a story of a successful secretary. Both are originals. Miss Pickford will be in New York for ten days. Shea-Warner Product Deal Mike Shea, of the Shea Circuit, Buffalo, has signed for the complete 1933-34 output of Warner-First Na- tional features and Vitaphone shorts and trailers. Fox Sales Up in Ohio Cleveland — Sale of new Fox prod- uct in this territory is far ahead of last year, according to I. J. Schmertz, branch manager. Trade Pictures Changes Name Audio Productions, Inc., is the new name of the company formerly known as Trade Pictures, Inc., pro- ducers of commercial pictures. The renaming of the company involves no change in corporate structure or trade relations, it is announced. "Dinner at 8" for Gaiety M-G-M's "Dinner at Eight," from the Broadway stage hit, opens Aug. 23 for a two-a-day run at the Gai- ety. Marie Dressier, John and Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow and Lee Tracy are among the names heading the cast. Runyon Story for 20th Century Damon Runyon's magazine story, "Gentlemen, The King!" has been purchased by the Joseph M. Schenck- Darryl Zanuck company, 20th Cen- tury Pictures, for early production. I Saxe Now Operating Statewide Houses Milwaukee — Saxe Amusement Management, Inc., has opened three more houses formerly operated by the bankrupt Statewide Theaters, Inc., bringing the total to eight theaters now under their operation. Newly reopened houses include the Modjeska and Mirth here and the Lake, Kenosha. At the creditors' hearing last week the court approv- ed the trustee's petition to disaffirm the leases on all 12 theaters formerly operated by Statewide. S. S. Cohen Takes Over RKO Palace in September Sydney S. Cohen early in Septem- ber takes over operation of the Pal- ace on Broadway under a deal okayed by the board of its operating company, controlled by Martin Beck, Mrs. Carolyn Kohl and the B. F. Keith estate. The arrangement pro- vides for the owners to participate in profits of the house, the future policy of which is as yet undeter- mined. Cohen, who has interests in various other theaters, assumes per- sonal charge of the Palace either on Sept. 2 or 9. Koplar Books Shubert Shows St. Louis — Harry Koplar is said to be guaranteeing J. J. Shubert $10,000 a week for a series of stage productions to be presented at the St. Louis Theater when it reopens late this month. The shows, to run an hour and fifteen minutes, will supplement pictures. Coming and Goin IRVING THALBERG and NORMA SH left last night for the coast. TOM KEENE, is en route to New Yorl the coast with a view to returning stage. BENITA HUME, who has been working Fox studios in "Worst Woman in Paris Hollywood yesterday by plane for He* en route to England to marry Jack Dunfe MARY PICKFORD arrived in New Y, Sunday from the coast to discuss pi a legitimate play. She was accompan VERNA CHALIFF, her cousin, and ELIZ LEWIS, secretary. AUBREY M. KENNEDY, with his wife 1; children, arrived in New York yesterc the Algoniquin from Florida. GEORGE GIVOT, comedian, has arrived coast by plane to work in M-G-M's ' wood Party." CHARLES MCCARTHY, who is recup following an appendicitis operation, sa Bermuda tomorrow and upon his return 1 his duties at Fox. LOU LUSTY, handling trailers for Co leaves today for the coast. ANDY W. SMITH, Warner sales ex. left yesterday for a short business Toronto. BUDD ROGERS of First Division has r to New York from a central region sale SAM SERWER, of Witmark Publishir subsidiary of Warners, returned yestcrd- a business trip to Chicago, Milwaukee Louis. RUBY KEELER, who is in New Yorl Flying visit to her husband, Al Jolson. wili j to the Coast by airplane later this vtl finish her role in Warner's "Footlighf P i Jolson goes west in three weeks. New Uptown Theater Opening in Oct' The Arden, 600-seat theater 1 erected at 103rd Street and C bus Avenue, will be opened about Oct. 20, according to W Kaster, president of Wilkast aters Corp., which will opera' house. NED WAYBUR ZIEGFELD FOLLIES PRODUCER Offers unusual opportunities for a car on STAGE, SCREEN, RADIO, ot TEACHING DANC SOME OF THE STARS NED WAYBURN HAS HELPED TO FAME Al Jolson Marilyn Miller Eddie Cantor Jeanette McDonald Ed Wynn Mae West Will Rogers Ann Pennington Fred and Adele Astaire Hal Leroy Patricia Ellis and hundreds of others Note Dates for Fall Classes BODY PROPORTIONi- ADULT GIRLS' DANCING CLASSES Ages 16 years and over. Fall term starts MONDAY, SEP- TEMBER 11th. Also special one-hour evening cJasses, 1, 2, or 5 times weekly. Mondays to Fridays. CHILDREN'S CLASSES Boys and girls 3 to 16 years of age. Rounded training in all types of dancing. Fall term starts SATURDAY, SEP- TEMBER 16th. Also special one-hour weekly classes after school hours. NED WAYBURN INSTITUTE OF DANCING AND BROADCASTING SCHOOL Dept. F, 625 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. \ Between 58th and 59th Streets. Tel. Wlckersham Have a beautiful bod; Wayburn's famous based on years of celebrated stars of st screen. Rates as low ■ weekly. BROADCASTING INSTRUCTION How to talk, sing.r play before the raid Class or private insi FREE tryouts gla< ranged. WARNER BROS. HAVE PERFORMED ANOTHER NATIONAL RECOVERY ACT BY PROVIDING THE NATION'S THEATRES WITH THE FIRST ARLISS PICTURE EVER RELEASED IN SUMMER! ! : Look what Variety reports about the first key dates : —"Heavy draw snaps Aladdin, Denver out of dumps. Smacking gross in sight". . . "Surprisingly good trade at Boyd, Philly.". . ."Strong bet at Hollywood, L. A.".. ."Very strong at Downtown, L. A."... And Pittsburgh w n biggest take since January 1, excepting "Gol< tlkaiUUiflKIiiaitiliMi^U^^Mfl v wHFD!i?Tl ' . DAILY Tuesday, Aug. 15, ■ STUART TAKES OVER 10 DETROIT HOUSES (.Continued from Page 1) be sold by the trustees — both George ('. Trendle and John Balaban having been after the theaters — Stuart will be transferred to handle another group. Ho was engaged by George Schaefer and S. A. Lynch, repre- senting the trustees. The theaters to be under Stuart's supervision are the Michigan, State, Ramona, East Town, Annex, Birmingham, Fisher, Riviera, Royal Oak and United Ar- tists. Flexible Number For Thalberg Unit (Continued from Page 1) for the coast last night after sev- eral delayed departures. His state- ment read: "1 shall organize in our studios a produc- ing that will make as many pictures as I am capable of making. These pictures will be of the quality and type I have endeavored to make in the past 14 years. I have found the public more discriminating than ever in their desire for fine product. Any exhibitor will tell you that the difference today between a superior picture and an indifferent one represents a greater difference in box-office receipts than ever before. "I want to take this opportunity of con- gratulating Mr. Mayer and my old friends and associates on the splendid pictures that they have been making during my absence. I am looking forward with enthusiasm te the resumption of my work, with my associates and the stars, directors and writers with whom I have had so many happy years." Nicholas M. Schenck said: "I am happy to announce that Mr. Thal- berg will return to our studios at Culver City, with his health fully restored, and will develop a production unit at our studios which will concentrate its activities in the produc- tion of pictures of the quality and type which he has produced so successfully for us during the ten years of our association. I am con- fident that he will be equally successful as he has been in the past in developing and main- taining stars and other talent. I think that his pictures, in addition to the excellent prod- uct being produced under the guidance of Louis B. Mayer and associates, will make Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer product a great source of happiness to the exhibitors and to the public." B. J. Hynes Quits RKO Circuit Post (Continued from Page 1) pending Harold B. Franklin's return to his office at the completion of the NRA code meetings. Hynes was formerly with Fox Theaters, where for eight years he was supervisor of west coast and eastern houses. He will announce his new connec- tion next week. "Footlight Parade" Release Warners will release "Footlight Parade," musical special, Oct. 7, fol- lowing a world premiere in New York. Cartoon Figures in Musical Twenty characters from six popular newspaper comic strips have been select- ed to appear in Paramount's musical, "Funny Page," now being written by Harlan Thompson and Lewis E. Gens- ler. Strips included are Popeye, Polly and Her Pals, Blondie, Boob McNutt, Katzenjammers and Tim Tyler. IK THE WITH PHIL M.DALY • • • ONE OF those unexpected pix that crops up from nowhere and goals 'em everywhere referring to a short turned out by Walter Futter's factory called "Itchy Scratchy" the simple tale of a young bear and his dog friend General Pictures Exchange is handling it and they have had to put on a nite shift to handle the bookings booked for the RKO circuit, Loew's and Publix also the May fair theater ... . . it is practically the first Resolute release, although this company intends to specialize in feature productions the li'l pix was caught by a roving cameraman on a vacashe in the woods it's a Natural for any audience. • • • SPEAKING OF Herb Ebenstein's new outfit reminds us that we must make a coi-rection in our re- cent story of Resolute Pictures we gave the impression that the co-operating exchanges would be taken over in a year as part of a major organization as a matter of fact they will simply be included on a sort of franchise basis as co-partners in the Futter-Ebenstein-Goldberg-Mannon-Moss combine • • • A BRONZE plaque will be officially unveiled by Col- leen Moore dedicated to Jesse L. Lasky for his Fox pro- duction, "The Power and the Glory" opening at the Gaiety today the plaque will mark the scene of the first presen- tation of a film introducing the new "narratage" method of portraying a dramatic story on the screen "Hell's Holi- day," playing to capacity at the Brooklyn theater once known as Werba's, is being held for a second week it looks as if it will smash house records for a long way back • • • AN EYEFUL of marquee display has been doped out by Joe Weil at Universal for "Ladies Must Love" it shows Sally O'Neil, Dorothy Burgess, Mary Carlisle and June Knight lithographed on a 24-sheet they are sitting up in separate beds in fliratious poses the caption is: "There's the Devil to Pay when they Start to Play!" the heads are animated, with the flirty eyes rolling it should make a swell marquee flash • • • IN ONE of those hurry-up moves, M-G-M signed "Doc" Rockwell over the week-end to write some of his original material for use in features the "Doc" left Sunday for Hollywood Leo Carrillo has been signed by Cecil B. De Mille for the lead in Paramount's "Four Frightened People" both deals handled by Leo Morrison's office through Joe Rivkin • • • TALENT SCOUTS for Paramount have been junk- eting up and down the Hudson River Day Line steamers the past week seeking a gal to play one of the featured roles in Charles R. Rogers' production, "Eight Girls In A Boat" they finally selected Mildred Hollis, an 18-year old blonde of the Bronx she will be joined in Hollywood by girls selected from Washington, Detroit, Cleveland, San Fran- cisco, San Diego and Los Angeles they will all appear in the pix. * * * * • • • EVEN THE hotels are catching the Showmanship Spirit the Park Central hotel gives its first Invitational Tournament on Aug. 22 to their guests. to be held at the Westchester Country Club at Rye 18 holes of medal play, luncheon at the Club, returning to the hotel for a dinner party with an entertainment « « « » » » ROSENBLATT PLEASI WITH CODE PROGRE (Continued from Page 1) that he expected to have a film in his hands by the first of this \ Rosenblatt says he is not unr, ful of the many difficulties u which the code formulators working and he feels that I O'Reilly are doing an exo and making as fast progi " - be expected. It was also learned ; that, after the film code i> and the administrative mach; set up, there will probably be ated a sort of code council with manent headquarters to settle | knotty problems that are expl to arise from time to time. Reports reaching the NRA o from the field indicate that the already are beginning to benefit | the increased leisure afforded •■ ers in various lines, says Ri The deputy administrator bel that any additional burden im) I on the movie industry under code will soon be balanced bj added patronage resulting fron I proved conditions all around. Rosenblatt does not intend to I any more film code meetings in \ York. He expects the industry I to reach him in a few days, at \ time a date will be set for the ing in Washington. Washington M.P.T.O. Pledge Code Sup] Washington Bureau of THE FJL Washington — At a luncheon terday, the local M. P. T. 0. pl< entire support of the NRA Frank Wilson, addressing the g told of the theaters' cooperation ing the war and what they are posed to do now. He said th creased obligation necessitate conformity with the code would back prosperity and theaters w among the first to benefit. Bob Leonard Renews Contr: West Coast Bureau of THE FILM I Hollywood — Robert Z. Le has signed a new contract M-G-M as director and prod« ■51 MANY UAPPY RETUBN ■ Best wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: August 15 Harry Akst Estelle : HA T THIS body knows Sat it Is. But every- ody knows the sen- sation . . . the incom- parable Hepburn heart thrill! KfllHRRIRE HEPBURH D0UG1HS FRIRBRHKS, JR. "MORNING GLORY" with ADOLPHE MENJOU Mary Duncan • C. Aubrey Smith Directed by Lowell Sherman horn the story by Zoe Akins. A Pandro S. Berman Production. MERIAN C. COOPER, executive producer. FURTHER EXPANSION PLANNED FOR U. A. (.Continued from Page 1) evidence of his optimism, Schenck said he is putting all his own money into 20th Century Pictures, recently formed with himself as president and Darryl Zanuck as vice-president, to produce for U. A. release. Predicting that this year will see a decided increase in revenue every- where, Schenck said U. A. will pass this new prosperity on to its em- ployees in the form of salary in- creases, in addition to having al- ready shortened hours without cut- ting pay. There are now 512 on the U. A. sales staff, against 469 a year ago. Executives and salesmen, headed by Al Lichtman, vice-president in charge of distribution, include: New York City: Supervised directly by home office, with Moe Streimer, br. mgr.; Edward Mullen, office mgr.; salesmen, Na! Beicr, David Burkan, Leon A. Herman, Aleyer Lieberman. New England: Boston— Charles Stern, dist. mgr.; John J. Uervin, br. mgr.; Abe Weiner- office mgr.; Lou Wechsler, George Hager', Samuel item salesmen. New Haven — Arthur Horn, br. mgr.; Mary O'Brien, office mgr.; keville Kniffin, salesman. Eastern: Carroll S. Trowbridge, dist. mgr. Philadelphia — H. G. Bodkin, br. mgr.; Eliza- beth McCaffrey, office mgr.; salesmen, T. L. Davis, Harry LaVine. Pittsburgh— Bert M. Stearn, br. mgr.; Hiram B. Wilson, office mgr.; salesmen, Harry Kees, Wiliiam Scott, Leonard Cantor. Washington — Charles Kranz, br. mgr.; Clark Davis, office mgr.; salesmen, Alfred H. Retler, S. Rifkin, Sid Lehman. Buffalo — Jack Kaplan, br. mgr.; J. A. By- kowski, office mgr.; salesmen, Eugene C. Markens, Matthew Sullivan, Jr. Southern: Jack Von Titlzer, dist. mgr. Charlotte — George Jacobs, br. mgr.; R. H. Masterman, office mgr.; salesmen, H. W. Helmbold, J. J. Dacey. Atlanta— C. 'Eise- man, br. mgr.; E. H. Hays, office mgr.; sales- men, Paul Harrison, Abe Tolkins, Milton Hill, New Orleans — G. K. Frank, br. mgr.; J. C. Moreland, office mgr.; salesmen, F. Mur- phy, Ted Malone, Dallas — Doak Roberts, br. mgr.; Theodore Routt, office mgr.; salesmen, T. R. Barber, Jay Schrader, C. J. Cammer. Northwest: Ben Fish, dist. mgr. Chicago —Edward Grossman, br. mgr. ; Fred R. Mar- tin, office mgr. salesmen, Louis Goldstein, T. C. Montgomery, Edward Safier, M. A. Kahn, Joe Hartman. Milwaukee — R. F. Egner br manager; Edward C. Krofta, office mgr ; salesmen, Alfred I. Kent, E. Krofta. Min- neapolis—Max Stahl, br. mgr.; Ralph Cram- blett, office mgr.; salesmen, Fred E. Abelson W. L. Gould, H. J. Devlin. District No. 4: J. D. Goldhar, dist. mgr. Detroit— M. Dudelson, br. mgr.; Donald W. Olennie, office mgr.; salesmen, Leonard Soskin, William Felstein. Cleveland— A. M. Good- man, br. mgr.; Esther Goldberg, office mgr.; salesmen, Louis Geiger, Norman Levin, Frank Decker. Cincinnati — E. H. Benson, br. mgr ; H. Dudelson, office mgr.; salesmen, S. B. Kramer, A. Esldn, George C. Porter. In- dianapolis—Joseph Cantor, br. mgr.; Elmer Mckinley, office mgr.; salesmen, E. Donnelly, Gaylord Black, Carl Goe, Western: S. Horowitz, dist. mgr. St. Louis — Edward Rosecan, br. mgr.; Raymond Curran, office mgr. ; salesmen, L. J. Williams, A. R. Dietz, A. M. Weinberger. Kansas City A LITTLE from "LOTS" By RALPH W ILK HOLLYWOOD JgDWARD SMALL, whose Reliance Pictures unit is producing for United Artists release, has signed Marjorie Rambeau to a long term contract. She will appear first in "Joe Palooka," with Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez and Stuart Erwin. Small also has signed Willard Mack to write, act and direct. * * * Through AI Rosen, Edwin L. Marin has been signed to direct "Special Investigator," for Univer- sal. He is now directing "Sweet- neart of Sigma Chi," his second pic- ture for Monogram. * * * Jack Rose is acting as casting di- rector for "Alimony Racket," being produced by Jefferson Motion Pic- ture Corp. Rose is also continuing with the General Casting Agency. * * * William Gargan signed for Para- mount's "Four Frightened People," Cecil De Mille production. * * * "Night Bus," Samuel Hopkins Adams story that appeared in "Cos- mopolitan," will be tne Robert Mont- gomery vehicle which Frank Capra is to direct for Columbia. * * * Nils Asther will play opposite Ann Harding in RKO's "Beautiful." Hot House Jack Miller, Chicago exhib leader, frankly admits that one of his houses is the hottest in the world during mid- summer days. In fact, it is so hot says Miller, that the other day a lady patron approached the manager, his brother Adolph and said: "You'd better look at your cooling plant. It must be on fire." — William E. Truog, br. mgr.; MacAfee Robertson, office mgr.; salesmen, W. L. riaynes, R. A. Rohrs, A. C. Buchanan. Omaha — D. V. McLucas, br. mgr.; Leo J. Doty, office mgr.; salesmen, H. R. Barker, E. Rostermundt, T. Eckhart, Leo Doty. Den- ver—Al Hoffman, br. njgr.; Charles O'Con- nell, office mgr.; salesmen, Harry Stern, James Hommel. Pacific Coast: E. J. Smith, dist. mgr. Los Angeles — Ewen MacLean, br. mgr.; W. B. Pollard, office mgr.; salesmen, Guy S. Gunder- son, Frederic Gage. San Francisco — D. J. McNerney, br. mgr.; Harry Kaiser, office mgr.; salesmen, W. M. Bigford, O. H. Wat- son. Seattle — Guy F. Navarre, br. mgr.; H. Harden, office mgr.; salesmen, Frank Hig- gins, Jack O'Bryan. Salt Lake City — Irving Schlank, br. mgr.; J. E. Madsen, office mgr ; salesmen, J. Solomon, Ernest M. Gibson, Ed Kennedy. Canada — H. M. Masters, dist. mgr. Cal- gary— A. Feinstein, br. mgr.; Montreal — A J. Jeffrey, br. mgr.; St. John — Gerald M. Hoyt, br. mgr.. Toronto — S. Glazer, br. mgr.; H. Kohen, office mgr. Vancouver- David Griesdorf, br. mgr.; Winnipeg — Phil lip Sherman, br. mgr. Jack Hays' new series of Baby Bu.'lesks for Educational will go in for kidding the great and the glori- fied. The first will probably be "Kid 'N Africa", a travesty on the Tarl zans, Trader Horns, etc. * * * RKO has added J. Carroll Naish and Estelle Brody to the cast of "Ann Vickers," and Eleanor Wessel- hoft and Hans Joby to "Without Glory." * * * Lawrence Gray celebrates his 12th year in films this week by joining the cast of "Golden Harvest," which Charles R. Rogers is producing for Paramount." * * * Verna Hillie and Toby Wing have been added to Paramount's "Too Much Harmony," starring Bing Crosby. * * * Thelma White has been signed to a term contract by RKO and as- signed to "Blonde Poison", by Don- ald Henderson Clarke. * * * Mervyn LeRoy has already been mentioned as one of the likely nom- inees for the directors' award from the Academy of M. P. Arts and Sci- ences as a result of his direction of "Tugboat Annie." He is now di- recting Paul Muni in "The World Changes," for Warner Bros. Fiedelbaum Changes Name Arthur Fiedelbaum, M-G-M gen- eral manager for Germany and east- ern Europe, has obtained a court or- der from Judge James C. Madigan, City Court, changing his name to Arthur Field. CODE WILL LAY Of FOREIGNjPICTll (.Continued from Page 1) to approving a ban on id product makes an interesting i| Abram F. Myers of the | delegation submitted a clause i which, if adopted, exhibitors agree to play only pictures m| producers having signed the agreement. Attorney Louis representing the M. P. T. 0. served that the workings of th lution, proposed as a patriotic on the part of exhibition, woi| tomatically taboo foreign pi and the clause was put aside. Florida Studios Are Reorgai (Continued from Page 1) staff; Raymond Friedgen, pro manager; George Melford, in i of direction; Max Stengler, cameraman; Robert Stevens, technician; Fred Ballmeye' charge of properties, and Glenn, recording engineer. An additional studio will b* this fall to accommodate the p tions and will also be availat outside producers. Distributic be through Florida Pictures of New York, a new company ed by Adolph Pollak who yesi resigned as vice-president of Pictures. Pollak is preside Florida Pictures, with Park treasurer. F. W. C. Adding 10 Men in Ariz. Phoenix, Ariz. — NRA Eagle is posted in Fox Phoenix here and Thomas D. Soriero, division man- ager for Fox West Coast, says 10 additional men will be given jobs in the four Fox houses in Arizona. Lusty to be Stationed on Coast Lou Lusty leaves New York today for the Coast to handle trailers for Columbia. He will locate there per- manently, working under supervision of George Brown, in charge of the company's publicity and advertising. Rogers Finds Business Better A report that theater business is showing some improvement has been brought back to New York by Budd Rogers, sales manager for First Di- vision, who returned to the city yes- terday after a four weeks' trip to Michigan, Ohio and other spots. Wm. E. Sexton Dies Toronto — William E. Sexton, pro- prietor of the Family theater and one of the best known men in the film business here, died last week at the age of 82. M. M. Wear to Manage 2 Harris Circuit Ho Pittsburgh — M. M. Wear, fo ly with the Harris interests in ' ington and Butler, Pa., has made manager of the Adelph Liberty theaters, Reynoldsvilk it is announced by Senator Fri Harris, president of Harris A ment Co. The circuit added houses last month. N. E. Deal Held Up Boston— The return of 26 theaters in the western part of Massachu- setts to the Goldstein Brothers Cir- cuit is still being held up by con- troversy over the Springfield Para- mount. Mrs. Maclyn Arbuckle Dead Ogdensburg, N. Y. — Mrs. Maclyn Arbuckle, wife of the late stage and film stai\ died Saturday in the Hep- burn Hospital here after more than a year's illness. Frances Williams for "Keyhi Frances Williams, Broadway star, is the latest name slated pear in the Joseph M. ScH Darryl Francis Zanuck 20th Ct Pictures production of "Broi Thru A Keyhole," the Walter chell story which Lowell She will direct as a musical for i> by United Artists. "Doc" Elliott Joins Warner, Cleveland— Wallace "Doc" E for many years connected wit! RKO theater department as ager, is now managing Wai Ohio Theaters, Sandusky. Oakie's Mother in Films With the help of Director Edw Sutherland, Jack Oakie's mother, Evelyn Offield, realized a five-y ambition to become a screen acti this week. She is cast as Oakie's mot in "Too Much Harmony," which Sutl land is directing. DAILY >RT SHOTS from (STERN STUDIOS "FAITHFUL HEART" with Herbert Marshall and Edna Best Helber Pictures 54 mins. i By CHAS. ALICOATE SSES 'n' JANUARY, of -jio note, have been signed by [ ry for a series of six mus- ts for release by Perfex Pic- _;:>rp. Featured with them in if; of the series, scheduled to ler way Aug. 28, are the _j'C Sisters, Vaughn De Leath jby Gilbert. Joe Barry will vith Charles Van Arsdale su- ;g production. • ed Gordon, who has worked lous Vitaphone shorts, has signed a part in the musical, A Chance," which Laurence ■, William Rowland and Brice now have in work at stern Service Studio in As- first of the series of 13 shorts 'Life in Your Hands," to be ;d by Films of Commerce, will production tomorrow at the rd Sound Recording studio he supervision of Edward L. Is. • s Sound Studio has taken ad- l space in the Powers build- ,ere it will continue to do re- /, re-recording, dubbing and pnizing with the same sound its Long Island studio. Ben ■will supervise the work. Howard, who has been mak- personal appearance tour, is •1 New York from Chicago and Bart rehearsing his part in the ! the series of shorts to be pro- by the W. K. D. Productions ch he will be featured. tern Studio notes: Pat Dona- yript girl on "Take a Chance," 7 things over with Bob Snody, \ on the picture . . . William nd beaming over swell notices the musical . . . Terry Hogan weight chasing up and down \] . . . Frank Heath making it isiness to interview all extras 1 at the studio . . . Monte praying for good weather for or shooting. • n Lambert and Eddie Moran .ompleting a script for a "Big 'medy to star Ben Blue. Blue ng a stretch in vaudeville af- tving finished a series of "Taxi comedies for Hal Roach in wood. • ie Female of the Species," sec- mature length film to be pro- by Ideal Pictures, was put in I yesterday by M. J. Kandel, lent with Alyn Carrick super- 7 production. "Jungle Gigolo," |m the Ideal lineup, is being dis- ced by Princival Pictures. • Irman Ruby, head of the scen- jStaff at the Vitaphone studios iooklyn, has assigned his entire SENTIMENTAL BRITISH STORY LIKELY TO APPEAL CHIEFLY TO THE FEMININE CLIENTELE. For fans who like their cinema fare in situation and dialogue, rather than action, this Gainsborough production is a pleasing romance of its kind. Though British in background, the talk is well Americanized, and the following already established by Herbert Marshall in Hollywood pictures ought to prove something of a draw. Story concerns a British sailor, on leave in port, having an affair with a barmaid, Edna Best, then sailing off and eventually forgetting all about her until many years later the off- spring resulting from the affair turns up and complicates the impending marriage of the sailor, now a distinguished officer, to a rich lady. Conflict between the illegiti- mate daughter and the fiancee, with the man standing by his child, supplies some dramatic moments. The part of the daugh- ter also is played by Miss Best. It is the type of human interest stuff that women are most likely to enjoy. Cast is excellent and the production generally well handled. Cast: Herbert Marshall, Edna Best, Mig- non O'Doherty, Lawrence Hanray, Anne Grey, Athole Stewart. Director, Victor Saville; Author, Monck- ton Hoffe; Adaptor, Victor Saville; other credits not obtainable. Direction, Good. Photography, Good. crew to collaborate on the script for the Fannie Brice short scheduled to go into production within the month. The film will be the first of the three-reel "Broadway Brevities" lined up for the season. • Magna Pictures headed by Myer Davis, has closed a deal with the King Features Syndicate for the production of a series of six three- reel musicals on the cartoon "Dumb Dora." Work will be done in the east under the production supervi- sion of Monroe Shaff with Jerry Wald in charge of stories. • Lewis Jacobs, one of the editors of Experimental Cinema and pro- duction manager of Supreme Screen Service, has completed "As I Walk," the first of a series of two-reel shorts denictiner the human side of New York. "Commercial Medlev," by Jacobs, shown at New York Film Society and University of Chicago last winter, has been booked by sev- eral European film societies. • Janice Williams, long of Paul Florenz's chorus of 14 at the Brook- lyn Vitaphone studio, has left to do dance specialties for Gus Edwards in vaudeville. Lillian Parka replaces Miss Wililiams in the chorus. • Harry Davenport, featured with Ernest Truex and Jean Arthur in Starmark's "Get That Venus!" for Regent Pictures release, directed si- lent nictures for several years at the old Vitagraph studio in Brooklvn. ,His best known production was "Is- land of Regeneration" with Antonio Moreno. Tom Keene in "CROSSFIRE" RKO Radio 57 mins. WESTERN WITH REAL PRODUCTION VALUE AND SWELL ACTION STORY WILL CLICK ANYWHERE. Tom Keene has his hands full in this fast western, ably assisted by Edgar Ken- nedy as his buddy who supplies some com- edy of a calibre seldom seen in a horse opera. They return from the War as doughboys in time to participate in some dirty work that has been going on at the old westren mining town. Tom has left five old codgers there who have sort of fathered him as an orphan. They are partners in a mine with the present town mayor, who has been filching the gold and turning in false reports. When one of them discovers it, the villain kills him, and frames Lafe McKee, one of the partners, for the crime. Then follows some exciting jction as the old boys rescue their pal from jail, flee to the mountains, and rob the gold shipments that they figure are rightly theirs. Tom enters the scene, and rounds up the crooked mayor with his gang in some thrill stuff that will go big with the youngsters. Cast: Tom Keene, Betty Furness, Edgar Kennedy, Edward Phillips, Lafe McKee, Charles K. French, Nick Cogley, Jules Cowles, Tom Brower, Murdock MacQuar- rie, Stanley Blystone. Director, Otto Brower; Author, Harold Shumate; Dialoguer, Tom McNamara; Edi- tor, Frederic Knudsten; Cameraman, Nick Musuraca. Direction, Very Good. Photography, Fine. SHORT SUBJECTS "Itchy-Scratchy" Resolute Pictures 31 mins. Fine Novelty There are several good elements of entertainment in this Walter Futter production filmed in the Sierras. In addition to the scenic interest, the hunt for grizzly bear and prospect- ing for gold, the cute antics of a pet bear cub will delight any audience. Also novel is the idea of having a dog, the cub's pal, apparently doing the off-stage narrating. The talk is designed as though it were the dog speaking and giving his impressions and comments from the same view- point as a human being would look at things. A swell subject for any program. Harry Langdon and Vernon Dent in "Tied for Life" Educational 20 mins. Fair Comedy Slimness of material keeps this comedy in the tepid class. Harry Langdon is the suitor who wins out in competition with Vernon Dent, so the latter pulls a few little tricks to annoy Harry on his wedding day. Comedy is built up around Harry getting ready for the wedding, while the bride and her mother waits, then the church ceremony, followed by a lot of roughhouse in a Pullman car as the newlyweds go on their honey- moon, mother-in-law tagging along. syne COVERS EVERYTHING LONDON HOLLYWOOD NEW YORK PARIS BERLIN Film Daily has played a historic part in the development and progress of this highly colorful industry of the screen^- ^ ^ It has had its diffi_ culties and discouragements but has carried on to bigger and better accom- plishments, happy in the knowledge that it had a job to do and did that job to the satisfaction of a great world-wide industry -^ ^ ^ That *s why hundreds of film-folk are now congrat_ ulating Film Daily upon its being a part of film-land for fifteen years. • WHAT IF THE POLICE REPORTER WHO REVIEWS YOUR SHOWS THINKS HE IS GEORGE JEAN NATHAN? ?&&Sh-, PARAMOUN' WEEK SEPT. 3- 9 ri/i The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fifteen Years Old ■ _. 1 XIII. NO. 39 NEW TCKI^,WEDNESDAy, AUGUST 16, 1^33 us popularity for TEN or more R NEW set-up of Academy of Mo- i Picture Arts and Sciences the riSING and PUBLICITY men will section of their own . . . The S of the country will AGAIN have rtunity for proving their tremendous n backing the NRA publicity drive gineered by John Flinn and Frank . . . Why not an industry code ISELLERS? ... and while we're kibitzers, TOO . . . That code G in Washington will be well [the trip . . . That boy WALT is a positive genius. IATSE and IBEW Place Differences Before Federation West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAlLk Hollywood — Through the efforts of T. A. Reardon, mediator appointed by Governor Rolph, the I.A.T.S.E. and I. B. E. W. have agreed to place their differences before the Amer- ican Federation of Labor for adjust- ment. The move is regarded as as- {Continued on Page 4) PHILLY UNJTTO PUSH FIGHT ON 50% RENTAL Philadelphia — At an enthusiastic meeting attended by 95 exhibitors here yesterday, all necessary finan- cial support was pledged to continue fighting against 50 per cent rentals. The 50 per cent contracts on "Gold Diggers" were blamed for high rental demands of other companies. A glowing tribute was paid by {Continued on Page 6) Bainbridge to be Honored By Northwest Show Folks Minneapolis — The theatrical inter- ests will fete one of their colleagues, A. G. (Buzz) Bainbridge, new may- or, at the Radisson Hotel on Aug. 21. An attendance of 500 is ex- {Continued on Page 4) Opposition Memphis — Although M. A. Light-man's Str.ind is displaying the NRA blue eagle, the house, being on a non-union basis, is being picketed by union men carry- ing signs declaring the house unfair to organized labor. 150 THEATER EXECS ATTEND RKO MEETING Over 150 RKO theater executives, division managers and theater man- agers attended the first annual RKO Theater Managers' convention yes- terday at the Waldorf Astoria. Ned E. Depinet, vice-president in charge of distribution, addressed the gath- ering and outlined RKO product for the coming year. John Clark of Fox talked to the members on the neces- sity of proper theater operation in connection with the individual suc- (Continued on Page 6) Century Circuit Payroll Increased $1,000 Weekly Wage boosts effected by Century Circuit increases its payroll by $1,000 weekly and apply to 300 em- ployees, a circuit executive said yes- terday. The company, which re- cently signed the NRA agreement, operates 20 houses in the metro- politan territory. All Para. Theater Operations Placed Under Ralph A. Kohn 5 Northwest Houses Back on Active List Minneapolis — Exchanges here re- port the reopening of the Grand, Finley, N. D., taken over by A. J. Karas, who acquired the interests of N. P. Simonson; Rock Island, Rock Island, N. D., with O. W. Moore disposing of his interest to {Continued on Page 4) Ralph A. Kohn has been appoint- ed vice-president of Paramount Pub- lix Corp. in charge of all the com- pany's theater operations, it was an- nounced yesterday by Adolph Zukor. The appointment was approved by the trustees. Walter B. Cockell, who has been with Paramount for more than 12 years and is now assistant {Continued on Page 4) Exhibition Problems Delay Work of Industry Code Coordinators With the exhibition code holding up completion of the industry code- drafting procession, indications yes- terday were that the work of pre- paring the master code, embracing the production and distribution pro- posals as well as exhibition, will not be completed before tomorrow, Siu- {Continued on Page 6) MPTOA AND ALLIED IN CLOSER HARMONY That the two national exhibitor as- sociations, M. P. T. O. A. and Al- lied, are working in closer harmony than during the early hours of the code-drafting conference, is the re- port which yesterday penetrated from the closed meeting room doors. This alliance is understood due to the attitude of producer-owned cir- cuits on various important issues. Regular Producer Board Handling Studio Relations Negotiations on arrangements cov- ering relations between the produc- ers and studio crafts will be handled by the producers' regular committee, said Sidney R. Kent yesterday. Com- prising the committee are: Harry M. Warner, Nicholas M. Schenck, R. H. Cochrane, Pat Casey and Kent. The joint meeting is now definitely scheduled for Friday at 2:30 o'clock, in Casey's office, 1600 Broadway. Hearing to be Short Judging by the amount of time al- loted to the hearing of other industry codes before Gen. Hugh S. Johnson in Washington, the session on the film industry draft will probably run only a day. The hearing schedule is now full up to Aug. 24. THE -c&a DAILY VoL LXIII, No. 39 Wed., Aug 16. 1933 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at lo50 Broadway, New York, N. Y., Ijv W'id's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur \V. Eddy, Asso- ciate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, St the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., Phone, Circle 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable Address: Filmday, New York. Holly- wood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Holly- wood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn. Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 4'/2 4/i 4/2 Columbia Picts. vtc. 21 Vs 21 Vs 21/8 + Vs Con. Fm. 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Intermittent Run Wareham, Mass. — One of the most unique film bookings on record has just been made on Warner's "Gold Diggers of 1933" at the Warr Theater here. The musical, which previously played three first runs in the Wareham terri- tory, has been booked by the Warr to play two days each week for the rest of the season, ending Sept. 14. Allied and Federation In Harmony on Film Code As a result of secret conferences, Allied States Ass'n and the Federa- tion of the M. P. Industry, headed by Pete Harrison and composed of independent producers and distrib- utors, have reached a close working arrangement in connection with the current drafting of the industry code. Allied delegates participating in the exhibitor committee activities are supporting various Federation proposals. John Kent Joins New Lab John A. Kent, formerly connected with DuArt Film Laboratories, has been appointed sales manager for Producers' Laboratories, which was recently organized. New Firm Reopening Cincy Strand Cincinnati — A new company known as Strand Enterprises, Inc., has been incorporated here by Albert Weinstein for the reopening of the Strand in September. Ap- proximately $65,000 will be spent in repairs and improvements, accord- ing to Weinstein. New Book by L. H. Mitchell "The Parachute Murder," by Leb- beus (L. H.) Mitchell, for the last 12 years active in motion picture publicity, will be published Aug. 25 by the Macaulay Co. It is a detec- tive-murder-mystery in a theatrical background and considered suitable for the screen. Mitchell also is the author of several juvenile books. Remodeling Hyde Park House Chicago — George and Harold Gol- los, owners and operators of the Ray, have leased the Hyde Park Theater for 10 years and will spend about $10,000 in alterations before reopening it about Oct. 15. Weiser on Foreign Story Hunt Jacob A. Weiser, theatrical pro- ducer, sails about Aug. 30 on a year's search for dramatic material abroad. While on his tour he will furnish a weekly service to U. S. subscribers giving a synopsis and a critical analysis of plays and pic- tures seen by him. RKO Cincinnati Meeting Cincinnati — Stanley Jacques, RKO branch manager, will speak at an all day conclave of RKO theater managers in Nat Holt's division at the Netherland Plaza Hotel on Saturday. Jacques will discuss 1933- 34 product. There will be a screen- ing of "Morning Glory." Cincy UFA Renamed Cincinnati — Morris Segal will re- name the UFA Theater the Mayfair on its opening, Sept. 16, under man- agement of K. Turner. Unusual fea- tures and foreign films will be shown. C. F. Lawrence Handling Schine Upstate Houses Bellefontaine, O. — C. F. Lawrence who has been manager of the Schine Enterprises in this district and di- rectly in charge of the Holland The- ater in Bellefontaine and the Piqua in Piqua, has been transferred to Watertown, N. Y., as manager of the Northern New York district for Schine. He is succeeded here by George Reister, who formerly man- aged a theater in Canton. Columbus Meeting Delayed Columbus — Owing to the absence of Real Neth, operator of five local houses, the meeting of exhibitors called by P. J. Wood to discuss double billing, premium giving and advance in admission prices has been postponed. M. C. Moore Acquires Jax House Jacksonville, Fla. — M. C. Moore, owner of theaters in Dade City and Kissimmi, is opening the Riverside here as an independent neighborhood house the first week in September. The house, formerly in the Sparks group, will be renovated at a cost of about $20,000 by N. G. Wade, owner of the office building which houses the theater. "Goodbye Again" Dual Premiere West Coast Bureau, of THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — First National's "Goodbye Again," based on the stage comedy, will world premiere simultaneously at the Hollywood and Downtown theaters here Aug. 24. The picture features Joan Blon- dell, Warren William, Genevieve Tobin, Wallace Ford, Helen Chand- ler and Hugh Herbert. Carnera-Baer Film Starting West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — "The Prizefighter and the Lady," which will include a se- quence in which Primo Camera and Max Baer appear, will be placed in work at M-G-M within the fort night. Walter Hustcn has a leading part in the picture. Walsh, Howard to Direct at M-G-M West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — M-G-M has signed Raoul Walsh to direct Marion Davies in "Going Hollywood," and William K. Howard to megaphone "The Cat and the Fiddle," with Ramon No- varro and Jeanette MacDonald. Maintaining Scale in Memphis Memphis — Negotiations for a 25 per cent cut in wages of union op- erators in neighborhood houses have been dropped for the time being. Wilby After Montgomery House Montgomery, Ala. — R. B. Wilby is negotiating for the Empire here. Tentative opening date, provided deal goes through, has been set for Sept. 20. Wednesday, Aug. 16, .ommg a nd G oin JACK DUNN, Fox Movietone eameran arrived in New York from the Far Eas', BOB COLLIER of Fanchon & Marco in New York yesterday from the Coa. is forming a radio department for that i JACK SCHLAIFER, former Universal] al sales manager, has returned to Ni I after a business trip. JACK JOSSEY of Cleveland, who hi Monogram franchise for that territory, rived in New York. SAM FLAX, Washington exchangema New York on business. Increased Attendance Seen by Fred Si Cincinnati — A general incre movie attendance as soon as tl i ious NRA codes get into full tion is predicted by Fred president of Allied Theater Cj of So. Ohio, Ky. and W. Va. 1\ hibitor unit is cooperating in I way with the code as adopt) theater owners here, said Str | "Tugboat Annie" Holdovc M-G-M's "Tugboat Annie" I held over at the Capitol, Sail City; State, Boston, and Wort! Worth. First week's gross latter house set a new recor: Cleveland, the State is giving: performances of "Annie" daily ing an hour earlier. The Cap Broadway also is holding ov picture. S. B. Johnson Buried Cleveland, Miss. — Sparkn Johnson, vice-president of the T. O. of Miss., Ark. and Tenr died in Memphis, was buried home town here. Clyde Comedy in Music Hal Andy Clyde's first comedy new season for Educational, " Dunking Doughnuts," goes in dio City Music Hall today. The Music Hall program will h Terry Toon, "The Oil Can Myf Broadway Openings Opening of M-G-M's "Dinner Eight" at the spruced-up Astor Tfc»: next Wednesday night will again | Broadway three $2 roadshow attract Fox's "Power and the Glory" haw premiere tonight at the Gaiety, * Paramount's "Song of Songs" conti at the Criterion. Among the we~ change houses, M-G-M's "Tu Annie" is being held over at Capitol, delaying the opening of Back the Clock," and "Majestie's "! Sinner, Sing" is holding over at Rialto, with Universal's "Moonlight Pretzels" to follow. RKO's "Mor Glory" comes into the Music Hall morrow, Warner's "Captured" opens morrow night at the Strand and P mount's "Big Executive" opens Fr at the Paramount, with "This Day Age" following Aug. 25. "The Bla Kiss," distributed by Principal, oj Friday at the original Roxy. "P»f the Next Best Thing" is slated for Music Hall the week of Aug. 24. (Continued! Everywhere the ' same sweet story . . . and in the good old summer timel) BALTIMORE— Topping everything that ever played here! ATLANTIC CITY— Biggest week in two years ! WILLIAMSPORT, PA. — Greatest number of opening day admissions in history of house ! WILDWOOD, N. J -Big- gest week since early 1929! CINCINNATI- Whoopee! Some fun NEW HAVEN— First week equals "Emma." That's terrific! DAYTON — Equals "Emma." AKRON— Beats "Emma" previous record-holder ! CANTON — Doubles "Prosperity"! PROVIDENCE— Best in 5 years ! TULSA— All records blooie ! DALLAS— New record here! (We could go on and on, to report the same in Scranton, Hartford, Cleveland, Pitts- burgh, Columbus, Richmond, Syracuse, Washington, etc., etc.... but you'll find out for yourself I) : STUDIO UNIONS LET A. F, OF L. DECIDE (Continued from Page 1) suring an amicable settlement of the studio strike. Reardon is connected with the state department of indus- tri?l relations. Bainbridge To Be Honored By Northwest Show Folks (Continued from Page 1) pected. On the executive committee are Al Steffes, Theodore Hayes, W. H. Workman, Mabel Dietz, Henry Green, W. L. Hamilton, Sol Lebedoff, William Mick, Jack Gross, Hugh Andress and Mrs. L. N. Scott. 5 Song Hits in "Footlight Parade" Warner's forthcoming musical special, "Footlight Parade," has five song numbers regarded as hits. They are "By A Waterfall," "Honeymoon Hotel," "Shanghai Lil," "Sitting On A Backyard Fence" and "Ah! The Moon Is Here," all to be published by Witmark. SYD. SAMSON SEES BOOM Buffalo — Sydney Samson, man- ager of the Fox Exchange, sees in the NRA, the basis for the greatest theater attendance in history within the next six months or year. He bases his prediction, not so much on the higher wages and greater em- ployment but on the shorter hours which, he says, will give millions more leisure for amusement. Twin City Golf Tourney Minneapolis — Exhibitors and dis- tributors of the Twin Cities will hold a golf tournament at Detroit Lakes, Minn., Aug. 26-27. Andy Anderson of Detroit Lakes and W. H. Work- man of Minneapolis are on the ar- rangements committee. Branton is Golf Winner Des Moines — Ralph Branton, Pub- lix division manager, was first prize winner in the golf meet at the Allied Theater Owners picnic last week. Western Gets First-Run Kansas City — "Life in the Raw" is the first western to be given a first-run in Kansas City for many months. It is at the Fox Uptown. 111. Sales Tax Upheld Springfield, 111. — Constitutionality of the 2 per cent state sales tax has been upheld by Circuit Judge L. E. Stone in a test action. "Tarzan" Serial for RKO Contracts will be signed today be- tween RKO and Principal Distributing Co. whereby RKO will play "Tarzan the Fearless" over the entire circuit. Both the feature length starter and the subsequent two-reel serial releases are included in the deal. NG THE R I ALTO WITH PHIL M DALY • • • WELL, WELL howjado? here is one of those spicy li'I tidbits without any sex dirt that the Winchellesque type of kolyumists would give the big toe on their right foot to run we just pass it along to yuh as part of the day's pickups caught on the open ear as we passed along Broadway or was it in the office of a big radio exec? or did we get the hot tip right from Washington? dear, dear we must be more careful in future and make a note of just where these Dynamite Items DID come from so — 0 here she goes * * * * • • • IT SEEMS that Ota Gygi vice-prexy of Amalgamated Broadcasting System, Inc. is having his hands full these days worrying about this and that over at the offices on 52nd St. and Madison Avenoo true, Ed Wynn is reputed to be in for a full quarter million of his own dough but it takes more than a li'I quarter million to float a national Radio network in the strictly modern manner and Mister Gygi was reliably reported to have a prominent firm of Wall Street bankers who have dawdled in the film biz all set to swing the deal over big then it seems that the Federal Radio Commission took a hand in the deal according to most reliable sources and "suggested" to the bankers to lay off the proposition which they did so this kinder leaves Ed Wynn holding the bag because he's IN and the Insiders are wondering why the Radio Commission intervened so late with lots of guesses meanwhile a lotta good Broadway Talent has been sit- ting on the benches since April waiting for this Central Network to get goin' having been all but signed for the air work so it's probably tuffer on 'em than on the boys who have only time and dough invested • • • A PERFECT Example of what can be done in Showmanship when a producer and an exhib really get down to working hand in hand in the intelligent New Deal manner Sol Lesser knew he had a pix in "Tarzan the Fearless" so he grabbed off the Roxy 7th Avenue where he knew a lad named Morris Kinzler could give it plenty for the Opening Gun then Mister Lesser took out some Special Insurance to make sure he had it in the bag by securing A. P. Wax- man's services from Floyd Gibbons for the Roxy opening and since Friday we have been watching Messrs. Waxman and Kinzler put "Tarzan" over with beautiful team work each feeding the other playing it up from all angles scheming, planning then going out and socking it over and on Short Notice well, folks, look at the RESULTS we need say no more the Pix isn't all it takes Team Work between Producer and Showman to Cash In BIG * * * * • • • HAVING SET the opening of their pix, "Emperor Jones" through United Artists at the Rivoli John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran are sponsoring a special society return engagement of their initial success, "Maedchen in Uniform" at the Paramount theater in Newport on Aug. 18 Oh, yes, it hasn't been broadcast as yet, but "Lady For A Day," the Columbia Cleanup, goes into the Criterion after Labor Day *. * * * • • • JUST ABOUT the grandest Trailer ever produced is that of National Screen for the NRA they created it and will give it distribution De Luxe handling the lab work J. E. Brulatour contributing 660,000 feet a mere matter of 16,000 shipments for National Screen to handle more about it later it rates Space we haven't got right now Roxy 7th Ave. will run "Tarzan" chapters following the feature for the next four weeks June Knight and James Dunn over Columbia network Aug. 19 on Louis Nizer's pop air program « « « » » » Wednesday, Aug. ™l RALPH KOHN HEAD!! PUBLIX OPERATI (Continued from Page 1) treasurer, will succeed Kol treasurer. In such subsidiaries as Parai has an interest, Kohn will rep the Trustees and the managerai the board, after the reorgani of such subsidiaries by the Ad Committee on Theater Prop, headed by S. A. Lynch. Kohn will continue as Vice- dent of Paramount Productions Paramount International, Inc. Paramount Distributing Corp. The Trustees have under c eration an arrangement wl Sam Dembow will be given op] nity to purchase an interest i of the theater operations now trolled by Paramount, in kc with the plan of decentralizini ater management. This deal, reported in The Film Daily ol 3, involves about a dozen u houses. 5 Northwest Houses Back on Active (Continued from Page 1) 0. C. Ishler; State, Ipswich, i now operated by Mrs. M. D. don and Robert Schwall; State, donia, Min.n, and Legion, Inc dencej Wis. Paid to Smash Equipmen Birmingham — Two Negroe rested with Leo Nations, an ator, said they were paid $100 to smash sound equipment in union houses. All three were for the Grand Jury on wai sworn out by N. H. Waters, r borhood circuit owner. M-G-M Buys Play "The Vinegar Tree," in Mary Boland and Warren W appeared on the New York ; has been acquired by M-G-M. Mascot Feature Sold 100? Mascot's feature "Laughin Life," starring Victor McLagle) been sold 100% for the dor market, the company announce Best wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: August 16 Luoien Littlefield R. G. Karz Mae C with ADOLPHE MENJOU Mary Duncan • C Aubrey Smith Directed by Lowell Sherman from the story by Zoe Akins. A Pandro S. Berman Production. MERIAN C COOPER, executive producer. R K O RADIO PICTURE THE 150 THEATER EXECS ATTEND RKO MEETING (Continued from Page 1) cess of any production. Other speak- ers were Jack Cohn of Columbia, George Schaefer of Paramount, Har- old B. Franklin, Robert S. Sisk and Terry Turner. The meeting ended with a banquet last night. Philly Unit to Push Fight on 50% Rental (Continued from Page 1) David Barrist to Charles O'Reilly, code coordinator with S. R. Kent, and full confidence expressed in the fairness of Sol A. Rosenblatt, NRA deputy administrator. Louis Nizer's appointment on the committee was criticized, however, due to his con- nection with the producers. New Arizona Corporation Phoenix, Ariz. — Papers of incorpo- ration for the Studio theater, Pres- cott, have been filed here. Albert and Harold Stetson are incorpora- tors. Brothers are interested in the studio theater here and the Teatro Obregon in Nogales, Son., Mex. Don Larsen Married Milwaukee — Don Larsen, treasurer of the Davidson, was married this week in Chicago to Margaret Glan- ert. HHMHMMJi HOLLYWOOD PLAZA W° S3 °i In5 Sid Q"2 i SUMMER RATES, Now $2 per day single! $2.50 per day double I Special weekly and monthly rates All rooms with bath and shower. Every modern convenience. Fine food* at reasonable prices in the Plaza's Rus- sian Eagle Garden Cafe. Look for the ''Doorway of Hoipltalitv" QunDairyjVtMyi. Cuye.ru Situ ttS«±.< ■Z2H DAILY Wednesday, Aug. 16 VINE AT HOLLYWOOD BLVD. HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA A LITTLE from "LOTS" By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD fyfAURY COHEN, producer of In- vincible Pictures, now making "Dance, Girl, Dance" as the first of several musicals planned for the new season, declares that music in pictures is now here to stay. The right method of introducing songs as a regular part of the film story has finally been found, says Cohen, and this coupled with the scope of dance direction will assure the pop- ularity of such pictures. Cast of Invincible's "Dance, Girl, Dance" is headed by Evalyn Knapp, Alan Dinehart and the Broadway musical comedy star, Ada May. Pearl Eaton is staging the dance numbers, with Frank Strayer direct- ing. Songs are by Harry Carroll. Johnny Mack Brown has been added to First National's "Son of the Gobs," starring Joe E. Brown. George Cooper replaces Frank McHugh in Warner's "Ever in My Heart," Barbara Stanwyck vehicle. McHugh is busy in "House on 56th St." Mimi Jordan, Fox player, narrow- ly escaped death this week when she was struck by a hit-skip driver. She suffered a fractured toe on her right foot. * * * Malcolm St. Clair will direct El Brendel in his forthcoming Fox fea- ture. George Marshall will super- vise, with James Tynan and Harry Johnson supplying the story. Chesterfield has started its fifth, "A Man of Sentiment." Marian Marsh, Owen Moore and William Bakewell have the leads, supported by Christian Rub, Emma Dunn, Cornelius Keefe, Edmund Breese, Geneva Mitchell, Pat O'Malley, Sid Saylor, Lucille Ward, Otto Hoffman, and Jack Pennick. Richard Thorpe is directing. Eugene Ford has left for Sedona Basin, near Flagstaff, Ariz., to estab- lish a base for filming Fox's "Smoky." * * * M-G-M cast assignments: Ben Bard for "Hollywood Party," David Torrence and Lawrence Grant for "Queen Christina," Doc Rockwell for "Meet the Baron." Gloria Roy, who was a Ziegfeld beauty under the name of Dolores Rousay, has been added to Fox's "Charlie Chan's Greatest Case." Phil Gersdorf has joined the Uni- versal publicity department as a "planter." He will also continue his free-lance press bureau. Warners announce that James Cagney's next starring vehicle will bear the title "The Finger Man," and that there will be two leading women, Mae Clarke and Patricia Ellis. Story will be based on an original by Rosalind Shaffer and Mark Canfield, adapted by Ben Markson and Lillie Hayward. Jack Rawlins has been signed by Universal to write an original story, "Made for Love." He was for sev- eral years film editor for William A. Seiter at Warner Bros, and Uni- versal. Later, he went to England to organize a film editing depart- ment for Gaumont. While abroad he directed "High Society," "Lucky Ladies," "Going Straight," "They're Off." "Sign Please," "Post Haste" and others. Ethel Hill and Dore Schary, who wrote the screen play and dialogue for "Fog," for Columbia, are now working on "The Greatest Thing in Life," also for Columbia. Louis Brock has signed 16-year- old Bobbie Kieve of San Pedro to appear in "Flying Down to Rio." When RKO conducted a beauty quest for 100 girls to appear in the filmu- sical she was afraid to enter, believ- ing herself too young and not pretty enough. However, she entered a bathing beauty contest at the San Pedro Exposition of Progress and this brought her to Brock's atten- tion. Lawrence Hazard, playwright and scenarist, whose "A Man's Castle" is now being directed by Frank Bor- zage, has had his contract renewed at Columbia. He is now writing the screen play and dialogue for "Whom the Gods Destroy." Edward Sutherland will direct Paramount's musical comedy, "Funny Page." Carole Lombard will appear in the Charles R. Rogers production, "She Made Her Bed," for Paramount. Ralph Murphy, now directing "Gold- en Harvest" for Rogers, will direct. Frances Dee has been borrowed from RKO by 20th Century Pictures, the Schenck-Zanuck unit, for the George Bancroft picture, "Blood Money." MASTER CODE LIKE! BY TOMORROW Nl (Continued from Page 1) ney R. Kent, speaking as coo tor, told The Film Daily. Both the producer and distr groups have virtually com their work, as far as their ind al drafts go. The toughtest now under way, however, a hibitor and distributor comn meet in conference to correlate codes, as their provisions inU The exhibitor committee, at it group meetings, has not yet i upon its draft. Meanwhile th tributor representatives stan waiting for an opportunity to with the exhib group to work terlocking problems. For the second consecu;iv( the regular afternoon press c ence was omitted yesterday leaked out, however, that f( pictures, clean advertising and booking, especially in regard i proposed 15 per cent cancel clause, were among the subject sidered. Allied delegates wei ported trying to raise the ar the proposed double feature sion being considered by the ■ itor committee, seeking to hz revised to have a ban imposed 80 per cent of theaters in a tory oppose the practice, ir of 60 per cent. Code-draftin tended to late last night anc resume this morning. Missouri Biz Holds Up Columbus — W. A. Finney, di manager for Loew's, has ret from a trip to western hous St. Louis and Kansas City, asj as a visit to Dayton, and re attendance holding up quite v most of the houses. Vaude at Cincy Palace Cincinnati — RKO vaudeville pected to reopen at the Pala- Aug. 25. Films will also be s The Capitol, now dark, will r shortly. 'Film Curb' in New Office M< Tom Hamlin's "Film Curb' move into new offices in the Building on Monday. May Reopen Salt Lake Hou, Salt Lake City — Several cr nies are reported negotiating j Marshall Square Building Corj reopening of the Orpheum, rec sold at auction. Col. Moving Boston Offici Boston — Columbia is prepari move to modern quarters in tl fices formerly occupied by E tional-World Wide. Oakie, Tracy in "Keyhole"' West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAL Hollywood — Jack Oakie and Sped Tracy are the latest name additions roth Century's "Broadway Thru a Kl, nole." I iday, Aug. 16,1933 DAILV Ijiharine Hepburn and Douglas i Fairbanks, Jr., in 'MORNING GLORY" f with Adolphe Menjou ( !io 74 mins. V$!siATING PERFORMANCE BY HJlNE HEPBURN AS STAGESTRUCK Ll'jTS THIS IN SPECIAL B. 0. I force of stellar performances and : irectorial job, this otherwise simple a stagestruck country girl takes scination and charm that lift it ■ class of better screen offerings. largely a conversational affair, the 1 Katharine Hepburn, as the central -, grips attention and never lets go ler work is at all times a delight. ;enius within her, Katharine comes Iway and, with naively disarming , worms her way into theatrical vhere she is considered something by all except an old actor and a -lay wright, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. o make good in her first role, she i the bluff, and one night accident- Is up at a producer's party, where, runk, she demonstrates her real ■ faying overnight at the producer's he emerges next morning with a w on life, and, with the aid of 'ho's in love with her, eventually her triumph. Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fair- r., Adolphe Menjou, Mary Duncan, ey Smith, Don Alvarado, Frederic Carle, Tyler Brooke, Richard Mitchell. •or, Lowell Sherman; Author, Zoe Adaptor, Howard J. Green; Camera- tert Glennon; Recording Engineer, cDowell; Editor, George Nicholls, Jr. ion, Smart. Photography, Fine. "THIS DAY AND AGE" with Charles Bickford, Judith Allen, Richard Cromwell Paramount 86 mins. IMPRESSIVE SPECTACULAR DRAMA OF MODERN YOUTH VS. RACKETEER- ING. This Cecil B. DeMille production carries tremendous appeal and unusual entertain- ment values. The theme is refreshingly different and deals entirely with the newer generation of boys and girls who, encount- ering stifled justice, crooked politics and the power of organized gangdom, revolt and take it upon themselves to mete out just deserts to the guilty. Charles Bick- ford, as a white collar racketeer, rules the city, commits murder and defies the courts to convict him. It is not until he kills a High-School lad that the boys from every student body for miles around decide to enforce the law themselves. Bickford is taken prisoner and tortured into making a confession. The scenes that follow, with thousands of boys parading through the town, riding Bickford on a rail, are master- fully handled. Every player presents a most convincing portrayal. The picture has tears, laughs, real heart-throb suspense and a sweet romance. Cast: Charles Bickford, Judith Allen, Richard Cromwell, Eddie Nugent, Ben Alex- ander, Harry Green, Lester Arnold, Fuzzy Knight, Wade Boteler, Bradley Page, Billy Gilbert, Harry C. Bradley, Louise Carter, Michael Stuart, Guy Usher, George Barbier, Oscar Rudolph, Charles Middleton, Warner Richmond, Onest Conly, Samuel S. Hinds, Mickey Daniels, Howard Lang, Arthur Vin- ton, Nella Walker. Director, Cecil B. DeMille; Author, Bart- lett Cormack; Adaptor, same; Dialoguer, same; Editor, Anne Bauchens; Cameraman, Peverell Marley; Recording Engineer, Harry M. Lindgren. Direction, Strong. Photography, Fine. =\ NRA Code Confab Sidelights By ARTHUR W. EDDY LE Eddie Golden is arguing i t the distributor committee gs, his offspring, Robert, is :ross the hall, "covering" the cketeering conference for the Mirror." is one gathering at which z O'Reilly has to keep out of *s. As coordinator his duties him to preside at the exhib- mmittee sessions. ik McCarthy is substituting limmy Grainger, "U" sales iin. rley Moses of the Century drops in periodically to con- th A. H. Schwartz. ' Film Daily Year Book is ig in the code-drafting pro- ?s as a much-in-demand refer- ook. wh the exception of Gabriel L. W yhere are no Hays office people .i'| premises. Sid Samuelson comes out of each tussle with a smile on his face. Felix F. Feist looked cool and calm in a white linen suit. Ed Kuykendall and Gus Metzger are both planning visits to the Cen- tury of Progress in between the final code draft and the Washington NRA hearing. Fred Wehrenberg, with shirt col- lar unlatched, battled all day long for independent exhibitor rights. A party of five exhibs are still commenting on the entertainment they received at the Long Island home of George Skouras over the week-end. They are: Jack Miller, Ben Bernstein, Fred Wehrenberg, Gus Metzger and Ed Kuykendall. James C. Ritter, Allied leader, re- turned to the fray yesterday after a brief visit to his home and business in Michigan. John Wayne in 'THE MAN FROM MONTEREY" with Ruth Hall Warner Bros. 59 mins. COLORFUL WESTERN OF OLD CALI- FORNIA PACKS PLENTY OF THRILLS AND FAST ACTION. John Wayne has a fat part as the U. S. captain sent to Monterey to advise the Mexican landholders to record their prop- erty under old Spanish land grants or else the government will throw them into the public domain. He encounters a situation where Don Jose and his daughter are about to be taken over for their property by Don Pablo and his son whom they have always believed to be their best friends. The crooked friends are scheming to grab Don Jose's property as soon as the government takes it over, meanwhile assuring the Don that he is foolish to register his claim. Wayne uncovers their double dealing, and with his pal, Luis Alberni (who does a nifty comedy role as a poor Mex), sets out to defeat the swindlers and their gang of highbinders and save the girl from a forced marriage to the yound scoundrelly Don Luis. Plenty of Mexican color with the hacienda scenes and fights and fast riding to satisfy any thrill fan. Cast: John Wayne, Ruth Hall, Luis Al- berni, Francis Ford, Nina Quartero, Lafay- ette McKee, Donald Reed, Lillian Leighton, Charles Whittaker. Director, Mack V. Wright; Author, Les- lie Mason; Adaptor, same; Cameraman, Ted McCord. Direction, Good. Photography, Exceptional. Lionel Atwill in "THE SPHINX" with Sheila Terry Monogram 64 mins. FEW FILMS CARRY SUCH SUSPENSE AS THIS ONE, WITH ATWILL IN STRONG DRAMATIC ROLE. The gent named Albert De Mond cred- ited as the author deserves a special film award. He turned out a cuckoo for down- right suspense that holds you taut to the end. A swell directorial job by Phil Rosen, and Lionel Atwill as the Sphinx delivering a masterly and telling performance. Mono- gram has hit the button with this one, for it tells a powerful dramatic story and keeps building with surprise twists right to the close. Atwill as the Sphinx is suspected by a newspaper reporter as the killer in a series of crimes. The police are baffled. He is brought to trial, and exonerated by a jury as his defense proves he is deaf and dumb and could not have talked to the State's only witness as the witness swears. The reporter and his pal, the inspector, played to the hilt by Paul Hurst, keep after their quarry however, and finally pin the crimes on him in a most surprising and un- looked for development. One of those mystery thrillers you've got to see to ap- preciate its full exploitation possibilities. Cast: Lionel Atwill, Sheila Terry, Theo- dore Newton, Paul Hurst, Luis Alberni, Robert Ellis, Lucien Prival, Paul Fix, Lillian Leighton, Hooper Atchley, Wilfred Lucas, George Hayes. Director, Phil Rosen; Author, Albert De Mond; Dialoguer, same; Adaptor, same; Cameraman, Gill Warrenton. Direction, Excellent. Photography, Very good. GOES EVERYWHERE COVERS EVERYTHING iT^^DAILY- LONDON HOLLYWOOD NEW YORK PARIS BERLIN At No Time in the Past 1 5 Years Has There Been More Reader Interestin FILM DAILY Than Exists Right Now * * * Never Was the Industry More ' Newsy * * * Know What's Going On By Reading the FILM DAILY First Thing Every Morning * * * «i« Industry's 3 greatest director offer their 6 finest achievement! and WITH COLUMBIA PICTURES T933-1934 FRANK BORZAGE Now directing fhe first of his two great pro- ductions for Columbia -"MAN'S CASTLE" with SPENCER TRACY, LORETTA YOUNG, Helen Mac- Kellar, Glenda Farrell, Walter Connolly. He pre- dicts that it will be the best picture of his career. LEWIS MILESTONE Winner of the Photoplay Medal for 1930 and two Academy awards will direct two great productions for Columbia. You can be assured that they will be two of the finest pictures on your 1933-34 program. COLUMBIA OFFERS THE GREATES1 1H1RJ.INE-UP IN THE INDUSTRY \Aw\JalM The Daily N ewspa per Of Motion Pict u res Now Fifteen Years Old Dl LXIII. NO. -iC NEW y€CI^,TMJC$DAy, AUGUST 17, 1933 <5 CENTS )strib-Exhib Code Groups Apart on Knotty Issues (1ST AGREE ON LABORPOINTS FIRST, JAYS NRA hst of Code May Be Worked Out in Washington lingness of Groups field Likely to Put hrdenUptoNRA I ting from yesterday's code \.\ii after more fatiguing hours, b/r leaders, both from the M. \i\ A. and Allied ranks, pessi- Bly declared that they likely i;ompelled to go to the Wash- ajiearing with a set of excep- 1 i hich virtually consist of a Ef;>, although unofficial, code. y ised this prediction on the ■ji consistent failure of the rij tor committee to agree with c bitor code recommendations, le :press the opinion that most • J {Continued on Page 7) D.i CIRCUITS FILE If'SESTIONS ON CODE t of code recommendations, d by Lee A. Ochs and em- | some new quirks along with s, was submitted to the code itors yesterday by three in- ;nt New York circuits, Con- [d Amusement Enterprises, tan Playhouses and Lee A. theater Circuit, representing ses, but said to voice the , (.Continued on Page 4) "The Power and the Glory" and Narratage Again there is something new under the cinema sun, and it is called Narratage. You will find this newcomer as part and parcel of "The Power and the Glory," the latest contribution of Jesse Lasky to the Fox banner, that opened at the historic Gaiety Theater last evening before a swanky Broadway audience. Narratage might be defined, at least in this instance, as a complete spoken version of the story, coming into play in non-dialogue sequences, and voiced from off-screen as the reflections of one of the principal characters. "The Power and the Glory" is unmistakably a great picture. Its story is frank, honest, tragic and breathlessly real. Standing out is the direction of William K. Howard and the characterizations of Colleen Moore and Ralph Morgan. "Power and the Glory" is one of the few productions that falls into the legitimate two-dollar class and is an inspirational answer to those intellectual picture patrons constantly demanding something better in screen fare. JACK ALICOATE. Paramount Creditors to Decide Aug. 25 Whether Trendle Gets Detroit Houses Whether operation of the Publix Detroit houses is to pass to George W. Trendle will be decided at a meeting of Paramount Publix cred- itors scheduled for Aug. 25 in the office of Referee Henry K. Davis. Trendle has made an offer to ac- quire an interest in the Pontiac Holding Corp., which controls the Detroit group. John Balaban is also seeking control of the houses. Other matters slated for action at the meeting, which will be presided (Continued on Page 2) Philly Unit is Sticking With M. P. T. O. A. ci tig Man from Ranks IrHynes'PostatRKO If Id B. Franklin and Phil ■m will select a man from the Oifrheater organization to re- ctlB. J. Hynes, who resigned n<| t as head of personnel opera- sjpd chief of the budget. Al- (Continued on Page 4) »id No Squawks Heard er playing Loew's New York for ay on a double-bill, "The Sphinx" |v running three days at the classier 5 Ziegfeld, just ten blocks up the on a single-feature program. The dove of peace once more hov- ers over relations between the M. P. T. O. A. and its affiliate, the M. P. T. 0. of Eastern Penna., Southern N. J. and Del., which a few days ago was reported as withdrawing from the national exhibitor association. Differences have been ironed out, said M. P. T. O. A. leaders yester- day, and their members participat- ing in the industry code conference are now in harmony with the Phila- delphia unit, it was stated. Hope to Complete Code Tonight Though Apart on Knotty Issues Despite pessimistic reports to the contrary, Charles L. O'Reilly late yesterday afternoon insisted that the industry code will be com- pleted by tonight for delivery to Deputy Administrator Sol A. Rosen- blatt in Washington. The statement followed a day of hot conference- room battling in which exhibitor and distributor committees were unoffi- cially reported as apart on all con- troversial issues confronting them. A highlight of the day's excite- ment occurred in the afternoon, when Sidney R. Kent presented the distributor committee report on clauses agreed upon by the exhibi- tor committee. Previously, individual meetings of each group had taken place in the Bar Association Build- ing. "Prevailing opinions" have been (Continued on Page 6) Sol Rosenblatt Tells Code Groups to Get Together With Unions By WILLIAM SILBERBERG FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Washington — Emphasizing the fact that the administration is pri- marily interested in employment and wages, all code committees were urged by the NRA yesterday to get together with international labor union executives before submitting codes to Washington. Sol A. Ro- senblatt, amusement industry ad- ministrator, declared that "no mat- ter how many elements are fighting, labor shall be satisfied first and all (Continued on Page 4) EQUITY Wm CODE THROUGH LABOR ANGLE Actors' Equity Ass'n is expected to figure importantly in the film in- dustry code, not only through the step it has taken with regard to chorus girls used in stage presenta- tions, but with regard to player talent generally, The Film Daily learns. Equity holds the exclusive (Continued on Page 2) A. H. Schwartz Adding Two Houses to Circuit A. H. Schwartz is adding two houses to his Century circuit, bring- ing the total to 28 theaters. The Franklin in Franklin Square will be ready Oct. 11. It seats 1,100. About Sept. 1, he begins construc- tion on a 1,200-seat theater at Riverhead, L. I. Played Out Exhausted by eight consecutive days and nights of code-making efforts, punctuated with intense debates, the exhibitor committee suspended its ses- sions at 5:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon with plans for resuming this morning at 10 o'clock. Last night drafting com- mittees were still at work. THE J^3 DAILV Thursday, Aug. 17, Vol. LXIII, No. 40 Thins., Aug 17, 1933 Price 5 Cants JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Asso- ciate Editor; Don Carle Gillette. Managing Editor. 