The Film Daily (1929)

THE -2&>* DAILY Monday, November 18, 1929 »«■ NEWSPAPER c/'FILMDOM ULTHE HEWS AILTHE TIME Vol. L Ho. 42 Monday, Nov. 18, 1929 .. Prico 5 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE : : : Editor and Publisher Published daily except Saturday and holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., and copyright (1929) by Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Charles F. Hynes, Managing Editor, En tered 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. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all com municatrons to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone Circle 4736-4737-4738-4739. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood. California — Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood 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 Markets Closed Again All markets were closed again Saturday. Brokers are pretty well upto-date on their books now because of half-day holidays. Winnie Lightner on Radio Winnie Lightner, Warner player now in New York, will be heard over WPAP on Wednesday noon during the "New York Evening Journal" hour. The Broadway Parade BROADWAY will see two openings of note this week. Tomorrow "The Love Parade." with Maurice Chevalier starred, replaces "Applause" as the attraction at the Criterion. The following day will witness the premiere of "Show of Shows" at the Winter Garden, "Gold Diggers of Broadway" having closed Sunday. Picture Distributor Theater Opening Date "Hollywood Revue" M-G-M Astor Aug. 14 "Disraeli" Warners Warners Oct. 2 "Sunny Side Up" Fox Gaiety Oct. 3 "Rio Rita" RKO Earl Carroll Oct. 6 "Applause" Paramount Criterion Oct. 8 "Welcome Danger" Harold Lloyd. . . . Rivoli Oct. 19 "The Trespasser" United Artists .... Rialto Nov. 1 "Condemned" United Artists. . . . Selwyn Nov. 3 "Paris" First National. . . . Central Nov. 7 "Woman to Woman" Tiffany Globe Nov. 11 "Song of Love" Columbia Geo. M. Cohan... Nov. 13 Warners Buy California House West Coast Bureau, THE FILM DAILY Whittier, Cal. — Warners have bought the new McNees theater here. G. E. Herzog Get's Another Manitowoc, Wis. — G. E. Herzog. operator of the Strand here, has taken a year's lease on the Falls at Sheboygan Falls. P. M. Cain, was former operator of the house for the past nine years. Manager, Shot in Hold-up, Dies Mansfield, O. — Edward A. Rafter 48, died here a victim of a hold-up man who tried to rob the Ohio theater, of which he was manager. ;?*♦.•♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.«♦>♦.*♦.♦♦.♦♦.♦♦.*♦>♦.♦♦.♦♦>♦>♦>♦*♦*♦♦♦*♦♦*' ♦"♦ ••• 8 . n P Eastman Films I :;j J. E. Brulatour, Inc. \\ 8 n g 8 :.: if New York 1540 Broadway Bryant 4712 Hollywood ♦.♦ 6700 Santa Monica •.; Blvd. *.} Gladstone 6103 M •*♦•*♦♦*♦♦•♦♦•♦ In Cincinnati — and the man who's afraid {Continued from Page 1) the past month is the silly panic stricken plea on the front page of this week's issue of "Harrison's Reports" advising exhibitors to make immediate retrenchment and prepare for the worst because of the smash in Wall Street. Not only that but it paints a word picture of conditions in New York at present that an ordinary school boy familiar with the facts would tliinlc was written by a novice who had lost his head completely. There is nothing whatsoever wrong with the motion picture industry except that a good number of its speculating wise boys lost plenty of money. As far as attendance is concerned theaters are not suffering and will not suffer five per cent over the next six months. It has been proven time and time again that this industry is the last to feel an economic depression and the first to recover therefrom. What this market decline will do is stop a lot of aggrandizement expansion and out the whole industry again on a firm and sound economic basis. The exhibitor who retrenches at this time is a boob and deserves to have his business taken awav by his wide awake competitor. We have no quarrel with Pete Harrison. However honest and sincere we believe him to be such reckless and unwarranted statements sent broadcast can have no other effect ♦ban to hurt those verv friends that he wishes to protect. A little knowledge is a danarerous thing. The oanic stricken and bewildered crv of Mr. Harrison is not representative whatsoever of conditions either within or without the industry. To Enlarge Maiestic, Port Huron Port Huron. Mich. — A one-storv addition will be erected on the Maiestic site, owned by W. S. Butterfield. The space is to be devoted to three stores. Talkers for Dawson, N. M. Dawson, N. M. — The Dawson Opera House will be equipped with sound, it is announced by W. B. Cook, lessee, upon his return from Denver. The three show towns of the county, Raton, Springer and Dawson, now have talking pictures. GOV'T PROGRAM REVISED BECAUSE OE TALKERS (.Continued from Page 1) ed by the section during the fiscal year ended June 30, last, covered by the report, including the preparation by George Canty, European trade commissioner, of a number of market and statistical reports; assistance by foreign representatives of the department in several countries, including Austria, France, Germany and Hungary, in dealing with measures for film control; and continued protection of American copyrights throughout the world. Introduction of talking pictures was immediately reflected in the operations of the section, it is declared and in September, 1928, Clarence J. North, chief of the section, went to Hollywood to determine exactly the type and extent of the assistance most urgently needed. "The revolutionary change in the motion picture industry brought about by the large-scale production and exhibition of sound films caused the work of the bureau's motion picture section to undergo considerable modification from what had been originally planned," the report states. "The advent of the sound film diminished in value much information previously collected but of use only to producers and distributors of silent pictures and heavily increased the demand for information on the prospects of marketing both sound films and reproducing systems abroad." STRESS VALUE OF THEATER (Continued from Page 1) M.P.T.O.A. and the Great White Way Civic Ass'n. William J. King, head of the latter group, mentioned Broadway as a concrete example of what theatrical life can do for a street. He added that the two organizations had worked out a plan to solve New York's traffic problem which would be submitted to city officials at a conference in the near future. Another speaker was M. J. O'Toole, national secretary of the M.P.T.O.A.. who urged theater owners to lend their support for civic betterment. The Industry's Date Book Today : First of two-day annual fall convention of Texas Unit at Dallas. Nov. 19 "Love Parade" opens at Criterion, N. Y. Annual fall convention of Allied Amusement of Northwest at Seattle. Nov. 19-20 Ninth Annual Ohio M.P.T.O. Convention at Columbus. Nov. 20 "Show of Shows" opens at Winter Garden, New York. Nov. 26 "Vagabond Lover" premiere at Globe. N. Y. Dec. 9-10 Meeting of North Carolina ci hibitors' unit at Pinehurst. Dec. 23 Opening of the Little Picture House in New York City. C. P. Cohen Leaves Fox Charles P. Cohen, formerly exploitation director and recently special representative for Fox Movietone News, has resigned from the company. Cohen, while with Fox, at various times was manager of the company's theaters in New York, Detroit' and Washington. Cohen will shortly announce his new affiliation. Monte Blue in New York Monte Blue, accompanied by his wife, now is in New York for a several weeks' holiday. The Warner star recently completed "Isle of Escape." Shea Buys Dover House Dover, O. — M. A. Shea has taken' over the Bexley from J. S. Beck. SgWER SlKING // ya miss me at your theatre, ask your theatre manager why. TALKING NEWSREEI NATIONAL KM Hal 4 SERVICE A^gll-EWT 1£