The Washington times., 1936-01-17

mann; treasurer, Henry Hiser, and
secretary, Bill Hoyle.
LOew's, Inc, Reports
Loew'S, Inc, reports a net profit
of $1,811, 1896 for the first quarter
of the current fiscal year, the
quarter ending November 81.
This is equivalent to $13.25 a
share on the preferred stock and
$1.08 on the common.
Comparative figures for the cor
responding period of the previous
fiscal year show u net profit Of
$2,001, 1903, or $14.64 on the pre-
ferred shares and $1.23 on the
common.
The decrease in the profits is
explained as being due to heavier
amortizationS entailed by a num-
Der of costly features, and it is
the policy of the firm to write off
half the film costs in the first IL
weeks.
Earnings in the current quar-
ter, it is reported. are so far sub
Stantially higher.
Books the Ten Best
The first theater in the country,
so far as we know, which has
booked the entire list of the Ten
Best Pictures Of 1885," chosen by
a poll Of the critics, Is the Plaza
Theater of New York.
The theater will show one Of
the pictures a day for 10 days, be-
ginning with the Lives Of Ben
gal Lancer"
Colour Film
A picture, scheduled to be
shown at the North American
Wild Life Conference, to be held
here in the Capital City February
81, will require so hours to run;
that is, if all the % miles of film
on wild life, Which has been gath
cred for this event, is shown.
Color on the Screen
The universal use of color on
the screen, we are informed by
an official Of the Paramount |
Studios, is the next big advance
ment to be expected from the
motion picture industry. This
advancement will precede the
much-discusSed three-dimension
picture and televiSion, he says.
Our informant says:
"WhiIe but one fuIl-length
feature is being filmed in Holly
wood at the moment, more
than 100 short features and
cartoons in color are being
turned out regularly to supply
the 1856 programs of all
companies. At the same time
every major studio is conduct
ing individual color research
and experiment, and several
new processes are near perfcc-
ton. The TechnicOIOr Com
pany laboratory, camera
pioneers in the field, is building
two new plants, one in London
and the other in Paris. All
these signs are indicative of
the trend"
Short Bits
Mary Boland and Charlie Rug
giles are teamed again in the forth
coming flicker Where Am I?".
Eric Linden, starring in "Ah, Will
derness," now at the Columbia,
this week signed a new contract |
Jean Harlow has decided to go
into the decorating business.
Katharine Cornell yesterday
started rehearSals for her revival
Of Saint joan. The Theater
Guild directors announced yeSter-
day in New York that they have
taken a reading option" on And |
Stars Remain" a play by Julius
j. and Phil Epstein. Wednesday,
January 20, Billie Burke's edition
Of the "Ziegfeld Follies" will open
at the Winter Garden, New York
Eddie Cantor's Strike Me
Pink" opened yesterday at the
Music Hall, New York. Bette Da-
Wis and George Brent have been
cast for the leads in "The Golden
Arrow" Ona Munson, one of the
best lockers that ever walked the
boards, is appearing currently |
with Nazimova in Ghosts.
Robert Donat is to play the part |
of Hamlet in a forthcoming film
Of the Shakespeare play. Harold
Lloyd dances in his new flicker
THE Freshman. :. Bling Crosby |
aspired to newspaper columning in
his younger years Fred Astaire |
is reported to have been embar-
raised when told he had been
picked as one of the IL outStand-
ing young men of America. e.
Franchot Tone is candidate for an
award from the American Chemi-
cal Society for contributions he
has made to science. .Myrna
10y, Montana born, has never
played the part of a cowgirl on the
screen. j. w. B.