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American Adaptions of the British Production "FAITHFUL HEART" Now Piaying Mayfair Theatre Re-Recorded under the direction and supervision of JACK KEMP 723 7th Ave. Room 1001 BRyant 9-2180 Paramount Creditors To Act on Detroit Houses {Continued from Page 1) over by Oscar W. Ehrhorn in the absence of Davis, include: Ratification of the sale by Dent Theaters of the capital stock of all its subsidiaries to a new corporation to be formed under an agreement between Dent and Karl Hoblitzelle; proposed sale of the stock of the South Broad- way Building Co. and of the claims of the trustees and of all subsidiaries of the bank- rupt against the South Broadway company; proposed compromise and settlement of addi- tional Federal income taxes of the corporation for 1929 which have been assessed to the amount of $389,094, with interest at 6 per cent, by payment of $216,990; advance money to the Seneca Holding Corp. in connection with its studio, laboratory and film depot at Long Island City; proposed settlement of dispute between Walter Reade and Frank V. Storrs based on an agreement dated May 5, 1930; right to settle claims of the bankrupt arising out of an agreement with Fox Film Corp., dated Dec. 10, 1930. Erpi Signs NRA Code Electrical Research Products has signed the NRA employers' agree- ment, stated Vice-President H. G. Knox of that company yesterday. New Picture Starts in Florida St. Petersburg, Fla. — "Hired Wife," with a cast headed by Greta Nissen, Weldon Heyburn, Molly O'Day, James Kirkwood, Jane Win- ton and Jack Chapin, has gone in work at the Kennedy studios, now headed by T. C. Parker, Jr. George Melford is directing. "Playthings of Desire," recently finished here, has its world premiere Sept. 2 at the Capitol, this city. Carrillo Winding Up Air Run Leo Carrillo, who has been mas- ter of ceremonies on Chase and San- born's Sunday night broadcasts for the last few months, closes his radio run next Sunday. He is going: back to Hollywood for picture work. Paramount Bill Holds Over Paramount's "Three - Cornered Moon," together with the stage show headed by George Olsen and his or- chestra, will be held for a second week at the New York Paramount. Great Lakes House Staff Set Buffalo — Robert T. Murphy will be house manager; Nelson Martin, as- sistant, and Ralph D. Schwartz, or- chestra conductor of the Great Lakes, which reopens Saturday. Murphy has been associated with Shea houses for several years. Theater for Detroit Play Center Detroit — The Crosstown Center, formerly the Forest Club dance hall, is installing the latest RCA Victor High Fidelity apparatus preparatory to reopening. The premises were formerly occupied by two ballrooms, but under the new management of Wagman and Leasia, one of the ball- rooms has been remodeled into a theater with a seating capacity of 1,400. Baehr Takes Krim House Detroit — The Plaza theater on the East Side has been sold by Leon Krim, circuit owner, to Arthur D. Baehr, former manager of the Sen- ate and other local houses. Equity "In" On Code Through Labor Angle (Continued from Page 1) American Federation of Labor char- ter covering the acting profession, and under Deputy Administrator Sol A. Rosenblatt's instructions that labor agreements are all-important, Equity aims to be consulted in the formulation of the portion of the film industry code that applies to players. Thus far, Equity has not figured in the film code formulation, but the association is expected to have a definite voice in the Washing- tion hearing. Warner Product Deal Capitol Theater Co., Long Beach, Cal., operating 13 houses, is the lat- est to sign for the complete 1933-34 Warner-First National output, in- cluding Vitaphone shorts and trail- ers. M. B. Arthur is head of the cir- cuit. Leonard Hall Made Editor Leonard Hall of the Radio City Music Hall publicity staff under George Gerhard has been appointed editor of "RKO Now" and the "Radio City News." Hall replaces Percy Trussell, who has been transferred to Gerhard's department. "Voltaire" Opening Tuesday George Arliss in "Voltaire," War- ner release, will have its Broadway opening Tuesday at the Hollywood, following the run of "Gold Diggers." THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK " Aug. 18-20: Monogram-Monarch sales ing, Cleveland. Aug. 21 - Annual outing of Omaha fil Lakeview Country Club, Omaha. Aug. 22: Outing of the Allied The. Michigan and Detroit Film Board of St. Clair Golf and Country Club, Aug. 22: Semi-monthly meeting of Theater Owners of New Jersey, ganization headquarters, New York. Aug. 23: Independent Theater Owners cruise up the Hudson. Aug. 23: Independent Theater Owners outing and Hudson River boat ride. Aug. 23-24: First annual convention 0 pendent Motion Picture Owners Ass of Delaware and Eastern Shore of f> at Hotel Henelopen, Rehoboth, Del. Aug. 26-28: Golf tournament of Minn St. Paul exhibitors-distributors, Lakes, Minn. Sept. 5-6-7: Allied Mew Jersey cor and Allied States Ass'n Eastern Con' at Atlantic City. Sept. 10-12: Annual convention of S01 ern Theater Owners Ass'n, Atlanta. Sept. 13: A. M. P. A. holds annual el* officers Sept. 28-29: Third Annual Miniature Conference, New York. A. D. V. secretary. Oct. 16-18: Society of Motion Pictu gineers fall meeting, Edgewater Hotel, Chicago. John A. Pferd Dies Buffalo— John A. Pferd, 72, neer exhibitor here, died this after a brief illness. GOES EVERYWHERE COVE! EVERYTH ar^VDAILY- LONDON HOLLYWOOD NEW YORK PARIS You Can't Sel 'Em If Yo Can't Reach 'E m Film Daily Does Not Cool li Heels In The Waiting Rooi But Goes Straight As A Arrow To The Buying Powc Of The Industry * * PART! LESLIE HOWARD Four to give Cleveland — Max Lefkowich circuit owner, has awarded coi to RCA Victor Co. for installs Photophone High Fidelity s; in three of his houses, the Park, Standard and Strand. Sioux City, la. — The On former RKO house now opera The America, Inc., headed by gan Ames, has been equippe< complete new RCA Victor Fidelity sound equipment. N. D. Golden Moves Offic Was)xington Bureau of THE FILM Washington — N. D, Golden, dling the work of the Motio- ture Division of the Departm Commerce, now is located Specialties Division of the I in Room 2032 of the Com, Building. It is announced tW cording to Roosevelt's idea ot the Bureau should do, it wiH a part of its efforts toward do trade slants, along with its f; trade work. Detroit House Changes Ha. Detroit — The Chalmers, Eas house, has been bought by Ch Theater Corp., organized by Dunn, from Tony Lombardo, Stevens, formerly of the Li. La Salle theater, is manage Dunn. Screen Scenery for Legit Due to difficulties with the sc, designers' union which has refused make settings for his "Murder of Vanities," stage production, Earl Car plans to use "phantom scenery" I: jected on a screen. Max Tauber is - technician. DAILY I becoming: clearer to me, as st experiences in production, I public has been conducting I but successful campaign to I 1 the star system." — JESSE l \Y. n't want people to get the it I'm the old-time type of that I can play only the hot of 30 years ago." — MAE n we combine in men the fic- ing ability and the creative sense, we shall have men ng and expressing a story in terms of cinema." — ERIC GHT in "Cinema Quarterly," gh. acting is a nerve straining ; at best."— LOWELL SHER- II e is only one reason that I hk of why there shouldn't cy or forty sensational hits ' York the coming season, .t is because we haven't the to write them." — ARCH Tl*e is always an open form on c istion 'What is Wrong with IWater?' but in my opinion all if which are wrong — and there pity — are meaningless against lit of suitable manuscripts." — 4.N SHUMLIN. fjeen hundred bucks for one fa lot of bunk."— NAT PEN- 'N. - for Omaha Orpheum Rent la — Briefs have been sub- in Federal Court here by the iational Bank building com- nd heirs of the Barker and berg families, owners of the m theater properties, to com- ' receiver for the property to ?rdue rental instead of taxes, is now operated with double s by A. H. Blank of Des Stanley Brown is manager. Golf Critics in at Miami, recently, Jack Miller, go theater operator, gave a lift pair of caddies and immediately i to ply them with questions as to iast golf courses in that locality. I a while he asked them to name orst course in Miami, and the boys ;tly and in unison, exclaimed: •ler". Which is the course in which |r and certain other film execs own bis. A LITTLE from "LOTS ►// By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD JJUTH CHATTERTON, having fin- ished "Female" for First Na- tional, will next appear in "Man- dalay," with Lyle Talbot. * * * Paramount has purchased "The Pink Chemise," Philip Wylie's ac- tion-romance of the Central Amer- ican jungles which ran as a short story in "Liberty" Magazine a few months ago. Cary Grant will play the leading role in it. Philip Mac- Donald is adapting. Victor McLaglen, now abroad, has cabled acceptance of a role in RKO's "Patrol," which probably will star Richard Dix. Billy Bevan, Wallace Ford, Brandon Hurst, Alan Hale, Paul Hansen and Douglas Walton also have been assigned roles. John Ford will direct. * * * Paul Malvern has signed Armand Schaefer to direct "Sagebrush Trail," second John Wayne western for Lone Star Productions. Linds- ley Parsons, Monogram studio pub- licity director, has been assigned to the adaptation and continuity. "Hermit of Times Square," by Alvin Smith, has been bought by RKO as a vehicle for Irene Dunne. Howard Green will be associate pro- ducer. * * * Lyda Roberti will have a leading role in Paramount's filmusical "Cruise to Nowhere," while Helen Twelvetrees has been assigned oppo- site George Raft in "The Trumpet Blows." Eric Linden and Helen Mack have been assigned roles in RKO's "Es- cape to Paradise," while Reginald Barlow goes into the cast of "Ann Vickers." ifc ^ sjc Frances Fuller will desert the Paramount studios in Hollywood for the New York stage in September. She will appear in the Clare Rum- mer play, "Only With You," which she had contracted to do prior to signing her five year acting agree- ment with Paramount. She has just finished her first screen role, op- posite Gary Cooper in "One Sunday Afternoon." Leslie Howard is due back from England the latter part of Septem- ber to start work in First National's "British Agent." Jimmy Gruen and Roland Asher have been signed by RKO to write the comedy feature in which ZaSu Pitts and Pert Kelton will be co- starred. * * * Columbia has engaged Howard Jones, famous football coach of the University of Southern California for one of the principal roles in "Mickey's Touchdown," two-reel Mickey McGuire comedy. William Cameron Menzies, long head of the Fox studios art depart- ment, was given a long term Para- mount contract this week as director and co-director. For the past two months he has been working on the "Alice in Wonderland" script: John Rogers, 16-year-old son of Charles R. Rogers, independent pro- ducer for Paramount, began his screen career this week in charge of the "Golden Harvest" troupe's ward- robe. He is a senior in Beverly Hills High School, and plans to learn the business during summer vacations, hoping to be a producer himself some day. Glenda Farrell has been signed by Columbia for "Man's Castle," with Loretta Young, Spencer Tracy, Helen MacKellar, Walter Connolly and Arthur Hohl. Frank Borzage will direct. * * * Billy Kieve, 16-year-old San Pedro beauty contest winner, has been signed by RKO for "Flying Down to Rio." Leaving Most of Code To Washington Hearing (.Continued f of the code would be worked out at Washington. Unless a spirit of compromise and fair-mindedness enters into the .pro- ceedings, it was declared on both sides, work of getting together on an industry code may extend into next week. Among other clauses, distributor and exhibitor conference committees were reported in discord over the proposed cancellation clause. The M. P. T. 0. A. and Allied delega- tions were holding out for a 15 per cent provision, the latter group hav- ing changed its position from a 20 per cent demand. Distributors were rom Page 1) understood to be seeking to fix the cancellation percentage at 5. Other clauses still in dispute were reported to include open market buy- ing, score charges and designated playdates. Several exhibitors last night made plans for leaving the conference. Fred Wehrenberg said he intends to depart tonight for his home in St. Louis and Gus Metzger of Los An- geles had tentative plans for leav- ing for the Coast today or tomor- row. On the other hand Jack Miller of Chicago, convinced that there's a long schedule of battling ahead, has wired for Mrs. Miller to join him. NRA CODE Confab SIDELIGHTS.. Sir ARTHUR IV. EDDY^^^ £HARLEY O'REILLY'S gavel is J taking the rap— plenty. He's had a tough job maintaining parliamen- tary procedure at the exhibitor ses- sions. Jack Connolly of Pathe News dropped in yesterday noon to do some handshaking. Trying to get a line on what is go- ing on behind the closed committee doors, through conversations with committeemen, reminds you of Guy Kibbee in "The Dark Horse." Re- plies in substance are generally: "Yes — and again, no." Jack Miller is receiving numerous exhibitor telegrams containing code proposals — all arriving collect. Sam Dembow's deal to take over a group of Paramount controlled houses in New York state is being held up owing to his duties at the industry code conference. His con- tract with the company does not ex- pire until next March. Attorney Louis Nizer is counsel- ling the affiliated circuits' represen- tatives. Sam Morris, who normally is head of the Warner-First National for- eign department, is representing that company in the code negotiations. Buying power of three New York circuits, which submitted a set of code proposals yesterday, was esti- mated by Charley O'Reilly as ag- gregating $1,200,000 annually. Ralph A. Kohn, new Paramount theaters' operating head, held a lob- by conference with Nathan Burkan during the afternoon. John Hamrick, who was appointed a member of the independent exhi- bitor delegation, has failed to arrive from Seattle, as per reported sched- ule. Ruby Opens 35 mm. Rental Dept. A rental department under the di- rection of Edward Rubenstein, of- fering new type 35 mm. Bell & How- ell silent cameras adapted for sound and equipped for High Fidelity, has been opened by the Ruby Camera Exchange. First Choice for Old Roxy Under the Seventh Ave. Roxy's prod- uct deal with Universal the house will have first choice on the company's 1933-34 program of 36 features, taking 26 pictures, Harry Arthur explained yes- terday. Pictures other than the ones selected by the Roxy go to RKO for Radio City. PI, Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter in "Daddy Long Legs" JANET GAYNOR WARNER the immortal star team of "Daddy Long Legs' in another FOX sensation Says VARIETY (Hollywood edition); "Taddy' will rank with (State Fair9 a$ a money-maker!" That's the golder tip-off on this tip-top hit. Witt Janet Gaynor full of pep and sparklt . . .Warner Baxter more appealingb virile than ever. Another completet 1933-34 crowd-getter from FO> manpower. BAXTER „ PADDY *** !0KS> #* PILGRIMAGE proves popular-price smash at Radio City Music Hall following its dazz- ling $2 run at the Gaiety, New York. the Next Best Thine with Walter Connolly Harvey Stephen Margaret Lindsay Mary McCormi Screen Play and dialogue direction by Edwin Burke. Directed by Harry Lachman From Gertrude Page's novel sosjt mf #p- **"* ' *l* (IP mate in Character it rnational in Scope u pendent in Thought The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fifteen Years Old C. LXIII. NO. 41 new yocr,rciDAy, august is, 1933 <5 CENTS ^hntinuing Committees Are Named on Code Work IBS- DISTRIBS DEADLOCK ON CODE CONTINUES dependents Insist on No Dual Bill Restrictions il Decision on Double Matures Opposed by Indie Distribs .pendent distributors affiliated "he Federation of the Motion :e Industry wi!l not recede "their position in demanding rie industry code impose abse- il no restrictions or ban upon feature bills. This was the ent made by Attorney Jacob :ter, counsel for the associa- allowing a meeting of its board (Continued on Page 12) TART MADE PRES. OF PUBLIX UNITS achel Stuart has been appoint- sident of the five Paramount- subsidiary companies now o.p- l the 15 Detroit houses which ; is supervising. Ralph Kohn vl -president and Austin Keough f|'retary. Stuart is also on the I of directors. I. . Hynes is Joining erschel Stuart at Para. B|F. Hynes, who resigned from ■Theaters on Monday, will join e&hel Stuart at Paramount Pub- c pxt week. It is likely that uj; and Hynes will conclude their i in connection with the Publix lit houses within about three wis and subsequently take over Iffision of another Paramount- group. Code "Supreme Court" U. Bur. of THE FILM DAILY Washington — The National Recovery ■ninistration yesterday was under- )d planning a "Supreme Court" for ,>r and industry as an outgrowth of I seven-man board of arbitration, 'ction of this proposed court would Ito interpret codes of the film and |:r industries. Scenes at noon yester- day at Radio City Mus- ic Hall when "Morning Glory" RKO-Radio pic- ture opened to largest attendance in the his- tory of the 6,000 seat house. — Advt. Name Continuing Committees To Carry On Film Code Work RKO Closes Product Deal With Can. F. P. Circuit RKO's entire feature and short- subject line-up for 1933-34 has been booked by the Famous Players Ca- nadian circuit of about 200 houses. Jules Levy, who returned Wednes- (Continued on Page 12) Green Plans Confab on Jurisdictional Dispute Washington — Union jurisdictional differences in connection with the Hollywood studio craft strike yes- terday was referred temporarily by the newly created National Labor (Continued on Page 12) Continuing committees have been named by the producer and distribu- tor code-drafting groups to carry on whatever work is necessitated after completion of their individual set of code proposals. They are as fol- lows: Producer: S. R. Kent, Fox; J. Robert Rubin, M-G-M; Jacob Schech- (Continued on Page 11) Joe Rock Made Vice-Pres. Of Hochreich's Company Joe Rock, veteran producer whose productions have been released by various national distributors, is un- derstood joining David R. Hochreich as vice-president in charge of pro- (Continued on Page 11) Give Up Hope of Finishing Code Draft at New York Confabs Distributor and exhibitor code- making committees were reported yesterday as continuing in deadlock on all controversial issues over which they have clashed during the past few days at their Bar Associa- tion Building sessions. As the tenth day of code-drafting work ended, the groups had failed to complete a set of agreed-upon proposals as hoped (Continued on Page 11) RKO IS SEEN BEHIND NEW SINGER CIRCUIT Chicago — Wide expansion of the new Mort Singer circuit is planned, with RKO taking more than a book- ing interest in the outfit. The ma- jor circuit is said to be financially (Continued on Page 12) M-G-M Sales at Peak; No Exclusives So Far So far M-G-M has not sold any exclusive runs for the new season, Felix F. Feist told The Film Daily during an interlude at the industry code meeting yesterday. He said that sales up to the present point in the season, compared with similar per- iods in past years, represent the big- gest business in the company's his- tory. Slight Oversight Wash. Bur. of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Through error, the name of Warner Bros, was omitted on the form letter sent out by the NRA ad- vising exhibitors of the forthcoming NRA shorts. The letter listed the producers cooperating on the films. In a special letter to exhibitors who received the first communication, Frank R. Wilson explains: "It was so taken for granted on this thing that we considered Harry Warner one of the family and the mis- take was not realized until after the letters were in the mail." THE _ Friday, Aug. 18, !■ hi. LXIII, No. 41 Fri., Aug 18, 1933 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. 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Zimbalist, who was in the home office advertising department for five years, has already left for St. Louis to assume his new duties. More Proof of Nothing ST. CHARLES ATLANTIC CITY An Entire Block on the Boardwalk A most beautifully appointed resort hotel . . . Excellent Cuisine . . . Spacious, sunny rooms . . . The homelike atmosphere of the St. Charles make the days spent there a delightful memory . . . Come and enjoy 1 RATES GREATLY REDUCED AS INDICATED sometime back, the screen is to be shown up as a disquieting ** element sociologically through the medium of a series of volumes published by the Macmillian Co. and based on so-called scientific researches by college professors and others financed by the Payne Fund. Latest of these volumes deals with the effects of movies on children's sleep. A flock of kids, 6 to 18 years old, in groups of 20, were put to sleep in single beds, each fitted with an electrical device which recorded the changes in posture made by the sleeper minute by minute throughout nine hours' stay in bed each night for about 50 nights in succession. And the net result of it all, as far as we can make out from the book, is the dis- covery that "some movies" are disturbing to children's sleep. Some foods disagree with some kids some times, too, but what can be proved by Generalizing on that? You will note that in making the scientific survey, the kids were placed in single beds. Since few youngsters enjoy that exclusive privilege in actual home life, is it not possible that all those beautiful calculations might be frightfully upset if the kids were seismo<»raphed in their natural sleeping environment — two, three and sometimes four in a bed? But why go further into the farce? In spite of all those professorial statistics, the parent who allows his kids to live normal lives, enjoying a restless night and a bellyache now and then, will see them prow up into better citizens than if they were nurtured under the hot-house conditions that seem to be favored by scientific researchers. This teapot tempest stirred up bv the Payne Fund about the movies being bad for the kids is showing itself to be a bigger bunch of hooey with each new batch of "findings" that is made known. — D. C. G. New State Tax Bill Introduced in Ohio Columbus — As expected, the new state amusement tax bill advocated by the Governor, calling for a 10 per cent levy on all admissions of a dime or more, has been introduced in the House. P. J. Wood, business man- ager of the Ohio M. P. T. O., is hav- ing a tough time getting members to pay up dues so he will have funds to fight the measure, which is ex- pected to take about $3,500,000 year- ly from theaters. Mahoney, Farnum Firm To Make 12 Two-Reelers West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Will Mahoney and Ralph Farnum have formed their own company, known as Will Ma- honey Productions, to make a series of twelve two-reelers, starring Ma- honey. Ralph Staub will direct. Max Gordon to Produce Mary Pickf ord Stage Play Arrangements are understood to have been completed for Max Gor- don to make the Broadway produc- tion of Mary Pickford's first play, which will have music by Elsa Max- well and Grace Moore in the leading role. It is expected to open about the end of November. French Film for Broadway "Ariane," French production with dialogue in English and featuring a cast headed by Elisabeth Bergner, who has attracted considerable at- tention abroad, has been acquired by the recently formed Blue Rib- bon Photoplays, Inc., and will open shortly on Broadway. The film, dealing with a delicate love affair, has been highly rated abroad. Percy Marmont has the male lead. Henri de la Falaise Back With Bali Film West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Marquis Henri de la Falaise, husband of Constance Ben- nett, has returned from Bali with a Technicolor sound picture called "Le- gong" filmed on that island with all- native cast. A musical score will be added at the RKO studios. Gaston Glass, unit manager, and William Howard Greene, Technicolor expert, accompanied the Marquis. Hepburn Film Draws 'Em Box office receipts at the Radio City Music Hall yesterday reached a near high attendance record for the opening day with "Morning Glory," starring Katharine Hepburn, as the screen attraction. Crowds lined 50th St. to Fifth Ave. at 11 a.m., a few minutes before the doors opened for the first show. Randforce Goes NRA The Randforce circuit, operating in the metropolitan area, is now fly- ing NRA banners. Number of em- ployees to be affected by wage rises has not as yet been determined. Tashman Replaces Joyce West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Due to the illness of Peggy Hopkins Joyce, who collapsed on the set, Lilyan Tashman has re- placed her in "Broadway Thru a Keyhole," the 20th Century picture for United Artists release. Miss Joyce became ill in Chicago last week and was forced to cancel en- gagements, but came on to the coast anyway and tried to go through with her role. Ready Reference Direct With Addresses and Phone Number Recognized Industry Concerns What To Buy And H— Where To Buy It • Distributors • THRILLi lom lyler in £■ "WAR of the Range" p A Monarch Production SPILL * Engravers • CALL— "CITY" PHOTO ENGRAVING (Day and Night Service) 250 W. 54th St., N. Y Tel. COIumbus 5-6741 r Equipment VORTKAMP AND COMPAI Lamps and Carbons ALL OTHER THEATER SUPPLII 1600 B'way, CH. 4-5550 N. Y • Hand Coloring • HAND COLORING of POSITIVE PRINTS 528 Riverside Drive New York C UNiversity 4-2073 • Foreign • AMERANGLO CORPORATION EXPORTERS— IMPORTERS Cable: Chronophon 226 WEST 42ND STREET NEW YORK CITY LONDON PARIS IERL Scrap Film WE BUY JUNK FILM Guarantee No Piracy BEST MARKET PRICES WOODRIDGE NEW JEFt: FOUR STARS (****)" N. Y. Daily News Another 4-star bellringer... third in a row from FOX to win top review honors at the $2 Gaiety. And at the box-office? Tremendous! More proof that nobody is making greater 1933-34 product than FOX manpower. Read on: **** Deserves to be placed among most distinguished films of year. Spencer Tracy and Colleen Moore excellent. — Kate Cameron, N. Y. Daily News 1933 film triumph. Tense drama to enthrall you at the Gaiety. Jesse Lasky has kept the faith. — Regina Crewe, N. Y. American Gripping, fascinating. Unusual in the fierce impact of its reality. Spencer Tracy gives matchless performance. Colleen Moore will amaze fans. Blandjohaneson, N. Y. Mirror Unmistakably a great picture. One of the few that falls into the legitimate $2 class. Frank, honest, breathlessly real. — Jack Alicoate, Film Daily Powerful drama, some of the best acting the screen has yet enjoyed, skillful di- rection. Tracy's performance brilliant. Colleen Moore's a comeback in which she may rejoice. — E. C, N. Y. Eve. Sun Compelling, forceful. Thoroughly human, always believable. Tracy's performance flawless. Miss Moore splendid. — Mordaunt Hall, Times Forceful drama. Succeeds in hold- ing one's interest from beginning to end. Excellently acted by SpencerTracy andColleenMoore. Rose Pelswick, N. Y. Eve. Journal I THE AND THE GLORY SPENCER COLLEEN TRACY MOORE Ralph Morgan • Helen Vinson From the original screen play by Preston Sturges Directed by William K. Howard Jesse L. Lasky Production ri'7//*S//&cau4e SHOWMEN WHO KNOW ARE BUYING COLUMBIAS MARCH FORWARD GROUP lOO/o SOLID h> GjienA&v Box- Off lot ! Ct\S& WW "rtfRti ^SP A FRANK CAPRA production with >RREN WILLIAM with May Robion, ; Kibbee • Glenda Farrell • Ned Sparks MAN'S CASTLE A FRANK BORZAGE PRODUCTION from pgfj? the play by Lawrence Hazard. Featuring /\\ Loretta Young and Spencer Tracy. LEWIS MILESTONE P R O D U C T I O N One of the industry's greatest directors, wield- ing the megaphone in a powerful, dramatic romance. 20tfcCENTURY Greatest Broadway comedy hit in years. By Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, authors of " Front Page". t^ PARTY* OVER A sparkling comedy from year's smashing stage success. Starring LESLIE HOWARD, outstanding stage and screen artist. Directed by GILBERT MILLER, Dean of American stage producers. .CAROLE LOM BARD r Lady of the Orchids in a drama of a woman who loved to live and lived to love! FOG From the Saturday Evening Post serial — now, one of the year's best-selling novels by Valentine Williams and Dorothy Rice Sims. mm destroy with WALTER CONNOLLY heading a brilliant cast. A vivid, unforgettable drama.. THE INDUSTRY'S OUTSTANDING ACE DIRECTO KII Starring JACK HOLT. Story by J. D. Newsom )4 (il _ 3 iumbiaroadshowI ABOVE™CU)IM PRODUCTIONS ■i road shows will be produced by iii rnbia under the able direction of these cijnized geniuses whose productions v consistently been acclaimed the out- irling achievements of the industry, /mr J FALL-LOVE .parkling, musical romance with lyrics, \ . mile and story by Americans foremost .%■ songsmiths and writers. .* BLACK MOON '■'// Starring JACK HOLT. From the Cosmopolitan ■Vy serial by Clements Ripley. Two lovers caught y in the web of jungle magic. ^ RA-MONTGOMERV; PR )er great FRANK CAPRA production with y }N liant cast headed by ROBERT MONT- ERY, beloved favorite of millions of fans. !TERreSKIN From the sensational play by Courtenay Savage. ^ BLI N D DATE Crossed wires — flirtation — a blind date Young lives caught in the swift current of youthful passion and intrigue. fits emotional appeal is as gripping i as life itself. A flying death ray — terrifying the world — destroying mankind ! Astounding! Unbelievable! Thrilling! A powerful drama of a love that transcended the law. AMONG^MISJI What happens to girls who disappe The inside story of the workings of the police drag-net. fc LINE-UP Culled from the dramatic high-lights of the daily Police line-up and woven into one of the most thrilling pictures you'll play this year. * HELL CAT She scorned love until its subtle fingers clutched her heart and conquered her . flaming spirit, CRIMINAL WITHIN A remarkable story of a dual personality — good and evil— regenerated by a love stronger than himself. KING^WILD HORSK Starring REX "The Wonder Horse." A mighty thrill picture of love and daring in the wastelands. &^> 4 POLICE'S "STUDIO MYSTERY"- -"MAN FROM} HE A DO U &R T E R S " - " F I N G E R PRINTED"-"HELD FOR RANSOM" ACTION MELODRAMAS starring BUCK JONES and TIM McCOY COLUMBIA STILL LEADS THE WORLD IN SHOP' know that Columbia one and two re shorts are the best box-office tonic in the business. MARCH OF THE YEARS "A one-reel sensation that will sweep the nation. A 'feature' of any program." — Hollywood Reporter. MINUTE MYSTERIE Millions read them in Liberty a hundreds of newspapers! Somethi new in shorts! One-reel. KRAZY KAT Based on George Herriman's nationally famous cartoon strip. Over ten million read it daily. One-reel. SCREEN SNAPSHOTS •The private lives of the screen's great. How they act when they're not acting. 1-reel. SCRAPPY The all- American boy — his pranks, practical jokes, bubbling spirits and amusing antics. 1-reel each. WORLD OF SPORT 1-reel. All the zest, action,, color thrills of modern sport. tmr LAUGHING with MEDBURY Uproarious world tour with America's fore- most humorist. Produced by Walter Futter. rValt Disney's Ml 41 and SILLY SYMPHONIES tL, Two of the greatest shorts ever made. Known the world over. *-WJ o, O £) TWO REEL COMEDIES IN 4 GREAT SERIES ■ George SIDNEY ind Charles MURRAY Of Cohen and Kelly fame in 2-reelers of concentrated laughs. MICKEY McGUIRE The tough kid of the screen. Makes you laugh out of the side of your mouth. SMITH AND DALE Uproarious comics in a series of 2-reel mirthquakes. MUSICAL COMEDIES Starring outstanding personalities of stage, screen and radio. illiX*' THROUGH l^ \Q\1 - IQ7.A 1933 - 1934 Printed in U. S. * ** Af/ittviA c^ ^ect;;;,fic^e//j eat- #»' ave s^f new pjLctXm^ ■<* *oB *oN 'e*t *>/ >*.• X. 4^ ; ' ■■ ■<>. rfT /, ;g P%k, .' :^^^|fe "AS ««t, Cor attitude. The same com- fn is understood to have op- itieing in of shorts with fea- as proposed by distributors, exhibitor delegates, both Al- d M. P. T. 0. A., maintained front for a 15 per cent can- ?n clause, while distributors eported as sticking to a 5 per rovision. l.lause covering relations be- Masquerader" Opens Big licago — Opening of Samuel Gold- 's production of "The Masquerader," jing Ronald Colman, gave the United ' sts Theater its biggest business since J lary with only one exception, "Kid f ) Spain." Newspapers were so im- posed with the big opening that two 'iem, "American" and "Daily News," d attention to the premiere business eight-column streamer headlines. tiers also gave it prominent space. NRA Code Confab Sidelights By ARTHUR W. EDDY TpHE law firm of Phillips & Nizer went into a lobby conference when Lou Phillips rushed in to pow- wow with his colleague. A battery of eight is engaged in typing and mimeographing clause proposals for the conferees. It con- sists of: Sam Roth, Florence Levine, Lillian Silver, Irene Berlin, Aileen Frankenberg, Dorothy Barko, Ida Schulman and Gwendolyn Corley. Lou Frisch, who has just returned to Manhattan after a vacation at Sharon Springs, went into a noon- time huddle with Charley O'Reilly. Nathan Burkan is so occupied sup- plying legal advice on the code for the Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences and other clients that he has temporarily sidetracked his per- sonal work in behalf of the Jewish American relief drive. Col. E. A. Schiller and Harold B. Franklin seem to be dominating the oratory projected in behalf of the major circuits. M. E. Cornerford slipped out of yesterday morning's exhib session to attend an NRA conference at the Hotel Pennsylvania. Fred Wehrenberg is receiving a series of wires reporting move-by- move developments on the lake he is building. Fally Marcus, long identified with the vaudeville field, was another "dropper-inner" during the after- noon owing to his interest in rela- tions between the theaters and the vaudeville biz. An interlude in the afternoon fir- ing occurred when the exhibitors were corralled to pose for a press photo. Then the wisecracks began. Felix Feist, after looking over the embattled group, said as far as he was concerned it was "okay for eliminations." Louis Nizer observed that the as- semblage reminded him of "The Big Cage." Full of lions and tigers. From Jack Miller, pride of Chi- cago, came the nasty crack that "This is the only quiet moment in the entire meeting," this spoken as the flares went off to illuminate the battle-scarred visages. Al Steffes searched the room for "pineapples" in order to provide "atmosphere" for the occasion. He also commented on the appropriate- ness of the setting, in which, on the two previous days, the anti-racket- eering conference had been staged by Senator Copeland. Sid Samuelson also helped mat- ters by remarking that after the ad- miring public gazes upon that col- lection of faces, it won't woyider why there has been so much difficulty in drafting an industry code. F. N. Film at Palace "Heroes for Sale," First National release which recently played the Strand, returns to Broadway tomor- row for a week's run at the Palace. Richard Barthelmess is starred. tween theaters and vaudeville acts was discussed by the affiliated the- ater representatives in addition to Sidney E. Samuelson. S. L. Rotha- fel, who had been scheduled to take part in the meeting, did not appear, and Ralph Whitehead, executive of the Actors' Betterment Ass'n, also was detained elsewhere. The distributor committee held a morning session and also a brief meeting yesterday afternoon. On the other hand the exhibitor group held sessions which ran all day. Early last evening the exhibitor committee suspended activity with plans for resuming at 10 o'clock this morning. The distributor committee, however, held a late session to act upon clause revision recommended by the exhibitor group. The meet- ing was attended by both Kent and O'Reilly as coordinators. Several exhibitors from out-of- town have purchased railroad tick- ets for Saturday trains. 3 RKO Directors Assigned West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Three directorial as- signments have just been made at RKO. Elliott Nugent was signed to direct three pictures, starting with the Irene Dunne vehicle, "Behold We Live." J. Walter Ruben drew the honor of directing Francis Lederer in his RKO debut. Irving Pichel will direct "Escape to Paradise." Warners Sign Cortez West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Ricardo Cortez has been placed under long-term contract by Warners. His first assignment will be with Bette Davis in "The Shakedown," by Sam Engles. Rivoli Renovation Finished Renovation of the Rivoli is prac- tically completed in preparation for reopening next Wednesday with "Bitter Sweet," adaptation of the Noel Coward operetta. "The Mas- querader" and other United Artists releases will follow. "Annie" Breaks Record Columbus — All records have been broken by the Ohio, Loew house, dur- ing the first week of "Tugboat An- nie." Manager Russell A. Bovine announces the film will be held over. COMMITTEES NAMED TO CONTINUE ON CODE (Continued from Page 1) ter, Federation of the M. P. Indus- try: Distributor: S. R. Kent, Eddie Golden, Monogram, and Felix F. Feist, M-G-M. The producer committee has now ended its group sessions, but its con- tinuing committee will handle mat- ters which may develop from time to time. No more producer committee meetings will be held pending the Washington code hearing. The en- tire distributor committee, however, remains in session at present owing to its work of correlating its code recommendations with those offered by the exhibitor committee. Joe Rock Made Vice-Pres. Of Hochreich's Company (Continued from Page 1) duction of America's Theaters, Inc. Rock is now in New York. Johnny Walker, producer and star, is also reported going with the company as assistant to Hochreich. Big Season for Movies Predicted by Freuler Movies will share handsomely in the general trade revival this fall, in the opinion of John R. Freuler, president of Monarch Productions. "While I do not look for a boom," says Freuler, "I believe receipts will point definitely upward and that each month's gains will be retained because the restorative measures are based on good economic prin- ciples that will stand the test." Monarch's policy on stories for next season will be to aim for di- versity of plot, but simple and wholesome stories appealing to all, says Freuler. Code for Burlesque Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Code conferences for the burlesque field have been asked by the NRA, which has called on Murray Winkler of New York to coordinate various branches, includ- ing labor. The legitimate theater code is now awaiting the President's signature. Side Issues Are Out Wash. Bur. of THE FILM DAILY Washington — A provision in a code submitted by the Actors Betterment So- ciety for the legitimate theater industry, specifying that 10 per cent of all actors' salaries should go to a fund to be ad- ministered by the A.B.A., gave General Johnson a big laugh, it is learned. A code submitted by that organization for the legitimate theater was not consid- ered by the NRA code analysis section. 12 THE <^2 DAILY Friday, Aug. 18 1 INDEPENDENTS INSIST ON NO DUAL BILL BAN (Continued from Page 1) of directors yesterday morning at his office. The two members of the federa- tion included in the membership of the distributor code committee, Harry Thomas and Eddie Golden, will wage a finish fight for this ob- jective. They are opposing exhibitor attempts to work out a clause em- powering each territory to decide whether or not dual features are to be played within its area. Attending yesterday's meeting of directors wei-e: P. S. Harrison, Harry Thomas, Eddie Golden, Jack Bellman, Bob Savini, John Freuler, Phil Meyer, Alex Moss and Al Fried- lander. Green Plans Confab on Jurisdictional Dispute (Continued from Page 1) Board to President Green of the American Federation of Labor. Green will hold joint conferences on the subject between the IBEW and LA.T.S.E. & M.P.O. RKO Theater Notes EKO's Downtown and Uptown theaters in Detroit have been placed in Nate Blumberg's division, with Arthur Frudenfeld as city manager. Harry Weiss, manager of the Pal- ace in New York, is now doubling with the Coliseum, where he replaces B. D. Cockrill, resigned. Weiss will continue at the Coliseum after the Palace passes from RKO operations. The Prospect, Brooklyn, will re- sume vaudeville August 26. Vaudeville will be dropped from the Keith, Boston, Aug. 26. The house will carry on with all picture policy. The RKO Boston reopens Aug. 25 with vaudeville and pic- tures. David Whyte is now manager of the Proctor, New Rochelle, replac- ing Oliver Epps, resigned. The SCHOOLMASTER To-Duy's Lesson KNOW YOUR FILM SLANG WILD TRACK — Sound film without picture. DOWN IN THE MUD— Very low in volume. IN THE SOUP TOO LONG— Over-developed. PAIR OF CANS— Set of headphones. SINK 'EM — To interlock cameras and recording machines. A LITTLE from "LOTS ►// By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD £HICK CHANDLER, new RKO contract player who scored in "Melody Cruise," has been obtained by 20th Century Pictures for fea- tured roles. His first assignment with the United Artists unit will be the juvenile lead with George Ban- croft, Judith Anderson and Frances Dee in "Blood Money." # * -jfi Sylvia Sidney is understood to have wired Emanuel Cohen from New York that she will return to the Paramount studio in a few weeks. * * * Norman Foster has written and sold another film story. Before leav- ing for his Honolulu vacation, Fos- ter arranged its sale. He returned to the Fox studios this week with the completed script, ready to begin work on "Walls of Gold," with Sally Eilers and Ralph Morgan. Alice White, originally signed for one picture, has been given a term contract by Universal. She will play with Chester Morris in "Kid Gloves" and then act the featured lead in "The Good Red Bricks." Harvey Stephens, having com- pleted his role with Benita Hume and Adolphe Menjou in Fox's "The Worst Woman in Paris?" has left on a gold-prospecting vacation. Ste- phens- owns a gold mine in Idaho and will spend three weeks working the claim himself. Suesei Matsui, who for years has been telling Japanese audiences what films are about, arrived in Holly- wood to act in one for Paramount. He will have one of the principal roles in "Cap'n Jericho" with Rich- ard Arlen, Baby LeRoy and Sir Guy Standing. Matsui, an actor of note, is Japan's leading "benshi" or man who stands at the edge of the stage and explains the action of the film or play to Japanese audiences. Ralph Morgan has been signed for an important role in Fox's "There's Always Tomorrow," starring Will Rogers. The picture, based on the "Saturday Evening Post" story, "Green Dice," will go into produc- tion next month. June Vlasek and Harry Green also are additions to the cast. "Walls of Gold," Kathleen Norris' novel, went into production this week at Fox. Sally Eilers, Norman Foster and Ralph Morgan head the cast. Lester Cole wrote the screen play from the adaptation made by Edmond Seward and Wallace Sulli- van. Tom Tyler's fourth Monarch re- lease in a series of six, "War of the Range," is now completed. In sup- port of Tyler are Caryl Lincoln, Lane Chandler, Lafe McKee, Theo- dore Adams and a large supporting cast. One of the surprises of the film is young Wesley Giraud, juve- nile player, who, according to the rushes, will score heavily. J. P. McGowan directed this as well as the previous Tylers. * * * Gladys Blake, who is recovering from injuries received in a recent automobile crash in Long Beach, will return to her role in B. G. DeSylva's Fox musical picture, "My Weak- ness," next week. She is one of the eight featured beauties chosen to sup- port Lilian Harvey and Lew Ayres, stars of the picture. * =£ ^ Louise Dresser has been signed by Paramount for "Cradle Song," Dorothea Wieck's first American production. The studio had hoped to obtain Maude Adams for this role, but Miss Adams could not be pre- vailed upon to come to Hollywood. Kent Taylor has been assigned to the leading masculine role. Mitchell Leisen will direct "Cradle Song," from the play by Gregorio Martinez- Sierra. * * % Lambert Hillyer, author and direc- tor of outdoor dramas, at Columbia has been placed under a new long- term contract. * * ♦ Adaptation of W. R. Burnett's "Dark Hazard," which will serve Edward G. Robinson as his next starring vehicle, has been completed by Brown Holmes and Ralph Block, First National staff scenarists. Pro- duction is tentatively scheduled for the first of September. Joel McCrea will star in RKO's "The Sea Girl." Dromgold and Shackleford have returned from the Fiji Islands with the jungle scenes for the picture, which is to be com- pleted here by Otto Brower under Shirley Burden's supervision. Theodore Newton has been added to the cast of Paul Muni's latest picture, "The World Changes," now in production at the First National studios. He is also working in "The House on 56th Street," simultan- eously. Although screen fans have yet to give their approval of Judith Allen, Paramount's newest discovery, she is already launched in her third lead- ing role. Her first part was in Cecil B. DeMille's production, "This Day and Age," she is just finishing work in "Too Much Harmony," under Ed- ward Sutherland's direction, and has been assigned to "Cap'n Jericho," assuming the place of Frances Ful- ler, who, because of a previous con- tract, has been recalled to the New York stage for one play. RKO IS SEEN BEMf NEW SINGER CIRii (Continued from Page 1) interested in the Singer ente' Two more houses, one of \vr: said to be in Dubuque, will be j to the circuit this week, with to follow within the month. Ames, general manager of M'i Singer Theaters, has just coroj arrangements for taking ovc Orpheum in Minneapolis, with Franke returning as manager. > Singer spots include Cedar RJ Sioux City and Davenport. \ ville and .pictures will be offe RKO Closes Product I With Can. F. P. Cii (Continued from Page 1) day from Toronto, and Lee 5 vaney, Canadian district ma handled the deal for RKO, w L. Nathanson signing for F Players. "It is the most imp deal negotiated by RKO to Levy stated yesterday. Famous Players Mana See British Film Up Toronto — British pictures have everything the public and are proving strong box-off tractions, according to state voiced at the four-day easter: vention of Famous Players dian Corp., managers at the Edward Hotel here. Attendir sessions, which close tomorrow N. L. Nathanson, president < circuit; J. J. Fitzgibbons, thea rector; Clarence Robson, ma R. J. McAdams of Halifax, . McDonald of Sydney, Walter n — According to present E he RKO Boston theater will Aug. 25. loon — Jim Schofield, formerly 'aramount in Providence, is irking as publicity RKO art- tie Hub territory under Jack in. to m — Emanuel Cohen, formerly ed with the local branch of . has been shifted to Pitts- as salesman for the same on, Conn. — The Shelton, man- id y Morris Hadelman, has been vely remodeled. ?rtown, N. Y. — The Palace i r, operated by Graham and . has been redecorated and re- ied and new Photophone High y sound equipment installed. iamsburg, la. — The Latona ■a f has been changed to the heater. A. T. Chado of Cedar ' is the new proprietor. ■ >khaven, Miss. — Articles of in- tion have been filed by the > theater. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK 20: Monogram-Monarch sales meet- i | Cleveland. Annual outing of Omaha film row, i 2view Country Club, Omaha. Outing of the Allied Theaters of higan and Detroit Film Board of Trade, '■ Clair Golf and Country Club, Detroit. Semi-monthly meeting of Allied ater Owners of New Jersey, at or- zation headquarters, New York. : Independent Theater Owners Ass'n se up the Hudson. Independent Theater Owners' Ass'n ng and Hudson River boat ride. 1-24: Fjrst annual convention of Inde- dent Motion Picture Owners Association Delaware and Eastern Shore of Maryland 'Hotel Henelopen, Rehoboth, Del. -28: Golf tournament of Minneapolis- Paul exhibitors-distributors, Detroit es, Minn. 1 6-7: Allied New Jersey convention Allied States Ass'n Eastern Conference, Atlantic City, at.' i-1 2: Annual convention of Southeast- Theater Owners Ass'n, Atlanta. Pfi3: A. M. P. A. holds annual election of ■peers !P*J8-29: Third Annual Miniature Movies lference, New York. A. D. V. Storey, retary. 18: Society of Motion Picture En- ters fall meeting, Edgewater Beach el, Chicago. "THE POWER AND THE GLORY" with Spencer Tracy, Colleen Moore, Ralph Morgan, Helen Vinson Fox 76 mins. UNUSUAL BOX-OFFICE ATTRACTION DUE TO NEW DEPARTURE IN TELLING OF STORY. WILL CREATE MUCH TALK. Marking another innovation in screen form, this Jesse L. Lasky production is going to be a much-discussed affair, and on that account as well as the fact that it has strong entertainment values, its box- office possibilities are big. The method of story telling, called "narratage" and evolved by the author, Preston Sturges, is chiefly a play on flashbacks, depicting boyhood, youthful struggling, courtship, business suc- cess, domestic tragedy. Action starts with funeral services for Spencer Tracy, who rose from nothing to a railroad king and, though good at heart, made enemies of all except a faithful boyhood friend. As this friend, Ralph Morgan, tells his skeptical wife about the many virtues of the dead man, the flashbacks and Morgan's intermittent off- stage voice are fitted into the picture, making it a very effective combination in promoting filmic action, maintaining sus- pense and building up dramatic punch. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Colleen Moore, Ralph Morgan, Helen Vinson, Clifford Jones, Henry Kolker, Sarah Padden, Billy O'Brien, Cullen Johnston, J. Farrell MacDonald. Director, William K. Howard; Author, Preston Sturges; Adaptor, Same; Dialoguer, Same; Cameraman, James Howe; Sound Engineer, A. W. Protzman. Direction, Outstanding. Photography, A-l. Bullfighter Sues Over Short Claiming that he is ridiculed in the short comedy, "Throwing the Bull," Sidney Franklin, the Brook- lyn bullfighter who was with Eddie Cantor in "Kid from Spain," has sued Columbia for $100,000. Frank- lin says some of the comedy shows a man doubling for him on roller skates. Perfex Closes Deals Modern Pictures Corp., Cleveland, has contracted with Perfex Pictures Corp., for "Two Hard Workers," fea- turing Molasses 'n' January, radio minstrel stars. New Era Film Ex- change, New York, has contracted with Perfex for "The Sport of Fly- ing," first of the series of six avia- tion pictures. Boston Houses Add More Help Boston — Rushing business at Loew's State and Orpheum this week, showing "Tugboat Annie" and "Another Language," respectively, had resulted in additions to operat- ing staffs, already well increased un- der the NRA code. "Easy Millions" for Fox House Seattle — Monarch's "Easy Mil- lions," co-featuring "Skeets" Galla- gher, Dorothy Burgess, Merna Ken- nedy and Johnny Arthur, has been booked into the Liberty, a Fox Mid- wesco house, by the National Film Exchanges. Buck Jones in "UNKNOWN VALLEY" Columbia 60 mins. THRILL WESTERN HAS NOVELTY AN- GLE WITH ADVENTURES AMONG "LOST' PEOPLE IN DEATH VALLEY. Getting away from the usual horse opera routine with sheriffs and outlaws and cattle rustlers, this one takes Buck Jones into Death Valley in search of his father who went prospecting for gold. He bumps into a member of a group of white people who are religious fanatics and hide in Unknown Valley away from all contact with civiliza- tion and the outside world. This stranger proves friendly, and helps him penetrate the secrets of the Strange People, as they are called. Buck discovers a girl and her brother there, who are anxious to escape from the harsh rule of the elders, two tyrants who rule the rest of the group with an iron hand. The hero discovers his father is a prisoner of the elders, being impris- oned in a cave over the side of a cliff where he is compelled to send up gold from the mine every day in exchange for food. Plenty of fast action and thrills in the escape of Buck with the girl, her brother and his father. Cast: Buck Jones, Cecilia Parker, Bret Black, Carlotta Warrick, Arthur Wanzer, Wade Boteler, Frank McGlynn, Charles Thurston, Ward Bond, Gay lord Pendleton. Director, Lambert Hillyer; Author, Donald W. Lee; Adaptor, Lambert Hillyer; Editor, Clarence Kolster; Cameraman, Al Siegler. Direction, Snappy. Photography, Good. . SHORT SUBJECTS "Glimpses of Greece" (Magic Carpet of Movietone) Fox 10 mins. Beautiful Unusual scenes and exquisite cam- era work make this an exceptionally fine subject. One remarkable se- quence shows the daily life of Gre- cian monks living atop a high cliff that is accessible only by means of a primitive rope elevator lowered from above. Nomadic shepherds and their flocks, skirted soldiers on drill and other interesting scenes com- plete the short. "Motor Mania" (Adventures of the Newsreel Cameraman) Fox 10 mins. Thrills A grippingly fascination compila- tion of thrilling episodes in the life of the newsreel cameraman. It deals entirely with motor racing and in- cludes track events in Ireland, Ger- many, Italy, the Riviera and other places, with dramatic highlights supplied by accidents, many of them fatal. SJfitE COVERS EVERYTHING LONDON HOLLYWOOD NEW YORK PARIS BERLIN Most People Read Publications For the Advertising As Well As the News and Editorial Contents*** This Is Particularly True of the Trade Press of the Motion Picture Industry * * * That is Why We Suggest That You Read The Film Daily Regularly Next Week as There Is Some Unusual and Interesting Advertising Matter on the Way*** YOU CAN'T RUll A W A Y F R O N HEPBURN HER ELECTRI PERSONALIT W ILL H A U N ~YOU! KfllHRRIHE HEPBURI1 D0UG1RS IHIRBRHRS, JR. in "MORNING GLORY" Wl ih ADOLPHE MENJOU Mary Duncan • C Aubrey Smith Directed by Lowell Sherman from the story by Zoe Akins . . . A Pandro S. Berman Production, MERIAN C. COOPER, executive producer ■ ibvqfc ni mate in Character manorial in Scope impendent in Thought The Daily N Of Motion Now Fifteen ewspapei Pictures Years Old -1FDAILY LXIII. NO. 4-2 new yccr,$ATiJCCAr, alglst 19, 1933 .5 CENTS dent Units for RKO, Says Kahane IVE COF DRAFT READY TODAY n rease in Admission Prices Extends to More Houses klyn Paramount and 1 etropolitan Raising |j ales — Others Seen '0 wing the lead of the Radio ■ 'usic Hall, which on Thurs- ' osted admission prices from t< 55 cents for the lower floor, hlit four complaints out of an erLnce of 23,000, Loew's Metro- i I and the Brooklyn Paramount I last admissions from 65 to 75 ■lor matinees and from 75 to tels for nights. The move is be- etlo be a forerunner of a gen- l Ice boost through all circuits. IR CONFERENCES 'EN IN NEW YORK tiations toward a new studio lasic agreement started yes- I afternoon between the pro- committee and representa- ! various crafts meeting at ces of Pat Casey, chairman -producers' delegation. Ses- ill be resumed Monday. Rep- g the unions were Joseph N. ipresident of the American (ion of Musicians, and execu- the electricians, teamsters, (Continued on Page 6) anks to Make 3 Films in England n — Further details on the if Douglas Fairbanks and r. to make pictures on this icate they contemplate three ons in conjunction with er Korda for United Artists (Continued on Page 2) )ne Way to End Duals eland — After playing double fea- ,311 summer, Loew's Stillman goes ingle policy with "Tugboat Annie," |ng its one-week record business tw's State. H. M. Addison, Loew manager, doesn't say whether Uman will again play duals. Larry Darmour Celebrates West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — In honor of the seventh anniversary of his Mickey (Himself) McGuire comedies, Larry Darmour gave a birthday party this week to the youngsters who appear in the shorts. Jack Holt was special guest and master-of-ceremonies. In relating the history of the McGuire comedies, Darmour said 60 had been made to date and produc- tion of the series has been uninterrupted since it started in 1926. Columbia is now distributing them. IRVING G. THALBERG BACK ON JOB TODAY West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Irving G. Thalberg arrived yesterday with Norma Shearer and will resume work at the M-G-M studios today. A group of M-G-M officials, headed by Louis B. Mayer, vice-president in charge of production, met Thalberg and his wife on their arrival. In welcoming him back, Mayer said that "Thal- (Continued on Page 6) Cleve Adams Joins Majestic Pictures Cleve Adams, formerly with RKO, has joined Majestic Pictures as spe- cial home office representative. Fol- lowing conferences with Herman Gluckman, president of Majestic, Adams left New York for Pittsburgh as the first stop on a coast-to-coast tour of Majestic franchise holders' offices. PROPOSE WAGE BOOST IN SMALL THEATERS Thousands of theater employees, especially in small houses in towns under 100,000 population, will benefit through increased wages and im- proved working conditions under an industry code proposal made by a sub-committee of the exhibitor com- (Continued on Page 6) New Attendance Record Is Set at Music Hall Attendance records were shatter- ed for an opening day at the Radio City Music Hall Thursday when over 23,000 paid admissions were chalked up at the box offices. The previous record was 22,300 and was made during a five-show day. Thursday the house played only four shows. The picture is RKO's "Morning Glory," starring Katharine Hep- burn. Radio Pictures Discontinuing Independent Units, Says Kahane Big Names to Broadcast For Greater Show Season An elaborate program, with S. L. (Roxy) Rothafel, D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford and others on the tentative list of those scheduled to appear, will be broadcast over WEAF from 9 to 10 next Saturday night as part of the Greater Show Season activities. Current plans call (Continued on Page 6) RKO will make no more blanket deals with independent producers, but will produce its entire 1933-34 program at the Radio Pictures stu- dios, B. B. Kahane, president, told Film Daily yesterday. One more independently made feature is to be delivered by J. I. Schnitzer, but thereafter independent producers will not be in any manner connect- ed with the outfit. "It is possible that an entire pro- (Continued on Page 6) Numerous Controversial Clauses Passed on to Wash'n Hearing Drafting of a tentative industry master code, excluding a number of important controversial clauses on which exhibitor and distributor com- mittees have failed to agree, will be completed by 1 p. m. today at the Bar Association Building. This was the statement to The Film Daily at 11 o'clock last night by Sid- ney R. Kent and Charles L. O'Reilly, coordinators. They have assured Sol A. Rosenblatt, deputy adminis- trator that this is positively the (Continued on Page 6) EXHIBITORS NAME CONTINUING BODY Appointment was made yesterday of the continuing committee which will represent the exhibitor code committee to handle details, such as language of the draft, following ad- journment of the parent group last night. It consists of: Charles L. O'Reilly, Abram F. Myers, Allied; Ed Kuykendall, M. P. T. O. A.; A. H. Schwartz, Century Circuit; Har- old B. Franklin, RKO. Clean Advertising Clause Agreed on by Code Groups A "clean advertising" clause is one of the code provisions reported agreed upon, in substance at least, by both distributor and exhibitor (Continued on Page 6) Jolson Goes Original In contrast to the general run of radio entertainers who sing the same group of popular songs over and over, Al Jol- son, on his Thursday night broadcast, pulled a surprise on listeners by going into a stirring rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner." Al, who finally has hit his stride on the air, will soon be back in films under the Warner banner. THE ■22H DAILY Saturday, Aug. 19, Vol. LXIII.No. 42 Sat., Aug 19, 1933 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur \V. 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'■■■, .' ■ -■ * I ' M TINS ng Ahead of the Opening Day! :IED NEW YORK! % DAILY Saturday, Aug. 19, 1' TIMELY TOPICS Branches of Industry Are Inter-Dependent THE motion picture industry of the United States makes, distributes and exhibits a ser- vice of popular entertainment that practically encircles the world. It is a truly inter-de- pendent industry. Every error of judgment in the studios is necessarily reflected in the the- ater. Every mistaken policy in distribution affects both the studio and the exhibiting struc- ture and every unfortunate trade practice in the theater threatens the stability both of production and distribution. No branch of the industry can afford to blink these facts, nor the further fact that the box- office must support the entire structure, nor the final fact that it is in the proper use, not abuse, of the box-office dollar, that the industry can make such economies as will permit it to carry out its undertakings under the provisions of the National Industi'ial Recovery Act. — Will H. Hays. Says Code Should Make Exhibitor Free Agent 'T'HE right of an exhibitor to buy what he wants when he wants it is the short-cut to profits. Buying combines and forced block-booking are more unfair to the theater owner than to either producer or distributor. It cramps his style. It is an in- sult to the independent exhibi- tor— who is also a showman, else he could not exist under prevailing conditions — to tell him what he should do for his "own good." He knows best. And we must put pressure be- hind our resolve to see that he gets an even break. Granted that both independent producer and distributor are handicapped by these unethical practices, yet the onus falls with greatest force on the exhibitor. He is anxious to book films that he finds offer satisfactory enter- tainment, and he is curtailed in determining, individually, what that entertainment shall be. Na- turally this hampers production and the vicious circle helps none and harms many. A code that permits the exhibitor to function as he should — as a free agent — strikes at the very roots of our trouble and offers the only last- ing solution to them. — John R. Freuler Page Radio City Chicago — Attendance at the Century of Progress has been averaging better than 150,000 a day. MGthe III M DALY • • • IT MAY surprise you to learn that the Motion Picture Industry has had its horoscope read . the Stars have spoken! not Hollywood stars Celestial stars through Professor Paul S. Clancy, the Irish Prophet who attempts to lead the Children of Israel now oper- ating in the film biz out of the Wilderness of Despair and Con- flicting Codes into the Promised Land of Mazuma and Big Box- Office Grosses Professor Clancy is perfectly willing for the Gentiles in the biz to string along he is out to save us all through the medium of his article in the Septem- ber issue of "American Astrology" of which he is the editor we have been privileged to glance over an ad- vance proof so hang onta your seats while we take ya for a Dizzy Whirl among the Celestial Bodies where you will get the Lowdown on just what's gonna happen to us in the next few yars • • • RIGHT OFF the bat the Prof asks: What's wrong with the film biz? (seems to us we've heard that some- where before) there is an Astrological Chart accom- panying the article which shows exactly what's wrong please pay attention, students, as we point out to you that Mars rules the Personnel of the Industry Mars is the dominant factor in the Chart strange as it may seem, Neptune runs a bad third and Neptune, as you should know, is supposed to be the Ruler of the Drama dear, dear! things look tough before we even start * * * * • • • AND AS Professor Clancy sagely points out Mars dominating Neptune is why there is so much Action and so little Acting in so many pix ... and with Uranus squar- ing Mars from Scorpio it has everything all balled up so it's a wonder they haven't starred Al Capone (pardon, Prof — but Mister Capone is now under Exclusive Contract to the Government at Atlanta) * * * * • • • WELL, FOLKS, the Prof takes you for a ride among the planets for pages and pages we came out of the ether and the star dust and the milky way gasping after hobnobbing intimately with Uranus, Moon, Sun, Virgo, Jupiter, Neptune, Libra, Scorpio and Venus (oh, boy, how we hated to leave Venus! Wotta Dame!) but laying aside the airy persiflage, here's what the Prof predicts ever since 1928 the Industry has been feeding the pipple the wrong kind of pix but a new conjunction of the planets is starting to lead us back to the right track we gotta forget all we think we know about Production and launch into the New Deal in pix which will hit its stride along about 1942 when the Industry will be Reborn so person- ally we're gonna loaf till them wotin'ell is the use of wearing ourself out on a Dying Industry when there's a brand new one coming along so soon? oh, what's this? the Prof concludes by saying that the New Order in 1942 calls for an Entirely New Setup of producers, directors, writers, and a Guy to write this Kolyum shucks! we gave the Prof this ballyhoo only to discover that he gave us personally the Royal Shellackin' the second time in a month it's happened to us! ain't there no justice in the world ? * * * * • • • A GRAND Gathering of the Clans of the Show World at Young-Robbins on 51st Street the lads who outfit the Broadway celebs, the bands and the fashion plates of the film biz where all hands were regaled with refresh- ments to celebrate the opening of their enlarged Suits Salon The Voltaire Association will attend the Tuesday eve performance of "Voltaire" at the Hollywood Grover Whalen, chairman of the City Committee of the NRA, will be the guest of Major Bowes at the Capitol Monday nite along with other officials of the NRA « « « » » » EXPLOITETTI Military Parade Peps Up "Captured!" B'way Openu QNE of the biggest ballyhc ever accorded a Broailw opening was the military pan: witnessed by thousands cheering New Yorkers, whi preceded the S.R.O. opening Warner's "Captured!" at Strand Theater on Thursd night of this week. The para- which was made up of 1 Yonkers Kilty Band, with b tans and hornpipes, the Brit' Great War Veterans and u formed members of the Ann ican Legion formed at Nir Avenue and 42nd Street at 7. P. M., marched east along 42 Street to Broadway them Broadway to the Strand Tl ater, where the first showing "Captured!" took place at o'clock. Thousands cheered a followed the parade from start at Ninth Avenue and 42 Street 'til it disbanded in fn of the Strand at 8 P. M. 1 "Captured!" opening gross the Strand's biggest busin- since "42nd Street" and "G Diggers of 1933." Despite Friday morning rain, crov lined the Strand Theater's bi office an hour before openi time, with the picture playi to capacity all day. A secc parade, with 500 "Liberty Ms azine" newsboys, bands, etc, being staged today. Lionel Barrymore at Fox West Coast Bureau of THE FILM Z7' Hollywood — Lionel Barrymor been signed by Fox to co-star Janet Gaynor in "House of Co ly." Henrietta Crosman and Ayres also are in it. Henry will direct. 9 Weeks for "Diggers" in ( Warner's "Gold Diggers of 1 is being held over for a third I at the Roosevelt, Chicago, folio a six-week run at the Oriental t The picture also enters its fifth . at the Brooklyn Strand. {MANY HAPPY RETUBC, Best- wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: August 19-20 Colleen Moore June Collyer Kenneth Mac Kenna Bernard Hyman Eleanor Board Alan Crosi Joan M Hyatt I if Hollywood Reporter \) N.Y. World-Telegram |) N.Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Daily News Motion Picture Herald J N. Y. American "Unusually fine piece of baffler entertainment ...©... told with more skill than usual . . . Q . . . expertly and excitedly presented . . . Q . . . don't miss Allen Jenkins and Frank McHughasthe dumb detectives they are great ...©... Chester Morris wears his part like a kid glove ... O - - - looks to have all the elements that make for unusual audience entertainment ...©... mystery and fun in Tomorrow At Seven . . . Q . . . has all the earmarks of a pack-'em-in-feature . . . © " PRESS REPORTS ... NOT ADVERTISING COPY ABOUT with CHESTER MORRIS, Vivienne Osborne FRANK McHUGH • ALLEN JENKINS • HENRY STEPHENSON • GRANT MITCHELL Directed by Ray Enright. Produced by Jefferson Pictures Corporation RKO THE -<^3 DAILY Saturday, Aug. 191 TENTATIVE CODE DRAFT WILL BE READY TODAY (.Continued from Page 1) deadline and that the tentative code will be delivered to him at once. Kent and O'Reilly will personally deliver the code to Rosenblatt at Washington Tuesday. Rosenblatt yesterday delivered an ultimatum hastening completion of the code. After eleven consecutive days of nerve-wracking battling, the two committees disbanded, leaving sub- sequent details to be handled by con- tinuing committees which meet Mon- day at 10:30 o'clock. Inability of the distributor and exhibitor groups to get together on various major issues, projects them to the forthcoming Washington hear- ing to be held by the NRA Adminis- tration at a date as yet unannounc- ed. That gathering will experience a repetition of the arguments pre- sented at the various New York sessions. It will be there that the important issues which have for years kept the industry in turmoil will be settled, in part, at least, by the NRA executives, with Sol A. Ro- senblatt, deputy administrator, as a guiding factor. "We are going to Washington with as few clauses as possible," said Sid- ney R. Kent, coordinator with Charles L. O'Reilly, last night. "I have never seen a better bill of rights presented," O'Reilly said last night. When the exhibitor committee convenes this morning a single major clause will receive its con- sideration. This concerns arbitra- tion and clearance, and includes plans for a permanent national control board. This plan also provides for zone arbitration committees which will adjust disputes between exhibi- tors and between distributors and exhibitors. The exhibitor committee will be within call in event its cor- relating services are required. The exhibitor committee ended its session at 7 o'clock last night, leav- ing Abram F. Myers and the draft- ing committee work out a clause covering protection and clearance. O'Reilly said that Nathan Burkan, representing several circuits, wanted more time to examine the protection and clearance clause which caused the delay in completion of the code. The distributor committee was in session until 10:15 o'clock. In commenting on the tentative code which the industry will deliver Another Long-Run Record Eddie Golden, code confab gagster, claims that for days he had been won- dering about the nature of the scroll that Demosthenes (a statue, not a per- son) had been trying to read from his position in the street lobby of the Bar Association Building. Finally his curi- osity go the better of him and he climbed up the figure to learn that the scroll was a code. Then an attendant informed Eddie that Demosthenes had been standing there for 47 years, ap- parently trying to figure out the code. NRA Code Confab Sidelights By ARTHUR W. EDDY J7D SCHILLER says that it's get- ting so he hears gavels in his sleep. Jack Cohn, putting aside all mod- esty, will tell you about the b. o. characteristics of "A Mans Castle," which Frank Bo-rzage made for Co- lumbia. Charley O'Reilly accepted an lun- cheon invitation from Attorney Ja- cob Schechter but explained that he wouldn't be able to eat as his jaws were worn out from talking. The conference is so fatigued that, in addition to the conferees, even the chairs are breaking down. Another very-much-on-the-job in- dividual is Sam Wolf, executive sec- retary of the Independent Theater Owners. Laughs were provided the exhibi- tor group yesterday morning when a delegate got the impression that A. H. Schwartz was talking about agreeing to proposals with reserva- tions, and criticized him for the res- ervation angle. As a matter of fact, however, Schwartz meant railroad reservations. As one alleged comic remarked, the industry has a code in its head. Ed Mulrooney of United Artists confabbed in the lobby with Nathan Burkan, but dared not penetrate the conference rooms. Warner Bros.' interest in the codifying festivities are being guard- ed by H. S. Bareford of its legal department. With George Schaefer occupied with matters of Paramount impor- tance, Neil Agnew is subbing ex- pertly. A missing familiar face belongs to M. A. Lightman, ex-prexy of the M. P. T. 0. A., who is concentrating on operating nouses down Memphis way. This is the first important in- dustry campfire Lightman has not participated in in some years. Labor Conferences Open in New York (.Continued from Page 1) carpenters and other crafts. The producer committee consists, in ad- dition to Casey, the following: S. R. Kent, R. H. Cochrane, Harry M. Warner and Nicholas M. Schenck. Owing to the Coast studio strike situation William Elliott, president of the I. A. T. S. E. and M. P. 0., did not attend. to the NRA administration, O'Reilly said: "There are certain essential points on which we can never get to- gether. Steel is soft when compared with the film industry." It is understood that the exhibitor committee examined a total of 76 clause proposals. The distributor and exhibitor committees held separate meetings yesterday morning. Subject of arbitration entered the exhibitor discussions. Both the the- atermen's and distributors' commit- tees are understood to be in favor of a clause covering this matter but differences exist as to its provisions. Exhibitor representatives from both the M. P. T. 0. A. and Allied are re- ported supporting plans similar to those included in the new standard exhibition contract. The distributor practice of com- pelling an exhibitor to play his shorts before dating in his features, or vice versa, was another topic which gave reason for more oratory. This especially drew fire from the independent exhibitor committeemen. Clean Advertising Clause Agreed on by Code Groups (Continued from Page 1) committees drafting the industry code. Some of its provisions are report- ed to be as follows: pictorial and copy handling of subjects dealing with law officers shall not tend to undermine their authority; nation- alities, institutions and history of all countries shall be treated accurate- ly; characters in religious garb shall not be ridiculed; false and mislead- ing statements banned from illus- trations or text; profanity shall be avoided; nudity restricted. Irving G. Thalberg Back on Job Today (Continued from Page 1) berg is a vice-president of M-G-M and like myself is under a long-term contract with this organization. Our association extends over a period of 11 years, during which the M-G-M organization was formed. His return to the studio marks one of the hap- piest days in my life." Sound Manufacturers In Electrical Code Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — All manufacturers of radio equipment and sound re- production apparatus yesterday withdrew their separate code and announced they would comply with the electrical industry code ap- proved by the President on Aug. 4. RKO DISCONTINUE INDEPENDENT Ul (Continued from Page 1) duction such as George W 'Scandals,' with everything , might be made with a co-firu arrangement, but the general pendent deals of the past are our future schedule," said Kal Rumors that any friction ever existed between him and > C. Cooper were stamped as " ious and without the slightest dation" by Kahane, who state< he was absolutely satisfien coming product line-up and Cooper was doing a "magn job." Big Names to Broadca: For Greater Show Se: (Continued from Page 1) for a program of the "Mai Time" type, embracing imp< events of motion picture h since the days of "The Great Robbery" and also giving some lights of the principal produ on the new RKO .program. Col. Would Let Exhibs Decide Double Bill Pc Columbia's attitude on doubb tures is that the issue should b to each exhibitor to decide an be legislated against in the ind code. This is the policy which Cohn is propounding at the di utor code meetings in the Bar ciation Building . Propose Wage Boost In Smaller Thea (Continued from Page 1) mittee, said Charles L. O'Reilly last night. This will apply to lower brackets," explained th ordinator, in situations which si have lacked a fixed standard. An agreement on this pro has been reached to the extei 90 per cent, O'Reilly stated. "In the drafting of these prj als 250,000 employees were cc ered," declared O'Reilly. "Our committee conferred with A- Equity, Chorus Equity and otfc- ganizations concerned with v; ville." Comprising the sub-comn were: E. A. Schiller, chairman, old B. Franklin, M. E. Comei; Joseph Bernhard, Sam Dembo\ Steffes and Jack Miller. ;1 See Code Spurring Activity Final adoption of a code by or for t film industry seems certain to her;, increased activities, according to co mitteemen participating in the confci ence at the Bar Association Buildin A number of companies, including pr ducers, are holding up various projeo pending completion of the code. THE ay, Aug. 19, 1933 -3&»i DAILY PRT SUBJECTS fyscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle in "Close Relations" \ one 20 mins. Plenty Funny i itions and gags are effective- K bined to make this a consis- laughable affair. Charles ; plays the part of a gouty viously nutty old man with a find his few remaining rela- eskio he can decide on the one ho;; to get his money when he s. The only kin left turn out to F ty and a tough egg, who meet . ir ■ i second time at the old man's ic after having become involved i ight at the railroad station. vi y and scrapping between these opntinues, with Uncle Charley b iveen them being the innocent for a lot of punishment. For w,iup, it develops that Uncle is l!;al|!nuts and living in an asylum. ig O'Connell also helps the com- ong in the role of a doctor. Hugh O'Connell in "The No Man" lone 19 mins. Good Comedy Alrery entertaining combination 1 c| nedy, musical bits and novelty. he tory part concerns a theatrical •oreer surrounded by yes-men and ; omen but having no dough to n his show. Hugh O'Connell in and says "no" to every- so the producer hires him or the novelty of it, and also ctice his "no" on bill-collectors bther unwanted callers. But also says "no" in a lot of cases ■ the producer would prefer a ' so that creates some compli- es. The skit allows for the oi'jng in of several specialties, in- Mlg a versatile chap with musi- istruments, various varieties of fig and dancing, a jigsaw puz- umber with a buildup that is | clever, and other items. Ann Way and Polly Walters are g other members of the sup- ig cast. I "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" (Merrie Melodie) •hone 7 mins. Dandy Animated Cartoon /test of these Harman-Ising car- |j comedies is one of the best yet, ing further advancement in idea and execution. The action ves around a baby supply e, where orders for infants are ved and the storks are sent out eliver. A cute idea to begin , and the way it is worked out Its in plenty of laughs and some ! howls. Especially where the ps are washed, powdered and ed under the mass production ,iod like Ford uses in turning u1 1 flivvers. Some musical inter- ojtions by the youngsters, includ- i imitations of Chevalier, Cantor { J others, also click. "CAPTURED" with Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Paul Lukas, Margaret Lindsay Warner Bros. 72 mins. WAR DRAMA IS WELL HANDLED ALL AROUND BUT LACKS COMEDY RELIEF THOUGH NAMES SHOULD HELP. As a war story, this has a good plot idea, worked out with consistency, and its acting, direction and production values are all Grade A. Only fault to be found, in view- ing it from an entertainment angle, is that the affair as a whole is a little depress- ing. The action takes place chiefly in a German prison camp. Leslie Howard, who went to war a few days after meeting and marrying a girl in London, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., who met the same girl just following her marriage and' also fell in love with her, are fellow-prisoners. Doug dis- regards the welfare of the other prisoners and escapes so he can go back to the wo- man. A letter left behind reveals the sit- uation to Leslie, who then is instrumental in having Doug brought back to the prison camp. With the girl really loving Doug instead of Leslie, the latter eventually en- gineers the escape of all the prisoners, while he is killed. Cast: Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Margaret Lindsay, Philip Faversham, Paul Lukas, Robert Barrat, William LeMaire, Frank Reicher, Arthur Hohl, Joyce Coad, Reginald Pasch, John Bleifer, J. Carroll Naish, Bert Sprotte, Harry Cording, Hans Joby. Director, Roy Del Ruth; Author, Sir Philip Gibbs; Adaptor, Edward Chodorov; Camera- man, Barney McGill; Editor, William Holmes. Direction, Fine. Photography, Fine. F. W. C. Improvements Denver — Fox West Coast is mak- ing the following improvements: The Wilma, Missoula, Mont., is be- ing remodeled for reopening by Oct. 1. The Imperial, Alliance, Neb., is being redecorated. As soon as sat- isfactory adjustments can be made with the insurance companies, con- tracts will be let for the rebuilding of the Rio Grande at Las Cruces, N. M., destroyed by fire. Fox House Raises Price Denver — The first raise in prices in this territory in several months has been made by Fox at Long- mont, where admission has been raised from 25 cents to 35 cents. RKO-Warner Product Deal Approximately 400 Warner the- aters will play the entire RKO 1933- 34 line-up, according to contracts signed yesterday by Jules Levy for RKO and Clayton Bond and Joe Bernhard for Warner. Details of the contract are now being worked out by Cresson Smith and E. L. Mc- Evoy, for RKO, and Bernhard. Charlie Einfeld an Uncle Charlie Einfeld, Warner advertis- ing and publicity head, became an uncle yesterday, when his brother- in-law, Philip Band, became the proud poppa of a baby girl. "THE BLARNEY KISS" Principal 70 mins. BRITISH PIX HAS IRISH TOUCH WITH PLEASING CHARACTERIZATION OF TOM WALLS THAT SCORES. Judging by the audience at the 7th Ave. Roxy, this feature's title exercised a strong magnet in drawing in a big Irish contingent. They laughed at the witty sallies of Tom Walls as the head of a financial institution who had his trou- bles trying to protect his young and crooked partner, Lord Breethorpe. It seems that Mr. Walls had kissed the Blarney Stone, and ever after was endowed with the blarney tongue that helped him through various difficulties with the femmes, and got him into jams also. Story wanders in spots with typical lack of pace on the part of British & Domin- ions, who made it, and too much un- essential detail. But the comedy-drama undeniably has entertainment value, espe- cially for Irish patrons, with the clever work of Tom Walls and his eloquent brogue and persuasive powers over the ladies. Story has nice love interest, with a London locale and British cast and good sets. Play it up on title value, romantic appeal and its pull for the Irish patronage. Cast: Tom Walls, Anne Grey, Robert Douglas, W. G. Fay, J. A. O'Rourke, George Barrett, Robert Horton, Haidee Wright, Dorothy Tetley, Louis Bradfield, Zoe Palmer, Charles Carson, Peter Gaw- thorne. Director, Tom Walls; Author, A. R, Rawlinson; Adaptor, Same; Cameraman, not listed. Direction, Fair. Photography, Okay. E Little from "Lots" By RALPH WILK — HOLLYWOOD WARNER BAXTER will star in Fox's "Odd Thursday," adapt- ed from the Vera Caspary book. Rochelle Hudson will play opposite Baxter. * * * Jack Pearl's vehicle, "Meet the Baron," has gone in work at M-G-M. Jimmy Durante, Lyda Roberti, Ted Healy and Ben Bard also are in it, with Walter Lang directing. * * * Walt Disney's latest Silly Sym- phony, "Lullaby Land," has been completed. * * * Vivienne Segal will have a prin- cipal role in M-G-M's "Cat and the Fiddle," with Ramon Novarro and Jeanette MacDonald co-starred. * # * Fox cast assignments: Herbert Mundin and Roger Imhoff for "Hoopla"; Catherine Doucet to make her screen debut in "As Husbands Go," with Philip Merivale and Jay Warde; Houghton "Fat" Norfleet, U. of C. football star, for "Walls of Gold," with Sally Eilers, Norman Foster, Ralph Morgan and Rochelle Hudson. * * * "Transcontinental Bus," original by Ferdinand Reyer and Frank Wead, has been bought by M-G-M. 9 x 20 "High Low" PROJECTOR CARBONS IN a competitive test conducted by one of the largest theatre circuits, in the presence of representatives of carbon and lamp manufacturers, National 9 x 20 "High-Low" White Flame Projector Car- bons gave the most even screen illumina- tion and the most lumens per ampere. RESULTS OF TEST Average Lumens per Ampere at 75, 80 and 85 amperes First Place - NATIONAL - 90.7 Second Place 89.3 Third Place 80.4 N ATI ON A L PROJECTOR CARBONS NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY, INC. Carbon Sales Division, Cleveland, Ohio Unit of Union Carbide Pm and Carbon Corporation Branch Sales Offices: New York Pittsburgh Chicago San Franciscc EASTMAN PRESENTS A NEW FILM EXHIBITING extremely fine grain combined with reasonably high speed, Eastman Background Nega- tive admirably fulfills its function as a negative medium for composite shots. Both in the camera and in the processing laboratory it performs in a manner that makes it an out- standing film for this new era of the motion picture . . . Make your own tests of it as soon as possible. Eastman Kodak Company. (J. E. Brulatour, Inc., Distributors, New York, Chicago, Hollywood.) EASTMAN BACKGROUND NEGATIVE W^^u^f The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fifteen Years Old , f .. LXIlf^CrB*re'R^S^^E>V yCBI\,MCNDAy, AUGUST 21, 1933 5 CENTS &)th Century Making Fast Time on First Lineup [NTATIVE CODE GOES TO ROSENBLAH TOMORROW lore Exploitation, Ballyhoo Needed Now,Says Nat Holt The Code . . . and other things =By JACK ALICOATE— it pet If srot i>y Pow in i "N; plel ior V that the flame of feverish activity connection with the framing of the is again burning normally, a good of the constructive, executive man- of the industry can once again turn 1 less thankless task of constructive y progress. There is nothing to the lit of this business that a wide and it diversity of opinion exists upon of the more important provisions of )de. This was to be expected by the most optimistic. And primarily e what has seemed eminently right, many years, by one group, is honestly ered unfair by the other. And vice It will shortly be "On to Washing- vhere we shall see what we shall see. : "ER know a little something about :is "Narratage" business, for it is not unlikely to become a more or less nent boarder in the cinema household. la welcome technical innovation in notivation, and, as used and pioneered se Lasky in the Fox production, "The I and the Glory," adds a great deal tie to the unfolding of the narrative, itage" might be defined as a com- spoken version of the story, used in alogue sequences, and voiced off- Unless we are guessing wrong, eTll now have a flood of "Narratage" pics ?s. last Thursday the admission prices * t the Radio City Music Hall were ad- i 10 cents all along the line. This lone without blast of trumpet and It flare of publicity. On the same 3,000 persons attended the perform- jat this great temple of entertainment, -here is the miracle, of this great "■r but four patrons voiced a peeve upd.the raise in price. Here is a rather jniPjsting experiment in the Roosevelt rii|-prices-movement" and shows rather Poskely that quality of entertainment and ">' rice is the ruling element today. Stronger Showmanship Advocated by RKO Circuit Exec By CLARA HYDE FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Cincinnati — Extra effort in bally- hoo and exploitation is essential to get the maximum business today, de- clares Nat Holt, general manager of RKO theaters in this area. Times now differ from the boom times of a few years ago, when folks attend- ed movies as a matter of course, sel- dom taking the time to shop, and ballyhoo and exploitation of pictures were more a matter of whimsicality (.Continued on Page 18) Making Six Features for Principal Distribution West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Spencer Bennett and B. John King will make a series of six features starring Kazan, the dog, with Jack Perrin and his horse, Spotlight. The productions will be distributed by Principal Pictures. German Film Industry Improves Under Gov't A strong improvement took place within the German film industry last month, primarily as a result of reorganization efforts put through by the Government, accord- ing to a report from U. S. Trade Commissioner George R. Canty to the Department of Commerce. The film credit bank for the stimulation (Continued on Page 2) Control Board Setup A proposed setup for the national control board, designed to enforce and aid in the operation of the industry code, will be drafted by Charles L. O'Reilly and Sidney R. Kent before Tuesday, when the plan will be sub- mitted to Sol A. Rosenblatt, deputy ad- ministrator, for his approval. The co- ordinators met over the week-end to work on phraseology of the completed tentative industry code. GHAS. GOETZ REVIVING 7 LLOYD FEATURES Charles S. Goetz resigned Satur- day as special representative for Exhibitors' Screen Service to start his own producing company, which has already taken over six Harold Lloyd-Pathe silent features. The films will immediately be sounded with effects and music, with Chris Beute, formerly head of Paramount's music department, supervising. Syn- chronization will be made at Stand- ard Sound Studios. Goetz plans to (Continued on Page 17) Ohio Tax Bill, Modified, Is Passed by the Senate Columbus — After eliminating all exemptions in the general amuse- ment tax bill previously passed by the House with an exemption of 26 cents, the state senate passed the amended measure by a small ma- jority. It now goes to the House (Continued on Page 17) Increase in Output Likely By Schenck-Zanuck Company N. Y. Censor Deletions Published in Book Form "What Shocked the Censors!" a complete record of cuts in films by the New York state censors during 1932 and up to March, 1933, is being published in book form by the Na- tional Council on Freedom from Censorship, organized two years ago (Continued on Page 2) West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — ■ Activities of 20th Century Pictures, the recently formed Joseph M. Schenck-Darryl F. Zanuck company, producing for United Artists release, have proceed- ed at such a fast pace for a new or- ganization that it is believed the unit will add to its original schedule of (Continued on Page 4) About 12 Disputed Points Being Left for Decision in Washington Still hopelessly deadlocked on sev- eral major controversial issues, in- dustry code-drafters completed a tentative master code at 12:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, when the exhibitor committee held its final session in the Bar Association Build- ing. The sessions, covering 12 days of battling over disputed points, es- tablished a new record for consecu- tive days of industry conferences. It goes down on the industry's rec- (Continued on Page 18) NEW UNIONCONTRACTS AWAIT CODE OUTCOME Annual confabs between major circuit operators and stagehand union officials get under way tomor- row. Projection union contracts in the majority of cases do not expire until next year. It is understood that definite arrangements will not be formulated until the contents of the industry NRA code are made known. C. C. Moskowitz of the Loew circuit will head a meeting of circuit officials that will precede meetings with th( ion. Equity Seen Influencing Hours, Wages for Players Having succeeded, through the legitimate theater code, which goes into effect Aug. 27, in establishing for the first time a scale of mini- mum wages and maximum hours for (Continued on Page 17) Peggy Wants 6 Weeks' Pay West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Peggy Hopkins Joyce, who collapsed on the "Broadway Thru a Keyhole" set and was replaced, has filed complaint with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences against 20th Century Pictures claiming she was paid for only two days' work although she had a six-weeks' contract. If the Acad- emy accepts her membership applica- tion, the actors' adjustment committee will act on her complaint. THE -3&>* DAILY Monday, Aug. 21, j VoLLXIII. No. 43 Men . Aug 21. 1933 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. M.IC0ATE : : Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at h.30 Broadway, New York, N. Y., bj Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; M. Mcrsereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur \V. Eddy, Asso eiate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office at New York, \. V., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY. 1650 Broadwav. New York, N. Y., Phone, Circle 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable Address: Filmday, New York. Holly- wood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Holly wood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest \V. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin— Karl Wolffsohn, l.irhtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. DO OUI fiXT $1,296,535 Metro-Goldwyn Net in First 40 Weeks With net profit of $330,362, after taxes and other charges, for the 12 weeks ended June 30, Metro-Gold- wyn brings its earnings for the first 40 weeks of the current fiscal year up to $1,296,535. Profit for the first 28 weeks was $966,173. Ferrone Gets British Film Frank D. Ferrone had acquired American and Canadian distribution rights to "No Funny Business," farce comedy feature produced by John Stafford Productions in Eng- land, with Gertrude Lawrence, Lau- rence Olivier and Jill Esmond. Re- leasing will start within one month under his his new company, Ferrone Pictures, Inc. KKO Books Mooney Film "The Strange Case of Tom Mooney," First Division release, has been booked by the RKO circuit for all its Greater New York theaters. Coming and Going MARTIN BECK. SYLVIA SIDNEY and BENITA HUME were among passengers on the lie de France, which sailed from New York on Satur- day for Europe. MRS. L. WOLFE GILBERT sailed from New York on Saturday aboard the Pennsylvania for California. LEO CARRILLO leaves by plane today for the coast, from where he will sail for Hawaii to join Cecil B. De Mille and the cast on produc- tion of "Four Frightened People." SOL LESSER is expected from the coast to- morrow. B. B. KAHANE leaves for the coast today. GEORGE GRAY of Columbia left Saturday for a vacation in the Berkshires. <* The Broadway Parade • Picture Tugboat Annie 12nd week) Thrce-Cornered Moon (2nd week) Morning Glory Heroes For SaleC) Captured Faithful Heart Distributor Theater M-G-M Capitol Paramount Paramount RKO Music Hall First National Palace Warner Strand Helber Mayfair Blarney Kiss Principal 7th Ave Sing, Sinner, Sing (2nd week) Majestic Rialto Gold Diggers of 1933 (Closes today) Warner Hollywood Savage Gold ( " ) Harold Auten Cameo Roxy iSubsequent runs. ♦ TWO-A-DAY RUNS ♦ Song of Songs (5th week) The Power and the Glory Paramount Criterion Fox Gaiety ♦ FOREIGN PICTURES ♦ Sous La Lune du Marocl") . M Protex Little Carnegie . Paramount Little Picture House (") Revival. ♦ FUTURE OPENINGS ♦ Voltaire (Aug. 22) Warner Hollywood Dinner at Eight (Aug. 23) M-G-M Astor BitterSweet (Aug. 23) United Artists Rivoli Turn Back the Clock (Aug. 25) M-G-M Capitol Moonlight and Pretzels (*) Universal Rialto Big Executive (Aug. 25) Paramount Paramount Flying Devils (Aug. 25) RKO ■ 7th Ave. Roxy Paddy, the Next Best Thing Fox Music Hall ("(Follows Sing, Sinner, Sing. German Film Industry Improves Under Gov't (Continued from Page 1) of German production was a helpful factor, says Canty, while the fusion of the whole industry in the indi- vidual associations attached to the Spitzenorganization also aided. The readjustment, however, is said to require considerable more time. German films hereafter are to be made only by bona fide Germans, according to a new edict by the Nazi government. Foreigners can be called upon to cooperate in the making of German films only when this is justified by cultural or ar- tistic requirements and subject to the approval of the Ministry for Propaganda. Regarding imported films, the kontingent act of 1930 has been ex- tended to June 30, 1936. N. Y. Censor Deletions Published in Book Form {Continued from Page 1) by the American Civil Liberties Union. The Council has been waging a fight on censorship, and the pur- pose of this book is to show the "inconsistency and absurdity of bu- reaucratic censorship." J. H. Cooper in West on Deals Denver — J. H. Cooper of New York, is spending some time here arranging details in connection with the formation of partnerships be- tween himself, Publix and owners of theaters in several Colorado cities. His latest partnership takes in the Rialto, formerly owned by Publix, and two owned by Tommy Tompkins, the America and Tomp- kins, all at Colorado Springs. Cliff Boyd in Dayton Dayton, 0. — Cliff Boyd, formerly manager of the Albee, Cincinnati, has been made manager of the Strand here by the new leasee, Ike Libson. The house is to reopen early in September. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: Annual outing of Omaha t Lakeview Country Club, Omaha. Aug. 22: Outing of the Allied Thi Michigan and Detroit Film Board St. Clair Golf and Country Club Aug. 22: Semi-monthly meeting ol Theater Owners of New Jersey1, ganization headquarters, New Yor Aug. 23: Independent Theater Ownc cruise up the Hudson. Aug. 23: Independent Theater Ownc outing and Hudson River boat ride Aug. 23-24: First annual convention pendent Motion Picture Owners A of Delaware and Eastern Shore of ; at Hotel Henelopen, Rehoboth, Del Aug. 26-28: Golf tournament of Mir St. Paul exhibitors-distributors, Lakes, Minn. Sept. 5-6-7: Allied Mew Jersey c i and Allied States Ass'n Eastern Cc at Atlantic City. Sept. 10-12: Annual convention of Silt ern Theater Owners Ass'n, Atlanta Sept. 13: A. M. P. A. holds annual el i officers Sept. 28-29: Third Annual Miniature i Conference, New York. A. D. V| secretary. Oct. 16-18: Society of Motion Picl gineers fall meeting, Edgewate Hotel, Chicago. Ed Schulte Adds Hous Denver- — Ed Schulte, ownei three theaters in Casper, W; nounces the purchase of the Wheatland, Wyo., and the in name to the Ramona. Leo Carrilli STAGE/ SCREEN/ I RADIO/ VAUDEVILLE/ Flying to Hollywood Transcontinental Western Lines— Sailing: Honolulu for Cecil de Mille's "FOi FRIGHTENED PEOPLE"— PARAMOUNT. THANKS NEW YORK ADIOS! MANAGEMENT LEO MORRISON HOLLYWOOD JOE RIVKIN NEW YORK* m 1HIS LLMLK IS AUUHtSStD TU YUU vlaying "Gold'" Diggers" for all it's worth . .v. GEORGE E. FULLER, Prop. FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA August 2, 1933 Warner Bros-First Natl Pictures New Orleans La Attention Mr Luke Conner; - Dear Luke I am enclosing herewith film rental check on GOLDETGGERS 1933. It is over four times as large as any film rental check I have ever sent to any film distributor. But I am sending it WITH PLEASURE. The fact is, we broke every house record for the past nine years with this feature. We more than doubled the gross business we did on "42ND STREET" and our gross on that subject was 25$ more than on any other feature we have played in the past twelve months. My books bear out that statement. After paying you what appears to be an exorbitant rental for GOLDDIGGERS 1933 we st#ill have 9 net that exceedes any other feature played in over a year. My books bear out that statement also. Playing this feature first in this terretory, puehing it hard with advertising, and getting a good break on the weather and other factors, accounts for some of the surprising buiiness we did. th&se last three days. But there is magic in that title, it is timed right for the public demand, and "42ND STREET" gave it the build-up to crash through old records. But the picture itself is overwhelming in its charm, beauty and bigness and word of mouth advertising really put it over after the first night. I am already thinking about bringing it back in October when the resort people are gone -and winter people are here. What can you do for me? With sincere best wishes, CorctiaJlgr J\ WARNER BROS. INVITE YOU T ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE DOGUM A PROD1 fiilillilSKyi3Bj ](! * < * DAILY 20TH CENTURY MAKING FAST TIME ON LINEUP {Continued from Page l) 12 specials planned for this season. It is also considered a certainty that 20th Century's 1934-35 program will be a far more ambitious undertak- ing than its initial lineup. Organized only a few months ago, the Schenck-Zanuck unit already has completed its first production, "The Bowery," in the record time of a few weeks. The picture stars Wal- lace Beery, George Raft and Jackie Cooper and will be shown soon at the Rivoli in New York. W alter Winchell's "Broadway Through a Keyhole" and "Blood Money" are now in production under the 20th Century banner, and Con- stance Bennett's first vehicle, "Mou- lin Rouge," will soon go before the cameras and microphones. Two George Arliss features, "Red Tape" and "The House of Rothschild," are also listed on the 20th Century pro- gram. In addition to Beery, Raft and Cooper, "The Bowery" has Fay Wray and Pert Kelton in leading feminine roles. It was directed by Chaplin Finishes Story for Next Picture West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Charles Chaplin has completed the story for his next United Artists release, which is expected to be ready by the end of this year. Written by Chaplin himself, the locale of the comedy is the industrial center of a big city. Paulette Goddard will be his leading woman, with Chaplin also directing and writing the music as has been his custom. The picture will have talk, as well as music and sound effects. Contrary to general gossip, Chaplin has no intention of playing cither Napoleon or Hamlet. He intends to stick to his popular character. Raoul Walsh from a screen play by Howard Estabrook and James Gleason, who adapted it from the novel, "Chuck Connors," by Michael Simmons and B. R. Solomon. A colorful story of early New York, "The Bowery" introduces such char- acters as Chuck Connors, Steve Brodie, Carrie Nation, Al Smith, John L. Sullivan, Jimmie Walker and Irving Berlin. "Blood Money," now in produc- tion, stars George Bancroft in an expose of the income tax and bail bond racket, and is being directed by Rowland Brown, who wrote the screen play in collaboration with Harold E. Long. Judith Anderson, stage star, is making her screen debut in "Blood Money," and the cast includes Frances Dee and Chick Chandler. Walter Winchell's "Broadway Through a Keyhole" is being filmed in secrecy because of the Jolson- Winchell battle in Hollywood, Jolson claiming the story is based on his romance with Ruby Kee'.er. Under the direction of Lowell Sherman, the Winchell story was prepared for the screen by Gene Towne and Graham Baker, and will have a musical score by Mack Gor- don and Harry Revell, with dance numbers by Jack Haskell. The cast includes Constance Cummings, Russ Columbo, Blossom Seely, Paul Kel- ly, Hobart Cavanaugh, Gregory Ratoff, Texas Guinan, Abe Lyman and his band, Hugh O'Connell, An- drew Toombs, Frances Williams and Barto and Mann. Tullio Carminati, late leading man of the musical hit, "Music in the Air," will support Constance Cum- mings in "Moulin Rouge," which will have songs by Harry Warren and Al Ihibin, and dance num- bers by Russell Markert. Nun- nally Johnson and Henry Lehr- man adapted "Moulin Rouge" from a French stage production, and it will be directed by Sidney Lanfield. Lanfield will also direct "Miss "Lonelyhearts," adapted by Leon- ard Praskins from the novel by Na- thaniel West dealing with a column- ist who gives advice to the lovelorn. Praskins has collaborated with El- mer Harris in preparing J. Robert Bren's original story, "Trouble Shooter," for the screen. 20th Cen- tury has borrowed Spencer Tracy from Fox and Jack Oakie from Par- amount to star in "Trouble Shoot- er." which will deal with the ex- ploits of the linemen who keep the telephone lines open in all kinds of weather and in the face of all kinds of catastrophes. George Arliss will star in two pic- tures written especially for him. The first, "Red Tape," a drama, is ex- pected to go into production about the first of September following Ar- liss' return from a vacation in Eng- land. It will be written by Sam Mintz and Maude T. Howell, who will also prepare "The House of Rothschild," Arliss' second vehicle. Ann Harding will be seen in a 20th Century picture, "Gallant Lady," in which she will be support- ed by Clive Brook, Janet Beecher, noted stage actress making her screen debut. Tullio Carminati. and Verree Teasdale. "Gallant Lady" is an original story by Gilbert Emery and Douglas Doty, and will be di- rected by Gregorv La Cava. Ralph Graves' "Born to be Bad," an original story and screen play with continuity by Harrison Jacobs, and Willard Robertson's "The Un- named Woman," which will reach the screen under the title of "I Knew Her When," are other impor- tant productions coming from 20th Century. "I Knew Her When" will PICKFORD'S PLANS ANNOUNCED LA Although it is definitely set Mary Pickford is to make a pi for 1933-34 release by United ists, the star will not announce plans until she returns to the from New York, where she is busy with Max Gordon, who produce a play she wrote. Miss ford has several stories under sideration for her next vehicle. Douglas Fairbanks also wil represented on the new United ists lineup. Schenck-Chaplin Hand First Syd Chaplin Tal Joseph M. Schenck, presidenl chairman of the board of U Artists, and Charles Chaplin distribute Sydney Chaplin's talking picture throughout world, it is announced by Arthil Kelly, vice-president in charge foreign distribution for United i ists. British International Picture.' r make the Sydney Chaplin fee- 1 the title to be announced later. t ney Chaplin, a brother of Chi Chaplin, appeared in "The Ma < the Box" and "Charley's Aunt. Laughton Film Hailed London — "The Private Li: Henry the Eighth," starring Ch Laughton, produced here unde direction of Alexander Korda fc lease by United Artists, has hailed at preview showings. Ai those showing enthusiasm ov was Douglas Fairbanks. "Bitter Sweet" London Open; London — Noel Coward's ope "Bitter Sweet," which is to op New York at the Rivoli on We i day, opened to big business a Carleton here on Thursday. M paper reviews unanimously hail be directed by Gregory La from a screen play by La Cavj Courtenay Terrett. Zanuck has also purchased i other original story, "The Fi from Ralph Graves. "P. T. Barnum," a drama 1 ; on the life and exploits of th mous showman, and starring i lace Beery, is on the 20th Cgi program. Wanted Story Badly In carrying out negotiations for Darr Runyon's magazine tale, "Gentlem The King!" purchased last week by Joseph M. Schenck-Darryl Francis Zani company, 20th Century Pictures, a si cial plane was sent from New York Saratoga, where Runyon was sojoufnni This is the humorous tale of Ameru racketeers who take over the running, a mythical European government. Si eral Hollywood studios were bidding it, but the author had declared it v not for sale for the screen. The 2( Century boys, however, made him char1 his mind. __UIHflT Dfl ft RYL zpnucK HPS D0I1E in oiily WEEKS i , \ / / SIGN EDand CAST * es GEORGE ARLISS CONSTANCE BENNETT ANN HARDING * & L. ■ j LORETTA YOU WALLACE BEERY GEORGE RAFT JACKIE COOPER FAY WRA1! CLIVE BROOK PERT KELTON SPENCER TRACY FRANCES D ALL TO APPEAR IN LAYERS GEORGE BANCROFT CONSTANCE CUMMINGS JUDITH ANDERSON JANET BEECHER PEGGY HOPKINS JOYCE JACK OAKIE Releasing thru UNITED ft RUSTS WITH MORE BEING ADDED EVERY DAY! } SIGNED DIRECTORScmc LOWELL SHERMAN Director of "She Done Him Wrong" HOWARD ESTABROOK "Cimarron", "A Bill of Divorcement" GRAHAM BAKER 'Singing Fool", "Down Patrol' NUNNALLY JOHNSON Noted author of screen and stage plays GREGORY LA CAVA Director of "Symphony of Six Million", "Gabriel Over the White House" SAM MINTZ 'Skippy", "Sookey" ELMER HARRIS "The Barbarian" WILLARD ROBERTSON "Unnamed Woman" RAOUL WALSH Director of "Cock-Eyed World", "What Price Glory' WALTER WINCHELL America's greatest columnist RALPH GRAVES Hell Divers", "Flight' " Dirigible " AL DUBIN With Harry Warren wrote all music for "42nd St.", "The Gold Diggers of 1933" SIDNEY LANPIELI Director of "Dance Teo "Hat Check Girl" LEONARD PRASKl 'Min and Bill", "TheCharr. " Emma", "Flesh" MICHAEL L.SIMMO Co-author of "The Bowe with Bessie Roth-Solo* HARRY WARREf Co-writer with Al Dub. HESE VRITERS WALTER LANG Director of "No More Orchids' "Command Performance", "The Big Fight" JAMES GLEASON 'Is Zat So", "Shannons of Broadway" JOHN HUSTON "Murders in the Rue Morgue' "Forgotten Boy" HARRY REVEL With Mack Gordon, Ace Song Writers, wroteZiegfeld Follies, "An Orchid To You", "Under- neath The Harlem Moon" ROWLAND BROWN "State's Attorney", "What Price Hollywood", "The Doorway to Hell" ARTHUR RICHMAN "The Awful Truth", "The Laughing Lady" HENRY LEHRMAN Veteran writer and director; King of Comedy MACK GORDON Co-wiiter with Harry Revel 7JH*'l: and these ace writers MAUDE T. HOWELL "The Billion Dollar Scandal", "I Love That Man" GENE TOWNE "Disraeli", "The Millionaire", "Voltaire" COURTENAY TERRETT "Only Saps Work" LAIRD DOYLE "Hell Below" HAROLD LONG Releasing thru UNITED ARTISTS I I I WALLACE BEERY GEORGE RAFT JACKIE COOPER in "THE BOWERY" with FAY WRAY and PERT KELTON A rip roaring, knock 'em down and drag 'em oul panorama of the old days of New York's famou shambles, "when the Bowery was the Boweryl Chock Connors, Steve Brodie, Swipes, the newsbo> They're all there, drinking, fighting, loving, dyinc Directed by RAOUL WALSH I I GEORGE BANCROFT // BLOOD MONEY // with JUDITH ANDERSON and FRANCES DEE The inside story of front page news. Chiselliru bail bondsmen and income tax racketeers play ing their sinister game of life and death, with < woman's love as a pawn. More timely than tomorrow Directed by Rowland Brown SPENCER TRACY and JACK OAKIE "TROUBLE SHOOTER" While the world sleeps, the unsung heroes of the telephone lines brave a thousand dangers in order that the wires may be clear when the world awakes. Through their sacrifices, the world- wide wheels of commerce move. A picture of a hundred thrills! "THE GREAT BARNUM' "There's a sucker born every minute", but don forget that there's a wise one born every minute too. You can count on every last one of ther flocking to this stupendous dramitization cf th> life of the world's greatest showman. (CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED; Releasing thru // BORN TO BE BAD // This model sold the buyers more than cloaks and suits. The boys who came to buy the latest styles and fashions for the old home town re- mained to make her the toast of the big hot town. (CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED) 'MISS LONELYHEARTS The cries from the heart of his unseen public tur j the hard boiled editor of an "Advice to th Lovelorn" column into a softie. Humor, patho the heights and depths of the human heart, at woven into a symphony of emotions. (CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED; WALTER WINCHELL'S "BROADWAY THRU A KEYHOLE" im your house lights for this one! Broadway's :e columnist, who sees all, hears all and knows I, gives all he has, and then some, in this jleidoscopic story of his life. Orchids to you, alterl Let the scallions fall where they mayl Directed by LOWELL SHERMAN CONSTANCE BENNETT in 'MOULIN ROUGE" A sparkling musical cocktail, with one part New York, one part Vienna, and one part Paris, with words and music added by Al Dubin and Harry Warren. What, Connie Bennett in a musical ? Nothing else but. We don't have to tell the world about her acting. This picture will tell plenty about how she can sing . . . and dance! Directed by SIDNEY LANFIELD GEORGE ARLISS in "RED TAPE" he screen's most distinguished portrayer of the smantic roles of another day now brings all the jave artistry of silks and satins to modern dress, in comedy drama as vibrant as today's headlines. ANN HARDING in GALLANT LADY // with CLIVE BROOK and JANET BEECHER Once more the artistry of this lovely lady adds another superb portrait to the screen's gallery of glamorous heroines. Directed by GREGORY LA CAVA GEORGE ARLISS in HE GREAT ROTHSCHILD I he epic of the five men of Frankfort who made ings and emperors do their bidding, and made leir will the "gold standard" of the world, v great lesson for America today. " I KNEW HER WHEN" Carried, single, divorced, or "that way", this pic- ure will tell them things about divorce that are iot in the law books. The Reno-vated singing the battle Cry of Freedom, and how they get that way. (CASf TO BE ANNOUNCED) ^N o ;J WAt with FAY WRAY and PERT KELTON The Bowery of Al Smith, Jimmy Walker and Irving Berlin! The bailiwick of Chuck Conners and Steve Brodie East side, west side, all around the town and country, everyone will be flocking to the sidewalks of New York to see "THE BOWERY" Directed by RAOUL WALSH From the novel, "Chuck Conners' by Michael L Simmons and Bessie Roth - Solomon. #• I* 1.1 . ,.■. ■ ■: IflHCHEU •4,. seat o» Broad- en a «"9s,de *ae IAiWona.re and r^'^Uoy.""^'" «\av boY °nd b „naHv conduct- * ; J« in >Ws pCrS «s and bou- ^oUr^n97:-dwesV,y 6Y HOPKINS JOYCE ABE LYMAN CONSTANCE CUMMINGS puss roiOMRO DIRECTED BY LOWELL SHERMAN TEXAS GUINAN cnnic pr>v i- ^^ Diret'ted by SIDNEY I.VNKIKI.U Mn.sit /»> tl Dubin «/«"*-.* ^e $& Vt «0% //I ^ m ANCROFT Direct Money that buysj Money soiled with with blood, stamH The net of the I big shots wrigg II Ll JUDITH ANDERSON FRANCES DEE I/VN [man life! ly tainted Iss greed. 1, but the ACTION IS WHAT THE BUSINESS NEED ACTION IS WHA RELEASING THRU UNITED ARTISTS U'LL GET - - iron JOSEPH M. SCHENCK Preside DARRYL F. ZANUCK Vice Preside IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTIC • .' Z ,y, Aug. 21, 1933 FU THER FIGHT SEEN N DUAL BILL ISSUE li he reaching of an exhibitor ■i listributor committee agree- in double features, one of the i« knotty of industry problems is en solved as far as the tenta- t ndustry code draft is con- \ er its. provisions the policy i ie prohibited in any territory b • ich 60 per cent of exhibitors ,.ti gainst it. The independent dis- ifc )r delegates, headed by Eddie ol i of Monogram, Harry Thom- i First Division, Arthur Brom- er if Atlanta, and Attorney Jacob ■ iter, counsel for the Federa- te )f the M. P. Industry, has it for no restrictions on the pol- ej id will carry this fight to the ';i ngton hearing in their form f 'eptions to the majority opin- i one time during the confer- r an effort was made to raise k inning voting percentage to 75, ml his failed to secure majority I val. , Tax Bill, Modified, s Passed by the Senate (Continued from Page 1) row for concurrence on the jment. There is hope of de- ig it there. One of the best res was the elimination of the rency clause, and if the bill is d it will not become effective 90 days from the date of Gov- White's signature. This will t to the latter part of Decem- i lty Pageant at Roxy Tonight st of two elimination contests lect "Miss New York 1933" to fcte for the title of "Miss Uni- r in the 14th Annual Interna- I Beauty Pageant will be held Iht at the original Roxy. The Id elimination will be held to- pw night, with the final selec- nade on Friday. Eddie Dowling pet as chairman of the judges' iiittee for the three nights. hg the celebrated artists who Uct as judges are Penryhn Stan- James Montgomery Flagg, e Thresher and Jules Commert, 5ae Foster. I There are only a dozen wooden In- pi cigar signs left in the U. S. and ^nada, Paramount discovered after a jo months' intensive search for one the creatures to be used in 'One (nday Afternoon'." —PARAMOUNT DAILY 17 IONCTHE PHIL M. DALY • • • IT IS only possible to find a mere handful of No. 1 Men in any industry born leaders, administrators and or- ganizers who automatically guide the destinies of Big Business the film industry has its share of these rare No. 1 Men which is a surprising fact on which the Industry can felicitate itself for in addition to the qualities of a Business Leader such a man must also possess Showman Sense to a high degree and such a No. 1 Man is Joseph M. Schenck • • • HE HAS embarked on the most important period of his long and illustrious career as president of the lately organized 20th Century Pictures it is a significant fact that since Mister Schenck entered the industry many years ago he has invariably been tied up with IMPORTANT organi- zations and individuals as attested by the following sum- mary of his motion picture activities • • • OVER FIFTEEN years ago he became associated with Marcus Loew in the Loew Theatrical Enterprises later he signed the late Roscoe Arbuckle for comedies distrib- uted by Paramount in 1919 he became producer of Norma Talmadge's pictures "Panthea," released through Select, was the first production soon after he became producer of Constance Talmadge's pictures, also releasing through Select ...... after Buster Keaton returned from France in 1919, Mister Schenck soon had him under his banner • • • FOLLOWED SIX years of independent production the Talmadge pictures being released through First Na- tional and the Keatons through M-G-M Joe Schenck was then elected chairman of the Board of Directors of United Art- ists Corporation on Dec. 5, 1924 the company had been founded in 1919 as a releasing organization for the independent films of Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith from the moment that Joe Schenck step- ped in United Artists started to GO it assumed a new and more vital significance in the setup of the entire industry • • • IN THE two succeeding years 1925-26 outstanding independent producers aligned themselves with the Schenck organization Norma Talmadge, Gloria Swanson, Corinne Griffith, John Barrymore, Samuel Goldwyn, Morris Gest on May 23, 1926, Schenck announced the organization of United Artists Theater Circuit a chain of 20 pre- release theaters, with J. S. elected chairman of the Board • • • IT WAS not till April 4, 1927, that this struggling and ambitious young film lad really reached the Heights on that date the stockholders of United Artists elected him President to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hiram Abrams he still occupies that position and in the intervening six years the history of United Artists has been one of consistent growth a progress often attained and maintained under most trying circumstances owing to the unique position that this company occupies in requiring different methods of operation than any other major outfit this season will see Joe Schenck's company release 35 to 40 features largest in its history other No. 1 Men come and go Joe Schenck goes on perennially GHAS. GOETZ REVIVING 7 LLOYD FEATURES release (Continued from Page 1) one Lloyd feature every seven weeks, with distribution through state rights offices. The company also plans to make four features during 1933-34, with production on the coast. New York offices have been opened in the Bond Building. The six Lloyd features are "Safety First," "The Freshman," "Sailor's Luck," "Why Worry?" "Dr. Jack" and "Hot Water." Equity Seen Influencing Hours, Wages for Players (Continued from Page 1) all classes of workers of the stage, Actors' Equity Ass'n is expected to be influential in achieving this end with respect to screen players when the film industry code is put into final form in Washington. It is un- derstood Equity will seek to figure in the film code hearings as the spokesman of the acting profession. In the legitimate field, the code establishes a 40-hour week for all except press agents, with minimum wages of $25 weekly for actors with less than two years' experience, while the more experienced are to be paid $50 minimum where top ticket price is $4.50; $45 where top is be- tween $4 and $4.50; $42.50 where top is $3 to $4, and $40 where top is $3 or less. Minimum for chorus girls is $30 a week; press agents, $75 on the road, $50 in town; musi- cians, projectionists and stagehands, $30; company managers and house treasurers, $40; electrical workers, $30; ushers, ticket takers, scrub- women, etc., 30 cents an hour. For stock companies, a slightly lower scale is named. Music Hall Makes New Record Attendance Friday at the Radio City Music Hall exceeded by 1,000 admissions that of the previous day, which broke all records for an open- ing day at the big house. Week-end business was practically capacity. The feature is Katharine Hepburn in "Morning Glory." « « « » » » THE is -3&* DAILY Monday, Aug. 21, NEED MORE BALLYHOO, DECLARES NAT HOLT (Continued from Page 1) than practical necessity, says Holt, but with moviegoing budgets curtail- ed the public suddenly began to pick shows with care. He continues: "A general analysis of the subject of poor business brought forth realms of graphic description, but no single panacea could be sighted. Good pictures with sterling casts did good business, but enough of them could not be produced to tide over the over-seated communities. "After months of careful study, dawn broke overhead and the rain- bow appeared. We abruptly arrived at the conclusion that people were ".ot coming to shows because they were not attracted. "The moral is, dress up attrac- tions. Use street ballyhoos, carni- val fronts, gag advertising, throw- aways. Show business has lost its dignitorial veneer, given up its 'soc- ial standing' and reverted to the primal element that gave it its name. It's finding its feet again. "I'm sure we are on the right track. We're going into our second Greater Show Season, a sort of gen- eral ballyhoo about the Show busi- ness. Contrived primarily as an in- stitutional measure, it has for its very definite goal the purpose of keeping the public Show Conscious. There'll be parades, fireworks, air- planes, double-trucks in the newspa- pers and a great deal of shouting. Plenty of shouting. The louder the better. "Too much dignity is poison to the box office. A little of the good old fashioned 'hoke' will do the trick." Lloyd Bacon Kept Busy West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Completing the direc- tion of Warners' "Footlight Parade" on Saturday, Lloyd Bacon starts work today on "Son of the Gobs," Joe E. Brown vehicle, without the customary rest period. Anticipated demand for box-office attractions is causing Warner-First National to maintain production activities at a high level. "Gold Diggers" Released Sept. 2 "Gold Diggers of 1933," the War- ner musical, will be nationally re- leased Sept. 2. Presnell's $600 Breakfast Robert Presnell, associate producer for First National, has figured out that he recently ate the most expensive dish of ham and eggs ever served to an indi- vidual. The two eggs comprising part of his breakfast were the first cbtained from his new chicken ranch in the San Fernando Valley. Before these were pro- duced by his fancy Leghorns, Presnell figures he expended $200 for blooded chicks, $200 for their scientifically pre- pared quarters. $50 for feed ;>nd $125 for an attendant. When after five months two of his flock began to lay, he estimates the cost of his ham and egg celebration at close to $300 per egg. A LITTLE from "LOTS ►// By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD J-JELEN VINSON, former Warner' Bros, contract player, is now free-lancing. She has just com- pleted work in "The Kennel Murder Case." She played important roles in "The Power and the Glory" and "Midnight Club." * * * To the first person in the wings whom he accosts following a big scene in "The Tale of Two Cities," at the Hollywood Playhouse, Philip Merivale smilingly asks, "Could you have done any better?" John Miljan will play the role of the prizefight manager in "Kid Gloves," which Kurt Neumann will direct for Universal. ♦ ♦ # Dick Farrell has joined the Para- mount casting office. He is a cousin of Glenda Farrell. * * * Clifford Jones has been signed for an important role in "Tilly and Gus," which Francis J. Martin is directing for Paramount. Jones ap- peared in "The Man Who Dared" and "The Power and the Glory." Ben Holmes will direct Clark and McCullough in "Hey, Nanny, Nanny" and "Window Pains." He also di- rected them in "Snug in the Jug." In collaboration with Johnny Grey he is writing the stories for the five remaining comedies in the Clark and McCullough series being produced by Louis Brock for RKO. * * * First National will put "Havana Widows," its picture glorifying two burlesque queens, with Joan Blon- dell, Glenda Farrell, Guy Kibbee. Frank McHugh and Allan Jenkins heading the cast, into production this week. It is from the story by Earl Baldwin and Ray Enright will direct. Claire Dodd has been signed for the second feminine lead in Colum- bia's "My Woman." Helen Twelve- trees, Victor Jory and Wallace Ford have the leading roles. Victor Schertzinger is directing, and also composed the musical numbers to be sung in the feature. The story was written by Brian Marlow. * * * Chico De Verdi, Gypsy violinist, is an addition to RKO's "Without Glory." * * * Dorothy Wilson and Richard Cromwell will appear in Columbia's "Above the Clouds". Robert Arm- strong also is in it, with Roy Wil- liam Neil directing. * * * RKO has signed George Meeker for "A Chance at Heaven," while Henry Stephenson has been assigned to "Behold We Live," making his seventh consecutive picture at that studio. NRA Code Confab Sidelights .By ARTHUR W. EDDY "CIRST contingent of confreres to make their escape for home in- cluded Al Steffes, Fred Wehrenberg and Ben Bernstein of Detroit, St. Louis and Los Angeles, respec- tively and respectably. Some kind soul placed a rose at Col. Ed Schiller's place at the con- ference table Saturday morning and a bowl of asters before Charley O'Reilly. Sid Samuelson has signed up Ab- ram F. Meyers to address his Allied Theaters of New Jersey annual meet at Atlantic City Sept. 6, 7 and 8. The committee men registered sur- prise when someone produced a copy of a local daily newspaper which told of the meetings being held at a luxurious Westchester Country Club. At some of the tales of oppressed exhibitors, even the stately portraits on the committee room walls began to shed tears, it is alleged. Charles O'Reilly's good work was accorded recognition in the follow- ing resolution : "WHEREAS, Mr. Charles O'Reilly, the Co-ordinator of the Exhibitor Committee, has presided with impartiality and fairness throughout the long and arduous session of the Exhibitors' Committee, and, "WHEREAS, he has been tireless in his efforts to effect agreement and has been un- stinting in giving his time and effort into the late hours of the morning, and, "WHEREAS, he has earned the respect, admiration and gratitude of all members of the committee for his fairness and coordinat- ing effort. '^THEREFORE, be it resolved that the ex- hibitor committee vote its unanimous thanks to its co-ordinator and commend his services to the Administrator, the President of the United States and to the public." TENTATIVE CODE GO TO WASH'NTOMORR (Continued from Page 1) ords as probably the most impo- meeting of its kind ever held. Reported disposition of vai' controversial clauses, in prin at least, is as follows: Clauses Agreed Upon Double Features — Banned h vote of 60 per cent of theater any territory. Protection — Passed to each 1 tory as zone, not national, prol Arbitration — Problem to be died by each zone. Deadlock Clauses Open market buying. Distributor pulling of pic) from sold program and selling as specials. Designating playdates. Score charges. Cancellations. Block booking. With all three major commi now disbanded, the distributor producer continuing committee hold a joint session this mornii 10:30 o'clock at the Hays offu complete details of the tent draft. Sidney R. Kent and Ch L. O'Reilly are scheduled to de i it personally to Sol A. Rosenl t deputy administrator, in Was! j ton tomorrow. Final whole-committee sessior i held Saturday morning by the J hibitor group, with Gabriel L. 1 1 Hays office counsel, occasioi 1 called in to represent the distribi committee in discussions. A total of 76 exhibitor propc ! were considered and 25 more J,i distributors. There is a possibility that theli hibitor continuing committee ' meet in Washington tomorrow n O'Reilly, at the close of the ference, complimented Tom Mui ; secretary of the exhibitor commi i for his work, and the efforts of i secretarial force. "Not more than half a d' • points will be passed on to i Washington hearing for a decisi said O'Reilly. Warners Buy Property Warner Theaters Corp. is ta over the property at 235-39 '\ 51st St., back of the Hollywood ater, from the Shuberts. It ma used for enlarging the Holly* into a legitimate house for mfi shows, according to Joseph B hard, head of Warner Theaters — ' Dual Record for "Diggers" West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — Warners' "Gold Diggers of 1933," in its 10% weeks' run at the Grauman's Chinese, es- tablished a dual record for length of run and box-office receipts. Reopening Indianapolis Keith Indianapolis — Reconditioning of the B. F. Keith theater is under way, with plans for reopening the first week in September by the Switow and Libson interests. New Western Electric sound equipment will be among the improvements. Chorines Are Smarter West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAIL Hollywood — "Beautiful but dumt chorines are a thing of the past as fl as studios are concerned, according William Anthony McGuire. associate pro ducer at Universal and who formerly ai thored material for Ziegfeld shows. Mn Guire, who recently finished the screi- play for "Roman Scandals," new Edr> Cantor vehicle for United Artists. saysJ recent survey showed that about 80 p cent of the chorus girls in current mi\ sical films are university trained or con. from cultured environments. i [MN CLEVER * « I THESE CHINESE One thousand tellings are not so good as one seeing // Old Chinese proverb Damn clever these Chinese .. two thousand years ago they knew what to say about ["his Day and Age CECIL B. DeMILLE'S first spectacle of modern times and PAR A MOUNT'S second* smash hit of 1933-34 season. See it for yourself— its action speaks louder than our words! 53 / Paramount'* First Smash Hit of the 1933-34 Season vRLENE DIETRICH IE SONG OF SONGS" ■ A Rouben Momoulian Production >.R.O. at the Criterion, New York ] in New York's hottest weather t sh THE 20 DAILV Monday, Aug N-E-W-S O-F T-H-E D-A-Y Richmond, Va. — Following com- pletion of alterations, the Capitol will reopen Sept. 1. Ridgely, Md.— E. G. Finney of Wil- mington, Del., who recently took over the Community here, will re- open the house Labor Day. Kansas City— Don R. (High Fidel- ity) Davis has just sold RCA Victor sound equipment to J. A. Becker for his two Independence, Mo., houses, the Granada and the Plaza, and to the circuit owners, Moran & Isley, for their Mullikin theater at Spring- field, Mo. Jacksonville, Fla.— H. S. Wade, N. G. Wade, Jr., and Mary Ewing are named directors in the $10,000 char- ter granted the Riverside Theater, Inc., independent house, which opens Sept. 1. There are 100 shares, par value $100 each. Newton, Mass. — Nine-year-old son of Raymond LeStrang, former press agent for Marion Davies, disap- peared last week while they were visiting here. Minneapolis — Al Steffes has ap- pointed Al Hill manager of the Par- adise in North Minneapolis. New Haven — "Voltaire," Warner release, opened at the Roger Sher- Standard Studio Using RCA Sound Standard Sound Recording Corp., headed by Jack Miner, has become a Photophone recording licensee. Under the terms of a new, limited license agreement, a complete Pho- tophone High Fidelity recording system mounted on a mobile truck becomes available to the licensee for its sound recording requirements for a stipulated period during the year. Publix Northwest Deals Wait Minneapolis — Offers from Eddie Ruben, Jules Rubin and Shanberg & Wolf for the Publix Northwest houses, now under William Hamm, Jr., as receiver, are reported still standing. This situation may be one of the next to be tackled by Herschel Stuart, who recently joined Para- mount Publix and is now supervis- ing the company's Detroit group. George Delis to Lockport East Liverpool, O. — George R. Delis, who has been city manager of the State and American theaters here for A. G. Constant of Steuben- ville, has resigned to become man- ager of the Palace, Lockport, N. Y. Staging "New Show Year Ball" Cheyenne, Wyo. — A "New Show Year Ball," with pageantry and prizes for best film star impersona- tions, is being promoted by Chet Miller, city Manager for Fox houses here. Date is Aug. 26. man theater here Thursday to busi- ness equal to "42nd Street," giving the house its biggest opening since "Gold Diggers of 1933." Kansas City — Ralph Jersey, man- ager of Associated Film Distribu- tors, is recovering from an auto ac- cident. Missoula, Mont. — E. K. Taylor, manager of the Fox Rialto, was chosen Lieutenant-Governor of the Kiwanis Clubs for this district. Akron, O. — Dick Wright, manager of Warners' Strand, is vacationing in Chicago at the Century of Prog- ress and will also visit Indianapolis. Mrs. Wright accompanied hi Windy City. Hyannis, Mass. — Safe-i took $300 from the Idle h{ ater. Stowe, Vt.— The Auditor ater has closed until furthe "LADY FOR A DAY-a Columbia picture— is just one of those box-office nuggets that exhibitors and their cus- tomers occasionally pan out of the swiftly moving stream of pictures. Broadway and the rest of the world which like their laughs, heart- throbs and tears will wait a long time before they find more of each concentrated into one film/7 —says Motion Picture Daily J The Daily N Of Motion Now Fifteen ewspa per Pictures Years Old -^FDAIIY CRtf, TtESDAy, AUGUST 22, 1933 .5 CENTS ashing ton Delayed Another Day MORATORY CODE HEARING IS SET FOR AUG. 31 Allied Trades Urged To Join Against Dual Bill Ban m Insist on Leaving Double Features Up to Each Exhib termined to prevent the inclu- jj )f an anti-double feature clause n e industry code, Eddie Golden, j senting the groups favoring io e features, yesterday sent sev- r mndred letters to about a dozen ; trades in the film industry ask- ;i> or an expression of their stand lis question and urging their Drt of a policy whereby the mat- f duals will be left up to each (Continued on Page 11) HFT PROPOSALS FOR VAUDE TALENT . ur sets of industry code pro- s, covering relations between s 'in presentations and vaude- and theaters, were submitted rday at a meeting of an exhibi- ommittee headed by Col. E. A. ler and representatives of Ac- Equity, Chorus Equity, Actors irment and National Vaudeville its. These four groups present- (Continued on Page 11) en Says Strike Is Jurisdictional gton Bureau of THE FILM DAILY ishington ' — The Hollywood 1 men's strike is purely juris- ^nal and efforts to settle the ences have been made for sev- (Ccmtinued on Page 11) John Bull Goes Gay London — Announcement of Douglas ifbanks' plans to produce some pic- res here is interpreted jubilantly by : British press as foreshadowing the em of Hollywood, with Britain taking place as the cinema capital of the >rld. A "Daily Mail" headline says ve Take the Lead," the "Morning st" dittos with 'England Takes World ■30 in Picture," and even the staid a Manchester "Guardian" leads off itonally with "The Decline of Holly- lod." Nathanson-Poli Deal "Premature," Says Poli Woodmont, Conn. — Commenting on a reported announcement by Arthur Theaters Corp. in New Haven that N. L. Nathanson, head of Famous Players Canadian Corp., had bought an interest in the Poli houses in New England and would take over their operation from Harry Arthur, S. Z. Poli called the report "premature." No deal has been signed yet, Poli contends. Rumors of Nathanson's entry fnto the New England field have been in circulation for some time. I.A.T.S.E. BANS GO-OP VENTURES Oppositions to union participation in co-operative theater-operating plans has been registered by the Gen- eral Executive Board of the I. A. T. S. E. & M. P. 0., which ruled that none of its affiliated locals may en- gage in such a project without the consent of the general office. Such enterprises have "been tried many times in the past and repeatedly met with complete failure," accord- ing to the board. Additional the- (Continued on Page 11) All Macon White Houses Now Under Lucas-Jenkins Macon, Ga. — Following lease of the Rialto from George Slappey of Fort Valley, Lucas and Jenkins of Atlanta now control all white houses here. The group also includes the Grand, which has reopened as a legit house after being dark two years. OKLA. EXHIBS FORM UNAFFILIATED ASS'N Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Oklahoma City — At & meeting in the Biltmore Hotel last week, with 148 theaters represented, the The- ater Owners of Oklahoma was form- ed, with Morris Loewenstein of the Majestic here as president; L. A. White, Weatherford, vice-president; R. M. Clark, of Griffith Amusement Co., secretary-treasurer; Fred B. Pickrel, Orville Enlowe, L. E. Bre- wer, E. G. Kadene and Pat McGee, directors. The association will be independent of all other units. The NRA code will be observed. 18 Houses for Warners In Wisconsin Division Menominee, Mich. — Warners have acquired the Lloyd here, with Cyrus Lloyd continuing as manager. The circuit now has 18 houses in its Wisconsin division. Kent and O'Reilly Taking Code to Wash'n Tomorrow Saxe Bros. Circuit Adds 3 Executives to Staff Milwaukee — In addition to Al Kvool as general manager, Saxe Brothers, who are now operating nine houses in the state, have named James Webster, Ed Vollendorf and James Keefe to their staff. Webster was formerly with the Wisconsin (.Continued on Page 11) While work of clarifying various clauses and general polishing up of industry code proposals was in prog- ress yesterday, Sidney R. Kent and Charles L. O'Reilly postponed their conference with Sol A. Rosenblatt, deputy administrator, from today until tomorrow at Washington. They will turn over to him a tentative code drafted by the producer, dis- (Continued on Page 11) Gov't to Have 3 Members On Lab Administrative Committee Washington Bxweau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Hearings on the mo- tion picture laboratory code have been set for Aug. 31. The draft, as submitted Aug. 18, proposes a mini- mum wage of 50 cents an hour and maximum of 40 hours' work except in emergencies, while apprentices are to get 40 cents an hour and no one under 16 is to be employed. The code is to be administered by an Ad- ministrative Recovery Committee (Continued on Page 11) studio IaWcode like present pact The basic studio labor agreement, covering relations between the pro- ducers and unions concerned with production, practically duplicates in contents the agreement now in ef- fect. The draft was virtually com- pleted over the week-end at confer- ences between the producers' com- mittee, headed by Pat Casey, and representatives of the various crafts. Eight Theaters Added By RKO Circuit in Week Two more theaters were added yesterday to the RKO circuit, mak- ing a total of eight additions during the past week. Harold B. Franklin yesterday announced a partnership deal involving the RKO and Chris (Continued on Page 12) More Difference on Code Wash. Bur. of THE FILM DAILY Washington — While film code formu- lators have been sweating blood over such vital problems as dual bills, open market buying, zoning, etc., all such matters are relatively unimportant to Washington newspaper correspondents who are on the lookout for the filing of the motion picture code. These news lads are interested mostly in "film star angles" for their stories. VoL LXIII. No. 44 Tues, Aug J2.1S33 Price 5JCints JOHN W. AUCOAIE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1 r . 5 0 Broadway, New York, N. Y., bj Uul's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. ite, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. 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Today: Semi-monthly meeting of Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey, at or- ganization headquarters, New York. Aug. 23: Independent Theater Owners Ass'n cruise up the Hudson. Music Hall Stage Shows Over RKO Circuit Starting next month, duplications of Radio City Music Hall stage shows produced by "Roxy" will be booked over the RKO and Orpheum circuits, it was announced yesterday by Harold B. Franklin. These shows will not be units in the usual sense of the word, but will be especially designed and staged for the road with special stage equipment to reproduce the technical facilities which we have at the Music H j 1 1 . said Franklin. The cream of the Music Hall shows will be blended into pro- duction; for the road and will be widely booked by the RKO circuit. Sales Are Ahead of 1932 Smith and Sears Report Though Warner-First National started selling new season's .product later than ever before, contracts are running ahead of last year at this time, it was stated yesterday by Andy Smith and Grad Sears, sales executives. Fred M. Jack, N. H. Brower and Carl Leserman, district managers in Dallas, Los Angeles and Chicago, respectively are in New York assisting Smith and Sears with the rush of work. Para. Signs Lanny Ross Lanny Ross, popular radio tenor, has been signed by Paramount as a possibility for screen build-up along the same lines as Bing Cros- by. Ross leaves for Hollywood in December. He will continue his broadcasting work. Elect Fox Directors Today Fox stockholders will hold their •adjourned annual meeting today at 2 p. m. to elect a new directorate comprising 12 members. Mechanics of the Fox Film refinancing plan, wiping out indebtedness amounting to approximately $38,000,000, by the issuance of new common stock in ex- change were completed yesterday. Fox-Griffith Deal Fox has completed a 100 .percent 1933-34 product deal with the Grif- fith Amusement Co., operating in Oklahoma and Texas. Under super- vision of John D. Clark, in charge of distribution, a deal is being nego- tiated for Publix houses. Cruze to Direct Will Rogers West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Wiil Rogers' next Fox picture, "There's Always Tomor- row," will he directed by James Cruze, bringing the two together again after 11 years. Receiver Asked for Atlanta Fox Atlanta — Following a petition by several parties for a receivership, Judge J. D. Humphries has issued a temporary order restraining op- erators of the Fox theater from dis- posing of assets or paying out any more except for actual costs of op- eration. Chicago S. M. P. E. Meets Sept. 7 Chicago — Next meeting of the Chicago Section of the S. M. P. E. will be held Sept. 7 at 7 P. M. in the Electric Ass'n Rooms, Civic Op- era Bldg. Plans for the fall conven- tion will be discussed. RKO Dayton House Reopening Dayton, O. — Reopening of the RKO Colonial is set for Aug. 26. Monogram Doubled Sales During July and August Gross sales of Monogram pictures for July and August were double the sales for the same period in 1932, Eddie Golden told Film Daily yes- terday. "Our gross distribution 'take' is actually 100 per cent better than last year's during the same period," said Golden. "That means better product is being turned out and more theaters are opening daily." Golden also stated that sales of the "Port O' Call" series of two- reelers have exceeded the quotas set for various franchise holders by 50 per cent. Oklahoma City Exchange Is Destroyed by Fire Oklahoma City — Fire caused by explosion Saturday night destroyed the Allied Film Exchange, with loss estimated at $30,000. The Columbia and Majestic exchanges were slight- ly damaged by heat and smoke. Colman Returning West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Ronald Colman is re- turning from abroad by December, according to word received by Wil- liam Hawks, his friend and repre- sentative. The star originally had planned to take a recess of a few years from the screen, and recent reports had it that he might appear in films abroad. Plans for Colman's screen activities on his return here have not been determined. His lat- est Samuel Goldwyn picture, "The Masquerader," is now being shown. Fifi D'Orsay Back to Films Chicago — Fifi D'Orsay, after ful- filling a club engagement here, has left by plane for Hollywood to ap- pear in Marion Davies' next M-G-M film, "Going Hollywood." Mattern for Films Chicago — Jimmie Mattern, round- the-world flyer, who has just finished a week at the State-Lake, is leaving for New York to confer with film representatives regarding a number of picture offers he has received. Mark Goldman Joins Majestic Cincinnati — Mark Goldman, for- merly of Columbia, will have charge of Cleveland and Cincinnati offices of Majestic Pictures, with general offices in Cleveland. Muni Film to Be F. N. Release "The World Changes," starring Paul Muni, has been shifted from a Warner picture to a First National release. Coming and Goii DR. RAYMOND L. DITMARS, roolo ' has been identified with the prodj animal shorts, is on his way to Panama, for poisonous snakes in the tropics NORMAN H. MORAY, Vitaphone sa is back from a two weeks' southern BILL PINE of the Paramount coast staff is in New York. B. J. HYNES leaves Friday for D join Herschel Stuart, head of Publix there. BEN LYON is expected in New York coast Sept. 1. WALLACE BEERY will arrive in N from the coast by airplane Saturday. rnGME?MRGE „R- BATCHELLER, SR., and COHEN will arrive from the coast Mo Dembow Upstate Deal I Para, to Keep Hd With the deal under whicj Dembow was to take over at| mately 15 upstate New York j urom „Param°unt understood j "cold," the company is expect continue to operate this groun out putting it on the market. \ Walsh remains in charge of < vision. Warner-Canadian Di Warner-First National anc* phone 1933-34 product ha«| signed by Famous Players Ca*i houses. Deal was negotiated! W. Smith and Harry Pavr. • Warners, and N. L. Nathanson of the circuit. More RKO Product I Product deals have been ckl RKO with the Lichtman cirJ Washington, D. C, and Virginl the Marcus Notes circuit of i ington, involving 22 houses. Independents Meeting Tom 1 Board of directors of the P tion of the M. P. Industry h; tative plans for a meeting i row at the office of Jacob Sch i its counsel, at 500 Fifth Ave "Footlight Parade" 2-A-l Warners plan a two-a-day way showing next month fo latest musical, "Footlight Pr National release is set for ' Bill Pine, Rodney Bush Swap ( Biil Pine of the Paramoun- ( studio publicity force has arr « New York and will temporar change posts with Rodney i who leaves New York for the* in about two weeks. Exclusives Shelved The exclusive run policy, which ■ eral major distributors tried out d- I the 1932-33 season, so far has | shelved as far as new season sellir i concerned, according to a survey r < by THE FILM DAILY yesterday. * plan was tried by Harry Arthur in I eral Connecticut situations and in c I localities, last year. WHO GAVE YOU DARK ANGEL STELLA DALLAS BULLDOG DRUMMOND CONDEMNED WHOOPEE ARROWSMITH PALMY DAYS STREET SCENE KID FROM SPAIN And All Those Other Hits SAMUEIi GOLDWYN THE MAN WHO HAS GIVEN YOU MORE HITS THAN ANY OTHER IN- DIVIDUAL PRODUCER IN THE INDUSTRY STEPS FOR- WARD THIS YEAR WITH FOUR MORE GOLDWYN OPPORTUNITIES . . . BIGGER THAN ANYTHING HE'S EVER OFFERED IN THE PAST. WITH THIS ONE COMPLETED FLASH/ Just As We Go To Press Comes This News! CHICAGO — "MASQUER ADER" broke all attendance records including "Kid From Spain" which held previous high! BOSTON — Line up all around block when doors opened. "MASQUERADER" set to exceed everything. ATLANTIC CITY— "MASQUERADER" doubled previous picture's gross! -A Brought back for return engagement at*^ same house. Now Watch New York! Ronald COLMA] in If. THE •i » MASQUERADE with ELISSA LANDI Jticturized from one of the most sensational stage hits of all So well did the masquerader play his part, that the man who him as a double was branded an impostor, . . . even by his wife I mistress. Not since "Bull-Dog Drummond" has Colman had such a ■I ND THIS ONE IN PRODUCTION EDDIE CANTOR m "ROMAN SCANDALS" with RUTH ETTING DAVID MANNERS and GLORIA STUART and THE GOLDWYN GIRLS Oaesar's Roman legions returning triumphant from foreign conquests, bearing as booty the prize beauties of far flung empires! Slave markets seething with hundreds of glorious Goldwyn Girls, too exquisite to be alive, too beautiful for the naked eye! You'll be their slaves when they weave their sinuous spell. Pop-eyed Eddie, the crashing charioteer, burning up Rome under his own horse power. What a man in his flying toga! Throwing the bull in " The Kid From Spain " was nothing to keeping the chariot from throwing him, as he thunders down the arena. ■ C» GLAMOROUS! EXOTIC! AMERICA ALL Europe lies entranced in the path of her flaming triumphs. Now America awaits, with expectant thrill, her first American picture. I" OR fifteen months, Samuel Goldwyn has drawn prodigally on his treasure chests to prepare this exotic lady from afar for her American debut. Tutors taught her English. Readers searched scripts for a vehicle worthy of her talents. Coutouriers studied her sinuous body to clothe it glamorously. Lighting and make-up artists tested her strange beauty to make it a vision never to be forgotten. NOW, the veil is to be lifted ! A toast of the old world is to become the toast of the new! Foreign debts are cancelled. Europe is square with America again. Exhibitors will soon be cashing in on another Goldwyn opportunity. 1ILS ITS NEWEST STAR' i NOW SHOOTING! MAN A \h WARREN WILLIAM Directed by GEORGE FITZMAURICE t of that exotic Russia lying between the terious East and the modern West rises a new In this, her first American picture, as the tragic ghter of voluptuousness from Emile Zola's lortal classic, she has a role magnificently ching her superb artistry. ttl IN PREPARATION! ilARBARY COAST a port of call on the coast of Hell. No more aorous setting the world over could be found ,he exquisite artistry of this beauteous star than roaring panorama of the California gold rush. a HERBERT ASBURY'S book by the same name Screen play by FRANCES MARION ! ^ k CONTRACT NOW FOR THES! SAMUEL GOLDWYN PRODUCTIONS THROUGH YOUR NEARES1 UNITED ARTISTS EXCHANGE Printed in U.S.A. • •«»•• gy, Aug. 22, 1933 —3&>* DAILY 11 LIG OF CODE DELAYED A DAY (Continued from Page 1) and exhibitor committees I :ompleted principles of the ft ist Saturday afternoon. Ie >ers of the continuing com- 9 today will continue ironing c ails in connection with the Is. In addition to this mat- nt's attention will also be ngaged by a Fox Film stock- meeting this afternoon. He leave at midnight for Wash- po : and O'Reilly conferred at Evs office yesterday afternoon. I ing of clauses has been as- ne to a committee consisting of a F. Myers, Louis Nizer, Har- I Franklin, Mitchell Klupt, at- iefor A. H. Schwartz; H. M. I Al Steffes and Ed Kuyken- 1. I ome of the members are out I Allied Trades To Fight Dual Ban (Continued from Page 1) iv'ial exhibitor to decide for )ei,ing that the code formulators 1 ! ;reed on a clause whereby il; -ould be banned by a vote of Jicent of theaters in any terri- :. olden said yesterday that his u vas prepared to wage a finish rtl'i the issue. Golden holds the tl of Harry Thomas, Herman lif an, A. C. Bromberg and Jack Witz appointed with him as e|immitteemen and all favoring o|'n policy on duals. He also I iat Universal and Columbia t.jiong companies that have in- I they favor leaving the ques- to the exhibitors. a s letter to allied trades, Gol- i ntends that, if duals are ir ', it will reduce the number of tijs made by over 250 a year, jig many persons out of work, many theaters and eliminat- j'St of the smaller producing I .ies. i ita. Sales Up in South '; of Vitaphone shorts in the this season are 65 per cent J of last year, according to i?/n H. Moray, sales manager, just back from a trip through I :rritory. na Sten Well Prepared na Sten, whom Samuel Goldwyn Present in Zola's "Nana" and one picture for United Artists release 33-34, has just finished 15 months jlrooming for her American film This establishes a record for Jh of time spent in preparing a star production. Treatments on 12 stories ' prepared before "Nana" was '*ed, and every kind of test has 1 made, including makeup, diction, jatics, lighting, sound, singing, etc. __ J;TH|f !' rH PHIL M. DALY • • • HAVING STARTED to pick out some of the No. 1 Men in the industry with our li'l talk about Joe Schenck it is hardly possible to overlook Samuel Goldwyn who has been so closely identified with him Mister Goldwyn steps out with five productions this season instead of his usual two or three he is so sold on President Roosevelt's re- construction program that he is looking ahead to the next step which must inevitably follow its success * * * * • • • WHEN GOLDWYN entered the business in 1910 it wasn't dumb luck that he picked Jesse L. Lasky as a partner Samuel Goldwyn has always been uncanny in picking his associates the company was formed with a cash capital of $20,000 each partner subscribing half the amount in those days a feature film cost about a grand to produce c'n ya imagine! "The Squaw Man" was their first, with Dustin Farnum starring and Cecil B. De Mille directing De Mille's salary was 100 berries per week a renovated stable was their studio • • • IT WAS in 1917 that Sam Goldwyn was instrumen- tal in bringing about the $25,000,000 Famous Players-Lasky merger and he became chairman of the board of di- rectors in 1918 he formed the Goldwyn Pictures Corpo- ration with Arch and Edgar Selwyn of which he became prexy and chief owner. a few years later he sold out his interest to the Metro Company, and started again as an indie producer under his own name a position that he has maintained to this day in 1918 he allied his organi- zation with United Artists # * # ♦ • • • GUESTS OF honor at the premiere of "Dinner At Eight" at the Astor tomorrow eve will be Robert Montgomery and Helen Hayes Arch Selwyn will be the guest of honor at the Rivoli for the opening of Noel Coward's operetta, "Bitter Sweet" George Arliss in "Voltaire" opens at the Holly- wood this morning, with international celebs as guests for the evening performance A fashion show styled "Paris On Parade" will be the stage attraction at the 7th Ave. Roxy start- ing Friday mannequins at every performance will model the latest in fall and winter furs I.A.T.S.E. & M.P.O. Bans Co-Operative Ventures (Continued from Page 1) aters so operated constitute unfair competition to regular employers, and eventually employees engaged in such ventures find themselves work- ing on a wage scale lower than that paid by other houses of similar clas- sification, it is stated. New Warner Appointments in Wis. Milwaukee — Bunny Sommers, for- merly manager of Warners' Apple- ton house, has been named manager of the circuit's newly acquired Ret- law in Fond du Lac. Mildred Wirth, formerly secretary in the advertis- ing and publicity department of Fox- Midwesco, has been named secretary to Ben Katz, publicity and advertis- ing director for Warner Bros. Cleveland Nearly All NRA Cleveland — Almost all Cleveland theaters have signed the NRA code and are displaying the eagle. One small circuit and three independent houses are still holding out. Lab. Code Hearing Set For Aug. 31 (Continued from Page 1) comprising a board of the Labora- tory Association and three members of the Government. The code was signed by Alan Freedman, Stephen Eller, Tom Evans and Herbert Yates. $10,000 Profit From Va. Censors Richmond — A profit of about $10,- 000 after all operating expenses is expected to be turned in to the state treasury this year by the censorship division, according to Richard C. L. Moncure, director. No comment has been made by the Governor regard- ing the suggested abolition of the censor bureau. GOLDWYN LIMITS LINEUP TO FIVE Sticking to his belief in fewer and better pictures, Samuel Goldwyn will limit his activities for 1933-34 to five United Artists release, in- cluding Ronald Colman's "The Mas- querader," completed recently. Only one big Eddie Cantor musical will be made by Goldwyn. This has been in production for a year. The initial Anna Sten picture, "Nana," has had a year and three months of prepara- tion. This will be followed by an- other vehicle for Miss Sten, an orig- inal by Frances Marion based on Herbert Asbury's "Barbary Coast." Goldwyn's final picture will be an all-star on the "Cavalcade" order but with an American background. Draft Proposals For Vaude Talent (Continued from Page 1) ed the proposals. Charles L. O'Reil- ly participated in the meet at the Hotel Astor, functioning as coordina- tor. Schiller presided. Comprising the exhibitor commit- tee are, in addition to Schiller, Sid- ney E. Samuelson, George Skouras, Harold B. Franklin. The commit- tee meets this afternoon to discuss the proposals. Wis. M. P. T. O. Meet in Sept. Milwaukee — Tentative dates for the annual convention of the M. P. T. O. of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan have been moved into the middle of September, says President Fred S. Meyer. Green Says Strike Is Jurisdictional (Continued from Page 1) eral years, said William Green, president of the American Federa- tion of Labor, at yesterday's media- tion conference in an effort to iron out the coast trouble. Green ad- mitted he had heard rumors of a threatened nationwide strike of all movie theater operators in sympathy with the studio strikers. Meetings will resume today. Saxe Bros. Circuit Adds 3 Executives to Staff (Continued from Page 1) theater as engineer, while Vollen- dorf served as booker for Fox-Mid- wesco and Keefe was publicity di- rector for the same circuit several years ago. MANY HAPPY PETUM Best wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: August 22 Samuel Goldwyn I 12 THE ■o&a DAILY Tuesday, Aug. 22, A Little from "Lots" By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD riEORGE BANCROFT will play "Diamond Jim" Brady in "The World's Greatest Spender," original by Michael L. Simmons, to be pro- duced by Charles R. Rogers for Paramount. Harry Joe Brown will direct. * * * Paramount has bought "If a Man Bites a Dog," by Tiffany Thayer, and "The Pioneer Woman," by Stan Dagvar. M-G-M assignments: Robert Mont- gomery to star in "Transcontinental Bus"; Jobyna Howland, ZaSu Pitts and Helen Shipman for "Meet the Baron"; Alice Brady, Lionel Barry- more and Conway Tearle for "The Vinegar Tree." * * * Carole Lombard will have the lead in "White Woman," Paramount pic- ture, with Charles Laughton and Charles Bickford. Stuart Walker is to direct. * * * Warren Hymer has been signed by Columbia for "My Woman." * # * Mitchell Leisen will direct Para- mount's "The Trumpet Blows," with George Raft and Helen Twelvetrees. Roberto Turnbull, Paramount News cameraman in Mexico City, has been brought here to act as technical di- rector on the picture. Ted Healy and his stooges have been signed to new M-G-M contracts and will appear next in "Meet the Baron." $ # # Sam Taylor and Harold Lloyd are being re-united after an absence of seven years. Taylor's last picture with Lloyd was "The Freshman." Taylor, who will direct Lloyd's next story, directed "Out All Night," a Universal picture, which is proofing popular at the box-office. Lee Zahler is supervising the mu- sic for "Dance, Girl, Dance," which is being made by Invincible Pictures. In collaboration with C. Maury, Zah- ler wrote "Seeing Is Believing," the theme song of the picture. Eddie Cline is directing an un- titled Technicolor featurette at War- ner Bros. Teddy Joyce and Hobart Cavanaugh are among the principals. Cavanaugh won a long term con- tract at the Burbank studio, due to his work in "One Sunday After- noon," at the Hollywood El Capitan. Zanuck After Jed Harris? Jed Harris, Broadway producer who has been on a visit to the coast, is re- ported being sought by Darryl Zanuck as an addition to the 20th Century Pictures staff. Boston ■ — Newest additions to the Metropolitan theater publicity staff is Bob Cox, who incidentally is the masked singer appearing nightly in the dancing lounge. Minenapolis — Ed Jensen returned to these parts recently after two years on the coast. He may join the sales force of an equipment com- pany. Salem, Mass. — The Salem, man- aged by Leonard Dunn for M. and P., plans part-time vaudeville. Grinnell, la. — The Colonial, re- cently taken over by A. H. Blank of Des Moines, opens Sept. 6. Cincinnati — Jimmy Brunett, local Warner booker, will marry Dorothy Dodd on Aug. 30. Louisville — The Alamo has changed to split week first-runs. Lexington, Ky. — The Kentucky theater, operated by the Phoenix Amusement Co., has reopened. By Eight Theaters Added RKO Circuit in Week (Continued from Page 1) Buckley houses in Albany, with Buckley in charge of local operation. The theaters involved are the RKO Palace, RKO Grand, Harmanus Bleeker Hall and Leland. The houses have been listed under the division management of Charles Koerner,', in charge of RKO upstate New York and New England the- aters. Other partnership deals dur- ing the past week involve the Ter- minal, Newark, which is being op- erated in association with Skouras, and theaters in Sioux City, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Dubuque and Davenport, which will be operated in association with Mort Singer. Loew Tries Innovations On "Gold Diggers" Dates An. innovation in neighborhood theater booking arrangements is be- ing tried by the Loew circuit in con- nection with Warners' "Gold Diggers of 1933." Under its booking con- tract, only Loew houses will play the musical for the next few months. Instead of the usual method of re- leasing the picture by borough di- visions, it will be shown in all bor- oughs and Westchester simultane- ously, and about 30 houses which do not ordinarily play a full week will do so with this attraction. F. P. Canadian Meeting Winds Up Toronto — Eastern division man- agers' conference of Famous Players Canadian Corp. wound up last week with a dinner and outing, guests in- cluding Col. John A. Cooper, Jules Allen, J. J. Allen, Herbert Allen, William Rosenfeld, Morris Milligan, Jack Hunter, Henry L. Nathanson, Walter Hayer, H. Paynter, Oscar Hanson, A. L. Perry, Mannie Brown, H. Masters, J. 0. Loghlin, Wil- liam Reeve, Leo Devaney, Syd Taube, Ben Norrich and others. The sessions were presided over by N. L. Nathanson, Clarence Robson, J. J. Fitzgibbons and R. W. Bolstead. Indie Vaude Men Meet Tonight First meeting of the Independent Vaudeville Theaters operators will be held tonight at the Edison Hotel to formulate a code for the NRA. "Flying Devils" Opens Friday at the Roxy "Flying Devils," a new RKO- Radio picture with Eric Linden, Ar- line Judge, Bruce Cabot, Ralph Bel- lamy and Cliff Edwards, will open Friday at the Roxy Theater, 7th Ave. and 50th Street, as the featured screen attraction of the new pro- gram. This film, the story of a barn- storming aerial circus, was directed by Russell Birdwell and is based on the story by Louis Stevens, with screen adaptation by Byron Morgan and Louis Stevens. Academy Meets Thursday For Action on Film Code West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — A special meeting of the entire membership of the Acad- emy of M. P. Arts and Sciences will be held Thursday for action on the NRA code. President J. T. Reed, back from New York, will speak. The producers' arbitration agree- ment and agency code also will be discussed. Any official action of the Academy will be by secret ballot. Tomorrow the Academy will hold its first election under the new by- laws in which a board of governors and branch executive committees will be chosen by ballot of the mem- bers, with officers elected by the electoral committee comprised of the board of governors and the en- tire branch executive committees. Ben Pitts Heads New Firm Fredericksburg, Va. — Benjamin T. Pitts, circuit operator, is president of the newly charatered Charlestown Amusement Co., Inc., this city, formed to operate movie houses. Ed Benson of Charlestown, W. Va., is vice-president, and L. G. Payne of Famouth, Va., secretary-treasurer. "Gold Diggers" Brought Back Louisville— "Gold Diggers of 1933" is being brought back for return en- gagements in Mayfield, Princeton and Fulton. Louisville 100% NRA Louisville — All Louisville movie houses have gone into the NRA and are displaying the blue eagle. SHORT SHOTS fr\ EASTERN STUDI = By CHAS. ALICOATE - '"pHE GREAT ADVEN' starring Lilliam Gish a land Young, has gone into tion at the Eastern Service in Astoria. Arnold Picture is making it. Arthur Hopki William de Mille are directi sisted by Joe Nadel. • "Big Benefit" is the title third of the series of twol to be produced by Mentone l\ tions for Universal release. (I for the short will be complet] week, with work scheduled t\ Aug. 28 at the West Coast I studio under the direction o I Shores- Frank Zucker will I camera woi-k. The "Mississippi Suite," a : semi-classical tone poem co by Ferde Grofe, is being ma a one-reel film at the Brookly phone studio under the direci Roy Mack. • I sham Jones and his ban\ been signed by Sam Sax to ', 'short for Vitaphone. Her mail has assigned his musical staff I pare a scenario. Roy Mack I red. 9 Frank Heath, former Par; casting director and most r doing the casting for "T Chance," has joined Arnold P Corp. in the same capacity feature "The Great Adve Heath will make his hedquar the Eastern Service studio toria. • Walter E. Keller, formed' Paramount, Universal, Foi head of the art department Tec- Art studios on the coas who is responsible for the art tion on the recently con, Rowland-Brice feature, "Mo\ and Pretzels,' is art director Arnold Pictures Carp, prodf "The Great Adventure." • Final shots have been com on the two-reel Vitaphone sho ject starring Jane Fromar Georges Metaxa, supported by Ryder, Don Zelaya, Chaney |j specialty dancers, Harlan B] Novia and Vitaphone's pern1 chorus of 14 girls along with cial chorus of 12 male singep script for the short, as yet UJ] was authored by Cyrus Woc; A. Dorian Otvos of the studil nario staff. - All-Comedy Programs Cleveland — Having found his pa] unresponsive to heavy dramas, Marv Louis Swee of the Knickerbocker hereafter give an all-comedy pro> every Thursday and Friday. The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fifteen Years Old -^FDAILY . LVBII. NO. 4> C^WEDNESDAy, AUGUST 23, 1933 <5 CENTS ten New Are Elected to Fox Board LIST MINUTE PROPOSALS PRESAGE CODE FIGHT RA May Sidetrack Fair Practice Questions in Code l\ rfoyment Objectives teing Sought First Through Code J By WILLIAM SILBERBERG LM DAILY Staff Correspondent \ shington — Due to the mounting in sr of codes being received by ne IRA, the sidetracking of fair re ce sections until a later date, w :he approval of codes affect- um nly hours of labor and mini- n wages is seen in some offi- ia i.uarters as being forced upon {Continued on Page 4) « CODE SPECIFIES RDITRATION BOARD gton Bureau of THE FILM DAILY shington — A secondary com- ?, known as an arbitration , to settle controversies not 2d in its fair practice code, is ied in the laboratory code uled for hearing Aug. 31 in J. S. Chamber of Commerce before Sol A. Rosenblatt. This addition to the Administra- Recovery Committee which I administer the code itself. ! lab association filing the code (Continued on Page 16) . Vanni to Aid Sagal Handling Poll Houses . v Haven — A. J. Vanni, former- *:th the Poli circuit and now ging the Palace and Bijou is expected to become aide to M. Sagal when the latter over the handling of the Fox (Continued on Page 4) Sonogram, RCA Go NRA 'lonogram Pictures has signed the ^ code and the organization is now ctioning 100 per cent under the Na- nal Recovery Act, President W. Ray 1 nston announced yesterday. RCA {tor Co., Camden, N. J., also has 'lied the code, with about 6,500 em- wees affected, President E. T. Cun- |!ham announced. Strike Mediation Confabs Continue Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Mediation conferences on the Hollywood strike situation were adjourned yesterday until today for further hearings. Spokesmen for the musicians' union will be heard at the same time by the National Labor Board holding the conferences. ACADEMY ELECTS GOVERNING ROARD West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Members of the Academy of M. P. Arts & Sciences have elected the following board of governors: Actors Branch — Adolphe Menjou, Lewis Stone, Dudley Dig- ges; Directors — Frank Capra, John Cromwell, William K. Howard; Pro- ducers— Irving Thalberg; B. B. (Continued on Page 16) Resort Roadshowings For "Dinner at Eight" Three summer resort roadshow engagements have been set by M- G-M on "Dinner at Eight," all-star special, which will have its world premiere tonight at the two-a-day Astor on Broadway. On Friday the picture opens at the Stanley, At- lantic City, and the Lyric, Asbury Park, for two weeks each, followed by the Palace, Saratoga, for a week starting Aug. 27. EQUIPMENT CODE IS BEING REVISED With the exception of "several minor points," equipment dealers are understood to be in agreement on a code, which recently was sub- mitted to Sol A. Rosenblatt, who re- turned it to a conference committee with a number of recommendations. Work of ironing out wrinkles in the proposals was under way yester- (Cotitinued on Page 4) Majestic Set On 12 For 1933-34 Season Majestic Pictures has scheduled 12 features for the new season. They are "Sing, Sinner, Sing," already re- leased; "An Entirely Different Wo- man," "The Sin of Nora Moran," "The Rosary," "The Diary of a Bad Woman," "Husband Hunters of 1934," "Wild Geese," "Gaily I Sin," "Curtain at Eight," "My Life," "Laughing Woman," "Age of In- discretion." Only 2 of Fox Directorate Re-elected by Stockholders Writers Ask NRA to Ban Producers' Agreement West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Among demands which President Lawson of the Screen Writers Guild will make at the Washington hearing on the film code will be that the secret agree- ment among producers be abolished. Lawson claims the present agree- ment restrains free competition for (Continued on Page 16) Ten new directors were elected to the Fox Film board, with only Sid- ney R. Kent and Harley L. Clarke of the old board being re-elected, at yesterday's adjourned meeting of stockholders. New directors are W. C. Michel, John D. Clark, H. Donald Campbell, Richard F. Hoyt, Hon. Daniel 0. Hastings, Arthur W. Loasby, Ernest W. Niver, Her- man G. Place, Seton Porter and Sydney Towell. They replace W. W. (Continued on Page 16) Kent and O'Reilly Go to Washington Today With Draft Bringing in of several "last min- ute" proposals by the distributor continuing committee compelled the exhibitor continuing group to go in- to session late yesterday afternoon and evening at the office of Charles L. O'Reilly, who presided as coor- dinator. Just what the new recom- mendations are were not disclosed, (Continued on Page 4) "NOT SATISFIED," SAYS KUYKENDALL "As I am not completely satisfied with the tentative industry code draft I intend to continue to fight for several major issues at the Washington hearing," President Ed Kuykendall of the M. P. T. O. A. told The Film Daily yesterday be- fore departing from New York for Chicago. His reference was under- stood to be directed at such points as "open market" buying, elimina- (Continued on Page 14) Premium Men to Fight Restrictions in Code Determined to present the pre- mium dealer's side of the story at the forthcoming Washington indus- try code hearing, the Associated Theater Premium Dealers, recently- organized, will send a delegation to battle against any proposed bans or restrictions. Frank Waggoner, edi- tor of "Premium Practice," trade (Continued on Page 4) 50 Per Cent Increase West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Without intimating whether the NRA's move for more em- ployment had anything to do with it, First National announces that the title of the next Edward G. Robinson picture has been changed from "I Loved a Wo- man" to "I Loved Two Women." THE ■%&% DAILY Wednesday, Aug. 23, l!i JOHN I. 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SECURITIES 21/4 2 2 THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: Independent Theater Owners Ass'n cruise up the Hudson. Today: Independent Theater Owners' Ass'n outing and Hudson River boat ride. Aug. 23-24: First annual convention of Inde- pendent Motion Picture Owners Association of Delaware and Eastern Shore of Maryland at Hotel Henelopen, Rehoboth, Del. $5,500,000 in Giveaways During Year Theaters in three Eastern territories during the past year have used premiums aggre- gating $5,500,000 in cost, according to a survey made by the recently-formed Asso- ciated Theater Premium Distributors. The checkup covers New York, Philadelphia, New England and New Jersey. Columbia Closes Deal With E. M. Loew Circuit E. M. Loew Circuit of Boston has closed a contract with Columbia for the company's 1933-34 product in 21 New England theaters. Expedition to Mexico Frank C. >du Paty, engaged in exploration pictures for the past six years, has completed arrange- ments for his next expedition to re- mote parts of Mexico. The expedi- tion is scheduled to leave in Sep- tember and will be gone for about six months. Paty plans to bring back an authentic pictorial record of the arts and craft life and fiestas of the Indians as well as sacred ceremonies in the land of the Pur- nle Mountains and other scenic beauty spots. Warners Plan Jolson Show Warners are understood to be planning to present Al Jolson in a stage musical this winter at the Hollywood Theater, which is to be remodeled to accommodate legit shows. Meanwhile Jolson is to ap- pear in Warners' film version of "Wonder-Bar." Repeal Charlotte Blue Law Charlotte, N. C. — Sunday movies here are believed on the way as the result of the city council's action in repealing an old ordinance barring baseball and other sports on Sunday. Exhibitors say they will be guided by public sentiment. Circuit Gets High Fidelity Contracts have been signed for in stallation of Photophone High Fidel- ity sound equipment in nine theaters of the Morse & Rothenberg circuit, eight of them in New England. . Warners Add to Kentucky Force Louisville — In conforming to the NRA code, Warner theaters in Ken- tucky have increased numerous sal- aries and added to personnel, ac- cording to Leo Goldberg, manager for this territory. New License for Penna. Operators A new license fee law for opera- tors becomes effective Sept. 1 in Pennsylvania, excluding Philadel- phia, Pittsburgh and Scranton, in towns which at present do not have license ordinances. Towns which cur- rently have licensing laws will be affected by the act Jan. 1, 1934. Resolute Pictures Moving Resolute Pictures, headed by Her- bert Ebenstein, will move to the RKO Building in Rockefeller Center about Sept. 1, Wm. Weiss Organizing Circuit Through Ohio Cleveland — William Weiss has formed the Mall Theater Co. to op- erate the Mall, former Loew house, as the first of a string of Ohio the- aters to be acquired by this com- pany. The Mall reopens early next month. Karty to Manage Koplar House St. Louis — Jules Karty, former manager of the Shubert Rialto, will manage the St. Louis for the Kop- lar interests. Maurice Davis and Harry Niemeyer Jr. will handle publicity. Harry Koplar was in New York last week to complete arrangements for wiring the house with RCA high fidelity sound. United Films Gets Building Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.— L. O. Ca- sey, attorney representing Edward Alexander of United Films Corp., has negotiated tentative sales con- tract for purchase of Hollywood Hills School, to be used for ad- ministration ipurposes. Ruby Camera Exchange Moves Ruby Camera Exchange, dealers in professional motion picture equip- ment, has moved into new and more spacious quarters, occupying the second floor at 729 Seventh Ave., where new modern departments, in- cluding a projection room, sound film recording studio and editing rooms, will be available. Henry King Returns West Charleston, S. C. — After complet- ing location scenes around here for Fox's "House of Connelly," Direc- tor Henry King returned to Holly- wood this week in his private plane. Sunday Shows Win Olney, 111. — A three-year fight for Sunday shows has been won here, with the blue law opponents win- ning by a 501 majority. JACK COHN and JOE McCONVILLE included in the party which went from York to Boston for the "Lady for a Day " view party. ED KUYKENDALL, president of the M. I O. A., left New York yesterday for Chi VICTOR McLAGLEN arrived in New yesterday from England en route to Hollyy NANCY CARROLL, due to arrive in New from the west early this week, has been layed and is now expected early next wei SOL LESSER arrived in New York yest. 1 from Hollywood. ELEANOR LYNN, young New York ac | signed by Fox, leaves Sunday for the coa DANIEL O'SHEA of the RKO studio legal I is en route from Hollywood to New York. First NRA Short Sept. 1 First of the eight short feati being made by the producers joil for the NRA is expected to be leased throughout the country al Sept. 1, with others to follow tween that date and Sept. Meanwhile theaters are showing NRA trailer calling on the pu to get behind the President's -1 gram to assure its success. Stars for NRA Broadcast Washington Bureau of THE FILM DA& Washington — A host of names, including Will Rogers, k Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Jack P( I Ruth Etting, Bing Crosby and otl 1 will take part in next Sunday nig ': big broadcast of the NRA in opening gun of its drive to Cc ] the blue eagle into every home, 1 Administration announces. "Captured" Held Over Warner's "Captured," with L( Howard and Doug Fairbanks, Jr being held over at the Strand. Lester Tobias Opens N. Y. Bra I Lester Tobias, who opei'ate: 1 premium company at New Ha 1 has opened a New York office. Pathe Meeting Tuesday Matters in connection with its organization plan will be considt by the Pathe board of directors its meeting Tuesday. Now ready for state-right release For your territory communicate with: FEATURETTES INC. 729 - 7th Avenue, N. Y BOX OFFICE PROP 4-reel travel "Featurette" The Adventure Picture Unusual Animals! Jungle! Monstrosities! Volcanoes! Natives ! BRyant 9-7096 «i Smilin Through" Winsj \ 1 1 THE WINNE dm ,.'"v: : v¥#;:iiWiiii 4fl ■3 L Another Medal for the Trophy Cabinet of M-G-M I THESE PICTURES ARE GETTING MEDALS AT THE BOX-OFFICE! "TUGBOAT ANNIE" ( Dress ler — Beery) "STRANGER'S RETURN" (L. Barrymore — Miriam Hopkins) "ANOTHER LANGUAGE" (Bob Montgomery — Helen Hayes) WATCH FOR "Night Flight", "Broadway to Hollywood", "Turn Back the Clock" and more happy M-G-M hits! TONIGHT! The Biggest World's WHAT a thrill for Mr. & Mrs. Irving Thalberg! • JUST as they return TO the M-G-M studios TO resume their activities THEY hear the HAPPY news! NORMA SHEARER in 'SMILIN' THRU" wins the HIGHEST award of the fans. CONGRATULATIONS and WE know therell be MORE like "Smilin' Thru" from NORMA Shearer and IRVING Thalberg IN 1933-34! Premiere of Years! "DINNER AT 8"— ASTOR THEATRE k DAILY Wednesday, Aug. 23, CODE FIGHT IS SEEN IN LATE PROPOSALS .'■inued from Page 1) but it was indicated that they are likely to be confronted by consider- able exhibitor opposition. The pro- cording to exhibitor com- mitteemen, came as a surprise, as it had been understood that the ten- tative code draft had been com- pleted except for correcting its phraseology. Harold B. Franklin. Ed Kuyken- dall. A. H. Schwartz and Abram F. Myers participated in the continu- ing committee session. Myers hur- ried to New York from Washing- ton in order to take part. Sidney R. Kent and Charles L. O'Reilly, in their capacities as co- ordinators, both left Xew York early this morning for Washing- ton to confer with Sol A. Rosen- blatt, deputy administrator in charge of the code. As they have arranged no definite time of meet- ing Rosenblatt today, they will sim- oly "drop in." Whether or not their conference, at which they plan to submit the tentative master code, extends over today has not been de- termined. Ed. Kuykendall Holding- Code Conference in Chi. Informal conferences on industry code provisions will be held bv Ed Kuykendall. M. P. T. 0. A. p'rexy. at the Congress Hotel in Chicago today. Various exhibitor leaders, including Jack Miller and Fred S. Meyer, will be in contact with him. Kuykendall left Xew York yesterday afternoon after serving on the ex- hibitor code-drafting committee. Equipment Code Is Being Revised {Continued from Page 1) day and Monday in Xew York at meetings attended by Joe Robin, president of the Independent The- ater Equipment and Supply Dealers Association; Walter Green, repre- senting Xational Theater Supply Co. and Xathan Golden, in charge of film industry matters for the Dept. of Commerce at Washington, sitting in as an advisor. •John Miljan has varied his garden- ing activities. He installed a rock garden, with desert cacti, in a corner of his Beverly Hills property." — M-G-M. liC THE t IN PHIL M. DALY • • • LOOKS LIKE "Moonlight and Pretzels," the Uni- versal girlie-musical, will establish a new house record for the Rialto Arthur Mayer had to order the sale of tickets stopped at 8:30 on the opening nite Monday in the pour- ing rain the crowds were lined up, jamming traffic we understand ole Doc Lee is on the job with his famous brand of exploitashe * * * * • • • OVER AT the Universal office the publicity dep't realize that they have a pix that is a natural for the showman- ship brand of exploitation so Joe Weil has given it all it can stand with a classy line of accessories girl cutouts, lobby streamers, die-cut window cards, and a novelty herald in three colors with alluring girls posed all over it but the prize piece is a snipe card with a dazzling beauty cut in silhouette that is an eye-smash so the accessory sales are mounting on this production alone and that is the report from all the Universal exchanges prov- ing that the exhibs recognize something worth while when it is handed to 'em * * * * • • • XO LESS than seven sons of seven famous fathers have important supporting roles in Cecil B. DeMille"s "This Day and Age". . opening at the Paramount on Friday the youngsters are Wallace Reid, Jr., George Kohler, Jr., Xeil Hart. Jr.. Frank Tinney, Jr., Eric Von Stroheim, Jr., Bryant Washburn Jr., Elsie Ferguson, Jr. A nifty annual an- nouncement book has been put out by Majestic Pictures, with 32 pages of coated pebble stock and engravings in several colors Phil Goldstone and Herman Gluckman take the credit for turning out a reallv Artv Job • • • AT LAST Broadway gets a real Hollywood style premiere modeled in every detail after the Coast open- ings it happens tonite when Emgeem's "Dinner At Eight" opens at the Astor a graphic word-picture of the event will be carried over WOR in an elaborate program from 8:30 to 9 p. m specially installed mikes will enable the air customers to listen in on all that goes on around the theater lobby the various celebs will be asked to say a word over the broadcaster's mike as they enter the theater there will be more flood lights then ever used heretofore on a Broadway opening the show will be preceded by a din- ner "at eight" to newspapermen and crits at the Astor Hotel. • • • TODAY IS the day that the 400 indie theater own- ers, exchangemen and supply houses celebrate their first an- nual outing under auspices of the Independent Theater Owners' Association prexy Harry Brandt will act as Commodore of the S. S. Empire State it leaves Pier Xo. 1, foot of Whitehall Street at 10 the party will cruise to Port Jefferson, then take buses to Belle Terre Lodge, where the games and contests will be held Al Harsten as Busi- ness Manager of the Association will be presented with a scroll of appreciation * * * * • • • HERE'S WHAT you call Intelligent Co-operation among producers to their Mutual Advantage Oscar Doob has had prepared a most comprehensive booklet for Loew theater men playing "Gold Diggers of 1933" it opens on the Loew Circuit Sept. 1 Doob has taken various campaigns used in key cities, selected the best ideas from each and incorporated them in his manual « « « » » » NRA MAY SIDETRAC FAIR PRACTICE ISSL! (Continued from Page 1) the XRA if specific codes :. passed upon before the end of year. Already more than 1,200 i are in, with others arriving d Differences on numerous i may cause the XRA to give t problems attention at a later in the form of amendments, if t are deemed necessary in orde maintain employment and \vag( an industry, since the NB objective is to spread work an. crease wages. Early hearings are expecte be given the film industry code to the strike situation in H wood. This is in accordance the XRA policy to give prefer to industries suffering from I troubles. A. J. Vanni to Aid Sag; In Handling Poli Hoi (Continued from Page I I Xew England Theaters, forr Poli, being relinquished by H Arthur. Sagal is understood ' taking charge of the houses 1 the deal whereby X. L. Xatha becomes interested in the circu is also understood Loew may f in the new deal. Premium Men to Fight Restrictions in C (Continued from Page 1 paper, will be included in the gation. The association has been fo by Lester Tobias, C. A Jack Price, Charles Streime Streimer Advertising Service: old Eldridge, Dave Barrist. Ma al Premium and Exhibitor Prei companies. Mannie Davis Joins Terry Mannie Davis, one of the animators of the Aesops Fables of the Van Beuren Corp., has y Paul Terry at the Terry! studios. Mill [MANY HAPPY PiTUM Best wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: August 23 Max Fleischer Gareth Hw James Ralph, Jr. ! i I I inDIVIDUQLLY CREATED BOX-OFF KE SmfiSHES Releasing thru UN IT E D ARTISTS • . r ' • r m.M* KV.V *°* H APH N PRODUCTION He doesn't make many pictures, but when he does make one he makes cinema history at the same time. A Chaplin masterpiece is not the work of weeks or months, but of years. Into the lavish treasure chest of his resources he dips a prodigal hand. And the whole world takes notice when he is ready to lift the veil. This one will be his greatest, by far, greater even than "City Lights", and you know what fhaf one did! (TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED) r I EUGENE O'NEILL'S amazin story of the pullman porter wh< JOHN KRIMSKY anc( G I FFORD COCHRAN PAUL I B COWARDS :l f The song of a nightingale at twilight, the perfume of a lover's letter long forgotten, the sweetness of a love that never dies! All the lovers in the world, all those who have ever loved, all those who expect to love, will thrill at this romance of a brave smile shining through tragic tears. A British & Dominions Pictures Ltd. Presentation Based on the Broadway success, as presented by Florenz Ziegfeld k Releasing thru UN I te r ARTIST ^ BRITISH & DOMINIONS PICTURES LTD. Presents LAUGHTON vm Releasing thru UNITED ARTISTS Stout fellow, was Henry, who never raised his hand to women. He chopped off their heads. And such nice heads, too! Anne Boleyn, Catherine of Aragon, and so on and so on and so on, they primp and powder only to get the axe. A thrilling character actor in the lusty beef-eating role of England's amorous king in the glamorous days of the Tudors. Remember him as Nero in "The Sign of The Cross"? Roll up your sleeves for this one! This is a role! IP -«,, y AS A BOOK ,*< M IS KNOWN TO MILLIONS i W 0 *V flV v .->. '-> 3" U fe n 17 ' BY WARWICK DEEPING |VS A SILENT PICTURE, SPOT FOR POT, IT BROKE ALL RECORDS WW, AS A TALKING PICTURE ] in the U.S.A. Releasing thru UNITED ARTISTS V \ ,4'ir , : It looms up as one of the big outstanding naturals of the year. u Everyone will want to see this tender story of a father's love for his motherless son. A BRITISH AND DOMINIONS PICTURE :sday, Aug. 23, 1933 DAILY 13 EA TITTLE" from HOLLYWOOD TOTS //- By RALPH WILK ,IY FAIN and Irving Kahal, j g writers who recently were i ■ summoned from the East to angle song for the waterfall l in "Footlight Parade," have isked by Warner officials to it here for further picture Their number, "By a Water- l brought a demand for two i songs for "Footlight Parade." * * * i Iphe Menjou's next picture i "Convention City" will be de," First National announces. Dodd, Frank McHugh and Talbot also will be in it. # * * rge Arliss may receive the Cross of the Legion of Honor I he French Government for his yal of Voltaire in the new hr picture of that name, ac- g to reports from abroad. est Pagano and Ewart Adam- re writing the screen play and ue for "The Crowned Head," will star Joe E. Brown. They so the authors of the original hkist Eddie" Nelson, long a and vaudeville favorite, is en- pictures. He is being repre- by Lichtig and Englander. * * * Passing Show: Stanley Ber- ,n and Sam Behrendt motoring fniversal ; Michael Simmons ng his wife and children at ngton, following their boat rom New York; Jack Stebbins Hg the insurance business; Lou becoming re-acclimated. # * * rge O'Brien, who recently mar- Marguerite Churchill, starts next month in Fox's "Frontier Lai." lard Dix, having completed his contract, will take a vacation j| o Europe before starting work kew contract, which he is about frt with another major studio last picture for RKO was "Ace ly Clyde's new comedies for (tional will be produced on a Bof connected ideas that will he series a definite continuity. each picture will be just as i mdent as ever, there will be a 1 of characters running through- flie series with whom the fans ecome familiar, as the readers ck and Sully's Film Debut :sse Block and Eve Sully, for years (liners on the vaudeville stages over country, make their screen debut J week at the Brooklyn Vitaphone flio in "The Mild, Mild Trail," direct- py Joseph Henabery from the script jEddie Moran. of a newspaper follow the char- acters in a comic strip. * * * RKO has signed Reginald Denny for "Patrol," and Nils Asther and Henry Stephenson for "Behold We Live." * * * Fox cast assignments: Harry Woods for "My Weakness"; G. P. Huntley, Jr., for "As Husbands Go"; Andre Cheron, French war ace, for "Walls of Gold"; ZaSu Pitts, Flor- ence Desmod, Ralph Morgan, June Vlasek and Harry Green for "There's Always Tomorrow." * * * In addition to the Teatro de Pic- coli of 28 members, the Yale Pup- petters have been signed by Jesse L. Lasky to take part in "Marion- ettes," which he is making for Fox, with Lilian Harvey and Gene Ray- mond. * * * Warner Baxter and Helen Vinson will have the leads in Fox's "As Husbands Go," which Jesse L. Lasky Short Shots from Eastern Studios CHAS. ALICOATE ^RTHUR JARRETT, SR., author of the musical, "Moonlight and Pretzels," has started working on a new story, for a musical to be pro- duced by William Rowland & Monte Brice Productions after completion of "Take A Chance." • Edward Senz, in charge of make- up on the musical "Take a Chance" now in production at the Eastern Service studio in Astoria, will act as one of the judges for the RKO- Daily Mirror beauty pageant finals to be held in Madison Square Gar- den on Saturday. • Tests were made yesterday at the new Hayes & Beall studios, Ocean- side, L. I., and proved highly satis- factory, according to Max Hayes, head of the studio. Installation of all equipment and the sound proof- ing of the three stages have been completed and a production sched- uled is now being planned. • Jack Aichele will resume as cast- ing head in addition to his duties as assistant director on the Schwab- Rowland-Brice musical, "Take A Chance. The million-dollar studio, designed by Walter El. Keller and which ERPI contemplated building on Long Island, is now under consideration by some unknown parties and may terminate shortly at Fort Lee. Kel- ler has been in conference with Mayor Hoebel of Fort Lee with reference to the project. • Jacob Ben-Ami, Broadway stage star and director, who recently com- pleted "The Wandering Jew" for JAFA (Jewish American Film Arts), will have full charge of the various dramatic units in the spec- tacidar Jewish pageant, "The Ro- mance of a People," which is to be vresented at the Polo Grounds on Sept. 14. • Lady Mary Cameron, author of "Merrily We Go to Hell" and the forthcoming "Mr. Dayton Darling," was script girl for Director Dudley Murphy during the production as a talking picture of Eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones" at the Astoria stu- dios. Lady Mary, who is not of royalty at all, but is really Dorothy Fletcher, an American girl making good in the literary world, has taken Mur- phy as the central character of "Mr. Dayton Darling," to be brought out in the fall as a McCann publication. • Vitaphone Vitamins: Ray Smith, Ed DuPar's assistant, leaves on a two weeks' vacation . . . Louise Weyhrauch, secretary to Herman Ruby, is back this week from her rest at Saratoga and the racetrack . . . Miriam Peyser, secretary to Gene Lambert and Jack Henley of the scenario staff, left Monday for a two-weeks' stay in Chicago . . . Frank Comer, electrical engineer, moving from the Bronx to Brooklyn so he will be closer to his job . . . Dave Mendoza, musical director, and Ray Foster, cameraman, indulging in a friendly fisticuff, with Foster getting the worst of it. • Due to inclement weather last week, exterior shots for the charity bazaar sequence of "Take a Chance," now in production at the Eastern Service studio in Astoria under the direction of Laurence Schwab and Monte Brice, were postponed until this week at the Charles E. Proctor estate, Great Neck, L. I. • Much research had to be done in preparation for the short, "Jazz It Up," which was completed Saturday with Dr. Sigmund Spaeth in the fea- ture role at the Brooklyn Vitaphone plant. The script called for flash- backs to the times of Schubert, Wagner and Beethoven, which caused the photo department many long hours in digging up pictures of the famous composers. • Woy^k on the script of the second of the series of shorts being made by Magna Pictures will be com- pleted this week under the super- vision of Monroe Shaff and Jerry Wald, with production scheduled within the month. will put in work Aug. 28 with Ham- ilton McFadden directing. * * * Harry Joe Brown, after giving Sally O'Neill a test, signed her to a long term contract starting with "We're Sitting Pretty," a Charles R. Rogers production for Paramount. * * * David Butler, who directed Fox's "My Weakness," will also direct the new musical now being mapped out by Buddy De Sylva. Marjorie Rambeau has replaced Helen MacKellar in Columbia's "Man's Castle." The change was made necessary owing to the illness of Miss MacKellar. * * * Two husky football players, used to tossing opponents around, were required to submerge their virility in the strictly feminine job of mak- ing a pie-crust to be used by Ginger Rogers in "Chance at Heaven," at RKO. The players are Bob Erskine, line-smashing tackle of U. S. C, and Jesse Shaw, former U. S. C. star, who are working as property men. * * * Rupert Hughe's "Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen," which will run in the October issue of "Cosmopolitan," is to be Baby LeRoy's next Paramount picture. ~A~ * * Arrowhead Hot Springs, high in the mountains, is the setting for Richard (Dick) Powell's conval- esence. Powell, who recently recov- ered from a severe siege of pneu- monia, is taking the health cure strenuously. Harold Cohen, Pitts- burgh newspaperman, who has been on the coast writing a series of spe- cial articles, has been Powell's com- panion part of the time. Charles Lamont, director, who re- turned from his vacation in the high Sierras several days ago, has already put the finishing touches on the story of "Kid 'N Africa," and the Baby Stars are now having their final rehearsals before shooting this picture, the first of their new group. Glenda Farrell is doing studio "commuting" these days. She is rushing back and forth from the Warner Vitagraph plant, where she is working on "Havana Widow," to Columbia, where she is playing a featured role in "A Man's Castle." The only thing Glenda minds about it all, is that occasionally she for- gets and turns up at Columbia, when she is due at Vitagraph, or vice 3 Comedy Teams in Cast West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Three comedy teams, in- cluding Burns and Allen, W. C. Fields and Alison Skipworth, and Charlie Rug- gles and Mary Boland, will appear in Paramount's "Republicans and Sinners," to be directed by Leo McCarey. 5 1 1 =! t&W. DAILV Wednesday, Aug. 2:1 Lee Tracy in TURN BACK THE CLOCK" with Mae Clarke, Peggy Shannon M-G M 80 mins. TRACY SCORES IN DRAMA OF AMER- ICAN LIFE WITH UNIQUE TREATMENT OF THE PAST. The treatment of this is reminiscent of the technique in the stage play, "Berke- ley Square," where the action is thrown back on events in years long since past, with the principal character taking active part in them. Lee Tracy is the proprie- tor of a modest retail store in New York, married to a childhood sweetheart from the eld home town. He meets an old pal who grew up with him, who is now wealthy, and married to the daughter of a rich man in the little town. The latter wants to help him financially by investing his small savings for him, but Tracy's wife prefers the savings bank. A quarrel re- sults, Tracy is hit by a taxi, and while under the ether he relives his life in the old town as if he had married the rich girl instead of the poor girl. Very clev- erly handled, with Tracy doing a fine job with a very human and dramatic story. Winds up with him coming out of the ether to realize he married the right girl, after all. Cast: Lee Tracy, Mae Clarke, Otto Kruger, George Barbier, Paggy Shannon, C. Henry Gordon, Clara Blandick. Director, Edgar Selwyn; Authors, Edgar Selwyn,. Ben Hecht; Editor, Frank Sulli- van; Cameraman, Harold Rosson. Direction, Good. Photography, Excellent. 'BLACK BEAUTY" with Esther Ralston, Alexander Kirkland Monogram 64 mins. PICTURIZATION OF FAMOUS CLAS- SIC STORY OF HORSE IS WELL HAN- DLED WITH PLENTY OF HUMAN IN- TEREST. This is a natural for exploitation, with the famous story of the black colt written by Anna Sewell and familiar to millions of grewn-ups who read it in their youth. The horsey interest is of course paramount, and will appeal to all animal lovers. But the human side of the story is equally en- tertaining, and follows the novel in all essential details. Alexander Kirkland plays the part of the young Southerner who raises the colt on his plantation. He is in love with Esther Ralston, a neighbor, who is also fond of him. But he is too Droud to ask the young widow to marry him as he is impoverished and head over heels in debt. Gavin Gordon plays the role of the villain with a grudge against Black Beauty, and a rival for the girl's hand. Fine photography marks the production throughout, with some splendid shots of the Southern plantation scenery. The old timers will go for this on the strength of a book that was a popular favorite in their school days. Cast: Esther Ralston, Alexander Kirk- land, Hale Hamilton, Gavin Gordon, Don Alvarado, George Walsh, Theodore Lorch, John Larkin, Ed Fetherstone, Al Bridge, Bruce Covington. Director, Phil Rosen; Author, Anna Se- well; Adaptor, Charles Logue; Editor, Carl Pearson; Cameraman. Charles Stumar. Direction, Okay Photography, Fine. "MOONLIGHT AND PRETZELS" with Leo Carrillo, Mary Brian, Roger Pryor, Lillian Miles Universal 80 mins. MUSICAL WITH PLENTY OF ENTER- TAINMENT VALUES SHOULD BE A MONEY-GETTER ANYWHERE. Although it is patterned on familiar lines, this Rowland-Brice production is suf- ficiently loaded with the necessary stuff to give it box-office momentum. Tuneful song numbers, attractive dance routines, a bit of romance between a songwriter and a girl who invades show business, a couple of gamblers as "angels," comedy, special- ties by various name artists and a generally fast-moving tempo combine to keep the affair at a nice entertainment level through- out. Lillian Miles does some hot singing, and a "depression" tableau led by Alex- ander Gray is impressive. Roger Pryor is the songwriter, Mary Brian is his sweet- heart and Leo Carrillo injects most of the comedy as a happy-go-lucky Greek gambler. Cast: Leo Carrillo, Mary Brian, Roger Pryor, Lillian Miles, Herbert Rawlinson, Bobby Watson, William Frawley, Jack Denny and Orchestra, Alexander Gray, Bernice Claire, Mary Lange, Max Stamm, James Carson, John Hundley, Richard Keene, Doris Carson, Frank & Milt Britton's Band, Four Eton Boys, Geraldine Dvorak. Director, Karl Freund; Authors, Monte Brice, Sig Herzig, Arthur Jarrett; Songs, E. Y. Harburg, Jay Gcrney, Herman Hupfeld, Al Siegel, Sammy Fain; Dances, Bobby Con- nolly; Cameraman, William Miller; Record- ing Engineer, Frank B. McKinzie; Editor, Robert Snody. Direction, Snappy. Photography, Fine Ken Maynard in "KING OF THE AREN; Universal FAST WESTERN WITH KEN M>| IN CIRCUS AND RANGER I PHERE WILL PLEASE FANS. Ken Maynard does his heroics ti help of his horse, Tarzan, actiil Ranger commissioned to run dowi ' who have beeen perpetrating mure the help of a mysterious "Black i He traces their activities to a cin which he was formerly connectc' signs up with the outfit to do a| riding act, and gets a line on a\ in charge of a troupe of Cossac as active in the murder gang, rnents come thick and fast, with) robbery, attempted murders, and I cape of the Russian across the ti a plane when he realizes Maynarc ing in on him. The chase invcj kidnapping of the girl, the dau I the circus owner and Ken's s*i by the murderer. But there is i mind in back of it all, whom uncovers in his hideaway in the ! i the climax is sho full of thrills citement. Cast: Ken Maynard, Lucille (i John St. Pol is, Bob Kortman, }< Visoroff, James Marcus, Jack ll Frank Rice, Bobby Nelson, Jack Fred MacKaye, Ed Ccxen, Robert William Steele, Blue Washingtor Director, Alan James; Authors, ger, Ray Bouk; Adaptor, Alan Jan loguer, same; Cameraman, Ted fv Direction, Fast Photography, imwmmmmmm HOLLYWOOD PLAZA %*o SUMMER RATES, Now $2 per day single! $2.50 per day double! Special weekly and monthly rates All rooms with bath and shower. Every modern convenience. Fine toods at reasonable prices in the Plaza's Rus- sian tagle Garden Jafe. Ss w I Lookforthe"Doorway of Hospitality" «( VINE AT HOLfcY WOOD BLVD. HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA "NOTORIOUS BUT NICE" with Marian Marsh, Bette Compson Donald Dillaway Chesterfield 65 mins. WELL PRODUCED AND CLEVERLY ACTED DRAMA WITH GOOD RACKET- EERING ANGLE. Director Richard Thorpe has turned out a neat production with lavish settings, in- telligent readings and suspenseful situa- tions. A bit slow to get its stride, it gradually works into plenty of action ter- minating with a well written courtroom scene. The story concerns Marian Marsh, who as an office clerk becomes engaged to Donald Dillaway, a lad of wealth. Mar- ian's boss is trustee for Donald's estate and objects to the union. He fires Mar- ian, who becomes separated from her lover and strides into a loveless marriage with a racketeer. The gangster lavishes her with jewels, but is killed while arguing with Marian over her former fiance. Marian is tried for murder and convicted, but new evidence is discovered at the last minute and all ends well. Both Miss Marsh and Betty Compson, who plays the part of a night club hostess, wear gor- geous gowns. The cast is fine and the settings are colorful. Cast: Marian Marsh, Betty Compson, Donald Dillaway, Rochelle Hudson, John St. Polis, Henry Kolker, J. Carroll Naish. Dewey Robinson, Robert Ellis, Wilfred Lucas, Jane Keekley, Robert Frazer, Louis Beavers. Director, Richard Thorpe; Author, Ade- line Leitbach; Scenarist, Carol Webster; Dialoguer, same; Cameraman, M. M. A. Anderson; Recording Engineer, Pete Clark. Direction, Very good Photography, Fine. "POLICE CALL" with Nick Stuart, Myrna Kennedy, Mary Carr Hollywood 63 mins. GOOD CAST IS WASTED IN POOR MELODRAMA THAT FAILS TO DEVELOP A PUNCH. The title of this melodrama is mislead- ing insofar as not one bluecoat is shown in the film nor does a police call develop except for the fact that it is talked about. The story concerns a young pugilist who wants to quit the ring and study an- thropology. He unexpectedly gets his chance when, during a fight in a night club, the fighter knocks a man downstairs and, believing the man dead, the youth makes his way to Guatemala, where he joins an exploring expedition. He falls in love with Myrna Kennedy, secretary to the leader of the expedition, who, al- though much older than she, is in love with her. Treasure is found and the natives turn on the group. A battle en- sues in which the anthropologist is killed, leaving the way clear for the young couple to marry. Nick Stuart and Myrna Kennedy do the best they can with the material and direction. Cast: Nick Stuart, Myrna Kennedy, Ro- berta Gale, Mary Carr, Walter McGrail, Warner Richmond, Robert Ellis, Eddie Phil- lips, Harry Myers, Ralph Freud, Charles Stevens. Director, Philip H. Whitman; Supervisor, Al Alt; Author, Norman Keen; Adaptor, same; Dialoguer, same; Continuity, Jean Hartley; Editor, Rose Smith; Cameraman, Abe Scholtz; Recording Engineer, Robert Quick. Direction, Weak. Photography, Fair. "Not Satisfied," Says Kuyk( {Continued from Page 1) tions, designating playdates in of shorts with features, ai; charges. Kuykendall expressed th that the continuing corr would be able to iron out difl existing over these issues. "I'll remain peaceful as people on the other side rem declared Kuykendall, "but accept dictation from one men." The M. P. T. 0. A. leader { that the tentative code is bj his association's set of pri Allied's recommendations \vi in memorandum form, he £ based on local, not national tions. Using Trailers in Miss. Ta As part of an intensive a to persuade the Mississippi lature to switch the film from the admission to a sales tax status, exhibitors state are running trailer Kuykendall, who is presiden Southeastern Theater Owj well as the M. P. T. 0. named Bob Williams as chaij the association's legislative tee. He succeeds S. B. Johnson, who died recently t- 31fday, Aug. 23, 1933 —PtH^, DAILY 15 REVIEWS OF SHORT SUBJECTS Columnist Newsreel" with Leo Donnelly onal * 10 mins. Interesting Novelty teresting batch of fan items, g Lilyan Tashman discours- love; an old clip from one ilph. Valentino's pictures, fol- iy scenes at his funeral and his remains are at rest; parading feminine apparel Park Avenue clientele; in- if the Alimony Jail telling u'dluck tales; a former mil- who now runs lunch joints, ew other oddities. With run- 'mment by Leo Donnelly, it an entertaining novelty reel. i e Good Old Winter Time" World of Sport Series) i ia 10 mins. Good e ng mostly with skii stunts, ming all the way from thrill- ?h jumps up in the snowy iio exhibitions with the same I'lttachments in water resorts Slouth, and then behind a mo- ! along the streets of Paris, bject is engrossing and not i its occasional thrill. Some l aigh-jumping is done by kids, i touch of comedy as well as ■ lent in it. "Organ Festival" Art 9 mins. Song Fest r "lists Jesse Crawford, Ann f lick Liebert and Lew White tured in this one. Several ] songs are played by the or- I respectively. Words appear I screen in synchrony with the Is. Moving backgrounds ap- id, although meaningless, add [j: color to the short. It's an ller. Leon Donnelly in he American Explorer" Hills Prod. 9 mins. Seeing New York listing but not funny because orced puns that are injected ' otherwise clever narrative. y takes the spectators from tery to the northern tip of tan Island snowing and ex- : the various outstanding )f interest. The film should ttractive everywhere, even to es in the metropolitan dis- dy for a Day" Premiere i Broadway premiere of Columbia's for a Day" is set for Sept. 6 at iterion, where the special will be a two-a-day run. Andy Clyde in "The Big Squeal" Educational 18 mins. A Wow Andy Clyde is at his best in this hilarious farce that moves along at a fast pace from start to finish. It gives Andy a chance at love-making in his peculiar droll manner, and is devoid of the usual clutter of slap- stick. The supporting cast is fine. "Audible thoughts" are used in sev- eral sequences to great advantage. The finish is a howl. "Handlebars" M-G-M 10 mins. Amusing Oddity With Pete Smith furnishing the witty running comments, this sub- ject depicts the evolution of the bicycle from its early form as an unmanageable wooden affair until it is superseded by the auto. The subject has been staged with a comi- cal oldtime flavor that provides plenty of laughs. "A Day in the Life of a Chorus Girl" Vitaphone 10 mins. Interesting Trailer Though designed primarily as an advance plug for the coming of "Gold Diggers of 1933," this short has enough interest to merit a place on any bill. It shows how the Says Kid Attendance Held Up Special kiddie matinees and pic- tures suitable for minors suffered comparatively little during the at- tendance slump, Charles L. Glett of Monarch reports after talks with ex- hibitors on a recent sales trip. In- dications were that many parents sent their kids to the movies even when there was not enough money for the whole family to go. Operators Must Have License Burlington, Ia. — A new ordinance licensing operators has been adopted by the city council. It requires projectionists, in order to obtain a license, to present a permit showing that they have complied with safety measures provided by the city's building code and evidence that they have been granted a certificate by the board of examiners. From RKO to NRA Bronze plaques bearing the NRA insignia will replace the temporary posters at the box-offices and en- trances of all RKO theaters from coast-to-coast according to orders sent out yesterday by Harold B. Franklin. Finkelstein House Reopened Carroll, Ia. — The Royal closed for several years, has been reopened by the Finkelstein Theater Corp. D. J. Smith is manager. gorgeous looking chorines from "Gold Diggers" train to keep in form and practice for their numbers in the musical film. Harry Sweet and Harry Gribbon in "How Comedies Are Born" RKO 19 mins. A Mistake This is about the silliest conglom- eration of nothing that Hollywood has turned out. Sweet, Gribbon, Tom Kennedy and Bud Jamieson, comedians, are instructed by the studio to write the script for a com- edy. They meet at the home of one of the actors and there try to figure out what to do and what to say. They reach nowhere and neither does this short. Clark and McCullough in "Kicking the Crowd Around" RKO 19 mins. Good Laugh The fans will like this one. It shows the boys as special emissaries to King Phooey who suspects that all is not well in the kingdom. The lads soon discover that the Queen heads a plot to smuggle real garlic salami into the country. Salami be- ing contraband, the lads get busy and upset the whole conspiracy. There are plenty of laughs and a wealth of action. Ruth Etting in "Knee Deep in Music" RKO 22 mins. Fair Musical Outside of humming "Harvest Moon" and singing "We Couldn't Do Better Than That," a new number written for this film by Harry Akst and Ed Eliscu, Miss Etting has lit- tle to do. The story makes an effort at being humorous, but fails. It con- cerns Nat Carr as the president of a canned fish concern who is search- ing for talent and a theme song for his radio hour. Several song writers try their hand at writing the much needed number and the best to be submitted is the Akst-Eliscu number. However, Nat decides to have Miss Etting sing the old "Harvest Moon" number to be sure. "Cubby's World Flight" (An Aesop Fable) RKO 8 mins. Just Fair Nothing new or particularly clever in this one. The cartoon shows Cubby Bear making a world flight. The plane travels through barns, fences, mountains and huge waves, finally falling through the earth and coming out in China. Then the plane returns home via Russia, Italy and other countries and lands on the Statue of Liberty. SJffiE COVERS EVERYTHING LONDON HOLLYWOOD NEW YORK PARIS BERLIN The motion picture industry is going through an economic revolution New names, new companies, new faces, new ideas and new standards Even new leaders If you want to place your story before this vast buying power you can do so through the columns of Film Daily It offers you a ready made appointment, every morning, with the man you want most to sell , > 16 DAILY Wednesday, Aug. 2. 10 NEW DIRECTORS ON FOX FILM BOARD i ) Aldrich, David E. K. Bruce, Mat- thew V. Brush, Philip R. Clarke, Samuel W. Pordyce, Charles \V. Bigley, George M. Moffett, Edward K. Tinker, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Frank O. Watts. Clarke, Hastings and Place were elected by the Class B stockholders, and the others by the Class A stock- holders. Following the election, the new board held its first meeting and elected the following officers: Sid- ne\v R, Kent, president; W. C. Michel, executive vice-president; W infield Sheehan, vice-president in charge of production; Sydney To- well, treasurer; Felix A. Jenkins, secretary; W. S. Bell, assistant treasurer; R. B. Simonson, assis- tant treasurer; John P. Edmondson, assistant secretary, and J. H. Lang, assistant secretary. Leonard A. Woolams and Rich- ard A. Rowland are the missing vice-presidents on the new slate. Writers Ask NRA to Ban Producers' Agreement (Continued from Page 1) writers' services. A demand also will be made for creation of a board of arbitration consisting of two writers, two producers and one NRA arbitrator; also minimum pay for readers based on 1926 level of com- pensation. To avoid plagiarism, it is stated no writer should be com- pelled to work on material not owned by producers. Proposed agreement between Guild and Artists Managers Ass'n pro- vides that agents are to deal only with writers who are members of the Guild. It abolishes secret agree- ments between producers and agents, and also prohibits agents from deal- ing with studios ruled unfair by the Guild. At a meeting of the Guild, it was voted that Guild members who continue in the writers branch of the Academy are injuring the status of the Guild. The Academy branch has lost 36 members who are members of the Guild. .S1.000 Nightly Added to Music Hall Box-office receipts at the Radio City Music Hall have been increased about SI, 000 nightly as a result of the 10-cent boost in admission for the orchestra floor on week days. Vidor on RKO Special West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — King Vidor was signed yesterday to direct a new RKO special now being written by Kathleen Shep- herd. Syracuse — Annual Convention of the Tenth District of the I. A. T. S. E. and M. P. 0. was held this week at the Onondaga Hotel here. Charlotte, N. C— J. S. Howard, Jr., has been transferred by the Carolinas Theaters, Inc., from Bris- tol, Va., back to the management of the Rialto in Durham, N. C. Cleveland — Charles Beckerman has resigned as Ohio representative for Master Art to become associated with the Fischer Film Exchange in the northern Ohio territory. Wallingford, Conn.— The Strand, Inc., is a new corporation formed to operate the Strand theater on Cen- ter St. Incorporators are Abe and Sara F. Koffman and Alex Horwitz, all of Norwich, Conn. Beacon, N. Y. — Southern Dutchess Amusement Corp. has been formed here to deal in motion picture ap- paratus. Incorporators are R. W. Doughty, C. M. Pugsley and E. M. Hignell, all of Beacon. Cleveland — Regis Duddy, former manager of Keith's East 105th St. theater, has leased the Clark Na- tional theater and will personally manage it on and after Sept. 5. Keith's 105th, closed two months, reopens about Labor Day. New Orleans — James Porter Perry has been appointed manager of the subsequent run Casino. Lawrenceburg, Ind. — RKO Liberty here will be operated by Ralph Sacker, formerly with the Avalon, Cleveland. He succeeds Omer Har- ry. Atlanta — The Wynba Amusement Co. has announced the replacement of its old sound equipment in the Hilan Theater with RCA Victor High Fidelity apparatus. Louisville — The Mary Anderson theater, now closed for remodeling, will open as a first-run this week. Switow Brothers are the owners. London, Ky. — The Southland has been taken over by H. V. McClure. Bridgeport, Conn. — The Majestic, Fox-New England house, has re- opened. Baltimore — Joseph Fields has an- nounced the purchase of the Rivoli and plans to open the house Sept. 1 with subsequent runs. Green Bay, Wis. — Harry K. Timm, former manager of the Orpheum, has been named manager of the auditorium at the Columbus Com- munity Club. Milwaukee — Local openings in- clude the Savoy by the Investment Service Corp., the Plaza by Al Bar- telt, and the Elite, all neighborhood houses. The Savoy and Plaza had been dark since June 27 and were formerly operated by Statewide Theaters. WORDS and WISDOM "J DOUBT if the adjustments this will bring will cost the stars much money. It will kill a great many artificial stardoms, but the real people who bring business to the theaters will continue to draw big money."— LOUIS B. MAYER. "I think I have proved that I have complete confidence in the country and in the President's policy by the organization of 20th Century Pic- tures with Darryl Zanuck . . . and putting all mv own monev into the venture."— JOSEPH M. SCHENCK. "If we borrow too much from the stage, we borrow limitations of audi- ence with it."— MARY PICKFORD. "There should be a rule to compel actors, writers, directors and pro- ducers to leave town after they've finished a job. They should travel to New York, Paris, London, Berlin and other centers to relax and ab- sorb new ideas."— WALTER WAN- GER. "One of the gravest defects of the modern cinema is the fact that a motion picture, under the present system, cannot be analyzed. The critic does not live who can say with forthright vigor that Tom Jones is responsible for a fine pic- ture. Where there can be no strict analysis, there has been no strict synthesis."— DALTON TRUMBO. LAB CODE SPEC ' Arbitration m (Continued from Page 1) claims to represent 90 per i the volume of lab business country and 42 per cent firms in the field. The coc hibits selling below cost, and unfair practices listed are of contract, price discrepanc rived at by secret rebates, c< cial bribery and gratuities ployees or owners, departur original terms, attacking of petitor, predating of a ct storing producers' old films ■ charging for storage, fur cutting rooms without charg M. P. Academy Elect New Governing I (Continued from Page 1) Kahane, Darryl Zanuck; Tech — Carl Dreher, J. M. Nickolav. Parker; Writers — John F. Gc Bartlett Cormack, Waldemar Branch committees elected of: Actors — Warner Baxter, Digges, Helen Hayes, Walte ton, Robert Montgomery, Edv Robinson, Dewitt C. Jennint rectors — Lloyd Bacon, Cecil D Henry King, Robert Z. L Ernst Lubitsch, Fred Niblo Vidor; Producers — Sam I Merian Cooper, B. B. Kahane L. Lasky, Irving Thalberg, Zanuck, Henry Herzbrun; ' cians — John Arnold, Hans Harris Ensign, Nathan Le Wesley C. Miller, C. Roy 1 Van Nest Polglase; Writers- lett Cormack, Waldemar Youi win Burke, Josephine Lovett, Allan Woolf, Robert Riskin, 1 Kaufman. Dr. Lowell on Film Cou Dr. A. Lawrence Lowell, i president of Harvard, will s Dr. John Grier Hibben as ch of the Motion Picture R< Council, financed by the Payi to promote studies of the value of motion pictures. Af entire findings of the Counc been issued and discussed, mendations for a more sociall ful cinema will be made anc taken to carry them out. Warner Grosses 30% Ah Thirty per cent higher grossei compared with averages a year are being piled up in all Warner h by three current releases, "Mary ens, M. D.", "Voltaire" and "Captu the company announces. In some s tions the percentage is said to b per cent George Arliss' "Volt; opening in the rain at the Holly yesterday, had more admissions u noon than the opening of "Gold gers," according to Harry Charna charge of Warner metropolitan he V i n 1 1 mate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily Newspapei Of Motion Pictures Now Fifteen Years Old VOL. I VIII. NO. 46 NEW yCRr, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1933 <5 CENTS Hi ;■ Urr Bar Arguments at Code Hearing, Lab Memo States NDUSTJY CODE HIRING ON SEPT. 12 Court Rules Gold Diggers" Not in 32-33 Contract Warners Win Decision in Suit Brought by Phil- ; j adelphia Exhib I i| Philadelphia — A decision regard- lad as of wide significance in that tit is understood to have been in f:he nature of a test case was ijfl.ianded down yesterday when Judge dFineletter of the Common Pleas fclourt ruled for Warners in the suit nbrought by Louis Linker of the iLenox Theater claiming he was en- titled to "Gold Diggers of 1933" in [his 1932-33 contract. Linker, whose action was supported by the M.P.T.O., also sought to restrain Showing of the picture in the Sher- (Continued on Page 23) PRINCIPAL PRODUCT ON FRANCHISE BASIS As the first step in a new plan for the release of Principal prod- uct on a franchise basis, Sol Les- .ser, who arrived in New York from che Coast this week, has sold Prin- cipal Distributing Corporation's in- terest in the New York exchange i to Sam Krellberg. Nat . Cherin, (part owner, has been elected presi- J dent of the exchange, which will ': take over the franchise for the - Principal product for next year. | This includes "Tarzan The Fear- (Continued on Page 23) New Company Plans Unusual Productions Audio Productions, Inc.. headed by W. A. Bach as president, has been formed to specialize in the production and distribution of un- usual pictures. The new company, a Western Electric licensee, will use either the Bronx or Astoria plants of Eastern Service Studios, or the Western Service Studios, Hol- lywood, and will make its produc- tion headquarters at the Bronx ad- dress. Subjects of educational and (Continued on Page 4) CODES ANNOUNCED Full text of the production- distribution, exhibition and laboratory codes as submitted to Sol A. Rosenblatt, NRA deputy administrator, appear on pages 6 to 21 in this is- sue. GOVERNMENT ORDERS ENDING OF STRIKE Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Immediate calling off of the Hollywood strike was urged late yesterday by the Na- tional Labor Board in its decision for settlement of jurisdictional dif- ficulties there. Employees are to be taken back without prejudice, the (Continued on Page 23) '♦-, Sol A. Rosenblatt Announces Date of Public Meeting in Washington — Confers With Kent and O'Reilly on Code Disputes By ARTHUR W. EDDY Washington — The NRA hearing on the film industry cm is scheduled for Sept. 12, at 10 a. m. Sol. A. Rosenblatt, depmj administrator, said yesterday at his office in the Commerc Building. He made this statemen following a conference with SidneJ R. Kent and Charles L. O'Reilly code coordinators, who delivered i tentative code to him. Disputed clauses in the tentativf industry code draft prepared bj producer, distributor and exhibitor A. H, BUNK QUITS AS CIRCUIT TRUSTEE Omaha— A. H. Blank of Des Moines has resigned as trustee for the bankrupt Publix houses in Ne- braska, it was announced yesterday by Paul P. Massey, his attorney here. Creditors will meet Sept. 4 at the office of Herman Aye, referee, to elect a new trustee. Facts Only Will be Heard At Wash'n Code Sessions Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Only facts, and no arguments, may be presented orally at the public hearing on the La- boratory Code scheduled to start at 10 A.M. on Aug. 31 in the Small Auditorium of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce Building here, accord- ing to the official notice of the hear- ing just issued by Deputy Adminis- trator Sol A. Rosenblatt. This edict is likewise expected to apply in the case of other film industry codes, indicating that the Administration does not intend to waste time on disputed industry problems. In outlining the requirements that must be fulfilled by those who desire to be heard on the code, Ro- (Continued on Page 4) "Dinner at Eight" is a Natural Take equal parts of Marie Dressier, Jack Barrymore, Jean Harlow, Wally Beery, B i I lie Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Edmund Lowe and Lee Tracy, stir and mix to the deliciously subtle directorial treatment of George Cukor, add as spice the delightfully sophisticated dialogue of George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber, serve on an M-G-M platter, and you have an unusual and significant cinema dish fit for the most exacting film epicure. "Dinner at Eight" is a showman's delight. It has powerful electric light names to draw them in and enough swell entertainment to keep them happy during the show as well as talking about it after they go out. It follows closely the pattern of the stage play that took New York by storm and cannot miss as screen entertainment. And just between ourselves, it is our modest opinion that the greatest artist on the screen today is Marie Dressier. JACK ALICOATE. committees at recent New (Continued on Page 16) York REED IS RE-ELECTED / HEAD OF ACADEMY West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILi Hollywood — J. Ted Reed was re- elected head of the Academy oj? Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the election this week. Other&S elected are Fredric March, first vice-president; Howard J. Green, second vice-president; Frank Capra, secretary; William Sistrom, treas- urer. Will Hays to Seek Coast Unity on Code Will H. Hays, who left yester- day on a hurried trip to the coast to clear up some unfinished busi- ness from his last visit, is also ex- pected to make an effort to line up the Hollywood factions for a united front on the industry code. The Writers Branch of the Academy is the principal protestant on the code as already drafted. Hays plans to return east about Sept. 5. ml A II kf THE -%2H DAILY Thursday, Aug. 24, 1933 Tol.LXIII.No. 48 Ihurs., Aug 74.1333 Price 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE : Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at lu5U Broadway. New York, N. Y., I.y Wid'a Film- and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoatc, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mcrsereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Asso- ciatc Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. /Entered as second class matter, May 21, 19 IS, at the post-office at New York, N. V., finder the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of C7re3ter New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. A 1 ircssBall communications to THE FILM DAILY? 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., Phone. Circle 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable Address: Filmdav, New York. Holly- wood. California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Holly- wood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest \V. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., \V. I. Berlin— Karl WolfTsohn. I.ichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris - I'. A. Ilarle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. • „■ oo out »i*r FINANCIAL "Bitter Sweet" An altogether delightful screen version of Noel Coward's operetta has been produced for United Artists by the British O Dominions studios. Appealing with particular force to the feminine trade, this tender story of a true love combines a depth of romantic sentiment with agreeable music and an occasional deft comedy touch, all against the gorgeous mountings and costuming that befit a musical romance. The cast, headed by Anna Ncagle, Fernand Graavey, Clifford Heatherley, Ivy St. Helier and Miles Mander, fit the story most appropriately, and the direction by Herbert Wilcox shows imagina- tion, vesting the production with a good deal more movement than is usually found in an operetta. For international appeal, this is one of the best pictures turned out by the British studios to date. GILLETTE. NEW YORK STOCK Columbia Picts. vtc. . Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. East. Kodak kFox Fm. new toew's, Inc do pfd [^etro-Goldwyn, pfd Paramount ctfs Pathe Exch > do "A" RKO jVarner Bros High 2234 3% 9% 82i/2 16 343/4 72 20 Vi 2>4 1% 85/g 35/g 834 MARKET Net Low Close Chg. 213/4 213/4 _ l/4 35/s 35/s — % 934 934 80 1/4 80 1/4 — 1/4 16 16 — Va 32V2 331/4 — 11/4 72 72 + 21/2 201/2 + 1/2 2 — i/s 1 % — Va 8% 31/2 8 1/2 + % Ohio House and Senate Pass Amusement Tax Columbus, O. — After several meetings of the joint conference committee cf the House and Senate, the 10 per cent amusement tax bill affecting all admissions above 11 cents was passed by both houses yesterday. Protests of P. J. Wood, business manager of the M.P.T.O., that there should be no exemptions unless placed at 41 cents, were fu- tile. The original bill passed the House with a 26-cent exemption. Para. Theater Deals Up at Meet Tomorrow A meeting of the Paramount-Pub- lix creditors committee has been called for tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the offices of referee Oscar W. Ehrhorn, 140 Nassau St. Sev- eral matter including the proposed sale of the Pontiac Theater Corp., Detroit, and the disposition of the Dent Theaters in Texas, and the Seneca Holding- Co. theaters on Long Island will be considered. More Product Deals Signed by Columbia Among the latest to sign 100 per cent for Columbia's 1933-34 prod- uct are the M. A. Lightman Circuit in the Memphis territory; R. E. Griffith houses in Oklahoma, Dallas and Denver territories; D. H. Blackwood's Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark.; R. T. Murray's Rialto, At- lanta, Ga. and Bendheim, Rich- mond. Va.; and J. Von Herbert's Roxy and Liberty, Seattle, Wash, and Roxy, Tacoma, Wash. The full list of attractions sign- ed for were, 48 feature length pro- ductions; 36 to be known as "The March Forward Group," and 12 as action western melodramas, sup- plemented by a diversified program of 130 short subjects, comprising seven single-reel stories and 26 two-reel features. .ommg a nd G oing MERVYN LE ROY and M. C. LEVEE left the coast yesterday for New York. RUBY KEELER, Warner star, will leave New York for Hollywood by airplane tomorrow to finish her role in "Footlight Parade." BARBARA STANWYCK has arrived in New York from Hollywood to join FRANK FAY her husband. SAM FOX, general manager of Movietone Music Corp., has left for Hollywood to confer with Fox producers on forthcoming musical pictures. ARCH GAFFEY, who with Charlie Curran wrote the play "Ad-Man" from which Richard Dues latest, "No Marriage Ties," was made is flying to Hollywood to discuss terms as a writer with a major company. AL MANNON leaves for the coast Saturday. today for B. J. HYNES leaves New York Detroit to join Herschel Stuart. IDA LUPINO, 16-year-old daughter of Stan- ley Lupino, arrives tomorrow on the Berengaria and leaves immediately for the Paramount coast studios. CRESSON SMITH of yesterday for Chicago. RKO left New York 20 2 1% 3Vi 81,4 NEW YORK Gen. Th. Eq. pfd.. Technicolor Trans-Lux CURB MARKET 8 23,6 8 23.8 8 + Va 23/8 NEW YORK BOND MARKET ^Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40.. 5 5 5 — V4 ' Keith A-0 6s46 ... 52% 523/8 52% + 134 J Loew 6s 41ww 88 Vi 88 88V2 Paramount 6s 47 32% 321/2 32/2 — 1/2 Par. 6s47 ctfs 34 34 34 Par. By. 5' 2s51 ctfs... 37 Par. 5'2s50 33 Par. 5'2s50 ctfs.. .. 32l/2 Pathe 7s37 80 Warner's 6s39 433'a 37 37 — 1 321/2 321/2 + Va 32 321/2 — IVi 80 80 4?5/„ 43 N. Y. PRODUCE EXCHANGE SECURITIES Para. Publix 2% 1% 1% — '8 New Music Hall Record All records for a four-shows-a-day week at the Radio City Music Hall were broken during the week ending last night, with attendance totaling 154,579 for the seven days. Reliance Concentrating On Exploitation Vehicles West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Concentration on stories with definite "commercial values" that lend themselves to strong exploitation will be the pol- icy followed by Reliance Pictures, the Harry M. Goetz and Edward Small company producing for United Artists release, according to Small. The organization's first production, "I Cover the Water- front," was in this category. Small points out, and the same applies to r-oming attractions, including "Joe Palooka," "Count of Monte Cristo," "Shanghai Gesture," and "Style." Paramount Signs Code Paramount Pictures Distributing Corp. has signed the President's agreement, with approximately 1,- 000 employees affected. RKO-Warner Product Deal A deal between RKO and War- ner's Theaters in the Chicago, St. Louis and Wisconsin territories is expected to be closed within the week for the playing of all RKO fea- tures and shorts for 1933-34. Cres- son Smith is en route to Chicago to woi-k out details of the deal. Lining Up Class Trade For Eisenstein Picture Figuring the picture as a nat- ural for class and arty audiences, but dubious about its appeal to the lesser intelligent crowd, special ef- forts are being made to line up class patronage for Sergei Eisenstein's "Thunder Over Mexico," a Principal release, which opens at the Rialto about the middle of next month. Up- ton Sinclair, who sponsored the Eisenstein venture, is coming- to New York for the premiere. Mean- while he is conducting a mail cam- paign to stir up interest in the pic- ture. Organizations and publications are being invited to arrange for blocks of tickets at a discount. LEON BAMBERGER of RKO has returned from upstate. SOL SACHS, South Texas salesman for RKO leaves for Dallas today. „!»• BUCKLEY, CHARLES PERRY, HAL! HORNE and MONROE GREENTHAL of United Artists are in Philadelphia preparing for the re-opening of the Aldine, now a United Artists theater. MARK LARKIN, personal representative for Mary Pickford, arrived in New York yesterdav from the coast. "Dinner at 8" Coast Premiere West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Los Angeles — West Coast pre- miere of M-G-M's "Dinner at Eight" takes place Tuesday at Grauman's Chinese. Chatfeld Adding Another Canton, O. — Report has it that Chatfeld Theaters will acquire the Palace here. House was formerly operated by Warners and A. G. Constant of Steubenville. "Masquerader" Opens Brin House Milwaukee — Samuel Goldwyn's "The Masquerader" has been booked by L. K. Brin to open the New Gar- den Theater on Sept. 1. The house will be known as "The Home of United Artists Pictures." Reister Joins Schine Canton, O. — George Reister, for more than two years Warner city manager here and for the past sev- eral months in charge of Skouras theaters in Gloversville, N. Y., has been made manager of the Belle- fontaine district of the Schine's Enterprises, Inc., and will have charge of the Holland there and the Piqua in Piqua. He succeeds C. P. Lawrence, who has been transferred to Watertown, N. Y., as manager of the Northern New York Schine district. Memphis Unions Sign Memphis — Two Loew and one Warner house yesterday signed contracts with the unions. Operator scale is $58.50, and stage hands $67.50. Four Releases Set by 'U' Releases by Universal for the next two months have been set as fol- lows: "Ladies Must Love," Sept. 11; "Saturday's Millions," Oct. 9; "Oh! Promise Me," Oct. 16; "Only Yes- terday," Oct. 23. There may be an- other release in both September and October. Para. Signs 3 Writers West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Three authors were signed yesterday by Paramount. They are Eddie Welsh, Ruth Ride- nour and Mercedes De Acosta. Welsh and Miss Ridenour are work- ing on an original titled "Make Your Play." De Acosta will write an or- iginal to be known as "Diamonds and Lillies." Merger Western Electric has "Wide Range." RCA Photophone has "High Fidelity." And now along comes S. O. S. Corp., with a "Wide Fidelity" amplifier line. ., THEY^ THEIR PARTS magnificently. . MARIE DRBESSLER * JOHN BARRYMORE • WALLACE BEERY • JEAN HARLOW* Lionel BARRYMORE * LEE TRACY**** * EDMUND LOWE * BILLIE BURKE * • Madge EVANS Karen MORLEY k • Jean HERSHOLT Phillips HOLMES * Triumphant in last night's WORLD PREMIERE of DINNER From the Sam H. Harris stage play by GEORGE M S. KAUFMAN & EDNA FERBER /?£ Now Playing AS TO K 45th STREET &. BROADWAY Twice daily 2:50— 8:50 Three times SaU, Sun., Hols. 2:50 5:50 8:50. Sat. Mid. Show. Mats. 50c to $1.00. Eves. 50c to $2.00. Screen play by Frances Marion and Herman J. Mankiewic?. Produced by DAVID O. SELZNICK. Directed by GEORGE CUKOR. 5 !W>l DAILV Thursday, Aug. 24, 1933 • LABOR DAY . COOLER . . . WEATHER . . BETTER . . . BUSINESS . . JUST OVER . THE HILL . . KNOW WHAT'S . . GOING ON . . RY READING FILM DAILY FIRST THING EVERY . . . MORNING . . • Procedure for Participating in Code Hearing Persons wishing to be heard at the Laboratory Code hearing in Washington on Aug. 31 must comply with the following requirements: 1 1 1 A written or telegraphic request for an opportunity to be heard must be filed before noon on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 1933, with the Administrator, Room 4225. Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C. l2l Such a request shall contain a statement setting forth without argu- ment, a proposal: 111 For the elimination of a specific provision of the Code; or (2l a modification of the specific provision, in language proposed by the witness; or 13) a provision to be added to the Code, in language proposed by the witness. The request shall also contain a statement of the name of any person seeking to testify in the hearing and a designation of the persons or groups whom he represents. (3) All persons appearing at the Public Hearing are regarded as wit- nesses and shall present orally only facts and not argument. Written briefs or arguments may be filed but oral presentations will be confined to factual statements only and no legal arguments will be heard. (4) Persons not appearing may file before the close of the Hearing writ- ten statements containing proposals for eliminations, modifications, or additions to the Code supported by pertinent information. These written statements should be condensed as much as possible. Public Hearings are solely for the purpose of obtaining in the most direct manner the facts useful to the Administrator, and no arguments will be heard or considered at this time. Representation of interested parties by attorneys or specialists is permissible, but it is not to be regarded as necessary. Indus- try, workers and the consuming public will be represented by special advisers employed by the Government. Resolute Pictures Set To Start Production Herbert R. Ebenstein, president of Resolute Pictures, yesterday an- nounced that the company is set for production which will start immed- iately upon the arrival on the coast of Al Mannon, production head. Mannon leaves Saturday for Holly- wood with complete shooting scripts for "Mr. Mysterious Smith," by Jos- eph Louis Vance, and "That's Life," by Whitney Bolton. Mannon will talso take a treatment on "The Eugenic Baby," a Gerald Bacon story. Walter Futter who is now pre- paring a windjammer story, plans to follow Mannon within two weeks. Ebenstein will leave for the coast in about ten days and visit ex- changes en route. New Company Plans Unusual Productions {Continued from Page 1) scientific interest that have dem- onstrated a definite entertainment value will be handled for theatrical distribution, Bach says, and in ad- dition the company may produce and distribute a number of unusual subjects on its own account. Aldine as U. A. House Philadelphia — Re-opening of the Aldine, has been set for Sept. 2. The theater will be the home of United Artists pictures and will first present Samuel Goldwyn's "The Masquerader." Little Jack Little in Short Little Jack Little will be starred in a Vitaphone short subject to be produced here in the near future. A story is being especially written for the radio star by the film plant's scenario staff under Herman Ruby. Schenck Sees B.O. Upturn Enabling NRA Compliance West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Increased theater at- tendance is helping to provide the producers with the funds by which they will be able to meet the re- quirements of added employment under the NRA code without undue strain on financial resources, said Joseph M. Schenck of United Ar- tists and 20th Century Pictures on his arrival from New York. He re- ported that eastern cities are show- ing the effects of President Roose- velt's stimulation measures. Gaumont to Make 30 London — Second year's production program by Gaumont-British calls for about 30 features at an aggre- gate cost of around $4,500,000. Among the most important stories on the schedule are "Jew Suss" and "Magnolia Street." New S.O.S. Twin Amplifiers Using a late type of tube de- veloped by Stromberg Carlson, the S.O.S. Corp. announces a new Em- ergency System amplifier embodying two entirely separate instruments with everything in duplicate, even to twin switches, precision meters, volume or gain controls, change- overs, speaker outputs, etc. Twelve series 1934 models are provided to permit a wide range of designs for replacing old amplifiers. Managers Switch Places Noblesville, Ind. — Paul Shields, manager of the Logan for the past year, is returning to Indianapolis, where he will take over the Strat- ford, replacing Martin S. Lane, who succeeds him at the Logan here. ARGUMENTS BARRED AT CODE HEARING (Continued from Page 1) senblatt says that "an opportunity to be heard (either in person or by duly appointed representatives either by appearance or by sending a written or telegraphic statement) will be given to persons or groups who can show a substantial inter- est as workers, employers, consum- ers or otherwise, in the effect of any provisions of the proposed code." Hearings will continue un- til completed. Procedure for par- ticipating will be found elsewhere on this page. First Holdover in Months Kansas City — "Tugboat Annie" is at Loew's Midland for a second week — the first picture held over by this house for many months. John Mc- Manus, manager, estimated atten- dance the first week at more than 90,000. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: First annual convention of Inde- pendent Motion Picture Owners Association of Delaware and Eastern Shore of Maryland at Hotel Henelopen, Rehoboth, Del. Aug. 26-28: Golf tournament of Minneapolis- St. Paul exhibitors-distributors, Detroit Lakes, Minn. Aug. 31: Hearing on Laboratory Code before Sol A. Rosenblatt, NRA Deputy Administra- tor, U. S. Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Washington. 10 A. M. Sept. 6-8: Allied New Jersey convention and Allied States Ass'n Eastern Conference, at Atlantic City. Sept. 7: Monthly meeting of S. M. P. E., Chi- cago Section, Electric Ass'n Rooms, Chicago. Sept. 10-12: Annual convention of Southeast- ern Theater Owners Ass'n, Atlanta. Sept. 13: A. M. P. A. holds annual election of officers Sept. 28-29: Third Annual Miniature Movies Conference, New York. A. D. V. Storey, secretary. Oct. 16-18: Society of Motion Picture En- gineers fall meeting, Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago. Theaters Cooperating 100 Per Cent With NRA Washington — Theater co-opera- tion virtually amounting to 100 per cent has been given the NRA Ad- ministration in the signing of President Roosevelt's re-employment agreement, organization department executives said yesterday. Ex- hibitor response to the Blue Eagle plea was overwhelming, they de- clared. Frank R. Wilson, chief of organ- ization and public relations, yester- day returned to Washington from Columbia, S. C, after an organiza- tion mission. -« THE TIMELY TOPICS Is "Showmanship" A Lot of Talk? TV7E hear a great deal about "showmanship." What is it ? There is no evidence of any- one practicing it, whatever it is, and I have found no one who can define it. As nearly as I can figure it out, it is an ability to make poor entertainment draw large audiences. Exhibitors seem to think that they are exercising it when they word their adver- tisements to make the public believe that the pictures they are showing are much dirtier than they really are. I do not know what kind of showman- . ship producers think they are displaying when they produce motion pictures that are devoid of the entertainment quality that for more than 30 years the public has shown a disposition to support. Western pictures are full of more showmanship than are all other kinds of pic- tures combined, yet they have been neglected so sadly that they contribute but little to the revenue of the film industry. If producers had understood what constituted the elemental appeal of westerns, they would have assigned the best brains at their command to the task of making them. ... I envy the producers their ingenious estimate of their infallibility. They never make mistakes. If their pictures do poorly at the box-office, the pub- lic is to blame for hot attending them; never is the poor business attributable to a lack of quality in the fare offered. When Hol^ lywood got snooty and regarded westerns as beneath the dignity of its best brains, the public naturally spurned the poor ones offered and Hollywood, as is its habit, immediately concluded that the public had tired of westerns of any sort. — Welford Beaton, "Hollywood Spectator." SHOW- MAN'S REMINDER How are your school reopening, plans progressing? Now is the time to get in back of this important phase. ■JZM DAILY U)H■ ARTICLE XXVIII No exhibitor shall agree with any other exhibitor or exhibitors to allocate among them the motion pictures of distributors with the effect of eliminating fair competition between such exhibitors in the bidding and negotiating for the motion pictures of such distributors; provided that bona fide mergers of interest . through partnerships or corporations shall not be deemed to be within this prohibition. ARTICLE XXIX // No exhibitor shall transfer the ownership or possession of a theatre operated by any such exhibitor for the purpose of avoiding un- completed contracts for the exhibition of mo- tion pictures at such theatre or theatres. ARTICLE XXX No exhibitor licensed to exhibit a motion picture subsequent to its exhibition by another exhibitor having the right to a prior run thereof shall advertise such motion picture by any means of advertising prior to or dur- ing its exhibition by such other exhibitor, ex- cepting in any case where the first exhibition date is less than seven days after the conclu- sion of the prior run; in such case such mo- tion picture may be advertised during, but not before the commencement, of such prior run. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit any exhibitor from advertising generally all of the feature motion pictures licensed for exhibition by such exhibitor as a group but such general advertising shall not refer to any one of such motion pictures at any time prior to its exhibition by any other exhibitor having the first or immediately prior run thereof excepting as hereinabove pro- vided. ARRTICLE XXXI No exhibitor shall lower the admission prices publicly announced or advertised for his theatre by giving rebates in the form of premiums, lotteries, reduced script books, coupons, gifts or things of value, throw-away tickets or by two-for-one admissions, or by other methods or devices of similar nature. This article shall not be deemed to prohibit exhibitors from reducing or increasing their admission scales as they see fit, except as may be prohibited by exhibition contracts. The provisions hereof are aimed at reduc- tions in admission scales by means which are unfair to competing exhibitors and which de- ceive the public. ARTICLE XXXII No exhibitor shall exhibit a motion picture previous to dawn of the first day of its booked and confirmed date of exhibition without se- curing express written permission from the distributor thereof. Note: — It has not been possible for all those engaged in distributing motion pictures to agree to the provisions of Article XXXIII. The two conflicting articles are set forth below. PROPOSED ARTICLE XXXIII No exhibitor shall exhibit at any theatre in any city, town or community, two or more feature motion pictures for one admission where the exhibitors operating 60% of the number of theatres located in any such city, town or community have declared in writing that two or more feature motion pictures for one admission shall not be exhibited in any theatre in any such city, town or community. For the purpose of such declaration each exhibitor shall be entitled to one vote for each theatre owned or operated by such exhibitor. A feature motion picture shall be deemed a motion picture originally made and released in length of more than 3,000 ft. PROPOSED ARTICLE XXXIII It is recognized that the policy of exhibiting in any theatre or theatres more than one fea- ture picture for one admission price, is an individual problem of each exhibitor, and such policy shall be left solely to the discretion, judgment and decision of each individual ex- hibitor. In connection with such policy, it shall constitute unfair trade practice for any one, directly or indirectly, to do any of the following things: (1) To insert in an agreement or agree- ments relating to the distribution and/or ex- hibition of motion pictures any provision which shall have for its effect substantially the following: That the exhibitor shall not ex- hibit any motion picture of feature length of the distributor at the same performance with any other motion picture of feature length; that is, as part of a so-called Double Feature Program; (2) To refuse to enter into or to conclude with an exhibitor any agreement for the present or future delivery of any motion pic- tures, because of the declared policy of such exhibitor favoring the Double Feature Pro- gram, or because such Exhibitor has indicated an intention to adopt such policy; (3) To interfere or attempt to interfere with, or to discriminate against, or to do any- thing tending to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or to take any action prejudicial to any ex- hibitor, because of the declared policy of such exhibitor with respect to Double Feature Programs. Any and all agreements heretofore entered into relating to the delivery and/or exhibition of motion pictures, and containing any pro- visions which may in any manner tend to in- terfere with the individual policy of each ex- hibitor as to such Double Feature Programs, or which may in any other manner be in- consistent with the terms and/or intent of this Article, shall be, and shall be deemed to be, as to such provisions relating to Dou- ble Feature Programs, of no further force or effect, and shall be deemed to be deleted from such agreements. ARTICLE XXXIV Exhibitors shall promptly make and deliver a correct itemized statement of each day's receipts from the exhibition of any motion picture and from so-called midnight shows, if any, upon the conclusion of each such daily exhibition and/or midnight show, when the license fee therefor is based in whole or in part upon a percentage of the exhibitor's admission receipts. ARTICLE XXXV The unauthorized exhibition of a motion picture and the doing by any exhibitor of acts which are illegal or in violation of the copy- right law of the United States or of an ex- hibition license gives such exhibitor an unfair competitive advantage over an exhibitor who is honest, obeys the law and complies with his contractual obligations, misappropriates a portion of the playing time market of the motion picture industry, disrupts other ex- hibitor's bookings and scheduled exhibitions and imposes a burden of expense and waste which must be borne by producers, distribu- tors and exhibitors. Therefore, no exhibi- tor shall directly or indirectly or by any means whatsoever: (a) Exhibit any motion picture at any time or place other than on the date or dates and in the places expressly booked and con- firmed in writing pursuant to the exhibition license therefor; (b) Use a print of a motion picture at any theatre other than that specified in the exhi- bition license therefor; (c) Use a print of a motion picture at two or more theatres when licensed at only one thereof; (d) Use the print of a motion picture for any purpose whatsoever other than exhibi- tions duly lcensed and booked; or (e) Withhold the prompt return of a print of a motion picture for additional exhibitions at any theatre in excess of the time licensed and booked in writing. ARTICLE XXXVI No exhibitor shall lease, purchase or other- wise acquire any lithographic poster or any advertising accessory manufactured for or by the producer or distributors of any motion picture, for the advertising or exploitation thereof by the exhibitor, from any person, firm, corporation or association, other than such producer or distributor. All such litho- graphic posters and advertising accessories so acquired shall not be sold, leased, or given away by any exhibitor, nor used by any ex- hibitor for any purpose other than to adver- tise or exploit the motion picture for which such lithographic posters and advertising accessories were manufactured. ARTICLE XXXVII Film Boards of Trade throughout the United States shall continue their operations as local distributor trade Associations for the purpose, among other things, of functioning within the sphere of operations of trade as- sociations and of specifically performing the following: (a) The supervision of the granting by members of the right of exhibition of mo- tion pictures distributed by them without charge at public and quasi-public institutions properly equipped to show sound motion pic- tures and properly protected against fire haz- ards, in cases where such institutions house or care for inmates confined in them; and the allocation equally among the members of the number and class of motion pictures to be so supplied, (b) The collection of statistics regarding the number of theatres, their own- ership, management, seating capacity, loca- tion, policy of operation and character of entertainment, (c) The maintenance of proper relations between distributors and the public, (d) The appearance before legislative boards and committees in connection with any ex- isting or proposed national, state or munici- pal legislation affecting motion pictures, their production, distribution, or exhibition, (e) The prevention of fraud upon distributors of motion pictures. Membership in any Film Board of Trade shall be open to any distribu- tor maintaining and operating an office for the distribution of motion pictures in the ex- change center where such Film Board ol Trade is located. ARTRICLE XXXVIII In each territory wherein any distributor maintains an exchange, such exchange shall abide by the regulations promulgated by the [ Film Boards of Trade in such territory for the prevention of fire, for the holding of fire ' drills, and rigid monthly inspections, the in- spection of prints, the storing of inflammable material, the maintenance and testing of sprinkler systems and fire extinguishers, the avoidance of smoking and other cautions, methods and devices to protect the lives of ] employees and the public to insure safety against fire hazards. ARTICLE XXXIX No exhibitor or distributor shall induce orl seek to induce the breach of any active con- tract licensing the exhibition of motion pic- tures. ARTICLE XL No exhibitor or distributor shall give any gratuity or make any offer, of any gratuity for the purpose of procuring advantages that would not other wise be procurable, or as an inducement ti influence a distributor or exhibitor, or representative of either not to deal with any competing or other exhibitors or distributors. ARRTICLE XLI But one form of license contract contain- ing provisions generally expressive of the usual and customary trade methods of dis- tributing and exhibiting motion pictures shall Be used by distributors to license the exhibi- tion by exhibitors of one or more motion pic- tures released during any one season. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prevent any distributor from adding thereto provisions expressive of such distributor's in- dividual sales policy, provided any such added provision is designated as an added provision, or to require the use of such form for fran- chise license contracts embracing motion pic- tures released during two or more seasons. The so-called "Optional Standard License Agreement" (1933) negotiated by exhibitors and now being used by a large number of dis- tributors shall be the form of license con- tract contemplated by this section, excepting in case any provision thereof is in conflict with any provision of this Code such pro- vision of said Optional Standard License Agreement shall be deemed amended to con- form with such provision of this Code. ARTICLE XLII No distributor shall refuse to make a fair adjustment of the license fees for the exhi- bition rights of a number of pictures licensed in a group for a stated average sum per pic- ture and so stated in the license agreement, if the total number of pictures so licensed by any exhibitor are not delivered by such dis- tributor provided such exhibitor shall have fully and completely performed all the terms and conditions of such license on the part of the exhibitor to be performed. Any dispute or controversy concerning any such adjust- ment shall be determined by arbitration pro- vided for in this Code. ARTICLE XLIII No distributor shall refuse to deliver to any exhibitor any feature motion picture li- censed under an exhibition contract therefor because of such exhibitor's default in the performance of any exhibition contract licens- ing the exhibition of short subjects of such ' distributor, or vice versa, in cases where such j exhibitor and distributor have agreed to ar- , bitrate all claims and controversies arising ' under the Optional Standard License Agree- ment provided for in this Code. ARTICLE XLIV Any exhibitor forwarding or delivering to another exhibitor a print of a motion pic- ture at the request or upon the order of the distributor thereof shall, but only for such purpose, be deemed to be the agent of such distributor. THE 16 -3&*. DAILY Thursday. Aug. 24, 1933 National Council Will Adminstratc Industry Code ABTTCLE XLV -tributor and exhibitor have (agreed to the arbitration of all matters under tan exhibition contract which provides that the 'exhibitor shall play any featured picture spe- cified therein, upon a designated day or days of the week, and the exhibitor seeks to be relieved from such obligation for the reason only of the character of the motion picture so ited, the claim of the exhibitor shall • termined by arbitration, and the dis- tributor, if the arbitrators so determine, shall - the exhibitor from the obligation to •he motion picture upon the day or days ited by the distributor; provided that \hibitor makes such claim within three fter receipt of the notice of availability of such feature picture. In such cases arbi- tration shall be held upon forty-eight hours' notice if the distributor so desires. If the arbitrators shall sustain the claim of the exhibitor (a) the distributor shall the right to designate another picture for the same day or dates or to reserve the right to designate another pictur for a later date I or dates upon the same terms as the motion I picture in question; (b) the award of the I arbitrators shall not be deemed to apply to any other theatre in the same or any other location. Where because of an arbitration proceed- ing or an arbitration award it shall be im- practical to serve subsequent run exhibitors in compliance with any notice of availability or confirmed play dates given any such sub- ^sequent run exhibitors, the distributor shall have the right to change such play dates. ARTICLE XLVI Wherever in this Code arbitration of any matter is provided for such matter sEall be submitted for determination to an Arbitra- tion Board which shall consist of four mem- bers, each of whom shall be engaged in the motion picture business and two of whom shall be appointed by the exhibitor and the remaining two by the distributor concerned. I In any such case, upon the written request I of the exhibitor or distributor for arbitration, I the party making such request shall name I therein two arbitrators, stating the business I address and business or business connection I of each, and shall designate therein the date, time and place of the hearing of such con- rsjr. The date of such hearing shall not be earlier than seven days from the date of the sending of such notice, unless it shall be claimed in such notice that irreparable injury win result unless there is a speedy determi- nation of such controversy, in which case such hearing may be designated to be held earlier than the said seven-day period. Within five days from the mailing of such request for arbitration or within twenty-four hours if the date of such hearing shall be earlier than seven days from the date of the sending of such notice, the party upon whom such request is made shall name two arbitrators in a written notice mailed or de- l''ve-ed to the other party, stating therein the business address nnd business or bus'nes? connection of each arbitrator. If either party fails or refuses to name the arbitrators as herein provided or if any arbitrator so named shall fail or refuse to act, or be unable to serve, or shall be challenged, and others are or another arbitrator oualified and then avail- able to act is not appointed, others or another arbitrator may be apnointed by the other party as the case may be. No member of an Arbitration Board shall hear or determine any controversy in which he has an interest direct or indirect, and any member having such interest shall be dis- qualified to act. If the arbitrators or a majority of them are unable to reach a decision, they or a ma- jority- of them shall immediately select an umpire who shall not be engaged in the mo- tion picture business. In such case the hearing before the umpire shall be at such time and place as the umpire shall designate and shall be had before the umpire alone, the arbitrators not to be permitted to attend the hearing before the umpire. If the arbitra- tors or a maioritv of them are unable to agree upon the selection of an umpire, the Code Authority shall be requested to make such selection. ARTICLE XLVn A National Board of Appeals constituted as in this Article provided shall consist of either (a) four unaffiliated exhibitors, two distributor representatives, and two affiliated circuit reoresentatives. or (b) two unaffili- ated exhibitors, one distributor representa- tive and one affiliated circuit represer. chosen by a fair method of selection. ARTICLE XLVIII So long as any producer or distributor shall in the production of motion pictures be re- quired to pay royalties for licenses to use music, sound recording or sound reproduc- ing equipment, such producer or distributor may refuse to contract to license the exhibi- tion of any such motion picture by any ex- hibitor unless the exhibitor agrees to pay as part of the total negotated rental a charge designated as a "score charge." Nothing in this article shall be deemed to abridge or limit the right of any producer or distributor to make any division or divi- sions of any total negotiated film rental by any name whatsoever. ARTICLE XLIX Administration A MOTION PICTURE CODE NA- TIONAL AUTHORITY constituted as in this article provided and herein referred to as the "Code Authority" shall be the agency for the administration of this Code, other than such agencies named herein to perform definite functions, and shall have such powers as shall be necessary therefor, together with such other powers and duties as herein pre- scribed. The Code Authority shall be chosen by a fair method of selection and approved by the Administrator, and be constituted as follows : Four representatives of producers; four rep- resentatives of distributors; four representa- tives of exhibitors, the two coordinators ap- pointed by the Administrator and not more than three representatives without vote, ap- pointed by the Administrator. The Code Authority shall organize by the selection of such officers and advisers as it may deem proper and necessary. The Code Authority shall be empowered to assist the Administrator in administering and supervising the observance of this Code by the several divisions of the industry. The Code Authority may — ake investigations as to the functioning and observance of any of the provisions of this Code at its own instance or on the complaint by any person affected and report the same together with its recom- mendations or findings to the Administrator. The Code Authority shall to such exter in such manner as may seem most useful utilize the facilities of all existing cj- regional and local trade associations in the industry. ARTICLE L The President may from time to time can- cel or modify any order, approval, license, rule or regulation issued under Title I of the National Industrial Recoverv Act. ARTICLE LI By presenting this Code the members of the industry assenting thereto are not consenting to any modification thereof and each reserves the right to object individually or jointly to any modified Code. ARTICLE LII It is contemplated that supp'.e— er.tary pro- visions or amendments of this Code or tional Codes applicable to the industry or branches thereof may from time to time be submitted for the approval of the Pre- ARTICLE LIII Definitions The term "producer" shall include natural persons, partners! - -- : a: ions and cor- porations engaged in the production of motion pictures. The term "distributor" shall include natural persons, partnerships, associations and cor- porations engaged in the distribution of a - tion pictures. The term "effective date" shall mean ten persons, partnerships, associations and cor- porations engaged in the ownership or opera- tion of theatres for the exhibition of motion pictures. The term 'effective date" shall mean ten (10) days after the approval of this Cide by the President of the United States. Industry Code Hearing in Washington Sept. 12 (.Continued from Page 1) conferences were discussed by Ro- senblatt. O'Reilly and Kent. Kent arrived in Washington early yesterday morning, having taken a midnight train from New York. O'Reilly's plans to accompany him were altered when a meeting of the exhibitor continuing committee ran from late Tuesday afternoon until 9 a.m. yesterday. After breakfasting with Rosen- blatt at the New Willard. Kent went into conference with him at his office in the Commerce Building. O'Reilly joined the session the mid- dle of the afternoon. They both returned to New York last night. 'Anybody who has anything to say regarding the code will have an opportunity to say it at the hear- ing," declared Rosenblatt. Requirement is made that persons who wish to speak must notify Ro- senblatt before noon on the day previous to the hearing. With each I request must go a statement setting forth without argument, a propo- sal, (1) for the elimination of a specific provision of the code, or (2) a modification of the specific provision, in language proposed by the witness; or (3) a provision to be added to the code, in language proposed by the witness. The re- quest must also contain a state- ment of the name of any person seeking to testify in the hearing and a designation of the persons or groups whom he represents. To Aid Rosenblatt Three aides and two NRA groups will work with Rosenblatt, as the film industry code, gradually moves towards approval by President Roosevelt. The research and plan- ning division and the legal division of the NRA Administration will ex- amine the draft, advise on which will also be provided by a labor. Industrial Board and a consumer representative. Stabilization of the amusement industry through the workings of ^e NRA codes will help make the picture and show business more at- tractive from the viewpoint of out- side financing, said Rosenblatt. Benefits to the film industry wiil be double-barrelled, declared Ro- senblatt, inasmuch as peoole with more leisure time on their hands are bound to go to theaters. That Kent will not accept any post in connection with the perman- ent administration of the industry code was indicated yesterday when he told The Film Daily: "When the code is done, as far as I'm concerned, I'm through with the matter." Producer divorce of theater hold- ings, once a frequently-raised cry in some exhibitor quarters, failed to rate sufficient consideration on the part of the exhibitor code-drafting committee to get into either the code or the minority exceptions. After brief discussion the proposal was dismissed as impractical. Deplore "Wild Guesses" Deploring "wild and disturbing guesses" which only serve to cause confusion within the motion picture business. NRA executives yesterday urged persons identified with it to refrain from such speculation pend- ing final completion and approval of an industry code. Communica- tions to the NRA administrative of- fices from film people indicate in numerous instances that they have been misinformed as to what is act- ually being done by those in charge of carrying out the Act's provisions, it was declared. "No code or provisions have been finally approved for the code." NRA executives pointed out. "So far the draft is only tentative and is sub- ject to alterations." Members of the Motion Picture Laboratories Association which drafted a tentative code for its phase of the film industry claims to repre- sent approximately 90 per cent of the laboratory business from the standpoint of volume of film de- veloped, says an NRA notice of the hearing on the code scheduled for Aug. 31 in the small auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce building. Membership of the association is said to represent 42 per cent of the companies engaged in film labora- tory work. THE Thursday, Aug. Zf, 1933 DAILY 17 FULL TEXT OF EXHIBITION CODE Draft of Fair Practices Covering the Theater Field Submitted Yesterday by Charles O'Reilly to the NRA CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE EXHIBITION DIVISION OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY PREAMBLE This Code is submitted by the Motion Picture Industry in conformity with the provisions of the National Recovery Act. - The object of this Code is to provide for increased employment ; to create a shorter working week and to improve the standards of labor ; to eliminate the waste and burden of unfair trade practices to the interests ot the public, the employes and employers ot the exhibition branch of the Motion Pic- ture Industry. PART I ARTICLE 1. Labor — General. 5. Employees shall have the right to or- ganize and bargain collectively through rep- resentatives of their own choosing, and shall be free from the interference, restraint or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of sucht represen- tatives or in other concerted activities for the p— -po=e of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. 2. No employee and no one seeking em- ployment shall be required as a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain from joining, organizing or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing. 3. Employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor., minimum rates of pay and other conditions of employment, apnrovfd or prescribed by the President. 4. No emnloyee shall be required to join any organ:zation to secure or retain employ- ment or to secure the benefits of this code, and the right of every individual to refrain from joining any organization, and the right of employer and employee to bargain to- gether free from interference by any third party, is hereby recognized. Maximum Hours of Employment in Connec- tion With Theater Operation. Ten (10) days after approval of this Code by the President : No person under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed. No employee of any department shall work for more than fifty-two (52) hours in one week. The maximum hours prescribed in the fore- going paragraph shall not apply to contract labor, to professional persons employed in their professions, or to employees in a man- agerial, executive or supervisory capacity. Whenever it may be necessary because of an emergency, overtime and extra shifts be- yond the limitations herein set forth shall be permitted. Classifications of Employees. Employees shall be classified as follows: Class No. 1 — Operators. Class No. 2 — Stage Hands. Class No. 3 — Musicians. Class No. 4 — Ticket sellers, doormen, ap- prentices and office help. Class No. 5^Ushers, office boys, cleaners, matrons, watchmen and attendants. Class No. 6 — Other employees such as elec- tricians and carpenters (not stage hands), painters, show card writers, sign painters. Class No. 7 — Professional persons and per- sons in managerial, executive or supervisory capacities. Minimum Wages. Classes No. 1-2-3 — Contract labor. These classes are matters for local autonomy and no minimum is fixed for them, other than 40 cents per hour as prescribed in the Presi- dent's agreement for mechanical employees. Class No. 4 — 25 cents per hour in towns or cities having a population of 250.000 or less ; 30 cents per hour in cities having a papulation between 250.000 and 500,000, and 35 cents per hour in cities having a popula- tion in excess of 500,000. Class No. 5 — 25 cents per hour. Class No. 6 — This c'ass shall be paid at hourly rates prevailing in the community in which the theater is located, provided, how- ever, no less than 40 cents per hour shall be paid. Class No. 7 — The foregoing hours shall not apply to persons embraced in this class. ARTICLE 2. Right to Buy. It is an unfair trade practice to deny to any theater operator the right to buy in free and open competition whatever run of pictures he or it desires ; provided, however, that the seller shall have the right of selec- tion based upon bona fide consideration of the character, responsib:lity, prior perform- ance, prestige of theater or theaters, and potentiality of income. ARTICLE 3. Standard License Agreement. The optional standard license agreement already negotiated and used by a majority of the distributors shall be used exclusively by all distributors, except as modified by this code. ARTICLE 4. Allocation of Certain Film Rentals. If feature pictures are licensed by a dis- tributor under a license agreement by which the distributor has the right to assign pic- tures at a later date to different price groups, or classifications, or in which pictures are not described or identified, permitting the distributor to assign pictures not so iden- tified to various film rentals, then the dis- tributor shall, at the conclusion of the con- tract, provided the exhibitor is not in de- fault thereunder, and provided the percentage of the total number of feature pictures con- tracted for in each price group has not been released by the distributor, adjust the total film rental on the basis of the average price of pictures for the total number of pictures contracted for. ARTICLE 5. Dating Restrictions. No distributor shall refuse to date feature pictures because of a delinquency in the dating of short subjects, nor refuse to date short subjects on account of a delinquency of the playing arrangement of the feature contract. ARTICLE 6. Unreasonable Discrimination. It is an unfair trade practice for a dis- tributor to unreasonably withhold prints to which a theater is entitled under its con- tract of exhibition. ARTICLE 7. Threats and Coercion. No distributor shall threaten or coerce or intimidate any exhibitor to enter into any contract for the exhibition of motion pic- tures, _ or to pay higher film rentals by the commission of any overt act evidencing an intention to build or otherwise acquire a motion picture theater for operation in com- petition with such exhibitor, but nothing in this article shall in any way abridge the right of a producer or distributor in good faith to build or otherwise acquire a motion picture theater in any location except as herein prohibited. ARTICLE 8. Distributors' Employees. No distributors' employee shall use his position with the distributor to interfere with the free and competitive buying of pictures by an exhibitor operating a theater in com- petition with a theater in which such em- ployee may have a direct or indirect financial interest. ARTICLE 9. Offer of Gratuity. No exhibitor or distributor shall give any gratuity or make any offer, or promise of gratuity, to a distributor or exhibitor, or any representative of any distributor or ex- hibitor for the purpose of procuring advan- tages that would not otherwise be procur- able, or as an inducement to influence such distributor or exhibitor, or representative not to deal with competing or other exhibitors or distributors. ARTICLE 10. Inducement to Breach Contracts. No exhibitor or distributor shall seek to induce or induce a distributor or any rep- resentative of any distributor, or any ex- hibitor, to breach any contract licensing the exhibition of motion pictures. ARTICLE 11. Selective Contracts Any exhibitor entering into a contract for the exhibition of motion pictures which per- mit the exhibitor to select from the total number of pictures licensed, less than eighty- five per cent (85%) of the total number, and to reject the remainder shall by written notice to the distributor, reject each of such motion pictures not to exceed the number which may be rejected within twenty-one days after its date of availability in the exchange territory wherein is located the exhibitor's theater, and failing to give such notice of rejection, each of such pictures shall be deemed to have been selected. ARTICLE 12. Overbuying. No exhibitor shall contract for a license to exhibit more motion pictures than such exhibitor reasonably shall require for exhibi- tion in any theater or theaters operated by such exhibitor, with the effect of depriving a competing exhibitor from contracting to exhibit such excess motion pictures, provided however that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit any exhibitor from contracting for a reasonable number of mo- tion pictures in excess of the number which are actually to be exhibited in the theater or theaters of such exhibitor in order to reasonably protect such exhibitor against non- delivery of motion pictures. ARTICLE 13. Transfer to Avoid Contracts. No exhibitor shall transfer the ownership or possession of a theater operated by any such exhibitor for the purpose of avoiding uncompleted contracts for the exhibition of motion pictures at such theater or theaters. ARTICLE 14. Elimination. (a) If the total number of feature motion pictures offered to the Exhibitor by the Distributor, at one time, shall have been licensed by the Distributor under a contract of exhibition, and the rental of each thereof averages less than Four hundred ($400.00) Dollars, the Exhibitor shall have the right to exclude from the license, first not to exceed five (5%) per cent of the total num- ber of feature motion pictures licensed; there- after to further exclude not to exceed five (5%) per cent of said total number; and/or lastly to further exclude not to exceed five (5%) per cent of said total number, the aggregate number of feature pictures so ex- cluded in no event to exceed fifteen (15%) per cent of the total number licensed ; pro^ vided that the Exhibitor is not in defaul, under such contract and shall have fully co plied with all of the provisions, if any sc forth in the Schedule for the exhibition of one or more of said feature motion pictures at specified intervals ; and provided further that the Exhibitor shall give to the Distributor written notice of the Exhibitor's election to exclude any of said feature motion pictures not later than fourteen (14) days before the date or dates fixed for its exhibition under such contract and at the same time: (1) as to each feature motion picture excluded in the first five per cent of the total number so excluded to pay to the Distributor the rental therefor specified in the Schedule; (2) as to each feature motion picture included in the five per cent of the total number there- after so excluded to pay to the Distributor one-half of the rental thereof specified in the Schedule; and (3) as to each feature motion picture included in the five (5%) per cent of the total lastly so excluded there shall be added to the rental of the motion pictures then remaining to be delivered under such contract an amount at least equal to the aggregate of the rentals of the motion pic- tures so lastly excluded, apportioned equally to each or to any one or more thereof, selected by the Exhibitor upon notice to such effect given to the Distributor, and the ex- hibition period specified in the Schedule of each of such motion pictures so selected may be, at the option of the Exhibitor upon written notice to such effect, ratably extended for such number of days as the rental thereof specified in the Schedule plus the amount added as provided in such contract, permits ; provided that if there shall be no motion pictures then remaining to be delivered under such contract, the Exhibitor shall pay to the Distributor the rental therefor specified in the Schedule. In computing such number of days fractions of more than one-third shall be deemed one day. For the purpose of determining whether or not the average rental of any of the motion pictures, the rental of which is to be com- puted in whole or in part upon a percentage of the receipts of the Exhibitor's theater, is more or less than $400.00, the rental of each such motion picture shall be deemed to be the average amount of the license fees paid by the Exhibitor to the Distributor for each feature motion picture distributed by the Distributor and exhibited at said theater during a period of one year prior to the term of such contract and of which the rental was computed in whole or in part upon a percentage of the receipts of the Exhibitor's theater. (b) On or before the fifteenth (15th) day after the end of each three (3) months period of the term of the license, the Distributor shall repay to the Exhibitor a sum equal to the amount paid by the Exhibitor to the Distributor as rental of the feature motion pictures first excluded by the Exhibitor as provided in Paragraph (a) of this clause, during such three months period provided that during such three months period the £ DAILY Thursday, Aug. 24, 1933 Eliminations Up to 15 Per Cent Proposed by Exhibs Exhibitor shall have exhibited as in such contract provided, all of the feature motion pictures licensed then generally releaa ible foi exhibition under such contract bj the Exhibitor, excepting those, if any, led .is provided in this clause and shall have paid to the Distributor at the time in contract specified the rental of each u thereof. i n un pure ise of computing the sum ,1 to be paid by the Exhibitor to the Distributor ;^ provided in Paragraph (a) of this Clause for any motion picture, the rental or any part of which is to be com- I puted in whole or in part upon a percentage the receipts of said theater, shall be deemed to be that amount or part thereof which is to such percentage of the average daily gross receipts of such theater on each I dan- any feature motion picture distributed l,s the Distributor was exhibited there at Muring the period of ninety (90) days prior •Jto the date of the Exhibitor's written notice •to exclude such feature motion picture, or ii no feature motion picture distributed by the Distributor was exhibited at such theater during said ninety (90) days period, then the rental or part thereof shall be deemed to Ik- that amount >>r part thereof which is equal to such percentage of the average daily gross receipts of said theater during the peri.nl of thirty (30) operating days immediately prior to the date of said written notice to exclude such feature motion picture. l (d) In computing said percentages of the ototal number of feature motion pictures frac- tions of less than one-half shall be disre- [ garded. (e) Upon the fai'ure or refusal of the Exhibitor to fully and completely comply I with each and every condition in such con- I tract specified and upon wlrch the Exhibitor " is granted the right to exclude any of the e motion pictures licensed, or provided the parties hereto have agreed to arbitration, 1 or as provide! in any other existing license I agreement between said parties, and the Ex- 1 hibitor shall fail or refuse to arbitrate any claim or controversy arising hereunder or thereunder, or to comply with any award in respect thereto, such right to exclude any feature motion picture and thereafter to ex- clude from this license additional feature mo- tion pictures, shall thereupon forthwith ter- minate and shall not again be granted during the term of such contract. ( f i Upon the exclusion of each of the feature motion pictures permitted by the pro- visions of the contract the run and protection period, if any. granted the Exhibitor in respect thereto shall be deemed waived by the Exhibitor and the license thereof shall thereupon terminate and revert to the Dis- tributor. ARTICLE 15. Substitutions. The exhibitor shall not be required to [ accept for any picture described in the sched- ule as the picture of a star, or combination f of stars, or of a director, or where based ! upon a well-known book or play, or any picture marked in the schedule as "no sub- stitution" any other picture with a material substitution of a star or combination of stars. or director, book or play. Nothing herein contained shall limit the right of the distributor to change the title J of any picture, or as respects any picture based upon a story, book or play prevent the making of any alterations, changes in or adaptations thereof. It shall also be man- datory upon the distributor to give a reason- able notification to the exhibitor of all in- stances where an entirely different feature is intended to be substituted. ARTICLE 16. Score Charges. The practice of adding to the negotiated cost of the license to exhibit motion pictures any additional charges such as score charges 1 is an unfair trade practice. ARTICLE 17. Playing Arrangements. The distributor shall not require any spe- cific day or days of the week for the ex- hibition of specific pictures or class of pic- tui es. ARTICLE 18. Non-Theatrical Competition. It shall be an unfair trade practice for any distributor to sell any picture generally released to any non-theatrical account, pro- vided, however, that nothing in the above shall prevent the distributor from furnishing pictures for hospitals, ships on the high seas, army posts, or for the entertainment of shut-ins and/or charitable institutions to which the public is not admitted, and pro- filed further, that no pictures shall be fur- nished until they have completed their com- mercial runs in the competitive area. ARTICLE 19. Pictures Violating Production Code. No exhibitor shall exhibit, or be required to exhibit, or pay for any motion picture which is declared to be contrary to and violative of the standards and requirements of the production code of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc., and the resolutions for uniform interpreta- tions of said code or codes, or any amend- ment, revision or subsequent promulgation of said code. The determination of the question whether any picture is violative of said code or codes shall rest with the National Appeal Board or other duly constituted industry authority. ARTICLE 20. Advertising Code. (1) No exhibitor shall in advertising mo- tion pictures violate the following rules of decency and good taste: (a) Nudity with meretricious purpose shall not be used. (b) Profanity shall be avoided. (c) No false or misleading statements shall be used directly or implied by type arrange- ments or by distorted quotations. (d) No text or illustration shall ridicule or tend to ridicule, any religion or religious faith ; no illustration of a character in clerical garb shall be shown in any but a respectful manner. (e) The history, institutions and nationali- ties of all countries shall be represented with fairness. (f) Pictorial and copy treatment of officers of the law shall not be of such a nature as to undermine their authority. (g) Good taste shall be the standard and the rule for all advertising and exploitation of motion pictures. (2) The use by an exhibitor of advertising matter violative of the foregoing rules ob- tained from a distributor shall constitute a violation of this article by such distributor. (3) The question whether any advertising matter violates those rules shall be determined by the National Appeal Board, or by other duly constituted industry authority. ARTICLE 21. Advertising Conflicting with Prior Run. When an Exhibitor is granted a subse- quent run of motion pictures, the Exhibitor shall not advertise any of them by any means of advertising prior to or during the exhibi- tion of any one of said motion pictures by any other exhibitor having the right to a prior run thereof and charging admission prices higher than the prices charged for admission to the Exhibitor's theater, except- ing advertising inside the theater not in- tended for removal therefrom by the public, unless the first date of exhibition hereunder of any such motion picture shall be within fifteen (15) days from the last exhibition date of such prior run exhibition, in which case the Exhibitor shall nave the right to advertise such motion picture, provided the Exhibitor does not in any advertising state that the prices charged for admission are or will be less than the admission prices charged by the Exhibitor having the first or prior run of such motion picture. Noth- ing in this Clause shall be deemed to pro- hibit the Exhibitor from advertising gen- erally all of said motion pictures as a group hut such general advertising shall not refer to any one of said motion pictures during its exhibition by any other exhibitor having the first or immediately prior run thereof, excepting as herein provided. ARTICLE 22. Price Evasion. No exhibitor shall lower the admission prices publicly announced or advertised for his theater by the giving of rebates in the form of premiums, lotteries, reduced script books, coupons, gifts, or things of value, or by two-for-one admissions, or by other methods or devices of similar nature, ex- cept as approved by the local maximum clearance and zoning schedules. This shall not be deemed to prohibit exhibitors from reducing or increasing their admission scales as they see fit except as may be prohibited by exhibition contracts, or local zoning and clearance schedules. It is aimed at reduc- tions through means which are unfair to competing exhibitors and/or deceive the pub- lic. Provided: where there is no local zon- ing or arbitration board for that particular city, town or community, the ruling of seventy-five per cent (75%) of the exhibitors shall prevail. ARTICLE 23. Midnight Shows. No exhibitor shall exhibit a motion picture previous to dawn of the first day of exhibi- tion without securing express written per- mission therefor under the license agreement. ARTICLE 24. Forcing Shorts with Features. Section 1. Any requirement by the dis- tributor, directly or indirectly, that the ex- hibitors execute an application for the licens- ing of shorts (including newsreels) in order to secure a license for the exhibition of feature photoplays, or vice versa, shall be an unfair method of competition. Section 2. The securing of the execution of an application for the licensing of shorts (including newsreels) that is followed by the acceptance of an application for the licensing of photoplays for the same season shall be presumed to be contrary to the purpose of this article, and _ may be cancelled by the exhibitors by giving written notice by Reg- istered Mail within ten (10) days after the receipt by him of notification of the accept- ance of the application for the exhibition of feature photoplays. ARTICLE 25. Special Productions. Until such time as a distributor has de- livered all of the pictures on the contract, it shall be an unfair trade practice to offer for release any special productions, and in all cases if special productions are made pur- suant to the above, the same shall be offered first to the exhibitor having the other pro- ductions under contract under the same terms and conditions covering special productions as agreed upon in the original contract. ARTICLE 26. Disclosure of Box Office Receipts. No exhibitor or distributor shall make any disclosure of box office receipts for publica- tion except necessary reports to stockholders, credit and governmental agencies and to other like bodies. No exhibitor or distributor shall be responsible for disclosures made by agents not authorized to do so. ARTICLE 27. Double Features. Exhibiting two or more feature photo- plays for one admission price is an uneconomic practice and an unfair method of competi- tion. Nevertheless, because of peculiar local conditions, exhibiting two or more feature photoplays for one admission price shall be deemed an unfair competitive practice only in those cities, towns and communities where sixty per cent (60%) of the theaters dis- approve thereof by signed petition. For the purpose of voting thereon each exhibitor shall be entitled to one vote for each theater owned and operated by such exhibitor in the area of such vote. ARTICLE 28. Liability on Circuit Shipments. When an exhibitor is designated in lieu of a common carrier by the distributor to for- ward a picture or pictures to another ex- hibitor, the exhibitor forwarding the picture shall be the agent of the distributor and not otherwise. ARTICLE 29. Interference With Negotiations. It is an unfair trade practice knowingly and intentionally, directly or indirectly to obstruct, hinder, impede or interfere with pending negotiations between an exhibitor and any third party in respect of any matter or thing in any way pertaining to or affecting the ownership, management, operation, use or oc- cupancy of any theater or arising out of or in any wise relating thereto, or in respect of any modification, renewal or extension of any agreement affecting the same for the purpose of preventing the consummation of such nego- tiations or to deprive the exhibitor of the continued management, use and occupancy of such theater. ARTICLE 30. Checkers. No distributor shall divulge or authorize or knowingly permit to be divulged by any em- ployee or checker any information received in the checking of the receipts of its photoplays, except that such information may be divulged in any arbitration proceeding or litigation per- taining to the license to exhibit. ARTICLE 31. Poster Exchanges. There shall be no restriction against the operation of poster exchanges. ARTICLE 32. Release Dates. Definite release dates for each picture shall be announced by the distributor and avail- ability of such pictures shall be made to all runs in accordance with such release dates. Any exhibitor failing to date the picture within 14 days of his release date shall auto- matically forfeit his clearance right to the subsequent runs to the extent by which he delayed the dating of the picture. ARTICLE 33. Transfer of Assets of Distributors. The transfer of assets by distributors for the purpose of refusing to deliver contracted feature films to exhibitors is an unfair trade practice. ARTICLE 34. Code to Apply to Existing Contracts. The provisions of this code shall apply to any existing exhibition contracts for the sea- son 1933-1934. ARTICLE 35. Damages for Non-Delivery. In any legal or arbitration proceeding, where the question of damages for non-de- livery of a picture by a distributor is material, it shall be presumed for the purpose of as- certaining such damages, that the gross in- come of the theater at which such picture was to have been exhibited on each day on which it was to have been exhibited, would have been equal to the average daily gross income of such theater over a period of sixty days prior to such non-delivery; provided, that nothing herein shall militate against the right of specific performance in such cases. ARTICLE 36. Circuit Cooperative Booking. It shall be an unfair method of competition for a distributor to refuse to deal with co- operative booking circuits. ARTICLE 37. Furnishing Box Office Statements. Exhibitors shall promptly make and deliver a correct itemized statement of each day's Thursday, Aug. 24, 1933 —&JK DAILY 19 Clearance and Zoning Board for Each Territory receipts from the exhibition of any motion picture and from so-called midnight shows, if any, upon the conclusion of each such daily exhibition and midnight show, when the license fee therefor is based in whole or in part upon the percentage of the exhibitor's admission receipts. ARTICLE 38. Unauthorized Exhibition. 1. No exhibitor shall directly or indirectly, or by any means whatsoever: (a) Exhibit any motion pictures at any time or place other than on the date or dates and in the places expressly booked and confirmed in writing pursuant to the exhibition license therefor; (b) Use a print of a motion picture at any theater other than that specified in the exhibition license therefor; (c) Use a print of a motion picture at two or more theaters when licensed at only one thereof; (d) Use the print of a motion picture for any purpose whatsoever other than ex- hibitions duly licensed and booked; or (e) Withhold the prompt return of a print of a motion picture for additional exhibitions at any theater in excess of the time licenced and booked in writing. 2. Any violation of any of the foregoing provisions by any exhibitor in reliance on any promise or assurance express or implied by any salesman, agent or representative of any distributor as an inducement of its sale of film shall be considered a violation by all persons concerned and punishable as such. 3. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to define an unauthorized showing in any proceeding for alleged infringement of the copyright law. ARTICLE 39. National Control Board. The exhibiting branch of the industry records its view that the National Control Board should be fairly balanced between the several economic divisions of the industry, with voting representatives to be named by the Government. ARTICLE 40. Arbitration. Sec. 1. Method of Arbitration. The arbitration of all disputes between exhibitors and distributors arising under any exhibition contract, if the parties shall agree on arbitration, shall be in accordance with the optional arbitration clause of the so-called Optional Standard License Agreement, a copy of which clause is annexed hereto marked "Schedule A," except as the provisions of such clause may be modified by the provisions of this Code. Sec. 2. Number of Arbitrators. By stipulation of the parties to any dis- pute growing out of an exhibition contract, or by standing agreement in any territory between local exhibitors' association or asso- ciations, on the one hand, and the representa- tives of the distributors on the other hand, the number of arbitrators to be appointed by each party may be reduced to one, with power in the two thus appointed to appoint an um- pire as provided in said optional arbitration clause. SCHEDULE "A". Arbitration Provisions. Optional Arbitration Clause Optional Clause: The following clause is optional with the parties hereto. If it is desired to make such clause a part of this license, the Exhibitor and the duly authorized representative of the distributor shall sign their respective names where indicated im- mediately following this paragraph, and un- less so signed, the said Clause shall be deemed excluded from this license agreement. It is agreed by and between the parties that Clause Twentieth providing for voluntary arbitration of disputes arising thereunder, shall be included as a part of this license. Representative of the Distributor duly authorized to agree to the following Clause Twentieth. Arbitration Exhibitor. The Exhibitor and the Distributor respec- tively, freely and voluntarily agree that as a condition precedent to the commencement of any action or proceeding in any Court by either of them to determine, enforce or pro- tect the legal right of either hereunder, each shall submit all claims and controversies aris- ing hereunder for determination by arbitra- tion to an Arbitration Board (hereby express- ly waiving the oath of the arbitrators) which shall consist of four members, each of whom shall be engaged in the motion picture busi- ness, and two of whom to be appointed by the Exhibitor, and the remaining two to be appointed by the Distributor. Upon the written request of the Distributor or the Exhibitor for the arbitration of any dispute or controversy arising hereunder, the party making such request shall name therein two arbitrators stating the business address and business or business connection of each and shall designate therein the date, time and place of the hearing of such controversy. The date of such hearing shall not be earlier than seven (7) days from the date of the sending of such notice, unless it shall be claimed in such notice that irreparable injury will re- sult unless there is a speedy determination of such controversy in which case such hear- ing may be designated to be held earlier than said seven (7) day period. Within five (5) days after the mailing of such request for arbitration, the party upon whom such request is made shall name two arbitrators in a written notice mailed or de- livered to the other party, stating therein the business address and business or business con- nection of each arbitrator. If either party fails or refuses to name the arbitrators as herein provided or if any arbitrator so named shall fail or refuse to act, or be unable to serve or shall be challenged^ and others are or another arbitrator qualified and then avail- able to act is not then appointed, others or another arbitrator may be appointed by the other party as the case may be. No member of the Arbitration Board shall hear or determine any controversy in which he has an interest direct or indirect, and any member having such interest shall be dis- qualified to act. If the arbitrators or a majority of them are unable to reach a decision, they then, or a majority of them shall immediately select an umpire who shall not be engaged in the mu- lion picture business. In such case the hear- ing before the umpire shall be at such time and place as the umpire shall designate and shall be had before the umpire alone, the arbitrators not to be permitted to attend the hearing before the umpire. If the arbi- trators or a majority of them are unable to agree upon the selection of an umpire, the American Arbitration Association shall be re- quested to make such selection. The Arbitration Board shall have general power to determine such dispute or contro- versy as shall be submitted, to make findings of fact in respect thereof and to direct specific performance of a contract, and/or that the same has been breached in whole or in part, and/or that damages on such account shall be paid. The Board of Arbitration shall have the power only to give force and effect to the provisions of this license agreement and the rights or obligations of the parties there- under; provided that if after a full hearing of any controversy submitted for arbitration hereunder, excepting any submission to an umpire designated as hereinabove provided; the arbitrators or a majority of them are of the opinion that because of unusual circum- stances arising after the execution of this license agreement and beyond the direct con- trol of the parties hereto disclosed at such hearing, a strict enforcement of the provisions of this license agreement would impose undue hardships upon one of the parties, the arbitra- tors or a majority of them may recommend in writing to the parties a settlement of such controversy upon such terms and conditions deemed by the arbitrators fair and just. If such settlement is not agreed to by the parties within five (5) days after the receipt of a copy of such recommendation, the controversy shall be deemed withdrawn from the arbitra- tors and shall be submitted with a written statement of all of the facts adduced at the hearing before the arbitrators, together with all documentary evidence to the National Ap- peal Board in New York. The -disposition by the National Appeal Board of any such recommendation shall be final and binding upon the parties hereto. The hearing of any such controversy shall be had before the Arbitration Board in the City wherein is situated the exchange of the Distributor from which the Exhibitor is served, unless the parties agree in writing that such hearing be had in some other place. If either party fails or refuses to submit to arbitration any such claim or controversy, the other party may apply to a United State District Court, or to any other Court, in- cluding a court of a state in which such hearing would otherwise not be had, for an order to proceed to arbitrate in which case such hearing shall be had in such place as the Court to which such application is made may lawfully direct. The parties hereto further agree to abide by and forthwith comply with any decision or award of the arbitrators, or a majority of them and consent that any such decision or award shall be enforceable in or by any Court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the law of such jurisdiction now or hereafter in force. If the exhibitor shall fall or refuse to sub- mit to arbitration any such claim or con- troversy or to abide by and comply with the av/ard of the arbitrators in respect thereto, within seven (7) days, the Distributor may at its option suspend the deliveries of the motion pictures provided for in this and in each other existing license agreement, between the parties hereto and/or terminate this and each such other license agreement ; and upon such termination the aggregate of the license fees of all motion pictures specified in this and any such other license agreement then not exhibited forthwith shall become due and pay- able by the Exhibitor. If the Distributor shall fail or refuse to submit to arbitration any such claim or con- tioversy or to abide by and comply with the decision or the award of an Arbitration Board in respect thereto within seven (7) days, the Rxhibitor may at the option of the Exhibitor terminate this and any other existing license agreement between the parties hereto by mail- ing a notice to such effect to the Distributor within seven (7) days after such failure or refusal ; and the Exhibitor shall have the right and remedies provided in Clause Second (b) for failure to deliver motion pictures. Any such termination by either party shall be without prejudice to any other right or remedy which the party so terminating may have by reason of any breach by the other party to this or any other existing agree- ment between the parties. Each of the parties hereto, without notice to the other, may apply to any Court having jurisdicion to make this agreement to arbi- trate a rule or order of such Court. ARTICLE 41. Fair Clearance and Zoning. Sec. 1. Declaration of Policy. — Clearance which imposes an undue hardship on subse- quent run theaters by withholding pictures for unreasonable lengths of time after their showing in prior run houses, or which sub- jects prior run houses to the unfair competi- tion of subsequent run houses by enabling the latter to play simultaneously with or too soon after the former, or which extends beyond the reasonable boundaries of any given competitive area, is an unfair method of competition. Sec. 2. Establishment of Boards. — To give effect to the foregoing principles there shall be established in each film exchange centre, and in every other city of 150,000 population or over when fifty per cent, or more of the exhibitors located therein desire it, a Clearance and Zoning Board, which shall be an instrumentality of this Code. These Boards shall consist, in each instance, of two representatives of distributors, two representatives of first run theaters and four representatives of subsequent run theaters ; provided, that where due to unusual condi- tions this would deny fair representation to any of the three enumerated economic di- visions, the membership of the Board may be varied to insure fairness. Disputes over rep- resentation on such Boards, if they cannot be settled in the zone of city affected shall be certified to the National Control Board for determination. Sec. 3. Jurisdiction. — Promptly after their formation, and not later than thirty days after the approval by the President of this Code, the several Clearance and Zoning Boards to be created hereunder shall pro- ceed forthwith to formulate, publish and pre- scribe for their respective districts, where need exists therefor, schedules of fair clear- ance and zoning governing the distribution and exhibition of motion pictures in such districts. Such schedules may classify theaters by zones, or make such reasonable classifications as may be suited to local conditions. The Boards may at any time add to or modify such schedules as to particular theaters provided, however, that no change or modi-' hcation affecting generally any such sched- ule shall be made except upon the petition of at least SO per cent, of the theaters af- fected. The jurisdiction of the Clearance and Zon- ing Boards shall also extend to all other matters committed to such boards by the provisions of this Code, as well as to all competitive practices which affect directly or indirectly the effectiveness of any sched- ule or action of the board. No action of any kind shall be taken by any such board without affording full hearing to ail parties affected. Sec. 4. Majority Control. — Clearance and Zoning Boards shall function by majority vote; when, however, any such board is evenly divided on any question, it shall be the duty of the board to submit the question to an umpire to be chosen by the board. Appeals from the action of Clearance and Zoning Boards or any such umpire may be had to the National Control Board in the manner prescribed in this Code. Sec. 5. Must be Obeyed. — The schedules prescribed and/or decision made by any Clearance and Zoning Board shall be bind- ing on all distributors and exhibitors in the area affected having knowledge thereof. Any knowing violation of or departure from the terms and/or provisions of any schedule of fair clearance and zoning or any decision which any Clearance and Zoning Board or umpire is authorized to make under this article shall be an unfair method of competi- tion and punishable as such. . Sec. 6. Arbitration of Clearance and Zon- ing Violations. — In addition to the rights and remedies secured by the National In- dustry Recovery Act any exhibitors and/or distributor aggrieved by a violation of any of the regulations of a Clearance and Zoning Board shall have the right to have his griev- ance against the offending party determined by arbitration before a Clearance and Zon- ing Board whose findings and decision shall be binding upon the parties. In the event that the Clearance and Zoning Board should be evenly divided, an umpire shall be chosen, whose decision shall be binding. If the board fail to agree on an umpire, any per- son affected may apply to the Federal Dis- trict Court in the district involved for the appointment of such. In any case there shall be a right of appeal to the National Control Board. ARTICLE 42. The violation of any provision of this Code shall constitute an unfair method of competition and be punishable as such, whether expressly so provided in such pro- vision or not. 2d —Z&i* DAILY Thursday, Aug. 24, 1933 Rules Governing Presentations and Vaudeville Acts PART II. OF EXHIBITION DIVISION OF THE MOTION PICTURE IN- DUSTRY—VAUDEVILLE AM) STAGE PRES- ENTATIONS ARTICLE 43. Open Shop. The right of Employer and Employee to bargain together free from interference by any third party shall not be affected by this and nothing herein shall require any employee to join any organization or to re- frain from joining any organization in order II ure or retain employment. ARTICLE 44. Auditions. It shall be an unfair trade practice for any manager or independent contractor, un- der the guise of a public audition, break-in or try-out, to require an artist to render services gratis. This shall not prohibit how- ever, the appearance of the artist or his participation in benefit performances which have been approved by a bona fide organiza- tion representing the industry. ARTICLE 45. Rehearsals. Employers and independent contractors pledge themselves within the shortest pos- sible time after the effective date of the Code to promulgate regulations for the per iods of rehearsal and for the hours of labor during rehearsal periods, with or without salary, which will be fair, just and humane, and conform to the spirit of the National hi lii-trial Recovery Act. ARTICLE 46. Minimum Hours. Owing to the peculiar nature of the vau- deville and presentation business and the unique conditions prevailing therein, the nec- essary variations in the policies and opera- tions of such theaters, the changing nature of the entertainment and the fact that such entertainment is of a character requiring the services of artists of unique and distinc- tive ability, who cannot be replaced, it is recognized that it is impossible to fix the minimum number of hours per week for ar- tists appearing in such theaters. Any artist or performer receiving $35.00 or more per week shall be considered in the professional class. The minimum wage of an artist employed on a per diem basis shall be $5.00 per day. Xo singing or dancing chorus person shall be required to work more than 48 hours actual working time in any week, including rehearsals. The minimum salary to such persons shall be $25.00 per week. ARTICLE 47. Period of Employment. In view of the fact that it is a fixed policy of many theaters in various parts of the country to change the bill daily, bi-weekly or weekly, it is impractical to fix consecu- tive- period of employment. ARTICLE 48. Transportation. Any artist not classified as a professional, who is required to travel, shall receive rail- road transportation, in addition to his sal- ary. ARTICLE 49. Wardrobe. Employer or independent contractor shall furnish the chorus with all wigs, gowns, hats, footwear and other necessary stage wardrobe. ARTICLE 50. Contracts. Every manager, agent or artists' represen- tative, or any associate thereof, who shall engage the services of an artist, shall enter into a uniform and equitable written "Play or Pay" contract with the artist, setting forth the amount of compensation to be re- ceived by the artist for his services. Any failure by any manager, agent or artists' representative, or by any associate thereof, to comply with the provisions hereof and any issuance of a false contract in relation to any act, presentation or attraction shall be deemed an unfair trade practice. Where in any contract between the oper- ator of a theater and independent contractor, the latter shall undertake or agree to do and perform, or not to do or perform acts and deeds required to be done or performed, or prohibited from being done or performed by this Code, the duty, liability and respon- sibility for so doing or performing, or not doing or performing shall rest solely on such independent contractor. ARTICLE 51. Unfair Competition. Xo auditorium, hall or other place not regularly constituted as a theater shall pre- sent the same type of performance as is pre- sented in reqularly operated theaters, pro- vided, however, that the foregoing shall not be deemed to prevent such presentations in connection with industrial expositions, operatic performances or symphony concerts. Exceptions and Counter-Proposals in Exhib Code Exceptions Noted and Counter Pro- posals Made in Connection with the Code of Fair Competition for the Exhibition Branch of the Motion Picture Industry I 1. Exceptions to Measures Adopted I 2. Right to Buy EXCEPTION-: Every theater owner shall have the right R to buy in free and open competition what- I ever run of pictures he desires. ADDITIONAL EXCEPTIOX: Memo for the Chairman: In the interest of harmony, I believe that fl the exception reserved to the provision adopt- I ed yesterday would be withdrawn if the I language indicated by bold face type could be (added to that provision, making the whole read as follows : That there be incorporated in the code a ' provision that it is an unfair method of com- petition to deny to any theater owner the right to buy in free and open competition i whatever run of pictures he or it desire ; \ provided, however, that the seller shall have the right of selection based upon bona fide I consideration of the character, responsibility, prior performance, prestige of theater or theaters, and potentiality of income ; and I provided further that buying power in other situations resulting from the fact that a par- ticular theater is operated by a circuit shall not be a factor in determining its prestige I or potentiality of income, within the mean- ing of this code. 4. Allocation of Certain Film Rentals Exception taken, no counter proposal. 5. Dating Restrictions Exception taken, no counter proposal. 6. Unreasonable Discrimination EXCEPTION: I Unreasonable discriminations in favor of any theaters as against any other theaters, as to film rentals, the terms upon which ■ exhibition rights are granted, or the avail- ' ability of prints shall be unfair competition. 14. Eliminations EXCEPTION: In contracts for the exhibition of groups of ten (10) or more pictures the exhibitor shall have the privilege of rejecting at least (15%) fifteen percent of the number of pic- tures released without paying therefor. ADDITIONAL EXCEPTIOX: Block Booking and Blind Buying is hereby declared to be an unfair trade practice and no distributor shall offer for rental any fea- ture film product that has not been made or produced at the time of offering, and the exhibitor shall have an opportunity to see screened, all feature product before con- tracting for it, and no exhibitor shall be re- quired to contract for and/or purchase, any feature pictures as a condition for the op- portunity to purchase any other feature pic- tures. ADDITIOXAL EXCEPTIOX: Compulsory block booking is hereby de- clared to be an unfair method of competi- tion, and no exhibitor shall be required to contract for and/or lease any feature pic- tures as a condition for the opportunity to purchase a substantial portion of the remain- ing feature pictures produced or distributed by such producer or distributor during a stated period of time. 15. Substitutions. Exception, no counter proposal. 18. Non-theatrical Competition Exception, no counter proposal. 19. Pictures Violating Production Code Exception, no counter proposal. 20. Advertising Code Exception, no counter proposal. 24. Forcing Shorts with Features Exception ; counter proposal to omit Sec- tion 2. 25- Special Productions Exception, no counter proposal. 27. Double Features EXCEPTION: Exhibiting two or more feature photo- plays for one admission price is an uneco- nomic and unfair competitive practice. Be- cause of peculiarly local conditions, however, such practice shall not be deemed to be an unfair trade practice, in such cities, towns and communities where sevent-five percent (75%) of exhibitors approve thereof. EXCEPTIOX: Exhibiting two or more feature photoplays for one admission price shall be an unfair competitive practice in those cities, towns or communities where seventy-five percent (75%) of the exhibitors so declare; EXCEPTION: * * * ; provided, that this shall not apply to situations where more than one picture is shown in a single enclosure for a single admission, but in different auditoriums. 29. Interference with Negotiations Exception, no counter proposal. 30. Checkers EXCEPTION: The use by two or more distributors of the same box office checking service is an unfair trade practice. 31. Poster Exchanges Exception, no counter proposal. 32. Release Dates Exception, no counter proposal. 33. Transfer of Assets of Distributors Exception, no counter proposal. 34. Code to Apply to Existing Contracts Exception, no counter proposal. 36. Circuit Cooperative Booking Exception, no counter proposal. 38. Unauthorized Exhibition EXCEPTIOX: The penalties provided by the X". I. R. A. shall be exclusive for any violation of the foregoing provisions. II. EXCEPTIONS ON SUBJECTS NOT COVERED BY CODE PROVISIONS Foreign Pictures EXCEPTION: No agreement for the sale of or otherwise concerning ioreign made pictures shall be made a part of the subject matter of a con- tract for the sale of domestic pictures ; nor shall the purchase by an exhibitor of any foreign picture ot the payment therefor be made a condition for the sale to him by a distributor of any domestic picture. The securing of the execotiori of an ap- plication for the sale of foreign pictures that is followed by the acceptance of an applica- tion for the licensing of domestic pictures for the same season, shall be presumed to be contrary to the purpose of this article, and may be cancelled by the exhibitor by giving written notice by registered mail with- in ten days after the receipt by such ex- hibitor of notification of the acceptance of the application for the exhibition of domes- tic pictures. Building Restrictions EXCEPTION: Resolved that there shall be no restriction as to the erection of any theater, except that before such construction may proceed the certification of the local zoning board shall be obtained, and it shall be the duty of such local zoning board to determine the public need of such a theater, and the board shall give due weight and consideration to the rights of existing theaters within the competitive area affected; Elimination of Minimum Admission Price' EXCEPTION: No film leasing contract shall provide either a minimum or a maximum theater ad- mission price. THE Thursday, Aug. 24, 1933 S*Zsf_Ll&&l DAILY 21 LABORATORY INDUSTRY CODE Full Draft of Fair Competition Agreement Set for Public Hearing in Washington Aug. 31 ARTICLE I Purposes 1. General Purpose This code of fair competition is adopted pursuant to the National Industrial Recovery Act and for the purpose of carrying out the aims set forth in Title I, Section 1, of the act insofar as they are applicable to the mo- tion picture industry. 2. Purposes Excluded This code is not designed to promote monop- olies and shall not be availed of for that pur- pose. It is not designed to eliminate or op- press small enterprises and it shall not be operated to discriminate against them. ARTICLE II Definitions The term "motion picture laboratory" as used herein shall include all establishments in which motion picture film is developed, print- ed, or otherwise processed. The term "person" as used herein shall in- clude individuals, partnerships, associations, trusts, joint stock companies, and corpora- tions. The term "employer" as used herein shall include any person employing individuals in the conduct of the operation of a motion pic- ture laboratory. The term "employe" as used herein shall include any individual engaged in office work or in developing printing or otherwise process- ing motion picture film. The term "President" as used herein shall mean the President of the United States of America. The initials "NIRA" as used herein shall mean the National Industrial Recovery Act. The term "Association" as used herein shall mean the Motion Picture Laboratories Associa- tion of America, Inc. The term "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Association. The term "the code" means and includes this code and all schedules annexed hereto as originally approved by the President and all amendments hereof and thereof made as hereinafter in Article VI provided. ARTICLE III Administration 1. Administrative Recovery Committee A committee, to be known as the Admin- istrative Recovery Committee, and hereinafter referred to as the Recovery Committee, com- prising the Board and three representatives of the government, to be appointed by the President or his administration, shall apply this code. The Committee shall be democratic in appointment, and its appointment, and reg- ulations shall be subject to the approval of the Administrator. 2. Powers The Recovery Committee shall co-operate with the Administrator in making investiga- tions as to the functioning or observances of any provisions of the code, in its own in- stance or on the report of any person, and shall report to the Administrator on any such matters. It may go directly to original sources for information strictly pertinent to the ob- servances of the code, all of which shall be subject to the approval of the Administration. 3. Arbitration The members of the Recovery Committee shall constitute a second committee, to be known as the Arbitration Board. In case any controversy arises between two or more em- ployer laboratories on issues not covered by this code, all facts shall be made available to the Arbitration Board which shall act as arbiter, and upon being fully advised in the matter, in accordance with rules approved^ by the Administrator, shall render its decision. The Arbitration Board's decision shall be Subject to Approval The Code for the Motion Picture Laboratory Industry in its present form merely reflects the proposal of the above mentioned industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are to be regarded as having received the approval of the National Recovery Administration as applying to this industry. binding upon the laboratories involved, and each shall abide by same. 4. Reports for Benefit of President In order that the President may be in- formed of the extent of observance of the pro- visions of this code and of the extent to which the declared policy of the National In- dustrial Recovery Act as stated herein is being effectuated in the motion picture labo- ratories industry, persons subject to the juris- diction of this code shall at its request make periodically to the Recovery Committee such reports on wages, hours of labor, conditions of employment, number of employes and other data pertinent to the purposes of this code as may be required, and shall pay as a code fee, if the fees and dues of the Association be insufficient, his proportionate share of the amounts necessary to pay the cost of assem- bling, analysis and publication of such reports and data. 5. Investigations If any employer laboratory declines to per- mit the personnel of the Recovery Committee, acting under this Article, to examine its books, records or other sources of information, the Committee may suggest the names of not less than three firms of certified public ac- countants of reputable standing in the motion picture field, and if the employer laboratory shall indicate a choice among the three firms, the Recovery Committee shall employ the firm designated by the employer laboratory in mak- ing the investigation of that laboratory. ARTICLE IV Employment 1. Age of Employes No employer shall employ any employe under the age of 16 years. Provided, how- ever, that where a state law provides a higher minimum age, no person below that age speci- fied by such state law shall be employed within that state. 2. Hours of Labor No employer shall work any employe in excess of 40 hours in any one week, except in an emergency, and then not in excess of 60 hours, and under no circumstances in ex- cess of 1,040 hours in a twenty-six week pe- riod. 3. Rates of Pay (a) Minimum rates. No employer shall pay any factory or mechanical worker or artisan, except appren- tices, at a rate less than SO cents per hour, nor any office employe less than $15.00 per week. No employer shall pay an apprentice less than 40 cents per hour. 1. Selling Below Cost Not Permitted (a) Employes shall have the right to or- ganize and bargain collectively through rep- resentatives of their own choosing, and shall be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self -organization or in other concerted ac- tivities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. (b) No employe and no one seeking em- ployment shall be required as a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain from joining, organizing, or as- sisting a labor organization of his own choos- ing- (c) Employers shall comply with the maxi- mum hours of labor, minimum rates of pay. and other conditions of employment approved or prescribed by the President. ARTICLE V Industry Regulations 1. Selling Below Cost Not Permitted No laboratory products or services shall be sold below the reasonable cost of such prod- ucts or services, unless in the performance of a bona fide contract in writing executed and delivered prior to August 7, 1933. For this purpose cost is defined as the cost of direct labor plus the cost of materials plus an ade- quate amount of overhead including an amount for the use of any plant facilities employed as determined by cost accounting methods rec- ognized in the industry and approved by the Recovery Committee. 2. Arbitration of Existing Contracts Where the costs to the laboratory of exe- cuting contracts entered into in the motion picture industry prior to the presentation to Congress of the National Industrial Re- covery Act or the adoption of the code are increased by the application of the provisions of that Act or the code, it is equitable and promotive of the purposes of the Act that appropriate adjustments of such contracts to reflect such increased costs be arrived at by arbitral proceedings or otherwise and the applicants for the code constitute themselves a Committee to assist in effecting such ad- justments. 3. False Records No laboratory shall willfully maintain an incorrect, improper or false method of de- termining cost. 4. Unfair Trade Practices The following are declared to be unfair trade practices in the industry: (a) Any willful attempt to induce a breach of existing bona fide contract, or to prevent the performance of any contractual duty or service under any bona fide contract. (b) To effect or conceal price discrimina- tion by the payment or allowance of secret rebates, refunds, credits or unearned dis- counts, whether in the form of money or gifts, the acceptance of securities at more than the true market value, the extending of special privileges not usually extended in the industry. (c) Commercial bribery, giving gratuities, favors or services in any form directly or indirectly to customers or customers' em- ployes or obtaining sales by giving commissions or rewards in any form to employes of cus- tomers or otherwise inducing the placing of orders through lavish entertainment or indirect gifts or other forms of commercial bribery. (d) Any departure from original agree- ments with respect to terms of discounts for cash or time of payment which results in discrimination between purchasers of the same class of products or services and under the same conditions. (e) Substitution of material differing in any respect from the material orders, without obtaining the approval of the customer, or the use of raw material including raw stock in any manufacturing processes inferior in quality to the raw material specified in an order, or if not specified, inferior to the quality customarily used for similar orders. (f) Attacking a competitor as to his finan- cial standing or personal integrity or his ! ability to serve the trade. (g) Pre-dating contracts or willfully mis- representing the date of a contract. (h) Misrepresentation as to work or ser- vice or quality of work or service or ma- terials, or misleading advertising. (i) The giving of any bribe, gift, favor, ! or service to any employe of a customer or competitor m order to obtain information about a competitor's condition of business. (j) The accepting of any rebate, direct or indirect, from an employe. (k) Influencing any employe to dispose ot his wages in any manner whatsoever. 0) To store producer's old film without making a reasonable charge therefor. (m) To furnish the use of cutting rooms without making a reasonable charge therefor. (n) To render commercial projection ser- vice without making a reasonable charge therefor. ARTICLE VI Modification 1. By the President This code recognizes the right of the Presi- dent from time to time to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule or regula- tion issued under Title I of the NIRA. 2. By the Association This code may be amended in any par- ticular, subject to the approval of the Presi- dent as to matters he finds under his con- trol, by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Association in meeting, provided that notice of submission of the proposed amend- ment has been given in the notice of meeting. ARTICLE VII General 1. Membership (a) AH members of the Association shall, as_ a condition of membership, subscribe to this code. (b) Association membership shall remain open at all times to any motion picture laboratory under no restrictions, except as to initiation fee and payment of dues. 2. Effective Date This code becomes effective the second Monday after its approval by the President. 3. Termination This code, unless otherwise terminated, shall expire on the same date as the NIRA. 4. Code Violation Violation of any provision of this code shall be deemed unfair competition. 5. Saving Clause Should any provision of this code be de- termined invalid or unenforceable the remain- ing provisions thereof shall nevertheless con- tinue in full force and effect in the same man- ner as if they had been separately presented for approval and approved by the President. Signed and submitted by ALAN E. FREEDMAN, STEPHEN H. ELLER, TOM EVANS and HERBERT J. YATES, a com- mittee representing the Motion Picture Labor- atories Association of America, Inc., appli- cant for this code, and vested with suitable authority by resolution adopted at a meeting of the Association August 11, 1933, copy of which resolution is included in the formal application filed with the Administration. '(■ 12 THE DAILV Thursday, Aug. 24, 1933 A TITTLE" from HOLLYWOOD TOTS //. By RALPH WILK "DOBERT MONTGOMERY will be Constance Bennett's leading man in "Moulin Rouge," which 20th Cen- tury will produce for United Artists release. Montgomery was borrowed from M-G-M. C. Henry Gordon also has been borrowed from M-G-M for 20th Century's "Broadway Thru a Keyhole." Will Mahoney, who recently con- cluded a vaudeville tour, has re- urned to the Columbia lot, and work as been resumed on "The Enter- iner," the two-reeler in which the famous vaudeville and theatrical monologuist is starred. It is being directed by Ralph Staub. Marda Heath Deering was signed several weeks ago for an important part in this production. Francis Lederer will make his JIKO film debut in "Man of Two [Worlds," the Ainsworth Morgan |novel featuring a young Eskimo's experiences in today's smart civili- zation. J. Walter Ruben will direct, [with Pandro Berman supervising. Eleanor Holm and Arthur L. Jar- ;rett have filed notice of intentions to marry. Blossom Seeley, now appearing in 'Broadway Thru a Keyhole," has been placed under long term con- tract by Darryl Zanuck of 20th Cen- tury Pictures. Fay Wray has been engaged by Columbia for the leading feminine role in "Man of Steel," Jack Holt's next starring vehicle, work on which will be started immediately. This is a picturization of Chester Erkin's play, adapted for the screen by Scion I. Miller and Edward Paramore. Robert North will supervise. Laura Hope Crews has been signed for an important character role in "Behold We Live," RKO's picturization of John Van Druten's London stage success, which will star Irene Dunne. Clive Brook and Henry Stephenson are also in the cast and Elliott Nugent is to direct, under Kenneth Macgowan's super- vision. Production is starting imme- diately. Myrna Loy has been given the feminine lead opposite Max Baer in "The Prizefighter and the Lady," an original story by Frances Marion. Bill Cagney, who soon will not have to be referred to as the brother of Jimmy, for purposes of identifica- tion, was handed two very important roles this week by Merian C. Cooper, RKO Radio Pictures executive pro- ducer. The first is a lead in "The Balloon Buster," which will go be- fore the cameras early in September, and the second will be a part in "Rodney." $ $ de E. H. Allen, general manager of Educational Studios, is among the deans of film production executives. He has been steadily employed as a studio head since the days of Ince- ville, Thomas Ince's old studio plant at Santa Monica. NED WAYBURN ZIEGFELD FOLLIES PRODUCER Offers unusual opportunities for a career on STAGE, SCREEN, RADIO, or TEACHING DANCING SOME OF THE STARS NED WAYBURN HAS HELPED TO FAME Al Jolson Marilyn Miller Eddie Cantor Jeanctte McDonald Ed Wynn Mae West Will Rogers Ann Pennington Fred and Adele Astaire Hal Leroy Patricia Ellis and hundreds of others Note Dates for Fall Classes ADULT GIRLS' DANCING CLASSES Ages 16 years and over. Fall term starts MONDAY, SEP- TEMBER 11th. Also special one-hour evening classes, 1, 2, or 5 times weekly. Mondays to Fridays. CHILDREN'S CLASSES Boys and girls 3 to 16 years of age. Rounded training in all types of dancing. Fall term starts SATURDAY, SEP- TEMBER 16th. Also special one-hour weekly classes after school hours. BODY PROPORTIONING Have a beautiful body! Ned Wayburn's famous method based on years of training celebrated stars of stage and screen. Rates as low as $3.00 weekly. BROADCASTING INSTRUCTION How to talk, sing, recite or play before the microphone. Class or private instruction. FREE tryouts gladly ar- ranged. NED WAYBURN INSTITUTE OF DANCING AND RADIO BROADCASTING SCHOOL Dept. F, 625 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. Between 58th and 59th Streets. Tel. Wlckersham 2-4300 Jack Hays, who is rehearsing his Baby Stars for the first of his new Baby Burlesks for Educational, has worked out a system of rehearsing in his training school rather than doing this on the set. When the Baby Stars go onto the set they are all thoroughly trained in their parts, and ready to shoot. Walt Disney's entire production staff is now at work on an adapta- tion of Anderson's "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep," and he is also planning a Silly Symphony based on the immortal "The Night Before Christmas." Both for United Artists release. Darrio Rappaport, celebrated European portrait artist who paint- ed Mussolini, the Pope, Clemenceau and other famous men, is in Holly- wood and will paint the portrait of Andy Clyde. RKO Radio Pictures has complet- ed the cast of principals for Lou Brock's musical extravanganza, "Flying Down to Rio." It is sched- uled to go before the cameras im- mediately with Dolores Del Rio. Gene Raymond, Fred Astaire, Raul Roulien and Ginger Rogers heading the cast. Thornton Freeland will di- rect. Brock will supervise and the music, on the torrid, languorous Latin-American order, will be sup- Dlied by Vincent Youmans of "Tea for Two" fame. Robert Lord has completed the screen play of "Convention City," Adolphe Menjou's first vehicle for First National. The original story was bv Will Turner. So far and according to present plans. Bette Davis, Allen Jenkins, Guy Kibbee, Glenda Farrell and Frank McHugh will have prominent places in the cast. Production is scheduled to go forward within the next few days. The entire cast of "Patrol," forth- coming RKO picture, will leave for Yuma, Ariz., on location in about a week, to film desert scenes. Those making the trek will include Rich- ard Dix, Boris Karloff, Victor Mc- Laglen, Billy Bevan, Alan Hale, Wal- lace Ford, Braden Hunt, Paul Man- sen and Douglas Walton. The pic- ture, adapted from the novel by Philip MacDonald, will be directed by John Ford. Cliff Reid will super- It appears that the Jean Harlow- Clark Gable co-starring picture, "Red Dust," not only furthered the careers of its two leading players, but also that of a young Oriental aspirant to Hollywood fame, Wil- liam Fung. This newcomer, who also played in "West of Broadway" and whose proper name is Wo-Fung, came to southern California several years ago with the intention of studying law at U. S. C, then be- came intrigued by pictures, and from extra work graduated to bigger and better bits. He has just been given a featured comedy role in M-G-M's "Malibu," a part said to offer him a much better opportunity than did the one in "Red Dust." Joe E. Brown, when he has fin- ished filming "Son of the Gobs" at the First National studios, will have "The Crowned Head" as his next vehicle. He will, of course, play the title role. The story is being pre- pared now and production will go forward within the next several weeks. SHORT SUBJECTS "Hollywood on Parade" with Cliff Edwards Paramount 10 mins. Good An entertaining subject combin- ing fan interest with musical and other novelties that provide a pleas- ing ten minutes of diversion. Cliff Edwards acts as a sort of master- of-ceremonies, doing a theme on his ukelele between specialties. There is a vocal number by Clarence Muse, with Warren William con- gratulating him at the finish; a "fan newsreel" showing Jean Har- low at golf, Alice White and Si Bartlett. Constance and Joan Ben- nett, William Powell and Carole Lombard, Wheeler and Woolsey, Polly Moran and others at the Agua Caliente racetrack, and fmal- lv a romantic bit in which some Mexican troubadours serenade Lupe Velez, with a cut-in from one of Lupe's scenes with Gary Cooper. "Shades of Cairo" (Magic Carpet of Movietone) Fox 10 mins. Swell Right up to the high quality es- tablished by this series, both in the matter of subjects, photography and general presentation. Shows Cairo in its modern as well as olden beauty, with its countless minarets pictorially set against sunset skies, the daily life in the busy city, its winding streets, merchants, artis- ans, visitors, the racetrack and its colorful throng; the pyramids, which are reached by a short street car ride, and finally the coffee shops in the evening, with a native dancer doing a mean wiggle. THE Thursday, Aug. 24, 1933 WARNERS WIN ACTION OVER 'GOLD DIGGERS' (Continued from Page 1) wood Theater, West Philadelphia. In denying the injunction, Judge Fineletter said Linker had not es- tablished the fact that the picture was included in his 1932-33 con- tract with Warners. The court also ruled that there were good grounds for Warners to hold that the pic- ture was not included in that con- tract. -JZ&* DAILV 23 MARY ON NRA AIR PROGRAM Mary Pickford will appear on the radio program scheduled for Sunday night as the sendoff of the NRA campaign. Miss Pickford, who is in New York, will speak from the NBC studios at 9:45 P.M. Lowell Thomas will act as master of ceremonies. A long list of stage, screen and radio stars will take part in the broad- cast. Prank Gillmore of Actors Equity yesterday endorsed the NRA activity and called upon Equity members to cooperate in the drive. Washington NRA Sidelights By ARTHUR IV. EDDYi YV70RN out by hectic and intensive hours of code coordinating Sid- ney Kent and Charley O'Reilly both look ready for long rests. Which they probably won't get owing to the pressure of other affairs. Not only did Abram F. Myers play a part in the code-drafting ac- tivities of the exhibitor committee but at his Washington office he has also prepared sets of code pro- posals for five other industries. Spencer Sladdin, formerly with Paramount, Fox and other major companies, is importantly occupying a post in the NRA setup. Room 4225 in the Commerce Building is the focal point of indus- try interest in the NRA. It's the office of Sol A. Rosenblatt, who, you must know, is the deputy adminis- trator in charge of the film and other amusement industry codes. Nothing pretentious about it; just a single room, snared by Rosenblatt and his two aides. Pat Casey, chairman of the pro- ducers' labor committee, and Kent held lobby huddles in the Commerce building. Statistical dope: there are 11 miles of corridors in the seven floors of the Commerce Building. In try- ing to locate various offices Film people will find this out. Frank Wilson and John Flinn, NRA execs will tell you, are doing a grand job in lining up support for the cause of the Blue Eagle. charge for a restful view of entire Central Park and a refreshing breeze . . . "Amer- ica's only truly Continental hotel . . . de- lightful . . . different . . . convenient to thea- tres, shops and business. • Dinner and supper dancing nightly in the SKY GARDEN, New York's intimate and popular Roof . . . entertainment. Luncheon or tea at . . . RUMPELMAYER'S. Rates: Single $3.50-$5; double $5-$7; suites from $8 ATTRACTIVE WEEKLY AND MONTHLY CONCESSIONS tvioaerateiy priced apartments furnished or unfurnished available NOW or October 1st. M-G-M STUDIOS BUSY ON 19 PRODUCTIONS West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Launching into pro- duction of the new season's line-up, M-G-M now has a total of 19 fea- tures, including six musicals, either in work or ready for production within the next week. David 0. Selznick is supervising two produc- tions that are nearing completion. They are "Dancing Lady" and "Meet the Baron." He is also pre- paring "The Paradine Case" and "Viva Villa" for production within the month. Harry Rapf is supervis- ing the work on "The Late Chris- topher Bean" and "The Hollywood Party," with "The Fire Chief" and "Wicked Woman" ready for produc- tion. Hunt Stromberg has three features in work, "Stage Mother," "Bombshell" and "The Prizefighter and the Lady." Bernard Hyman also has three under his supervision, with "Solitaire Man" and "Tarzan and His Mate" in production and "The Cat and the Fiddle" ready for work. Walter Wanger is supervis- ing "Queen Christiana" and has completed preparation on Marion Davies' "Going Hollywood." John Considine has "Malibu" in work. "Transcontinental Bus," a Norma Shearer feature, and "The Portrait of Sadie McKee" have not been as- signed to associate producers as yet. DIRECTION GREGORY TAYLOR Doc Elliott in Sandusky Sandusky, 0. — Wallace (Doc) Elliott, until recently manager of Keith's 105th Street Theater, Cleve- land, has been named manager of Warner's Ohio theater here. GOVERNMENT ORDERS ENDING OF STRIKE (Continued from Page 1) strikers to be given preference be- fore new employees are taken on. They also are to retain membership in their organization, it being un- derstood that this involves no change in the industrial relations policy of the industry. The decision also said that there shall be no dis- crimination against membership in any union, that jurisdictional ques- tions be settled by American Feder- ation of Labor and that pending settlement of these jurisdictional disputes no strike shall be called. Also that disputes as to interpre- tation of this agreement shall be decided by the National Labor Board and both parties agree to ac- cept decision of the board as final. The board was assured that all parties will cooperate in carrying out this agreement. William Elliott of the I. A. T. S. E., Joseph N. Weber of the American Federation of Musicians and Pat Casey, repre- senting the producers, attended the conference. The entire statement was given out by Leo Wolman, act- ing chairman of the board. Principal Product On Franchise Basis (Continued from Page 1) less" and a series of six dramatic features including a Harold Bell Wright story, Corey Ford's "Cocoa- nut Oil," "Peck's Bad Boy," "Chi- cago Sal," a special production to be directed by Spencer Bennet fea- turing Kazan the dog, and a satire which is represented as a jungle picture to end all jungle (pictures. Lesser also announces that Prin- cipal, under its new policy, will dis- continue the offstage narratage type of production and will devote itself entirely to the production and re- lease of dramatic features, produced in Hollywood. During his stay of two weeks here, Lesser will supervise the presentation of the Eisenstein pic- ture, "Thunder Over Mexico," which opens at the Rialto theater following the current attraction there. SUN$HIN€ IN THE DAY'S NEWS Profits of Eastman Kodak for the 24 weeks ended June 17 showed an increase of $617,009 over the same period last year. ^VOCTU-J^. ~ The Daily N ewspa pei Of Motion Pict u res Now Fifteen Years Old new ycer, Friday, august 2a, 1933 eptember 12th. No more important gath- ering has ever taken place in filmland than this coming confab. Important controversial subjects of many years' standing will re- ceive official determination, the business will move forward again as from scratch, and the "New Deal," as far as the movie industry is concerned, will be under way. IT IS now up to your Uncle Sam. It is ' not unlikely that some of the more im- portant points upon which the industry is split will be written by the administration. Here, however, is cause for grave concern by both this great industry and a great President who is trying to bring order and prosperity out of chaos. It will be well for official Washington to think well and de- liberately regarding motion pictures before it acts. Regardless of the last two weeks of wrangling over a hundred and one points of importance, one cannot lose sight of the economic fundamentals of this great busi- ness of world-wide ramification and its un- due sensitiveness to drastic and unelastic regulations. Nothing is more important to the welfare and happiness of our many mil- lions of peoples than the wholesome amuse- ment offered by the screen. Its value for good, or for that matter, evil, is unlimited. D EGARDLESS of the code and its many ' * provisions, unless it makes possible two basic results this industry cannot sur- vive. First, if this business is to continue and prosper the exhibitor must make money and show a profit on his investment. Sec- {Continued on Page 2) Warren (O.) House is Latest Acquired in Expansion Pittsburgh — With the addition of the Warren Theater in Warren, O., the new Harris circuit which re- vived activity recently under the leadership of Senator Frank J. Har- ris, after having sold out four years ago, brings its number of theaters up to 11. Ken Hoel will {Continued on Page 4) ZANUCKlELLS why H'WOOD IS SECURE West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Hollywood will re- main the center of motion picture production, Darryl F. Zanuck stated to Film Daily yesterday. He based his statement on three conclusions. First, that technical and mechanical {Continued on Page 4) Freudenberger Resigns From National Screen Walter J. Freudenberger, at one time general sales manager for Ad- vance Trailer and for the last year and a half with National Screen Service, has resigned from the latter company. He is making a new affili- ation, which he expects to announce in a few days. RKO Extends Vaude With RKO offering 16 weeks playing time to new shows created with stars and vaudeville talent, Harold B. Franklin stated to FILM DAILY yesterday that the move will undoubtedly inspire stage actors to create acts and presentations fitted for such presentation. Latest house to change to vaudeville is the RKO Downtown, Detroit, which switches from pictures next week. M. P. T. 0. CONTENDS NO 'DIGGERS' RULING Philadelphia — Contradicting the statement of Warner Bros, that it had won a decision in Common Pleas Court here ruling that "Gold Dig- gers of 1933" is not included in the 1932-33 contract, the M.P.T.O. of Eastern Penna., So. N. J. and Del., through David Barrist, chairman of the board, yesterday declared that {Continued on Page 4) J. LeRoy Johnston to Head RKO Theater Expansion John LeRoy Johnston, coast pub- licity representative for Universal, will replace Terry Turner as RKO Theaters exploitation head, the Film Daily learns. Turner re- signed to join Herschel Stuart in {Continued on Page 2) Attitude of Academy on Code Will Be Presented in Wash 'n Regional Codes Filed, Not Being Considered Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — New Mexico thea- ters owners and theater employees of San Diego, Cal., have submitted their own codes to the NRA, but neither draft will be recognized, as they do not represent a national as- sociation, an NRA official said. De- tails of the codes were not made public. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Attitude of the Acad- emy of M. P. Arts & Sciences on the industry code will be presented at the Washington hearing on Sept. 12, with President J. Ted Reed at- tending. A special meeting of the entire membership of the Academy was held last night for a discus- sion of the NRA code, producers' arbitration agreement and agency {Continued on Page 4) Most of This Season's Film Buying Not Af- fected by Code As- the NRA is understood not to be planning to make industry code clauses applying to film rental contracts retroactive, the bulk of exhibitors will not be affected in this respect until the 1934-35 sell- ing season. This is the opinion of major company attorneys and exec- {Continued on Page 4) BLUMBERG CONTRACT IS EXTENDED BY RKO Nate Blumberg has been signed by Harold B. Franklin, president of RKO Theaters, for another year as head of the Chicago division. De- troit was yesterday added to Blum- berg's territory. No Compromise Planned By Indies on Dual Bills The Federation of the Motion Picture ndustry, composing in- dependent producers and distribu- tors, will go to the Washington in- dustry code hearing on Sept. 12 committed to a "no compromise" policy on double feature restric- tions, said P. S. Harrison, president of the association, last night. Its representatives will vigorously op- pose the proposed clau^g incorpo- rated in the tentative muster draft submitted to Sol A. Rosenblatt, dep- uty administrator, providing that the policy can be banned in any {Continued on Page 4) A New One in Picketing Philadelphia — Something new in pic- keting is scheduled to take place here today when independent exhibitors as- sign men to patrol in front of the War- ner exchange as a protest against 50 per cent rentals. THE Friday, Aug. 25, 1933 1 THE IM NIWShUfL (X III.MI t)M wt All TNI ms \u nil u« ^— %-DAILY- liLLXIII.No. 47 Frl.. Aug 35. 1933 Prict 5 Cento JOHN W. ALICOATE • • Editor and Publisher Pul)li.>hed daily except Sundays and Holidays ■I lioO Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Asso- ciate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., Phone, Circle 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable Address: Filmday, New York. Holly- wood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Holly- wood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Rei ter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin— Karl VVolffsohn, Lichtbildbuehne, Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, 19. DO Out »UtT FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK High Columbia Picts. vtc. 231/2 Con. Fm. Ind 4 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd.. . 9y8 East. Kodak 83 Eastman Kodak pfd. 124 1 Fox Fm. new 15% Loew's, Inc 34% Paramount ctfs. . . . 2'/8 Pathe Exch 1 % do "A" 8Vi RKO 3V2 Warner Bros 8'/2 NEW YORK CURB Gen. Th. Eq. pfd. . Yl Technicolor 7% NEW YORK BOND Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 5'/2 Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 ctfs. 4% Loew 6s 41 ww 89 Paramount 6s 47 33 Par. By. 5V2s51 ctfs. 37 Par. 5/2*50 33 Par. 5'/2s50 ctfs ... 32 Warner's 6s39 43 MARKET Net Low Close Chg. 22 23 + 1V4 4 4 + % 9% 97/8 + l/8 80 Vz 81 'A + 1 24 124 — 1 151/4 15% — Va 321/4 33% 2 2 1 % 1 % 8V4 83/8 — 1/4 33/8 33/8 — i/8 8 1/4 83/8 — 3/8 MARKET Vi 1/2 7% 75/8 — 3/g MARKET 51/2 51/2 — % 4% 47/g — 1/8 89 89 + 1/2 321/2 33 + 1/2 37 37 321/4 321/z 32 32 — 1/2 421/z 421/2 — % Washington . . . and the industry (Continued from Page 1) ondly, in order to make money he must have a continual supply of good pictures from the studios of our great producers and must be in a position to pay enough rental for these pictures to enable the pro- ducers to carry on. Unless this is made possible there will be no theaters and con- sequently no producers. And if that hap- pens, nothing will matter, even the code. .oming a nd G omg NATE BLUMBERG leaves for Chicago today. JACOB WILK, story editor for Warners, has returned from Europe, where he conferred with a number of leading writers and actors in England and France. EDWARD GABRIEL and HARRY MARKS of Capital Film Exchange, Philadelphia, were New York visitors this week. J. Le Roy Johnston to Head RKO Theater Expansion (Continued from Page 1) charge of Paramount-Publix the- aters in Detroit. Negotiations be- tween Johnston and Harold B. Franklin and Bob Sisk of RKO were carried on during the past week. Columbia Not Expanding Production in England Columbia will confine its produc- tion plans for England to a single picture instead of a larger schedule, as originally reported, it is under- stood. With this picture, "Lady in Waiting." completed, Harry Cohn and Nat Spingold are returning to New York on the Majestic, scheduled to arrive Tuesday. Luther Reed Directing On World's Fair Lot Chicago — Luther Reed is now di- recting the picture-making activi- ties at Hollywood-at-the-Fair, hav- ing succeeded George Jeske and Jack Sullivan. He is supervising the film- ing of "A Night of Terror," the screen tests taken by visitors, and will direct pictures featuring Grant Withers and visiting film stars. Also at Hollywood-at-the-Fair is Louis O. Macloon, who has come from the west coast to represent O. W. Rosenthal and others financially interested in the big concession. 'Roxy's Gang' to Frolic At Westchester Club "Roxy's Gang" will be the guests of S. L. (Roxy) Rothafel tomorrow afternoon at a beach party at the Westchester Country Club, of which "Roxy" is a member, and in the eve- ning the aggregation of entertainers, including a 50-piece orchestra and more than 20 principals, will put on a two-hour show at the Club. It will be the first outdoor performance of this kind given by the Gang. One of the big numbers on the program will be the Glow Worm Ballet. Warners Name Exhib Exploiteers Five showmen have been named by S. Charles Einfeld, Warner ex- ecutive in charge of advertising and publicity, to constitute the exploi- tation board which, together with members of Einfeld's department, will draw up the exploitation cam- paign for the forthcoming musical special, "The Footlight Parade." The men are, Carlos Harrison of Ike Lib- son's Keith Theater, Cincinnati; John Hamrick of the Seattle Music Box; Charles Taylor, advertising and exploitation manager for Mike Shea's Buffalo Theaters; Howard Waugh of the Warner Memphis Theater, and George Rotzky of the Palace, Montreal. Robert E. Jones with RKO Denver — Robert Edmond Jones, under contract to direct the Central City play festivals for the next five years, left here following this year's success to go to New York, after which he will leave for Hollywood to direct for Radio Pictures. New England Business Improved, Says Ed Fay With increased operations by tex- tile mills, business conditions are be- ginning to show an improvement in New England and are likely to defi- nitely reflect themselves in box- office takes by October, said Edward Fay, veteran Providence exhibitor, in New York yesterday. Fay is re- opening Fay's on Sept. 2 with its old policy of vaudeville and pictures. Adler Exploiting Show Season Bert Adler has been added to the RKO exploitation staff by Bob Sisk bo assist during the RKO Greater Show season. Corinne Griffith, Lytell in Shows Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Two former picture stars are due here soon in legit vehicles. Corinne Griffith opens at the National Sept. 11 in "Design for Living" and Bert Lytell is slated for "Criminal at Large," which begins a run at the same theater Sept. 25. Huffman Staff Changes Denver — Jerry Zigmund, manager of the Denver, has resigned and is succeeded by Walter B. Shuttee, manager of the Paramount. Ulysses S. James, assistant manager at the Denver, was promoted to the man- agership of the Paramount. All are under the direction of Harry Huff- man. Clifford Brooke Opening School Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Clifford Brooke, for- mer screen director, is opening his Academy of Dramatic Acting here in October. He is also director of the National stock company. THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Aug. 26-28: Golf tournament of Minneapolis- St. Paul exhibitors-distributors, Detroit Lakes, Minn. Aug. 31* Hearing on Laboratory Code before Sol A. Rosenblatt, NRA Deputy Administra- tor, U. S. Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Washington. 10 A. M. Sept. 6-8: Allied New Jersey convention and Allied States Ass'n Eastern Conference, at Atlantic City. Sept. 7: Monthly meeting of S. M. P. E., Chi- cago Section, Electric Ass'n Rooms, Chicago. Sept. 10-12: Annual convention of Southeast- ern Theater Owners Ass'n, Atlanta. Sept. 13: A. M. P. A. holds annual election ol officer* Sept. 28-29: Third Annual Miniature Movies Conference, New York. A. D. V. Storey, secretary. Oct. 16-18: Society of Motion Picture En- gineers fall meeting, Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago. Finds Hollywood Product Still Outpacing Foreign Though quality of foreign pic- tures has been improving, Holly- wood product is still maintaining a good lead on pictures from abroad, says Jacob Wilk, head of the War- ner story department, on his return from a five-week European trip. While on the other side, Wilk estab- lished talent and story scouts in Lon- don and Paris. He also signed op- tions on some players for the inter- national cast of "Wonder Bar." Book Perfex Shorts Capital Film Exchange, Inc., Phil- adelphia, has contracted with Perfex Pictures Corp. for the latter's series of aviation thrillers, the first one entitled "The Sport of Flying." Sack Amusement Enterprises of San Antonio has contracted with Perfex for "Two Hard Workei's," featuring Molasses 'n' January, those madcap radio minstrels, and also for "The Sleuth," a Stan Laurel comedy. Publix Meeting Sept. 8 Date for the next Publix Enter- prises meeting has now been set for Sept. 8 at the office of Henry K. Davis, referee. BOX OFFICE Now ready for state-right release 4-reel travel "Featurette" The Adventure Picture Unusual Animals! Jungle! Monstrosities! Volcanoes! Natives ! For your territory communicate with: FEATURETTES INC. 729 - 7th Avenue, N. Y. C BRyant 9-7096 $38,000,000 BONFIRE GUARANTEES NEW DEAL i THE BONDS I W. C. Michel, executive . vice-president, Sydney] Towell, treasurer, and Felix I \ A. Jenkins, secretary, / \ marking the bonds / for cremation and / v cancellation. ^>> ■ 3 ^H THE TRADE* •only company to deliver TWO 4-star 1933-34 productions They're calling the Gaiety the "Four -Star Theatre" since FOX pictures started playing there. Three four-star hits in a row . . . two of them on this season's list. FOX manpower has good reason to hold its head high...as more and more exhibitors consider FOX the mainstay of their programs. Glad to me etch a miss Columbia . I'M MICKEY (himself) McGUIRE . . .lOe're all set for our biqqest year with Columbia P MICKEY MCGUIRE COMEDIES V And here's what just a few exhibitors have to say about them. . . . • MICKEY'S BIG BROADCAST:— Mickey McGuire comedies are outstanding. Wish it were possible to have one every week. They do not make comedies better than Mickey's Big Broadcast. Hope they keep up the good work. P. G. Cameron, Melrose Theatre, Dallas, Texas. • MICKEY'S CHARITY:— Another good comedy with Mickey and his gang. These comedies sure go over good with the kids. The grownups got a kick out of this one. Marion F. Bodwell, Paramount Theatre, Wyoming, 111. • MICKEY'S BIG BROADCAST:— One of the best two-reel com- edies I have had this year. J. E. Weber, Princess Theatre, Chelsea, Mich. it. MICKEY'S APE MAN:— Good for children and adults will enjoy It's different. D.E. Fitton, Lyric Theatre, Harrison, Ark. • MICKEY'S BIG BROADCAST:— One of the best McGuire com- edies I ever ran, and in fact one of the best comedies to date. This one has any kid comedy beat a mile. Don't fail to let the kids know about this one. Lloyd Pearson, Menard Theatre, Petersburg, 111. Following the preview of "Mickey's Touch- down" first of the Columbia Series, comes this swell news. . . . • I agree with the preview audience about "Mickey's Touchdown." It's the biggest laugh we've had here in many moons. If balance of new product follows as good as this one, the McGuire comedies will easily .top the comedy field. Good exploitation tie-up, too, in having Howard Jones, University of Southern California football coach in cast. J. A. Wayne, El Portal, No. Hollywood, Cal. Produced by LARRY DARMOUR AT ALL COLUMBIA EXCHANGES intimate in Character International in Scope Independent in Thought /) _ The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Fifteen Years Old FDAILY '©L. I XIII. NG.4S NEW YOCr, SATLCDAy, AUGUST 26, 1933 a CENTS Ohio Houses Boosting Prices Beyond New Tax ;0DE EXPECTED TO PUT JUYING POWERJBOVE 79 W\ But 2 Lab Members Approve Minimum Prices bjections to Code Are Expected from Group in Hollywood All but two of the 16 members of e Associated Laboratories of merica will insist on setting a inimum price for all laboratory ork although the words "price fix- g" are not specifically mentioned the NRA laboratory code recent- submitted to General Hugh S. ihnson, the Film Daily learns. The vo laboratories that wish to con- nue the "open price" plan are athe and Empire. It was also (Continued on Page 3) .ctionbIelayed by par1medit0rs I Paramount Publix creditors' ae- on on the proposed sale of an inter - st in the Pontiac Theater Corp., perating the company's houses in tetroit, to George W. Trendle of pat city, yesterday was deferred ntil a meeting to be held Sept. 2. Postponement was due to the osence of Charles D. Hilles, trustee, ho returns Monday. Other matters scheduled to come before (Continued on Page 4) Florida Studios Plan Two Pictures a Month )[ St. Petersburg, Fla. — Two produc- ions a month constitute the pro- osed schedule of Sun Haven tudios, Inc., headed by T. C. Parker, ir., who recently took over the en- Jrprise started by Aubrey Kennedy. Hired Wife" is now in work. NRA Checking Up NRA officials are understood to be checking up a complaint said to have been made to the Administration to the effect that an independent New York circuit is flying the Blue Eagle but not complying with President Roosevelt's re- employment agreement, which it recently signed. NRA of Canada Likely Toronto — Plans for the promotion of a Canadian NRA are gaining ground. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Manufacturers' Association already have decided to study the way the NRA is working out in the United States. FOX AND RKO BOOST STUDIO ACTIVITIES West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Fox will put eight pic- tures in production during the four weeks starting Aug. 28. They are "As Husbands Go," a Jesse L. Lasky production starring Warner Baxter and Helen Vinson; "Hoopla" star- ring Clara Bow; "There's Always Tomorrow" with Will Rogers; "The Mad Game" with Spencer Tracy; "Frontier" with Herbert Marshall and George O'Brien; "Jimmy and (Continued on Page 3) Non-Theatrical Producers Meeting to Approve Code A meeting of non-theatrical and slide film producers of the east will be held Wednesday at 6:30 P. M. in the Advertising Club to consider and approve the provisions of a code of fair competition for this industry in accordance with the NRA require- ments. A dinner will precede the (Continued on Page 3) NRA SUCCESS IS SEEN IN CREDIT EXPANSION Success of the NRA program, be- lieved by the best authorities to de- pend largely upon an increase in currency, assumes more certainty as a result of the Federal Reserve Sys- tem's action in tripling its purchases of Government securities in the open market, according to several promi- nent film executives contacted by The Film Daily yesterday. The Federal Reserve in the past week bought $35,000,000 in U. S. bonds, against a limit of $10,000,000 weekly for the previous six weeks. The Sys- (Continued oil Page 3) George Lenehan Joins N.S.S. in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh — George Lenehan, formerly district manager for RKO and Pathe, has succeeded Walter Freudenberger, resigned, as Na- tional Screen Service representative in this territory. New Admission Tax in Ohio Is Being Passed on to Public Wildberg Invading Coast For Case of B'way Plays John J. Wildberg, New York the- atrical and copyright attorney, who leaves Sept. 2 for the coast with Roger Pryor, signed for films follow- ing his appearance in "Moonlight and Pretzels," has been commis- sioned to cast from the film player ranks two legitimate productions (Continued on Page 3) Columbus — As theaters cannot af- ford to absorb the new state admis- sion tax of 10 per cent on all admis- sions above a dime, box-office scales must be stepped up not only to take care of this tax but also to cover any additional operating expense which houses have been put to in meeting the request of the NRA program, says a bulletin from P. J. Wood, business manager of the M.P.T.O. of (Continued on Page 3) NRA Sees Adjustment of Code Differences At Wash'n Hearing By WILLIAM SILBERBEliO FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Washington — Even with the short- er working hours, the wage levels in the film codes will put the industry's buying power from 12 to 15 per cent higher than in 1929, it is estimated by the NRA in its summary of the production- distribution and exhibi- tion codes. The bulletin points out again that "sharp reductions in the (Continued on Page 3) CODE MATTERS REST UNTIL HEARING DATE With the exception of filing no- tices of desires to propose industry code clauses at the Washington hear- ing scheduled for Sept. 12, all official moves in the matter are dormant. Charles L. O'Reilly, coordinator with Sidney R. Kent, yesterday said that no more conferences are planned by Kent and himself with Sol A. Ro- senblatt, deputy administrator in charge of the code. William P. Phillips Now Treasurer of U.A. William P. Phillips, for years closely identified with Joseph M. Schenck in handling of financial mat- ters, is now functioning as treasurer of United Artists. Arthur W. Kelly, vice-president in charge of foreign distribution, is at present abroad concentrating on foreign deals. Donate Code Copies To save the Government the expense of printing about 2,000 copies of the film codes required for distribution to Chambers of Commerce, libraries, etc., the Sidney R. Kent and Charles L. O'Reilly coordinating committees agreed to supply the necessary copies. The Administration in turn has officially expressed its ap- preciation. THE ■Z2H DAILY Saturday, Aug. 26, 193' til LXIU, Hi. 48 Sit., An 26, 1933 Prici 5 Cwtt JOIN W. ALtCOATE : Editor apd Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., t.y Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur W. 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NEW YORK CITY Protesting to NRA On Poster Resale Ban Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — A deluge of tele- grams protesting against the poster resale provisions in the producer code are being received by Sol A. Rosenblatt, deputy NRA administra- tor. The protests are from exhibitors and poster exchanges, he said. Chevalier to Okay Stories West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Maurice Chevalier hereafter will sign only one-picture contracts, with the understanding that he supplies the story or okays it, the star announces through Para- mount. The next vehicle will be a story based on his own life. A sec- ond story also has been acquired for him. RKO-Schwartz Deal Schwartz Circuit of Indianapolis has signed for the 1933-34 RKO fea- tures and shorts 100 per cent, it is announced by Jules Levy, general sales manager. R. E. Churchill, In- dianapolis branch manager for RKO, closed the deal. Schwartz houses in Louisville are included. 600 Houses Sign with Erpi More than 600 theaters have al- ready signed the new agreement un- der which Electrical Research Prod- ucts assumes responsibility for equipment repairs and parts replace- ments, according to C. W. Bunn, general sales manager. The agree- ments are made for one year. "Missing Persons" Premiere First National's "Bureau of Miss- ing Persons," the company's first re- lease on the 1933-34 schedule, will have its world premiere at the War- ner Theater, Milwaukee, Sept. 9. The picture, which features Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins and Hugh Herbert, will be generally re- leased Sept. 16. Lester Adler on Sick List Lester Adler of Monarch Ex- changes is recuperating at Far Rockaway from an attack of bron- chitis which has kept him away from his office for the past week. It is expected he will recover suffi- ciently to return to his desk on Monday. June Knight at Paramount June Knight, who makes her film debut in "Take A Chance," to be re- leased in a few weeks, will appear in person at the New York Para- mount starting next Friday. Book- ing was made by Joe Rivkin. Miss Knight is now under Universal con- tract. Seiter to Direct Laurel-Hardy West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — William Seiter has been signed by Hal Roach to direct the next Laurel and Hardy feature. Roach is flying to New York tomor- row. N. J. Allied Convention Postponed to Sept. 27 Due to the film industry code hearing in Washington starting Sept. 12, Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey has changed its annual Atlantic City convention dates to Sept. 27-29. Allied States board meets there at the same time. Columbia-RKO Deal On Under a deal set but not yet signed, Columbia's 1933-34 product is to play 100 per cent in RKO houses throughout the country. Co- lumbia's deal to take over the Cri- terion, New York, for showing of "Lady for a Day" is still hanging fire. Writers Map Code Fight West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — In line with its inten- tion of fighting the proposed produc- ers' NRA code, the Screen Writers Guild is lining up an attack plan to be pursued at the Washington hear- ing. Private studio agreements are especially condemned, as is the Acad- emy on the grounds that it is an employers' union. Paramount Bonds Being Stricken Paramount Famous Lasky Corp., 20-year 6 per cent sinking fund gold bonds, due in 1947, and Paramount Publix Corp. 20-year 5% per cent sinking fund gold bonds, due in 1950, will be taken off the list on Sept. 1 because proof of claim has not been filed by the owners, the New York Stock Exchange announces. Employees Added in Okla. City Oklahoma City — In conforming to the NRA code, Regal Theaters cir- cuit has added 17 employees in its five houses, while Warners added eight in three houses. The Mid-West theater, now undergoing improve- ments, will be reopened by Warners early in September, according to George Henger, manager. Say NRA Nullifiies Daylight Time Philadelphia — In a petition to the city council to abolish daylight sav- ing time, William Goldman, repre- senting the exhibitors' association, declares that the changed hours are nullified by the shorter work day under the NRA. Union Men on Code The I. A. T. S. E. and M. P. O. and the American Federation of Musicians will each have one repre- sentative on the National Legiti- mate Theater Committee which will assist the NRA in administering the provisions of the Act. Wometco Building House Miami — Wometco Theaters circuit is building a 850-seat house for col- ored patronage at Third Ave. and N. W. 14th St. Charles P. Neider is architect. House will be called the Harlem. Warners Reopening Chi. House Chicago— Warners will reopen the Avalon this week end with "Gold Diggers of 1933." Ready Reference Directory! With Addresses and Phon« Number! of Recognized Industry Concerns What To Buy And Where To Buy It Distributors T € M"Warrittr Range" TYLER A Monarch Production •Engravers • CALL— "CITY" PHOTOENGRAVING (Day and Night Service) 250 W. 54th St., N. Y. C. Tel. COIumbus 5-6741 Equipment VORTKAMP AND COMPANY Lamps and Carbons ALL OTHER THEATER SUPPLIES 1600 B'way, CH. 4-5550 N. Y. C. • Hand Coloring • HAND COLORING of POSITIVE PRINTS 528 Riverside Drive New York City UNiversity 4-2073 Foreign AMERANGLO CORPORATION EXPORTERS— IMPORTERS Cable: Chronophon 226 WEST 42ND STREET NEW YORK CITY LONDON PARIS BERLIN • Scrap Film WE BUY JUNK FILM Guarantee No Piracy BEST MARKET PRICES SUU UeWci\iovC WOODRIDGE NEW JERSEY Saturday, Aug. 26, 1933 —3UK. DAILY )HIO HOUSES PASS NEW TAXTO PUBLIC (Continued from Page 1) )hio, to member exhibitors. Wood uggests that prices be advanced at least five cents on every class of ad- nissions starting Sept. 1, when the tax goes in effect. Few complaints ire anticipated if patrons are made ,o understand that the money is go- ng for general recovery purposes, 'iays Wood. Fox and RKO Boost Studio Activities {Continued from Page 1) Sally" with Sally Eilers and Jimmy Dunn; "Marionettes," and an El Brendel comedy. A new production record for RKO was announced yes- ;erday by Merian C. Cooper who stated that six features are in pro- duction, four are in the cutting rooms and eight to go into work within the next three weeks. 1 NRA Success Is Seen In Credit Expansion (Continued from Page 1) 'tern's holdings now amount to $2,- I 094,000,000, the highest on record. This action is regarded as having resulted from Administrator Hugh Johnson's statement a few days ago ^.that commercial banking credit had |f not expanded sufficiently to keep -pace with the NRA movement. The | Federal Reserve move is expected to | achieve the necessary flow of credit ^to finance the expending operations Fof industries which have adopted codes. .oming a nd G oing HAL ROACH is leaving the coast by plane tomorrow tor New York. PATRICIA BOWMAN, Music Hall ballerina, re- turned from vacation in Southampton yesterday to appear in the open air pageant staged by "Roxy" at the Westchester Country Club last night. MABEL JAFFE, secretary to Albert Lewis, Paramount producer, is coming to New York early next month on her vacation. I ONA MUNSON left for Boston yesterday for the final dress rehearsals of the Joe Cook show. WALLACE BEERY arrived in the east yes- terday, flying his own airplane from California. He sails for Europe tonight with his wife and baby daughter. GUMMO MARX has arrived in New York ;from the Coast. NED KORNBLITE of Binghamton was in New York yesterday, following his return from Ber- muda. SIGMUND ROMBERG sails Wednesday on ' the Majestic. HAROLD B. FRANKLIN left yesterday for ! Chicago. He will return to New York Monday. ALAN FREEDMAN, S. H. ELLER, TOM EVANS, J H. J. YATES, and HERBERT HUEBNER leave New York Wednesday for Washington to at- ] tend the Laboratory Code hearing. AfONG THE PHIL M. DALY • • • TO ALL the snooty intelligentsia of the land who are wont to scoff at the Motion Picture as just a Dumb Toy made for the beguilement of the Unthinking Mob we commend with glee as we snicker triumphantly right in their snobbish snoots. ...... the exquisite, artistic and delicate treat- ment accorded the newspaper advertising on United Artists' "Bitter Sweet" the internationally famous artist, Hans Flato, has magically caught the poignant beauty of the Noel Coward classic and in his drawings there breathes a haunting loveliness of that romance as tragic as it is divine the type of these Art Ads harmonizes perfectly. ....... and the result is a Tonal Triumph so the advertising agencies have been buzzing the United Artists' wires intrigued and amazed that anything so fine can emanate from a Mere Motion Picture ad dep't get up and take a bow, Hal Home (that mug has an Esthetic Soul, after all!). * * * * • • • A RADIO Rendezvous has been sounded for all Warner execs to gather around their own home sets Sunday nite and tune in on a broadcast between 11 and 12 of the two song hits in "Footlight Parade" by Guy Lombardo and his orch "By A Waterfall," with Al Jolson singing and "Shanghai Lil" WABC gives it a 64 station hookup E. M. Glucksman's Mentone Productions has leased quarter in the Knickerbocker building Orbis Mundi Realty Corp. has subleased the Rialto to the Midtown Theater Corp., both Paramount-Publix subsidiaries deal does not affect Arthur Mayer's operation of the house Chicago Opera Co. resumes pop price opera at the Hippodrome Sept. 11 Bondholder claims filed with Paramount-Publix trustees being handled at 140 Nassau St Chester Erskine taking over the old Biograph stude in the Bronx, starting with "Dorian Gray" EXPECT CODE TO PUT BUYING ABOVE 1929 (Continued from Page 1) hours of labor and increased wages to bring the industry's buying power up to or beyond the 1929 level are the main points" of the code. "The two codes agree in major principles," says the NRA, "and ad- justment of the remaining differ- ences is expected to result from the hearings." These two codes will be combined by Deputy Administrator Sol A. Rosenblatt and heard as one at public hearings on Sept. 12. Pro- cedure for those wishing to be heard or to submit statements at this hear- ing, as well as the laboratory code hearing on Aug. 31, was published in The Film Daily of Aug. 24. The code sent to the administra- tion by the New Mexico Theater Owners, while not being recognized as a code from a national associa- tion, will no doubt play a part in the hearings, it was said. The usual procedure has been to have the con- tents of these codes reduced to the briefest form and then have them read by the interested parties at the hearings, or have them submit the brief in writing along with the final consideration of the codes submitted by a national organization. Wildberg Invading Coast For Cast of B'way Plays (Continued from Page 1) scheduled for the coming season on Broadway. One is "Waltz in Fire," announced by Sidney Harmon and James R. Ullman, and the other is "I Was Laughing," by Edwin Justus Mayer. Wildberg also represents John W. Green, composer who has done considerable film work, and the Piccoli, puppet show being used by Jesse L. Lasky in "Marionettes." Big Drive Via Films Launched by Auto Firm Detroit — With a battery of 75 portable 16 mm. sound-on-film pro- jectors, just purchased from Bell & Howell, the Plymouth Motor Corp. is embarking on its most ambitious program of selling via movies. Sev- en 1000-foot talkies, built for the most part around human interest and dramatic stories illustrating the advantages of the Plymouth car, will be used with the projectors. The pictures are designed not only for special dealer meetings, sales con- ventions, and for use by retail sales managers, but also for special show- ings to the general public. Two Labs Hold Out On Minimum Prices (Continued from Page 1) learned that Pathe did not sign the code submitted by the association. Other objections to the code may be received from Cinema Laboratories Association, a coast organization of which H. K. Bachelder is chairman. Lack of representation in formulat- ing the code are the reasons. No member of the coast group attended the eastern sessions. Laboratories in the Cinema Association are Davidge, Western, Pacific, Dunning, Mercer, Fowler, Multicolor, Cine- color, Horsley and Richter. Alan Freedman, president of the local as- sociation, along with S. H. Eller, Tom Evans, H. J. Yates and At- torney Herbert Huebner, leave for Washington on Wednesday night to attend to the hearing to be held Thursday before Deputy Commis- sioner Sol A. Rosenblatt. Herbert Huebner of the laboratory association had a conference with Sol Rosenblatt in Washington yes- terday regarding the lab code. High Fidelity For Sing Sing Warden E. Lawes, as trustee of Sing Sing's Mutual Welfare League, has arranged with the RCA Victor Co. for the installation of a Photo- phone High Fidelity sound repro- ducing system in the State prison. Non-Theatrical Producers Meeting to Approve Code (Continued from Page 1) business session. William J. Ganz is temporary chairman of the group, which proposes to be called the Eastern Ass'n of Non-Theatrical Film Producers, and C. F. Ivins of Pathescope Co. is temporary secre- tary. "War of the Range" Release Set Tom Tyler's latest Monarch west- ern, "War of the Range," featuring Lane Chandler, Caryl Lincoln and Lafe McKee, has been set for release in September. W happy petu Best wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: August 26-27 Jerry Drew Richard Wallace M. S. Bergerman Jack Livingston Bert Ennis Ruth Roland Alice White Lester Elton Frank Heath THE 15B2H DAILV Saturday, Aug. 26, 1933,; A Little from 'Lots f* — ' ' By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD T AURENCE OLIVIER, before sail- ing with his wife, Jill Esmond, for a Honolulu vacation, signed an unusual contract with M-G-M where- by he will have an extended option giving him the privilege of return- ing from forthcoming stage engage- ments in Jed Harris's "Green Bay Tree." * * * Claudette Colbert, stricken with appendicitis Thursday, making it necessary to call off departure for Honolulu to shoot Paramount's "Four Frightened People," was re- ported resting comfortably yester- day. * * * "Skeets" Gallagher, signed to a three-picture contract by RKO, will first play the lead opposite ZaSu Pitts in "Dummy's Vote," slated to start early in October. * * * Peggy Conklin, stage star of the Broadway success, "The Party's Over," is spending a few weeks in Hollywood as the house-guest of Mr. and Mrs. Benn W. Levy (Constance Cummings) in their new home in Bel-Air. * * • Hugh Herbert, screen comedian and writer under contract to War- ners, has been approached by a na- tional broadcasting firm to write a series of comedy scripts for them. His contract will not permit it and he prefers acting to writing. * * * Morris Alin, M-G-M scenarist, has returned to his studio following a four weeks' confinement to his bed. He sustained fractured vertebra in an automobile accident. Ted Esbaugh's first colored car- toon, "The Snow Man," is being shown at the Criterion, Los An- geles, on the same program with "The Masquerader." It is also being shown in New York. * * * Dorothy Mackaill will have the feminine lead in "The Fire Chief," Ed Wynn's first M-G-M vehicle. * * * Paul Hoefler, the explorer and producer of "Africa Speaks," has retui-ned from a two months' stay in New York. WARNING! Do not confuse with the so-called war pictures. There is nothing like forgotten For Bookings and State Rights HARRY CUMMINS JEWEL PROD., |nc.7237thAvenue "FLYING DEVILS" with Eric Linden, Arline Judge, Bruce Cabot, Ralph Bellamy RKO Radio 62 mins. CARRIES AIR THRILLS IN STUNTING STUFF WITH GOOD LOVE TRIANGLE TO PLEASE THE FEMMES. Made for popular consumption, and will be sure fire with the air fans who like their stunting thrills above the clouds. Drama centers around Arline Judge as a parachute jumper with a group of barnstorming stunt- ing pilots of which her husband, played by Ralph Bellamy, is the head. She meets Eric Linden, who takes the role of the young brother of Bellamy's flying partner, Bruce Cabot. The two fall in love when they are teamed to do a double parachute jump as a daily stunt. The husband of the girl learns of it, and in his half-crazed brain as the result of a war mishap, he plans a fiendish revenge. He suggests to his young rival that they pull a sensational stunt for the customers, zooming toward each other high in air and then bailing out in their parachutes when he gives the sig- nal just before the two planes crash. Lin- den agrees. He does not know that the other has cut his parachute. His brother learns of the murder plot while they are starting their head-on stunt, and going up in his plane, crashes with the crazed man's plane to save his brother. Cast: Arline Judge, Bruce Cabot, Eric Linden, Ralph Bellamy, Cliff Edwards, June Brewster, Frank La Rue. Director, Russell Birdwell; Author, Louis Stevens; Adaptors, Byron Morgan, Louis Stevens; Editor, Arthur Roberts; Camera- man, Nick Musuraca. Direction, Fair Photography, Okay. "DANCE HALL HOSTESS" with Helen Chandler, Jason Robards and Edward Nugent Mayfair 73 mins. FAIR STORY OF A DANCING PART- NER'S UNWISE MARRIAGE AND RESULT- ING TRIBULATIONS. Houses catering to less discriminating audiences may be able to get by with this one. It is a more or less routine yarn about a dance hall hostess, played by Helen Chandler, who marries a boozer, although she really loves another man, who is jailed for bootlegging activities. The marriage results in a lot of tribulation, climaxed by the death of the husband, with suspicion falling on the girl and her former sweet- heart. It develops, however, that over- drinking was the actual cause of the death, and Helen then makes up with her real heart interest, played by Jason Robards. Eddie Nugent is the husband. Miss Chand- ler, an appealing actress in almost any part, does as well as can be expected with the material in hand. Same goes for the others, including the director. George W. Weeks produced it. Cast: Helen Chandler, Jason Robards, Edward Nugent, Natalie Moorhead, Alberta Vaughn, Jake Keckley, Ronnie Crosbey, Clarence Geldert. Director, Breezy Eason; Author, Tom Gib- son; Adaptor, Betty Burbridge; Dialoguer, same; Cameraman, Jules Cronjager; Re- cording Engineeer, Homer Ackerman; Ed- itor Byron Robinson. Direction, Okay Photography, Good. SHORT SUBJECT REVIEWS Dave Apollon and Orchestra in "Hot From Petrograd" (Melody Masters) Vitaphone 10 mins. Real Melody Opens with Dave Apollon and his orchestra coming over from Russia in the steerage. They are grabbed up by a booker, and set up in a snooty nite club. Sets are lavish, and the musical numbers and songs nicely diversified. And how that or- chestra can play! Nora Williams puts over several songs with plenty of personality. Apollon looks aw- fully good in this one, and is due to repeat, for he has what it takes for a band leader with plenty of pep and originality in technique. The harmony in this one is 'way above average. "Walter Donaldson, Popular Composer" (Pepper Pot) Vitaphone 10 mins. Song Feast The pop composer, Walter Donald- son, is presented in a medley of his songs ranging back to that old favorite that has been Pat Rooney's meal ticket for almost a lifetime — "Daughter of Rosie O'Grady." The setting is an ocean liner, with Wal- ter entertaining the passengers as his songs are presented to novelty settings and the assistance of David and Dorothy Fitzgibbons, Betty Keane and The Noveliers. A dozen songs are featured, including "Little White Lies," "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby," "My Blue Heaven," "Be- sides A Babbling Brook." A Song Feast that will click with all the old timers and plenty of the younger generation. Roy Mack directed. 21 mins, Jack Haley in "Salt Water Daffy" (Big "V" Comedy) Vitaphone Hilarious Jack Haley and Shemp Howard as a couple of saps get themselves enlisted at a Navy Yard without their consent. They experience a series of very funny adventures due to their dumbness, and this same dumb slant on everything they do gets them a lot of glory and honor — only to finish up with humilia- tion as their misdeeds finally catch up to them. Plenty of hilarious sit- uations that score the laughs right through. Charles Judels helps a lot. Directed by Ray McCarey. NEWS of the DAY Miami — The Mayfair, a "Wometc; house, has been closed indefinitely. Sonny Shepherd goes to the Towei while Manager Nelson Tower is oi a vacation. Seattle — Monarch's entire pro gram has been booked for the Co lumbia, first-run, through Nationa Film Exchanges, of which J. W. Alj lender, Jr., is manager. Boston — Marcel Mekelburg oil Century Film Corp. has closed first- run situations on Monarch's "Easj, Millions" for the Allyn, Hartford'; Capitol, New London; State, Port- land; Paramount, Lynn; Olympia Chelsea; Warner, Worcester; Keith Lowell; Albee, Providence. Denver — "Moonlight and Pretzels is being held for a second week at the Aladdin after an exceptionally] fine gross. Standouts were reported! on several days. Indianapolis — Charles M. Olsor. has signed a new lease on the Lyric and will resume his vaude and film policy Sept. 1. Henry Burton will continue as manager. Denver — The first woman to pro- duce stage shows here regularly has been sent here by Fanchon & Marco. She is Leah Sonneborn and will pro- duce the shows at the Tabor. Action is Delayed By Para. Creditors (Continued from Page 1) yesterday's meeting before Oscar W. Ehrhorn. acting for Henry K. Davis, referee in bank- ruptcy, were postponed until a session to take place on Sept. 7. They include ratifica- tion of the deal under which Karl Hoblitzelle acquires capital stock of all Dent theaters, owned by Paramount Publix. With a Federal income tax claim, dated 1929, due to the Government from Paramount Publix, the Revenue Department is willing to compromise for $216,919, instead of the amount of $389,094 assessed, creditors were told yesterday. The corporation is entitled to a refund of $150,000 in connection with its 1930 tax assessment, it was stated. The payment was authorized by the referee. That the general policy of the Paramount Publix trustees will be to dispose of commer- cial properties owned by the bankrupt company was indicated yesterday when Referee Oscar W. Ehrhorn, at a meeting of creditors at the office of Henry K. Davis, authorized the sale of South Broadway Building Co., Los An- geles, to Katharine McWhorter. The property was originally acquired with object of using it for an entrance to a Paramount theater adjoining the building but the plan was never carried out. Although this policy is ex- pected to be generally applied, each case will be studied individually before similar action is taken, it was pointed out yesterday. The same applies to disposing of theaters. ST. CHARLES ATLANTIC CITY An Entire Block on the Boardwalk A most beautifully appointed resort hotel . . . Excellent Cuisine . . . Spacious, sunny rooms . . . The homelike atmosphere of the St. Charles make the days spent there a delightful memory . . . Come and enjoy I RATES GREATLY REDUCED i r i m a t e in Charac ternational in S 'idependcnt in Th< 1/Wtf^Wr The Daily N ewspa per Of Motion Pict u res Now Fifteen Years Old -*FDAILY DL. LXIifl. NO- 49 NEW Y€Cr, HCNDAY, AUGUST 28, 1933 5 CENTS 'hilly MPTO Expels Two for Paying 50% Rental j • . UGH SALARIES UNTOUCHED BY CODE, SAYS JOHNSON ast Shows It Can Make Good Films at Low Cost A New High ' ... in outstanding films ,= By Don Carle Gillette — )R proof of the fact that Hollywood never has turned out a bigger percen- 'ing along that most needed of all eco- lic agencies — consumption, heaters are affected probably most of The night of a radio talk by the Presi- t, for instance, cuts the industry's re- fts by about a million smackers. And movies can't do their part in recovery hey get many nicks like this. Major Quality Pictures at $100,000 Negative Spurs Interest Here Considerable impetus is being given Eastern production due to the fact that producers working in and around New York have proven that they can turn out negatives suit- able for major company release at costs approximating $100,000 a pic- ture, which is substantially lower than budgets on Coast-made prod- (Continued on Page 5) NEW SOUND ORDERS SHOW DIG INCREASE Photophone theater sound equip- ment business for the first half of August was 50 per cent ahead of last year, with a steadily increasing volume of orders indicating that the figures for the whole month will exceed last year's total by 100 per cent, according to an official of the (.Continued on Page 6) More Cycles In addition to the "Cavalcade" cycle due to break shortly, a new one looms in the van of "One Sunday Afternoon" and "Berkeley Square," already preceded by "Turn Back the Clock," with "One Year Later," "Only Yesterday" and "It Happened One Day" on the way. Last week's announcement of a "Diamond Jim Brady" picture has already been followed by announcement of "Diamond Dan" . . . and this was only Saturday. First Division Plans 2 Roadshow Releases Two roadshow releases, backed up by a doubled budget for advertising and exploitation, will be announced shortly by First Division, according to Harry H. Thomas, president. These specials will be in addition to the regular F. D. lineup for the season. Among the first releases (Continued on Page 6) O'TOOLE, SAPERSTEIN JOIN HOGHREICH UNIT M. J. O'Toole, for years an M. P. T. O. A. official, and Aaron Saper- stein, president of Allied Theaters of Illinois and a member of the Allied States Ass'n executive com- mittee, have been named vice-presi- dents of America's Theaters Pic- tures Corp. headed by David R. Hochreich. Edwin C. Hill Making 12 Master Art Shorts Edwin C. Hill, radio commentator recently signed by Master Art Prod- ucts, will make a series of 12 fea- turettes titled 'The Human Side of the News," it is announced by Pat Garyn, vice-president and general manager of the company. Hill's first, soon to be released, will include, among other items, an unusual story of the Roosevelt family tree. "Spilled Salt," first in another new (Continued on Page 5) 2 Expelled by Philly MPTO For Paying 50% Film Rental Work Clauses in Code Do Not Satisfy Equity Work clauses for film players in the industry code are "too general," according to Frank Gillmore, presi- dent of Actors' Equity. The associa- tion will exert efforts in behalf of players at the Washington hearing. Philadelphia — Because they vio- lated the principles of the exhibitor organization in buying "Gold Dig- gers of 1933" for 50 per cent and showing it at the Sherwood The- ater, Joe and Earl Forte have been expelled from membership in the M.P.T.O. of Eastern Penna., So. (Continued on Page 5) NRA Interested Only in Those Paid $1,800 or Less Yearly By WILLIAM SILBERBERG FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Washington — Picture stars and high priced executives will not come under NRA jurisdiction in any kind of a code. This became evident when General Johnson said that the NRA is interested only in salaries below $1,800 a year. The General amplified this statement by saying he felt that by adjusting the lower wage brackets and setting the mini- mums there, the upper brackets (Continued on Page 5) THEATER PRINTERS FORM ASSOCIATION Chicago — At a meeting in the Auditorium Hotel here last week, about 25 executives representing that many concerns engaged in the motion picture theater program printing industry located in the South, East and middle West organized the Mo- tion Picture Theater Printers Ass'n, • with E. H. Newquist of Chicago as president; Douglas Smith of Smith and Setron Printing Co., Cleveland, vice-president; W. E. Green, St. Louis, secretary; R. P. Davis, At- (Continued on Page 6) Unions Will Demand Restoration of Cuts Stage hands and musicians unions will demand restoration of the 7% per cent salary cuts put into effect last spring by all major circuits, The Film Daily learns. Circuit (Continued on Page 5) Stage-Screen Day-and-Date With the stage version of "One Sun- day Afternoon" still playing on Broad- way, the screen adaptation is scheduled for showing at the New York Paramount next week. THE Monday, Aug. 28, 19; Vol.LXIII.No. 49 Mm. Au( 28,1133 Price 5 Cents JOHN W ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur \V. Eddy, Asso- ciate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. 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A special campaign is to be prepared on each of the Dis- ney shorts, and these campaigns, in mimeographed form, with complete details to help exhibitors get maxi- mum results with the pictures have already been prepared on "Old King Cole," "Lullaby Land" and "Puppy Love." Many exhibitors nowadays are billing the Disney shorts above features, and the subjects are being reviewed accordingly by some critics. RUBY CAMERA EXCHANGE Now Located in Their New Quarters at— 729 SEVENTH AVENUE ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTS NOW AVAILABLE— Sound Projection Room Sound Recording Room Sound Cutting Rooms Using the most modern Equipment A Most Complete Line of Profes- sional Motion Picture Equipment for Sale and Rent. RUBY CAMERA EXCHANGE Telephone BRyant 9-9430 729 Seventh Ave New York City • The Broadway Parade • Picture Distributor Theater Bitter Sweet United Artists Rivoli Turn Back the Clock M-G-M Capitol This Day and Age Paramount Paramount Captured (2nd week) Warner Bros Strand Flying Devils RKO 7th Ave. Roxy Moonlight and Pretzels Universal Rialto Paddy, tre Next Best Thing Fox Music Hall Pilgrimage" Fox RKO Roxy Pilgrimage* Fox Cameo Mayor of Hell* Warner Bros Palace Voltaire (2nd week) Warner Bros Hollywood I Have Lived First Divisic.i Mayf air Subsequent runs. ♦ TWO-A-DAY RUNS ♦ Song of Songs (6th week; closes Aug. 29) Paramount Criterion Power and the Glory (2nd week) Fox Gaiety Dinner at Eight M-G-M Astor ♦ FOREIGN PICTURES ♦ Sous La Lune Du Maroc (2nd week) Protex Little Carnegie * Revival. ♦ FUTURE OPENINGS ♦ One Man's Journey (Aug. 31 ) RKO Music Hall Broadway to Hollywood (Sept. 1 ) M-G-M Capitol One Sunday Afternoon*** Paramount Paramount Her First Mate (Sept. 1) Universal 7th Ave. Roxy Thunder Over Mexico* Principal Rialto The Masquerader** United Artists Rivoli I Have Lived**** Chesterfield Mayfair * Follows Moonlight and Pretzels ** Follows Bitter Sweet *** Follows This Day and Age **** Follows Police Call THE INDUSTRY'S DATE BOOK Today: Golf tournament of Minneapc St. Paul exhibitors-distributors, Det Lakes, Minn. Aug. 29: Allied Theater Owners of New Je meeting at New York headquarters. 2 P, Aug. 31: Eastern Non-Theatrical Prodii meet to discuss proposed NRA code, Adi tising Club, New York, 6:30 P. M. Aug. 31: Hearing on Laboratory Code be Sol A. Rosenblatt, NRA Deputy Adminit tor, U. S. Chamber of Commerce Bl Washington. 10 A. M. Sept. 7: Monthly meeting of S. M. P. E., ( cago Section, Electric Ass'n Rooms, Chica Sept. 10-12: Annual convention of Southc ern Theater Owners Ass'n, Atlanta. Sept. 13: A. M. P. A. holds annual electior} officer* Sept. 27-29: Allied New Jersey convert:! and Allied States Ass'n Eastern ConfereM at Atlantic City. Sept. 28-29: Third Annual Miniature Mr Conference, New York. A. D. V. Stc secretary. Oct. 16-18: Society of Motion Picture gineers fall meeting, Edgewater Be Hotel, Chicago. Midwest Theaters Alleges Withholding of Product Col. Lewis Landes, general coun- sel for America's Theaters Pictures Corp. and who has also been re- tained in a similar capacity for Midwest Theaters Corp. headed by Aaron Saperstein, on Saturday said that he has notified eight national distributors that unless they sell pictures to Midwest, he will imme- dately institute suits under the anti- trust laws. He stated that he sent these letters to: Paramount, United Artists, Universal, RKO, Warner Bros., Fox, M-G-M and Columbia. Midwest is a cooperative associa- tion which buys for between 75 and 100 independent Illinois theaters. Harry Arthur Expanding Own New England Circuit Harry Arthur, who is ending his connection with the Fox New Eng- land circuit as operating head, is planning to line up more houses in New England for his own circuit. At present Arthur, who also oper- ates the Seventh Ave. Roxy in New York, owns interests in a number of New England theaters. Frank Wilson on Dual Bill Frank Wilson, chief of the organi- zation division, bureau of public re- lations for the NRA, recently was double-featured with the Governor of South Carolina at an organiza- tion meeting in Columbia, S. C. He's trying to figure out whether that was a violation of the industry code. Books "Forgotten Men" Milwaukee — Fred Meyer of the Alhambra has booked the Jewe^. pic- ture, "Forgotten Men," to play his house during this week's Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. J a n s the most artistically siAccessjul isical cinema ever produced. s the v//. ^ JJ. (Dvenmg &/ost! J tie Ql Qj. Gaily Q^eivs says (7 ews gives it jour stars ! ■ : .1 II i i MASS PAPERS.' CLASS PAPERS/ THEY ALL RAVE/ e as r > H T'h r ii UN I T F D ARTI <; T £. THE ■%£1 DAILV Monday, Aug. 28, 19l Words & Wisdom ••ANY exhibitor will readily pay /*' for product if he can be con- vinced that he will make more." — NED E. DEPINET. •'If Barrymore could have pro- duced his films in New York, he would still be a star of the Broad- en stage. He would be one of those « ho huild up the source of supply." —EDDIE DOWLING. "A prime press agent possesses more angles than a lopsided parallel- ogram."—ROBERT F. SISK. "I believe that the day will come when masterpieces of literature will be written directly for this new me- dium. The story teller will address his public not through the exclusive medium of the printed word, but through direct speech, through the camera's great descriptive powers, through an art which can combine the powers of the seven great arts into a new form of limitless possibil- ities."—JOHN TAINTOR FOOTE in an interview with Frank Daniel of "The Atlanta Journal" as guest writer for "Columbia's Southern Di- vision." "The day is here for plain theat- rical fare about John and Jane Doe." —JAMES HAGAN. "Double features have been a suc- cessful practice in spots for 20 years."— JOHN R. FREULER. "There is one thing which no cam- paign book can cover — no plans take into account. That is morale." — PHIL REISMAN. Broad St., Newark, Goes Stock Newark, N. J. — Paul K. Karrakis. Inc., new lessee of the Broad Street theater, will open a season of stock productions by presenting the com- edy, "Three with Lanterns," by Michael Watts, English playwright, the week beginning Sept. 11. Horace Siller has been signed as scenic artist. Joe E. Brown Heads Masquers Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Joe E. Brown has been elected president of the Mas- quers' Club for 1933-34. Brooklyn Majestic Reopens The Majestic, Brooklyn, has re- opened with the Majestic production, "Sing, Sinner, Sing." Rialto Sets Record All records since its reopening have been shattered by Arthur Mayer's Rialto with "Moonlight and Pretzels." which has played to capacity since the opening day despite bad weather. Scale of prices was increased 25 to 35 per cent over those on previous attractions. NGthe RIALTO sl&VlM' WITH PHIL H DALY • • • LOOKING OYER the field of gents Worth Talking About in the industry we came plump up against Al Lichtman vice prexy and general manager of United Artists so it wasn't necessary to go any further for the day for Al certainly qualifies in the High Bracket Rat- ing a gent with a colorful career that has been confined exclusively to show biz and his legion of friends and admirers will no doubt be glad to learn some interesting side- slights heretofore unpublished * * * * • • • AS A mere lad he emigrated to the Y'ouessay from his native Hungary where he was born April 4, 1888 he is the sponsor of that famous epicurean dish that has made the Motion Picture Club the rendevouz of the metro- politan gourmets Gefilderfish Goulash in concoct- ing this dainty comestible Al did it as a sentimental gesture toward his native Hungary and his palpitating love and esteem for the Exy-bite-ors, as the East Side lads call them- selves it is this saving grace of Humor that has stood Mister Lichtman in good stead on several occasions when certain exhibitors exasperate him to the point of justifiable murder he merely invites 'em over to the Club and laugh- ingly puts a plate of his famous Gefilderfish Goulash before the guy instead of slaying him the Results are prac- tically the Same and Al escapes the Hot Seat up the river smart feller, Al he has been tellin' that story about Theodore the Horse ever since we can remember and to this very day Exhibs roll off their seats wit laffink at it and while they are semi-conscious, Al signs 'em up at his own Price • • • HAVING ESTABLISHED our Hero as a gent with a keen Commercial Sense of Humor ...... we have tipped you off to his Success Secret and now move on to the succes- sive steps as he climbed the ladder to Fame and Fortune and please bear in mind as you read 'em that every forward step was the result of his ready wit and cleverness in ALWAYS being able to insert a Joker in the Contract but that kind of Joker that helped the other feller and made him a pal of Mister Lichtman for life it's a Gift * * * * • • • HE STARTED as an usher in Tony Pastor's theater on 14th Street he became manager for C. C. Pyle's poster company in Chi, making displays for all the film com- panies then a whirl at being a vaude actor later manager of his own company and eventually inevitably a salesman par excellence • • • MOVING ON to New Y'ork Al became gen- eral manager of distribution for the Monopol Film Company, owned by P. A. Powers and P. P. Craft they handled the first big features of that time "Dante's Inferno," "Homer's Odyssey," and "The Life of Buffalo Bill" on organization of Famous Players, he became sales manager then general manager for Artcraft, selling pix of Mary Pickford, Doug Fairbanks, George M. Cohan, Elsie Ferguson, Will S. Hart then general manager of the merged Fa- mous Players-Lasky and later general manager of dis- tribution for Universal but his Big Step came as special field representative of United Artists in May, 1926 and his subsequent part in building that organization to its present pre-eminent position is known to us all what you might call a consistently Distinguished Career NEWS of the DAT Kansas City — Fox Midwest m agers and officials met in convent at Excelsior Springs last vt About 70 attended. E. C. Rho. conducted the meeting. Boston — Chet Ellis, manager George Gile's Uptown theater, Alice Mahoney are marrying. Dearborn, Mich. — The Calvin i reopened. It was taken over Frank A. Wetsmann and Lew W per from Woodward Theater (Henry S. Koppin). James A. Co rane, formerly general manager! Woodward, becomes manager. Detroit — Last week's annual c ing of the film industry at St. CI; Shores Country Club proved the l| gest event ever held by the 1< trade. Over 450 attended, doubl anticipated number, and provin; boon to the charity fund of the dustry. H. M. Richey was toi master and Manie Gottlieb chain of the event. Entertainment provided by Wade Allen, mana of the Arcade, and artists from Michigan theater. Boston — Because of union trou Manager George Kraska of the I Arts theater is closing the hous Grand Rapids, Mich. — The Reg and Empress, de luxe houses, b been signed over to Butterfield M igan Theaters by RKO. « « « >> » » Willimantic, Conn. — Emanuel noras has leased the Strand f Alfred Oden, owner, and will rea it after alterations. The house operated until Aug. 21 by Jack B inowitz, who plans to open a the: in another city. Wallingford, Conn.— The Str:i recently taken over by a new cor ration, will be reopened about 91 1 with A. R. Kane, formerly of W ner Theaters, as manager. MANY HAPPY RETU Best wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: August 28 Arthur Keltner D. Manheimer John GrJ M. Fitzgerl i Monday, Aug. 28, 1933 -. &0"k DAILY CODE WON'T TOUGH HIGHER SALARIES {Continued from Page 1) If. would adjust themselves of their own accord. The General made an "off the record" statement at his twice week- ly press conference regarding the functioning of the National Labor Board and the recently settled Hol- lywood jurisdictional strike. He was questioned by reporters regarding the mechanism for super- vision of the fair practice sections of the various codes and the author- ity of the "code authorities" set up in them. He said that up to now they had been so busy getting peo- ple back to work they had devoted most of their efforts along that line, but that they would soon develop a "policing method" of seeing that provisions were carried out. This lack of authority was the fault of the Federal Trade Commission, he said. The Theatrical Footwear Industry has submitted a code proposing $12 a week minimum wages and 48 hours maximum. Leo Harris and Lawrence McNamara signed the code. Philly MPTO Expels 2 For Paying 50% Rental (.Continued from Page 1) N. J. & Del., it is announced by George P. Aarons, secretary. The Forte brothers, who own four houses, originally voted with the M.P.T.O. in favor of an action in equity against Warners to compel delivery of "Gold Diggers" as a 1932-33 pic- ture, according to Aarons, but later made an about-face and bought the film for 50 per cent. Joe Forte was a member of the organization's board of managers. Aarons declares that the M.P.T.O. was influenced by Forte's original stand in bringing the suit now pend- ing in the courts over "Gold Dig- gers." The expulsion is the first of its kind in years and it is the purpose of the organization to deal similarly with all members who violate prin- ciples, says Aarons. Vaude for Joelson Houses Boston — Arthur Goldstein, Joelson circuit manager of the Ball Square, Capitol, and Central Theaters in Somerville, announces that these houses will adopt vaudeville Sept. 9. George Giles' Uptown also is ex- pected to go vaude. Screen as Missionary Banff, Alberta — China needs better American movies (those that don't dis- tort life) more than it needs mission- aries, said a speaker at the Institute of Pacific Relations in conference here last week. Delegates from Africa and other places also said movies were the most powerful influence on uneducated tribes. Courts Ease on Landlords Federal Courts are generally taking a more sympathetic attitude toward thea- ter landlords in the matter of leases. Until recently owners of properties leased to corporations which went into bankruptcy could only file claims cover- ing the period up to the time of the bankruptcy. Now, however, the courts are allowing filing of claims for dam- ages dating from the time of bank- ruptcy to the end of leases. East Shows It Can Make Good Films at Low Cost (Continued from Page 1) act distributed by first-line organ- zations. "Moonlight and Pretzels," pro- duced by Rowland-Brice and re- leased by Universal, is in this cost class, and with a cast including Mary Brian, Roger Pryor, Leo Car- rillo, Lillian Miles and Herbert Rawlinson. Another Eastern-made feature under the same general classification is "Midnight," which Chester Erskine produced, with Sid- ney Fox, Lynne Overman, O. P. Heggie and Henry Hull. Eddie Dowling, Inc., which is starting "The Great Adventure," is also understood budgeted to come within this general cost range. Its cast offers Lillian Gish, Roland Young and Lumsden Hare. "Take a Chance," musical which Rowland- Brice are producing for Paramount also has a low budget. Players in it include: James Dunn, June Knight, Cliff Edwards, Lillian Roth, Buddy Rogers, Lillian Bond and Dorothy Lee. Unions Will Demand Restoration of Cuts (Continued from Page 1) executives and union officials are ex- pected to meet to discuss the de- mands on Sept. 12. The reductions were agreed upon by union men and Major L, E. Thompson after he had left the RKO organization as head of the labor conferences. Musicians and organists in about 15 houses in the metropolitan district who received 10 per cent reductions last spring will also demand restora- tion of the cuts. Edwin C. Hill Making 12 Master Art Shorts (Continued from Page 1) Master Art series called "Pet Super- stitions," also will be released short- ly. In addition, the company is making 26 Organlogues and 12 Melody-Makers, using name talent. Garyn plans several flying trips in the near future to arrange for more exchanges. First Division Plans 2 Roadshow Releases (Continued from Page 1) are "One Year Later," with Mary Brian; "Dance, Girl, Dance," with Evalyn Knapp; "I Have Lived," with Anita Page; "Throne of the Gods," expedition film; "Picture Brides," with Dorothy Mackaill, and "Notorious but Nice," with Betty Compson. Mr. N. Y. State Exhibitor Reader ...is a Good Business Man ! Present your message to him through the me- dium he buys, reads and boosts. • • • He represents 21% of the National Gross Business. • • • He includes the cream of both Independent and Circuit management. • • • He is intelligent, re- sourceful, honest and clever. • • • He is modern in his methods and up-to-date in his equipment. • • • He is a showman! The NEW YORK STATE EXHIBITOR Fifth Anniversary Issue out Sept. 10th i —&0< DAILY Monday, Aug. 28, 1933 Tabloid Reviews o\ FOREIGN FILMS "LA CANCION DEL DIA" ("The Song of the Day"); Spanish musical romance; produced by Tr ilia, Barcelona; directed by G. B. Samuelson; with Consuelo Valencia, Tino Folgar and Faustino Bretano. At the Teatro Varicdades. Fairly good entertainment for Spanish- speaking audiences. Contains some agree- able musical numbers, comedy and romantic interest in the rise of an abandoned infant, found by some Spanish musicians in Madrid, to theatrical stardom in London. "LA FEMME NUE" ("The Nude Wo- man"), French romance; produced by Pad- Film; directed by Jean Paul Paulin; with Odette Florelle, R. Rouleau, Alice Field, Constant Remy, Armand Bour and Maxim Fabert. At the Fifth Ave. Playhouse. Taken from a play by Henry Bataille, this sentimental yarn makes agreeable en- tertainment for those with an understand- ing of French. Story is not of a sensational nature, as its title might indicate, but just a pleasant love story. Hoffberg Gets Magic Shorts J. H. Hoffberg Co. has acquired for world distribution four Harry Kahne Productions of a new series of one-reel novelties treating with the expose of well known vaudeville magic tricks. vm\\mtmmimmm HOLLYWOOD PLAZA f 8 o:s °o :p i SUMMER RATES, Now $2 per day single! $2.50 per day double! Special weekly and monthly rates All rooms with bath and shower. Every modern convenience. Fine food* at reasonable prices in the Plaza's Rus- sian Eagle Garden Cafe. Look lor the"Doorway of Hospitality" OuuDanyiaenMat. Cage. tvSfcmV.ui. VINE AT HOLLYWOOD BLVD. HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA A LITTLE from "LOTS ►// By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD JOAN BLONDELL will play the J leading feminine role opposite Adolphe Menjou in First National's "Convention City." Dick Powell will also have an important part in ihe picture. * * * Nigel Bruce, British star, appears in Columbia's British-made picture, "The Lady Is Willing." Ruth Chatterton's new picture, "Mandalay," is in preparation at First National. * * * Genevieve Tobin has been signed to a long term contract by Warners. Her next will be "Easy to Love," starring Bette Davis. * * * Frank Craven has joined Para- mount's writing staff. He is work- ing on a Ruggles-Boland script. * * # Donald Reed plays the gigolo role in RKO's "Beautiful," starring Ann Harding. s[c jje, % Preparations are under way at Warners for the next William Pow- ell starring picture, "The Gentleman from San Francisco." * * * Dorothy Tree, latest "new face" to be placed under long term con- tract by Columbia for star develop- ment, has been assigned the femin- ine lead in "East of Fifth Avenue." * * * Howard Lally, young Fox player, has had his contract renewed. * * # Walter Long, Eddie Chandler and Lee Shumway have been cast in RKO's "Aggie Appleby, Maker of of Men." * * * Shirley Jean Rickert and Billy Barty are the latest additions to "Mickey's Touchdown," first of a se- ries of Mickey McGuire comedies which Columbia will distribute the coming season. * * * First National will produce "Dia- mond Dan," based on the career of a famous American noted for his pen- chant for precious stones of that va- riety. New Sound Orders Show Big Increase (Continued from Page 1) RCA Victor Co. Photophone busi- ness for July also showed an in- crease of 33-1/3 per cent over the year before. The unusual activity .n sales of motion picture sound equipment during the hottest season of the year when theater grosses are at their lowest is attributed to three factors, namely, the improved tone of business generally as the result of the national recovery pro- gram; purchases against the possi- bility of higher jprices for equip- ments manufactured under code reg- ulations; and the reopening of a large number of darkened theaters in agricultural and industrial cen- ters. Theater Program Printers Form Association (Continued from Page 1) lanta, treasurer. These officers also are directors. A control and arbitration commit- tee was named, consisting of Wm. Smetana, A. B.C. Printing Co., Chi- cago; S. R. Reams, Atlanta; George Weida, Kansas City Slide and Mfg. Cov Kansas City. The NRA code will be observed. All those engaged in the motion pic- ture theater printing industry are being requested to communicate with the secretary for a copy of code as well as by-laws, rules and regula- tions governing the association. Slow, Sentimental Films Best for England — Buxton English movie fans like pictures that are slow and sentimental, and they cannot grasp the rapid-fire ac- tion and talking films which lack these qualities, said Joseph Buxton, general manager of Regal Cinemas, Ltd., controlling 20 movie and 10 vaude houses in the British Isles, in an interview at the Hotel Edison prior to sailing Saturday for Eng- land. Buxton spent a month in this country, visiting the Chicago fair and Hollywood. Wash'n Houses and Unions Agree on New Contracts Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Local theaters and he musicians and stagehands unions have reached an agreement on a new contract which does not alter the existing wage scale or working con- ditions. Col. Harry Long, Loew di- vision manager, headed the theater committee which figured in the ne- gotiations. The new contract be- comes operative in September and will run for two years. Fox Signs Society Girl Jane Barnes, member of a promi- nent Boston family, has been signed by Fox and will leave for Hollywood in a few weeks. SHORT SHOTS from EASTERN STUDIOS By CHAS. ALICOATE Boston Keith Goes All Film Boston — RKO Keith has gone to a straight picture policy. SUBSTANTIAL belief in the fu- ture of Broadway is responsible for the ambitious plans for motion picture production which Eddie Dowling has set up at the Astoria studios. To make it possible for Broadway producers to participate fully in the film versions of their own successes, and to retain the ownership of these properties throughout the film production and distribution period, Dowling has sponsored the building of a working organization in New York which will be as accessible and efficient :n the making of a film release for Broadway sources as their own fine facilities of the theater. In the cast of "Plane Fools," which Vitaphone placed in production last week at the Floyd Bennett Field, are Dorothy Lee, the Havel Broth- ers, and the 14 Vitaphone chorus beauties. The short will have se- ntences laid in Japan, Italy, France, Turkey and Holland. Fredi Washington, prominent col- ored actress who plays opposite Paul Robeson in the John Krimsky- Gifford Cochran talking screen ver- sion of Eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones," soon to be presented by United Artists at the Rivoli, has just been married to Lawrence Brown, featured trombonist in Duke Ellington's orchestra and son of the Rev. John M. Brown of Ward's Methodist Chapel, Denver. Coming and Going JOSEPH BUXTON, general manager of Regal Cinemas, Ltd., British circuit, sailed Saturday on the Berengaria for England after a month's stay here. JANET GAYNOR, after two weeks' camping in Wisconsin, is motoring to New England by way of Toronto. MARGUERITE CHURCHILL leaves this week for Hollywood to appear in Charles R. Rogers' "She Made Her Bed" and "The Handsome Brute." THE PICKENS SISTERS, signed by Charles R. Rogers for "We're Sitting Pretty," leave for Hollywood early next month. MERVYN LEROY arrives in New York Wed- nesday instead of Sunday, as previously ex- pected. HARRY ROSENQUEST, assistant to Norman Moray of Vitaphone, left Saturday for a busi- ness trip to the company's branches in Kansas City, St. Louis, and Indianapolis. He will be gone ten days. LOUIS NIZER is on vacation in New Hamp- shire. HERMAN RIFKIN, president of Hollywood Films, arrived in New York from Boston Thurs- day. RAY SMITH and HARRY SEED, Warner branch managers in Albany and Buffalo, respectively, are in New York conferring with Andy Smith. HOWARD S. CULLMAN of the original Roxy leaves today for Washington, where he will re- main for a few days. Features Reviewed in Film Daily Jan. 13 to Aug. 26 Title Reviewed \ Kek Balvany-XX 4-19-33 Adorable-F 5-19-33 After the Ball-F 3-18-33 Air Hostess-COL 1-21-33 Alimony Madness-MA Y . . . 5-5-33 Almas Encontradas-XX ..7-7-33 Ann Carver's Profession-COL 6-9-33 Another Language-MGM . .8-5-33 Arizona to Broadway-F. 7-22-33 Baby Face-WA 6-24-33 Barbarian, The-MGM .. .5-13-33 Bed of Roses-RKO 7-1-33 Bedtime Story, A-PAR. .4-22-33 tBehind Jury Doors-MAY .3-15-33 !.,Below the Sea-COL 6-3-33 Be Mine Tonight-U 3-16-33 : Berlin Alexanderplatz-XX 5-13-33 Best of Enemies-F 7-17-33 Between Fighting Men-WW 2.8-33 ilBig Attraction (Grosse Attraktion)-BAV 7-25-33 Big Brain-RKO 8-5-33 Big Drive-FD 1-20-33 Big Cage, The-U 5-10-33 Bitter Sweet-UA 8-25-33 ; Black Beauty-MOP 8-23-33 Blarney Kiss-PRI 8-19-33 Blondie Johnson-FN 3-1-33 Bondage-F 4-22-33 Born Anew-AM 7-25-33 Breed of the Border-MOP 5-10-33 Broadway Bad— F 3-7-33 By Appointment Only-INV 7-12-33 California Trail-COI 7-22-33 Captured-WA 8-19-33 Central Ai,rport-FN 3-29-33 Charles XII— XX 4-3-33 Cheating Blondes-C AP . . . 5-20-33 Cheyenne Kid-RKO 7-13-33 Child of Manhattan-COL. 2-1 1-33 Christopher Strong-RKO 3-11-33 Circus Queen Murder-COL 5-6-33 Clear All Wires-MGM 3-4-33 Cocktail Hour-COL 6-3-33 Cohens and Kellys in Trouble- U.. 4-1 5-33 College Humor-PAR 6-14-33 Come On Danger-RKO. .2-16-33 Conquerors of the Night- AM.. 8-1-33 Constant Woman, The-WW 5-23-33 Cornered-COL 2-1-33 Corruption-IMP 6-21-33 Cougar, The King Killer- SNO 5-23-33 Cowboy Counsellor-FD... 2-1-33 Crime of the Century-PAR 2-18-33 Crossfire-RKO 8-15-33 Dance Hall Hostess-MAY 8-26-33 Dangerously Yours-F 2-24-33 Daring Daughters-CAP. .3-25-33 Das Nachtigall Maedel-CAP 1-28-33 Deadwook Pass-FR 6-6-33 Death Kiss-WW 1-28-33 Der Hauptman Von Koepe- nick-AMR 1-20-33 Der Liebling von Wien-XX 6-14-33 Der Schuetzen Koenig-HER 5-10-33 Destination Unknown-U. . .4-8-33 Devil's Brother-MGM 6-10-33 Devil's in Love-F 7-28-33 Diamond Trail-MOP 4-19-33 Die Frau von Der Man Spricht-XX 4-26-33 Die Grosse Attraktion- BAV.. 7-25-33 Dinner at Eight-MGM . .8-25-33 Diplomaniacs-RKO 4-29-33 Disgraced l-PAR 7-17-33 Don't Bet on Love-U 7-29-33 Dos Noches-IIOF 5-10-33 Double Harness-RKO. . .7-13-33 Drei Tage Mittelarrest- XX.. 5-18-33 Drum Taps-WW 4-26-33 Dude Bandit-ALD 6-21-33 Eagle and the Hawk-PAR. 5-6-33 Ein Maedel Der Strasse-XX 4-10-33 Eine Liebesnacht-XX ...5-18-33 Eine Nacht Im Paradise-AMR 2-23-33 Eine Tuer Geht Auf-PRX 2-8-33 Eleventh Commandment-ALD 3-25-33 Elmer the Great-FN 5-26-33 El Precio De Un Beso- F. .8-1-33 Emergency Call-RKO ... .6-24-33 Employees' Entrance-FN 1-21-33 End of the Trail-COL. . .2-23-33 Ex-Lady-WA 5-13-33 Face in the Sky-F 2-18-33 KEY TO DISTRIBUTORS ABC — Arkay Film Exch. AE — Aeolian Pictures AG— Agfa ALD — Allied Pictures ALX — William Alexander AM — Amkino AMR — American Roumanian Film Corp. ARL — Arthur Lee AU — Capt. Harold Auten BAV— Bavaria Film A-G BEE— Beekman Film Corp. CAP — Capitol Film Exchange CHE— Chesterfield COL — Columbia COM — Compagnie Universelle Cinematographique EC — Enrico Cutali EQU — Equitable Pictures F — Fox FAI — Faith Pictures Corp. FAM — Foreign American Films FD — First Division FOR — Foremco Pictures FR — Freuler Film Associates FN — First National FX — The Film Exchange GB — Gaumont-British UEN — General Films GOL — Ken Goldsmith GRF — Garrison Films HEL — Helber Pictures HER— Charles B. Herrlitz HOL — Hollywood HOF— J. H. Hoffberg Co. ICE — Int. Cinema Exch. IMP — Imperial Dist. INA — Inter-Americas Films INT — Interworld Prod. INV — Invincible Pictures JE — Jewell Productions JRW— J. R. Whitney K I N — Kinematrade LEV — Nat Levine MAD — Madison Pictures MAJ — Majestic Pictures MAY — Mayfair Pictures MO — Monopole Pictures MGM — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MOP — Monogram Pictures PA R — Paramount PO — Powers Pictures POL — Bud Pollard Productions POR — Portola Pictures PRI — Principal Dist. Corp. PRX — Protex Dist. Corp. REG — Regent Pictures REM — Remington Pictures RKO — RKO-Radio Pictures SHO — Showmen's Pictures SNO — Sidney Snow. SUP — Superb Pictures SYA — Synchro Art Pictures SYN — Syndicate TF — Tobis Foreign Film TOW — Tower Prods. U — Universal UA — United Artists UFA— Ufa WA— Warner Bros. WK— Willis Kent WOK— Worldkino WW — World Wide XX — No distributor set ZBY — Zbyszko Polish-American Film Co. Title Reviewed Laithful Heart-HEL 8-15-33 Fargo Express-WW 3-1-33 Fast Workers-MGM 3-18-33 Fighting for Justice- COL.. 5-17-33 Fighting Parson-ALD 8-2-3: Fighting President. The-U. 4-8-33 Fighting Texans-MOP ..7-26-33 Fires of Fate-PO 4-4-33 Flying Devils-RKO 8-26-33 Footsteps in the Night-INV 5-10-33 Forbidden Trail-COL 4-10-33 Forgotten-INV 5-20-33 Forgotten Men-JE 5-13-33 42nd Street-WA 2-4-33 Flaming Guns-U 6-17-33 Flaming Signal-INV 5-25-33 Four Aces-SYN 2-24-33 Fourth Horseman-U 2-8-33 From Hell to Heaven- PAR.. 3-18-33 Gabriel Over the White House MGM 4-1-33 Gallant Fool-MOP 8-9-33 Gambling Ship-PAR 7-13-33 Gefahren Der Liebe-MAD. 5-1-33 Ghost Train-ARL 2-18-33 Gigolettes of Paris-EQU 7-19-33 Girl in 419-PAR 5-20-33 Girl Missing-WA 3-18-33 Glos Pustyni-XX 4-26-33 Gold Diggers of 1933- WA.. 5-25-33 Go'den Goal (Das Lockende Ziel)-BAV 6-20-33 Goldie Gets Along-RKO . .6-3-33 Grand Slam-WA 2-23-33 Great Jasper. The-RKO . .2-17-33 Gun Law-MAJ 7-13-33 Hallelujah I'm a Bum-UA, 1-27-33 He Learned About Women PAR.. 3-2-33 Hell Below-MGM 4-27-33 Hell on Earth-AE 3-31-33 Hello Everybody-PAR ..1-28-33 Hello, Sister-F 4-14-33 Hell's Holidav-SUP 7-19-33 Heroes for Sale-FN 7-22-33 Her Bodyguard-PAR 8-5-33 Her Resale Value-MAY . .6-21-33 Hertha's Erwachen-UFA. 3-13-33 Heute Nacht-Eventuell-XX 7-7-33 Hidden Gold-U 3-22-33 High Gear-GOL 3-22-33 His Private Secretary-SHO 6-6-33 Hold Me Tight-F 5-20-33 Hold Your Man-MGM 7-1-33 Holzapfel Weiss Alles-MO 1-12-33 Hot Pepper-F 1-21-33 Horizon-AM 5-13-33 Humanity-F 4-22-33 Hyppolit A Lakaj-ICE ..1-20-33 Ich Will Nicht Wissen Wer Du Bist-INT 2-17-33 I Have Lived-CHE 7-19-33 Ihre Majestaet Die Liebe- WA.. 2-8-33 I Love That Man-PAR. . .7-8-33 I Loved You Wednesday-F 6-16-33 India Speaks-RKO 5-6-33 Infernal Machine-F 4-8-33 I Cover the Waterfront- UA.. 5-19-33 International House-PAR. 5-27-33 Intruder, The-ALD 3-13-33 Iron Master-ALD 2-4-33 Island of Doom-AM 7-20-33 Title Reviewed It's Great to Be Alive-F. . 7-8-33 Ivan-GRF 2-23-33 Jennie Gerhardt-PAR 6-9-33 Jungle Bride-MOP 5-13-33 Justice Takes a Holiday- MAY.. 4-19-33 Kadetten-FX 3-31-33 Kazdemu Wolng Kochac-XX 5-24-33 Keyhole, The-WA 3-31-33 King Kong-RKO 2-25-33 WA.. 2-18-33 King of the Arena-U ... .8-23-33 King of the Jungle-PAR 2-25-33 King's Vacation-WA 1-20-33 Kiss Before the Mirror-U 5-13-33 Korvettenkapitaen-AG . . . 3-25-33 Kuhle Wampe-KIN 4-26-33 La Donna D'Una Notte- POR.. 3-13-33 Lady's Profession, A. PAR . . 3-25-33 Lady for a Day-COL. ...8-9-33 Ladies They Talk About-WA 2-25-33 La Ley del Haren-XX ... 6-20-33 Laubenkolonie-GEN 6-9-33 Laughing at Life-LEV . .7-12-33 La Voce del Sangue-SYA. 4-19-33 Law and Lawless-MAJ. .4-12-33 Les Trois Mousquetaires- COM. .5-1-33 Life Is Beautiful-AM...!2-17-33 Life of Jimmy Dolan-WA 6-14-33 Lilly Turner-FN 6-15-33 L'italia Parla-EC 2-20-33 Little Giant-FN 4-14-33 Long Avenger -WW 6-30-33 Looking Forward-MGM . .4-29-33 Love in Morocco-GB 3-20-33 Love Is Like That-CHE. 4-29-33 Lucky Devils-RKO 1-28-33 Lucky Larrigan-MOP ..3-15-33 Luxury Liner-PAR 2-4-33 M— FOR 4-3-33 Madame Wuenscht Keine Kinder-XX 6-3-33 Malay Nights-MAY 2-1-33 Mama-F 7-20-33 Mama Loves Papa-PAR 7-22-33 Man from Monterey-WA .8-16-33 Man Hunt-RKO 5-5-33 Man of Action-COL 6-6-33 Man of the Forest-PAR. .8-25-33 Man They Couldn't Arrest- GB.. 3-13-33 Man Who Won-PO 2-25-33 Mano a Mano-INA 2-23-33 Marius— PAR 4-19-33 Mary Stevens, M.D.-WA. 7-28-33 Matto Grosso-PRI 1-14-33 Mayor of Hell-WA 6-23-33 Melodv Cruise-RKO 6-16-33 Melodia de Arrabal-PAR. .8-9-33 Men and Jobs-AM 1-6-33 Men Are Such Fools- RKO.. 3-13-33 Men of America-RKO 3-1-33 Men Must Fight-MGM. .3-11-33 Midnight Club-PAR 7-29-33 Midnight Marv-MGM ... 7-17-33 Mindreader-FN 4-7-33 Mistigri-PAF 1-20-33 Mon Coeur Balance-PAR 2-8-33 Money Talks-SYN 8-12-33 Monkey's Paw, The- RKO.. 6-1-33 Moonlight and Pretzels-U 8-23-33 Morning Glory-RKO 8-16-33 Title Reviewed Morgenrot-PRX 5-18-33 Murders in the Zoo-PAR. .4-1-33 Mussolini Speaks-COL ..3-11-33 Mysterious Rider— PAR. . .6-1-33 Mystery of the Wax Museum- WA.. 2-18-33 My Mother-MOP (Reviewed as Self Defense) 2-17-33 Nagana-U 2-11.. 33 Namensheirat-FAM 1-12-33 Narrow Corner. The-WA .6-20-33 Night and Day-GB 5-27-33 Night of Terror-COL 6-7-33 No Marriage Ties-RKO .. .8-4-33 No Other Woman-RKO .. 1-1 3-33 Noc Listopadowa-PRX ... 5-1-33 Notorious but Nice-CHE. 8-23-33 Nuisance, The-MGM ...5-27-33 Obey the Law — COL. . .3-11-33 Officer 13-FD 1-27-33 Oliver Twist-MOP 2-25-33 On Demande un Compagnon- XX. .6-9-33 Our Betters-RKO 2-24-33 Out AU Night-U 4-8-33 Outlaw Justice-MAJ 2-23-33 Outsider, The-M-G-M 3-29-33 Over the Seven Seas-XX . 5-24-33 Paddy the Next Best Thing-F 8-25-33 Parachute Jumper-WA ..1-27-33 Paris— Beeuin-PRX 1-6-33 Parole Girl-COL 4-10-33 Past of Mary Holmes-RKO 4-29-33 Peg O' My Heart-MGM.. 5-20-33 Perfect Understanding-UA 2-24-33 Phantom Broadcast-MOP 4-4-33 Phantom Thunderbo'.t-WW 6-14-33 Pick-Up-PAR 3-25-33 Picture Snatcher-WA 5-19-33 Pilgrimage-F 7-17-33 Piri Mindot Tud-ABC ..1-28-33 Pleasure Cruise-F 4-1-33 Police Call HOL 8-23-33 Potemkin-KIN 4-3-33 Power and the Glory, The-F 8-18-33 Primavera en Otono-F. .. 5-24-33 Private Detective 62-WA. .7-8-33 Private Jones-U 3-25-33 Professional Sweetheart- RKO.. 5-27-33 Racetrack— WW 3-7-33 Rebel, The-U 7-27-33 Reform Girl-TOW 3-4-33 Renegades of the West RKO 3-29-33 Return of Casey JonesMOP 6-30-33 Return of Nathan Becker- WOK.. 4-19-33 Reunion in Vienna-MGM. .5-2-33 Revenge at Monte Carlo-MAY 4-26-33 Riot Squad-MAY 7-26-33 Rivals-AM 4-10-33 Robber's Roost-F 3-18-33 Rome Express-U 2-25-33 Sailor Be Good-RKO 3-1-33 Sailor's Luck-F 3-17-33 Samarang-UA 5-18-33 Savage Gold-AU 5-23-33 Scarlet River-RKO 5-24-33 Second Hand Wife-F 1-14-33 Secrets-UA 3-16-33 Secret of Madame Blanche MGM 2-4-33 Secrets of Wu Sin-CHE. .2-3-33 Self Defense-MOP 2-17-33 Titlt Reviewed Shadow Laughs-INV 3-27-33 Shame-AM 3-15-33 She Done Him Wrong- PAR. .2-10-33 She Had to Say Yes-FN 7-28-33 Shepherd of the Seven Hills FAI. .8-8-33 Shriek in the Night, A-ALD 7-22-33 Silk Exoress-WA 6-23-33 Silver Cord-RKO 5-5-33 Sing, Sinner, Sing-MAJ. .8-12-33 Sister to Judas-MAY ...1-18-33 Sleepless Nights-REM ..7-22-33 Smoke Lightning-F 5-12-33 So This Is Africa-COL.. 4-22-33 Soldiers of the Storm- COL.. 5-18-33 Somewhere in Sonora-WA . 6-7-33 Son of the Border-RKO . .8-2-33 Song of the Eagle-PAR. .4-27-33 Song of Life-TF 3-17-33 Song of Songs-PAR 7-22-33 Sous La Lune Du Maroc- PRX 1-28 33 Sphinx, The-MOP 8-16-33 State Fair-F 1-27-33 State Trooper-COL 3-27-33 Storm at Davbreak-MGM 7-22-33 Story of Temple Drake- PAR 5-6-33 Strange Adventure-MOP 2-8-33 Strange People-CHE 6-17-33 Stranger's Return-MGM. .7-29-33 Strictly Personal-PAR ...3-18-33 Study in Scarlet-WW 5-26-33 Sucker Money-WK 3-1-33 Sundown Rider-COL 6-9-33 Supernatural-PAR 4-22-33 Sweepings-RKO 3-22-33 Taming the Jungle-INV. .6-6-33 Taras Triasylo-XX 3-1 5-33 Tarzan the Fearless-PRI .8-12-33 Tatra's Zauber-PRX 2-20-33 Telegraph Trail-WA 3-29-33 Terror Abroad-PAR 7-3-33 Terror Trail-U 2-11-33 Theodore Koerner-XX ... 5-10-33 There Goes the Bride- GB.. 3-1-33 They Just Had to Get Married-U 2-10 33 This Day and Age-PAR. 8-16-33 This Is America-BEE. . .6-23-33 Three-Cornered Moon-PAR 8-8-33 Today We Live-MGM ..4-15-33 Tombstone Canyon-F 7-3-33 Tomorrow at Seven-RKO 7-12-33 Tonight Is Ours-PAR ..1-21-33 Topaze-RKO 2-10-33 Trailing North-MOP 5-17-33 Traum von Schoenbruhnn XX.. 6-3-33 Treason-COL 5-4-33 Trick for Trick-F 6-10-33 Truth About Africa-ALX. 4-19-33 Tugboat Annie-MGM 8-12-33 Turn Back the Clock-MGM 8-23-33 Una Vida Por Otra-INA 2-17-33 Under the Tonto Rim-PAR 7-19-33 Unknown Valley-COL ... 8-18-33 Via Pony Express-MAJ. .5-4-33 Victims of Persecution-POL 6-17-33 Voltaire- WA 7-28-33 Warrior's Husband-F ...5-12-33 West of Singapore-MOP. .4-1-33 What, No Beer-MGM... 2-1 1-33 What Price Decency ?- MA J.. 3-2-33 What Price Innocence-COL 6-24-33 When a Man Rides Alone-FR 2-1-33 When Ladies Meet-MGM 6-24-33 When Strangers Marry- COL.. 5-25-33 Whirlwind, The-COL ...7-29-33 Whistling in the Dark-MGM 1-28-33 White Sister-MGM 3-20-33 Wives Beware-REG 5-2-33 Woman Is Stole-COL. . .6-30-33 Woman's World-AM ...1-28-33 Women Won't Tell-CHE 1-3-33 Woman Accused-PAR. . .3-11-33 Working Man, The-WA. .4-12-33 World Gone Mad-MAJ. .4-15-33 Wrecker, The-COL 8-5-33 Yanko Muzykant-ZBY ..3-13-33 Young BIood-MOP ...1-18-33 Zapfenstreich Am Rhein- JRW.. 2-8-33 Zoo in Budapest-F 4-12-33 Ten Billion More hours of Leisure for you to coin into cash! Excerpt from N. Y. Times, August 2}rd ihe 52-hour week shrinks to 35 . . • the nine-hour day, to six . . . NRA has Ik shortened work time, lengthened play time, boosted wages for millions of people to spend . . . What will these millions of higher-paid workers do with billions of extra idle hours? (3 pportunity shouts to you — "Pull 'em into the movies!" . . . They have the time and money . . . You have the seats . . . Your industry, more than any other, stands to win the richest fruits of the New Deal . . . Begin Now to gather this golden windfall into your theatre . . . Make your public movie-minded . . . Do it with these Paramount Pictures ! Cecil B.DeMille's "THIS DAY AND AGE" with an all-youth cast TOO MUCH HARMONY' w/thBING CROSBY Directed by Edward Sutherland MAE WEST MARXBROS. in in 'I'm No Angel" "Duck Soup" Directed by Wesley Ruggles Directed by Leo Mc Carey and these other attractions released in the next two months: Gary Cooper in "ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON"— Claudette Colbert in "TORCH SINGER"— Laurence Schwab's "TAKE A CHANCE' -Skipworth & Fields in "TILLIE &GUS' ' , . . If it's a ;jg|}| Paramount^Picture, it's the best show in town IN TWO SECTIONS SECTION 1 intimate in C h a r a c t e > international in Scope Independent in Thought The Daily N Of Motion Now Fifteen ewspa per Pictures Years Old fCL. LXIII. NO. 5C ^r%» ^tH\, TIESCAY, AUGUST 29, 1933 .5 CENTS RKO Circuit Raising Admissions, Says Franklin SIX advisors appointjDn laboratory code Monarch Theaters, Inc., Formed by Feld-Chatkin-Katz Nfew Circuit to be in Full Swing by the End of This Week Formation of Monarch Theaters, ,'nc, to operate houses already ac- luired and others to be taken over, vas announced yesterday by Milton i. Feld, president. Dave Chatkin s vice-president and Harry Katz secretary-treasurer. New York leadquarters have been established it 501 Madison Ave., and the cir- cuit plans to be in complete opera- (Continued on Page 3) PARAMOUNT FORMING NEW CORPORATION Paramount interests are under- stood to be forming a new corpora- tion to have functions corresponding to those of Publix Enterprises, which, through subsidiaries, controls ap- proximately 100 theaters. Work of liquidating Publix Enterprises is re- ported virtually completed. 1918 1933 The Film Daily is deeply appreciative of the many messages of congratulations from its friends all over the world and is happy to have played its modest part in the progress of this great and inspiring industry for the past 15 years. Warner-F. N. to Hold 3-Day Trade Showings A three-day national tradeshow- ing, at which time from 15 to 18 new season's features will be shown, is planned by Warner-First National about the middle of October, Major /Albert Warner announced yesterday. Addition of 15,000,000 movie fans to the regular movie attendance is predicted by Major Warner as a re- (Continued on Page 2) Code Puzzles Brendel West Coast Bur., THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — El Brendel, Fox comedian, says he can't figure out the NRA code. He has appeared with ZaSu Pitts in a short comedy written by Buddy DeSyiva, telling all about how the NRA works. Brendel particularly remembers the NRA says that seven or eight hours a day is all that anyone should work. But in making the picture Brendel had to work 16 hours straight. ^UcQ&toZfr: Admissions Being Increased In RKO Houses, Says Franklin Film Industry Only One To Print Its Own Code Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — The film industry has been the only one so far to print its own NRA codes and save the government the expense. Out of the more than 1,200 codes received by the NRA up to this time, without exception, the Government Printing Office plus an elaborate mimeo- graphing system in the NRA han- dled the printing. Columbia Signs Vallee For 2 Musical Shorts Rudy Vallee has been signed by Jack Cohn of Columbia to appear in two musical shorts, with production on the coast about the middle of September. Deal was negotiated by Joe Rivkin of Leo Morrison office. Increase in admissions will be ef- fected wherever possible and advis- able on the RKO circuit within the next months, said Harold B. Frank- lin yesterday. Higher operating ex- pense under the NRA, as well as the fact that the public buying power is going up, are at the basis of the contemplated boosts, according to {.Continued on Page 3) RKO Circuit Signs Seven Product Deals Booking deals for Fox, Para- mount, M-G-M, Columbia, United Artists, Warner and Radio Pictures product have been completed by Phil Reisman and Johnny O'Connor of RKO Theaters. Films from the various companies have been booked to play all RKO situations from coast-to-coast. R. H. Cochrane and E. J. Rosenberg Are Named Rosenblatt's Aides By WILLIAM SILBERBERG FILM DAILY Staff Correspondent Washington — The following ap- pointments as NRA advisors on the motion picture laboratory code have been announced: Robert H. Cochrane, vice president of Universal, to the Industrial Advisory Board; Prof. H. F. Fraser, head of the economics de- partment of Swarthmore College, as (Continued on Page 3) MORE CONFABS LIKELY BEFORE CODE HEARING Washington Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Washington — Further conferences, in an effort to clear up some of the controversial points in the produc- tion, distribution and exhibition codes, are expected to be held here prior to the public hearings on the codes, it was learned yesterday. It is believed the coordinators, (Continued on Page 3) Film Company Attorneys Confer on Code Subjects Attorneys identified with compa- nies which hold membership in the Hays organization met yesterday af- ternoon to analyze the tentative in- dustry code scheduled for a hear- ing in Washington Sept. 12. Plan of procedure on various clauses was discussed at the session, at which Gabriel L. Hess presided. Sidney K. Kent, coordinator for the produc- (Continued on Page 3) "Dinner at 8" Sets Record Attendance records at the Astor for the past two years have been shattered by M-G-M s "Dinner at Eight" which opened last Wednesday. For the twelve performances including yesterday's matinee the picture has played to 18 - 554 persons. Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1933! ■ THE IM M*>KII1. O* HIM DOM B FDAILY AllIMICWS Ml I ill imi i ¥iL LXIII, No. 50 Tues., Aug 29, 1933 Price 5 Cents JOHN I. AtlCOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur W, Eddy, Asso- ciate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. 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Kodak 85 V4 83 85% + 1% Fox Fm. new 15% '5% 15'/2 — s/a Loew's, Inc 34 33V8 33% + V4 Metro-Goldwyn, pfd.. 21 21 21 + Vl Paramount ctfs 2Vs 2 2 Pathe Exch 1 34 1% 1 % — Vs do "A" 8V2 83/8 8% — 3/s RKO 35/g 33/g 33/8 — 1/g Warner Bros 8'/2 8'/8 8'/8 — % NEW YORK CURB MARKET Technicolor 7'/2 7y2 7'/4 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40.. 5Vi 5/2 514.— Vi Loew 6s 41ww 885/8 88'/2 88 Vi Paramount 6s 47 33 325/8 32% — V/g Par. By. 5V2s51 37'/4 37l/4 37 1/4 — Va Par. By. 5V2s51 ctfs. 36% 36% 36% — Vs Par. 5V2s50 33 32% 32% — 1 % Par. 5%s50 ctfs 33 31% 32% — % Warner's 6s39 43 42% 42% — 1/4 N. Y. PRODUCE EXCHANGE SECURITIES Para. Publix 2 1'% 1 % — ] 4 THE INDUSTRY^ DATE BOOK Today: Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey meeting at New York headquarters. 2 P. M. Aug. 31: Eastern Non-Theatrical Producers meet to discuss proposed NRA code. Adver- tising Club, New York, 6:30 P. M. Aug. 31: Hearing on Laboratory Code before Sol A. Rosenblatt, NRA Deputy Administra- tor, U. S. Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Washington. 10 A. M. Sept. 7: Monthly meeting of S. M. P. E.. Chi- cago Section, Electric Ass'n Rooms, Chicago. Allied Convention Dates Again Changed Dates of the annual convention of Allied Theater Owners of New Jersey in Atlantic City have again been changed, this time to Sept. 25-27. Allied States Ass'n will hold a board meeting in A. C. at the same time. Warner-F. N. to Hold 3-Day Trade Showings (.Continued from Page 1) suit of the NRA's success. He points out that millions who have stayed away from movies because of lack of spending money are now getting back to the point where they will have the necessary change. Pictures to be shown at the con- templated previews will include "Footlight Parade," "The World Changes," ''Ever in My Heart." "Fe- male," "Kennel Murder Case." "Brit- ish Agent," "Massacre," "As the Earth Turns," "Son of the Gobs," "Sweethearts Forever," "Havana Widows," "Wild Boys of the Road." "From Headquarters," "House on 56th Street," and others. National Preview Week For Vitaphone Shorts Vitaphone will hold nationwide previews of about 20 of its new sea- son's short subjects the week of Sept. 6, it is announced by Norman H. Moray, sales manager. Critics as well as exhibitors will be invited to the showings, which also will take place in Canada. Budget on the 1933-34 shorts is 30 per cent higher than last year, according to Moray. 'U' Adds One to Lineup "The Poor Rich," starring Edna May Oliver and Edward Everett Horton under the direction of Ed- ward Sedgwick, has been added to the new Universal lineup. It will be included in the Special Group, which recently was augmented with two Edmund Lowe pictures. Buster Keaton Booked in Person Buster Keaton has been booked for personal appearances starting Friday at the Hippodrome, Balti- more, and followed by RKO and Warner dates. He will appear in a specially written act. Leo Morrison arranged the bookings. Dwight Palmer Transferred Dwight Palmer, assistant man- ager at the RKO theater, White Plains, has been transferred to the Keith, Philadelphia. He will be re- placed at White Pains by Al Hil- dreth. Art Schmidt Quits Publix Detroit — Art Schmidt has resigned as advertising head of Publix the- aters here to open his own agency. He is being replaced by Terry Turn- er, former RKO exploitation head. Cincy Capitol Reopening Cincinnati— The RKO Capitol will reopen Sept. 9 with straight picture policy. Hal Oliver to Handle Circuit Exploitation Hal Oliver, RKO exploitation man under Terry Turner, will handle spe- cial exploitation assignments for the entire RKO theater circuit follow- ing Turner's departure for Detroit, where he joins Herschel Stuart with Publix theaters. John Le Roy John- ston, who replaces Turner as ex- ploitation head, will take up his du- ties Sept. 4. RKO Circuit Books Acts Vaudeville acts now booked to play the 16 weeks on the RKO Theaters' schedule include: Ethel Barrymore, Edmund Lowe, Paul Whiteman, Ted Lewis, Earl Carroll's "Vanities," the Duncan Sisters in "Topsy and Eva," Sophie Tucker, George Jessel, The Street Singer, Bert Lahr, condensed version of "Strike Me Pink," Morton Downey, Lou Holtz, Ben Bernie, Guy Lombardo and his orchestra, Milton Berle, Bill Robinson and his revue, Burns and Allen, Molly Picon, Joe Penner, Phil Baker and Dorothy Stone. Theaters already set to play stage shows during the season are the Downtown, Detroit; Palace, Chi- cago; Mainstreet, Kansas City; Orpheum, Minneapolis; RKO Boston, Boston; Palace, Cleveland; Albee, Brooklyn; Prospect, Brooklyn, and Palace, Cincinnati. Capitol Midnight Preview A Thursday midnight preview, with Broadway celebrities in the audience, will be given at the Capi- tol for M-G-M's "Broadway to Hol- lywood," the coming week's attrac- tion. Members of the Lambs' Club, Friars, Players, N. V. A. and other professional organizations have been invited to attend. Opening Youngstown House Youngstown, O. — The Palace is set to reopen Friday with a vaude- film policy as one of the units of the newly formed Chatfeld circuit. Har- ley Cox is doing the publicity for the opening of this house as well as the Palace, Akron, reopening this week with films and vaude. Massce & Co. Moves Massce Co., Inc., film forwarding and insurance agents, have moved their uptown branch from the fourth to the second floor at 729 Seventh Ave. Indiana Reopens Sept. 1 Indianapolis — The Indiana, closed since June, will reopen Sept. 1. Ace Berry has been appointed manager and will also have charge of the Cir- cle theater. .oming a nd G 01 no GEORGE R. BATCHELLER, Jr., plans to le^i for the coast Friday. HAROLD B. FRANKLIN returned to Ne York from Chicago yesterday. W. RAY JOHNSTON will return from thi coast on Sept. 5. NANCY CARROLL is in New York from th coast. MR. and MRS. NATHANIEL SHILKRET re turned yesterday from Europe. ALFRED A. HESSE, stage actor signed by Fo for "As Husbands Go," is en route from Net York to Hollywood. GEORGE R. BATCHELLER of Chesterfield an MAURY COHEN of Invincible arrived in Ne York yesterday from the coast. SAUL RESNICK, Universal branch manager i Cleveland, has been in New York on circu deals. GEORGE LISSAUER, Warner short subjec booker in Cleveland, is on vacation in the eas' EMANUEL COHEN is due in New York with in a month, his trip from the Coast havin been delayed owing to the studio strike. JACOBO GLUCKSMAN will return to Nc> York from the Argentine about Sept. 15. KATHARINE HEPBURN arrived in New Yor from the coast yesterday. NORMAN H. MORAY, Vitaphone sales-man ager left yesterday for Detroit. He will b gone until Friday. Buzz Barton Marrying Youngstown, O. — Buzz Bartor 17-year-old cowboy movie star, no\ on tour with the World Brother? Circus, announced here his engage ment to Elvia Bates, young aerialis from Kansas City, also with show Warners Sign Charlie Farrell West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILl Hollywood — Warners have signe Charlie Farrell for the leading maL role in "The Shakedown," with Bett. Davis, Ricardo Cortez, Glenda Far rell and Allen Jenkins. Alfred C. Fisher Dead We*t Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILX Hollywood — Alfred C. Fisher, vet eran stage and screen actor, diei last week at his home in Glendale. Team May Robson-Polly Moran West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Mav Robson and Pol ly Moran are being teamed b; M-G-M in "Hill Billies." THEATRE OWNERS ATTENTION! We have in stock over 50,000 yards CRESTWOOD & PREMIER CARPETS Largest variety of THEATRE PATTERNS ever assembled Greater N. Y. Export House, Inc. 250 West 49th Street New York LAckawanna 4-0240 Theatre Carpets Our Specialty THE t uesday, Aug. 29, 1933 ■3&*i DAILY EW CIRCUIT NAMED 1 MONARCH THEATERS {Continued from Page 1) m by the end of the week, Feld .id. James C. Bolger, former vice- resident of United Cigar Stores id head of Paramount Publix real itate department in 1932, will han- t.e all real estate and insurance atters for Monarch. E. G. Jennett in charge of the accounting de- irtment. Samuel Spring is gen- ■al counsel. ! Chatkin has established headquar- ts for supervision of Monarch Duses in Ohio, including the Pal- ;e, Akron, which opens today un- 2T the house management of Jack oth, with films and vaude; the Pal- 2e, Youngstown, opening Friday nder the same policy with Ed C. rinsen as manager, and the Para- lount, Steubenville, going straight lms, with Maurice Baker as man- ger. Feld will personally operate the Bcently acquired Circle and Indiana .eaters in Indianapolis. The In- diana opens Friday night. Ace Jerry will be city manager in In- dianapolis and personally operate the ircle, with A. W. Baker as house Manager. Ed J. Weisfeld will direct he Indiana, with Holden Swiden as lanager. Lou Forbes will conduct ie Indiana concert orchestra. Lawrence Goldie of the William lorris office will supply stage acts pr the Monarch houses. Feld says that industrial surveys re being made in all towns where e circuit plans to operate, and only tstanding properties in favorable ituations will be acquired. ?ilm Company Attorneys Confer On Code Subjects (Continued from Page 1) ion and distribution codes, called he meeting but did not participate wing to his trip to the Coast. It 3 expected that every major com- >any will be represened at the Vashington hearing. 2 Warner Broadway Holdovers Warners will hold over "Cap- ured" at the Strand for a third ■week. "Voltaire," which opened at ;he Hollywood last week, will con- tinue there indefinitely. Father and Son Taylor Holmes, a star for a genera- tion, was introduced on the radio Sun- day night as the father of Phillips Holmes. To which Taylor replied that it was an unnecessary explanation — since he couldn't very well be the boy's mother. __.PI., ■rfjutfjM ____jjk^^p_Ba^^_BuItMft»S3K PHIL M. DALY • • • IT HAPPENED over at the Eastern Service Studio in Astoria as Laurence Schwab, co-directing "Take A Chance" with Monte Brice, was about to start shooting on one of the scenes a visitor, who had obtained a pass from one of the technical crew sez to Mister Schwab "Say, I wish ya'd move ya chair so I can see." and Mister Schwab sez, real polite with a dash of vitriol "I'm awfully sorry. You take the chair. I'm only the director and producer on this picture." they had to carry the guy out as he wilted from the shock now all doormen have strict orders that no visitors will be allowed without the personal okay of Larry ^ # % * • • • DOWN HAVANA way following recogni- tion of their Union by the Exhibitors' Association, operators in this city prepared to go on strike, demanding higher wages and an eight-hour day but at a fiery meeting between oper- ators' representatives and theater owners, the Union boys won their demands and what do you suppose their Big Vic- tory got 'em? operators in small houses, $1 a day first-runs, 4 berries all theaters here are operating now on the eight-hour day Maria M. Garrett, film editor and Spanish translator, has become assistant to Peter Colli of the Warner office in Havana • • • IN THE ossif of a notorious chiseler over at 630 Ninth Avenoo he had prominently displayed over his desk the NRA emblem bearing the legend "We Do Our Part" some wag made a slight addition "We Do Our Partner" how true, how true! . . • • • COAST OPENING of "Dinner At Eight" will be broadcast late tonight from Grauman's Chinese in Hollywood on a countrywide hook-up over the Columbia network Alex Gottlieb, who once handled publicity at the New York Paramount, is now officiating blurbing for the Monarch, new Feld-Chatkin-Katz circuit • • • A SQUIB from the Warner publicity dep't has this caption "Warners Flirting With Idea of Reopening the Warner Theater With 'I Loved A Woman' at Two-a-Day" we are in some doubts as to whether this means two dames a day two bucks a day or two showings in any event it's a swell Idea and they should quit Flirting with it % H* % * • • • OUR OWN Charles L. O'Reilly code draft co-ordinator continues to collect honors he has been appointed a member of Grover Whalen's committee de- veloping plans for observance of "President's Day" on Sept. 13 Will Gordon, who recently resigned as dramatic editor of the "Morning Telegraph," has joined "The Chief," the Civil Service weekly, as dramatic and motion pix ed a popular lad gets what looks like a Real Break. ....... • • • WITH Pat Garyn putting the ole Sales Pep in back of Master Art Products that organizashe is stepping out added to the staff are Irving Shiffman, formerly with Fox and M-G-M, now handling the Buffalo territory Joseph Schmuck in Boston and Charlie Powell at Mil- waukee Jack Osterman opens at Loew's Valencia Fri- day, preliminary to playing other Loew houses Viola Richards, the Hal Roach star, is now rehearsing in "Flamingo," new Broadway show also Merwin Light, who has worked in numerous pix The cinematic record of the Balbo flight will be shown officers and men of the Italian Cadet training ships Amerigo Vespucci and Cristoforo Colombo at a special showing this morning in the private theater at the Fox home offices « « « » » » 6 ADVISORS NAMED ON LABORATORY CODE (Continued from Page 1) Consumers' Advisor; L. M. Wick- lein to the Labor Advisory Board; Emanuel J. Rosenberg of Produc- ers' Laboi-atory, New York, as spe- cial advisor; Donald K. Wallace, NRA official, on research and plan- ning committee, and W. P. Farns- worth, NRA official, as legal ad- visor. More Protests on Posters Telegraphic protests are still pouring in on the poster resale pro- vision of the producers' code, states Sol A. Rosenblatt, deputy adminis- trator. He is also hearing from ex- hibitors who are presenting him with their present booking problems. Women's clubs and press associa- tions of small town newspapers are beginning to interest themselves in the moral questions of pictures and calling them to the attention of NRA. RKO To Increase Admission Prices (Continued from Page 1) Franklin. During the depression the cut in prices averaged 11 per cent, in some cases accounted for by switching of theaters from vaude- film to straight film, he said. Franklin also announced that all RKO houses are being renovated and redecorated for the new season. More Confabs Likely Before Code Hearing (Continued from Page 1) Sidney R. Kent and Charles L. O'Reilly, will be called for further consultations with Deputy Adminis- trator Sol A. Rosenblatt, who is to weld the three codes into one mas- ter code for presentation at the hearings starting Sept. 12. "Masquerader" at Rivoli Saturday Ronald Colman in "The Masque- rader" opens at the Rivoli on Sat- urday, following Noel Coward's "Bitter Sweet." many happy mum, Best wishes are extended by THE FILM DAILY to the following members of the industry, who are celebrat- ing their birthdays: August 29 Hannah Kass R. M. Savini THE ■%£1 DAILY Tuesday, Aug. 29, 193 J SHORT SHOTS from EASTERN STUDIOS By CHAS. ALICOATE T OCATION shots on the musical, "Take a Chance," being pro- duced by Laurence Schwab, William Rowland and Monte Brice, were fin- ished yesterday at the Charles E. Proctor estate at Great Neck, L. I. Final work on the feature is ex- pected to be completed Friday at the Astoria studios. • Bobby Connolly, who is staying the singing and dancing numbers on "Take a Chance,'" will complete the recording and shooting of the four production numbers on Friday. Among them "Eadie Was a Lady," "I'm a Night Owl," "It's Only a Paper Moo>i" and "New Deal Rhythm," the latter song number by E. Y. Harburg and Roger Edens being a musical dramatization of the NRA plan. • Dr. Sigmund Spaeth, originator of many popular radio features, among them "The Tunc Detective," "The Song Sleuth" and "Keys to Happi- ness," started work on his first short for Vitaphone last week under di- rection of Joseph Henabery. Titled "Jazz It Up," the film will be based on Dr. Speteth's popular pastime of tracing the melodies of popular tunes back to their origin in the compositions of Schubert, Wagner, Beethoven and other great authors of music. The short will be a one- reeler and will be released in Vita- phone's "Pepper Pot' series. • Don Zelaya, vaudeville star who played El Toro in "Kissable," the short made early this week with Jane Froman and Georges Metaxa as co-stars, has a famous parent. Don is the son of the ex-president of Nicaragua. • Frank Tours and Max H. Manne, formerly of the Paramount produc- tion staff in the east, have completed the musical scoring and synchroniza- tion of "The Emperor Jones," Krim- sky-Cochran production for United Artists release. Jack Denny and his orchestra have been signed to a contract for a sec- ond Vitaphone short subject to be made at the Brooklyn Vitaphone stu- dio. • Sig Herzig and E. Y. Harburg have completed work on the script of "Taxi Lover" for a feature pic- ture, with production contemplated in the cast by a major company. "Lady" for Music Hall Columbia's "Lady for a Day," or- iginally expected to play two-a-day at the Criterion, goes into the Radio City Music Hall on Sept. 7 and will be released generally following that en- gagement. Demand for immediate re- lease is said to have caused the book- ing change. A LITTLE from "LOTS ►// By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD |^UBEC GLASMON has been col- laborating with Carey Wilson on the screen play and dialogue for "The Life of Maurice," which will be supervised by Barney Glazer. George Raft is to be starred in it. Glasmon also has written the book for a musical play, with patter by Anne Caldwell and songs by Archie Gottler. * * * Jesse L. Lasky, Lilian Harvey, El Brendel, Rowland V. Lee and Flor- ence Desmond are among the celeb- rities who will appear on the Wam- pas program Aug. 30. Johnny Miles of Fox will act as chairman. * * * "Coming-Out Party," exposing how society exploits debutantes with a view to engineering a desirable marriage, has gone in work at Fox. Becky Gardiner and Gladys Unger wrote the story, and Jesse L. Lasky is producing it. Genevieve Tobin has been assigned to "Dark Hazard" by First National. Edward G. Robinson is starred in it. Ken Murray and Dorothy Burgess are additions to Warner's "From Headquarters." John Gilbert started work yester- dav opposite Greta Garbo in "Queen Christina" at M-G-M. Leon Errol was signed by RKO yesterday to appear in a two-reeler written by Al Boasberg. Paul Muni will star in Warner's "Hi, Nellie!" It's a newspaper story by Roy Chanslor. "Massacre," or- iginally intended for Muni, will be a Richard Barthelmess vehicle. * * * Harold Lloyd is trying to borrow Constance Cummings from Twenti- eth Century Pictures. He wants her to play opposite him in "The Cat's Paw," which will be directed by Sam Taylor. * * * The role of a drunk who tries in vain to make a speech at a conven- tion— and after many days, at the close of the convention, finds he is at the wrong one! — that is a part that has been assigned to Hugh Herbert, who will work in "Conven- tion City," for Warner Bros. Following the completion of "Mickey's Touchdown," Larry Dar- mour signed its director, J. A. Duffy, to direct the balance of this year's Mickey McGuire series. Duffy, who has been with Darmour for several years, was given his first oppor- tunity to direct a little over a year ago. Since then, he has directed 12 comedies for Darmour. New com- edies will be distributed by Colum- bia. * * * John Miljan, now free-lancing after a long term at M-G-M, is playing one of the leads in "The Mad Game," at Fox. Spencer Tracy is starred and Miljan has the role of the at- torney to gangsters, who are in the kidnapping racket. Irving Cummings is directing. Miljan has just com- pleted his role in "The Way to Love," the Maurice Chevalier pro- duction. * * :fc Claire Dodd decided she'd like to go see Europe, went to get her pass- port— and then' the fun began. It seems you have to produce a birth certificate — but Claire was born in a small Iowa town, her mother has been dead for years, and all the records have been lost. As Claire says, she knows she was born, but she can't prove it. * % * John Anthony Atwill, son of Lionel Atwill, is en route to Eng- land, where he will resume his medi- cal studies at St. Bartholomew's School in London. His actor parent is currently enacting one of the lead- ing roles in "Solitaire Man," for M-G-M. * * # John Meehan is writing the adap- tation and screen treatment for "Sadie McKee," which will star Joan Crawford. Meehan recently wrote the screen play for "Painted Veils." which will star Greta Garbo. He also wrote the screen stories for "The Broadway Racket" and "Stage Mother." Gloria Stuart, who is enacting one of the featured leads opposite Eddie Cantor in "Roman Scandals," will make 14 changes of attire in this Samuel Goldwyn production. Miss Stuart, who is shortly to be starred by Universal, was borrowed from the Laemmle organization for this one assignment. * * * Ted Eshbaugh is producing a se- ries of "Musicolor Fantasies," one- reel cartoons made with a three- color process. The first subject is "The Snow Man." He is also pre- paring a second series of cartoons, which will be made in Technicolor. Paintings valued by American ex- perts at approximately one-half mil- lion dollars were inherited several months ago by Rosita Moreno, prom- inent Latin beauty who is enacting one of the featured roles in "Walls of Gold," a Fox production. The paintings are being held in Spain. * * * Lee Tracy, in the first 15 days of this month, was the recipient of ap- proximately 4,000 written requests for autographed pictures, according to Dave Epstein. NEWS of the DAY Buffalo— W. E. Crabill, western New York representative of Warner Bros., has assigned F. M. Westfall as manager of the Winter Garden, Jamestown, N. Y., which reopened Aug. 25 after being closed since July. Wallace Folkins is assistant manager. Harry Lundline, formerly of the Winter Garden, has been transferred to manage the State in Olean. 'Milwaukee — Articles of incorpora- tion have been filed here by the Iris Amusement, Inc. Incorporators are J. A. Ludwig, J. B. Ozonoff and S. Ozonoff. Madison, Wis.— Harold S. Knud- | sen, assistant to John Scharnberg, manager of several local theaters, ^as been transferred to West Allis as manager of the Paradise, oper- ated by the Wisconsin Amusement Enterprises. Des Moines — The following thea- ters in the state have recently been taken over by new owners: G. H. Maxon, new owner of the Strand, Jewell; B. J. Okey, Dayton, Dayton; P. J. Paulson, Hawkeye, Graet- tinger; E. Long and N. J. Nathan, the Rondo, Pomeroy. Des Moines — The Cozy in Newton and the Olympic in Cedar Rapids have reopened after being closed for the summer. New Sharon, la. — Harold Chris tianson is the new manager of the Sharon, purchasing the business from E. Hoffman. : Boston — Tom Meehan, city man- ager for RKO, says the opening date for the Boston theater has been ad- vanced to Sept. 1. It will be man- aged by Bert Henson, here from Cleveland. Detroit — Excellent Pictures Corp. took over First Division Exchange of Michigan, consolidating offices on the seventh floor of the Film Ex- change. S. K. Decker is president, ] with William Flemion as branch manager. W. G. Sturgess, former manager of First Division, has gone I with Universal. Cleveland — Harry Haiman, for 17 years auditor at the Standard Film Service, has resigned. Deny Barring Mrs. Costello Denial was made yesterday by the Hays Office that it had interfered to prevent theater appearances of Mrs. Costello, who figured in a sensational murder trial. A booking agent is under- stood to have charged the Hays Office with using its influence to stop theaters from booking the woman, but officials of the association declared the case had not been brought up to them in any way. ' 5te EOB.PB | ■ '"'; " $?'■ : ' M Tuesday, THIS -G- AD GOES M'Q*M sells your public ivith this 2-page ad in all Fan Magazines! YOU ARE INVITED to Leo's Birthday Party \ V^'iV D i> \\1 / AS WE GO TO PRESS! DRESSLER- BEERY "Tugboat Annie" Terrific! "NIGHT FLIGHT" Previewed and it's a honey! "BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD" (Formerly "Shoiv World") The Talk of the West Coast! "STRANGER'S RETURN" "ANOTHER LANGUAGE" Delighting Audiences! "TURN BACK THE CLOCK" (Lee Tracy) A Sensation in Coast Preview! THAT'S JUST THE START! It's the Tenth Birthday of Metro- Gold wyn-Mayer! What a cele- bration it's going to be. All the past glorious history of this lead- ing motion picture company will be surpassed by the entertainment delights of the new season 1933- 1934. Watch the bright stars of M-G-M... there have never been so many at Leo's studio before! They're coming to you in their happiest hits... because it's Leo's Tenth Championship Year! ^■■■■■■■■^^■■■l TO 27,925,000 FANS! The Fans demand Stars! Prepare for y33*y34 with M-Q-M Star Power! ALL THE HAPPY M-G-M STARS Fifteen Years is a long time in pictures J. E. Brulatour, Inc. Established 1910 -NEW YORK— 1540 BROADWAY BRyant 9-4712 ■HOLLYWOOD- 6700 SANTA MONICA BLVD. Hillside 6131 ■LONG ISLAND CITY- 154 CRESCENT ST. STillwell 4-7940 -CHICAGO- 1727 INDIANA AVE. Calumet 3692 15 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY intimate in Character nternationai in Scope ndependent in Thought John W. 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World Wide Rights 1918 Film Daily "New Deal" Edition 1933 CHESTERFIELD - INVINCIBLE Congratulates Film Daily WE too are celebrating this day the completion of our fifth picture on our program of eighteen. // I HAVE LIVED with ALAN DINEHART ANITA PAGE ALLEN VINCENT // // BY APPOINTMENT ONLY // with LEW CODY AILEEN PRINGLE SALLY O'NEIL // NOTORIOUS, BUT NICE // with MARIAN MARSH BETTY COMPSON ROCHELLE HUDSON DONALD DILLAWAY u DANCE, GIRL, DANCE with ALAN DINEHART EVALYN KNAPP GLORIA SHEA THEODORE von ELTZ // // MAN OF SENTIMENT with MARIAN MARSH OWEN MOORE WILLIAM BAKEWELL CHRISTIAN RUB // These five completed — thirteen more to follow this season INVINCIBLE PICTURES CORP. CHESTERFIELD M. P. CORP. George R. Batcheller, President Maury M. 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Ted Curtis .59 . ARTDIRECTORIAL PROGRESSION . Max Parker 61 THE TECHNICAL VIEWPOINT . Joe W. Coffman .63 • • • Editorial Office, 1650 BROADWAY, N. Y. C. JACK ALICOATE, Editor EADLIMIS of importance to exhibitors: EDWIN CHILL Noted radio commentator signs exclusive contract with MASTER ART PRODUCTS for a series: •'THE HUMAN SIDE OF THE NEWS"! Flood of inquiries from everywhere attest Exhibitors tremendous interest. ORfiANIOCUES First two of the ,33-'34 product now ready: "ORGAN FESTIVAL" and "A MELODY TOUR" with Lew White, Dick Liebert and Sylvia Froos, featuring unique arrangement of "Stormy Weather" and "St. Louis Blues". All organlogues studded with stellar names, PRE-SOLD to your audiences by nation-wide broadcasts! Presenting intimate glimpses of the personalities behind the nation's "hit" songs, plus casts of noted entertainers. Widespread playing time from Coast to Coast proves their popularity! First of 1933-34 product actually features six of America's outstanding song composers in one reel! PET SUPERSTITIONS Are YOU superstitious? Why? Do you know why? First release now ready, "Spilled Salt". These amazing films reveal the origin of superstitions in miniature productions that are feature pictures in every thing but length! aster ART Products INC. E. SCHWARTZ President 630 Ninth Avenue CHICAGO e ATLANTA • ST. LOUIS PAT GARYN Viee-Pres't— Can. Mgr. New York City DALLAS • LOS ANGELES 1918 In celebrating its Fifteenth Anniversary as part of this grand and glorious industry. Film Daily, takes this opportunity, through this New Deal number to present to the world at large a BIG thought on a BIG subject — The Motion Picture In- dustry, through patriotism and un- selfish co-operation once again stands ready to do its duty and proudly takes its place at the head of the parade in President Roosevelt's "March of Progress and Prosperity" 1933 1918 Film Daily "New Deal" Edition 1933 "Most Complete Laboratory Service in the East" Superimposed Title Department for Foreign Distributors With an expert staff of technicians and a modern, perfectly equipped plant, we offer an unusually complete laboratory service for producer and distributor Specializing in NEGATIVE and SOUND TRACK DEVELOPING FIRST PRINTS RELEASE PRINTS of the highest QUALITY Cutting Rooms • Single and Double Moviola PRODUCERS LABORATORIES, INC. Film Center Building, 630 Ninth Avenue PEnnsylvania 6-4986-7 HARRY GLICKMAN, President E. J. ROSENBERG, Treasurer 1918 Film Daily "New Deal" Edition 1933 11 15 YEARS OF SERVICE IMPORTANT as has been its part in the events of the past, THE FILM DAILY on its fifteenth anniversary is afforded the oppor- tunity for even more significant service to the entire industry. OUR AVOWED purpose is to follow, in letter and in spirit, the Presi- dent's program for national industrial recovery, and that purpose the industry will perform. IN THE ERA which is ahead there will prevail a renewed spirit of cooperation, of earnest striving for the practice of the highest stand- ards of business conduct, motivated by an earnest desire for fairness to all elements of the business. AS RECORDER and interpreter of the events which from day to day mark this progress, the constructive trade press will be of greater and greater value. MY CONGRATULATIONS for the past and my best wishes for the future! ayiS" 12 1918 Film Daily "New Deal" Edition 1933 The contents of this volume are copyrighted, 1933, by The Film Daily. All Rights Reserved. A PARAMOU NT "SEPT EM BE RT **irwm KLAS5 mil) A Qpltal K. KNIGHTS her name, JUNE KNIGHT ... and that's JIMMY DUNN at her feet ... in "TAKE A CHANCE", PARAMOUNT'S screen version of Larry Schwab's big musical hit. BUDDY ROGERS, LILLIAN ROTH, CLIFF EDWARDS, LILLIAN BOND, LONA ANDRE and DOROTHY LEE are in the cast - , . and Bobby Connolly's there with 50 girls 50 . ■ . all new tunes save "EADIE WAS A LADY" and that's sumpin. Release date September 29th. Tit r C I •> They say GARY COOPER says it with pets instead of with flowers. In PARAMOUNT'S" ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON" he says it in enough ways to FAY WRAY and FRANCES FULLER to thrill every flapper in the audience from stem to stern . . after you see this picture you'll go home and give your wife a great big kiss ... if you have a wife. NEIL HAMILTON and ROSCOE KARNS are in the cast. STEPHEN ROBERTS directed. Released September 1st. *BOK $«'S S-UCKfD/" This exclamation came from a visiting collegian as he got a load of CLAUDETTE COLBERT as PARAMOUNT'S "TORCH SINGER". You'll see what he meant after you've taken in a few of the curves she throws in this picture . . . and you'll probably carry the torch for her, too. DAVID MANNERS, RICARDO CORTEZ, LYDA ROBERTI, and, last and least, BABY LEROY are in this picture. GEORGE SOMNES and ALEXANDER HALL directed. Released September 8th. JUST LIKE HIS DAD! LEO, Jr., is a chip off the old block. Like his dad he's a stickler for big names in Short Features— STAR POWER— and plenty of it! "Feature Strength Shorts" is his slogan. STAR VALUES— names for the marquees! PRODUCTION VALUES— no one in the industry can touch his de luxe qualities. He has purposely kept the quantity down so that he's sure to keep the quality up! A program of short subjects with one idea ... to help sell the entire show! Two Reels Each FROM HAL ROACH • 6 LAUREL-HARDY Winners of the Academy Prize for the best comedy of the year They are feature strength in any length ! • 8 CHARLIE CHASE More comedies like "High C's" and "Arabian Tights"! He-man, action laughs — plus music! • 8 THELMA TODD— PATSY KELLY Beautiful, blonde Thelma teamed with Patsy Kelly recruited from the Broadway musical-comedy stage. Watch them! Fun — fast and furious! • 6 OUR GANG The comedy favorites of all ages for years in a marvelous new series idea. A brand new kick in "Our Gang"! • 8 HAL ROACH ALL STAR Douglas Wakefield, Billy Nelson and Don Barclay — comic favor- ites of New York and London stage, history repeats in this combination! Like Laurel &. Hardy, * 6 HAL ROACH MUSICAL COMEDIES Answering the current demand for lavish, musical entertain- ment. Music, chorus beauties, laughs! Billy Gilbert, Billy Bletcher and many, many more ! * 8 M-G-M CRIME DOESN'T PAY Timed with the government's anti-crime drive — an amazingly sensational idea. Produced in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Investigation, Dept. of Justice. True life dramas from their secret files — feature players in each exciting role. • 6 M-G-M MUSICAL REVUES Songs, dances, music — rippling with rhythm and laughter. Musical stars in the continuation of last year's success series. One Reel Each * 13 WILLIE WHOPPER CARTOON COMEDIES A whale of an idea that will panic the public. Something new — at last — in the cartoon field. * 12 M-G-M ODDITIES Ten minutes on your program that will snap up the entire show. Pete Smith dialogue. Strange places and things, adven- ture, sport and thrills the world over. * 12 FITZPATRICK TRAVELTALKS The de luxe series of travel pictures — the finest of them all. There's only one Fitzpatrick — he photographs and describes every scene himself! • 6 GOOFY MOVIES A new brand of laughs in movie fantasies — top-notch fun — nothing like them on the screen before! Again M-G-M leads the way! • 104 HEARST METROTONE NEWS Twice each week — the newsreel that leads in local and inter- national coverage — fastest service plus The Globe Trotter, advertised to millions daily. M-G-M The Major Company Feature Strength Shorts SHORT ROAD TO RECOVERY WITH WE DO OUR PART DEMAND GROWS FOR ALL-STAR SHOWS! HERE'S HOW TO DOILD BIG STAR BILLS EVERY WEEKJ r T\t f T \T lr V /*" f - You'll need a RUBBER MARQUEE to hold all the Great New Names Vita- phone will give you in every program this season! Here are just a few of the scores already signed! Note the sensational new per- sonalities Vitaphone will bring to the screen for the first time ! WE'VE GOT TALENT AT OUR FINGER-TIPS Vitaphone's Studio is only 45 minutes from Broadway ! The whole world of stage and radio stars to draw on at a moment's notice! No wonder you get more of the best novelty acts and reigning air names first from Vitaphone ! ftfTYN oNJlttl UlfcHAtt* OtOR&t vim**1 owo iopq *Bt tf W* gjffipflfl WHAT THE WELL-DRESSED LOBBY WILL WEAR THIS SEASON You'll want to blanket the town with the kind of one-sheets Vitaphone will supply you — one for each of the 52 two-and-three-reelers — standard sheets with snipe titles for the one-reel series. And that's just part of a COMPLETE PROMOTION SERVICE that will furnish you with a full line of ready-made ticket-selling aids in- cluding lobby enlargements, blue-printed publicity plans, cuts and mats. **=— -^n; VITAPHONE TRAILERS THRILL WHILE THEY SELL! Entertainment is the best Advertise- ment. You can't beat actual action clips and dialogue highlights for ticket-selling power. ..And you give your public real Enjoyment while you're giving them an Argument ! That's why our trailer sales are mounting weekly. Used by biggest circuits. PACK YOUR BAG! Yo u're going places Sept. 6th! For full directions see next page . . . ANCHORS AWAY! JVhen your gross takes a dive, reach for Vi tap honeys Maybe you did have to skimp and save and count the pennies last year . . . But now business is on the up and up! This year you can afford THE BEST SHORTS IN THE BUSINESS! Everything dif- ferent! Everything new . . . new Ideas — new Stars — new Series . . . Because Vitaphone has determined to top even last year's leader- ship! . . . Here are the big points about the finest short product we have ever offered you— VITAPHONE TO MAKE 3-REEL SPECIALS Roadshow-size shorts will feature stars like Fannie Brice — Paul Whiteman "GOLD DIGGERS" GIRLS AND DIRECTOR K TECHNICOLOR MUSICALS Famed beauty chorus and Busby Berkeli will put class of Warners' feature musics^ into this sensational short series— />/?/* Coh\ •JL* The standard trade term for • Vitaphone Shorts. Hundreds of exhibitors have written unsolicited comments like this from Joe Heivitt, Lincoln Theatre, Robinson, III. . . . "Many a time I have had shorts likethis Warner Musi- cal save the program vohen the feature ivas not so good ~^"*^ OTHER "BROADWAY BREVITIES" TO OFFER GREATEST NAMES IN MUSIC Plus gorgeous girls to beat the lure of flesh shows, at far lower cost AUGMENTED PRODUCTION STAFF FOR VITAPHONE CARTOONS Famous Looney Tunes and Merrie Melo- dies will feature new characters and biggest songhitsof Warners' ownmusiccompanies. HOST OF STAGE STARS SIGNED FOR "BIG V" COMEDIES Including Jack Haley, Charles Judell George Givot, Gus Shy, Fatty Arbucki and a dozen others MUSICAL WORLD JOURNEYS LAUNCH NEW-STYLE TRAVEL SHORTS An entirely novel production ideathatwillacj new life and speed to this type of attraction THIS IS NOT AN AD FOR "GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933." IT'S JUST A TYPICAL CROSS- SECTION OF COMPLETED VITAPHONE PRODUCT FOR THE NEW SEASON! WE'VE INCREASED OUR BUDGET BY L SO WE CAN GIV ISH PRODUCTION VALUES LIKE THESE IN EVERY MUSI- CAL SHORT FOR 1933-'34. MUSICAL STAGE HITS i WILL OFFER LURE OF FAMOUS TITLES All the best of famous successes like "Sally", with stars like Dorothy Stone Ethel Waters. YOU'LL GET RADIO'S BIGGEST BANDS M "MELODY MASTERS" SERIES Think what names like Rubinoff, Vincent Lopez, Jack Denny, Abe Lyman will mean on your marquee! CREAM OF VARIETY ACTS SIGNED FOR "PEPPER POT" NOVELTIES Unusual specialties like the Notre Dame Glee Club, Easy Aces, Dr. Rockwell, give new meaning to the word variety". '\~—- ' " 1 FOR THIS GREAT NEW PRODUCT VITAPHONE INITIATES A SENSA TIONAL NEW SELLING POLICY! YOU ARE INVITED TO THE FIRST NATIONAL PREVIEW OF NEW-SEASON SHORTS Sept. 6th AT ALL VITAPHONE EXCHANGES Come one! Come all! Hundreds have already planned to see this remarkable demonstration of an amazing production coup! Next Wednesday we'll show you actual specimens of — 50 COMPLETED SUB- JECTS FOR 1933 -'34 Here's the chance of your lifetime to get a line on product before you sign! Buy from actual samples! Get the living proof that Vitaphone can deliver everything others promise — and plenty more! See for yourself the facts about — ITAGRAPH, INC., DISTRIBUTORS MERICA'S BEST LOVED COMEDIANS lie Bis ifZfl IN ANIMATE ARTOONS WITH THEIR VOICES, DIALOGUE AND FUN-MAKING IDEAS e Biggest Audience On Earth Hears Them Every Night * FIRST BIG BOX-OFFICE IN SEPTEMBER CO-RADIO CTU RES 16 1918 Film Daily "New Deal" Edition 1933 RKO THEATRES N R A— TWO MARKS OF DISTINCTION — R K O 1918 Film Daily "New Deal" Edition 1933 17 F ■ ■TEEIM i tAK* js q long time in any business. In the Motion Picture Industry it is a generation. The past fifteen years has seen the screen grow from store-show to temple. From a minor business of questionable stability to a great respected industry of world-wide significance. We are glad not to have missed being part of this industry as it passed through its romantic, dramatic, and at times tragic, golden era. No business has been as colorful, as full of thrills. No industry as deeply nor as psychologically interesting. In presenting this New Deal number, in celebration of its fifteenth anniversary, Film Daily is happy to have played its modest part in the progress of this great and universally respected industry during the past £EN TtAKo. ~$^^2&e»*2e7 18 1918 Film Daily "New Deal" Edition 1933 Announces Four WM. BERKE Productions FIRST RELEASE "CORRUPTION" VARIETY'S rezicurr said. 'a cast of names that mean something to the box-office." Evalyn Knapp HERE THEY ARE Preston Foster Fully Marshall Charles Delaney Natalie Moorhead Jason Robards Huntly Gordon Mischa Auer Gwen Lee Kit Guard WORLD PREMIERE MAYFAIR THEATRE, NEW YORK LOS ANGELES THEATRE, LOS ANGELES Previewed at THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE, Los Angeles (The first Independent picture accorded this treatment which followed Fanchon & Marco's screening of the picture at the studio.) The reviewers said in part. HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.. it hits a mark above the aver- age run of indie pictures. . . . plenty of speed and comedy . . VARIETY a solid program picture. . . . provides the customers with plenty of clean-cut entertain- ment. . . . FILM DAILY this picture docs credit to the independent ranks. . . .Excel- lently cast, smoothly directed and backed by plenty of pro- duction value. . . .consistently entertaining THREE MORE BOX OFFICE ATTRACTIONS "MADAME BOSS" "USED WOMEN" "NO DOWN PAYMENT" A SPECIAL SERIES OF DOG ACTION PICTURES FEATURING FLASH IN 12—2 Reeler A SPECIAL SERIES OF SHORT WESTERNS FULL OF ACTION MELODRAMA 8—3 REELER IMPERIAL DISTRIBUTING CORP. WILLIAM M. PIZOR General Sales Manager BRYANT 8670 NEW YORK CITY 729 7th Ave. 1918 Film Daily "New Deal" Edition 1933 19 1"HE STORY OF PRODUCTION A Short Historical Observation on Production High Spots of the Past 15 Years • • DOKING back on 15 years of steady production prog- ress, and even taking into account the amazi"-" ngeover from silent films to talkers, everything still icates that the mainstay of the industry always has n, and always will be, its star personalities, .here have been wondrous advancements in the tech- al end; acting has improved from the low level where otion was expressed largely by heaving bosoms, frantic ial gesticulations and waving arms, to the point where surpasses even the most delicate nuances of legitimate age histrionics; story subjects have run the gamut of ct, fiction, history, forecast and even the dangerous ecincts of current politics. But more fans are still being drawn into theaters by ar names than by any other factor. From the minute the movies became an established istime, stars have been the principal attraction. Stories ay run an irregular course, but a star's glamour varies ightly from one picture to another. There have been cases, of course, where the director ■ producer was the drawing-card personality. D. W. riffith is the outstanding example. But even Griffith resented his share of screen stars. Either he had them, • he made them stars in their very first appearance nder his banner. So, in a 15-year or even a 30-year flashback on the evelopment of the producing business, it appears more rcfitable to devote the bulk of reflection on the part layed by the screen's leading personalities than to .'capitulate the important achievements in the technical eld. STYLES IN STARS £OME radical changes in types of popular stars have * taken place in the span of 15 years. The major hange was when the pretty fem- line faces and handsome leading len gave way to actresses who ould act and heroes of the rough e-man design. But one class of stars has sur- ived all the changes of 15 years. hese are the personalities who, ndcwed with a gifted talent to tart with, exercised the shrewd- st judgment in the protection of hat talent, in not over-satiating he public by giving it too many (rehires each season, and in hold- ng to wholesome stories that >uilt them up into drawing cards or the whole family. Among names in this category re Mary Pickford, Douglas Fair- tanks, „ Harold Lloyd, Marion )avies, Tom Mix, Will Rogers, uolleen Moore, Tom Meighan, vlarie Dressier, Charlie Chaplin ind Gloria Swanson, all of whom vere headliners 15 years ago and fire still going strong today. In contrast are such names as Theda Bara, Viola Dana, Mar- garita Fischer, Mary Miles Min- rer, Carlyle Blackwell, Bessie Barriscale, Alice Joyce, Harold Lockwood, Carmel Myers, Alma Rubens, Roy Stewart and a host of others who were making from six to fifteen pictures a year back in 1918 and a few years later were practically all out of jthe picture. Today, as in years gone by, there are box-office stars whose popularity is just a unique pass- By DON CARLE GILLETTE MANAGING EDITOR— THE FILM DAILY ing fancy. Some are freak celebrities whose transient hold on public fancy is a foregone conclusion. Others are talented players whose promising careers are jeopard- ized by overwork and lack of showmanly planning in the cultivation of a public following on an enduring basis. Wholesale massing of stars in a single production is another current trend that seems likely to go beyond the judicious boundaries. Consequently the discovery and cultivation of new star material must continue to be the foremost concern of producers. Little that is basically new can be ex- pected in the way of story material. Except for topical events, there is nothing to do but revamp and revise i »*, r, Jm II ere is an unusual old photograph. Probably one of the most famous ever taken. Most of those in the picture later rose to film fame. and rehash the same old handful of situations. And as far as the average moviegoer is concerned, this is quite all right. Folks accept it just as they accept the same kind of food week in and week out, with only a change of menu according to day of the week and season of the year, and with occasional new interest provided by a different style of cooking. So in the case of screen stories and personalities: the same plot, more or less, or even the same identical play, when acted by a different set of players, becomes a different experience. Different levels of appeal can be reached by the simple expediency of adjusting story and cast. The basic dramatic situation of parental objections blocking the path of young love can be p-esented either as a "Romeo and Juliet" or as an "Abie's Irish Rose" according to the audience target at which it is aimed. But ir. either case, stars to fit the occasion remain a prime essential. ♦ WHAT SOUND DID A LTHOUGH it has been frequently said that the ** movies in 1926-27 were wobbling en their last legs and would have passed out entirely if sound had not ccme along, neither the financial statements of major companies nor a distinct and extensive personal recollec- tion of that era seem to bear out such a belief. A lapse in the advancement of film quality did occur. This was due partly to the fact that the financial ex- ploitation of the industry bv Wall Street sharpers was beginning to boil over and occupying the time and energy of many motion picture executives who should have been devoting their attention to screen product. The increasing inclination of the screen to adapt its story material from the stage and popular books, both of which were achieving peaks in sensationalism and dirt, likewise proved a deterring influence. It would have been a great thing if the screen could have ignored this trend, but a business de- pending upon daily public pat- ronage for its support had to fellow, in some measure, the course of public fancy. When practical talking pic- tures suddenly descended upon the scene, this young business made the changeover with a courage and alacrity that as- tounded the world. Viewing the early days of sound in the light of what has developed since, it is easy to understand why there was so much skepticism about the suc- cess of the new device, why so many old-line showmen and stu- dents of show business insisted — and some still insist — that no mechanical device could ever dis- place good old flesh and blood actors. Without an inside knowledge of the perfections possible in the presentation of talking pictures, few could foresee to what ex- tent the screen was to surpass the stage in the artistic and ef- fective creation of entertainment. It soon became apparent that it was no longer a question of whether the talkies could replace actors in person. The screen went beyond that; it gave the public something better than plays with actors in person. And the mass public, despite the continued shoutings of the (Continued on page 22) THE IMP COMPAN STUQIO GROUP THE IMP LATER 6ECAMI the UNIVERSAL- KEY TO PHOTOGRAPH NQI MARY PICKFORD 2 OWEN MOORE— 3 KING BAGGOTT 4 THOMAS INCE- 5 JACK PICKFORD 6 ISABEL RAE — 7 LOTTIE PICKFORD S JOE SMILEY 9 WILLIAM SHAY 10 MRS.DAVID MILES JOE MACDONALO H?HAYWARD MACK 13 MRS. JOE MACDONAtC M JOHN HARVEY 15 GEORGE LOAtC TUQS IG DAVID MILES 17 MRS. PICK? 13 ROBERT DA' EY 19 TONY GAUDIO 20 1918 Film Daily "New Deal" Edition 1933 SHOWMENS PICTURES Inc D. J. MOUNTAN, President ANNOUNCE SMASHING 111 FIRST RELEASE a PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER jj SEPT 15th SHOWMENS PICTURES Inc. 723 SEVENTH AVE. NEW YORK UCTIONS FOR 1933 - 34 'PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER" By Elwood Ullman 'THE BIG RACE" GOLDENHEAD ft By Hugh Cummings By Norman Springer 'ST. LOUIS WOMAN" By Elwood Ullman 'SPECIAL DUTY" By Evelyn Campbell 'SOULS IN PAWN" By Bruce A. Truman 'WITHIN THE ROCK" By Marie Buxton Martin 'LADYBIRD" By Richard Williams • • • 4 TO BE SELECTED Screencraft Productions b 1918 Film Daily "New Deal" Edition 1933 21 EXHIBITION SINCE THE WAR A Mirrored Reflection of the Progress and Development of the Motion Picture Theater yjATCHING the developments of all other phases of 'the film industry, exhibition during the past 15 years s passed from what might be described as the "shooting llery" to the de luxe era. It has become an adult siness, trained in both the schools of extraordinary osperity and adversity. In theory, at least, exhibi- n has gained sufficient, actual experience in 15 years equip it to cope with any future emergency, regard- is of its size or complexity. ♦ i FLASHBACK to 15 years ago shows an industry * operating under war-time conditions, handicapped by iltitudinous governmental restrictions yet patriotically pporting every national campaign. Broadway, the Sorld's Greatest Show Street, had seriously started wards its destiny of elegance and high-costs opera- ns. It proudly pointed to the Strand Theater, pioneer out the de luxe houses, as the king theater in the untry. Comparatively speaking, the exhibition waters were troubled by any particularly threatening disturbance, leaters were generally in the hands of independent terests. Of course, there were issues and problems afford conventional controversy. Protection, film nrals, censorship, Sunday shows and other disputes, en, as today, furnished material for discord. >J 1919 theater-acquisition movements on the part of producing-distributing companies began to develop, al- ough they did not achieve their maximum speed until 'proximately a decade later. Famous Players-Lasky, hich heretofore had kept clear of exhibition, commenced form a circuit of national proportions. A few months ;o a spokesman for Adolph Zukor explained that the ove was in retaliation to First National which had ex- inded its activities from theater-operating to producing, ius bringing this franchise organization into competi- :n with Famous Players-Lasky. ♦ "HE Motion Picture Theater Owners of America came into being in June, 1920, through a merger of the idependent Motion Picture Ex- bitors and the Motion Picture heater Owners Association. A tort time later the organiza- on was wracked by a bitter introversy which threatened its (istence. It centered on the smissal of its general counsel, chap named Senator James J. talker. As the storm beat itself Jt, Walker retired from the in- (istry, later to become Mayor of ew York City. A second national exhibitor as- iciation had its inception in 24. Splitting the M.P.T.O.A. inks, Al Steffes and associates roke away from the parent or- anization and formed Allied fates Association, the policies F which have been radical as ompared with those of the I.P.T.O.A. ♦ rHE stage show, or presenta- tion, which S. L. Rothafel, etter known as Roxy, is credited Jith having sponsored into na- lonal importance, became an jrtportant element in Broadway icture palace entertainment in By ARTHUR W. EDDY ASSOCIATE EDITOR— THE FILM DAILY 1925. Terrific competition impelled operators to offer elaborate, costly productions which skyrocketed their overhead to new and almost suicidical heights. At first the shows generally took on the character of prologues or productions in which singing and the more artistic forms of dancing predominated. However, in recent years, Broadway operators, sensing a public demand for more action stage entertainment, have given their shows a strong vaudeville flavor. ♦ ^^UT of 15 years of exhibition records perhaps the ^■^ most momentous event, far-reaching in its conse- quences, occurred on the evening of Aug. 6, 1926. It was on that night that Warner Bros, gave the premiere of "Don Juan" at the Warner Theater on Broadway, prefacing the way for pictures with synchronized dialogue and sound effects. Talking pictures had come to the industry to stay. A few years later wide film promised to become an important factor in picture presentation, but, unlike in the instance of sound, the public evidenced but little interest in the innovation. Another powerful obstacle in the way of general adoption of wide film was the cost of changing over the industry, estimated at $30,000,000. For a while pictures in color attracted both exhibitor and audience attention. However, as this novelty wore off, their popularity slumped and they have virtually dis- appeared from the screen. ♦ r^EATH came to a great exhibition pioneer in Septem- '■' ber, 1927, when Marcus Loew passed on. Jules Mastbaum, another of the early operators, preceded him in death in December, 1926. ♦ AS sound began to run amuck through the industry, ** exhibitors were perplexed by the question of inter- changeability — whether or not the big electrics would allow pictures recorded on their apparatus to be repro- duced on equipments manufactured by other companies. After months of uncertainty had elapsed, the major equipment organizations formally granted this right. TWO Federal decrees, deciding the fate of industry- ' wide institutions, were pending in the latter part of 1929. In September, Judge Thacher announced a find- ing to the effect that the credit system maintained by major distributors was legal. And in the following January, a second Thacher decree outlawed compulsory group arbitration as illegal. ♦ k iUTUAL desires to adjust diverse points of disagree- '"' ment caused distributor and exhibitor representa- tives to meet in 1930 in a series of conferences. A standard exhibition contract, designed to set up a busi- ness code covering relations between these two phases of the industry, was drafted and dubbed the 5-5-5 contract. A principal feature of the agree- ment was a system for national voluntary arbitration. The contract, however, was never put into actual use. Dis- tributors gave as their reason fear of conflict with the Federal Government on grounds of group action. ♦ NEW and modern version the old advertising slides began to encroach on screens about this period. Advertising or sponsored pictures made their appearance. Seldom in favor with the picturegoing public their general retirement was signalized by Publix's cancelling of this policy. ^of An important chapter in the history of the industry. In 1922 Will II. Hays was elected President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc. TAKING impetus from de- ' pressed business conditions, double feature policies began to expand to new fields particularly in 1931 and 1932. Some houses, confronted by acute conditions, even tried playing three features on a bill. In a few isolated in- 22 1918 Film Daily "New Deal" Edition 1933 stances theaters triple-featured and added several acts of vaudeville as an additional box-office lure. Premiums and other giveaways were tried out in an effort to bolster up grosses. Ten cent policies rose like a flood. ♦ IN 1932 independent exhibitors had something new to ' worry about. Several major distributors experimented with an exclusive run policy in Connecticut and else- where. After a number of tryouts the plan was generally reduced or abandoned. WASHINGTON, through the medium of Congress, figured prominently in the trade news. Allied States Ass'n fought for the passage of the Brookhart bill which would bring Federal regulation to the industry. Eventually the measure was defeated, but Allied still cherishes hopes of its revival and adoption. ♦ AFFECTING hundreds of theaters was the passage of a Federal amusement tax, imposing an assessment of 10 per cent. Admissions up to 41 cents are exempt. IN A periodic peace move, Allied and M.P.T.O.A. leaders ' got together in the early Winter of 1932 with ambi- tions to draft an industry conciliation plan. The tradi- tional split occurred, leaving the M.P.T.O.A. forces, headed by President M. A. Lightman, to go it alone. In sessions with distributor representatives, the Light- man group worked out a standard exhibition contract containing a voluntary arbitration clause. A majority of the first line distributors have approved the agree- ment and plan to make it available during the 1933-34 selling season. ♦ A NEW lustre was given Broadway exhibition in late ** December, 1932, through the opening of the two Radio City theaters. Unparallelled from the viewpoints of the latest modes in theater construction and equip- ment, the houses have become the two main attractions offered by the New York amusement field. Their open- ing caused a drastic revision in the policies of contem- porary Broadway houses, effecting changes beyond the reaches of the wildest of imaginations. E! INURING the past 12-month period the exhibition pi ^ dulum has been swinging in the opposite directi That is, theater decentralization, long the dream independent operators, has become a reality to an founding degree. Both Publix and RKO, beset w financial difficulties, have released hundreds of theatr some returning to 100 per cent independent control a others going into partnerships with independent ope tors. An estimate made early in the current year d closed the fact that affiliated houses dropped 50 • cent from the peak of the theater-acquisition movemt and totaled 1,540. This number is substantially |. at the present moment. * I JNDER the workings of the Industry Control A ^ passed by Congress in June of this year, exhibit! practices seem destined for alterations of great magi tude. Theater leaders, especially those identified wi the M.P.T.O.A. and producer-owned circuits, are dral ing an exhibition code to be incorporated in an indusl code. The STORY of PRODUCTION • • A Short Historical Observation on Production High Spots of the Past 15 Years • {Continued from page 19) theorists and diehards, soon realized that the talking screen, though somewhat different from the spoken stage, was a far better value for money aside from having many merits of its own which the stage did not possess. HOW THE RADIO HELPED IN converting the mass public from the notion that ' the best way to see and hear actors is in person, the radio was a tremendous help. By the time talkers came in, millions of amusement seekers already were resigned to accepting their entertainment in more or less syn- thetic form, and of these forms the screen, even when silent, was by far the most successful in creating the illusion of reality. With talk added in perfect syn- chronization, that illusion reached the point where flesh and blood actors could easily be forgotten even by the most ardent stage devotees. The speed with which talkies were improved, over- coming difficulties of syllabic recording, timing, inflec- tion and other problems either technical or personal, is further testimony to the resource, ingenuity and adapt- ability of this industry. Today, even in the average film, the acting is more natural than in some of the best stage productions. The screen has absorbed all that there was for it to get from the stage, and has improved upon it — in acting, direction, dramatic action — plus its initiative and enterprise in blazing new trails for story material and its original advantages in the way of settings, either interior or panoramic sweep. So it is easy to understand why, aside from economic factors, the stage no longer has a chance in competition with the screen. TRENDS AND CYCLES W yjlLESTONES along the path of movie progress record '"' the many noble experiments and praiseworthy at- tempts made by the film industry to give the public the very finest in entertainment. In the artistic wave that hit the producers a few sea- sons ago, Hollywood turned out pictures of such a high- class order that there was no paying audience for them — something which the stage producers and book pub- lishers had found out long before. The screen received only scant credit for this com- mendable work, but when it found public response in gangster melodramas and proceeded on a cycle of these stories, it got plenty of hell from press, pulpit and other directions. After the films learned to talk there also was a wave of so-called sophisticated pictures, but they failed to catch on to a profitable degree and soon dwindled away. At the same time the amount of dialogue in pictures began decreasing and there is now a better percentage of action on the screen than at any time since talkers came in. Musicals, which got off wrong the first time, are try- ing it again with better luck. Recent seasons have brought a decided turn to topical, current-events subjects, and most of these have made very successful films. The possibilities in this direction are far from exhausted and the remarkable amount of ingenuity shown in utilizing such subjects for the screen is an encouraging factor. In moral tone, considering the great amount of ma- terial necessary to supply the screen with new stories each year, a generally high mark has been maintained. The squawks continually heard about dirt in films in- variably have concerned a small number of pictures. Whereas 50 irreproachably wholesome productions would come and go without anybody saying a word for them, two or three risque films would be enough to arouse the little minority that makes the big noise. ♦ QUANTITY MAINTAINED KJ UMBER of pictures produced by American studios in ~ the past 15 years has held to an average of more than 600 a year. Counting foreign importations, which increased considerably in recent years, releases averaged around 700 a season. In 1910, when 10-reel features were still few, releases totalled about 840, and in 1928, with the overlapping of silents and sound films, the figure crossed 800. The last few years have averaged just under 700, with the same in prospect for the new season. Early fears of a product shortage next season have been largely dispelled by more recent events fo lowing the improved outlook for industries in general. For a while the independents, who once accounted F the bulk of production, were pushed into the backgroui by the major companies with their gigantic program but shortly after sound came along the independent pit ducers took a new lease on life and "Poverty Row" vf practically eliminated. At present the trend is back more independent activity. ♦ SHORT SUBJECTS CHORT subjects, like westerns, have joined in the get ^ eral improvement of technique that has taken plac Even slapstick, which few persons want to see disappe entirely, has taken on refinements of a sort. in the shorts field, too, diversity of material has cot tinually expanded. Travel, sport, semi-educational, McGowan. * * * Irving Lippman, former "still' man at Paramount and Warner Bros., has joined Columbia. Fred Niblo, Jr., scenarist, former- ly with Paramount, Columbia, Uni- versal and United Artists, has re- joined the M-G-M scenario depart- ment. * * * Frank Partos, in collaboration with Marc Connolly, wrote the screen play for "Cradle Song," which has just gone into production at Paramount. Our Passing Show: L. B. Mayer, Marie Dressier, Conway Tearle, Eo5 Wynn, Jack Pearl, Jack Dempsey, Jean Harlow, Max Baer, Jimmy Durante, George Benny, Grace Moore, Hoot Gibson at the premiere of "Dinner at Eight" at Grauman's- Chinese; May Robson stating she had not missed a season in 50 years of acting. * * * El Brendel's first starring comedy for Fox is being written by James Tynan. Louise Long and Henry I Johnson are collaborating on the yarn. CAST ASSIGNMENTS RKO: Frances Dee for "Rodney" and "Suc- cess Story"; Vivian Tobin for "Behold Live"; Dot Grainger for "In the Devil Dog House," two-reeler. COLUMBIA: Mary Carlisle for "East of Fifth Avenue"; Andre Cheron for "My Woman"; James Robinson, Marvin Stephens for "Mickey's Touchdown," two-reeler. FOX: Ned Norton, Gus Reed, George Ovie for "My Weakness." nti m a te in Character nternational in Scope ndependent in The Daily Newspaper Of Motion Pictures Now Sixteen Years Old CCK, WEDNE/DAy, JEPTE/HBEE 6, 1333 5 CENT/ Xndep't Exhws Form Code Protective Committee :EW REQUESTS RECEIVED FOR HEARING ON CODE vionarch Announces 16 Productions for 1933-1934 !l. our "Roya 1" Specials Included in Lineup For New Season Monarch will release 12 features Id four "Royal" specials during ^33-34, the company announced yes- »wi frday. The new program will carry p!. hsiderably increased budgets, while is b Conference, New York. A. D. V. Store) secretary. Oct. 16-18: Society of Motion Picture En gineers fall meeting, Edgewater Be - Hotel, Chicago. Union Picketing 4 Philly Houses Philadelphia — Operators' union, in a new drive against non-unio houses, is now picketing four these theaters. The first wi Castle. It is estimated that houses here are operating on a nc union basis. \5hese Qelebrated ^ilm Stars